Peanuts Begins by Charles Schulz for October 16, 2016

Ah, indoor mini golf. Think I’d be asking to be booked for a flight to Siberia myself. In 1952 dealing with the Soviets would have been a lot safer than dealing with my mom if I’d done that.

well, hope the boys learned something: don’t play with anything projectile in the house

Just like playing with the Wii remote without tying the little rope to your wrist. And about the rug, clean it. I got bitten by fleas when I was a toddler because of that.

This is one of many that never appeared in the original collections. I’m grateful for this “Peanuts Begins” feature.

Who is that playing with Charlie Brown? Shermy has dark hair…

I remember my mom was so proud when she put in the living room light fixture: three opaque glass shades, about 18" long each, that hung from the ceiling, roughly diamond-shaped. They didn’t last long with all those boys in the house; between the airplane on a fishline that they swung over their heads, the golf balls being tossed around, the sticky darts and other projectile toys that were totally acceptable in the 60s, they didn’t last long.

Say, did this inspire a classic “Brady Bunch” episode?

And later, we’ll barely see inside their houses…

Is this why we never see them playing golf later on?

As they said in the Brady Bunch, “Mom always said don’t play ball in the house.”

MId century mod alert! Boomerang table!

Yes, and notice the painting above the couch. You can see where the cartoonist’s taste lie.

Yup—I played many a round of mini golf in the house when I was young …

If I want a rug, it’s to create static electricity.

Dig the Danish Modern coffee table!