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Truly another great loss, but I’m not sure it ranks with Charles Shulz. When I mentioned what a shitty weekend it was at work, with all the celebrity deaths, nobody knew who Hawkins was, even after I mentioned "I put a spell on you".  Forget mentioning his acting appearance in "Mystery Train".  Ironically, I didn’t even hear about Tom Landry until a few days later. Reminds me of when Ted Hawkins died, nobody knew, nobody cared, except the few who heard him sing. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – <re:Charles Shultz I don’t usually mourn the deaths of celebrities, but the news of Charles’ death brought tears to my eyes. Hmm; it was the death of Jalacy "Screamin’ Jay" Hawkins in Paris this weekend that seemed more significant to me — the man who brought us the original of the much-covered "I Put a Spell On You" and pioneered the use of stage effects for music concerts. —  –Pete rec.boats caps and burgees available at: http://www.msen.com/~pwmeek/cap-main.html

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Very well said.  Charlie Brown always seemed to be a constant in life. As I grew up he was always there in the morning paper, always the first comic on the first page of the Sunday paper comics.  Not to mention that it wasn’t a hol;iday season until you saw "The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown," Charlie Brown Christmas, and the others. Some easy trivia:  Can anyone recall the sponsor of the early TV specials and the name of the jazz musician who penned the unbelievable score to Charlie Brown Movie and specials?  Finally, what is the name of Charlie Brown’s theme song?  (my wife and I debate this a lot!). I grew up, Charlie Brown will be forever young!  At least he got to kiss the little Red Haired girl Scott http://www.lisaandscott.com/NoviceBoating.htm – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -I don’t usually mourn the deaths of celebrities, but the news of Charles’ death brought tears to my eyes. He was a great man who, despite his own insecurities, had an amazing grasp on every day life and on the mind of the common man. He will truly be missed by a lot of people. Charlie Brown will never get to kick the football, Snoopy will never catch the Red Baron, Linus will forever carry his blanket, Lucy. . . well, she will always be Lucy, the crabbiest character of all. It was a dark and stormy night. . . Goodbye Charles Schultz. You will be missed in my heart. Carl G. Craver Peanuts and Snoopy creater for the past 50 years, Charles M. Shulz died this morning from colon cancer. Sparky’s daily comic strip, plus the Sunday color version has delighted us for generations. Today’s Sunday paper ran Shulz’s final farewell to Peanuts. David You’re a good man, Charlie Brown

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Hey, back after back surgery and a new computer……. I cried too when I heard about Charles Shulz, ironically this was the one "celebrity" death I had been thinking about since my childhood: What would happen when Peanuts stopped?  It would truly be a sad day. I feel he truly touched many people’s lives and deserves so much more tribute than ever be given. Everyone pegged the Vince Guaraldi and "Linus and Lucy" theme song. The big disappointment I have is trying to find the theme song from "A Boy named Charlie Brown", where the guy is singing about Charlie Brown.  It’s not on the movie soundtrack, just the jazz tunes. As far as the early sponsors: Dolly Madison (kinda like Hostess cakes). Peanuts characters were actually in the ads.  Who can forget that or the Norelco sponsorship of the Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer (with Santa gliding over the snow in a triple disc razor) Nice to see a topic everyone feels the same about. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Very well said.  Charlie Brown always seemed to be a constant in life. As I grew up he was always there in the morning paper, always the first comic on the first page of the Sunday paper comics.  Not to mention that it wasn’t a hol;iday season until you saw "The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown," Charlie Brown Christmas, and the others. Some easy trivia:  Can anyone recall the sponsor of the early TV specials and the name of the jazz musician who penned the unbelievable score to Charlie Brown Movie and specials?  Finally, what is the name of Charlie Brown’s theme song?  (my wife and I debate this a lot!). I grew up, Charlie Brown will be forever young!  At least he got to kiss the little Red Haired girl I don’t recall the sponsor, but the musician was Vince Guaraldi, a well-known San Francisco-based jazz pianist. He did a great rendition of "Cast Your Fate to the Wind." Remember that? Charlie’s theme song…I used to know that.  I remember a song titled Linus and Lucy. Incredibly, I heard *that* song played by Bela Fleck and the Flecktones. Was Hallmark the sponsor? — Harry Krause -0.809016994 — the sine of the Beast.

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Speaking of "Linus and Lucy",  rock bassist Stuart Hamm did an album called "The Urge" about 10 years ago and it had the "Linus and Lucy" riff plugged into one of the tunes.  Sounds pretty neat when transposed to a rock bass. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Very well said.  Charlie Brown always seemed to be a constant in life. As I grew up he was always there in the morning paper, always the first comic on the first page of the Sunday paper comics.  Not to mention that it wasn’t a hol;iday season until you saw "The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown," Charlie Brown Christmas, and the others. Some easy trivia:  Can anyone recall the sponsor of the early TV specials and the name of the jazz musician who penned the unbelievable score to Charlie Brown Movie and specials?  Finally, what is the name of Charlie Brown’s theme song?  (my wife and I debate this a lot!). I grew up, Charlie Brown will be forever young!  At least he got to kiss the little Red Haired girl I don’t recall the sponsor, but the musician was Vince Guaraldi, a well-known San Francisco-based jazz pianist. He did a great rendition of "Cast Your Fate to the Wind." Remember that? Charlie’s theme song…I used to know that.  I remember a song titled Linus and Lucy. Incredibly, I heard *that* song played by Bela Fleck and the Flecktones. Was Hallmark the sponsor? — Harry Krause -0.809016994 — the sine of the Beast.

