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Charlie Brown is walking next to Snoopy and says "Go home, Snoopy! Go home!!"
He turns to Snoopy and continues, "Go home, I saw! Stop following me!!" as Patty looks on questioningly
Patty comes over and says "He's not following you... he lives in that direction!"
Charlie Brown continues on upset next to a smiling Snoopy
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Charlie Brown stands nearby watching Patty and Snoopy. She holds candy in her hand and says to a sitting Snoopy, "Speak!"
As Snoopy sits chewing behind Patty, Charlie Brown walks up to her with his hand outstretched. He asks,"Say, how about giving me a piece of that candy, too?"
Snoopy watches as she replies,"Say, 'Please!'"
Charlie Brown, chewing the candy, says to Snoopy,"Now I know what you always have to go through!"
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Charlie Brown walks along with his shoulders slumped. He says,"Boy, am I ever discouraged..."
He continues,"What a life!"
He stops as Patty walks by and exclaims,"Hello there, handsome!"
He walks along upright and cheerfully says,"Ah! It's a beautiful day!!"
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Charlie Brown looks down at a sitting Snoopy and says,"Snoopy, lets have a race..."
He says,"We're off!!", and they start running.
Snoopy dashes ahead of Charlie Brown.
The latter stops, watches him go, and says,"Ah, now I can eat this candy in peace!"
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Shermy stands looking at Charlie Brown tricycle. The latter stands nearby and says,"I'm thinking of trading it in for a new model"
Shermy stoops to look at it and replies,"You should do all right on a trade-in...."
Charlie Brown sits on the tricycle and says, "I kind of hate to part with it, though..."
He continues,"It always started pretty good in cold weather!"
Another Tribute Tuesday, since there’s no strip today in 1951. This one was created by EBeeler on DeviantArt
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Patty stoops watching Charlie Brown reach undered the chair in the living-room. He says,"I lost a penny underneath this chair..."
He kneels on the floor and watches her lie on the floor and look under the chair. He says,"If I had my flashlight, I could see it"
She stands up and looks down at him sitting. She asks,"Why don't you get your flashlight?" He replies,"It's in the attic..."
He stands up and concludes,"And it's so dark up there I can't find it!"
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Patty and Charlie Brown are walking. He says,"I dreamed about you last night..."
They stop and she asks,"Did you, Charlie Brown? Was it a nice dream?"
They sit on the curb and he replies,"I'm not sure..."
He concludes,"I slept through most of it!
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Shermy and Charlie Brown struggle to stand on the ice in their skates. Shermy says,"Watch it!"
Shermy says,"Oops!" as he starts to fall. A shaky Charlie Brown says,"Careful!"
He falls down next to a fallen Shermy.
He sits up and says to a kneeling Shermy, "Let's jump over barrels!"
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Shermy and Patty sit on the floor playing. He says,"Somebody's at the door"
She walks off saying,"I wonder who it can be?"
She opens the door and sees Charlie Brown. She says,"Oh, it's you, Charlie Brown..."
He looks at the reader as she walks off saying,"I thought it was somebody important!"
The gag is recycled from the Li'l Folks strip of December 24, 1947:
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Snoopy sits on the table watching Charlie Brown write.
The latter looks up at him and says,"I'm glad that dogs can't read..."
He resumes writing and concludes,"A diary is a very personal thing"
Snoopy walks off smiling.
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Charlie Brown is standing talking to Patty. She asks,"Do you think I'm beautiful, Charlie Brown?"
He replies,"Real beauty lies within!" She snaps,"That's not what I asked you!"
He continues,"A fair face will wither, but a good heart is the sun and the moon!"
As she chases him, he runs, laughs, and says,"I did my best!"
Another Tribute Tuesday, since there’s no strip today in 1951. This one is the Febuary, 2023 strip from Haus of Decline
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Patty sits on the floor reading. She looks up puzzled as a voice calls,"Hey!! Somebody call this dog!"
She turns in the direction of the voice as it continues,"Call him, I tell you! Call him!!"
She walks towards the voice as it continues,"Somebody call this dog!"
She stops by Charlie Brown where Snoopy is sitting on his tie. Charlie Brown asks,"Why don't you call him?"
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Patty and Shermy stand nearby watching Charlie Brown cry. Shermy says,"Charlie Brown's been crying all day"
She says,"Maybe he's maladjusted" He asks,"Do you think it could be his environment?"
She replies,"Maybe he's frustrated or inhibited..." He walks off saying,"I'll ask him"
He comes back and says,"His shoes are too tight!"
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Shermy and Patty sit on the ground talking. She says,"Let's have a sleigh ride"
He stands up and says,"Swell! I can see us now racing through the snow"
They run off and he continues,"Laughing! Singing! Boy, I can hardly wait!"
As he pulls Patty along on the sleigh, he says,"This didn't turn out the way I expected!"
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Charlie Brown stands on the snow-covered walk talking to Patty, who is in her doorway. He asks,"Hi, Patty! May I come in?"
He looks down at his coat as she points at it and says,"Shake all that snow off first..."
She points to his feet and continues,"And wipe your feet real good"
He walks off saying,"I've changed my mind..it's not worth it!"
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Charlie Brown stands on the snow-covered walk, shovel in hand, talking to Patty, who is standing in her doorway. He asks,"Shovel, your walk?"
She asks,"How much will you charge to do it?"
He replies, "Oh, I don't do it myself..."
He concludes, "I just rent out my shovel!"
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Charlie Brown sits in an armchair reading. He says,"Hey, Patty, bring me a glass of water!"
Patty walks up to him and says,"Say, 'Please'.." He asks,"'Please' what?"
She replies,"Please bring me a glass of water"
She frowns as he smiles and says,"I asked you first!"
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Charlie Brown is standing talking to Patty as she sits on the curb. He asks,"You know what I'd like to be?"
He exclaims,"A roughneck!
He shakes his fist, looks at the reader, and continues,"Yes, sir! A regular lil ol' roughneck!"
He sits next to her and concludes,"The only trouble is I'm not strong enough!"
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Charlie Brown stands in the field looking ahead and says,"Well, look who's coming...man's best friend!"
As Snoopy walks by, he continues to look ahead and says,"And look who's with him.."
He watches as Patty walks by and says,"Man's biggest worry!"
He watches them go and concludes,"What a combination!"
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Shermy sits behind Patty in class. He says,"I didn't do my homework..."
He rests his face on his hand and continues,"If the teacher calls on me, I'm sunk! Why doesn't the bell ring?!"
He continues,"It looks like Patty's my only hope..."
He leans forward and whispers to her,"Psst..Patty! See if you can start a filibuster..."
This gag is recycled from the Li'l Folks comic strip for February 22, 1948:
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Patty sits on the floor sweating. She says,"Boy, it's hot in here!"
Charlie Brown approaches and asks,"Are you really hot, Patty?" She replies,"I'll say I Am!"
He says,"You don't look so hot to me!" She looks at him and exclaims.
She chases him. He runs off and says,"I get my laughs!"
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Charlie Brown sits in the bathtub saying, "Baths aren't so bad"
He continues,"It's just a matter of getting used to it"
He continues,"I really don't mind it at all..."
He climbs out and concludes,"Especially when there's no water in the tub!"
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Shermy stands in the bowling lane holding a bowling ball.
He runs along to throw it down the lane.
The ball klunks on the bowling lane.
As the ball sits unmoving on the lane, Shermy exclaims,"Rats! I never get any distance!!"
The first time the famous invective "Rats!" appears in the strip, while Shermy is seen in alone for the first time
