what are Muris and the others remembering?
Thanks to PCC member Michael Ingrassia, we now have an answer. A syndicated comic panel called Brother Juniper featured that gag, and it also became the cover of one of the pocket book reprints of Brother Juniper cartoons. As with Pig Pen and Joe Btfsplk, it seems that folks are conflating two different characters. It almost makes sense, since Brother Juniper was drawn in a way that suggests he didn’t have much hair, as people frequently assume is the case with Charlie Brown (see above). You can find the cover for Brother Juniper Strikes Again by Justin McCarthy right here. The love of friends and family is more important than anything else I’ve lost track of the number of times this has landed in my e-mail box … frequently passed along by well-meaning Peanuts fans, some of whom are quite surprised when I gently point out that theyre helping spread a hoax. So let’s be precise: This is an Internet legend, and it’s spreading faster than it can be contained. More’s the pity. Well-meanin
