THAT GIRL 1966

 

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THAT GIRL 1966.

This week I will be posting paper doll sets that tied-in with popular TV shows from the 1960's and 70's.

THAT GIRL starring Marlo Thomas was a groundbreaking show in many ways disguised as a silly half hour sitcom. Funny to think now that a show about a young woman living on her own in New York City and making her own way in the world could have been so controversial. The norm at that time was for a girl to stay living with her parents until she married. I can remember newspaper articles back then that focused on her character's "virtue" as if being independent made her a loose woman! 

All that aside this is a very nicely drawn three doll set with period appropriate outfits.

 I've added a bi-fold background to pose the dolls in front of.

More 1960's TV coming tomorrow!

BLONDIE TV

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BLONDIE TV.

The Blondie characters appeared in a popular film series between 1938 and 1950 starring Arthur Lake as Dagwood and Penny Singleton as Blondie. Lake reprised his role in a short lived TV series in 1954. In 1968 another attempt at a TV version of Blondie was made which by all accounts failed miserably. Only 16 episodes were filmed and only 14 of those aired. This paper doll set is pretty much all that remains of that effort and you will notice that it reuses body shapes from other sets of the 1950s and 60s. Still it is pretty cute and I have created a bi-fold background that you can pose the dolls in front of.

Next week I will be posting other sets that were merchandised to accompany TV shows of the 1960s and 70's.

 

BLONDIE 1953

BLONDIE 1953.

Fast forward a decade from the previous post and we find that Blondie & Dagwood are little changed. Cookie and Alexander are a bit older here and the fashions reflect the post war period.

For a look at other Blondie sets check out these posts:

BLONDIE & DAGWOOD 1930's  January 22, 2024

BLONDIE IN MEXICO  April 17, 2024

and

BLONDIE FASHIONS  February 18, 2026

 

BLONDIE 1942

BLONDIE 1942.

The Blondie comic strip which began in the 1930's and is still running in newspapers today spawned a large number of paper doll sets, one in each decade in fact. This one from the 1940's is interesting for it's incorporation of topical items such as food rationing books and planting Victory gardens during World War II. The fashions are colorful and period appropriate as well.

I'll be posting more Blondie sets coming up this week!