In the absence of the original date, we might guess this came after the fad cooled off. “Disneyland” only aired three hour-long episodes of Davy Crockett, then two more the following season framed as “tall tales” to get around his death at the Alamo. For whatever reason Walt Disney made no more Crocketts, instead casting Fess Parker in movies like “Old Yeller”. Maybe he sensed Crockettmania was too hot to last. Or maybe he was already bristling at ABC’s demand for more and more westerns. In any case Crockett receded from flavor of the month to one more familiar figure in Disney products (comics, records, Frontierland, etc.).
Whatever the cause, Schulz may have noticed nobody was wearing coonskin caps any more and let Charlie Brown express his curiosity.
In the absence of the original date, we might guess this came after the fad cooled off. “Disneyland” only aired three hour-long episodes of Davy Crockett, then two more the following season framed as “tall tales” to get around his death at the Alamo. For whatever reason Walt Disney made no more Crocketts, instead casting Fess Parker in movies like “Old Yeller”. Maybe he sensed Crockettmania was too hot to last. Or maybe he was already bristling at ABC’s demand for more and more westerns. In any case Crockett receded from flavor of the month to one more familiar figure in Disney products (comics, records, Frontierland, etc.).
Whatever the cause, Schulz may have noticed nobody was wearing coonskin caps any more and let Charlie Brown express his curiosity.