Peanuts by Charles Schulz for September 23, 1973
September 22, 1973
September 24, 1973
Transcript:
Linus stands on a doorstep and knocks on a door. He holds an open box in his arm.<BR><BR> A girl (Violet?) peeks her head out the door. Linus says, "Good morning, Miss...I'm selling a new item for kittens, and I.."<BR><BR> The girls says, "For what?"<BR><BR> The girl joins Linus on the doorstep. He explains, "For kittens... This is a new toy I have developed... A kitten can entertain himself for hours with this toy..."<BR><BR> "This toy is simplicity itself...I have taken several pieces of scrap paper and I have crumpled them up..." Linus demonstrates with an upraised arm.<BR><BR> "A kitten will play for hours with a piece of crumpled paper! He'll bat it, and he'll jump at it..." Linus plays with the paper.<BR><BR> Linus sits down and holds the paper above his head, exclaiming, "And if you hang it from a string he'll hit it and box with it and everything!"<BR><BR> "It's really fun to watch a kitten bounce around..." Linus bounces around.<BR><BR> Linus holds a piece out to her. He offers, "Would you like to buy one? They're only five cents apiece.." The girl responds: "Why should I buy one? Why can't I just crumple a piece of paper myself?"<BR><BR> Linuslooks at the box. [PANEL 11]: He looks up. [PANEL 12]: Linus walks away, saying, "All along I've been afraid there was something wrong with this idea..."<BR><BR>
But, Violet, you’d have to buy that piece of paper first! And maybe Linus crumples them in a scientifically designed, kitten-tested way. Anyway, you should hardly talk, you tried to sell boxed dirt twenty years earlier, https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1953/05/22