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1996 Part 1- The Strange Death of Tapioca Pudding

4/22/2025 • 62 min

In this episode, the guys have a long discussion about what makes Peanuts work, and how Schulz’s presence is felt in the strip. Can that be the key to understanding Peanuts? Or is it possible we’re overthinking this? Meanwhile, Rerun provides some of the strip’s best moments. Charlie Brown is still up all night. And Spike is still fighting in the trenches. Plus:… Play episode

1995 Part 3 - The Outer Space Adventures of Woodstock and Spike
1995 Part 2 - Woodstock is Emotionally Bankrupt!
1995 Part 1 - At Long Last, Charlie Brown is the Hero
Special Episode: Slide, Charlie Brown! Slide!
With Lynn Johnston, Creator of For Better or For Worse
With Judy "Snoopy" Sladky
With Rheta Grimsley Johnson, Author of Good Grief
Wrap Up Season 10: Snoopy and Woodstock, and Calvin and Hobbes
1994 Part 4 - Good Ol’ Down in the Dirt Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Comics
1994 Part 3 - Far and Away One of the Great Tries of All Time
1994 Part 2 - Nude Beagle Descending a Staircase
1994 Part 1 - The Smaller the King the More the Talk
1993 Part 3 - I Never Knew Life Could Be So Beautiful
1993 Part 2 - Who Reassures the Reassurer?
1993 Part 1 - Nobody Told Me Life Was Going To Be This Hard
Special Episode: A Charlie Brown Christmas! - From the Vault
Special Episode: It's Christmastime Again Charlie Brown
1992 Part 3 - We Live in Interesting Times, Marcie
1992 Part 2 - Linus, in a Light Jacket, Patting Birds on the Head
1992 Part 1 - Have You Ever Written A Love Note, Linus?
1991 Part 3 - Sally Is As Radical As They Come
1991 Part 2 - Gatsby Had a Mansion in Jericho
1991 Part 1 - Maybe You Should Have Bought a Golden Retriever, Charles!
Special Episode: The Great Pumpkin - From the Vault
1990 Part 3 - If You Don’t Want to be Perfect, You’ve Come to the Right Pl…
1990 Part 2 - The Ballad of Brownie Charles and Peggy Jean
1990 Part 1 - Home Again Finnegan
Season 9 Wrap-up - 1985-1989
1989 Part 3 - It’s Cute. It’s Sweet. It’s Funny.
1989 Part 2 - Two Old Friends Sharing a Sandwich
1989 Part 1- I’m Very Fond of You Charles, But Stay Loose!
Special Episode - What a Difference A Panel Makes - With Todd Webb
1988 Part 3 - The Valley of the Dogs
1988 Part 2 - Little Snapshots of Their Lives
1988 Part 1 - Do You Think the Red Baron Likes Garfield?
1987 Part 3 - Schulz is Still Number One!
1987 Part 2 - Rerun is a Non-Sequitur
1987 Part 1 - Linus, Lydia, and the “Shadow of the Past”
1986 Part 3 - I Will Destroy You and All Your Cousins
1986 Part 2 - Woodstock Gets Buzzed
1986 Part 1 - Attack of the Nancy Fans!
1985 Part 3 - Snoopy is a Punk Rocker
1985 Part 2 - Go Back to the Future, Snoopy!
1985 Part 1 - Peppermint Patty Gets a Win
1950 Re-Mastered (Parts 1 and 2)
It’s a Clip Show, Charlie Brown!
Special Episode: She’s a Pretty “Sharp” Mother
Wrap-up Season 8 - 1980-1984 - Snoopy v. Garfield: Dawn of Plush Stuff
1984 Part 2 - Peppermint Paris

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