Dagwood loses his job on the eve of his and Blondie's fifth wedding anniversary.

Blondie and Dagwood are about to celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary but this happy occasion is marred after the bumbling Dagwood gets himself involved in a scheme that is promising financial ruin for the Bumstead family. Camping on the porch of the poor house would become the most-used prevalent plot line in the 27 series-films that followed. It was also an issue in the comic-strip for about a year after its inception when it was basically a continuity strip but, aside from Dagwood's inability to coax a pay-raise from Mr. Dithers over the years, the financial status of the family was seldom an issue once the format switched to a gag-a-day strip.—Les Adams <[email protected]>