Schroeder (Peanuts) Schroeder accommodated Snoopy (who was dressed in his World War I Flying Ace outfit) by playing a brief medley of World War I songs at Violet's Halloween party; he plays "It's a Long Way to Tipperary","There's a Long Long Trail A-Winding", "Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit-Bag", and "Roses of Picardy". Schroeder is normally a very passive character, content to keep to himself and play his music, but he can be angered quite easily, especially if his music or Beethoven are insulted. In one strip, Lucy points out to him the woefully inadequate range of a toy piano;
Peanuts agreement, United Media stored these unpublished strips, the existence of which eventually became public. Plastino himself also claimed to have ghostwritten for Schulz, apparently uncredited, while Schulz underwent heart surgery in 1983. In the 1980s and the 1990s, the strip remained the most popular comic in history, even though other comics, such as "Garfield" and "Calvin and Hobbes", rivaled "Peanuts" in popularity. Schulz continued to write the strip until announcing his retirement on December 14, 1999, due to his failing health. The final daily original "Peanuts" comic strip was published on Monday, January 3, 2000. The strip contained a note