First use of the word "blockhead." Also, the first strip in which another character comments on Charlie Brown's lack of pitching skill.
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May 13, 1953: Baseball Blockhead
First use of the word "blockhead." Also, the first strip in which another character comments on Charlie Brown's lack of pitching skill.
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by lying to Charlie Brown, Shroeder doesn't help him become a better pitcher, thus making himself a worse blockhead than CB.
ReplyDeleteIt is actually Violet who first calls Charlie Brown a 'blockhead' in the 16th August 1951 strip: http://comics.com/peanuts/1951-08-16/
ReplyDeleteThis 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.
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