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Sling scene in Charlie Brown Christmas
Dec 26^th, 2021 at 5:42am

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Here is the clip. The scene starts around 1 minute and 20 seconds. This is within the first 5 minutes of the movie. I was watching it last night, during our Christmas dinner, and its the first time i ever noticed it. Linus uses his blanket, as a 1 piece sling, and hits the target first shot. Has anyone else noticed it?

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Re: Sling scene in Charlie Brown Christmas
Reply #1 - Dec 26^th, 2021 at 7:13am

vetryan15 wrote on Dec 26^th, 2021 at 5:42am:

https://youtu.be/9UsNw8a-iSQ

Here is the clip. The scene starts around 1 minute and 20 seconds. This is within the first 5 minutes of the movie. I was watching it last night, during our Christmas dinner, and its the first time i ever noticed it. Linus uses his blanket, as a 1 piece sling, and hits the target first shot. Has anyone else noticed it?

i have tried this and it doesnt work

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Morphy Slinging.org Moderator Offline Checkmate Posts: 8028	Re: Sling scene in Charlie Brown Christmas Reply #2 - Dec 26^th, 2021 at 7:20am I must have seen it a dozen times but never noticed it was slinging. Good catch.
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Rat Man Slinging.org Administrator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 13597 New Jersey, USA Gender:	Re: Sling scene in Charlie Brown Christmas Reply #3 - Dec 26^th, 2021 at 7:38am The last time I watched this was before I started slinging. I didn't remember this scene was there.
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Re: Sling scene in Charlie Brown Christmas
Reply #4 - Dec 26^th, 2021 at 9:51am

MikeG wrote on Dec 26^th, 2021 at 7:13am:

i have tried this and it doesnt work

Don't be so quick to dismiss things. There can always be a possibility or method you didn't consider. There was a guy here once that was using long, wide strips of some kind of cloth (maybe it was burlap, don't remember). But they looked much more like a scarf than a sling. He was slinging with them though.

I'm curious about your test. Was it with a blanket? If so, how big was it?

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MikeG Senior Member Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 454 Bayern-Germany Gender:	Re: Sling scene in Charlie Brown Christmas Reply #5 - Dec 26^th, 2021 at 10:22am joe_meadmaker wrote on Dec 26^th, 2021 at 9:51am: I'm curious about your test. Was it with a blanket? If so, how big was it? i used multiple blankets, but dont know how big they were. One of them was as big as you can see in the video
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Re: Sling scene in Charlie Brown Christmas
Reply #6 - Dec 26^th, 2021 at 12:29pm

Look at the way he points both his toes and his non-dominant hand at the target. Clearly the animators knew a little something about slinging with a blanket.

@MikeG did you use an underhand style like Linus?

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MikeG Senior Member Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 454 Bayern-Germany Gender:	Re: Sling scene in Charlie Brown Christmas Reply #7 - Dec 26^th, 2021 at 12:38pm NooneOfConsequence wrote on Dec 26^th, 2021 at 12:29pm: @MikeG did you use an underhand style like Linus? i used every style i knew, and that includes underhand
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vetryan15 Slinging.org Moderator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 1913 Northern Maine Gender:	Re: Sling scene in Charlie Brown Christmas Reply #8 - Dec 26^th, 2021 at 12:54pm Keep practicing, u can do it.
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MikeG Senior Member Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 454 Bayern-Germany Gender:	Re: Sling scene in Charlie Brown Christmas Reply #9 - Dec 26^th, 2021 at 1:39pm vetryan15 wrote on Dec 26^th, 2021 at 12:54pm: Keep practicing, u can do it. that sounds like im a bad slinger. The use of a blanket is not controllable. The ammo is caught by the blanket and cant exit the "sling" properly, its almost impossible to shoot in the right direction
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timann Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 2504 Norway Gender:	Re: Sling scene in Charlie Brown Christmas Reply #10 - Dec 26^th, 2021 at 2:01pm I have noticed it. It seems a little impossible to do in real life, but sometimes you just do that one unbelievable shot. And remember, he used his lucky blanket...
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Re: Sling scene in Charlie Brown Christmas
Reply #11 - Dec 26^th, 2021 at 3:07pm

MikeG wrote on Dec 26^th, 2021 at 12:38pm:

NooneOfConsequence wrote on Dec 26^th, 2021 at 12:29pm:

@MikeG did you use an underhand style like Linus?

i used every style i knew, and that includes underhand

He’s also using a reverse hammer grip, which may be the best way to release a blanket.

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vetryan15 Slinging.org Moderator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 1913 Northern Maine Gender:	Re: Sling scene in Charlie Brown Christmas Reply #12 - Dec 26^th, 2021 at 4:41pm He is just a BA.
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IronGoober Interfector Viris Spurii Online ...and now, No. 1, the larch... Posts: 1525 California Gender:	Re: Sling scene in Charlie Brown Christmas Reply #13 - Dec 26^th, 2021 at 5:47pm timann wrote on Dec 26^th, 2021 at 2:01pm: I have noticed it. It seems a little impossible to do in real life, but sometimes you just do that one unbelievable shot. And remember, he used his lucky blanket... Timann! Good to see you're still around!
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Re: Sling scene in Charlie Brown Christmas
Reply #14 - Dec 26^th, 2021 at 9:46pm

NooneOfConsequence wrote on Dec 26^th, 2021 at 3:07pm:

He’s also using a reverse hammer grip

I remember the scene (watch that every Christmas), but that never caught that. Very good observation. And a reverse grip is definitely possible: https://youtu.be/cFBfAJpdM0g.

MikeG wrote on Dec 26^th, 2021 at 1:39pm:

vetryan15 wrote on Dec 26^th, 2021 at 12:54pm:

Keep practicing, u can do it.

that sounds like im a bad slinger. The use of a blanket is not controllable. The ammo is caught by the blanket and cant exit the "sling" properly, its almost impossible to shoot in the right direction

vetryan15 is not intending to call you a bad slinger (I'm inferring, he can correct me if I'm wrong). The meaning is that few things (when it comes to slinging) are not as impossible as it may seem. I agree that a blanket is going to be far from ideal. It may need a certain size or shaped projectile. Or twisted up in a certain way. But at most one should only claim 'I could not find a way to make this work'. And then others can agree, or attempt it themselves.

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