Last night, I caught You’re Not Elected, Charlie Brown in which Linus wins the student body election despite his adherence to a controversial faith (Great Pumpkinism) only to find that he really doesn’t have any power. Charles M. Schultz, of course, using Peanuts to illustrate that America is actually controlled by a cabal of Reptiloid Illuminated Jesuit Scientologist or something. Or not, whatever, ol’ Chuck was an oddball.
I bring it up only to make two points:
1) When Linus was at the radio station talking to potential voters, a caller opens with “First time caller, long time listener,” which surprised me since I thought that phrase was a more recent creation.
2) Also, the show was on ABC. I miss this. That used to trigger a Pavlovian response in me as a tot.
And that is why the holiday gathering at my place will be great…not only do my holiday movies have those sappy commercials from the 80s, they have the “special” intros