Peanuts by Charles Schulz for August 12, 1979
Transcript:
Linus walks up to Charlie Brown, who is sitting on the bean bag watching t.v. Linus asks,"Where's your sister?" Charlie Brown replies,"'Where' is right!"<BR><BR> Sally sits at the table writing the letter 'Y'.<BR><BR> As Linus stands next to her, she holds up the paper with a smile and says,"I'm practicing my y's." He asks,"Why?"<BR><BR> She replies,"No, Y's! I did a whole row of them." He says,"Oh." She bends over the paper and replies,"Not O's, Y's!" He leans on his hand and says,"I see."<BR><BR> She says,"I C? who said anything about I's and C's?" She lifts up the paper and exclaims,"These are Y's! Don't you ever listen?"<BR><BR> As she writes, he exclaims,"Gee!" She looks up and yells,"Not G! Y's!!"<BR><BR> She resumes writing and says,"Now pay attention...these are U's..." He replies,"They don't look like me at all..."<BR><BR> He runs off as she flings the papers and pencil at him.<BR><BR>
LadyBlanc over 11 years ago
So he was doing it on purpose.*I confess, Charlie Brown’s comment in the first panel confuses me. Anyone else get it?
MrJamie1062 over 10 years ago
Amazing, how several letters’ names are homophones, of words, which you can tell was supposed to be the punchline of this strip. And YES, ten to one Linus WAS doing this on purpose, just to tease Sally,and get on her nerves. You can tell—for example, instead of “Why?” he could have either asked “How come?” or even “Why are you practicing your Y’s?” But then,again, that was the punchline of this cartoon, of course.
RuinQueenofOblivion over 3 years ago
Third Base!
Blind Seer almost 3 years ago
Abbot and Costello, ’Who’s on First."
FrostbiteFalls 10 months ago
It would have been funnier if Linus was deliberately messing with her, like she’d mess with Big Brother when she’s practicing her penmanship or writing out a report.