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2+ Hours of  ComedyFirst a look at this day in History.Then It Pays to be Ignorant, originally broadcast September 13, 1950, 74 years ago.  The first question is, "In what town in Pennsylvania did Lincoln make his Gettysburg address?"Followed by Jack Benny, originally broadcast September 13, 1953, 71 years ago, Jack Returns from Hawaii.  Jack has just returned from three weeks in Hawaii and things aren't going too well. Then My Friend Irma starring Marie Wilson, originally broadcast September 13, 1948, 76 years ago.   After Jane spends their $200 savings paying off the loan on the piano, Irma takes the same $200 out of the bank and buys a half pound diamond!  Joan Banks sits in as Jane while Cathy Lewis was away. Followed by The Amos and Andy Music Hall, originally broadcast September 13, 1954, 70 years ago.  Freeman Gosden refers to the show as, "The Mystic Knights Of The Sea Music Hall." The first record played is Frank Sinatra singing, "The Gal That Got Away." The program's guests are Jack Benny and Liberace. Liberace introduces, "his favorite record." It's George Liberace conducting, "The Stars and Stripes Forever!"Finally Claudia, originally broadcast September 13, 1948, 76 years ago.   It's been a fine day...a fine day!Thanks to Sean for supporting our podcast by using the Buy Me a Coffee function at http://classicradio.streamCivil defense info mentioned on the show can be found here: http://www.civildefensemuseum.com/docs.html

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 612, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Tool Time 1: Henry F. Phillips invented a popular type of this hand tool. Screwdriver. 2: Toothed tool that's half a teeter-totter, see?. a saw. 3: Things on the up and up are "on" this tool, honest. the level (or the square). 4: This volcanic material was used by primitive humans in the making of tools. obsidian. 5: It's Hurst's trademark name for the heavy duty tool used to free people from car wrecks. the Jaws of Life. Round 2. Category: "Bar"S 1: A Venetian boat song, or this duet from Offenbach's "Tales of Hoffmann":. barcarolle. 2: Dog talk. barking. 3: Examples are the Goths, the Vandals and Conan. barbarians. 4: A bass, a baritone, a tenor and a lead getting a haircut. barbershop quartet. 5: A tsetse that's taken to frequenting taverns. barfly. Round 3. Category: The Roaring '20s 1: After his return from Europe in June of 1927, he received a hero's welcome and a ticker tape parade. Charles Lindbergh. 2: This radio show starring Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll joined the NBC network in 1929. Amos 'n' Andy. 3: In 1925 Clarence Birdseye applied for a patent on a process for doing this to food. freezing. 4: In 1922 Margaret Gorman was retroactively crowned this for winning 1921's "Inter-City Beauty Pageant". Miss America. 5: On Sept. 24, 1929, 13 years before raiding Tokyo, he made the first instruments-only airplane flight. Doolittle. Round 4. Category: It's Imaginary 1: It's a figure of menace, especially to children, not a guy who loves to dance. Boogieman. 2: 1962 would have followed 1914 and 1939 in the sequence if this had resulted from the Cuban Missile Crisis. World War III. 3: Imaginary thought in the title of the following show tune. "The Impossible Dream". 4: Seen here under a Seattle bridge is a depiction of one of these creatures. Troll. 5: A type of musical pitch or baseball game you hear about, or a type of crime you wouldn't. Perfect. Round 5. Category: Global Kitchen 1: Shrimp cooked with garlic, butter and lemon are known by this Italian term. scampi. 2: Ivory-colored shoots of this plant of the Genus Arundinaria are often used as a complement in Asian cooking. bamboo shoots. 3: "No dinner without bread" goes a Russian saying and usually it is bread made from this grain,secale cereale. rye. 4: The crust of this traditional English "pie" is made with mashed potatoes. shepherd's pie. 5: Rice and ground meat wrapped in these leaves make up Dolma, a traditional Greek dish. grape leaves. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia! Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/

