The final new Peanuts strip ran in papers twelve years ago today, and looking around, it’s hard to say that it’s lost any ground as a centerpiece of our culture. Just seeing a popular website using the Lucy-and-the-football analogy for what may be happening with a piece of legislation, or seeing Coldplay release a new video for a song called “Charlie Brown”, knowing that the song is not about Peanuts but also knowing that the name will bring some sense of character to the piece, some basic understanding of humanity, reminds me just how much Peanuts has become part of our language.
Now here’s a video on how they’re painting the backdrop for You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival, where it will start a five-and-a-half-month run this May.
