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Dagwood Bumstead is a main character
Fictional character

A character is any person, persona, identity, or entity that exists in a The arts. The process of conveying information about characters in fiction is called characterisation....
 in the long-running comic strip
Comic strip

A comic strip is a sequence of drawings that tells a story.Currently in the Western world, most comic strips are written and drawn by a comics artist or cartoonist, and many such strips are published on a recurring basis in newspapers and on the Internet....
 Blondie
Blondie (comic strip)

File:Blondiemay75012.jpgBlondie is a popular comic strip created by Chic Young and syndicated by King Features Syndicate. It has been published in newspapers since September 8, 1930....
. He first appeared sometime prior to February 17, 1933.

He was originally heir to the Bumstead Locomotive fortune, but was disowned when he married a flapper
Flapper

The term flapper in the 1920s referred to a "new breed" of young women who wore short skirts, bob cut their hair, listened to Jazz#1920s and 1930s, and flaunted their disdain for what was then considered acceptable behavior....
 (originally known as Blondie Boopadoop) who his family saw as below his class
Social class

Social class refers to the hierarchy distinctions between individuals or groups in societies or cultures. Usually most societies have some notion of social class , but concretely defined social classes are not found in every known type of human societies....
. He has since worked hard at J.C. Dithers & Company (currently as the construction company's office manager) to support his family.






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Dagwood Bumstead is a main character
Fictional character

A character is any person, persona, identity, or entity that exists in a The arts. The process of conveying information about characters in fiction is called characterisation....
 in the long-running comic strip
Comic strip

A comic strip is a sequence of drawings that tells a story.Currently in the Western world, most comic strips are written and drawn by a comics artist or cartoonist, and many such strips are published on a recurring basis in newspapers and on the Internet....
 Blondie
Blondie (comic strip)

File:Blondiemay75012.jpgBlondie is a popular comic strip created by Chic Young and syndicated by King Features Syndicate. It has been published in newspapers since September 8, 1930....
. He first appeared sometime prior to February 17, 1933.

He was originally heir to the Bumstead Locomotive fortune, but was disowned when he married a flapper
Flapper

The term flapper in the 1920s referred to a "new breed" of young women who wore short skirts, bob cut their hair, listened to Jazz#1920s and 1930s, and flaunted their disdain for what was then considered acceptable behavior....
 (originally known as Blondie Boopadoop) who his family saw as below his class
Social class

Social class refers to the hierarchy distinctions between individuals or groups in societies or cultures. Usually most societies have some notion of social class , but concretely defined social classes are not found in every known type of human societies....
. He has since worked hard at J.C. Dithers & Company (currently as the construction company's office manager) to support his family. The Bumsteads' first baby, Alexander, was originally referred to as "Baby Dumpling". His younger sister Cookie's name was chosen by readers, via a national contest.. The family circle is rounded out by Daisy, the dog.

His favorite things in life include his wife Blondie, his kids, naps on the sofa, long, uninterrupted baths, and food. Dagwood was famous for concocting tall, multi-layered sandwiches topped with an olive on a toothpick as between- meal snacks. The term "Dagwood sandwich
Dagwood sandwich

A Dagwood sandwich is a thick, multi-layered sandwich made up of a wide variety of meats, cheeses, and condiments. It was named after Dagwood Bumstead, a character in the comic strip Blondie , who frequently makes enormous sandwiches....
" has entered American English. He frequently has problems with door-to-door salesmen, rude telemarketers and store salespeople, crashing into the mailman (Mr. Beasley) as he rushes from home, getting ready before the carpool
Carpool

Carpooling , is the shared use of a Automobile by the driver and one or more passengers, usually for commuting. Carpooling arrangements and schemes involve varying degrees of formality and regularity....
 leaves without him, getting to work on time, and his boss, Mr. J.C. Dithers. Other characters in his universe include Elmo Tuttle, a pesky little neighborhood kid who wanders in and out of the Bumstead house, next-door neighbors Herb and Tootsie Woodley, Lou, the sarcastic cook in a local diner, and Mr. Dithers' domineering wife, Cora.

Appearances in other media

Over the years, Dagwood has appeared not only in daily newspapers but in comic books, Big Little Books, Whitman novels for children, and other print materials as well as radio, film, and television. Arthur Lake
Arthur Lake (actor)

Arthur Lake was an United States actor known best for bringing Dagwood Bumstead, the bumbling husband of Blondie to life in film, radio, and television....
 played Dagwood Bumstead in the Blondie film series from 1938-1950, and Will Hutchins
Will Hutchins

Will Hutchins is an United States actor most noted for playing the lead role of the young lawyer Tom Brewster in the Warner Brothers Western television series Sugarfoot on American Broadcasting Company from 1957-1961....
 played Dagwood in a TV version in 1968-1969.