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Animated television series
Calvin and the Colonel
is an American
animated sitcom
about Colonel Montgomery J. Klaxon, a shrewd fox, and Calvin T. Burnside, a dumb bear.
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Their lawyer was Oliver Wendell Clutch, who was a (literal) weasel. The colonel lived with his wife Maggie Belle and her sister Susan Culpepper, who did not trust the Colonel at all. Colonel Klaxon was in the real estate business, but always tried
get-rich-quick schemes
with Calvin's unwitting help.
Series overview
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The series was an animated remake of
Amos 'n' Andy
[or, more or less, "Andy and The Kingfish"] and featured the voices of
Freeman Gosden
and
Charles Correll
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from the radio series (in fact, several of the original radio scripts by
Joe Connelly
&
Bob Mosher
were adapted for this series). Using animals avoided the touchy racial issues which had led to the downfall of
Amos 'n' Andy
.
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Because of low ratings, the show was cancelled after two months, but returned two months later on Saturday evenings to complete the first season contract (and to fulfill
Lever Brothers
' agreement to sponsor the program; they originally sponsored
The Amos 'n' Andy Show
on radio during the 1940s). For a year afterward reruns were seen on Saturday mornings, and eventually syndicated through the 1960s.
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It was also adapted as a
comic book
by
Dell Comics
, and as such the first of two issues was the final installment in the company's extremely prolific (more than 1,300 issues published)
Four Color
anthology series. Despite its low ratings in America, the series gained popularity in
Australia
during its initial run, with reruns airing on
Channel 7
up to the late 1980s.
A brief sequence from the show was seen on a television set in a 1966 episode of
The Munsters
("A Visit From Johann"), which was also produced by Connelly and Mosher.
Much like other animated sitcom programs of the time (
The Flintstones
,
Top Cat
and
The Jetsons
), the series had a
laugh track
in the episodes.
Credits
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- Created by
Freeman Gosden, Charles Correll
- Voices
: Freeman Gosden, Charles Correll, Beatrice Kay, Virginia Gregg, Paul Frees
- Music
: George Bruns
- Animation Producers
[Creston Studios]: Bob Ganon, Sam Nicholson, Gerald Ray
- Art Director
: Norm Gottfredson
- Animation Directors
:
Chuck McKimson
, John Walker
- Supervising Animators
: Tom McDonald, John Sparey, Bob Bemiller
- Production Coordinator
: Dave Hoffman
- Editing
: Norm Vizents
- Sound
: Phil Kaye
- Recording Director
: Cliff Howell
- Production Executive
: Al Amatuzio
- Produced by
Joe Connelly and Bob Mosher
Episodes
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References
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