Just how subversive was it for Charlie Brown to only get rocks, not candy, for Halloween?

[Bucky]

 
Seriously, it's very theater of the absurd, especially for the 1960s, to have every adult in this Minneapolis neighborhood just spontaneously decide We think you're a little shit, Charlie Brown -- so everyone else gets candy but your sorry ass only gets a chunk of igneous.

Well, frankly, Charlie Brown was a whiny little shit. You notice no one was pulling that stunt with Lucy Van Pelt; she'd egg their windows and then slash their tires.

[tigereye]

1. I always thought it fit with his "things never go my way" persona

It fits with the whole "depressive" characteristic. I think all the kids' commentaries/dialogue were pretty subversive- the later Peanuts aren't nearly as funny and sharp - almost dumbed down.

[Minimus]

2. I hated it and could not watch the Halloween special because it made me sad.

[rcrush]

3. I heard Charlie Brown became a meth head when he grew up

Wasnt there an off Broadway play a few years back that was based on the Peanuts characters but they were all in rehab?

[Brickbat]

4. Minneapolis WTF?

That was obviously St. Paul.