I have a copy of the pilot to the series. It features the same theme music and three of the series cast (Blondie, Alexander and the mailman, but with different actors for Dagwood (Hal LeRoy), Cookie and Dithers. Odd to see someone else play Dagwood. The pilot ("One-Gun Bumstead") was refilmed as...
Might have something to do with the fact that Penny Singleton had been fired from the radio series around 1948 after it moved to NBC because the sponsor wanted a fresh approach to the character even though at the time Singleton had appeared in 24 movies and 485 radio episodes. She was replaced...