X-Nico

17 unusual facts about peanuts


A Touch of Dead

The book characters are amused by Eric's childlike hope that the Count will appear at his party, just like Linus of the Peanuts comic hopes in vain to greet the Great Pumpkin.

Agriculture in Senegal

Peanuts, sugarcane, and cotton are important cash crops, and a wide variety of fruits and vegetables are grown for local and export markets.

Armored Trunk Manufacturing Company

Through the 1980s Armored led through innovative specialty luggage packages such as its proprietary brands Alfredo Fettuccini, Sports Network and Luggage Set in a Box and through the licensing of key brands such as Budweiser, Charles Schulz's Snoopy and Friends and the 1984 Olympic Team USA.

Bud Blake

He was approached by King Features to create a comic strip that would rival Peanuts, and Tiger was born in 1965.

Charles M. Brown

Charles M. Brown (1903–1995) was a long-time U.S. politician in Atlanta, sometimes called Charlie Brown after the Peanuts character, Charlie Brown.

Charlie Brown and Charles Schulz

Charlie Brown and Charles Schulz is a documentary about the creator of the Peanuts series, Charles Schulz.

Don Nottebart

Also in 1963, Nottebart was one of several of baseball players mentioned in a Peanuts comic strip.

Frances Horwich

Miss Frances was mentioned by name four different times in Peanuts comic strips by creator Charles Schulz (8 June 1954, 30 August 1955, 19 March 1956, 27 August 1956).

Lord Jim

In a Sunday Peanuts strip, Lucy sees Snoopy carrying around a "This Is National Dog Week" sign, and asks him several questions including "Did a dog write Lord Jim?" – at which Snoopy gets annoyed.

Mafalda

Mafalda has occasionally been pointed out as being influenced by Charles Schulz's Peanuts, most notably by Umberto Eco in 1968, who contrasted the two characters.

Mario Miranda

Miranda's big break came in 1974, when, at the invitation of the United States Information Services, he travelled to America, which enabled him to promote his art and interact with other cartoonists in the United States and also got a chance to work with Charles M. Schulz, the creator of Peanuts) and met Herblock, the editorial cartoonist of the Washington Post.

Oh Good Grief!

The electric harpsichord may be harsh to some listeners unaccustomed to it, but this album shows lively new versions of the classic tunes of Peanuts.

Peggy Fleming

Peggy Fleming is mentioned very prominently in the Peanuts comic strip during the late 1960s and early 1970s, with Snoopy clearly having a crush on her.

Place kick

In the comic strip Peanuts, Lucy frequently holds the football to allow Charlie Brown to place kick but invariably pulls it away at the last second.

Queen snake

Linus van Pelt, from the Peanuts comic strip, has a phobia of queen snakes, believing them to be venomous, and finds them ugly.

Snoopy's Silly Sports Spectacular

This video game is a collection of six events that uses various characters from the Peanuts series (Donald Duck in the Japanese version) as opponents.

Worlds of Fun

“Snoopy’s Hot Summer Lights” which debuted in 2010 is an immersive light and sound experience starring the Peanuts characters.


3524 Schulz

3524 Schulz was named after Charles M. Schulz, the popular cartoonist who created 'The Peanuts'.

A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving

Two quick subsequent phone calls add Marcie and Franklin to the guest list, and since Charlie Brown cannot get a word in edgewise with Patty, he quickly finds himself in a quandary with no easy solution—at least not until Linus shows up.

Abraham J. Twerski

He has written over sixty books on Judaism and self-help topics, including several books with Charles M. Schulz's Peanuts comic strips used to illustrate human interaction and behavior.

Bill Melendez

In addition to producing Peanuts specials, Bill Melendez, as well as Lee Mendelson, has also produced specials for the comic strip Garfield.

Boiled peanuts

Edward Long, in his 1774 History of Jamaica, notes the consumption of boiled peanuts on the island.

Chad Webber

Chad Webber was a child actor noted for providing the voice of Charlie Brown in various Peanuts animation films during the early 1970s.

Chané people

They developed an agrarian culture, built densely populated villages, cultivated corn, peanuts, cotton and squash, and are famous for their ceramics and graphics which have been found mainly in the pampas surrounding the city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, El Fuerte in Samaipata, and in Portachuelo, Valle Abajo, Okinawa, Cotoca, El Pari, Mataral and Warnes.

