Sunday, December 28, 2008

Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Amos & Andy Show "Annual Christmas Show" (12-19-54)


Annual Christmas Show (Aired December 19, 1954)


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:

December 19, 1945. CBS network. Sponsored by: Campbell's Soup. The annual Christmas show. Andy works as Santa so he can raise money for a special gift and for a special person. Bill Hay gives a warm Christmas greeting. The Paul Taylor Chorus, Bill Hay (announcer), Freeman Gosden, Charles Correll. 27:37.

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