Origins Amos 'n' Andy

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freeman gosden ( amos ) , charles correll ( andy ) in 1929.


gosden , correll white actors familiar minstrel traditions. met in durham, north carolina, in 1920. both men had scattered experience in radio, not until 1925 2 appeared on chicago s wqj. appearances led regular schedule on chicago radio station, webh, compensation free meal. pair hoped radio exposure lead stage work; able sell of works local bandleader paul ash, brought them enough name recognition offered jobs @ chicago tribune s station wgn in 1925. lucrative offer allowed them become full-time broadcasters. victor talking machine company offered them recording contract.


since tribune syndicated sidney smith s popular comic strip gumps, had introduced concept of daily continuity, wgn executive ben mccanna thought serialized version work on radio. suggested gosden , correll adapt gumps radio. idea seemed involve more risk either gosden or correll willing take; neither adept @ imitating female voices, have been necessary gumps. conscious of having made names previous act. playing roles of characters using dialect, able conceal identities enough able return old pattern of entertaining if radio show failure.


instead, proposed series couple of colored characters , which, nevertheless, borrowed elements gumps. new show, sam n henry, began on january 12, 1926, , fascinated radio listeners throughout midwest. became popular in 1927 gosden , correll requested distributed other stations on phonograph records in chainless chain concept have been first radio syndication. when wgn rejected proposal, gosden , correll quit show , station; last musical program wgn announced in chicago daily tribune on january 29, 1928. episodes of sam n henry continued aired until july 14, 1928. correll s , gosden s characters contractually belonged wgn, pair unable use character names when performing in personal appearances after leaving station.


wmaq, chicago daily news station, hired gosden , correll , former wgn announcer, bill hay, create series similar sam n henry. offered higher salaries wgn had, right pursue syndication idea. creators later said named characters, amos , andy, after hearing 2 elderly african-americans greet each other names in chicago elevator. amos n andy began on march 19, 1928 on wmaq, , prior airing each program, gosden , correll show on 78-rpm discs @ marsh laboratories, operated electrical recording pioneer orlando r. marsh. 1930s broadcasts of show made el mirador hotel in palm springs, california.


for program s entire run nightly series in first decade, gosden , correll provided on 170 male voice characterizations. episodic drama , suspense heightened cliffhanger endings, amos n andy reached ever-expanding radio audience. first radio program distributed syndication in united states, , end of syndicated run in august 1929, @ least 70 other stations carried recorded episodes.








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