Happiness should be shared

Here is a never-reprinted Peanuts strip we somehow left out of The Complete Peanuts!

That Schulz, what a genius!

(The invocation of capitalized “Happiness” in a 1959 ad, well before “Happiness is a warm puppy” was said in the strip and thus linked Peanuts to the happiness theme, may seem surprising, but the line used, “Happiness should be shared”, is actually a quote from a 1956 strip.)

Picture of a half linus figure holding a Snoopy dispensing tube.

The use of drawn images of Peanuts merch in telling the story does remind me of The Colorful Story of Avon Toys, a 1970s giveaway meant to promote licensed shampoo bottles and the like.

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Pointless nitpicking
This one left me bobbling my head.

The bobblehead people are after me to promote again… and I’ve told them I’ll only show their product when I have something relevant to say about it. So they sent me their latest request, and I have something to say about it. AAUGH! As part of their line celebrating Peanuts …

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Diorama book report

This blog lives at the intersection of “Peanuts” and “books”, which is generally a comfortable place to be, but it has its surprises. The other day, my wife, daughter, and I were shopping at Miniso, a mall store that leans on licensed product (lots of Snoopy) and Japanese import items. …

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Is the AAUGH Blogger bribable?

I came down this morning to an unusual email: a company issuing a limited-edition bobblehead offering me one if I were to use the vast power of my Peanuts fan platform to let said fans know that this bobblehead was available for purchase. I’ve been offered materials for review before …