This episode begins just after President Nixon delivers his powerful speech going through the campaign in Laos and the advancements our side is making in extricating ourselves from the Vietnam War. It was a powerful moment for President Nixon. Recently, another documentary titled "Nixon at War" , attempted to smear President Nixon for his conduct of the operation,  that he lied in his speech, and they besmirched his character using only tidbits of the calls he made and received after the speech. The reality was , in our opinion, far different than what the documentary "Nixon at War" portrayed and therefore, in true "Bridging the Political Gap" fashion we thought we would just let the tape roll so that you could hear President Nixon for yourself.  So you could hear the enormous positive reaction he received not just from his staff, which the other show accused of overly complimenting the President and playing to his insecurities, but also from the public, from people like Reverend Billy Graham and Actor Freeman Gosden ,  good , fine, and nongovernmental people. Are there moments when Henry Kissinger, for example, may blow the smoke a little thick, sure there is, are there moments when President Nixon may fish for a compliment or two, sure there is, but there are no moments in which the President does not come across as a man sincerely doing everything he can to get our nation out of this war, a war he did not create nor mismanage, and to get us out of that war with honor and in a way that maintained our place as the leader of the free world. Richard Nixon was determined to stop the high water mark of communism and its aggression right there in Vietnam, and in the end, he did. 

CBS Radio Final broadcast November 1960. Using the premise that the Kingfish had set up a radio station in the Lodge Hall of the Mystic Knights of the Sea, Amos & Andy playing records between comic sketches and were often joined by a guest celebrity. Amos 'n' Andy is a situation comedy set in the African-American community. It was very popular in the United States from the 1920s through the 1950s on both radio and television. Amos and Andy began as one of the first radio comedy series, written and voiced by Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll and originating from station WMAQ in Chicago. Although the characters had been a part of the radio scene since 1928, by the time the Music Hall began airing in 1954, the franchise was still important enough to attract some of the biggest names in the music, radio and movie industry as guests.

This is a snippet from Breaking Walls Episode 96: Halloween On The Air (1943 - 1953) ___________ One summer day in 1948, Willam S. Paley received a proposal from Lew Wasserman and Taft Shreiber—President and VP of The Music Corporation of America. They asked if CBS would be interested in buying The Amos N' Andy Show, then airing on NBC. At the time, U.S. Citizens were taxed 77% of all income over $70,000. However, if the duo behind Amos N' Andy, Charles Correll and Freeman Gosden incorporated and sold their show to the network, they would be taxed under capital gains laws at 25%. NBC wouldn't allow the deal. But William Paley jumped at the chance. Amos n' Andy moved over on October 10th. Shortly after, Lew Wasserman phoned again. He asked if CBS would be interested in purchasing The Jack Benny Program. Benny organized his activities into a corporation. Paley and Wasserman negotiated an agreement for CBS to buy it for $2.26 Million. NBC sent president Niles Trammel to California with orders to keep Benny at NBC. When William Paley heard that Trammel was on his way to California, he called Benny directly to arrange an in-person meeting. Benny invited him to Los Angeles. Paley and CBS counsel Ralph Colin set up shop at the Beverly Hills Hotel. RCA head David Sarnoff was there as well, to help ensure Niles Trammel would secure the deal. NBC responded with a major counteroffer. Lew Wasserman intervened. CBS matched the counteroffer, and an impressed Jack Benny signed it. Sponsor American Tobacco was uneasy. Paley convinced them to back the move by offering compensation for every rating point Benny's show lost. As all of this was happening, The Jack Benny Program broadcast live on the evening of Sunday, October 31st, 1948.

