Peanuts character
Gender	Male
Family	Mother Missy, Siblings: Brothers Spike, Andy, Olaf, Marbles, Rover, Sister Belle and Molly; owner Charlie Brown
Original voice actor	Bill Melendez
Other voice actors	Robert Towers, Cam Clarke (stage)

Snoopy is a fictional character in the long-running comic strip Peanuts, by Charles M. Schulz. Peanuts is a syndicated daily and Sunday Comic strip written and illustrated by Charles M In the Comic strip, Peanuts by Charles M Schulz, Snoopy was often stated to have seven siblings Charles "Charlie" Brown is the main character in the Comic José Cuauhtemoc "Bill" Meléndez ( November 15, 1916 &ndash September 2, 2008) was a Mexican -born American Cameron A Clarke (born November 6, 1957 in Burbank, California) is an American Voice actor, made famous for his many A comic strip is a sequence of drawings that tells a story Currently in the Western world, most comic strips are written and drawn by a Comics artist Peanuts is a syndicated daily and Sunday Comic strip written and illustrated by Charles M Charles Monroe Schulz (November 26 1922 &ndash February 12 2000 was an American Cartoonist best known worldwide for his Peanuts Comic strip He is Charlie Brown's pet beagle. The Beagle is a breed of medium-sized Dog. A member of the Hound Group, it is similar in appearance to the Foxhound but smaller Snoopy began his life in the strip as a fairly ordinary dog, but eventually evolved into perhaps the strip's most dynamic character — and among the most recognizable comic characters in the world. The original drawings of Snoopy were based on Schulz's childhood dogs, Snooky and Spike. ^[1]

Contents 1 Character 2 Developments 3 Puppyhood and siblings 4 Doghouse 5 Snoopy and aviation 6 References 7 External links

Character

Snoopy, while born on October 2nd, first made his appearance on the strip on October 4, 1950, two days after the strip premiered and was identified by name on November 10. Events 610 - Heraclius arrives by ship from Africa at Constantinople, overthrows Byzantine Emperor Phocas Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1444 - Battle of Varna: The crusading forces of King Vladislaus III of Varna (aka Ulaszlo I of Hungary and Wladyslaw Schulz was originally going to call him "Sniffy" (as described in 25th anniversary book), until he discovered that name was used in a different comic strip. He changed it to "Snoopy" after remembering that his late mother Dena Schulz had commented that if their family were ever to acquire a third dog, it should be called Snoopi. ^[2] In earlier strips it is not clear who Snoopy belongs to; for instance in the February 2, 1951 strip, Charlie Brown accuses Snoopy of following him, only to be told by Patty that Snoopy isn't following Charlie Brown but merely lives in the same direction. ^[3]. Indeed many early strips show Snoopy interacting with Shermy and Patty without Charlie Brown, making Snoopy appear to belong to all of the neighborhood kids, similar to the dog Pete in the Our Gang comedies, who is everyone's dog. "The Little Rascals" redirects here For other uses see The Little Rascals (disambiguation.

Snoopy was a silent character for the first two years of his existence, but on May 27, 1952 he verbalized his thoughts to readers for the first time via a thought balloon; Schulz would utilize this device for nearly all of the character's appearances in the strip thereafter. Events 927 - Simeon the Great, Tsar of Bulgaria, dies 1120 - Richard III of Capua is anointed Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Speech balloons (also speech bubbles, dialogue balloons, or word balloons) are a graphic convention used most commonly in Comic books strips In addition to Snoopy's ability to "speak" his thoughts to the reader, many of the human characters in Peanuts have the uncanny knack of reading his thoughts and responding to them. In the animated Peanuts films and television specials, Snoopy's thoughts are not verbalized; his moods are instead conveyed through growls, sobs, laughter, etc. The bouncing ball animation (below consists of these 6 frames , as well as through pantomime and foreign languages. Pantomime (informally panto) (not to be confused with a Mime artist, referring to a theatrical performer of mime is a performance genre traditionally found A foreign language is a Language not spoken by the people of a certain place for example English is a foreign language in Japan. The only exceptions are in You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown and Snoopy!!! The Musical, in which Snoopy's thoughts are verbalized through voiceovers (by Robert Towers and Cam Clarke, respectively). You're a Good Man Charlie Brown is one of many Prime-time animated TV specials based on characters from the Charles M Snoopy!!! The Musical is one of many Prime-time Animated TV specials based on characters from the Charles M The term voice-over refers to a production technique where a non-diagetic voice is broadcast live or pre-recorded in Radio, Television, Film, Animation producer Bill Meléndez voiced both Snoopy and (eventually) Woodstock in numerous television specials from 1965 to 2006. José Cuauhtemoc "Bill" Meléndez ( November 15, 1916 &ndash September 2, 2008) was a Mexican -born American Woodstock is a Fictional character in Charles M Schulz 's Comic strip Peanuts. A television special is a Television program, typically a Short film or Television movie, which interrupts or temporarily replaces programming normally

