<P> A peanut gallery was, in the days of vaudeville, a nickname for the cheapest and ostensibly rowdiest seats in the theater, the occupants of which were often known to heckle the performers . The least expensive snack served at the theatre would often be peanuts, which the patrons would sometimes throw at the performers on stage to convey their disapproval . The phrases "no comments from the peanut gallery" or "quiet in the peanut gallery" are extensions of the name . </P> <P> In 1943 the Howdy Doody children's radio show adopted the name for its live audience of children . Howdy Doody is most remembered for its later transition to television, which continued the Peanut Gallery audience, now on camera . It is from this usage that the name of the comic strip Peanuts was derived . </P>

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