History ShoutOut / Peanuts

-->'''Marcie:''' Did you ever read this one, sir? It's where [[Franchise/SpiderMan Spiderperson]] [[ComicBook/TheNightGwenStacyDied is on this bridge, and...]]

** Incidentally, Schulz's own favorite composer was actually [[Creator/JohannesBrahms Brahms]], not Beethoven. But when coming up with a favorite composer for Schroeder, he decided "Beethoven" sounded funnier than "Brahms".

** Incidentally, Schulz's favorite composer was actually [[Creator/JohannesBrahms Brahms]], not Beethoven. But when coming up with a favorite composer for Schroeder, he decided "Beethoven" sounded funnier than "Brahms".

* Other musicians mentioned in the strip included:

* The 1984 special ''It's Flashbeagle, Charlie Brown'' contains a sequence during the otherwise original song "I'm in Shape", where Peppermint Patty sings a bridge that clearly is a spoof of Toni Basil's hit "Mickey". The segment itself may also have been inspired by Olivia Newton-John's "Physical".
** That whole special is a shout-out to various elements of '80s pop culture. The "Flashbeagle" theme song itself obviously spoofs "Maniac" by Michael Sembello. In fact, the animators' model for Snoopy's dancing was Marine Jahan, Jennifer Beals's dance double from ''Film/{{Flashdance}}''.

* 1950s songbird Joni James is mentioned in one strip as one of Snoopy's favorite singers (he tells the Cat Next Door not to bother asking to borrow any of his Joni James albums ever again), and in a Sunday strip in 1989 in which Linus is unable to use the telephone for a phone-in contest in which the prize is four tickets to a Joni James concert - because Lucy is hogging the phone. James returned the favor by including Snoopy on the cover of her compilation CD ''Jukebox Joni''.[[note]]James is also important in ''Peanuts'' history for indirectly inspiring Schulz to add The Little Red-Haired Girl as TheGhost. It was while listening to her 1959 album ''Joni James Sings Songs of Music/HankWilliams'', especially her rendition of "I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love With You)", that Schulz reminisced about his failed relationship with red-haired Donna Johnson and decided to have Charlie Brown fall in [[AllLoveIsUnrequited unrequited love]].[[/note]]

** Schulz said he named Peppermint Patty after the York Peppermint Pattie candy. In 1966 Peppermint Patties were only sold in the Northeast, Midwest, and Florida,[[note]]they went national in 1975[[/note]] so it might seem unlikely that the California-based Schulz would've been aware of them, but he certainly could've visited any of the places where they were available. He did in fact travel to Indiana in 1963 to receive an honorary degree from Anderson College. And, of course, he was originally from Minnesota.

** Schulz said he named Peppermint Patty after the York Peppermint Pattie candy. In 1966 Peppermint Patties were only sold in the Northeast, Midwest and Florida[[note]]They went national in 1975[[/note]], so it might seem unlikely that the California-based Schulz would've been aware of them, but he certainly could've visited any of the places where they were available. He did in fact travel to Indiana in 1963 to receive an honorary degree from Anderson College. And, of course, he was originally from Minnesota.

** Incidentally, Schulz's favorite composer was actually Creator/JohannesBrahms, not Beethoven. But when coming up with a favorite composer for Schroeder, he decided "Beethoven" sounded funnier than "Brahms".
** The first piece Schroeder ever played on his toy piano was actually by Rachmaninoff.

* The ''Peanuts'' TV series has a bit in which Snoopy, with Woodstock as the pilot, lifts off in his [[HeliCritter helicopter mode]] with "[[Film/ApocalypseNow Ride of the Valkyries]]" (on xylophone) as music accompaniment.

* Quite a few to Billie Jean King. In one strip, Sally draws a picture of UsefulNotes/GeorgeWashington and Betsy Ross playing a mixed doubles match against UsefulNotes/HarryTruman and Billie Jean King for Independence Day. Charlie Brown comments that Harry and Billie would have won in straight sets.[[note]]King was a close friend of Schulz and even spoke at his funeral.[[/note]]

** Also, Linus got quite upset while reading the newspaper in one 1965 strip because "[[Series/TheMickeyMouseClub Annette Funicello]] has grown up!"

** Also in 1975, Charlie Brown fantasized about being a "ringer" (as in, "That guy is too good, who let in the ringer?") and decided there was as much chance of that happening as there was of marrying '70s superstar Olivia Newton-John.

** That whole special is a shout-out to various elements of '80s pop culture. The "Flashbeagle" theme song itself obviously spoofs "Maniac" by Michael Sembello.
* Speaking of '80s pop, in a 1984 strip, Charlie Brown, infuriated with Lucy for missing yet another fly ball, asked her why she bothered to play baseball at all. Lucy's response: "[[Music/CyndiLauper Girls just want to have fun]]."

* One strip featured a shout-out to ''Magazine/{{MAD}}'' magazine and Alfred E. Neuman.

** Incidentally, Schulz's favorite composer was actually Music/JohannesBrahms, not Beethoven. But when coming up with a favorite composer for Schroeder, he decided "Beethoven" sounded funnier than "Brahms".