Editing Calvin and the Colonel (section)

==Series overview==
The series was an animated remake of ''[[Amos 'n' Andy]]'' [or, more or less, "Andy and The Kingfish"] and featured the voices of [[Freeman Gosden]] and [[Charles Correll]]<ref name=etvs>Terrace, Vincent (2011). ''Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010''. McFarland & Company, Inc. {{ISBN|978-0-7864-6477-7}}. P. 154.</ref> from the radio series (in fact, several of the original radio scripts by [[Joe Connelly (producer)|Joe Connelly]] & [[Bob Mosher]] were adapted for this series). Using animals avoided the touchy racial issues that had led to the downfall of ''Amos 'n' Andy''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Collier |first1=Kevin Scott |title=The Controversy Over "Calvin and the Colonel" |url=https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/the-controversy-over-calvin-and-the-colonel/ |website=Cartoon Research |accessdate=18 March 2020 |date=March 3, 2018}}</ref>

Because of low ratings, the show was cancelled after two months, but returned two months later on Saturday evenings to complete the first season contract (and to fulfill [[Lever Brothers]]' agreement to sponsor the program; they originally sponsored ''The Amos 'n' Andy Show'' on radio during the 1940s). For a year afterward reruns were seen on Saturday mornings, and eventually syndicated through the 1960s.<ref name=Woolery>{{cite book |last1=Woolery |first1=George W. |title=Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981 |date=1983 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=0-8108-1557-5  |url=https://archive.org/details/childrenstelevis0000wool/page/60/mode/2up |accessdate=14 March 2020 |pages=61–62}}</ref> It was also adapted as a [[comic book]] by [[Dell Comics]], and as such the first of two issues was the final installment in the company's extremely prolific (more than 1,300 issues published) ''[[Four Color]]'' anthology series. Despite its low ratings in America, the series gained popularity in [[Australia]] during its initial run, with reruns airing on [[Seven Network|Channel 7]] up to the late 1980s.

A brief sequence from the show was seen on a television set in a 1966 episode of ''[[The Munsters]]'' ("A Visit From Johann"), which was also produced by Connelly and Mosher.

Much like other animated sitcom programs of the time (''[[The Flintstones]]'', ''[[Top Cat]]'' and ''[[The Jetsons]]''), the series had a [[laugh track]] in the episodes.