Crackerjack

Cracker Jack, a snack consisting of caramel-coated popcorn and peanuts

Don Music

Don kept a picture of Sesame Street songwriter and composer Joe Raposo on the wall (although it was never actually identified as such), as well as a bust of Ludwig van Beethoven (possibly a reference to Schroeder) on his piano, which he addressed as "Ludwig" when apologizing for his failure as a composer or otherwise verbalizing his feelings.

Gene Cornish

It presented his pre-Rascals recordings, including "I Wanna Be a Beatle," "Rockin' Robin," "Peanuts," "What'd I Say," "You're Gonna Cry Someday," and even Cole Porter's "I Love Paris."

Halfeti

Until the area was flooded in 1999, the people lived from fishing in the Euphrates and farming on the riverbank, especially growing peanuts and the area's famous black roses.

Happiness Is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown

Coincidentally, the first half of the film's original Fox broadcast in 2011 competed directly with a Peanuts special that aired at the same time on ABC ("The Mayflower Voyagers" from This Is America, Charlie Brown).

Isagenix International

In February 2009, Isagenix was part of a nation-wide recall on peanuts thought to be contaminated with Salmonella, which were used by Isagenix in their Chocolate Dipped Honey Peanut Bar.

It's Christmastime Again, Charlie Brown

A VHS release was made available at Shell gas stations a few months prior to the TV airing, which would make this the first Peanuts special released directly to video.

It's Christmastime Again, Gerald Walker

This is Gerald Walker's second Christmas-themed album mirrored after the popular comic strip Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz.

Jim Nunally

Jim recorded Snoopy’s guitar tracks for the Peanuts animated television special “Snoopy’s Reunion” in 1991 and he was also the guitarist on the theme song of “The Beverly Hillbillies” movie.

Linda Ercoli

Ercoli also voiced Peppermint Patty in It's the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown, and Clara in the second Peanuts movie Snoopy, Come Home.

Linus' Beetle Bugs

Linus' Beetle Bugs is an amusement ride themed to kids with a Peanuts theme.

Love, Blactually

The episode begins with a costume party, where Brian and Stewie are both dressed as Snoopy from Peanuts, Quagmire dresses up as Napoleon Dynamite, Peter dresses as Laura Bush, Lois as Michael Dutton Douglas, Joe as Mark Spitz (although people believe he is cripple Thomas Magnum), and Cleveland as Charlie Chaplin.

Norma Lyon

She later expanded to creating other sculptures, including Garth Brooks, Elvis Presley, John Wayne, Peanuts characters, a Harley-Davidson motorcycle, American Gothic by Grant Wood and the Last Supper.

Perdeli pilav

Perdeli pilav is a Turkish food of rice with chicken, onion and peanuts enveloped in a thin layer of dough, topped with almonds.

PhpGrabComics

It supports grabbing today's strip from several sites, such as Dilbert, Calvin and Hobbes, Peanuts and Il manifesto.

Poovaipalayam

The villagers are primarily farmers who grow drumsticks, onions, chili peppers, peanuts, tomatoes, eggplants, beans and lentils.

Rhythm Pigs

Baby Falcon Getaway included a hardcore cover of the Gordon Lightfoot classic "Sundown" and a furiously paced rendition of Charles Mingus's "Boogie Stop Shuffle," which recalled the Peanuts theme (Vince Guaraldi's Linus and Lucy) from the first album.

Saint Paul Public Schools

Notable graduates of St. Paul Public Schools include former U.S. Supreme Court justices Harry Blackmun and Warren Burger, civil rights leader Roy Wilkins, creator of the Peanuts cartoon strip Charles M. Schulz, and many others from various professions and among notable achievements.

Small Saves

James says that his fascination for cartooning began very young, drawing inspiration from classics such as The Family Circus, Peanuts and Dennis the Menace.

Stacy Heather Tolkin

Stacy Heather Tolkin was a child actress who played the part of Irina in The Concorde ... Airport '79, and voiced Sally Brown in a number of 1983 television productions featuring Charles Schulz Peanuts characters.

Tom Poti

Contact with such foods as chocolate, peanuts, and Monosodium glutamate can be potentially lethal.