The Family Van Pelt Episode 4 - Old People Who Happen To Like You

About this episode

The episode explores sibling relationships through Lucy and Linus's interactions, featuring a new segment discussing Snoopy and the Van Pelt family.

Lucy torments Linus with a call to their blanket-hating grandma. She explains that to be a good brother he has to work at it, and he succeeds with a bowl of ice cream. A new segment is revealed, “Hangin’ Out at the Thinkin’ Wall.” This week the guys discuss Snoopy before resuming the season-long look at the Van Pelt Family. Transcript available at UnpackingPeanuts.com Jimmy’s, Michael’s, and Harold’s books are available at UnpackingPeanuts.com/store. Listener Joshua Stauffer's new podcast https://joshuastauffer1.substack.com/ Unpacking Peanuts is copyright Jimmy Gownley, Michael Cohen, Harold Buchholz, and Liz Sumner. Produced and edited by Liz Sumner. Music by Michael Cohen. Additional voiceover by Aziza Shukralla Clark. For more from the show follow @unpackpeanuts on Instagram and Threads, and @unpackingpeanuts on Facebook, Blue Sky, and YouTube. For more about Jimmy, Michael, and Harold, visit unpackingpeanuts.com. Thanks for listening.

People in this episode

Hosts: Jimmy Gownley, Michael Cohen, Harold Buchholz, Liz Sumner

Guest: Joshua Stauffer

Topics covered

• family dynamics
• sibling relationships
• Peanuts characters
• Van Pelt family
• humor
• ice cream

Keywords

• Lucy
• Linus
• grandma
• ice cream
• Van Pelt family
• Snoopy
• Unpacking Peanuts

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Unpacking Peanuts, UnpackingPeanuts.com, UnpackingPeanuts.com/store, Instagram, Threads, Facebook, Blue Sky, YouTube

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