Was just thinking that this was made in 1972, when the Vietnam war was winding down, and American soldiers were coming home.
Also, the "No Dogs Allowed" signs would appear to reflect segregation, which was a major topic in this era.
Anyone else see anything like this?
I was 7 when I first saw this movie. My recollection now is that it was simply a Peanuts animated show and I got to stay up past my bedtime to watch it! I loved Peanuts and especially Snoopy as a child and still do. I do remember that it was rerun around 1976 or so on TV and my Mom and I watched it and we both laughed and cried. I found it to be a charming and sentimental story about Snoopy torn between two owners, one former, ill with cancer and one a somewhat bald-headed boy who got rocks for Halloween each year instead of candy.
It was an innocent time for me. I personally did not read any sort of political or social message into this cartoon and still don't. That doesn't there weren't any, I just watched it to see Linus and his love affair with his blue blanket(does anyone remember his mom washing it and him almost dying due to separation anxiety?) and Lucy try to steal a kiss from Schroeder and feel sorry for poor old Charlie Brown who never seemed to catch a break! The music is classic and the dancing the Peanuts gang did when Schroeder played at Christmas was hysterical! (The goofy arms-out-in-front dance?!) And The Great Pumpkin? Sally wasted a whole night waiting for the big moment with her "crush" Linus in the pumpkin patch!
Peanuts was and still is, for me anyhow, a wonderful, melancholy-laced stroll down memory lane into a long-ago happy childhood. I wil always have a special place in my heart for the Peanuts Gang and all its silliness and overly dramatic sentiment.
Snoopy and his, "Bleah's", were the best!!
And Lucy, give Charlie Brown a break and let him kick the ball, would'ya?
Ok, I wanna know why Franklin is always giving people 5. hahahahahaha. I mean, RACISM! Is that a BLACK thing??? lol
shareAt the time when Franklin became a "Peanuts" character, around the turn of the 70's, "give me five" ( as I seem to recall ) pretty much WAS chiefly an Afromerican greeting ( plus those few white kids who liked to go out on a limb for friendship's sake - or else just tick off their elders ).
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