Fuck You, Allergies! I Hate You!
This is Fuck You Week, Jezebel's first annual week of desperate emotional cleansing and unhinged psychic purging.
Big Sister Gives Her Brother an Adorable ‘Toughen Up’ Pep Talk, Sounds Just Like Lucy from Peanuts
It turns out that some kids really do speak like Peanuts characters, which is adorable. This big sister does her best Lucy impression as she gives her sullen little brother a pep talk, telling him (gently) to "toughen up" and to not spit on boys three times his age. At least not yet. He's got a whole lifetime of…
The Rest of the Comics Page Weighs in on the Texas Abortion Debate
This week, dozens of papers across the US refused to print long-running strip Doonesbury in their comics pages on the grounds that the topic it tackled— Texas's abhorrant new sonogram law — was deemed "too controversial" for the delicate sensibilities of Hagar the Horrible readers. But one newspaper's blog took things…
Scientists Cure Peanut Allergy (In Mice)
Scientists were able to cure peanut allergies in mice by attaching peanut proteins to the mice's own cells and then putting the cells back in their bodies. This technique also worked with egg allergies. The technique hasn't been tested on humans yet, but at least now mice can enjoy delicious PB&J sandwiches.
Hey There, Snoopy
NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 25: The Snoopy float glides down Central Park South during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade. This year's annual parade features approximately 8,000 participants, 15 giant character balloons and 43 novelty balloons. (Photo via Getty Images)
Today's The 58th Anniversary Of Lucy Snatching Charlie Brown's Football
Lucy first held a football for Charlie Brown in a Peanuts comic that ran on November 16, 1952. In the strip, Charlie Brown screams, "Don't ever do that again!" but clearly Lucy wasn't listening.
Robert Downey Jr. Is The New Mr. Peanut
The $30 million makeover resulted in a Wes Andersen-esque animation voiced by Robert Downey Jr. If you're the sort of person who is a) not allergic to peanuts and b) charmed by commercials, then yes, you might find this charming.
Good Grief.
Angered by ABC's cutting A Charlie Brown Christmas for ad-space, Leon Lynn writes that the special "has spent 44 years now trying to remind us that Christmas is supposed to transcend crass commercialism...Do you have no sense of irony?" [MediaBistro]
Tennessee Mayor: "Our Muslim President" Ruined Christmas
In yet another case of life imitating comedy to form farce, a Tennessee mayor is mad that "our muslim president" preempted The Charlie Brown Christmas Special. Maybe he'd like to lighten up with some OutKast, or our mashup. [DailyKos]
A Charlie Brown Christmas Will Not Air Tonight
…Because someone named Barack Obama is talking about something called Afghanistan. Socialist Muslins born in Kenya want to ruin Christmas! The Peanuts special will air December 15 instead; in the meantime, you can practice the characters' dance moves here. [Time]
Charlie Brown Finds Balance; Controversial Calvin Klein Billboard Replaced
- How cool are these Charlie Brown New Balance sneakers? Cool enough that we wish they weren't just for kids. [WWD]
- A London artist has created Kate Moss and Agyness Deyn paper dolls which look frighteningly like the real thing. [Pipeline.Refinery29]
Peanuts Parents Secret Revealed • Ann Coulter's Book Sales Slump
• Mental Floss reveals how Peanuts producers made that weird sound that plays when adults are talking on the Charles Schultz cartoons. The secret involves a toilet plunger. •
Peanuts' Fifth
The Charles M. Schulz Museum's exhibition "Schulz's Beethoven: Schroeder's Muse," explores the connection between, um, Schroeder and Beethoven. "If you don't read music...then you lose out on some of the meaning," says the curator. [IHT]
Snoopy On Ice: Joe Cool
[New York, December 30. Image via Getty.]
Nooooo! Katy Perry Wants To Design!
- Katy Perry has design aspirations. "Agyness Deyn and Dita Von Teese are my fashion icons. I love to create a character, and I like looking like I've just stepped out of a history book." [New York]