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<re:Charles Shultz I don’t usually mourn the deaths of celebrities, but the news of Charles’ death brought tears to my eyes.

Hmm; it was the death of Jalacy "Screamin’ Jay" Hawkins in Paris this weekend that seemed more significant to me — the man who brought us the original of the much-covered "I Put a Spell On You" and pioneered the use of stage effects for music concerts. —   –Pete rec.boats caps and burgees available at: http://www.msen.com/~pwmeek/cap-main.html

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That *was* another significant event.  Although I have been familiar with Screamin’ Jay Hawkins for some time, somehow I missed the fact until this weekend that he wrote and performed the original version of "I Put A Spell On You".  I was certainly familiar with the cover that Credence did, and I think that at the time I thought that they were covering the song as originally performed by Arthur Brown (Crazy World Of Arthur Brown; "Fire"). Turns out Arthur Brown was covering Screamin’ Jay… — "Kingfish" John C. Flook to reply, remove <(nospam) from reply-to address – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – <re:Charles Shultz I don’t usually mourn the deaths of celebrities, but the news of Charles’ death brought tears to my eyes. Hmm; it was the death of Jalacy "Screamin’ Jay" Hawkins in Paris this weekend that seemed more significant to me — the man who brought us the original of the much-covered "I Put a Spell On You" and pioneered the use of stage effects for music concerts. —   –Pete rec.boats caps and burgees available at: http://www.msen.com/~pwmeek/cap-main.html

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Some easy trivia:  Can anyone recall the sponsor of the early TV specials

Dolly Madison?!

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Powerful eulogy, Carl; I can’t add anything to it except the observation of how particularly poignant the coincidence seems of Charles Schultz’s death and the planned running of his farewell strip.  I think Snoopy successfully completed his final mission… — "Kingfish" John C. Flook to reply, remove <(nospam) from reply-to address – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I don’t usually mourn the deaths of celebrities, but the news of Charles’ death brought tears to my eyes. He was a great man who, despite his own insecurities, had an amazing grasp on every day life and on the mind of the common man. He will truly be missed by a lot of people. Charlie Brown will never get to kick the football, Snoopy will never catch the Red Baron, Linus will forever carry his blanket, Lucy. . . well, she will always be Lucy, the crabbiest character of all. It was a dark and stormy night. . . Goodbye Charles Schultz. You will be missed in my heart. Carl G. Craver Peanuts and Snoopy creater for the past 50 years, Charles M. Shulz died this morning from colon cancer. Sparky’s daily comic strip, plus the Sunday color version has delighted us for generations. Today’s Sunday paper ran Shulz’s final farewell to Peanuts. David You’re a good man, Charlie Brown

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Very well said.  Charlie Brown always seemed to be a constant in life. As I grew up he was always there in the morning paper, always the first comic on the first page of the Sunday paper comics.  Not to mention that it wasn’t a hol;iday season until you saw "The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown," Charlie Brown Christmas, and the others. Some easy trivia:  Can anyone recall the sponsor of the early TV specials and the name of the jazz musician who penned the unbelievable score to Charlie Brown Movie and specials?  Finally, what is the name of Charlie Brown’s theme song?  (my wife and I debate this a lot!). I grew up, Charlie Brown will be forever young!  At least he got to kiss the little Red Haired girl

I don’t recall the sponsor, but the musician was Vince Guaraldi, a well-known San Francisco-based jazz pianist. He did a great rendition of "Cast Your Fate to the Wind." Remember that? Charlie’s theme song…I used to know that.  I remember a song titled Linus and Lucy. Incredibly, I heard *that* song played by Bela Fleck and the Flecktones. Was Hallmark the sponsor? — Harry Krause -0.809016994 — the sine of the Beast.

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Peanuts and Snoopy creater for the past 50 years, Charles M. Shulz died this morning from colon cancer. Sparky’s daily comic strip, plus the Sunday color version has delighted us for generations. Today’s Sunday paper ran Shulz’s final farewell to Peanuts. David You’re a good man, Charlie Brown

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I don’t usually mourn the deaths of celebrities, but the news of Charles’ death brought tears to my eyes. He was a great man who, despite his own insecurities, had an amazing grasp on every day life and on the mind of the common man. He will truly be missed by a lot of people. Charlie Brown will never get to kick the football, Snoopy will never catch the Red Baron, Linus will forever carry his blanket, Lucy. . . well, she will always be Lucy, the crabbiest character of all. It was a dark and stormy night. . . Goodbye Charles Schultz. You will be missed in my heart. Carl G. Craver

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Peanuts and Snoopy creater for the past 50 years, Charles M. Shulz died this morning from colon cancer. Sparky’s daily comic strip, plus the Sunday color version has delighted us for generations. Today’s Sunday paper ran Shulz’s final farewell to Peanuts. David You’re a good man, Charlie Brown

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I don’t usually mourn the deaths of celebrities, but the news of Charles’ death brought tears to my eyes. He was a great man who, despite his own insecurities, had an amazing grasp on every day life and on the mind of the common man. He will truly be missed by a lot of people. Charlie Brown will never get to kick the football, Snoopy will never catch the Red Baron, Linus will forever carry his blanket, Lucy. . . well, she will always be Lucy, the crabbiest character of all. It was a dark and stormy night. . . Goodbye Charles Schultz. You will be missed in my heart. Carl G. Craver

Amen. Charlie Brown was the only comics page strip I read, and I read it for 45 years. I don’t think I’ll be reading the repeats. — Harry Krause We secretly replaced the dilithium crystals with Folgers crystals…

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