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{{Short description|Animated television series}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox television | image = Calvin and the Colonel - Opening Card (1962) (black-and-white version).jpg | caption = | runtime = approx. 30 minutes (per episode) | creator = [[Freeman F. Gosden]]<br>[[Charles J. Correll]] | starring = [[Freeman Gosden]]<br>[[Charles Correll]]<br>[[Beatrice Kay]]<br>[[Virginia Gregg]]<br>[[Paul Frees]] | theme_music_composer = [[George Bruns]] | composer = George Bruns | producer = [[Joe Connelly (producer)|Joe Connelly]]<br>[[Bob Mosher]] | company = Creston Studios<br>Kayro Productions | country = United States | network = [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] | first_aired = {{start date|1961|10|3}} | last_aired = {{end date|1962|6|9}} | num_seasons = 1 | num_episodes = 26 | list_episodes = }} '''''Calvin and the Colonel''''' is an American [[animated sitcom]] about Colonel Montgomery J. Klaxon, a shrewd fox, and Calvin T. Burnside, a dumb bear.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Perlmutter |first1=David |title=The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows |date=2018 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1538103739 |pages=104β105 }}</ref> Their lawyer was Oliver Wendell Clutch, who was a (literal) weasel. The colonel lived with his wife Maggie Belle and her sister Susan Culpepper, who did not trust the Colonel at all. Colonel Klaxon was in the real estate business, but always tried [[get-rich-quick scheme]]s with Calvin's unwitting help. ==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=61β62}}</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. ==Credits== *'''Created by''' Freeman Gosden, Charles Correll *'''Voices''': Freeman Gosden, Charles Correll, Beatrice Kay, Virginia Gregg, Paul Frees *'''Music''': George Bruns *'''Animation Producers''' [Creston Studios]: Bob Ganon, Sam Nicholson, Gerald Ray *'''Art Director''': Norm Gottfredson *'''Animation Directors''': [[Charles McKimson|Chuck McKimson]], John Walker *'''Supervising Animators''': Tom McDonald, John Sparey, Bob Bemiller *'''Production Coordinator''': Dave Hoffman *'''Editing''': Norm Vizents *'''Sound''': Phil Kaye *'''Recording Director''': Cliff Howell *'''Production Executive''': Al Amatuzio *'''Produced by''' Joe Connelly and Bob Mosher ==Episodes== {{Episode table|background=#FF8F2F|overall=|title=|writer=|writerR=|airdate=|airdateR=|episodes= {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=1 |Title=The Television Job |WrittenBy=Joe Connelly,<br> Bob Mosher |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1961|10|3}} |LineColor=#FF8F2F |ShortSummary=Calvin and the Colonel get a job picking up television sets and delivering them to the repairman. Things go wrong when they pick up a wrong television set and break it. }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=2 |Title=The Polka Dot Bandit |WrittenBy=Joe Connelly,<br> Bob Mosher |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1961|10|10}} |LineColor=#FF8F2F |ShortSummary=The Colonel suspects that his sister-in-law is a jewel thief. }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=3 |Title=Thanksgiving Dinner |WrittenBy=Joe Connelly,<br> Bob Mosher |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1961|10|17}} |LineColor=#FF8F2F |ShortSummary=The Colonel has to find Thanksgiving food for his relatives he carelessly invited one year ago. }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=4 |Title=The Costume Ball |WrittenBy=Joe Connelly,<br> Bob Mosher |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1961|10|24}} |LineColor=#FF8F2F |ShortSummary=Maggie Belle kicks the Colonel out and winds up at Calvin's place. He gets invited to a costume ball, unaware that Maggie Belle is also there. }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=5 |Title=Sycamore Lodge |WrittenBy=Joe Connelly,<br> Bob Mosher |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1961|10|31}} |LineColor=#FF8F2F |ShortSummary=The mountain cabin that the Colonel has rented turns out to be flooded. Unable to get a refund, the Colonel rents the cabin to Calvin. }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=6 |Title=Money in the Closet |WrittenBy=Joe Connelly,<br> Bob Mosher |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1961|11|7}} |LineColor=#FF8F2F |ShortSummary=Needing to replace all the money that the Colonel spent, he convinces Calvin that he's a movie star material. }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=7 |Title=Calvin Gets Psychoanalyzed |WrittenBy= |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1962|1|27}} |LineColor=#FF8F2F |ShortSummary=Calvin visits a psychiatrist so he can have a better understanding of why his girlfriend, Georgianna, dropped him. }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=8 |Title=Wheeling and Dealing |WrittenBy=T. Hee |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1962|2|3}} |LineColor=#FF8F2F |ShortSummary=After breaking his nephew's car, the Colonel tries to get insurance on it. }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=9 |Title=The Wrecking Crew |WrittenBy=Bob Ross |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1962|2|10}} |LineColor=#FF8F2F |ShortSummary=The Colonel takes a job as a construction worker. He then learns of a way to make even more money ... by injuring himself on the job site and collecting insurance payments. }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=10 |Title=The Colonel's Old Flame |WrittenBy=Joe Connelly,<br> Bob Mosher |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1962|2|17}} |LineColor=#FF8F2F |ShortSummary=Several years ago, the Colonel promised his then-sweetheart, Boo Boo Winters, that he'd marry her. But instead of Boo Boo, he married Maggie Belle. Now Boo Boo unexpectedly returns, demanding that the Colonel live up to his promise. }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=11 |Title=Sister Sue and the Police Captain |WrittenBy= |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1962|2|24}} |LineColor=#FF8F2F |ShortSummary=It looks like marriage for Sister Sue and a police captain until the Colonel wrecks the captain's car. }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=12 |Title=Jim Dandy Cleaners |WrittenBy= |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1962|3|3}} |LineColor=#FF8F2F |ShortSummary=At her place of work, Maggie Belle is given the task of having the typewriters sent out to be cleaned. But when she becomes ill, her husband the Colonel takes over the project. }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=13 |Title=Jealousy |WrittenBy= |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1962|3|10}} |LineColor=#FF8F2F |ShortSummary=Tossed out by his wife, the Colonel concludes another man has entered her life. }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=14 |Title=Cloakroom |WrittenBy=Joe Connelly,<br> Bob Mosher |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1962|3|17}} |LineColor=#FF8F2F |ShortSummary=Calvin and the Colonel starts a cloakroom business at the night club. Things go wrong when they lose one of the coats. }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=15 |Title=Sister Sue's Sweetheart |WrittenBy=Joe Connelly,<br> Bob Mosher |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1962|3|24}} |LineColor=#FF8F2F |ShortSummary=The Colonel tries to stop Sister Sue's wedding after finding out that the $300-a-month from her deceased husband's estate will be cut off. }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=16 |Title=The Winning Number |WrittenBy= |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1962|3|31}} |LineColor=#FF8F2F |ShortSummary=The Colonel hopes to win the Lucky Buck contest but Calvin has the winning dollar bill. }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=17 |Title=Calvin's Glamour Girl |WrittenBy= |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1962|4|7}} |LineColor=#FF8F2F |ShortSummary=Calvin tries to fool his girlfriend's mother into believing that he's wealthy. }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=18 |Title=Colonel Out-Foxes Himself |WrittenBy= |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1962|4|14}} |LineColor=#FF8F2F |ShortSummary=Leaving the Colonel money to pay the rent, Maggie Belle and Sister Sue head for Nashville to visit relatives. }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=19 |Title=Nephew Newton's Fortune |WrittenBy=Bob Ross |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1962|4|21}} |LineColor=#FF8F2F |ShortSummary=The Colonel finds out that his visiting nephew Newton owns a stock worth thousands of dollars. }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=20 |Title=Calvin's Tax Problem |WrittenBy=Joe Connelly,<br> Bob Mosher |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1962|4|28}} |LineColor=#FF8F2F |ShortSummary=Needing money to reclaim his repossessed furniture, the Colonel becomes a tax consultant when Calvin needs help with his income tax return. }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=21 |Title=Women's Club Picnic |WrittenBy= |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1962|5|5}} |LineColor=#FF8F2F |ShortSummary=Maggie Belle entrusts the Colonel with money that her club is planning to use for their picnic. }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=22 |Title=Magazine Romance |WrittenBy= |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1962|5|12}} |LineColor=#FF8F2F |ShortSummary=The Colonel takes Maggie Belle to a nightclub after she accuses him of being unromantic. }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=23 |Title=Ring Reward |WrittenBy= |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1962|5|19}} |LineColor=#FF8F2F |ShortSummary=The Colonel discovers that the faux diamond ring that Calvin bought is actually the real thing...and stolen. }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=24 |Title=The Carnappers |WrittenBy= |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1962|5|26}} |LineColor=#FF8F2F |ShortSummary=The Colonel is delighted after his car gets stolen and can collect insurance money. }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=25 |Title=Colonel Traps a Thief |WrittenBy= |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1962|6|2}} |LineColor=#FF8F2F |ShortSummary=Calvin and the Colonel decide to try to stop a thief that's been breaking and entering his apartment. }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=26 |Title=Back to Nashville |WrittenBy= |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1962|6|9}} |LineColor=#FF8F2F |ShortSummary=The Colonel, Maggie Belle and Sister Sue are planning to visit Uncle Selby in Nashville. The Colonel is looking for a way to save money, so he invites Calvin along in hopes that he'll share in the cost of the trip. }} }} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{Commons}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20090718124957/http://www.toontracker.com/calvin/calvin.htm TOON TRACKER "Calvin and the Colonel" via the Wayback Machine] * [http://www.toonopedia.com/calcolon.htm Calvin and the Colonel] at [[Don Markstein's Toonopedia]]. [https://archive.today/20240525215351/https://www.webcitation.org/66uZewalY?url=http://www.toonopedia.com/calcolon.htm Archived] from the original on April 14, 2012. * [https://archive.today/20130117224026/http://www.bcdb.com/cartoons/Other_Studios/K/Kayro_Productions/Calvin_and_the_Colonel/ BCDb: Calvin And The Colonel] * {{IMDb title|0054527|Calvin and the Colonel}} [[Category:1960s American animated comedy television series]] [[Category:1960s American children's comedy television series]] [[Category:1960s American sitcoms]] [[Category:1961 American animated television series debuts]] [[Category:1962 American television series endings]] [[Category:American animated sitcoms]] [[Category:American children's animated comedy television series]] [[Category:American children's television sitcoms]] [[Category:Television duos]] [[Category:Animated television series about foxes]] [[Category:Animated television series about bears]] [[Category:Television series by Universal Television]] [[Category:Television remakes]] [[Category:Amos 'n' Andy]] [[Category:American Broadcasting Company sitcoms]] [[Category:American Broadcasting Company animated television series]] [[Category:Children's television series about talking animals]]
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