Oddly enough, the first time a beagle is mentioned in the strip (December 5, 1960), Snoopy denied being one. Events 63 BC - Cicero reads the last of his Catiline Orations. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. As Snoopy dozed, Charlie Brown paraphrased Gertrude Stein: "Beagles on the grass, alas. Gertrude Stein ( February 3, 1874 &ndash July 27, 1946) was an American Writer who spent most of her life in France " To this, Snoopy replied, "I ain't no stupid beagle. " (Years later, Snoopy would paraphrase the Stein expression himself: "Birds in the grass, alas; beagle on the roof, aloof. ")

Many of Peanuts' memorable moments come in Snoopy's daydream as a writer: his eternal opener on the typewriter "It was a dark and stormy night. The phrase "It was a dark and stormy night", made famous by Comic strip artist Charles M . . " is taken from Edward George Bulwer-Lytton's 1830 novel Paul Clifford. Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton 1st Baron Lytton ( May 25, 1803 – A novel (from Italian novella, Spanish novela, French nouvelle for "new" "news" or "short story Paul Clifford is a novel published in 1830 by English author Edward Bulwer-Lytton. The contrast between Snoopy's existence in a dream world and Charlie Brown's in the real world is central to the humour and philosophy of Peanuts (e. g. , the Peanuts book title Life's a dream, Charlie Brown).

Schulz summed up Snoopy's character in a 1997 interview: "He has to retreat into his fanciful world in order to survive. Otherwise, he leads kind of a dull, miserable life. I don't envy dogs the lives they have to live. "^[4]

Developments

Schulz once said that the best idea he ever had in the strip was to move Snoopy from inside his doghouse to the rooftop. Preceding that, there was a gradual evolution of the character, from something like an actual dog to an anthropomorphic character, more like typical cartoon animals.

His earliest impersonation was of a bird on August 9, 1951. Events 48 BC - Caesar's civil war: Battle of Pharsalus - Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Later (starting November 17, 1955), Snoopy engaged in dead-on imitations of Violet, a pelican, Lucy, a moose, Beethoven and Mickey Mouse. Events 284 - Diocletian is proclaimed emperor by his soldiers Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Violet Gray is a character in the Comic strip Peanuts by Charles M A pelican is a large water Bird with a distinctive pouch under the beak belonging to the Bird family Pelecanidae. Lucille "Lucy" van Pelt is a Fictional character in the syndicated Comic strip Peanuts, written The moose (North America or elk (Europe Alces alces, is the largest extant Species in the Deer family. Ludwig van Beethoven ( English ˈlʊdvɪg væn ˈbeɪtoʊvən, 16 December 1770 &ndash 26 March 1827 was a German Composer and Pianist. Mickey Mouse is a comic animal Cartoon character who has become an icon for The Walt Disney Company. He would also pretend to be various other animals, including a snake, rhinoceros, and vulture. A snake is an elongate Reptile of the suborder Serpentes Like all reptiles snakes are covered in scales. Rhinoceros (raɪˈnɒsərəs often colloquially abbreviated rhino, is a name used to group five extant species of Odd-toed ungulates in the family Vultures are scavenging Birds feeding mostly on the carcasses of dead Animals Vultures are found on every continent except Antarctica and But his eccentricities did not stop there. In popular usage eccentricity refers to unusual or odd Behavior on the part of an individual

On January 9, 1956, Snoopy walked on his two hind legs, like a human, for the first time. Events 475 - Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. This soon became so commonplace as to be almost unnoticeable, as Snoopy developed a variety of Walter Mitty-esque alter egos. Walter Mitty is a Fictional character in James Thurber 's short story " The Secret Life of Walter Mitty " first published in The New Yorker An alter ego ( Latin, "the other I" is a second self, a second Personality or Persona within a Person Snoopy's transformation to walking to two feet also was accompanied by his larger snout and great body length.

