Actually, same is true today. Back then, a TV cost the equivalent of about $2,000 in today’s money. Now you pay a fraction of that. The’re practically disposable. And I believe I’ve seen movie screens smaller than some TVs for sale.
Cutting the cord and there are a TON of people with these sprouting up on their houses… out where I am, you HAVE to put it up high to get anything. When I lived in the ‘burbs’, a simple wall antenna on the TV got oodles of channels. ;-)
Templo S.U.D. almost 5 years ago
who still uses those kinds of TV antennae these days? don’t most people use dishes?
HollyStone almost 5 years ago
Yeah but i guess snoopy wants to be old school.
therese_callahan2002 almost 5 years ago
Later, there was a strip about inner tubes that had the same dialogue.
Major Matt Mason Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Nowadays, of course, Snoopy has the latest flatscreen TV in his media room (formerly the billiards room)…
Kaputnik almost 5 years ago
Charlie Brown’s newsboy hat is one of the details that put these early strips in a different era.
dv1093 almost 5 years ago
Actually, same is true today. Back then, a TV cost the equivalent of about $2,000 in today’s money. Now you pay a fraction of that. The’re practically disposable. And I believe I’ve seen movie screens smaller than some TVs for sale.
sheilag almost 5 years ago
Cutting the cord and there are a TON of people with these sprouting up on their houses… out where I am, you HAVE to put it up high to get anything. When I lived in the ‘burbs’, a simple wall antenna on the TV got oodles of channels. ;-)
treutvid almost 5 years ago
It would be a plus if the original date of publication was part of Peanuts Begins.
Comic Man X almost 5 years ago
We use dishes now Charlie! Those days were back in the 1950’s….
tripwire45 almost 5 years ago
Reminds me of the original “Back to the Future” movie when Marty’s Grandpa had just bought a TV in 1955.
betseytacy almost 5 years ago
this is a no-brainer… Snoopy would be watching LASSIE or RIN-TIN-TIN, of course!!!
DCBakerEsq almost 5 years ago
I’ve thought about buying a television set. Do they display color?
paullp Premium Member almost 5 years ago
One of the first indications that Snoopy’s doghouse is somewhat atypical.
bryan42 almost 5 years ago
And so … it begins.
Charlie Tuba almost 5 years ago
Today, Snoopy would have a satellite dish on his roof.
kcj about 2 years ago
Find a difference between CB in panel 1 and CB in panel 4. At first I thought he was copied/retraced but apparently not, at least not completely.