Unpacking Peanuts
Jimmy Gownley, Michael Cohen, Harold Buchholz, Liz Sumner
Three lifelong cartoonists take an in-depth look at the comic strip masterpiece, Peanuts. Each week, Jimmy Gownley, Harold Buchholz and Michael Cohen examine the complete run of the comic by Charles M. Schulz from 1950 all the way up to the year 2000. Plus special guests and bonuses. Unpacking Peanuts is a fan podcast unaffiliated with Peanuts Worldwide.
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Episodes (205)
1995 Part 2 - Woodstock is Emotionally Bankrupt!
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1995 Part 1 - At Long Last, Charlie Brown is the Hero
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Special Episode: Slide, Charlie Brown! Slide!
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With Lynn Johnston, Creator of For Better or For Worse
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With Judy "Snoopy" Sladky
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With Rheta Grimsley Johnson, Author of Good Grief
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Wrap Up Season 10: Snoopy and Woodstock, and Calvin and Hobbes
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1994 Part 4 - Good Ol’ Down in the Dirt Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Comics
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1994 Part 3 - Far and Away One of the Great Tries of All Time
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1994 Part 2 - Nude Beagle Descending a Staircase
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1994 Part 1 - The Smaller the King the More the Talk
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1993 Part 3 - I Never Knew Life Could Be So Beautiful
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1993 Part 2 - Who Reassures the Reassurer?
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1993 Part 1 - Nobody Told Me Life Was Going To Be This Hard
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Special Episode: A Charlie Brown Christmas! - From the Vault
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Special Episode: It's Christmastime Again Charlie Brown
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1992 Part 3 - We Live in Interesting Times, Marcie
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1992 Part 2 - Linus, in a Light Jacket, Patting Birds on the Head
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1992 Part 1 - Have You Ever Written A Love Note, Linus?
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1991 Part 3 - Sally Is As Radical As They Come
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1991 Part 2 - Gatsby Had a Mansion in Jericho
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1991 Part 1 - Maybe You Should Have Bought a Golden Retriever, Charles!
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Special Episode: The Great Pumpkin - From the Vault
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1990 Part 3 - If You Don’t Want to be Perfect, You’ve Come to the Right Place
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1990 Part 2 - The Ballad of Brownie Charles and Peggy Jean
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1990 Part 1 - Home Again Finnegan
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Season 9 Wrap-up - 1985-1989
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1989 Part 3 - It’s Cute. It’s Sweet. It’s Funny.
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1989 Part 2 - Two Old Friends Sharing a Sandwich
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1989 Part 1- I’m Very Fond of You Charles, But Stay Loose!
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Special Episode - What a Difference A Panel Makes - With Todd Webb
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1988 Part 3 - The Valley of the Dogs
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1988 Part 2 - Little Snapshots of Their Lives
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1988 Part 1 - Do You Think the Red Baron Likes Garfield?
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1987 Part 3 - Schulz is Still Number One!
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1987 Part 2 - Rerun is a Non-Sequitur
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1987 Part 1 - Linus, Lydia, and the “Shadow of the Past”
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1986 Part 3 - I Will Destroy You and All Your Cousins
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1986 Part 2 - Woodstock Gets Buzzed
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1986 Part 1 - Attack of the Nancy Fans!
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1985 Part 3 - Snoopy is a Punk Rocker
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1985 Part 2 - Go Back to the Future, Snoopy!
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1985 Part 1 - Peppermint Patty Gets a Win
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1950 Re-Mastered (Parts 1 and 2)
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It’s a Clip Show, Charlie Brown!
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Special Episode: She’s a Pretty “Sharp” Mother
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Wrap-up Season 8 - 1980-1984 - Snoopy v. Garfield: Dawn of Plush Stuff
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1984 Part 2 - Peppermint Paris
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1984 Part 1 - Big Brother is Watching You, Charlie Brown
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1983 Part 2 - Would You Like To Push Me Into the Lake, Sir?
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