Folks, I always want to thank you for following this blog, just because it makes me happy. But in this case, it did a lot of good for others as well. In the past year, you saw me discuss FOCO bobbleheads a few times. I made it clear that I’d only discuss bobbleheads if it gave me something to say beyond “here’s some Peanuts thing that’s not a book to buy”. In fact, the very first post I made about them was how odd it was to be being treated as an “influencer”, and that was generated by being asked to talk about this Snoopy-as-a-Pilgrim Thanksgiving bobblehead, and my reward for talking about it was one out of only 150 of these that were being manufactured.

But, well, I really don’t need bobbleheads. So I donated this one to the charity auction that was being run at Beaglefest this year. Figured it might raise the original list price of $75, maybe just a little more, because after all, it was a sold-out limited edition item.

The winning bid was $600.

That’s a considerable pile of dough, and all of it went to the good efforts of Canine Companions, who train assistance dogs. (And if you’re looking for an excuse to throw them some money, they’ve currently got a deal where if you donate $50 or more, you get an exclusive t-shirt featuring Charlie Brown and Snoopy!)

There were a lot of other fun things happening at Beaglefest. I got to speak to a lot of good people, had a nice presentation that seemed to go over, and I got to spend some time in the Museum. For the first time, I got to look at that first page of the script that was used for  A Charlie Brown Christmas, which is simply an awesome item, not just because it’s something connected to the special, but because with the way it was cut and taped together, you could see development effort at work. (You can see it on page 138 of the Schulz: 100 Objects biography.)

And then today, AAUGH Blog reader Mark pointed out something that I’d so completely forgotten that I had to look it up to see if it was true: the Museum has that script because of this blog. The script had been put up for auction back in 2009, and Mark, knowing that I had an extra interest in that special, alerted me to it. Well, I wanted it, but it was something that really should be in a museum, so I tipped off the folks at the Schulz Museum, they won the auction, and now that historic document is in the correct place. A lot of the credit goes to Mark, but some credit goes to everyone, for making this blog worth making, and giving me reason to keep at it.

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