Peanuts by Charles Schulz for February 21, 1951
February 20, 1951
February 22, 1951
Transcript:
Charlie Brown stands looking down angrily at the radio. He exclaims,"What a radio!"<BR><BR> He kicks the radio and continues,"Boy, I get mad at it!!"<BR><BR> Shermy stoops looking at the radio as Charlie Brown stands grimacing at it. The former asks,"What's the matter? Bad tube? Loose connection?"<BR><BR> Charlie Brown replies,"No!! It doesn't have any good programs!"<BR><BR>
Ah, yes, this is 1951. I was 4 years old, and we didn’t have a TV. So, radio was the entertainment center in the house. We didn’t get a TV for a couple more years. In fact, it was Jan 2, 1953. The reason I remember is that, on the way home, on the car radio, we heard about Hank Williams dying the day before. Two stations! In those days, you didn’t get the news of things happening right away.