Snoopy!

The comic strip "Peanuts" by the oh-so-creative Charles Shultz (R.I.P.) has got to be one of the greatest comic strips ever comidically written. I went to his webpage tonight and read the comic strip on his opening page. It showed Snoopy (whom I keep wanting to spell Spoony for some reason), sitting on top of his doghouse (once again) taping a hockey stick and talking to himself. In the first block (?) he describes himself as "the world famous hockey player taping his stick." And he goes on to say world famous hockey players are "very fussy" about how they tape there sticks. Then in the last pane, he has taped himself to the doghouse and says that sometimes world famous hockey players have trouble with the tape. Silly Spoony, (see, gah whats up with that?) I mean Snoopy of course.

Why does he always refer to himself as "World Famous?" I think it must be that he craves attention, I mean, he is always sitting on top of a doghouse. He's always dressing up in WWII flying aces uniforms and attorney/psychologist suits and surgeons' scrubs and stuff. But he always seems to crave attention. But then again, Snoopy is no ordinary dog. He has a crush on a human being (and a snobby, mean one at that), he always askes for his food, and if I recall correctly, he likes to be asked if he wants desert, although he would never eat it.

Snoopy...what a crazy dog. But maybe Snoopy is more than just a dog. Maybe Snoopy is everyone of us. Maybe, embodied in Snoopy, is a little bit of us, and, in us is embodied a bit of Snoopy. Do we not all want to be "World Famous" at some point in our lives? Don't we all dream, at one point (usually younger) of being the President, or flying a space shuttle, or being Miss America? Being "World Famous" is appealing to everyone. I know I would love to be appreciated worldy for any accomplishment that I recieved. Being recognized is fun, it makes us feel important. And, maybe for Snoopy, thats all he wants.

Snoopy's quirkyness is something everyone longs for. It's human nature. Knowing that I'm a human, and that I long for quirkyness, and (I think everyone I know can attribute to this) I have my ways of being quirky, I know that a little random action here and there makes you feel good about yourself. Making people happy makes you happy, and with Snoopy although he's not trying to make anyone happy but himself, he makes everyone happy that reads what crazy thing he has done on any specific day.

I think that Snoopy should serve as the perfect model for anyone who wants to be "World Famous" because, well Snoopy is world famous. For a time, I called the "Peanut's" cartoon "Snoopy" simply because he is the most memorable character. Snoopy doesn't need to act world famous, he simply believes that he is, and he is.

I think Snoopy deserves a new title. Something more fitting to him. Something that embodies Snoopy. I think Snoopy doesn't need to be something more than what he is. Snoopy's new title from now on should be..."Snoopy, The World Famous Dog"