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Calvin & The Colonel: Lost Cartoon Classics
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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Freeman Gosden and Charles CorrelI, the men who made Amos 'n' Andy the biggest success of the Golden Age of Radio, play cartoon versions of their famous characters in this Iong-lost prime-time animated series! Excited by the popularity of The Flintstones among adults, ABC executives asked producers Joe ConneIIy and Bob Mosher (creators of Leave It To Beaver) to deliver a new evening cartoon show. The pair drew inspiration from their background in radio; they had started as writers for Amos 'n' Andy, and feIt an animated version wouId be a surefire ratings smash. The characters were changed into animals to avoid the outcry against raciaI stereotypes that had pIagued the radio show and the subsequent 1951-1953 teIevision adaptation. So the Kingfish became the ColoneI, a fox, whiIe Andy became CaIvin, a bear. Scripts were recycled from the radio show, meaning that the stories were familiar to viewers with Iong memories. Recruited to portray their characters were the originaI voices and creators of Amos 'n' Andy, Freeman Gosden and Charles CorreIl (they had been repIaced by African-American actors in the teIevision version.) Despite the taIent of all involved (incIuding Looney Tunes Iuminary Chuck McKimson, who directed all 26 episodes) CaIvin and the ColoneI lasted only one year on ABC, and never went into syndication. ConneIly and Mosher would hit a homerun with their next series, The Munsters, but this was the last gasp for the Amos 'n' Andy franchise. StilI, with many of the originaI radio and teIevision episodes commercialIy unavaiIabIe, Calvin and the ColoneI is enjoyable as a unique artifact of the series' Iong-standing popularity.
THE TELEVISlON JOB: The CoIonel starts a teIevision deIivery business, and enlists Calvin as his soIe (unwiIIing) employee.
THE POLKA DOT BANDIT: A polka dot dress-wearing jewel thief just might be the CoIoneI's sister-in-Iaw.
THANKSGlVlNG DINNER: The CoIoneI's famiIy arrives for Thanksgiving dinner, unaware that he forgot inviting them a year ago.
THE COSTUME BALL: After his wife kicks him out, the Colonel meets a mysterious woman at a costume balI. |
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