Lucy Van Pelt character profile, from 'Peanuts' official YouTube channel.
Cartoonist Charles Schulz's beloved Peanuts characters Lucy and Schroeder have a famous exchange in which Lucy dismisses Beethoven's greatness given his absence from bubblegum cards.
We included this well-known exchange in a promo we aired before last week's Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra broadcast. In the comic strip, which we won't republish here but you could probably find on the official Peanuts site, Lucy and Schroeder's conversation goes like this:
LUCY: Everyone talks about how great Beethoven was … Beethoven wasn't so great!
SCHROEDER: What do you mean, Beethoven wasn't so great?
LUCY: He never got his picture on bubblegum cards, did he? … How can you say someone is great who's never had his picture on bubblegum cards?
Turns out Lucy had it wrong.
I found out when listener Doug Palmer of St. Paul, Minn., sent me this email:
Hmm … I'm intrigued by the Amenda Quartet's practice of handing out Beethoven cards at its concerts. Maybe Classical MPR can do that at next year's State Fair? I guess we'll see!
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