Peanuts by Charles Schulz for October 26, 1969
Transcript:
Linus sits in front of the tv and shouts, "Go! Go! Go! Fantastic!"<BR><BR> Charlie Brown holds a football. Linus approaches and says, "Charlie Brown, I just saw the most unbelievable football game ever played . . ."<BR><BR> Linus explains, "What a comeback! The other team was behind six-to-nothing with only three seconds to play . . They had the ball on their own one-yard line . . ."<BR><BR> Linus continues, "The quarterback took the ball, faded back behind his own goal posts and threw a perfect pass to the left end who whirled away from four guys and ran all the way for a touchdown! The fans went wild! You should have seen them!"<BR><BR> Linus says, "People were jumping up and down, and when they kicked the extra point, thousands of people ran out onto the field laughing and screaming! The fans and the players were so happy they were rolling on the ground and hugging each other and dancing and everything!"<BR><BR> Linus smiles and says, "It was fantastic!"<BR><BR> Charlie Brown asks, "How did the other team feel?"<BR><BR>
Ah, Charlie Brown, ever sympathetic to the loser and the underdog.