Jul 4, 2026 · 57 min · 14 segments
The gang celebrates the USA’s birthday by looking at one of the latest iterations of Snoopy’s alter egos…The Revolutionary War patriot. UP Recommends: The American Revolution by Ken Burns Super…
Jimmy GownleyHostHarold BuchholzHostLiz SumnerPanelist
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.
Today we're celebrating the 250th birthday of the good old US of A, and I'll be your host for the proceedings.
I'm also a cartoonist who did things like, uh, Seven Good Reasons Not to Grow Up, The Dumbest Idea Ever, a- Amelia Rules, and you can read all my new comics on, uh, Gville Comics over there on Substack.
He's a playwright and a composer both for the band Complicated People as well as for this very podcast.
He's the 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 making sure we stay out of trouble and everything runs smoothly, it's our producer and editor, Liz Sumner.
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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.
Today we're celebrating the 250th birthday of the good old US of A, and I'll be your host for the proceedings.
I'm also a cartoonist who did things like, uh, Seven Good Reasons Not to Grow Up, The Dumbest Idea Ever, a- Amelia Rules, and you can read all my new comics on, uh, Gville Comics over there on Substack.
He's a playwright and a composer both for the band Complicated People as well as for this very podcast.
He's the 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 making sure we stay out of trouble and everything runs smoothly, it's our producer and editor, Liz Sumner.
