The AAUGH Blog Podcast episode 03: Franklin’s real life mother

In 1968, Harriet Glickman wrote to Charles Schulz to encourage him to integrate the comic strip by adding an African America character to Peanuts. In this episode, we talk to her about why she wrote that letter, and how it caused a controversial change to America’s most popular comic strip.

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A Charlie Brown Christmas discount

I am ashamed to say that I’ve had this year’s Hallmark edition of A Charlie Brown Christmas sitting in my living room waiting to be reviewed for months, amidst my hectic life. It was hoping to do a video review (and I may still). But had I known I was going …

Schulz/Peanuts news
Peanuts ownership changes

For those who like to keep track on big picture Peanuts business, there’s been a shift in ownership of Peanuts Holdings LLC, the owners of the key Peanuts intellectual property. Since 2018, the ownership has been split between the Schulz family, who owned 20%; WildBrain, who owned 41%, and Sony …

Animated Peanuts
A couple pops shy of a fun book; and shalom noel

Last year, in my too-completist quest for Peanuts books, I got the Snoopy Candy Fun Book, a box with a few puzzles under a flap, plus stickers and ten lollipops. Today, I was ina. store that had these, and ao I pulled up my old post to make sure that …