One way or another, Dagwood's gonna find ya!
So, the comic directly under For Better or For Worse in the News & Observer is Dagwood! er, I mean, Blondie! The hell? Isn’t Dagwood the main character? Whatever.
Is there a paper in this country that doesn’t have Blondie? If so, I’ve not lived in such a place! Now, I know the New York Times doesn’t do comics, but I’m quite frankly surprised that they don’t make an exception for Blondie. At least in the Sunday Magazine. You know, right below “The Ethicist,” there would be Dagwood, late for work, running smack dab into his mailman. Where does Dagwood live that his mailman comes so early in the morning AND comes right up to his door?
OK, my take on Blondie is that it’s well, it’s just there. I mean, they seem to be a happy family. Dagwood and Blondie do seem to love and care for each other. It’s just not really funny. It’s just part of the comics, and, like Peanuts, just has to be there. I guess it must be some sort of law. I mean, Charles Schulz died, and the comics still have Peanuts! A funny page without Blondie is like a cop show without an alcoholic cop. Like a high school without a wacky French teacher. Like a nonfiction book without the glossy picture pages in the middle. It’s just the way things are, and you’d better like it!
Blondie has some variety, but not really enough for my liking. The jokes revolve around the following situations:
Is there a paper in this country that doesn’t have Blondie? If so, I’ve not lived in such a place! Now, I know the New York Times doesn’t do comics, but I’m quite frankly surprised that they don’t make an exception for Blondie. At least in the Sunday Magazine. You know, right below “The Ethicist,” there would be Dagwood, late for work, running smack dab into his mailman. Where does Dagwood live that his mailman comes so early in the morning AND comes right up to his door?
OK, my take on Blondie is that it’s well, it’s just there. I mean, they seem to be a happy family. Dagwood and Blondie do seem to love and care for each other. It’s just not really funny. It’s just part of the comics, and, like Peanuts, just has to be there. I guess it must be some sort of law. I mean, Charles Schulz died, and the comics still have Peanuts! A funny page without Blondie is like a cop show without an alcoholic cop. Like a high school without a wacky French teacher. Like a nonfiction book without the glossy picture pages in the middle. It’s just the way things are, and you’d better like it!
Blondie has some variety, but not really enough for my liking. The jokes revolve around the following situations:
- Dagwood tries to take a bath or nap
- Dagwood thinks about food
- Dagwood gives his kids money or advice
- Dagwood talks to his kids about Bumstead ancestors
- Work humor: Dagwood is lazy or sleeps at work, or he asks Mr. Dithers for a raise
- Dagwood is late for work and crashes into the mailman or is late for his carpool
- Dagwood rides in the carpool
- Dagwood plays golf with his neighbor, Herb, or borrows or loans something to or from Herb.
- Blondie deals with crazy clients at her catering business.
There are a handful of others, but that’s the basics. Now, let me go on over to the Blondie website and see what the latest strip posted is. Odds are 3 to 1 that it’s already been noted on my list (I promise I didn’t cheat) … (I just typed “Blondie” into Google, clicked “I’m feeling lucky,” and got the website of the Deborah Harry band!).
Yes! Dagwood wants to ask for a raise! Score: Big Al: 1, Blondie: 0
Well, we are stuck in an ice storm (with no Sigourney Weaver or Tobey Maguire). I could be stuck inside for awhile, so if the power doesn’t go out, maybe I will get some good blogging done!
posted by big al at 2:29 PM
2 Comments:
I don't think I've seen that girly-man Dagwood wear that jacket before. It's an improvement.
Again, I go back to my earlier comments about Dagwood making money off his hot wife. he should have her jumping out of a cake for his boss to get a raise, not shopping in some Hallmark store run by a MAN (I didn't think that existed). I bet the guy showing Dagwood where the cards are holds pampered chef parties on the weekends.
John
You forgot his bestest of best friends, the neighbor kid, Elmo. Don't Elmo's parents ever worry about him hanging out with some 40-odd-year-old man who naps a lot? Where's the supervision?
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