Peanuts by Charles Schulz for May 18, 1969
May 17, 1969
May 19, 1969
Transcript:
Charlie Brown talks into the phone and says, "Hello? Just a moment, please . . . I'll call him . . ."<BR><BR> Snoopy lies on the doghouse. Charlie Brown says, "Telephone!"<BR><BR> Snoopy sits up and thinks, "Who could be calling me? It's probably bad news . ."<BR><BR> Snoopy jumps off the doghouse and thinks, "Maybe someone's sick or maybe there was a fire or a flood or something . . ."<BR><BR> Snoopy runs to the house and thinks, "Maybe it isn't bad news . . Maybe it's Joe Garagiola calling me, or Bobby Hull or Kermit Zarley . . ."<BR><BR> Charlie Brown hands the phone to Snoopy. Snoopy thinks, "Maybe it's someone from NASA . . . They're probably having trouble and need my advice again . ."<BR><BR> Snoopy holds the phone and his ears stand up.<BR><BR> Snoopy walks away. Charlie Brown talks into the phone and says, "He says to tell you he has all the magazines he wants!"<BR><BR> Snoopy lies on the doghouse and thinks, "I wonder why Joe Garagiola never calls me . . ."<BR><BR>
On this day, Apollo 10 lifted off to orbit the moon. The astronauts were Thomas Stafford, John Young, and Eugene Cernan.
What does this have to do with Peanuts? The Command Module was called Charlie Brown and the Lunar Module was named Snoopy. Charles Schulz did some artwork for NASA around this time.