Additional Information about the TV Cartoon The Winning Number

Additional information from The Winning Number: Calvin and the Colonel is a thinly-disguised version of Amos and Andy, with the black human characters changed to a fox and a bear to avoid offense. In fact, Freeman F. Gosden (The Colonel) and Charles J.

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The Winning Number Production Information
	Kayro Productions Animated Characters: Colonel Montgomery J. Klaxon, Calvin Burnside, Maggie Belle Klaxon, Susan Culpepper, Judge Oliver Wendell Clutch. First Aired in 1962. Running Time: 30 minutes. Color U.S.A.

Production Notes:

Calvin and the Colonel is a thinly-disguised version of Amos and Andy, with the black human characters changed to a fox and a bear to avoid offense. In fact, Freeman F. Gosden (The Colonel) and Charles J. Correll (Calvin) portrayed Amos and Andy on the radio, as well as in a pair of Van Beuren Studios theatrical cartoons in 1934.

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