Peanuts by Charles Schulz for March 17, 1955
March 16, 1955
March 18, 1955
Transcript:
Charlie Brown is sitting and reading to Schroeder in the living-room. He reads, "A music publisher came to Beethoven one day, and offered him fifty dollars for a new piece.."<br> <br> Schroeder smiles as Charlie Brown continues, "'My price is one hundred dollars', said Beethoven..."<br> <br> Schroeder grimaces as Charlie Brown continues, "'Fifty dollars', said the publisher, 'And not one cent more!'"<br> <br> He flips over as Schroeder yells, "DON'T LET HIM BLUFF YOU, BEETHOVEN!"<br> <br>
javier_a_delgado about 11 years ago
Considering Beethoven lived in 17th century Germany, $50 must have been a fortune…
yow4zip Premium Member over 9 years ago
That’s a very interactive story.
antiantfilms over 7 years ago
Very civil.
Stormwyrm over 2 years ago
Beethoven lived most of his life as a composer in 19th Century Austria, and the money there was called thalers (the word that is the root of “dollar”), and a 1 thaler coin was 16⅔ grams of silver. 50 thalers would have been around 533⅓ grams of silver, or US$432.25 in 2022 dollars. But considering that an unskilled labourer in contemporary Great Britain would have been paid 3 shillings (about 17 grams of silver) a week, 50 thalers would have been the equivalent of nearly eight months of work.
FrostbiteFalls 11 months ago
Some people yell “Don’t go in there!” at movie screens, and some…