{"id":4354,"date":"2016-09-01T08:51:48","date_gmt":"2016-09-01T15:51:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aaugh.com\/wordpress\/?p=4354"},"modified":"2021-04-28T13:24:39","modified_gmt":"2021-04-28T20:24:39","slug":"ferret-versus-jeep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aaugh.com\/wordpress\/2016\/09\/ferret-versus-jeep\/","title":{"rendered":"Ferret versus Jeep"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a recent editorial<\/a>, the management of this station that Charles Schulz had used his advertising work to kill off a beloved cast member of a competing strip. In the interest of community service and with the goal of meeting our obligations under the Federal Equal Time Provisions, we hereby present an alternative view. Today’s commenter is Kathleen\u00a0Shea, author of <\/em>Peanuts Quilted Celebrations<\/a>\"\".<\/em><\/p>\n

\"FancyLucyBWscreenres\"<\/a>I still believe our animal in question is a ferret!!\u00a0 I base this on the following, all of which is in my own head, very little of which is verifiable . . .<\/p>\n

a. I\u2019m not sure you\u2019ve ever seen a \u201clive\u201d ferret (did you know ferrets are illegal in CA?\u00a0 They have been for many, many years, there is currently a movement underway to legalize them, but, I cannot assume you have ever met one??!!), and if you have not, please believe me, this animal Lucy is carrying LOOKS a GREAT deal like a ferret!<\/p>\n

b. Further, I would also suggest that this animal is NOT meant to me a \u201cfur\u201d garment\/stole, but is actually a drawing of a LIVE ferret!!<\/p>\n

(Now, I\u2019m pretty sure you are rolling your eyes, because you would probably know if Charles Schulz had any \u201cconnection\u201d to live ferrets.\u00a0 So, as for the rest of my theory as to why Lucy would be carrying a live ferret, really, I am just making most of it up.\u00a0 But . . . . maybe . . . MAYBE it could be true!)<\/p>\n

c. We know Charles Schulz served in Europe in WW II . . . I could not find any info on where he served, specifically, but domestic ferrets were\/are pretty well known throughout Europe, and, in fact, the military of Great Britain used them during WW II to pull wires through small tunnels and pipes (this info I believe to be true and verifiable).\u00a0 I suggest that Mr. Schulz became familiar with ferrets during his military service in Europe, and (as most people do) found them both adorable and irresistible.<\/p>\n

d. After his service, Mr. Schulz returned home, and was a busy guy, getting his cartooning career off the ground, finding a wife, starting a family, ultimately moving to CA (where, once again, there are no legal domestic ferrets)<\/p>\n

e. I would also suggest that he remembered those ferrets he might have met in Great Britain.\u00a0 In fact, he thought about them from time to time.\u00a0 And, when Queen Elizabeth visited the United States in 1957, it brought those memories back to him.<\/p>\n

f. Now (I know I am already way out on a limb, so why not keep going?), I think that in the referenced Ford Falcon print ad of the early 1960\u2019s, Lucy actually looks a great deal like Queen Elizabeth – !\u00a0 Her hat and purse really do remind me of something that Queen Elizabeth would (and did) wear.\u00a0 Even Lucy\u2019s face and hair remind me of the Queen in this drawing.<\/p>\n

g. So \u2013 my final hypothesis \u2013 I believe that this drawing is not a reminder or throwback to Eugene the jeep or E.C Segar (neither which I ever heard of prior to your blog).\u00a0 Rather, with this drawing I think Mr. Schulz is referencing Queen Elizabeth and Great Britain (and his respect for both), and his memory of ferrets in Europe.\u00a0 Maybe he is also making a political statement about the fact that ferrets were not legal in California . . .<\/p>\n

h. As a personal aside, I am also much more comfortable with the thought that he was drawing a live ferret than a dead animal meant to be a fur garment.<\/p>\n

So, that\u2019s about it.\u00a0 I\u2019m sure you think I\u2019m nuts.<\/p>\n

The management of this station takes no position on the question of whether Ms. Shea is nuts.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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