{"id":60835,"date":"2013-10-02T11:23:37","date_gmt":"2013-10-02T15:23:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=60835"},"modified":"2013-10-02T11:54:54","modified_gmt":"2013-10-02T15:54:54","slug":"good-grief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2013\/10\/02\/good-grief\/","title":{"rendered":"Good Grief"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/o-SPIKE-570large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60837\" alt=\"o-SPIKE-570large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/o-SPIKE-570large.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/o-SPIKE-570large.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/o-SPIKE-570large-300x91.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Full disclosure: I once played Charlie Brown in a summer-camp production of <em>You\u2019re a Good Man, Charlie Brown<\/em>. It was a deeply scarring experience. I hate <em>Peanuts<\/em>. It feels good to admit that.<\/p>\n<p>Today marks the sixty-third birthday of <em>Peanuts<\/em>. Here is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2013\/10\/02\/peanuts-anniversary_n_4025927.html\" target=\"_blank\">a slideshow<\/a> of some of the strip\u2019s greatest hits. 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