Peanutsis an indelible part of American culture . Charles Schulz ’s comic strip show about a pensive boy name Charlie Brown and his champion made its first appearance on October 2 , 1950 . By 1999 , it was running in2600 newspapers in 75 countries , and it ’s still in sight of papers today , though its Divine is no longer around . The character are an iconic part of theMacy ’s Thanksgiving Day Parade . They show up intheme parksand MetLife indemnity commercials . AndYou’re a Good Man , Charlie Brownwas one of themost popular high shoal musicalsof the seventies and ‘ 80s .
In 2015 , Chuck and his chum buy the farm where they ’d never gone before : 3D.The Peanuts Movie , save with Charles Schulz ’s son and grandson , Craig and Bryan Schulz , brought the gang back to the large CRT screen for the first time in 35 years . Here are some thing you might not know about the beloved slip and its many media branch .
1. Charlie Brown was modeled after Charles Schulz.
“ We always say that each of the grapheme represents a piece of our dad , ” Craig Schulz , Charles ’ son , enounce in a new book about the production of the raw movie , The Art and Making of the Peanuts Movie . “ Charlie Brown was his real ego , while Snoopy was what he wanted to be . ”
2. There are 17,897Peanutscomic strips.
They ran between 1950 and 2000 , each one drawn by Schulz . Schulz pop off from colon cancer at age 77 , the day before the last original strip ran .
3. Charles Schulz didn’t choose the namePeanuts(nor did he like it).
Charlie Brown first appear as a character in a comic strip calledLi’l family , but when Schulz come near the United Feature Syndicate about a publishing deal in 1950 , the syndication help cerebrate the name was too close-fitting to two other comics it ran at the prison term , andchanged ittoPeanuts . Schulz never like the new moniker;he thoughtit " made it sound too insignificant . "
4. IconicPeanutscharacters like Lucy and Linus didn’t show up until years into the comic.
The firstPeanutsstrip featured Shermy , Patty ( a separatecharacterfrom Peppermint Patty ) , and Charlie Brown . It ran in seven newspaper in October 1950 .
5. In the earlyPeanutsstrips, Lucy was younger than Charlie Brown.
In her first comic strip in March 1952,Lucy was a bambino . Later , Schulz decided to make her Charlie Brown ’s peer . Lucy would later be the character to observe “ Happiness is a warm pup ” in an April 1960 strip .
6. Linus didn’t speak for the first two years ofPeanutsstrips.
He appeared as Lucy ’s security - blanket younger crony in September 1952 , but did n’t get a line in the funny until1954 .
7. Franklin’s first appearance in thePeanutscomic was in July 1968.
In it , Franklin recovers Charlie Brown ’s lose beach egg . At the prison term , Franklin ’s inclusionwas seen as controversial , and Schulz received varsity letter complaining about the character .
8. Charlie Brown got close to getting an EGOT.
Onlya XII peoplehave won each of the entertainment manufacture ’s biggest awards : an Emmy , a Grammy , an Oscar , and a Tony . Peanutsprojects won two Grammies , four Emmy honor , and two Tony awards . They ’ve only get an Oscar nominating address , though : A male child Named Charlie Brown(1969 ) got a nod for Best Original Song Score .
9. The first piece of music in thePeanutsstrip was by Rachmaninoff.
Schroeder get laid Beethoven ( and his household at 1770 James Street is a nod to the composer ’s birth year ) but the first piece he play in the slip was Sergei Rachmaninoff ’s " Prelude in G Minor . "
10. In most of thePeanutscomics, Marcie has no eyes.
Marcie ’s glasses disguise her eyes throughout most of the original comic , only appear in uncommon moments , like a May 1980 striptease where Peppermint Patty tries to convince her to wear her glass on top of her head . ( evidently , she fly the coop into a phone pole . )
11. The little red-haired girl is never fully seen in thePeanutscomic strip.
The daily airstrip only showed the physical object of Charlie Brown ’s affections once , in silhouette , in 1998 . He did get to meet her in the television specialIt ’s Your First Kiss , Charlie Brown , which aired in 1977 .
12. Snoopy has five siblings.
Spike was the first Snoopy buddy , enclose in 1975 and name after Charles Schulz ’s childhood pup . Snoopy ’s other sibling admit Marbles , Olaf , Andy , and his only sister , Belle .
13. There were 45PeanutsTV specials.
14. Charlie Brown’s head is really hard to draw.
When asked about the hard lineament trait to ink , Paige Braddock , the originative director of Charles M. Schulz Creative Associates , admitted that Charlie Brown ’s attic is the most complicated piece to pull off . “ It is nearly impossible to get right when you first start work with the characters , and if it is off in the least , it really stands out , ” she says inThe Art and Making of the Peanuts Movie . Braddock is currently responsible for the look of allPeanuts - related production .
15. There are twoPeanutshead types.
“ If you front closely , you will notice there are only two capitulum types , one modeled after the Browns , the other after the Van Pelts , ” San Jun Lee , the lead role designer for the new movie , tell in the Holy Writ . What really differentiates the characters , and makes them instantly recognizable , is their hair .
16. Snoopy’s eyes are on the same side of his face.
If you look closely , you ’ll notice that Snoopy ’s middle are on the same side of his nose . It looks natural in the comedian , but was a special challenge to animate in 3D.
17. In CGI, Charlie Brown has a lot of hair.
Though Charlie Brown only gets a single line of gyre hair in the comic , in the movie , it ’s a strand of 219 hairs coiled like a spring .
18. Charlie Brown is in the mail.
Even the U.S. Postal Service lovesA Charlie Brown Christmas . In 2015 , to mark the sixty-fifth anniversary of the mirthful and the 50th day of remembrance of the television special , the USPSreleased Forever stampswith images like Snoopy ice skating , Linus kneeling with the Christmas tree , and Charlie Brown checking the ring mail for a Christmas notice . ThePeanutsgang also got a commemorative stamp from the USPS in 2001 .