2 1/2 hours of Old Time Radio celebrating Valentine's Day! Doctor Christian. February 14, 1940. CBS net. "My True Valentine". Sponsored by: Vaseline. Jean Hersholt, Art Gilmore (announcer), Rosemary De Camp. The Bickersons "Valentine's Day" The Adventures Of Ozzie and Harriet. February 13, 1949. NBC net. Sponsored by: International Silver. It's Valentine's Day, and Ozzie's looking for something special. Ozzie Nelson, Harriet Hilliard, Tommy Bernard, Henry Blair. The Cavalcade Of America. February 14, 1944. Red net. "G. I. Valentine". Sponsored by: DuPont. Frances Langford sings "Please Don't Cry," and recalls her U. S. O. tour to Alaska, England, and North Africa with Bob Hope (Bob Hope is not on this program). A good show. The program originates from Hollywood. Frances Langford, June Lockhart, Tony Romano, Frank Gabrielson (writer), Jim Bannon (announcer), Gayne Whitman (commercial spokesman), Frank Graham (doubles), Jeanette Nolan (doubles), William Johnstone (doubles), Wally Maher, Georgia Backus, Ed Penney, Janet Logan (doubles), William Griffis, John W. Bailey Jr., Franklin Parker, Lurene Tuttle, Homer Fickett (producer, director), Robert Armbruster (composer, conductor). The Amos 'n' Andy Show. February 16, 1945. NBC net. Sponsored by: Rinso, Lifebuoy Soap. The Kingfish is determined to find out who sent him an insulting Valentine's Day card. Freeman Gosden, Charles Correll, Harlow Wilcox (announcer), Ernestine Wade, The Mystic Knights Of The Sea Quartet, James Basquette, Lou Lubin. Suspense. May 31, 1954. CBS net. "Listen Young Lovers". Sponsored by: Auto-Lite. A supposedly true story about a young Czechoslovakian couple who try to escape from Communism. The story was subsequently produced on Suspense on February 14, 1956. Mona Freeman, Robert Wagner, Sam Edwards, Joseph Kearns, Larry Thor (announcer), David Chamelion (author), Morton Fine (adaptor), David Friedkin (adaptor), Elliott Lewis (producer, director), Harlow Wilcox (commercial spokesman), Bert Holland (commercial spokesman), Lucien Moraweck (composer), Lud Gluskin (conductor).

From June 2011: Tony, Donna, and Ed discuss the premiere of the television adaptation of Amos 'n' Andy (CBS, 1951-1953) on June 28, 1951; the controversy that preceded and followed the series, as it aired during the era of segregation in the U.S. that led to the Civil Rights Movement; why CBS pulled the series from syndication in 1966; and how some of the stereotypes in casting the series—particularly, that Alvin Childress and Spencer Williams, the African-American actors who played the title roles, were instructed to pattern their voices and delivery after Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll, the two white actors who created Amos 'n' Andy for CBS and played the characters on radio—still exist in the industry today. Also discussed this segment: The TV version of Amos 'n' Andy was among the first shows to be filmed using a three-camera setup (implementing that technique four months before I Love Lucy did, when that show premiered in October 1951), while the writers of Amos 'n' Andy included Joe Connelly and Bob Mosher, the future creators of Leave It to Beaver and The Munsters.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is a snippet from Breaking Walls Episode 96: Halloween On The Air (1943 - 1953) ___________ One summer day in 1948, Willam S. Paley received a proposal from Lew Wasserman and Taft Shreiber—President and VP of The Music Corporation of America. They asked if CBS would be interested in buying The Amos N’ Andy Show, then airing on NBC. At the time, U.S. Citizens were taxed 77% of all income over $70,000. However, if the duo behind Amos N’ Andy, Charles Correll and Freeman Gosden incorporated and sold their show to the network, they would be taxed under capital gains laws at 25%. NBC wouldn’t allow the deal. But William Paley jumped at the chance. Amos n’ Andy moved over on October 10th. Shortly after, Lew Wasserman phoned again. He asked if CBS would be interested in purchasing The Jack Benny Program. Benny organized his activities into a corporation. Paley and Wasserman negotiated an agreement for CBS to buy it for $2.26 Million. NBC sent president Niles Trammel to California with orders to keep Benny at NBC. When William Paley heard that Trammel was on his way to California, he called Benny directly to arrange an in-person meeting. Benny invited him to Los Angeles. Paley and CBS counsel Ralph Colin set up shop at the Beverly Hills Hotel. RCA head David Sarnoff was there as well, to help ensure Niles Trammel would secure the deal. NBC responded with a major counteroffer. Lew Wasserman intervened. CBS matched the counteroffer, and an impressed Jack Benny signed it. Sponsor American Tobacco was uneasy. Paley convinced them to back the move by offering compensation for every rating point Benny’s show lost. As all of this was happening, The Jack Benny Program broadcast live on the evening of Sunday, October 31st, 1948.

