With Rheta Grimsley Johnson, Author of Good Grief


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Mar 03 2025 58 mins   13

We welcome the author of the Charles Schulz biography Good Grief, Rheta Grimsley Johnson, to the show. Rheta discusses working on the book, discovering the real Little Red-Haired Girl, and watching Schulz create the strip. Then, the gang analyses Rheta’s favorite Peanuts strips. Plus: She tells the harrowing story of the attempted kidnapping of Jeannie Schulz!


Rheta's books are available at the University of Georgia Press - ugapress.org

Good Grief: The Story of Charles M. Schulz is available on Amazon


Transcript available at UnpackingPeanuts.com


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