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There'sa cool, creepy old Twilight Zone episode called "Button, Button," where a mysterious stranger arrives at the home of a suburban couple. He brings a box with him, and he tells the couple that if they'll just push the button inside the box, they can have two hundred thousand bucks. What's the catch? Well, if ... Read more

Ihave nothing new to add to the national Are-Mormons-Christians nonsense that has once more reared its ugly head. I said my peace here, and I addressed it even further here. In that second link, I address the idea that even though Mormons profess faith in Christ, we're so far out of step in ... Read more

Whydo I remember the specific date of July 13, 1985?It was the day of Live Aid, the concert where I first discovered Mick Jagger and therefore began a new chapter in my life right after this one ended. Sad, but true. For behold: July 13, 1985 was the day Charlie Brown died. No, not the ... Read more

James, who argues with his brother Josh, is getting antsy for the Charlie Brown Chronicles VI, likely because he has a starring role therein. See, as I indicated in CBC I, my mother had long wanted to produce a version of this show with my LDS friends, which constituted an entirely different universe than ... Read more

You’rea Good Man, Charlie Brown performed for two weekends in June of 1982, one weekend at Barnsdall Gallery Theatre in Hollywood and one at Pierce College in the San Fernando Valley. By all accounts, it was awful, as most of the kids had any idea what they were saying or why it was supposed to ... Read more

Youshould know that I’m dreading this post. As I consider the subject matter, all the awkwardness and embarrassment that defined much of my adolescence comes rushing back in waves, and it amazes me that I ever got it under control enough to persuade a beautiful woman to marry me. See, one of the reasons why ... Read more

Whenthe Los Angeles Children's Choir finally decided to mount a full-fledged production of You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown in 1982, I was a shoo-in for the lead. I'd been playing the title role in my Rex Harrison's Baseball Game solo for over a year, and I was, you know, due. So when the ... Read more

MyCharlie Brown experience almost got off the ground circa 1978, when my mother had been enslaved by the Boy Scouts of America to serve as Cub Scout Den Mother to myself and my fellow almost-Webelos. She got the idea of doing a production of You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown at church, but when she ... Read more

VOLUME1: IN THE BEGINNING

“I hate to think that all my current experiences will someday become stories with no point.”― Calvin, It's a Magical World: A Calvin and Hobbes Collection

Last month, my brother gave me a DVD copy of the animated version of the musical You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown for my birthday. ... Read more

DearMick:Hello. I spoke to President Obama yesterday, so it’s only fair I speak to you today. He told me to tell you hello. (Actually, he didn’t. I’m imagining he told me to tell you hello. You probably won’t read this anyway, so it doesn’t matter much.)Mick, I’m one of your more unusual fans, in that ... Read more