Amos 'n' Andy is an American radio and television sitcom set in Harlem, Manhattan's historic black community. The original radio show, which ran from 1928 until 1960, was created, written and voiced by two white actors, Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll, who played Amos Jones and Andrew Hogg Brown as well as incidental characters. Shop for Amos and Andy 50% Off your first digital audiobook.  

Amos 'n' Andy was a situation comedy popular in the United States from the 1920s through the 1950s. The show began as one of the first radio comedy serials, written and voiced by Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll and originating from station WMAQ in Chicago, Illinois. After the series was first broadcast in 1928, it grew in popularity and became a huge influence on the radio serials that followed. Amos 'n' Andy creators Gosden and Correll were white actors familiar with minstrel traditions. They met in Durham, North Carolina in 1920, and by the fall of 1925, they were performing nightly song-and-patter routines on the Chicago Tribune's station WGN. Since the Tribune syndicated Sidney Smith's popular comic strip The Gumps, which had successfully introduced the concept of daily continuity, WGN executive Ben McCanna thought the notion of a serialized drama could also work on radio. He suggested to Gosden and Correll that they adapt The Gumps to radio. They instead proposed a series about "a couple of colored characters" and borrowed certain elements of The Gumps. Their new series, Sam 'n' Henry, began January 12, 1926, fascinating radio listeners throughout the Midwest. That series became popular enough that in late 1927 Gosden and Correll requested that it be distributed to other stations on phonograph records in a "chainless chain" concept that would have been the first use of radio syndication as we know it today. When WGN rejected the idea, Gosden and Correll quit the show and the station that December. Contractually, their characters belonged to WGN, so when Gosden and Correll left WGN, they performed in personal appearances but could not use the character names from the radio show.THIS EPISODE:April 4, 1954. CBS network origination, AFRS rebroadcast. "Radio And TV Delivery Job". The Kingfish gets Andy into the TV repair business. After disaster strikes, Andy tells it to the judge whose nickname is, "Twenty-Year Johnson."  Freeman Gosden, Charles Correll, Jeff Alexander (music), Harlow Wilcox (announcer), Joe Connelly (writer), Bob Mosher (writer), Ernestine Wade, Johnny Lee, Amanda Randolph, Cliff Howell (director), Tommy Moore, Jean Vander Pyl, Will Wright, Ken Christy. 25 minutes.

Amos 'n' Andy was officially transferred by NBC from the Blue Network to the Red Network in 1935, although the vast majority of stations carrying the show remained the same. Several months later, Gosden and Correll moved production of the show from NBC's Merchandise Mart studios in Chicago to Hollywood. After a long and successful run with Pepsodent, the program changed sponsors in 1938 to Campbell's Soup; because of Campbell's closer relationship with CBS, the series switched to that network on April 3, 1939.In 1943, after 4,091 episodes, the radio program went from a 15-minute CBS weekday dramatic serial to an NBC half-hour weekly comedy. While the five-a-week show often had a quiet, easygoing feeling, the new version was a full-fledged sitcom in the Hollywood sense, with a regular studio audience (for the first time in the show's history) and an orchestra. More outside actors, including many African American comedy professionals, were brought in to fill out the cast. Many of the half-hour programs were written by Joe Connelly and Bob Mosher, later the writing team behind Leave It To Beaver and The Munsters. In the new version, Amos became a peripheral character to the more dominant Andy and Kingfish duo, although Amos was still featured in the traditional Christmas show where he explains the Lord's Prayer to his daughter.THIS EPISODE:May 25, 1945. NBC network. Commercials deleted. Andy impersonates a sailor and is lucky enough to be the millionth visitor to the "Harlem Canteen." Harlow Wilcox (announcer), Freeman Gosden, Charles Correll. 27 minutes.

