Peanuts by Charles Schulz for June 07, 1955
Transcript:
Charlie Brown, holding his furry hat, follows Schroeder in the house. He says, "Davy Crockett always wore a coonskin cap.."<br> <br>He puts on his hat and smiles. He concludes, "I'll bet Beethoven never had a coonskin cap!"<br> <br> Schroeder looks at him and remarks, "Oh?"<br> <br> Schroeder proudly shows a stunned Charlie Brown a statue of Beethoven sitting atop his piano. The statue is wearing a coonskin cap.<br> <br>
No, frontiersman Beethoven. Yet, I don’t think there were any frontiers in Germany at that time and Beethoven never stepped foot on the American frontier; he may have hiked to the Black Forest a time or two though. But there are no pianos in the Black Forest, only bears, European Bears.