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Amos and Andy

Amos and Andy

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 Amos 'n' Andy was 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.Amos 'n' Andy began as one of the first radio comedy series and originated from station WMAQ in Chicago. After the first broadcast in 1928, the show became a hugely popular series, first on NBC Radio and later on CBS Radio and Television. Later episodes were broadcast from the El Mirador Hotel in Palm Springs, California.[4]: 168–71  The show ran as a nightly radio serial (1928–43), as a weekly situation comedy (1943–55) and as a nightly disc-jockey program (1954–60). A television adaptation ran on CBS (1951–53) and continued in syndicated reruns (1954–66). It was not shown to a nationwide audience again until 2012.Copyright 30 Classic TV Shows on Radio! Art World
Episodes
  • aa290621_Andy_Prepares_A_Budget_For_The_Cab_Company

    aa290621_Andy_Prepares_A_Budget_For_The_Cab_Company
    Feb 28 2025
    8 mins
  • aa290620_Andy_Receives_A_Letter_From_Detroit

    aa290620_Andy_Receives_A_Letter_From_Detroit
    Feb 28 2025
    8 mins
  • aa290617_Amos_Is_Worried_That_He_Has_Lost_Ruby

    aa290617_Amos_Is_Worried_That_He_Has_Lost_Ruby
    Feb 28 2025
    4 mins
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