The Amos 'n' Andy Show - Amos 'n' Andy was a situation comedy popular in the United States from the 1920s through the 1950s. The show began as one of the first radio comedy serials, written and voiced by Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll and originating from station WMAQ in Chicago, Illinois. After the series was first broadcast in 1928, it grew in popularity and became a huge influence on the radio serials that followed. Amos 'n' Andy creators Gosden and Correll were white actors familiar with minstrel traditions. They met in Durham, North Carolina in 1920, and by the fall of 1925, they were performing nightly song-and-patter routines on the Chicago Tribune's station WGN. Since the Tribune syndicated Sidney Smith's popular comic strip The Gumps, which had successfully introduced the concept of daily continuity, WGN executive Ben McCanna thought the notion of a serialized drama could also work on radio. He suggested to Gosden and Correll that they adapt The Gumps to radio. They instead proposed a series about "a couple of colored characters" and borrowed certain elements of The Gumps. Their new series, Sam 'n' Henry, began January 12, 1926, fascinating radio listeners throughout the Midwest. That series became popular enough that in late 1927 Gosden and Correll requested that it be distributed to other stations on phonograph records in a "chainless chain" concept that would have been the first use of radio syndication as we know it today. When WGN rejected the idea, Gosden and Correll quit the show and the station that December. Contractually, their characters belonged to WGN, so when Gosden and Correll left WGN, they performed in personal appearances but could not use the character names from the radio show.THIS EPISODE:September 30, 1947. Program #72. NBC network origination, AFRS rebroadcast. "Piggy Bank Show". The Stevens' twenty fifth anniversary piggy bank is empty and must be refilled...quickly! Freeman Gosden, Charles Correll, Jeff Alexander and His Orchestra, The Jubalaires, James Basquette, Eddie Green, Ernestine Wade, Art Gilmore (nouncer). 30:09.

Amos 'n' Andy was a situation comedy popular in the United States from the 1920s through the 1950s. The show began as one of the first radio comedy serials, written and voiced by Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll and originating from station WMAQ in Chicago, Illinois. After the series was first broadcast in 1928, it grew in popularity and became a huge influence on the radio serials that followed. Amos 'n' Andy creators Gosden and Correll were white actors familiar with minstrel traditions. They met in Durham, North Carolina in 1920, and by the fall of 1925, they were performing nightly song-and-patter routines on the Chicago Tribune's station WGN. Since the Tribune syndicated Sidney Smith's popular comic strip The Gumps, which had successfully introduced the concept of daily continuity, WGN executive Ben McCanna thought the notion of a serialized drama could also work on radio. He suggested to Gosden and Correll that they adapt The Gumps to radio. They instead proposed a series about "a couple of colored characters" and borrowed certain elements of The Gumps. Their new series, Sam 'n' Henry, began January 12, 1926, fascinating radio listeners throughout the Midwest. That series became popular enough that in late 1927 Gosden and Correll requested that it be distributed to other stations on phonograph records in a "chainless chain" concept that would have been the first use of radio syndication as we know it today. When WGN rejected the idea, Gosden and Correll quit the show and the station that December. Contractually, their characters belonged to WGN, so when Gosden and Correll left WGN, they performed in personal appearances but could not use the character names from the radio show.THIS EPISODE:May 11, 1945. NBC network. Commercials deleted. The Kingfish is convinced that Sapphire plans to kill him for the insurance money. Freeman Gosden, Charles Correll, Ernestine Wade, Lou Lubin, Harlow Wilcox (announcer). 23:05.

