The Peanuts Gallery

Our guests are Josh's mom Korky (with a K) and Molly's mom Cathy (with a C). ###Discussion points include: Josh's childhood Snoopy slippers; Molly's childhood "Happy Tape"; the Rankin-Bass classic, "The Monster Who Had A Toothache"; distracting your children with a Hawaiian Ice machine so you can finish your margarita; why Korky was asked to leave Catholic high school; "The Josh Cagan Show," an actual show that actually happened; Molly recites a poem to her grandfather & Josh eats a dog biscuit. Blandishment by Ken Plume. Podcast art by Lar DeSouza. Peanuts Gallery is a proud member of Waffle Media.

Topics of discussion RCA SelectaVision VideoDisc (RIP); a pile of kid bones inside a general store; Easy Rider & MAS*H references… you know, for the kids! America's new favorite game: "Is That A Lump?"; Spearmint Suzy, who never found an audience; Dunderson Gunderfoot & other reasons to get picked on at camp; multiple kinds of adults in the PAU: Lumps, Brittles, & Crisps™; the single worst rendition of "She'll Be Comin' Round The Mountain" ever released to the public; Ken Plume finally slings a reference over everybody's head; Molly finally greets Snoopy Bullshit with open arms. Editor's note: If Peppermint Patty's mishandling of the democratic process reminded you at all of current events, make sure you're registered to vote!

Topics Of Discussion: international sports star Caitlyn Jenner; the expansion of Charlie Brown's wardrobe; a refreshing departure from everyone just taking a dump in Charlie Brown's mouth; "The PN," our dark gritty reboot of The Peanuts; the Igloo Australia / Men In Black / Erase-O-Matic things; Freddy Fabulous From Fremont & The Fosbury Flop; a future in scandalous entertaining for concerning adults. Franki Butler is an LA-based TV writer, and has written for NBC's THE NIGHT SHIFT and History's Emmy-nominated GENIUS. She can be found at @FrankiTheB on Twitter and Instagram, and has a very cool purse that doubles as a cooler for wine. Blandishment by Ken Plume. Podcast art by Lar DeSouza. You're The Greatest, Charlie Brown is available for your home viewing on the Peanuts 1970's DVD collection, volume 2. Peanuts Gallery is a proud member of Waffle Media.

Content warning: This Peanuts special largely takes place in Snoopy's nightmare, so there is mention of dog death. ###Discussion topics: egg milk: what is it??; how to "under-dogify" your dog; why it is so hard to recreate dream logic in any medium; getting technical about harpy boobage; knowing neither when to hold 'em, nor when to fold 'em; the platonic relationships we have with our pets; Madame Cher's Parlour Of Hoochie-Coo & Flakin' The Nuggets; resigning yourself to the idea that you've raised sociopaths; an all-new totally bonkers fan theory that contains Meatlump Theory. Manuel Gonzales is the author of the novel The Regional Office is Under Attack! and the acclaimed story collection The Miniature Wife, winner of the American Academy of Arts and Letters Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction and the John Gardner Fiction Book Award. A graduate of the Columbia University Creative Writing Program, he teaches writing at the University of Kentucky and the Institute of American Indian Arts. He has published fiction and nonfiction in Open City, Fence, One Story, Esquire, McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern, and The Believer. Blandishment by Ken Plume. Podcast art by Lar DeSouza. What a Nightmare, Charlie Brown is available for your home viewing on the Peanuts 1970's DVD collection, volume 2. Peanuts Gallery is a proud member of Waffle Media.

###Discussion points being personally offended by humidity; feminizing gendered signifiers in the Peanuts AU; the second Brazil reference of the season; Mandatory Smooching Day in 7 Year-Old Land; grade school square dances and other theme days; a blur of conscripted smooches. Maurene Goo is the author of several acclaimed books for young adults, including I Believe in a Thing Called Love and (her latest) The Way You Make Me Feel. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and cat, Maeby. maurenegoo.com Blandishment by Ken Plume. Podcast art by Lar DeSouza. It's Your First Kiss, Charlie Brown is available for your home viewing on Amazon. Peanuts Gallery is a proud member of Waffle Media.

Topics of discussion include: using your blandishing budget to show children planting trees; the Showgirls of the Peanuts AU; the concept of victory gardens (and other hot WWII references); a brief tangent about old timey margarine; lump locomotion & the lump-industrial complex; the Peanuts AU's Shyamalan-like roots; sports that we would watch trees play (other than baseball); Charlie Brown's cameo in 2001: A Space Odyssey. Ken Plume is the host of his own podcast, A Bit Of A Chat With Ken Plume. Listen to his chat with Molly about whatever and his chat with Josh about the new Monkees album.

