Peanuts by Charles Schulz for October 01, 2021

Watch out for Pennywise down there.

Schroeder definitely found it.

Ah, the sweet music of victory.

Not a bad idea to play it down there since he’ll have privacy from Lucy.

Say hi to Ed Norton

Were I Shroeder, I’d take that piano and BONK Lucy over the skull with it (it would be destroyed of course but I hear that Shroeder has quite a collection of pianos in his closet).;D

Wow! The acoustics are great down here!

Doesn’t Schroeder have a closet full of toy pianos for just such occasions?

I’ve heard of Alley Music. But Sewer Music?

The acoustics down here are great!

Geez. Charlie Brown always seems to be letting his friends down;)

Those kids are pretty strong. Manhole covers are super heavy but Schroeder has the adrenaline pumping.

Man, er boy down! :D

The Peanuts Meet the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

No one asked for it, but I’m not against it either.

This must have been the point where Schroeder decided to keep a stash of keyboards in the closet.

I think he found it…

Quick! Put a tin cup out there and collect money while he’s playing!

Playing the piano in a sewer manhole.

Schroeder and his beloved have been reunited at last. What he and the piano have is beautiful and Lucy can’t destroy it.

YAY, is safe.

Spelunking, look for Calvin and Hobs while you’re down there.

The sweet sound of success is rarely music to Charlie Brown’s ears.

“And the piano it sounds like a carnival” (Billy Joel)

Maybe they should throw Lucy down there.

Must be a well put together piano to survive that fall. You’d think a couple of broken legs, popped off keys, and a corner smashed in at least!

I love Schroeder!

watch out for Valjean, he’s rescuing Marius down there. . . you can play the Les Mis score for them . . .

“Winchester Cathedral”?

Alligator et him… chomp chomp

That first panel could be the greatest single panel in Peanuts history. Charlie Brown, lowering Schroeder down a rope into the sewer. They’re both so nonchalant about it. “oh, hey…we do this every day” Absolutely classic.

must predate the days when he had a closet full of extra pianos.

That would be a “Yes”…

Yes…..

I think we can take that as a “yes”.

“Hiya Schroeder. What a nice piano. Do you want it back?”

Is Schroeder playing anything recognizable?

Underground music.

What will Lucy do if he takes up banjos & bagpipes. Eddy Peabody was one of the best Plectrum banjo players & met him back stage when he was part of a variety show in Kansas City MO in 1969. When I told Eddy I played tenor & 5 string banjos Eddy put his custom Vega Vox Plectrum banjo in my lap and said: ‘pick a tune’. Had only played a 5-string & tenor banjo, never a plectrum. Eddy told me: ‘no matter what kind of banjo you play have fun, & the audience will have fun with you!’ 27 years later in Far NW Tucson village of Catalina I put down my flute & bought a set of bagpipes. A group of pipers in Tucson helped me set up my pipes & asked me if I knew Eddy Peabody. Seems Eddy passed away in 1970, & his wife gave his pipes to this bagpipe organization.

2010 I bought a Bacon plectrum & managed ‘Michael Row Your Boat’ back up with piano in a church service:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LoLOCQta3SSzqDUJd_O9nDmmMSKxdstC/view?usp=sharing

Later sold the plectrum because I started using plectrum chords when playing tenor. playing 5-string & tenor is easy since they are played differently:

Tenor & 5-string Irish Washer Woman & Sailor’s Hornpipe

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SRxvmqwsDIaPrbEQg0z7-bI4VVK15hMX/view?usp=sharing

At least Schroeder didn’t holler Rats! I hope he doesn’t end up with hepatitis either.

The notes coming out of the sewer are cryptic. Schroeder is still to find his piano.