10 Things you didn't know about the Peanuts
Peanuts
week at Sugar Bay has finally arrived! Our campers are having so much
fun with Snoopy and Good old Charlie Brown. Did you know that the
Peanuts comic strip, although only recently turned into a movie, was
in existence since 1950?
There
are so many things about the Peanuts you didn't know.
Inspired
by the Peanuts week at Sugar Bay...
Here
are 10 Fun Facts about The Peanuts:
1. CHARLIE BROWN
WAS MODELED AFTER CHARLES SCHULZ
The writer and
producer of the Peanuts comic strip, Charles Schulz, designed Charlie
Brown pretty much to be a replica of himself. “We always say that
each of the characters represents a piece of our dad,” is what
Charles’ son, Craig Schulz said in a new book (The
Art and Making of the Peanuts)
about the production of the new movie.
2. THERE ARE 17,897 STRIPS
There is almost 18 000 comic strips of the
Peanuts. These strips ran in newspapers between 1950 and 2000. Each
strip was drawn by Schulz himself until he died from colon cancer at
age 77, the day before the last original strip ran.
3. CHARLES SCHULZ DIDN’T CHOOSE THE COMIC STRIP
NAME
Charlie Brown first appeared as a character in a
comic strip called Li'l Folks. When Schulz secured a
publishing deal in 1950, the syndication service thought the name was
too close to two other comics it ran at the time, and changed it to
Peanuts. Schulz never liked the new name.
4. ICONIC
CHARACTERS LIKE LUCY AND LINUS DIDN’T SHOW UP UNTIL YEARS INTO THE
COMIC
The first Peanuts
strip featured Shermy, Patty and Charlie Brown. It ran in seven
newspapers in October 1950. Lucy and Linus only showed up after this.
5. LUCY STARTED OUT AS YOUNGER THAN CHARLIE BROWN
In her first comic strip in March 1952, Lucy
started out as a toddler. Later, Schulz decided to make her Charlie
Brown’s peer.
6. LINUS DIDN’T SPEAK FOR THE FIRST TWO YEARS
Linus appeared as Lucy’s younger brother in
September 1952, but didn’t get a line in the comic until 2 years
later. Yup, he only spoke in 1954.
7. FRANKLIN’S FIRST APPEARANCE IN THE COMIC WAS
IN JULY 1968
In his first appearance, Franklin met Charlie
Brown when they were both at the beach. Franklin later paid Charlie
Brown a visit and found some of Charlie Brown's other friends to be
quite odd. His last appearance was in 1999, the year before Schulz
passed away.
8. CHARLIE BROWN ALMOST RECEIVED AN EGOT
EGOT is an acronym for "Emmy, Grammy,
Oscar, Tony" in reference to persons who have won all four
awards. The Peanuts
projects won two Grammies,
four Emmy awards, and two Tony awards. They only never received an
Oscar, however, they were nominated.
9. THE FIRST PIECE OF MUSIC IN THE STRIP WAS BY
RACHMANINOFF
The character Schroeder's first piece he played in
the strip was Sergei Rachmaninoff’s “Prelude in G Minor.”
10. IN MOST OF THE COMICS, MARCIE HAS NO EYES
Marcie’s glasses mask her eyes throughout most
of the original comic strips. However, she has no eyes.
Now that you know more about the Peanuts... It's
time to go nuts!
Missed out on our previous holiday camps? No worries, we have 3 more holiday camps lined up these April/May holidays! Take a look at our Themed Holiday Camp Playlist to get a sneak peak of just how much fun we have during the holidays and also check out some highlights from our excursions and day trips.
Head over to our website and book online
to secure your place for another fun themed camp this April. To view
the finer details for each of our themed holiday camps and prices, check
out our rates and dates.
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