Snoopy has been known by fans as a time traveler in which his most famous alter-ego is as the World War I Flying Ace, often seen battling his arch-enemy, Manfred von Richthofen (the Red Baron). This article details time travel itself For other uses see Time Traveler. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down several enemy Aircraft during aerial combat An archenemy, archfoe, archvillain or archnemesis (sometimes spelled arch-enemy, arch-foe, arch-villain or WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout For this, he would climb to the top of his doghouse, don goggles and a scarf (trailing behind in the "wind"), and thus fly his Sopwith Camel (the type of plane flown by Arthur "Roy" Brown, who was credited with shooting down the Red Baron in World War I, and whose surname matches that of Snoopy's owner) and travel all the way back to July 27, 1914 the day World War I began. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Captain Arthur Roy Brown DSC and bar RNAS (23 December 1893 &ndash 9 March 1944 was a Canadian World War Events 1214 - Battle of Bouvines: In France, Philip II of France defeats John of England. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The Red Baron, like other adult figures in Peanuts, was never drawn in a strip; his presence was indicated through the bullet holes that would riddle the doghouse in a dogfight, and Snoopy's angry outbursts in German: (usually accompanied by fist-shaking and "Curse you Red Baron" while his "Sopwith Camel" doghouse plummets to earth trailing smoke). In I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown Charlie Brown's sister Sally Brown jumps on the doghouse and flies with Snoopy. I Want a Dog for Christmas Charlie Brown is one of the Peanuts made-for-television specials Sally Ann Brown is the younger sister of Charlie Brown in the comic strip Peanuts by Charles Schulz.

Snoopy also became "Joe Cool", as he put on sunglasses and leaned against the wall doing nothing. Famous Joe Cools include Snoopy of Peanuts fame whose aliases included Joe Cool generally while wearing dark Sunglasses and hanging Sunglasses or sun glasses are a visual aid variously termed Spectacles or Glasses, which feature lenses that are coloured or darkened to prevent strong A song called Joe Cool was sung by Vince Guaraldi. Vince Guaraldi ( July 17, 1928 – February 6, 1976) was an American Jazz Musician and Pianist Snoopy has also been a famous writer (who was actually published once, in an October 1995 storyline, in which one copy of his unnamed novel was written, but it failed to sell); a bow-tie wearing attorney (who once defended Peter Rabbit), a hockey player, an Olympic figure skater (who used to skate with Sonja Henie before he became "big time"); a world famous grocery checkout clerk who operated from the top of his dog house in an apron; the "Lone Beagle" (the first dog to fly solo across the Atlantic - a play on Charles Lindbergh, "The Lone Eagle"); and even the first astronaut to land on the moon. An author is defined both as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created An attorney at law (or attorney-at-law) in the United States is a practitioner in a court of law who is legally qualified to prosecute Peter Rabbit is the main character in a series of Children's books by Beatrix Potter. Ice hockey, often referred to simply as hockey, is a team Sport played on Ice. The Olympic Games is an international Multi-sport event established for both summer and winter games Figure skating is an athletic Sport in which individuals pairs or groups perform spins, jumps, footwork and other intricate and challenging Sonja Henie ( April 8, 1912 - October 12, 1969) was a Norwegian figure skater and actress A grocery store is a store established primarily for the Retailing of Food. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout An astronaut or cosmonaut (космона́вт) is a person trained In "It's Flashbeagle, Charlie Brown", Snoopy becomes a Flash dancer named "Flashbeagle".

