Marvel also obtained a license to adapt Chic Young's long running comic strip, Blondie, into an animated special. Blondie & Dagwood aired on CBS in 1987, nearly 20 years after the last live-action Blondie series aired on the same network.
The selling point was the casting of Loni Anderson (ex-WKRP in Cincinnati) as Blondie, with Frank Welker (Muppet Babies, Real Ghostbusters, Smurfs, etc.) as Dagwood. As often happens, J. C. Dithers (Alan Oppenheimer) fires Dagwood, forcing Blondie to find a job of her own.....
The supporting cast also includes Ike Eisenmann (ex-The Fantastic Journey) as Alexander.
There would be a follow-up special, also for CBS, and we'll have that up another day.
Rating: B-.
There would be a follow-up special, also for CBS, and we'll have that up another day.
Rating: B-.
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I saw the first Blondie & Dagwood special; didn't know there was a second one. CBS must've considered Loni Anderson their go-to celebrity for comic strip specials, as she previously hosted another CBS special, The Fantastic Funnies.
And that's where they made the connection between Loni and Blondie......
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