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October 1961 - September 1962,
ABC
Kayro Productions, Creston Studios
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Colonel Montgomery Klaxon
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Freeman Gosden
Calvin Burnside
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Charles Correll
Maggie Belle Klaxon
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Virginia Gregg
Sister Sue
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Beatrice Kay
Oliver Wendell Clutch
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Paul Frees
Gladys
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Gloria Blondell |
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Calvin
And The Colonel featured the exploits of two backwoods
animals from the south who had taken up residence in a
large northern city. The series was created, and the lead
characters voiced, by Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll,
who patterned the cartoon after their long-running "Amos
'n' Andy" radio and television series. Gosden and Correll,
two white men, had created and played the parts of the two
black leads in the radio version of "Amos 'n' Andy". They
felt that, by using animals as their principal characters,
they could avoid the touchy racial situation which "Amos
'n' Andy" had become in the early 1960's. The half hour
episodes of Calvin And The Colonel featured the comedy
misadventures of Colonel Montgomery J. Klaxon, a shrewd
and very foxy fox, and his pal, Calvin Burnside, a
dim-witted, lovable, cigar-smoking bear. The other
regulars in the series included Maggie Belle, the
Colonel's wife, her sister Sue, and Oliver Wendell Clutch,
a conniving lawyer who also happened to be a weasel. The
series was produced for Kayro Productions by Bob Mosher
and Joe Connelly, whose credits include the TV version of
"Amos 'n' Andy", "Leave it to Beaver", and "The Munsters".
The animation was by Creston Studios, who also animated
the 1957 "Crusader Rabbit" cartoons for Shull Bonsell's TV
Spots. This, and the limited animation, may explain why
Calvin And The Colonel is often mistakenly credited to Jay
Ward Productions. |
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Back to Nashville
Calvin Gets Psychoanalyzed
Calvin's Glamour Girl
Calvin's Tax Problem
The Carnappers
Cloakroom
Colonel Outfoxes Himself
Colonel Traps A Thief
The Colonel's Old Flame
The Costume Ball
Jealousy
Jim Dandy Cleaners
Magazine Romance
Money In The Closet
Nephew Newton's Fortune
The Polka Dot Bandit
The Ring Reward
Sister Sue And The Police
Captain
Sycamore Lodge
TV Job
Thanksgiving Dinner
Wheeling And Dealing
The Winning Number
Woman's Picnic
The Wrecking Crew |
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