Amos 'n' Andy was a situation comedy popular in the United States from the 1920s through the 1950s. The show began as one of the first radio comedy serials, written and voiced by Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll and originating from station WMAQ in Chicago, Illinois. After the series was first broadcast in 1928, it grew in popularity and became a huge influence on the radio serials that followed. Amos 'n' Andy creators Gosden and Correll were white actors familiar with minstrel traditions. TODAY'S SHOW: Sapphire's Sister Floresca - December 17, 1943. NBC network origination, AFRS rebroadcast. (Replacing Great Gildersleeve AFRS #25). When The Kingfish and Andy secretly go into the laundry business, Sapphire decides to leave him. See cat. #57314 for a network version of this broadcast, but with the commercials deleted. Robert Benchley (guest), Freeman Gosden, Charles Correll, Ernestine Wade, Harlow Wilcox (announcer). 29:49. Porch Wreckers - December 30, 1951. CBS network. Sponsored by: Rexall. Sapphire has told the Kingfish, "get a job...or else!" The Kingfish and Andy are hired to demolish a porch, and proceed to do so...on the wrong house! Freeman Gosden, Charles Correll, Joe Connelly (writer), Bob Mosher (writer), Ernestine Wade, Johnny Lee, Amanda Randolph, Fred Clark, Leo Cleary, Reese Williams, Jeff Alexander (music), Harlow Wilcox (announcer), Griff Barnett (commercial spokesman). 29:39.

Amos 'n' Andy was a situation comedy popular in the United States from the 1920s through the 1950s. The show began as one of the first radio comedy serials, written and voiced by Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll and originating from station WMAQ in Chicago, Illinois. After the series was first broadcast in 1928, it grew in popularity and became a huge influence on the radio serials that followed. Amos 'n' Andy creators Gosden and Correll were white actors familiar with minstrel traditions. They met in Durham, North Carolina in 1920, and by the fall of 1925, they were performing nightly song-and-patter routines on the Chicago Tribune's station WGN. Since the Tribune syndicated Sidney Smith's popular comic strip The Gumps, which had successfully introduced the concept of daily continuity, WGN executive Ben McCanna thought the notion of a serialized drama could also work on radio. He suggested to Gosden and Correll that they adapt The Gumps to radio. They instead proposed a series about "a couple of colored characters" and borrowed certain elements of The Gumps. THIS EPISODE: February 25, 1944. NBC network origination, AFRS rebroadcast. Replacing "The Great Gildersleeve." Andy is convinced that he's written the hit tune, "Sunday, Monday, Or Always." He and The Kingfish go into the song writing business! Guests are Kay Kyser, Harry Babbitt. Also Johnny Burke and Jimmy Van Heusen (the real composers of the tune). Freeman Gosden, Charles Correll, Harlow Wilcox (announcer), Kay Kyser, Harry Babbitt, Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen, Kay Kyser and His Orchestra (music fill), Georgia Carroll (vocal). 29:42.

Amos 'n' Andy was a situation comedy popular in the United States from the 1920s through the 1950s. The show began as one of the first radio comedy serials, written and voiced by Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll and originating from station WMAQ in Chicago, Illinois. After the series was first broadcast in 1928, it grew in popularity and became a huge influence on the radio serials that followed.Amos 'n' Andy creators Gosden and Correll were white actors familiar with minstrel traditions. They met in Durham, North Carolina in 1920, and by the fall of 1925, they were performing nightly song-and-patter routines on the Chicago Tribune's station WGN. Since the Tribune syndicated Sidney Smith's popular comic strip The Gumps, which had successfully introduced the concept of daily continuity, WGN executive Ben McCanna thought the notion of a serialized drama could also work on radio.

