Thanksgiving Dinner

★★★★★ · A "radio cartoon" · bgrauman · 2011-01-28

This originally aired as the third episode of the series on October 17, 1961, and was originally telecast in black and white (in syndication, the series aired in color, but ABC didn't have color facilities until after the show left the network in September 1962). This is indeed an animated "funny animal" version of "AMOS 'N' ANDY" {Gosden & Correll couldn't use that title or the characters because CBS owned the rights to it}- and Connelly & Mosher were the head writers during the last few years of the original radio show (and also involved with the nightly "AMOS 'N' ANDY MUSIC HALL" disc…

★★★★ · Famous Folks involved · Archive fan · 2010-11-28

I guess the reason these cartoons aired on primetime was because of the folks behind the scenes. The writers/producers were Bob Mosher and Joe Connelly, who created "The Munsters" and "Leave It to Beaver" among other TV series. The creators of Calvin and the Colonel were Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll, none other than radio's Amos and Andy. With major radio comedy kaput and the NAACP complaining about the racism of the TV version of Amos and Andy, Gosden and Correll hit upon the idea of lending their voices to a cartoon series. So although there are animals running around, the lead voices…

★★★★ · Thanksgiving Dinner (Calvin and The Colonel) · richgoup · 2011-11-30

Season 1, episode 3. Original air date: 17 October 1961. The Colonel has to find Thanksgiving food for his relatives he caralessly invited one year ago. Cast: Freeman Gosden (Colonel Montgomery J. Klaxon), Charles Correll (Calvin Burnside: Voice), Beatrice Kay (Susan Culpepper: Voice), Virginia Gregg (Maggie Belle Klaxon: Voice). Paul Frees (Judge Oliver Wendell Clutch: Voice), Gloria Blundell (Myrtle: Voice uncredited) and Frank Nelson (Salesman: Voice uncredited). From IMDB.