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Charlie Brown’s Arrested Development

I think I blogged about this when it aired years back, but now I can actually embed it. It’s the Arrested Development episode “Good Grief”. While the title reflects the episode in several ways, it does include some nicely-done Peanuts references, not via dialog but via music cues and visuals. …

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Finding the bargains

So here I am, on the same block as a Best Buy, a block away from a Target, two blocks from an Office Depot. Seems like I’m ideally situated to exploit all the day-after-Thanksgiving earlybird sales this year, right? Well, no. Not only is there nothing I’m really looking for …

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AAUGH.com and gift-giving, 2008

I stopped by a Wendy’s hamburger joint today, and discovered that their kids meals at this point come with Peanuts toys. Theres a stuffed Snoopy backpack clip, a stuffed Woodstock keychain, a frame with comic strips so you can mix-and-match panels, a Snoopy bobblehead, and then something called the Peanuts …

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little Peanutsy bits

In the US, It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown airs Tuesday on ABC. Next Sunday, November 2nd, Fox will be airing the 19th annual Simpson’s Treehouse of Horror special… and this year’s includes their parody of The Great Pumpkin. A friend of the blog points us toward a new Snoopy …

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Peanutsudoku and more

Looking over the latest Peanuts books on hand: The biggest note is that the first printing of The Complete Peanuts volume 9 has a flaw; on page 53, they run the May 1st, 1967 strip twice, leaving out May 3rd. This will be fixed with the second printing, and volume …

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Yes, Far Side is not Peanuts

I know there are some general comic strip fans reading this, and since this is a one-day-only deal, I couldn’t resist: The Complete Far Side, normally $150 (it’s a boxed hardcover set) and normally not eligible for free shipping, today only $67.50 and eligible for free Super Saver Shipping in …

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minor newsy bits

The upcoming new book edition of A Charlie Brown Christmas now has a cover. Some day, I’ll really have to do a chart of all the formats and editions that have come out under this title… Speaking of A Charlie Brown Christmas book – the huge discount available on the …

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The three latest books

I just received: The new paperback kids book adaptation of It’s the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown. This one comes with a sheet of stickers, including 3 of Snoopy and 1 each of six other characters. It’s an okay adaptation as such things go; the even line weight and coloring used …

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A couple Schulz book bargains

We’ve got some deals for you. Hardcover copies of Peanuts: The Art of Charles M. Schulz for 57% off the cover price. These are remaindered copies, and are likely to have a marker mark along the edge of the page. Oh Friend of Friends box set – not remaindered copies. …

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The Complete Peanuts volume 24 already… kinda…

About a year ago, I stumbled across some hardcover books each of which collected three of the Ballantine Books collections, mostly individual year collections from the last few years. And despite having been many places looking at Peanuts books, including back to the same store many times, I never saw …