Blondie
Situation comedy, based on the comic strip by Chic Young
Broadcast History:
Jul 3, 1939-Jun 26, 1944 CBS. 30m, Mondays at 7:30. Camel Cigarettes. Initially a summer replacement for The Eddie Cantor Show, when Cantor did not return, the sponsor continued Blondie in the same timeslot.
Jul 21, 1944-Sep 1, 1944 Blue Network. 30m, Friday at 7:00. Super Suds
Aug 13, 1944-Sep 26, 1948 CBS. 30m, Sundays at 8:00 until mid-1945, then at 7:30. Super Suds. Ran concurrently with Blue Network series for first three weeks.
Oct 6, 1948-Jun 29, 1949 NBC. 30m Wednesdays at 8:00. Super Suds
Oct 6, 1949-Jul 6, 1950 ABC. 30m, Thursdays at 8:00, then at 8:30 as of May.
Cast:
Blondie Penny Singleton, Anne Rutherford, Alice White, Patricia Van Cleve
Dagwood Arthur Lake
Alexander Leone Ledoux, Tommy Cook, Larry Sims, Bobby Ellis, Jeffrey Silver
Cookie Leone Ledoux, Marlene Aames, Norma Jean Nilsson, Joan Rae
Announcers:
Bill Goodwin, Howard Petrie, Harlow Wilcox
From the pen of Chic Young, these comic characters were developed for a series of "B" movies and for radio. It told the story of the put-upon Dagwood a bumbling architect and his struggles with his scatterbrained wife, children and tyrant boss Mr. JC Dithers.
Source: On the Air - John Dunning
Source: Radios Golden Years - Vincent Terrace