Blondie's Anniversary

This weekend's Blondie movie was Blondie's Anniversary. The film overall was okay but rather dark. 

Dagwood, who forgot about their anniversary, takes home an expensive watch. The watch was intended as a gift to the secretary of a potential client (who was in a previous Blondie film). His boss figures the secretary would pass on a good word. She is taking advantage of both companies' bidding, eventually helping those who give her the most.  

Blondie (of course) mistakenly thinks the gift is hers. Dagwood tries to replace it with a cheap knock-off, getting into debt with a loan shark (played by familiar comic actor William Frawley, who was also in a previous film, playing another role). His attempt discovered, Dagwood's boss (at this point in the series, no longer Mr. Dithers) fires him. Given his previous hijinks, this would not be that unjust of a thing to do.  

Meanwhile, the other company turns out to be con artists. They need plans to place the bid, so hire Dagwood, who needs money to pay off that loan shark. Blondie found out about the watch but Dagwood's boss (if somewhat upset at himself) did not give him his job back after she gave it to him.

Dagwood finds out about the con and saves the day. Meanwhile, the client (a banker) tells him not to pay exorbitant interest. And, showing the guy has some talent, it turns out Dagwood's plans are better than the ones provided by whoever drew them up for his old boss. Needing the client, his boss (at a pay raise -- you get the idea it goes up and down periodically) gives him his old job back. Plus pays the debt.

The film ends (the very last bit cut off when I DVR-ed it) with Dagwood giving a long-winded paeon on how wonderful Blondie is. And, noting it was their fifteenth anniversary.  The secretary gets her comeuppance, the expensive watch and brooch taken back from her. She quits, presumably to find some other mark in another town.  

Thus, we have Dagwood out of work, both companies in some fashion trying underhanded tactics, a loan shark, and overall (though things work out) not a great observation of human nature as a whole. 

As a "comedy," again, it was somewhat dark. These films repeatedly have Dagwood having some major money problem or something or other, but I think this time, it was darker than usual. 

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Happy Holidays. Remember, it isn't just for Christians! 

(I did not see any really notable holiday films in the last few days. I did see a summary of Hallmark and Lifetime Channel films which noted one of them had Kwanzaa content. Checked that box!)