Outside of his fantasy life he is the shortstop for Charlie Brown's Little League team (and the best player, nearly passing Babe Ruth on the career home run list). See Fantasy for an account of the literary genre involving the development of common or popular fantasies Shortstop, abbreviated SS, is the baseball fielding position between second and Third base. Little League Baseball is the name of a Non-profit organization in the United States which organizes local children's leagues of baseball and Softball George Herman Ruth Jr (February 6 1895 &ndash August 16 1948 also popularly known as " Babe " " The Bambino " and " The Sultan of Snoopy is also a "Beagle Scout", the Peanuts version of Eagle Scout and is the Scout leader for a troop comprised of Woodstock and his other bird friends. Eagle Scout is the highest rank attainable in the Boy Scouting program of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA A Scout Leader or Scouter generally refers to the trained adult leader of a Scout unit This Scouting theme reappears throughout the comic strip. Scouting, also known as the Scout Movement, is a worldwide Youth movement with the stated aim of supporting young people in their physical mental and spiritual

Snoopy is also a tennis player, although he tends to double-fault a lot of times, which causes him to scream and destroy his tennis racket, numerous times. He is also in mixed-doubles, having played with a certain car garage; and later on with the short-tempered Molly Volley.

Snoopy loves root beer and pizza, hates coconut candy, gets claustrophobia in tall weeds, and is deathly afraid of icicles dangling over his doghouse. Root beer, also known as Sarsaparilla, is a carbonated Beverage originally created from Sassafras. Pizza (ˈpiːtsə, in Italian:) is a popular dish made with an Oven -baked flat generally round Bread that is covered with tomatoes or a tomato-based The Coconut Palm ( Cocos nucifera) is a member of the Family Arecaceae (palm family Claustrophobia (from Greek κλειστο closed is the fear of enclosed spaces One of his hobbies is reading Leo Tolstoy's epic novel War and Peace at the rate of "a word a day". Leo Tolstoy, or Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy ( –) (Лев Никола́евич Толсто́й, was a Russian Writer widely regarded War and Peace (Война и мир Voyna i mir) is a Novel by Leo Tolstoy, first published from 1865 to 1869 in Russkii Vestnik Snoopy also has the uncanny ability to play fetch with soap bubbles, and can hear someone eating marshmallows or cookies at a distance, or even peeling a banana. The Marshmallow is a Confection that in its modern form typically consists of Sugar or Corn syrup, water Gelatin that has been pre-softened Snoopy is also capable of disappearing, like the Cheshire Cat from Alice in Wonderland, as shown in an extended strip, whenever Charlie Brown reads the book to him. The Cheshire Cat is a fictional cat appearing in Lewis Carroll 's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865 is a novel written by English author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson better known under the Pseudonym Lewis ("Grins are easy. Noses are hard. Ears are almost impossible. ")

He can also use his ears to fly about as a "whirlydog". Snoopy even became a canine helicopter, with Woodstock piloting. History Since 400 AD Chinese children have played with bamboo flying toys. This gag appeared in the strip several times, most famously rescuing Linus from the top of a barn after being commissioned by Sally. Linus van Pelt is one of the characters in Charles M Schulz 's Comic strip Peanuts. When asked by Linus where he learned to pilot, Woodstock replied in his usual apostrophes, which Linus interpreted as meaning "'Nam". The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, or the Vietnam Conflict, occurred in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia

Snoopy "understands a little French and Serbo-Croatian. French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people The Serbo-Croatian language or Croato-Serbian language (cрпскохрватски језик srpskohrvatski jezik) is a South Slavic Diasystem " His dog food brand is called "For Dogs who flew in World War I and understand a little French. " He later was also depicted as a sergeant in the French Foreign Legion, with Woodstock and his avian friends as members of his patrol. He failed his high school geometry course, which was his excuse for not being able to follow a golf course's 90 degree golf cart driving rule. Geometry ( Greek γεωμετρία; geo = earth metria = measure is a part of Mathematics concerned with questions of size shape and relative position

Snoopy has his own little dance, variously known as The Beagle, the Suppertime Dance, or simply the Snoopy Dance. Most often he dances at suppertime and has broken his foot from being too excited. One strip includes a joke that he has forgotten the steps.

At least twice Snoopy climbed trees -- once to rescue Schroeder's piano and once after Frieda's cat Faron. Schroeder is a Fictional character in the long-running Comic strip Peanuts, created by Charles M Both times he fell out of the tree.

