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Always Stick Up for the Underbird (Peanuts Classics)

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The first section features Sunday strips from 1952,1953,1954,1955 and 1956.Snoopy is jumping rope,Linus is trying to throw potato chips and a lot about Schroeder at the piano!The second section features strips from 1955,1956 and 1957.It mostly features Charlie Brown as he has to struggle through life.

I believe this collection was originally entitled Good Ol' Charlie Brown. It seemed like Peanuts was truly finding its niche at the time these cartoons came out. You had Lucy being bossy, crabby, and chatty (is it any wonder Charlie Brown complained about stomach cramps when she was trying to teach Linus the "facts of life"?). Linus was beginning to enjoy the comforts of his blanket. Snoopy had learned how to dance and pantomime (he's a scream when he does imitations of Lucy, Violet, Beethoven- much to Schroeder's offense and Mickey Mouse). Charlie Brown had started asking the question "How come nobody likes me?" and of course, loses every baseball game (unless it's raining and the other team never shows up).

Btw, the title comes from a cartoon where Charlie builds a birdhouse for sparrows.