Good Grief!
Charles Schulz's biographer, David Michaelis, on some surprising secrets about the creator of Peanuts. Also, the enduring influence of Jack Kerouac's On the Road. Plus, a designer weighs in on changing the look of interstate highway signs.
By Kurt Andersen • • 1 min readCharles Schulz's biographer, David Michaelis, tells Kurt some surprising secrets about the creator of Peanuts. Hear how Linus, Lucy, and Charlie Brown acted out Shulz's personal troubles in the funny pages. Later, life is a highway. Studio 360 looks at the enduring influence of Jack Kerouac's On the Road. A couple of newlyweds struggle over whether it's just a boy book; and the cellist Erik Friedlander improvises music to a passage from the book. Plus, a designer weighs in on changing the look of interstate highway signs.