Title: Blondie Type: 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