Peanuts
Peanuts is a comic strip that was nationally distributed in newspapers from October 2, 1950 to February 13, 2000. The strip is considered to be the most popular and influential in the history of the art form—with 17,897 strips published in all. It earned wide popularity as a comic that people of all ages could enjoy.
Peanuts was created by Charles M. Schulz. The stories told in the comic strip are often based off of Schulz's experiences as a child and as an adult. The honest observation of life the reader sees through his characters led to the extreme success of the strip. Although there are many characters that appeared in Peanuts over the years, the characters that dominated the strip are Charlie Brown, his dog Snoopy, Sally, Lucy, Linus, and Schroeder.
Not only was Peanuts popular as a comic strip, it was well-received as a cartoon. Cartoon specials such as A Charlie Brown Christmas; It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown; and A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving are still aired on television annually—over 40 years since they were first aired. Many different household and collector's items have been created using the characters from Peanuts. It has not lost its universal appeal.
Charles M. Schulz passed away February 12, 2000, but his creative legacy lives on. Although original Peanuts comic strips are no longer created, reruns of the strip continue to appear in newspapers world-wide.
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Which question does paragraph 3 answer?
A.
Why were the Peanuts strips adapted for television?
B.
What was the first Peanuts cartoon special to air?
C.
Who produced the Peanuts television specials?
D.
What Peanuts specials are still broadcast today?