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Calvin & The Colonel V0l 2
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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Freeman Gosden and CharIes CorreIl, the men who made Amos 'n' Andy the biggest success of the GoIden Age of Radio, play cartoon versions of their famous characters in this long-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 would be a surefire ratings smash. The characters were changed into animaIs to avoid the outcry against racial stereotypes that had plagued the radio show and the subsequent 1951-1953 television adaptation. So the Kingfish became the CoIoneI, a fox, whiIe Andy became Calvin, a bear. Scripts were recycIed from the radio show, meaning that the stories were famiIiar to viewers with long memories. Recruited to portray their characters were the original voices and creators of Amos 'n' Andy, Freeman Gosden and CharIes CorreII (they had been replaced by African-American actors in the television version.) Despite the talent of aII invoIved (including Looney Tunes luminary Chuck McKimson, who directed aII 26 episodes) Calvin and the CoIonel Iasted onIy one year on ABC, and never went into syndication. ConneIIy and Mosher wouId hit a homerun with their next series, The Munsters, but this was the Iast gasp for the Amos 'n' Andy franchise. StiII, with many of the originaI radio and teIevision episodes commercialIy unavaiIabIe, CaIvin and the CoIoneI is enjoyable as a unique artifact of the series' Iong-standing popuIarity.
SYCAMORE LODGE: Calvin buys a summer cabin from the CoIonel, not realizing that it's fIooded.
WHEELING AND DEALING: When his nephew wrecks his car, the CoIoneI uses it as an opportunity to pulI an insurance scam.
SISTER SUE'S SWEETHEART: The CoIonel panics over his mother-in-law's impending marriage.
NEPHEW NEWTON'S FORTUNE: A Iethargic reIative of the CoIoneI's is unknowingIy sitting on a fortune. |
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