The Amos 'n' Andy show, Vol. 3

Resource Information

The work The Amos 'n' Andy show, Vol. 3 represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in San Francisco Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Audio, Nonmusical, Sounds, Music.

Label

The Amos 'n' Andy show, Vol. 3

Title number

Vol. 3

Statement of responsibility

Hollywood 360

Creator

• Amos 'n' Andy (Radio program)., Selections.

Contributor

• Correll, Charles
• Gosden, Freeman
• hoopla digital

Subject

• Performing arts
• Radio comedies
• Radio programs

Language

eng

Summary

Here are twelve more episodes of the antics of Amos, Andy, and the Kingfish, along with guest stars, including Jack Benny, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, and 'Wizard of Oz' Frank Morgan. Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll made their radio debut on January 12, 1926, as the comedic blackface characters Sam 'n' Henry. On March 19, 1928, they introduced Amos 'n' Andy, which went on to become one of the most popular and longest-running programs in radio history. During the height of its popularity, almost the entire country tuned in to their adventures. The characters were members of the Mystic Knights of the Sea Lodge, of which George Stevens was 'the Kingfish.' Amos and Andy ran the Fresh-Air Taxi Company, with the more stable, married Amos doing most of the work while Andy chased girls. In 1943, after 4,091 quarter-hour episodes, it switched to a half-hour weekly comedy. Many of the half-hour programs were written by Joe Connelly and Bob Mosher, later the writing team for Leave It to Beaver and The Munsters. Amos 'n' Andy became a nightly disc-jockey program from 1954 to 1960. It later was the basis for a comic strip, a television show, and a film. Included here are the following half-hour episodes: 'Nieces' (11/04/1933); 'Employment Agency' with guests Jack Benny and Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson; 'DeWitt (11/17/1944); 'Cleaning Fluid' with guests Hugh Herbert and Adolphe Menjou (11/14/1944); 'Fountain Pen' (12/01/1944); 'Brazilian Brass' with guest Frank Morgan (12/08/1944); 'Andy Fakes Suicide' (12/15/1944); 'Christmas Show' (12/22/1944); 'New Year's Show' (01/29/1944); 'Victor Moore Show' with guest Victor Moore (01/05/1945); 'George Washington Desk' (01/12/1945); 'Adoption Show' (01/19/1945)

Member of

• Classic Radio Collection, bk. 3

Accompanying matter

technical information on music

Cataloging source

Midwest

Dewey number

791.44/72

Form of composition

not applicable

Format of music

not applicable

Literary text for sound recordings

fiction

PerformerNote

Narrated by a full cast

Series statement

Classic Radio Collection

Series volume

bk. 3

Target audience

adult

Transposition and arrangement

not applicable