It's a dog knock life for Daisy in this enjoyable entry in the "Blondie" series that puts the cute ear raiser into the driver's seat after she gets lost and finds her way home. As a magazine cover girl, Daisy becomes a celebrity and somehow gets lost again, causing Dagwood and Blondie to go up against a gang of mugs (lead by gangster Douglas Fowley and the brash Veda Ann Borg) who find Daisy and don't want to give her back, at least not without some reward money.
This entry gives "Cookie" Bumpstead (Marjorie Kent) more to do than series veteran Larry Simms as Dagwood deals with fellow workers entertaining her after he can't find a babysitter. The writers seem to be straining for ideas at times to keep certain elements of the series going, and it became clear to me by watching this entry how much the series structure reminded me of the much later "Bewitched" which focused on Dagwood/Darren (or Dirwood, if you are the mother-in-law) at home and at work while wife Blondie/Samantha tries to fix everything, especially if it concerns messes in his work life. The only thing here is that Blondie didn't have magical powers, but it does seem indeed like Daisy does.
The last shot of Penny Singleton and Veda Ann Borg prepared for battle over Daisy, however, does challenge my idea that Blondie might not have supernatural powers. Other than funny moments concerning how Daisy reacts to being famous all of a sudden, though, it's a rather ordinary entry in the series that showed how after 7 years, even the best of TV sitcoms needed to fade away gracefully. Not in "Blondie's" case: there were another five years to go, and another dozen entries for me to watch in chronological order.
This entry gives "Cookie" Bumpstead (Marjorie Kent) more to do than series veteran Larry Simms as Dagwood deals with fellow workers entertaining her after he can't find a babysitter. The writers seem to be straining for ideas at times to keep certain elements of the series going, and it became clear to me by watching this entry how much the series structure reminded me of the much later "Bewitched" which focused on Dagwood/Darren (or Dirwood, if you are the mother-in-law) at home and at work while wife Blondie/Samantha tries to fix everything, especially if it concerns messes in his work life. The only thing here is that Blondie didn't have magical powers, but it does seem indeed like Daisy does.
The last shot of Penny Singleton and Veda Ann Borg prepared for battle over Daisy, however, does challenge my idea that Blondie might not have supernatural powers. Other than funny moments concerning how Daisy reacts to being famous all of a sudden, though, it's a rather ordinary entry in the series that showed how after 7 years, even the best of TV sitcoms needed to fade away gracefully. Not in "Blondie's" case: there were another five years to go, and another dozen entries for me to watch in chronological order.