Bye, Bye, Charlie Brown

Announcer: For nearly fifty years, Charlie Brown and the rest of the Peanuts gang appeared in more than 2600 newspapers in 75 different countries. Since its debut in 1950, Charles Schulz, the creator of Peanuts, has written and drawn every strip 365 days a year. His only regret, he says, is its name.

Schulz: But I still think it's the worst name ever thought of for a comic strip. It's not a nice name. It doesn't have dignity. I'm a great believer in dignity. And I wish that the strip could be called Charlie Brown or Snoopy. Snoopy would be a good name.

Announcer: Schulz announced his retirement in December, saying he was unable to keep up with the daily deadlines while trying to battle colon cancer. Today, in the strip's final daily appearance, Schulz thanked his fans and editors and said he will never forget the lovable cast of characters and neither will his estimated 355,000,000 readers.

Woman: The characters evolved so much over the whole time he did it that it's the end of an evolution. I'm going to miss Lucy. She was a lot of help to me. Five cents. Can't beat the price.

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