Peanuts by Charles Schulz for June 19, 2023

Bring back some barbeque, Snoop.

They got some crazy little women there.

Snoopy was so excited about KC, he used a speech bubble instead of a thought bubble in the first panel.

Unusually detailed panel #1.

I’ve been there several times, Snoopy. Meh.

Snoopy gets a Royalty for ever Hallmark card he sends. I’ve head he’s paid in Peanuts

He can send Peanuts cards!

Good place to get some BBQ Snoopy. Come back in about 15 years and Buck O"Neil would give you a tour of the newly opened N*gro Leagues Baseball Museum which is still a wonderful place to spend the day!

NOW I get it.

Of course they have greeting cards there, Snoopy. Everything’s up to date in Kansas City!

Has ANYONE else ever said, “Wow! What a place!” upon arriving in Kansas City?

Ah, Kansas City. Just a few hours away from Wimbledon.

You can get greeting cards in Kansas City!

No. But you get one heck of a steak………..

Today, you could just text him to let him know where you are and how you’re doing…

It seems strange for Snoopy to refer to Charlie as that round headed kid, and yet Snoopy is concerned to relieve Charlie’s fears by sending him a card.

You can get greetings cards everywhere.

Are we sure he’s in the right Kansas City? There are two.

Snoopy did some train hopping

You can, but they’ll say “Greetings from Independence, MO!”

Yes, you can, Snoopy. You just need to know where to look.

I’m going to Kansas City

Kansas City, here I come

I’m going to Kansas City

Kansas City, here I come

They got some crazy

Little women there

And I’m gonna get me one.

I’m gonna be

Standing on the corner

Twelfth Street and Vine

I’ll be standing on the corner

Twelfth Street and Vine

With my Kansas City baby

And a bottle of Kansas City wine

Well, I might take a train

I might take a plane

But if I have to walk

I’m going just the same

I’m going to Kansas City

Kansas City, here I come

They got some crazy

Little women there

And I’m gonna get me one

Now if I stay with that woman

I know I’m gonna die

Gotta find a brand new baby

And that’s the reason why

I’m going to Kansas City

Kansas City, here I come

They got some crazy

Little women there

And I’m gonna get me one

They got some crazy

Little women there

And I’m gonna get me one

They got some crazy

Little women there

And I’m gonna get me one

EXCEPT, there is no 12 street and Vine in Kansas City.

Everything’s up to date in Kansas City,

They’ve gone about as fur as they could go…

(“Kansas City” from Oklahoma! )

Just don’t buy one from a crazy little woman.

“They got some crazy little b**ches there and I’m gonna get me one.” (Using that word in its correct, literal sense!)

Look at the dialogue balloon in Panel 1. Snoopy is actually speaking!

Be sure to check out the National WW1 Museum while you’re there. It’s just across the street from the train station.

Very educational day ……. Thank you …. :)

So, it’s an inside[Kansas City]joke…..(Written from Cleveland,Ohio, home of American Greetings)

Spoil sport, spoiling all the fun, let ’em guess

It’s a big big world out there Snoopy. You might be surprised what you find while you’re looking for something else.

Before the merger with T mobile Sprints headquarters was in Overland Park. In the old old days TWA’s (Google it) headquarters was also in KC Also ever notice the crown on the KC Royals uniforms. A nod to Hallmarks crown.

I’ve got a pressing question (in my best Andy Rooney voice): why is it that they name Kansas City in Missouri and Virginia City in Nevada? At least where I live Virginia Beach, Virginia, there’s no confusion as to the state.

Send him a note saying, send me a new racket. Kansas City looks oh so pretty but can’t play in Wimbledon without my racket.

Which Bond movie had the villian decide not to destroy KC because it would take 6 months for anyone to notice?

If you travel a few miles west (in today’s world) you can see the biggest ball of yarn/string/twine. Yes, I know it is three plus hours but in big states three hours is nothing.

You can get into horrific traffic jams in Kansas City!

On to Arthur Bryant’s for the big pig-out

There is a very interesting podcast called Detours (it’s connected to the PBS show Antiques Roadshow) with an episode about how a guy from Hallmark first convinced Charles Schulz to license his drawings for cards and such. The guy and Schulz became great friends and Schulz gave him all kinds of drawings and sketches (which his family still owns – and brought to Antiques Roadshow). As I kid, I contributed much to Hallmark’s coffers because I LOVED all the Peanuts merch

Thanks, efkasper. Brilliant!