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Amos 'n' Andy
Description
Comedy serial follows two Black migrants in Harlem through business schemes, friendship, romance, with white actors voicing roles.
Amos 'n' Andy is an American radio sitcom about black characters, initially set in Chicago then later in the Harlem section of New York City. While the show had a brief life on 1950s television with black actors, the 1928 to 1960 radio show was created, written, and voiced by two white actors, Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll, who played Amos Jones (Gosden), Andrew Hogg Brown (Correll), and George "Kingfish" Stevens (Gosden) as well as incidental characters. On television from 1951 to 1953, black actors took over the majority of the roles; white characters were infrequent.
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Original schedule
- 1929–19347:00 PM ETNBC Blue Network · eveningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1929–19317:00 PM ETNBC Blue Network · eveningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1934–19357:00 PM ETNBC Blue Network · eveningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1935–19377:00 PM ETNBC Radio Network · eveningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1938–19397:00 PM ETNBC Radio Network · eveningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1939–19437:00 PM ETCBS Radio Network · eveningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1943–194410:00 PM ETNBC Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1944–194510:00 PM ETNBC Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1945–19469:00 PM ETNBC Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1946–19479:00 PM ETNBC Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1947–19489:00 PM ETNBC Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1948–19497:30 PM ETCBS Radio Network · eveningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1949–19507:30 PM ETCBS Radio Network · eveningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1950–19517:30 PM ETCBS Radio Network · eveningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1951–19527:30 PM ETCBS Radio Network · eveningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1952–19537:30 PM ETCBS Radio Network · eveningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1953–19547:30 PM ETCBS Radio Network · eveningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1954–19569:30 PM ETCBS Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1954–19557:30 PM ETCBS Radio Network · eveningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1956–19607:05 PM ETCBS Radio Network · eveningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
Cast & Crew
A
Art Gilmore
Announcer
B
Bill Hay
Announcer
B
CBurrett Wheeler
Announcer
Carlton KaDell
Announcer
DDel Sharbutt
Announcer
Don Ameche
Announcer
Harlow Wilcox
Announcer
J
JJohn 'Bud' Hiestand
Announcer
John Lake
Announcer
NNed LeFevre
Announcer
Olan Soule
Announcer
D
Dell Sharpe
Cast
F
Fred Clark
Cast
Hattie McDaniel
Cast
J
James Basquette
Cast
J
Jeff Alexander and His Orchestra and Chorus
Cast
Joseph Kearns
Cast
M
May Wynn
Cast
R
Robert "Bobby' Winckler
Cast
Ruby Dandridge
Cast
T
The Paul Taylor Chorus
Cast
A
Andrew 'Andy' Love
Director
G
Glenn Middleton
Director
B
Billy Mills
Musician
J
Jeff Alexander
Musician
Amanda Randolph
Madame Queen, Andy
C
CCaleb Ginyard
Vocalist (The Jubalaires)
Charles Correll
Andrew H. Brown
Clarence Nash
Rinso White Bobwhite
D
David 'Dave' Light
Sound Effects, CBS
D
Dean Fossler
Organist
E
EEd Ludes
Sound Effects, NBC
Eddie Green
Stonewall, the crooked lawyer
E
Elinor Harriot
Ruby Jones, Amos' wife
E
Ernestine Wade
Sapphire Stevens, George's wife
Fran Carlon
Commercials
F
Frank Pittman
Sound Effects, NBC
F
GFreeman F. Gosden
Amos Jones
Gaylord Carter
Organist
G
GGeorge MacFadden
Vocalist (The Jubalaires)
Gus Bayz
Sound Effects, CBS
H
Harriette 'Harriet' Widmer
Madame Queen, Andy's romantic interest
J
John Jennings
Vocalist (The Jubalaires)
J
Johnny Lee
Algonquin J. Calhoune, Lawyer
Lillian Randolph
Mama, Sapphire's mother
LLou Lubin
Shortly, the barber
Lud Gluskin
Organist
M
Madaline Lee
Genevieve Blue, secretary
T
Terry Howard
Arbadella Jones, Amos' daughter
T
TThe Delta Rhythm Boys
Vocalists
The Four Knights
Vocalists
T
The Jeff Alexan
Vocalists
T
TThe Jubilaires
Vocalists
Thurl Ravenscroft
Cast
B
Bill Moser
Producer
B
Bob Connolly
Producer
A
Arthur Slander
Writer
B
Bob Fischer
Writer
B
Bob Fisher
Writer
B
Bob Moss
Writer
References
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Hickerson, Jay. The 4th Revised Ultimate History of Network Radio Programming and Guide to ALL Circulating Shows.
Paulson, Roger C. Archives of the Airwaves (7 Volumes). The Old Radio Times.
Lackmann, Ron. The Encyclopedia of American Radio.
Dunning, John. On the Air : The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio. Sperdvac Radiogram.
“RADIO PROGRAMS SCHEDULED FOR THE CURRENT WEEK.” New York Times, March 17, 1929.
“RADIO PROGRAMS SCHEDULED FOR THE CURRENT WEEK New York.” New York Times, October 6, 1929.
Terrace, Vincent. Radio's Golden Years - The Encyclopedia of Radio Programs 1930-1960. Collector's Corner.
“Today's Radio Program.” New York Times, January 1, 1927.