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4/10 TV Genre Sitcom Final episode date 9 January 1969 Number of seasons 1 | 6.5/10 IMDb First episode date 26 September 1968 Program creator Chic Young | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Directed by Norman AbbottPeter BaldwinBruce BilsonGene Nelson Starring Patricia HartyWill HutchinsJim BackusPamelyn FerdinPeter Robbins Cast Similar Occasional Wife, The Bob Crane Show, Longstreet, Here Come the Brides, Sugarfoot | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Blondie (also known as The New Blondie) is an American sitcom that aired on CBS during the 1968-1969 television season. The series is an updated version of the 1957 TV series that was based on the comic strip of the same name. The series stars Patricia Hart at the title character and Will Hutchins as her husband Dagwood Bumstead. Jim Backus played Dagwood's boss Mr. Dithers, with his real life wife Henny Backus playing Cora Dithers. The series also featured the noted child character actress Pamelyn Ferdin as the Bumstead's daughter, Cookie and character actor Bryan O'Byrne as the hapless mailman, always getting run over by Dagwood hurrying out the door, late for work.
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Synopsis
Blondie stars Patricia Harty and Will Hutchins as Blondie and Dagwood Bumstead, a suburban couple raising a precocious daughter. Plots mixed typical sitcom tropes from home life and work life. The series is best remembered for its opening theme, which featured the comic strip characters in animated form before transforming into the actors playing the characters.
Like the 1957 version, which lasted only one season, the series was not a hit, lasting a total of 13 weeks before being canceled.
Cast
Ferdin & Robbins would later reunite on the 1969 film A Boy Named Charlie Brown, being the last time Robbins played Charlie Brown (He was the original actor of said character).