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Scott BeaudinRealize i'm not going out on a limb saying this, but god damn, Charles Schulz was the fucking GOAT.
This strip ran on christmas god damn DAY.
ZZ Bottom@ScottBeaudin
Indeed and that is why i feel his strips should be mandatory in any newspaper.
Indeed and that is why i feel his strips should be mandatory in any newspaper.
Tim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPE@ScottBeaudin Lehrer did this one too - if you don't already know it, listen until the last line. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIlJ8ZCs4jY
Tom Lehrer - National Brotherhood Week
TawdryHepburnIt's criminal that more people don't know Tom Lehrer. I like his bull fighting song best I think ☺
@TawdryHepburn @ScottBeaudin We once went to a small party at a relative's house. He wanted a couple of grown-ups around the place as he was basically entertaining half a dozen of his students, sort of thing tutors are expected to do occasionally.
What he was *not* expecting was for the students to spot the Lehrer book on the piano, and for one of them to sit down and start playing, and for the others to join in the singing!
(If you've never tried, most Lehrer songs are bloody difficult to play.)
Thank you for sharing the song!
jigbean@TimWardCam @ScottBeaudin Thank you so much for that link. It feels impossible that I've never heard of Tom Lehrer before. But so it is. Off to watch the hour-long video of that entire concert now.
@jigbean @ScottBeaudin The epitome of "political incorrectness" before it was even a thing. My parents used to play them to us when we were kids - in the height of the cold war "We Will All Go Together When We Go" seemed more immediately relevant than it has done in recent years.
(He's allowed the "and everybody hates the Jews" line, btw, as he is one.)
@TimWardCam @ScottBeaudin We'll all go together really is great. But in a bit of a punch to the gut way maybe. And I've realised that I ha e heard one of his songs before - the elements one. 😄
Bishop loves the java jive...@jigbean @TimWardCam @ScottBeaudin oh, you're in for a treat. After 3 brilliant albums and a handful of songs for The Electric Company, he joined the faculty of UC Santa Cruz where he taught mathematics and history of musical comedy (iirc). He's about 99 and still going. Also look up Hannukah in Santa Monica - that's his too.
@Bishopjoey @jigbean @ScottBeaudin "I don't have to do this for a living, you know. I could earn, oh, three thousand dollars a year just teaching!"
@Bishopjoey @TimWardCam @ScottBeaudin Oh, I was hooked as soon as I heard his intro to the Irish Ballad..."100 verses, but don't worry, I'm only going to sing 70 or 80 tonight" 🤣🤣🤣
@jigbean @Bishopjoey @ScottBeaudin I hear my wife saying "and they had to make do with gin" from the other end of the room every time I pour myself a G&T.
Living in the Sun@ScottBeaudin yes he was!
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Farksnatcher@ScottBeaudin I believe he also went out on a limb. Charlie Brown had many friends and not all white. A baseball team with girls and boys and a girl as his psychiatrist
mathew@farksnatcher @ScottBeaudin Info about how the character of Franklin got added to the strip:
https://flashbak.com/why-charles-m-schulz-gave-peanuts-a-black-character-1968-47081/
What strikes me is that Schultz wasn’t just willing to do it, he also wanted to do it right and not been seen as engaging in tokenism.
Marc with a C@farksnatcher @ScottBeaudin @mathew loved this story, thx for sharing!
When Shultz’ boss wanted Franklin gone from the strip, “we talked about it for a long while on the phone, and I finally sighed and said, ‘Well, Larry, let’s put it this way: Either you print it just the way I draw it or I quit. How’s that?’”
To affect change, we need the tenacity to be this stubbornly defiant in the face of opposition to our core #values
When Shultz’ boss wanted Franklin gone from the strip, “we talked about it for a long while on the phone, and I finally sighed and said, ‘Well, Larry, let’s put it this way: Either you print it just the way I draw it or I quit. How’s that?’”
To affect change, we need the tenacity to be this stubbornly defiant in the face of opposition to our core #values
TonyTrink1969 🏳️🌈@ScottBeaudin He was a #Savage before it was a thing! 🤣😂
Inquisitor Palletack@ScottBeaudin Indeed. He really conveyed Lucy's self-importance to delicious levels. A perfect Devil's Advocate for one that was never needed. 🤣
RMS06510@ScottBeaudin peanuts in general us pretty sarcastic, but the really early stuff is actually dark. Schultz had issues.
Tomps@ScottBeaudin @rskurat “had issues” / “was compassionate human” ?!
@tompsy @ScottBeaudin no I mean nowadays he would've been diagnosed and treated with severe depression. At the time that was minimized or buried.
@ScottBeaudin @rskurat yeah minimising / burying not helpful.
David Scott Moyer@ScottBeaudin Lucy is such a Republican.
LillyLyle/Count Melancholia@ScottBeaudin The older I get, the more I realise how strong Schultz's influence has been on my personal philosophy.
SaanichGuy 🇨🇦🇨🇦@ScottBeaudin So true!
We should all try!
We should all try!
Nelly Jane@ScottBeaudin send to Biden Re Assange
FabPaule #FBPE@ScottBeaudin I love this! Thank you for the reminder of my childhood!
Reino 🍋Tom Lehrer - National Brotherhood Week
johnaldis@ScottBeaudin As Tom Lehrer put it, “There’s time to rob him all the more, the other 364…” Although that also reminds me of this gem from his song about National Brotherhood Week, “It’s only for a week, so have no fear… be grateful that it doesn’t last all year!”
GraniteGeek@ScottBeaudin As a kid I cut out the strip from the Washington Star every day for several years and put them in a scrapbook. Especially before Snoopy took over it was deeply clever. And his drawing was very fine - as was his lettering. Excellent word balloons.
Helen Brooks 🇬🇧🇪🇺🇺🇦Love it!😊🌟
jgeorge@ScottBeaudin @robey you know the story of Franklin, right? A great story, culminating in the syndicate’s reticence in adding a PoC character to the strip, and Schultz’s reply of “run it or I quit.” Absolute GOAT.
Robey ☠️@jgeorge @ScottBeaudin that's amazing! :D
The Inspiring True Story Of Franklin, “Peanuts” 1st Black Character.
Fifty years ago, race relations in the United States were tense. After Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968, the long-simmering problem of segregation and racial discrimination reached a boiling point. This civil unrest lead to riots in the streets, and America seemed doomed to repeat the negative patterns of the past.
intagvalley@ScottBeaudin Yeah, and he worked for peanuts.
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mezzaninedoor@ScottBeaudin Agreed. He was great at social commentary tipped in amongst the wisecracks. ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ has been my essential Christmas viewing along with Frank Capra for 40+ years.