Topics of discussion include: Rerun: the Scrappy Doo of the Peanuts universe; a display of despicable childhood behavior; Joe Cool is a dog with sunglasses, but not every dog with sunglasses is Joe Cool; another victory for women's lib! that time Josh was dropped off a clip (and was fine); Jeff Bezos's secret plan to beat the Mariners at baseball; Ken Burns's "It's Arbor Day, Charlie Brown"; a young Josh Cagan invents the standing desk. Blandishment by Ken Plume. Podcast art by Lar DeSouza. It's Arbor Day, Charlie Brown is available for your home viewing on the Peanuts 1970s Vol. 2 DVD collection. (Amazon) Peanuts Gallery is a proud member of Waffle Media.

[note from management] We recorded this episode through a yet-unnamed intermediary app, and some syllables of our conversation got totally meatlumped. We're not sure what it means or how to fix it, so you'll just have to pick it up from context clues. Also, this episode is like 2 hours long, so you can thank this weird sound lump for shaving seconds off your listening time. You're welcome? Synopsis: A boy gets a concussion, and is placed in a kennel. Also, a dog reads pornography. ###Discussion points an arpeggiated synth bass line that drills a hole in your head; what a whoop-di-doo is, structurally; John McEnroe's abandoned Motocross career (#tennisrage); Linus VanPelt as every dude on the internet; pornographic magazines for dogs; the things people did just feel something during WWII; resting crab face; being trapped in the aftershow dimension; one of the worst things Josh has ever seen (including a movie called Devil Fetus); A LITERAL QUIZ! Kathleen DeVere (@Kathleen_LRR) can be found performing & streaming with LoadingReadyRun. Check out her previous guest appearance on this show (It's A Mystery, Charlie Brown), or her permanent hosting appearance on her new show The Panalysts on YouTube. Blandishment by Ken Plume. Podcast art by Lar DeSouza. Peanuts Gallery is a proud member of Waffle Media.

###Topics of discussion include: baffling personalities & try-hards; choking on privilege & dying of honor; how great it would be to get a rose from a boy, whichever boy, it doesn't matter; balloons, anonymous roses, orange juice & other failed romantic gestures; the immersive theater sensation Snoop No More; keeping poundcake in your briefcase: a metaphor???; "Franklin's pants!" interjects Molly; Linus: the Banner to PigPen's Hulk. Kayla Cagan is a writer. Piper Perish is her debut YA novel, and its companion Art Boss will be released by Chronicle Books October 2018. She has contributed comics, plays and essays to assorted collections, including Girl Crush Zine, Womanthology, and Unite and Take Over: Stories Inspired by the Smiths. Kayla lives with her husband Josh and their chihuahua Banjo near that Starbucks. No, the other one. http://kaylacagan.com Ben Soileau is the co-founder of Waffle Media, our home and native land. He is co-host of Waffle's COLUMBOYS, which endeavors to lovingly analyze every single episode of one of the 20th Century's most important works of art, Peter Falk's COLUMBO. Ben is an expert on gentleman's fashion, and has helped suit some of the geek community's pillars of dudeness, including John Roderick, John Hodgman, and Wil Wheaton. He lives in Seattle with his partner Molly Lewis, and their cat Sumi, who would like to take this opportunity to say "Hiss". http://waffle.media/ Blandishment by Ken Plume. Podcast art by Lar DeSouza. Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown is available for your home viewing on the Peanuts 1970s Vol. 2 DVD collection. (Amazon) Peanuts Gallery is a proud member of Waffle Media.

Animator & writer Leigh Lahav brings a fresh perspective on Christmas, America, Stranger Things, and more in our annual revisit of A Charlie Brown Christmas. ##TALKING POINTS Snoopy, the Hello Kitty of North America; like when Neo learns Kung Fu in The Matrix, except it's Christmas; Googling "tweening," a totally SFW animation term; a giant silver bottle brush as tall as a man that you have to handle with gloves; dunking your hapless husband in a big old tank of America; Hot Judah Macabee, your next Halloween costume. Our guest is Leigh Lahav, a writer, animator, director, and YouTube sensation. Watch her fantastic Stranger Things / CB Christmas mashup on her YouTube channel. https://www.youtube.com/onlyleigh | @leighlahav. ##EXTRA CREDIT Hanukkah Star Trek parody no English subtitles available but still highly enjoyable "A Hanukkah Story" by Leigh Lahav, featuring hot Judah Macabee Blandishment by Ken Plume. Podcast art by Lar DeSouza. Peanuts Gallery is a proud member of Waffle Media.