Story: Peanuts
Summary: Peanuts was a beloved comic strip that ran in thousands of newspapers. Americans processed many of the cultural changes of the 60's through Peanuts: "jogging", an obsession with "cool", psychotherapy, idealism, cynicism, and commercialization. At the same time, many of the themes explored by the Peanuts gang were timeless and deeply personal: depression, unrequited love, identity, trust and belonging, for example. These are great subjects for starting and sustaining meaningful conversation. What did Peanuts mean to you then? What about now?
Page: 1 Introduction
Charlie Brown and the whole gang
Peanuts was a beloved comic strip created by Charles Schulz. <break time="2s"/>
Page: 2 Charles Schulz Drawing Charlie Brown
Charles Schulz drawing Charlie Brown
Children and adults alike would wait for the paper to see what Charlie Brown and his friends would do next. <break time="2s"/>
Page: 3 Self-doubt
Self-doubt
Charlie Brown was a determined child. For example, he played baseball year after year, and never really succeeded. <break time="1s"/> Charlie Brown was insecure. <break time="3s"/>
Page: 4 Jogging and Restlessness
Jogging and Restlessness
Snoopy was Charlie Brown's dog. Unlike Charlie Brown, Snoopy was very cool and very popular. For example, Snoopy discovered that jogging was cool. <break time="1s"/> Or perhaps Snoopy was even too cool for jogging. <break time="3s"/>
Page: 5 Distracted by Unrequited Love
Sometimes love hurts
Charlie Brown was in love with the little red-haired girl. <break time="2s"/> But he was afraid to talk to her. <break time="3s"/>
Page: 6 Man's Best Friend
Charlie Brown loves his dog, Snoopy
Everybody loves Snoopy. <break time="1s"/> But Snoopy only tolerates Charlie Brown. <break time="3s"/>
Page: 7 Finding Time to Talk
Finding the time and courage to talk
Charlie Brown told his friends about being in love <break time="1s"/> but never spoke to the little red-haired girl. <break time="3s"/>
Page: 8 Talking about Peanuts
Finding the time and courage to talk
What would you like to talk about.