Every Veterans Day, Snoopy dresses as an army veteran and goes to army cartoonist Bill Mauldin's house to "quaff root beer and tell war stories. Veterans Day is an American holiday honoring military Veterans. William Henry "Bill" Mauldin ( October 29, 1921 &ndash January 22, 2003) was a two-time Pulitzer Prize -winning "^[5]

Snoopy wears contacts, as explained in a strip where he lost them. ^[6]

Puppyhood and siblings

Main article: Snoopy's siblings

Over the course of the strip's run, it was revealed that Snoopy had been born and raised at the Daisy Hill Puppy Farm. In the Comic strip, Peanuts by Charles M Schulz, Snoopy was often stated to have seven siblings His father used to run with hunting dogs, but would secretly run ahead and warn the rabbits. His mother is famous for her tapioca pudding, and in a 1990s Peanuts strip, came over on a WWI-era troopship to visit Snoopy and Spike, who had been ill with the flu. Out of all his siblings, Snoopy's brother Olaf was sold last. Before they were sold, Snoopy and his brothers and sister made a band and one by one each was sold. Snoopy's original owner was a little girl named Lila, who had to return him to Daisy Hill after her family moved to an apartment where dogs were forbidden. Lila was a minor character in the Comic strip Peanuts, created by Charles M In the television special Snoopy's Reunion, Snoopy and his siblings get together at Daisy Hill Puppy Farm for a picnic, but sadly find out that it was demolished for a parking garage.

Shortly after his return to the farm, Snoopy was selected by Charlie Brown's parents as a companion for him. At one point in the series, Charlie Brown said that his parents bought Snoopy for him to cheer him up after another child threw sand in his face while they were playing in a sandbox. In the late 1970s, Snoopy embarked upon a journey to visit Daisy Hill, only to find that the puppy farm had been replaced by a five-story parking garage, causing Snoopy to wail, "You stupid people! You're parking on my memories!"

Snoopy is usually depicted as having seven siblings, five of whom appear at some point in the strip: Andy, Belle, Marbles, Olaf, and Spike. Most often seen is Spike, who lives in the desert (near the real-life locale of Needles, California). Needles ( Mojave ʼAha Kuloh) is a city located on the western banks of the Colorado River in San Bernardino County, California. Sharing Snoopy's penchant for a fantasy life, he is friends with saguaro cacti. A cactus (plural cacti) is any member of the Spine plant family Cactaceae, native to the Americas Spike is very thin, wears a fedora and has long whiskers. A fedora is a soft Felt Hat that is creased lengthwise down the crown and Pinched in the front on both sides (Spike was the name of one of Schulz's childhood pet dogs. )

Andy looks like a disheveled version of Snoopy. Olaf, who wears a fur cap, is round in both body and face. Marbles is the smartest in the group. He has spots on his fur, wears shoes, and considers some of Snoopy's behavior very odd. Belle, who looks like Snoopy with long eyelashes, is most notable in that there was a Belle stuffed animal available for many years. An eyelash or simply lash is one of the hairs that grow at the edge of the Eyelid. A stuffed animal is Toy Animal sewn from Cloth, Although Snoopy often mentions that he was one of eight puppies, the two other siblings never appeared in the comic strip. According to the animated special Snoopy's Reunion, they are named Molly and Rover. They all play in a country band in that special, with Snoopy on the acoustic guitar. See also Acoustic Guitar (magazine An acoustic guitar is a Guitar that uses only acoustic methods to project the sound produced by its strings

Many years before his siblings appeared, Snoopy referred to himself as an "only dog" who had no brothers or sisters.

Doghouse

In the early years of the strip, Snoopy's doghouse was typically seen from the front or front plus one side, with the standard arched doorway of a doghouse, and Snoopy's name arched over the door. Snoopy would sleep in the doghouse.

On December 12, 1958, Snoopy slept on top of his doghouse, rather than inside it, for the first time. Events 627 - Battle of Nineveh: A Byzantine army under Emperor Heraclius defeats Emperor Khosrau II 's Persian A doghouse, known in British English as a kennel, is a small Shed commonly built in the shape of a little House intended for a dog Thereafter, Snoopy was seldom seen to venture inside the doghouse, except to retrieve something, instead spending the bulk of his time sitting or lying on its pitched roof. One strip ascribed Snoopy's ability to sleep there to his ears, which "lock" him to the top so that he doesn't fall.

