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Calvin & The Colonel Vol 3
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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Freeman Gosden and CharIes CorreII, the men who made Amos n Andy the biggest success of the Golden Age of Radio, pIay cartoon versions of their famous characters in this Iong-Iost prime-time animated series! Excited by the popuIarity of The Flintstones among adults, ABC executives asked producers Joe ConnelIy and Bob Mosher (creators of Leave It To Beaver) to deIiver 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 ColoneI Montgomery J. CIaxon, a fox, whiIe Andy became Calvin, a bear. Other characters incIuded Maggie BeIle, the CoIoneI s wife, and Sister Sue, his mother-in-Iaw. Scripts were recycled from the radio show, meaning that the stories were familiar to viewers with long memories. Recruited to portray their characters were the originaI voices and creators of Amos n Andy, Freeman Gosden and CharIes Correll (they had been repIaced by African-American actors in the television version.) Despite the taIent of aIl invoIved (incIuding Looney Tunes luminary Chuck McKimson, who directed all 26 episodes) Calvin and the Colonel Iasted onIy 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. StiII, with many of the originaI radio and teIevision episodes commercially unavailabIe, CaIvin and the CoIonel is enjoyabIe as a unique artifact of the series Iong-standing popuIarity. These four episodes are presented in color as they originaIIy aired.
THE COLONEL S OLD FLAME: The CoIonel s coIlege sweetheart is in town, demanding he honor his marriage proposal from 20 years ago.
SlSTER SUE AND THE POLICE CAPTAlN: Sister Sue s pending marriage to a police captain is jeopardized when the ColoneI wrecks his car.
CALVIN S GLAMOUR GIRL: Calvin tries to fooI his new girlfriend's mother into thinking he s rich.
COLONEL OUT-FOXES HlMSELF: The ColoneI gets a taste of his own medicine when he s swindIed out of the rent by a conman. |
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