Returning from vacation, Dagwood discovers that Mr. Dithers has sold the business to equally crabby Jerome Cowan (who played a business associate in the previous entry), and it's up to Blondie through her well meaning interference to advance her husband's opportunities and get his office back after a demotion. It's fun to see Blondie being called out for her subtle but obvious buttinsky manner by Dagwood's longtime associates who ridicule Dagwood for not standing up to her.
After 8 years in the series, Jonathan Hale was written off (and continued in a very busy career elsewhere), and Cowan is as decent a replacement as you could expect. "Blondie" focusing on business rather than family matters made the show tedious at times, much like later sitcoms that utilized that theme far too much. Anita Louise, a veteran ingenue from the 1930's, appears as Larry Simms and Danny Mummert's teacher who is Cowan's blind date for a dinner party, with Johnny Granath playing another student who upsets Cowan and later assaults him with jelly from a donut.
There are some very funny moments, and of course, the introduction of Arthur Lake and Jerome Cowan has a very amusing set-up. It is obvious that the writers were getting desperate to keep the series going although in the case of this one, it hasn't quite bitten the bullet yet. At least there's something different this time around with postman Eddie Acuff and a pesky insurance agent.
After 8 years in the series, Jonathan Hale was written off (and continued in a very busy career elsewhere), and Cowan is as decent a replacement as you could expect. "Blondie" focusing on business rather than family matters made the show tedious at times, much like later sitcoms that utilized that theme far too much. Anita Louise, a veteran ingenue from the 1930's, appears as Larry Simms and Danny Mummert's teacher who is Cowan's blind date for a dinner party, with Johnny Granath playing another student who upsets Cowan and later assaults him with jelly from a donut.
There are some very funny moments, and of course, the introduction of Arthur Lake and Jerome Cowan has a very amusing set-up. It is obvious that the writers were getting desperate to keep the series going although in the case of this one, it hasn't quite bitten the bullet yet. At least there's something different this time around with postman Eddie Acuff and a pesky insurance agent.