Snoopy's iconic "beagle dance" is featured in this comic strip ... with other comic strips featuring him playing Woodstock and other Peanuts characters. As Snoopy began to develop his own life ...

Schulz was candid throughout his career about the various inspirations behind his complex and lovable comic strip characters. From Charlie Brown to Lucy van Pelt, many of the Peanuts characters ...

Charles M. Schulz, creator of the "Peanuts" comic strip, at his studio drawing table with a picture of his character Charlie Brown and some awards behind him in 1978 CBS Photo Archive / Getty ...

Over the years, the low-key, friendly character was an inspiration to generations of Peanuts fans ... first time I saw him on a special, he's dancing. That meant something to a lot of us, and ...

So much so that she wears an inflatable Snoopy costume and films herself dancing ... next to the many "Peanuts" statues scattered around the Twin Cities that celebrate the characters' creator ...