Calvin and the Colonel

Calvin and the Colonel was an animated television series in 1961 about a shrewd fox and a dumb bear.

The series was an animated remake of Amos 'n' Andy and featured the voices of Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll from the radio series.

Due to low ratings, the show was cancelled after one month, but returned three months later as a Saturday morning show, to complete the first season contract. It was also adapted as a comic book by Dell Comics, and as such was the final installment in the company's extremely prolific (more than 1,300 issues published) Four Color anthology series.

Series data

 * Aired on ABC, October 3, 1961-November 7, 1961; January 27, 1962-June 9, 1962

Staff

 * Production Company: Kayro Productions
 * Animation Company: Creston Studios
 * Created by Freeman Gosden, Charles Correll
 * Animation Producers: Bob Ganon, Sam Nicholson, Gerald Ray
 * Music: George Bruns
 * Art Director: Norm Gottfredson
 * Visual Adaption: Lee Mishkin, Ed Levitt, David Hill
 * Layout: Ellie Bogardus, Bob Gore, Bill Kohn, Al Hubbard
 * Animation Directors: Chuck McKimson, John Walker
 * Supervising Animators: Tom McDonald, Fred Madison, John Sparey, Bob Bemiller, Ben Washam, Volus Jones, Jim Davis, Harvey Toombs, C.L. Hartman
 * Animators: Buf Partch, Arch Lean, Bob Maxfield, Barbara Williams, Earl Combs, Casey Onaitus, Phil Roman, Barney Posner, Morey Golub, Tom McDonald Jr., Frank Andrina
 * Production Coordinator: Dave Hoffman
 * Backgrounds: Dave Weldman
 * Editing: Norman Vizents, Chuck McCann
 * Ink and Paint: Martha Buckley
 * Production Executive: Al Amatuzio
 * Produced by Joe Connelly and Bob Mosher

Voices

 * The Colonel: Freeman Gosden
 * Calvin: Charles Correll
 * Maggie Belle: Virginia Gregg
 * Sister Sue: Beatrice Kay
 * Judge Clutch: Paul Frees

Episodes

 * The Television Job (October 3, 1961)
 * The Polka Dot Bandit (October 10, 1961)
 * Thanksgiving Dinner (October 17, 1961)
 * The Costume Ball (October 24, 1961)
 * Sycamore Lodge (October 31, 1961)
 * Money in the Closet (November 7, 1961)
 * Calvin Gets Psychoanalyzed (January 27, 1962)
 * Wheeling and Dealing (February 3, 1962)
 * The Wreaking Crew (February 10, 1962)
 * The Colonel's Old Flame (February 17, 1962)
 * Sister Sue and the Police Captain (February 24, 1962)
 * Jim Dandy Cleaners (March 3, 1962)
 * Jealousy (March 10, 1962)
 * Cloakroom (March 17, 1962)
 * Sister Sue's Sweetheart (March 24, 1962)
 * The Winning Number (March 31, 1962)
 * Calvin's Glamour Girl (April 7, 1962)
 * Colonel Out-Foxes Himself (April 14, 1962)
 * Nephew Newton's Fortune (April 21, 1962)
 * Calvin's Tax Problem (April 28, 1962)
 * Women's Club Picnic (May 5, 1962)
 * Magazine Romance (May 12, 1962)
 * Ring Reward (May 19, 1962)
 * The Carnappers (May 26, 1962)
 * Colonel Traps a Thief (June 2, 1962)
 * Back to Nashville (June 9, 1962)