Amos 'n' Andy was a situation comedy popular in the United States from the 1920s through the 1950s. The show began as one of the first radio comedy serials, written and voiced by Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll and originating from station WMAQ in Chicago, Illinois. After the series was first broadcast in 1928, it grew in popularity and became a huge influence on the radio serials that followed. Amos 'n' Andy creators Gosden and Correll were white actors familiar with minstrel traditions.THIS EPISODE:November 26, 1943. NBC network. Commercials deleted. Andy spreads the rumor that he's inherited $10,000 so he can find out who his true friends are. He shortly finds himself in the hospital about to be operated on by a madman! Freeman Gosden, Charles Correll, Harlow Wilcox (announcer), Donald Meek (guest), Ernestine Wade. 26:05. Audio condition: Excellent. Otherwise complete.

Amos 'n' Andy, still written entirely by the two stars, was the top-rated program of all in 1930, with a 54.4 rating and 30 million listeners (compare that to the Super Bowl's 44.2 rating in 2004). By this time, the wily, coniving Kingfish was becoming a major personality, eventually supplanting sensible Amos as star of the show (Freeman Gosden gave voice to both characters while Charles Correll played Andrew H. Brown).

Amos 'n' Andy, still written entirely by the two stars, was the top-rated program of all in 1930, with a 54.4 rating and 30 million listeners (compare that to the Super Bowl's 44.2 rating in 2004). By this time, the wily, coniving Kingfish was becoming a major personality, eventually supplanting sensible Amos as star of the show (Freeman Gosden gave voice to both characters while Charles Correll played Andrew H. Brown).

Amos 'n' Andy, still written entirely by the two stars, was the top-rated program of all in 1930, with a 54.4 rating and 30 million listeners (compare that to the Super Bowl's 44.2 rating in 2004). By this time, the wily, coniving Kingfish was becoming a major personality, eventually supplanting sensible Amos as star of the show (Freeman Gosden gave voice to both characters while Charles Correll played Andrew H. Brown).

Amos 'n' Andy, still written entirely by the two stars, was the top-rated program of all in 1930, with a 54.4 rating and 30 million listeners (compare that to the Super Bowl's 44.2 rating in 2004). By this time, the wily, coniving Kingfish was becoming a major personality, eventually supplanting sensible Amos as star of the show (Freeman Gosden gave voice to both characters while Charles Correll played Andrew H. Brown). Online Meetings Made Easy with GoToMeeting Try it Free for 45 days use Promo Code Podcast 

Amos 'n' Andy, still written entirely by the two stars, was the top-rated program of all in 1930, with a 54.4 rating and 30 million listeners (compare that to the Super Bowl's 44.2 rating in 2004). By this time, the wily, coniving Kingfish was becoming a major personality, eventually supplanting sensible Amos as star of the show (Freeman Gosden gave voice to both characters while Charles Correll played Andrew H. Brown). Online Meetings Made Easy with GoToMeeting Try it Free for 45 days use Promo Code Podcast 

Amos 'n' Andy was one of the most successful Old Time Radio Comedy programs lasting over 34 years. Freeman Gosden and Charles Correl starred as Amos Jones and Andrew H. Brown. Starting in 1926 and 1927 as the "Sam 'n' Henry" show, then renamed in 1928 as Amos 'n' Andy, they went on to incredible success and popularity. During the Great Depression, their audiences reached epic proportions in part due to their common, average Joe approach.

This 15 minute daily situation comedy was probably the most popular radio show of all time. The listening audience was estimated at 40 million, almost one-third of Americans living at that time. The story was of Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll playing Amos and Andy as black men from Harlem who owned the Fresh Air Taxi Company, so called because its only cab had no windshield. Amos and Andy were the commonest of common men: they symbolized the poor Joe with no money, no job and no future. It was the first significant serial utilizing the elements of sympathetic characters, comedy and suspense. Title: