tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38625371245795065.post1816185717683478311..comments2023-09-10T06:56:26.082-04:00Comments on Roasted Peanuts: May 13, 1953: Baseball BlockheadRodneyliveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03476187929555342435noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38625371245795065.post-1716196832677372242010-10-14T16:55:49.066-04:002010-10-14T16:55:49.066-04:00This strip uses, by and large, the same gag struct...This strip uses, by and large, the same gag structure as the very first Peanuts strip of Oct. 2, 1950 (http://comics.com/peanuts/1950-10-02/) -- the theme of being nice to someone's face while grumbling about them while they're out of earshot. Aside from being a small statement about hypocrisy, it's an effective joke... and this won't be the last time Schulz leverages it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38625371245795065.post-4792211332167119952010-10-14T14:17:53.526-04:002010-10-14T14:17:53.526-04:00It is actually Violet who first calls Charlie Brow...It is actually Violet who first calls Charlie Brown a 'blockhead' in the 16th August 1951 strip: http://comics.com/peanuts/1951-08-16/Janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05210419036385385007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38625371245795065.post-21794500312580241682010-10-14T12:12:36.257-04:002010-10-14T12:12:36.257-04:00by lying to Charlie Brown, Shroeder doesn't he...by lying to Charlie Brown, Shroeder doesn't help him become a better pitcher, thus making himself a worse blockhead than CB.X7https://www.blogger.com/profile/16050119714244967980noreply@blogger.com