Peanuts by Charles Schulz for October 24, 1999
October 23, 1999
October 25, 1999
Transcript:
Rerun is standing on the porch calling out to Lucy.<BR><BR> Rerun walks out into the yard. "Lunch time!"<BR><BR> Rerun comes up to Lucy, who is holding the football in place for Charlie to kick and says, "Mom says to come in for lunch." Lucy ignores Rerun and says to Charlie, "So I'll hold the ball, Charlie Brown, and you come running up and kick it."<BR><BR> Rerun interrupts, "She says right now!" Lucy says, "Oh, good grief!"<BR><BR> Charlie says, "That's all right.. We'll do it some other time.."<BR><BR> Lucy says, "No, Rerun can take my place."<BR><BR> Charlie walks back to get a running start as Rerun sets the ball. Charlie says, This time I'll do it! This time I'll kick it.. Rerun will never pull it away.. he just wouldn't.."<BR><BR> Charlie running toward the ball yells, "So here we go!"<BR><BR> Rerun returns home with the football and approaches Lucy, eating her lunch. Lucy says, "What happened? Did you pull the ball away? Did he kick it? What happened?"<BR><BR> Rerun replies, "You'll never know.." Lucy let's out classic, "AAUGH!"<BR><BR>
stcrowe over 13 years ago
In a final, tearful interview with Al Roker, Charles Schulz said that he regretted that Charlie Brown never got to kick the ball. I guess that means Rerun “pulled a Lucy.” Those mean Van Pelts.
Krendall almost 13 years ago
Last “Kick the Football” comic.
comeonbanana over 10 years ago
i just want to think that rerun let chuck, err charlie brown kick the ball, and did it to torture luy
comeonbanana over 10 years ago
the only time in ALL OF HISTORY when we actually see charlie brown kick the football is It’s Magic Charlie Brown
NiceGuy21 about 9 years ago
I’m not psychic, but I think Charlie actually kicked the football.
Yngvar Følling over 8 years ago
I see that it’s gone now, but I remember writing in the comments that I found it clever how Lucy, in the final two panels, took the role of us readers, while Rerun takes the role of Schulz himself.
Apooyo almost 8 years ago
The last panel is kind of a teaser for me, because it’s either Rerun let Charlie Brown kick the football and Lucy screamed “Aaugh” out of shock, or Lucy is imitating Charlie Brown’s “Aaugh.” What do you guys think?
ootey almost 7 years ago
This is the perfect last football kick sequence.
Big Fat Dogboy about 6 years ago
He missed it because Rerun is still holding the football.
Phil (full phname Philip Philop) almost 6 years ago
Never…..
Best Commenter Ever almost 4 years ago
Even if he didn’t kick it, it doesn’t matter. He did it back in 1956!
https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1956/09/12
Pets of the comics almost 4 years ago
Did he actually kick the football? Is his story ark complete? TELL US RERUN!!
RLinGoComics (REBRANDING) #StopP2025 #StoptheWars over 3 years ago
“AAUGH” is right, Snoopy.
Snoopy is the Best! :) almost 3 years ago
Did Rerun hold the ball for Charlie Brown, or did Rerun follow in the dirty steps of his sister? We’ll never know!
jasonbres about 2 years ago
This was the final football gag strip and with an ambiguous ending. Sparky literally took the answer of whether or not Rerun pulled the ball away from Charlie Brown to his grave.
kcj almost 2 years ago
Circumstantial evidence in support of “Rerun did not pull away the ball”: earlier in the year, he did not pull away a stack of cards from Snoopy. Lucy probably would. https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1999/05/02 However, it is possible that Rerun held the ball and CB totally missed it, landed on his back and killed himself.
Avatar??? over 1 year ago
That wasn’t Rerun speaking, that Shultz himself