Freeman Gosden & Charles Correll spun off their hit radio show, Amos 'n' Andy, first into a feature film, "Check & Double Check", then a pair of animated shorts produced by the Van Beuren studio. Don't be looking for this on cable anywhere, given that in today's society, it'd be considered politically incorrect for the characterizations of African Americans depicted here.
Anyway, Andy gets talked into taking up wrestling......
Amos 'n' Andy would eventually transition to television, with an all-African American cast, but wouldn't be too successful, either. Gosden & Correll would get one season with a funny animal knockoff, Calvin & The Colonel, working once again with Joe Connelly & Bob Mosher (Leave it to Beaver, The Munsters) in 1962, and that, too, ran for one season.
Rating: B--.
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