Saturday, November 25, 2006
This Day in American History
This day in 1960 was the last day of broadcast for "Amos 'n' Andy" (the third version--Amos 'n' Andy Music Hall). The original radio "Amos 'n' Andy" ran from 1928 to 1943 with two white guys, Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll, as the Georgia born blacks living in the "North". At its height, 1930 to '31, the show regularly had 40 million listeners. The new version in the 40s was very popular too and in 1948 there was a television version of the show with at last black actors for the title roles. The TV series was cancelled in 1953 but continued in reruns until 1966.
# posted by Roger Fraley @ 8:01 AM 
