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Blondie
˝ hour comedy show
Blondie first started as a newspaper comic strip in 1930, created
by Chic Young. The franchise moved to a series of success B movies starting
in 1938. Finally Blondie moved to the radio in 1939, and ran until 1950. The
two stars Penny Singleton and Arthur Lake first appeared as Blondie and Dagwood
in the movies, then on the Bob Hope Show in 1938, and made the successful transition
to the radio program.
This is just a fun suburban slapstick comedy show. Dagwood Bumpstead is improbably
married to the lovely and level-headed Blondie. The Bumpstead family consists
of Dagwood, Blondie, their son Alexander, and later on their baby Cookie. Dagwood
works for J.C. Dithers Construction Company as a lowly accountant, and his relationship
with his overbearing boss is the a setup for many of the antics in the show.
The program reminds me of a precursor to I Love Lucy and the Flintstones. in
which Dagwood gets himself into bizarre and comical situations and Blondie manages
to save the day.
Arthur Lake (Dagwood) loved the part, and would have been happy if he could
be Dagwood forever – at 11 years, that's almost forever in Hollywood terms.
Penny Singleton who portrayed Blondie from 1939 to the mid 1940s does a good
job of converting a comic strip character to a three dimensional persona. Blondie
was later played by Patricia Van Cleve. Hanley Stafford played his demanding
boss, Dithers (Stafford also played “Daddy” on the Baby Snooks show).
The Bumpstead's neighbor was played by Harold Peary (of The Great Gildersleeve
fame).
Uhh-uhh-uhh-don't touch that dial! Liston to ......Blondie!!!
All of our Old Time Radio Programs are in MP3 format. You can play them
on your computer, you can transfer them to MP3 players (like the IPod), but,
by and large, you cannot play them on stereos, walkmen, or car radios.
The sound quality of Old Time Radio Programs can vary greatly. Some episodes
are excellent, others you have to turn up the volume a little and ignore the static.
All of the episodes can be listened to and enjoyed. You can listen to our free
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Blondie episode list
44 episodes
(promo) w Robert Benchley.mp3
391030 Dagwood Buys a New Suit.mp3
391106 Uncle Gideon & Aunt Bessie.mp3
391225 Scrooge.mp3
400401 April Fool's Day.mp3
400415 Jack & The Beanstalk.mp3
400422 The Gypsy Queen.mp3
400513 The Entertainment Committee.mp3
410103 Alexander's Scandal Sheet.mp3
440613 Dagwood Suspected as Bank Robber.mp3
440619 Dagwood Has A Dream.mp3
440721 Plumbing Problems.mp3
440818 Dagwood Comes Home Late & Lies.mp3
440818 The Poker Game.mp3
440917 Dagwood Gets Amnesia.mp3
441000 Alexander Hasn't Any Interest In Anything.mp3
441008 #22 Baby Snooks Visits The Bumsteads.mp3
441015 Feud Over Tools.mp3
441015 Photographing a Prowler.mp3
450225 Poet.mp3
450311 Dagwood Wins Office Prize.mp3
450527 Social Aspirations.mp3
450600 Alexander Goes to Camp (inc).mp3
481103 Children's Newspaper, 'The Tattletale'.mp3
481117 The New Car.mp3
481117 The New Car.mp3.mp3
481215 Christmas Dilemma (inc).mp3
481215 Christmas Show.mp3
490000 In Paris with Mr. & Mrs. Dithers (inc).mp3
520106 Arab in Love with Blondie.mp3
Alexander The Actor.mp3
Camping In Back Yard.mp3
Circus Outing.mp3
Contract Problems.mp3
Dagwood Loses Dither's $5,000.00.mp3
Drive In The Country.mp3
Fly Worth $2,000.mp3
Front Line Theater - 43xxxx - Please No C.O.D hq.mp3
Mr Dithers Gets Out Of Hospital.mp3
Raising Chickens.mp3
Ride in the Country (inc) (Rough).mp3
Storm In A Teacup.mp3
Three Weeks Vacation.mp3
With Baby Snooks.mp3
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