The Most Popular Snoopy Quote in Japan

Adrianne tries to understand the associations around the cartoon beagle in Japan. If you like the show, support us on Patreon and get access to our bonus show, Overunderstood. Show notes: 01:49 – Hello, Habits: A Minimalist’s Guide to a Better Life (Fumio Sasaki) 04:35 – Peanuts – October 4, 1991 10:28 – Mia Sato 11:40 – ‘PEANUTS’ Celebrates 70 Years With Limited Heinz Ketchup Bottles 11:58 – Instagram account tracking Snoopy collabs 11:58 – Snoopy Japan blog 13:30 – The Highest-Paid Dead Celebrities Of 2020 (Forbes) 13:43 – Merchandising Snoopy: The case of licensing Peanuts in Japan (Stephen J. Lind) 17:28 – Beyond Cuteness: An Emerging Field of the Psychology of “Kawaii” by Professor Hiroshi Nittono – YouTube 18:40 – Shuntarō Tanikawa (Wikipedia) 19:23 – MetLife press release (2014) 19:47 – DeepL Translate 21:20 – Essay by Masuhiko Hirobuchi (2009) 23:22 – Alisa Freedman 32:37 – Minimal & Ism

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There are questions the internet just can't answer. But that doesn't mean we can't find them. On each episode of Underunderstood, we find a question the internet can’t answer — maybe it’s a dead-end Wikipedia page, an abandoned Reddit thread, or an unanswered question on Twitter — and we fill in the gaps. It’s part chat show, part documentary, and almost always surprising.