Blondie
CBS / NBC
CBS / NBC · 1939–1950
Broadcasts
42
Cadence
Weekly
Rated
PG
Since
1939
The run
- Network
- CBS / NBC
- Years active
- 1939–1950
- Surviving broadcasts
- 42
- Genre
- sitcom
(42 Episodes) Created by Chic Young, comic strip characters Blondie & Dagwood have been published in newspapers, since September 08, 1930. In 1939, "Blondie," the radio program, was born & had a very long run (1939-1950) on several different radio networks. Throughout its broadcast years,"Blondie" was sponsored by many companies, incl: Colgate-Palmolive Soap, Pepsodent Toothpaste & Camel Cigarettes. Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “OtrBlondie”; these recordings are in the public domain.
Source collection
Internet Archive audio collections
Rights
Public domain — no renewed US copyright
Cataloguing
Air dates and notes from the Archive item record
The shape of the run
What survives, year by year
11 dated broadcasts across 12 years on the air, with 7 years where nothing is known to survive. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
Episodes
Start here
Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from 1939, in original transmission order.
- 1. B&D 1939-10-30 #018 Dagwood Buys A New Suit · 30 Oct 1939
- 2. B&D 1939-12-25 Scrooge · 25 Dec 1939
- 3. B&D 1940-04-15 #042 Jack & the Beanstalk · 15 Apr 1940
- 01
B&D 1939-10-30 #018 Dagwood Buys A New Suit
30 Oct 1939 · 29 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 30 October 1939. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection
- 02
B&D 1939-12-25 Scrooge
25 Dec 1939 · 27 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 25 December 1939. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection
- 03
B&D 1940-04-15 #042 Jack & the Beanstalk
15 Apr 1940 · 29 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 15 April 1940. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection
- 04
B&D 1940-05-13 #046 The Entertainment Committee
13 May 1940 · 29 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 13 May 1940. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection
- 05
B&D 1944-04-17 Mr. Dithers Gets Out of the Hospital
17 Apr 1944 · 25 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 17 April 1944. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection
- 06
B&D 1944-06-19 #038b Dagwood Suspected as Bank Robber (aka Dagwood Has A Dream)
19 Jun 1944 · 27 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 19 June 1944. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection
- 07
B&D 1944-06-26 #039b (AFRS Rebroadcast) Baby Snooks Visits (aka Alexander Bored with Life)
26 Jun 1944 · 29 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 26 June 1944. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection
- 08
B&D 1944-08-18 (AFRS) The Poker Game (SONGS Let's Fall in Love'' & ''Anything Goes'')
18 Aug 1944 · 29 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 18 August 1944. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection
Also on CBS / NBC
CBS / NBC in 1939–1950
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