If you were like me, a kid growing up in the 70’s, you couldn’t wait for the latest Charlie Brown special to appear on the television. I can remember waiting in eager anticipation for it as though it were the highlight of the day. Now, I am watching it with my own kids. For some strange reason (God?), during a recent special, I had some suspicions about the nature of what I was watching. Charlie Brown as the perennial loser in life, rejected amongst friends, can never do anything right, can’t get the little red-haired girl, can’t kick the football, etc. I was beginning to wonder if Charlie Brown were merely a disguise behind which Schulz was hiding. I was aware of his most recent biography, Schulz and Peanuts, by David Michaelis and checked it out at the local library. Good grief, was that ever a kick to the heart! Read the rest of this entry »
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