Peanuts Begins by Charles Schulz for September 08, 2018

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    LeeCox  about 6 years ago

    Who remembers “Romper Room”? In MY day, it was “Miss Julie”!

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    wiatr  about 6 years ago

    But Miss Frances would always brighten the day. Jeepers, tonight must be nostalgia night with Burt passing and Miss Frances mentioned. For those not of a certain age (ancient) Miss Frances had a show on TV called “Ding Dong School” where for a half hour her audience learned facts and lessons in understanding others. She was sort of Mr. Rogers before his show debuted. I doubt the show made it past 1955. By then “Romper Room” was all over the dial.

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    sirbadger  about 6 years ago

    I predate Sesame Street, but don’t remember Miss Frances.

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    Johnny Q Premium Member about 6 years ago

    We had a record of her presenting the song “The Muffin Man”!

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    orinoco womble  about 6 years ago

    Brings back memories of “Busy Kindergarten.” I don’t remember the presenter’s name but we got the original “Tales of the Riverbank” as part of the programme.

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    Rufus The naked mole rat  about 6 years ago

    I was wondering that. I actually grew up in the “Miss Molly” years of the show. Good golly.

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    The Old Wolf  about 6 years ago

    Yup. Miss Frances and Ding Dong School was part of my daily diet as a very young child. This episode demonstrates just how much like Fred Rogers she was. It also demonstrates the painfully primitive state of Television in the early ’50s, but everything has to start somewhere.

    https://youtu.be/Ad6UxxL4yi8

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    The Old Wolf  about 6 years ago

    Violet, on the other hand, grew up to be one of the “mean girls” in high school and spent the next 20 years in prison for dealing crack.

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    CeeJay  about 6 years ago

    And I always waited for Miss Frances to say my name!

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    dlkrueger33  about 6 years ago

    You guys are good. I cannot remember the name of the teacher….1960-61-62?

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    dlkrueger33  about 6 years ago

    Miss Frances was the teacher on Ding Dong School, not Romper Room. 1952-1956. Too early for THIS Boomer.

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    Wichita1.0  about 6 years ago

    “Romper-stomper-bomper-boo…”I vaguely remember.. And now THAT’S going to be stuck in my head all day!

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    slrowe  about 6 years ago

    I think it might have been a different teacher depending on which TV market one was in.

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    Neo Stryder  about 6 years ago

    Who?

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    jrankin1959  about 6 years ago

    Lucy must have been hanging out with Violet a great deal to pick up the critical part of her personality.

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    wsash  about 6 years ago

    Wow! I got the reference immediately and flashed back to the Romper Room teacher I remembered, Miss Nancy. Yes, I’m old and so is the strip, but I’d like to think we both aged well.

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    wangster2  about 6 years ago

    This was Ding Dong School. I still have my bell!

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    Teto85 Premium Member about 6 years ago

    And in later years you disappear Violet.

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    WCraft Premium Member about 6 years ago

    Can you imagine being told that all your life by everyone you know (except Ms. Frances?) Those are the kids who “snap” and go postal.

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    ajakimber425  about 6 years ago

    I think that’s the first time Violet tells him that.

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    Charlie Tuba  about 6 years ago

    This strip was printed in 1954 two years before I was born. (June 8 was the date it appeared in the newspapers.)

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    Super Fly  about 6 years ago

    In Houston, it was Mr.Caboose, Cadet Don, Kitirik, Milk Drop Moe (really), and Uncle Bert Lynn (I think).

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