At this point, the side view of the doghouse became standard in the strip, which allowed the imagination of Schulz (and Snoopy) to expand this dwelling beyond the limits of a normal doghouse.

Despite Snoopy's tendency to stay outside in all weather (in some cases even allowing snow to accumulate on his supine body, or wearing a snorkel when it rains), a running gag established that the interior of Snoopy's doghouse was something extraordinary. The running gag is an often amusing Joke or reference that appears repeatedly throughout a work or series of works It defied physics, being dramatically larger on the inside than the outside, with a carpeted foyer, a den, a library, a guest room, a stairway and a basement. Physics (Greek Physis - φύσις in everyday terms is the Science of Matter and its motion. A foyer is a safe, large and vast Room or complex of rooms in a Theatre, Opera, Concert hall, Showroom, cinema The first indication of the doghouse's unique layout occurred on January 31, 1954 when Charlie Brown was puzzled to see all his neighborhood friends crawling into it for a visit. Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) The doghouse was destroyed several times over the years, being hit by a tree due to a chase over Linus' blanket (July 26, 1959), crushed by a large icicle (February 13, 1960), and finally burned to the ground (September 19, 1966). Events 657 - Battle of Siffin. 811 - Battle of Pliska; Byzantine Emperor Nicephorus The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Icicle (yacht is also the name of the largest Ice yacht An icicle is a spike of Ice formed when water dripping or falling Events 1258 - Baghdad falls to the Mongols, and the Abbasid Caliphate is destroyed Events 335 - Dalmatius is raised to the rank of Caesar by his uncle Constantine I. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. In each case the doghouse was soon rebuilt. Although individual items were lost in the fire, each replacement doghouse appears to have retained the spaciousness and opulence of its predecessor.

The interior was decorated with several pricey acquisitions including a painting by Van Gogh, first mentioned on February 29, 1964. Leap years Although the modern calendar counts a year as 365 days a complete revolution around the sun takes approximately 365 days and 6 hours Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. After the fire destroyed the Van Gogh, it was replaced by an Andrew Wyeth. Andrew Newell Wyeth (born July 12, 1917) is an American realist painter and regionalist artist. At various times the interior of Snoopy's doghouse also held bunk beds, a pool table, a ping pong table, a television, a mural (painted by Linus), a shower, a cedar closet, a grandfather clock, and a jacuzzi. A longcase clock, also tall-case clock, grandfather clock or floor clock, is a freestanding weight-driven Pendulum clock with the Jacuzzi is a company that produces whirlpool Bathtubs History Around 1900 seven brothers named Jacuzzi (pronounced yah-KUH-tzih immigrated ^[5]

Features established in the television specials include a fine kitchen (A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving), and sound equipment (A Boy Named Charlie Brown). In It's Magic, Charlie Brown, Snoopy enters his dog house and the underground interior is depicted as spacious and well equipped for anything he needs. It's Magic Charlie Brown is a 1981 Peanuts special directed by Phil Roman and written by Charles M

The doghouse also serves as a prop for Snoopy, often imagined as a World War I "Sopwith Camel" fighting plane in Snoopy's battles with the Red Baron. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout During these aerial fights, Snoopy's house often suffers from bullet holes and occasionally crashes. However, this seems to take place solely in Snoopy's imagination, as the house is in perfect shape later.

