Calvin and the Colonel, Volume 2 (Lost Cartoon Classic - DVD

Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll, the men who made Amos 'n' Andy the biggest success of the Golden Age of Radio, play cartoon versions of their famous characters in this long-lost prime-time animated series! Excited by the popularity of The Flintstones among adults, ABC executives asked producers Joe Connelly and Bob Mosher (creators of Leave It To Beaver ) to deliver a new evening cartoon show. The pair drew inspiration from their ba

Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll, the men who made Amos 'n' Andy the biggest success of the Golden Age of Radio, play cartoon versions of their famous characters in this long-lost prime-time animated series! Excited by the popularity of The Flintstones among adults, ABC executives asked producers Joe Connelly and Bob Mosher (creators of Leave It To Beaver ) to deliver a new evening cartoon show. The pair drew inspiration from their ba

Telephone Time evolved from The Passing Parade, a long-running radio show hosted by writer and raconteur John Nesbitt. A former announcer, Nesbitt narrated tales supposedly inspired by a trunk left to him by his father that contained press clippings of odd news stories from around the world. At least that's what he said -- Usually, Nesbitt wrote the stories in a rush an hour before airtime. Regardless, it was popular enough to last 12 y