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The radio comedy show, Amos 'n' Andy, was based on a comic strip in the Chicago Tribune called 'The Gumps'. The [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] first radio show was broadcast in 1928. It ran nightly as a radio show until 1943, when it became a weekly radio [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] sitcom until 1955. Between 1954 and 1960, it was broadcast nightly again as a disc-jockey program. Charles Correll and Freeman Gosden created and starred in the radio show. Joe Connally and Bob Mosher joined them on the writing team. The program was sponsored by Pepsodent Toothpaste, Campbell's Soup, Rinso and Rexall Drugs.
A television adaptation of the radio shows was broadcast on CBS-TV from 1951 to 1953. A total of [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] 78 episodes were made. These were syndicated between 1954 and 1966, when pressure from civil rights groups forced producers to take the show off the air. They didn't feel the program showed African-Americans in a very positive or accurate light.
The cast of the television program contained Spencer Williams, Alvin Childress, Ernest Wade, Tim Moore and Johnny Lee. Amos and Andy was America's first ever television show [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] to feature an all black cast.
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Spencer Williams (1893-1969) was born in Louisiana. He [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] studied at the University of Minnesota until called upon to serve his country in the US Army during the First World War. He was cast in the role of Andrew H Brown. Williams was also a film director, with seven films [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] to his name. Among them were, 'The Blood of Jesus' and [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] 'Go Down Death, ' critically claimed [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] as being 'spiritually adventurous.'
Actor Tim Moore (1887-1958) played the role of scheming but henpecked George 'Kingfish' Stevens. Many of the episodes [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] revolved around his character, some of which did not even involve either Amos or Andy. These episodes were packaged as a spin-off entitled, 'The Adventures of Kingfish'. Moore was at the center of what was referred to as the 'Roast Beef Scandal' in January 1958. As a protest over the fact that his in-laws had eaten the last of the New Year's roast beef dinner, Moore fired his gun in the house, leaving a bullet hole in the China cabinet. Read more about: amos and andy [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] dvd