Snoopy and aviation

• Following the disastrous Apollo I fire, Snoopy became the official mascot of aerospace safety, testing and the rebuilding of the Apollo Program, due to his refusal to accept defeat and his "'outside the doghouse' way of looking at things. The Air Force Specialty Code ( AFSC) is an Alphanumeric code used by the United States Air Force to identify an Air Force Specialty (AFS " A series of Snoopy-in-Space ("Astrobeagle") products arrived with this campaign, and originals are still prized.
• The Apollo 10 lunar module was nicknamed "Snoopy" and the command module "Charlie Brown". While not included in the official mission logo, Charlie Brown and Snoopy became semi-official mascots for the mission, as seen here ^[7] and here. Schulz also drew some special mission-related artwork for NASA , and several regular strips related to the mission; one showing Snoopy enroute to the moon atop his doghouse with a fishbowl on his head for a space helmet; one where Snoopy is on the moon beating everyone else there, including "that stupid cat that lives next door"; one where Snoopy is returning to Earth, and explains to the audience, "You can tell I'm headed back because I'm pointed the other way"; and one where Charlie Brown consoles Snoopy about how the spacecraft named after him was left in lunar orbit.
• The Silver Snoopy award is a special NASA honor, in the form of a sterling silver pin with an engraving of Snoopy in a spacesuit helmet. The Silver Snoopy award is a special honor awarded to NASA employees and contractors for outstanding achievements related to human flight safety or mission success Sterling silver is an Alloy of Silver containing 925% pure silver and 7 It is given by an astronaut to someone who works in the space program that has gone above and beyond in pursuit of quality and safety. ^[8]
• A series of postage stamps featuring Snoopy as a World War I flying ace was released on May 17, 2001 in Santa Rosa, California. A postage stamp is an adhesive paper evidence of pre-paying a fee for postal services Events 1521 - Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for Treason. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Santa Rosa is the County seat of Sonoma County California, United States
• Snoopy, piloting his "Sopwith Camel" (i. e. his doghouse), is featured in the logo of Charles M. Schulz - Sonoma County Airport. Charles M Schulz - Sonoma County Airport is an airport located a few miles northwest of Santa Rosa and south of the city of Windsor
• Snoopy is the US Air Force Technical Control mascot. The Air Force Specialty Code ( AFSC) is an Alphanumeric code used by the United States Air Force to identify an Air Force Specialty (AFS He can be seen on the Tech Control emblem holding an old analog patch cord above his head as he walks on water. A patch cable or patch cord (sometimes patchcable or patchcord) is an Electrical or Optical cable used to connect ("patch-in"
• During the Gulf War Snoopy appeared as nose art on several aircraft. Nose art is a decorative Painting or design on the Fuselage of a Military aircraft, usually located near the nose and is a form of Aircraft graffiti He remains a popular image in air forces that still allow crews to customize the appearance of their planes.
• Snoopy is the name of a U.S. Air Force B-58 Hustler bomber, serial number 55-0665, which was modified to test a radar system. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout ^[9]
• Snoopy is the name of the primary research vehicle of Check-Six.com.
• The black-and-white communications helmets that are worn as part of NASA spacesuits, carrying radio earphones and microphones, are universally known as "Snoopy caps," due to the resemblance of the white center and black outer sections to Snoopy's head. A space suit is a complex system of Garments equipment and environmental systems designed to keep a person alive and comfortable in the harsh environment of outer space
• In 1966, the "Ace" was immortalized in song by the Royal Guardsmen with their hit, Snoopy Vs. The Red Baron. The Royal Guardsmen were a Rock band from Ocala Florida, a Sextet composed of Bill Balough ( bass) John Burdett ( drums) Chris Nunley " Snoopy Vs The Red Baron " — notice the slightly different capitalisation — is a 1966 song by The Royal Guardsmen. This was followed in 1967 by Snoopy's Christmas, in which the two foes temporarily set aside their differences for a Christmas toast, as per the Christmas Truces that occurred during World War I. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. " Snoopy's Christmas " is a song performed by The Royal Guardsmen in 1967. The " Christmas Truce " is a term used to describe several brief unofficial cessations of hostilities that occurred on Christmas Eve or World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All Snoopy's Christmas continues to be played as a holiday favorite on most "oldie" radio stations. Oldies is a generic term commonly used to describe a Radio format that usually concentrates on Top 40 music from the 1950s 1960s and 1970s (about 1955-1977 This article is about radio broadcasting for other uses see Radio (disambiguation. Two additional songs were released by the Guardsmen in 1968 during the Presidential election, "Snoopy for President", in which Snoopy's bid for the nomination of the Beagle party is tipped in his favor by the Red Baron, and "Down Behind the Lines", which does not mention Snoopy specifically but describes the attempts of a World War I pilot to fly his damaged Sopwith Camel back to friendly territory.
• Snoopy One and Snoopy Two are two airships owned and operated by MetLife and provide aerial coverage of American sporting events. Terminology In some countries airships are also known as dirigibles from the French (fr ''diriger'' to direct plus -ible) meaning "directable" MetLife Inc is the holding corporation for the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company or MetLife for short ^[10]

References

External links

• The complete text of Snoopy's It Was a Dark and Stormy Night

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