May 12, 2026 · 58 min · 18 segments
We start our look at the bit players in Peanuts in this new season of “Sidekicks and Second Bananas.” In this episode Bill, Olivier, Harriet, Conrad, and Woodstock get to shake their tail feathers in…
Jimmy GownleyHostHarold BuchholzHost
Michael CohenHost[gentle music] Welcome to Unpacking Peanuts, the podcast where three cartoonists take an in-depth look at the greatest comic strip of all time, Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz.
It's a brand new season of Unpacking Peanuts, and I'll be your host for the proceedings.
My name's Jimmy Gownley, and I'm a cartoonist, and you can find all my new work, including this year, new Amelia Rules, over on Gville Comics on Substack.
He's a playwright and a composer, both of the band Complicated People, as well as for this very podcast.
He's the co-creator of the original Comic Book Price Guide, the original editor for Amelia Rules, and the creator of such great strips as Strange Attractors, A Gathering of Spells, and Tangled River.
And he's the executive producer and writer of Mystery Science Theater 3000, a former vice president of Archie Comics, and the creator of the Instagram sensation Sweetest Beasts.
And keeping it running smooth and keeping us out of trouble, it's our producer and editor, Liz Sumner.
Howdy.
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[gentle music] Welcome to Unpacking Peanuts, the podcast where three cartoonists take an in-depth look at the greatest comic strip of all time, Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz.
It's a brand new season of Unpacking Peanuts, and I'll be your host for the proceedings.
My name's Jimmy Gownley, and I'm a cartoonist, and you can find all my new work, including this year, new Amelia Rules, over on Gville Comics on Substack.
He's a playwright and a composer, both of the band Complicated People, as well as for this very podcast.
He's the co-creator of the original Comic Book Price Guide, the original editor for Amelia Rules, and the creator of such great strips as Strange Attractors, A Gathering of Spells, and Tangled River.
And he's the executive producer and writer of Mystery Science Theater 3000, a former vice president of Archie Comics, and the creator of the Instagram sensation Sweetest Beasts.
And keeping it running smooth and keeping us out of trouble, it's our producer and editor, Liz Sumner.
Howdy.
