Peanuts by Charles Schulz for January 03, 2024

Nice powerpoint from a cereal reader

Pages? Why not scroll?

For her next report, she’ll read the comments here aloud to her class.

If Bob Dylan can win a Nobel prize, a cereal box can win a Pulitzer.

Back in the 60s there was a cereal called “Twinkles”, and on the back of the box was story starring the elephant mascot. There was a flap on the back of the box, so it was a three-page story. There were also little animated cartoons on TV, not mentioning the cereal but featuring Twinkles the elephant and his friends. Beyond that, backs of boxes were usually devoted to mail-in offers or a prize inside the box. Drifted away from dry cereal by the 70s, so not sure what Patty would be reading.

At least she didn’t play Edie Brickell, and mention cereal box religion.

Don’t you just love the serial format of the stories?

She did it all right; she got a D-.

Time to head back to Ace Obedience School, Patty.

It seems as how I remember some General Mills products that sported rather extensive reading on the backs of their cereal boxes and games, too.

I don’t read cereal boxes. I just look at the pictures on the back. They’re full of games and artwork.

Notice PP’s teacher let her complete her “book” report. May have figured getting PP to read a cereal box is progress for her.

Oh oh. So Marcie is in the same class as Patty. Marcie was so busy following Patty around the entire holidays reminding Patty she should be doing her book report instead of playing fun games, that Marcie didn’t have any time left to read her own book for her book report! Oops! Marcie, where’s your book report?

With some of these cereal box list of ingredients, one needs a degree in chemistry.

I remember to have read about Haggar the Horrible on the back of a cereal box.

Oh, you did it all right, Double P. You set the bar so low it’s six feet underground!

“The Pulitzer Prize”. Patricia…

Peppermint Patty MIGHT just get an A! (Vitamin A, and a prize inside!)

D- for that report.

How about a prize in the box?

Has Charles Schulz ever won a Pulitzer Prize?

Weirder than calling a little red haired girl ‘sir?’

I’m impressed that she knows what the Pulitzer Prize is.

Did anyone out there have an English class with Mrs. Swepston?

Marcie should read Proverbs 16:18

I have no problem with cereal boxes winning Pulitzer Prizes, as long as they don’t plagiarize other cereal boxes

In which category, PP?

Gotta love those cereal box mazes and word searches.

Good for you, Patty.

She’s reading “outside of the box”. Very innovative!

I’m a cereal “connoisseur” and I’ve never heard of Snicker Snax although the idea is intriguing…

Maybe she should go back to the dog school.

taste like sugar frosted donuts….Frosty—O’s!!

Peppermint will get a soggy milk grade

Now that you’ve mastered that, Patty, you should try something more advanced, like a shampoo bottle. Curved shape, smaller print and more complex vocabulary will make it more challenging. You’ll really impress your teacher when you can correctly spell terms like “sodium lauryl sulphate.”

Whenever I needed to do a book report, I took out a sheet of paper and numbered the chapters verticallly. Then, I wrote down the first page and last page of each chapter. Each chapter was now one short story. I took notes on each chapter and ticked each chapter off one by one. If the book was interesting, I would read two chapters a night.

Peppermint Patty you are going to probably fail your repprt

I used to read the Wheaties box as a child – as I was eating Wheaties. Many mornings.

Cereal boxes used to be fun to read.

Supposedly the guy who created the McDonald’s Happy Meal got the idea for the box by watching his kid read the cereal box at breakfast.