Peanuts by Charles Schulz for June 26, 1977
June 25, 1977
June 27, 1977
Transcript:
Charlie Brown stands on the pitcher's mound looking up in the sky. He exclaims,"Come back!"<BR><BR> Lucy stands on the field looking up in the sky; she exclaims,"Mine!"<BR><BR> She runs along with her glove out saying,"I got it! I got it!" Charlie Brown runs along behind her saying,"Catch it, Lucy! Catch it, and you'll be the hero!"<BR><BR> The ball falls to the ground as she turns to him and exclaims,"Heroine!" He asks,"What?"<BR><BR> She replies,"A hero is a male, and a heroine is a female!"<BR><BR> He rolls his eyes as she holds her glove out and looks up in the sky for the ball that is lying at her feet. She concludes,"Whem I catch the ball, I'll be the heroine!"<BR><BR> She concludes,"You don't know anything, do you, Charlie Brown?" He walks away sighing.<BR><BR>
Frankly, in my opinion,partly to give women equality anyway,Charlie Brown could say “hero,”instead of “heroine”—yes, I’m referring to the feminine form of hero being the homophone for a certain kind of illegal drug-of course, that’s another thing—back in 1977, there weren’t nearly as many people into all of these "negativities"of life, such as drugs and alcohol—heck, back then, it was even, well, “not politically incorrect” to use gay to mean happy or cheerful, still—NOW, on the other hand, it’s a COMPLETELY different story, both with the definition of gay, as we all know too well, plus, with people being TOO MUCH into lives of crime, such as drugs and alcohol. In fact, now that I think about it, seems I haven’t heard people use the term "heroine"to mean “female equivalent of hero”for a LONG TIME—Lucy’s use of it here, even though it was back in 1977—well, something you can picture a big sleaze ball like HOWARD STERN picking up on, that’s for sure, the way he’ll find any excuse, to make fun of ANYTHING.