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 game that’s been released for the Nintendo DS in Japan.

That great 60% discount on the boxed set of Bill Mauldin’s Willie and Joe went away. But now it’s back! So if you’ve been meaning to get around to ordering it… do it now.

Snoopy's Story BoxA couple years ago, I stumbled across a boxed set of board books called Snoopy’s Story Box, but I didn’t have any place to steer you toward to order it. Now I do – and at a nice price!

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