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Product Identifiers
PublisherMcfarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
ISBN-100786420456
ISBN-139780786420452
eBay Product ID (ePID)43104390
Product Key Features
Book TitleOriginal Amos 'n' Andy : Freeman Gosden, Charles Correll and the 1928-1943 Radio Serial
Number of Pages223 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicRadio / General
Publication Year2005
IllustratorYes
GenrePerforming Arts
AuthorElizabeth Mcleod
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.4 in
Item Weight19.9 Oz
Item Length10 in
Item Width7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2005-009060
Reviews"extensive roster of cast and credits...notes are detailed...illustrations are plentiful"-- SPERDVAC Radiogram ; "interesting"-- In the Groove Magazine ; "an important record"-- Communication Booknotes Quarterly.
Dewey Edition22
TitleLeadingThe
Number of Volumes1 vol.
Dewey Decimal791.44/72
Table Of ContentTable of Contents Acknowledgments vi Preface 1 A Note on the Script Excerpts 5 1. Origins 7 2. Correll and Gosden--Perfect Harmony 17 3. Airtime 23 4. Here They Are ... 29 5. A Coast-to-Coast Hookup 47 6. Meet the Cast 69 7. Speaking the Language 87 8. Tales to Tell 95 9. Black and White? 115 10. Dissonant Voices 127 11. The Later Years 139 12. Making the Point 153 Appendix: By the Numbers 163 Cast and Credits 179 Chapter Notes 187 Bibliography 201 Index 209
SynopsisThey were pioneers of modern entertainment: theirs was the first serial program specifically devised for broadcast, and the first to feature continuing characters. They invented the concept of broadcast syndication. At its height, their show was required nightly listening for a third of the nation. Many still remember it fondly'just not in polite company. Amos ?n? Andy, the creation of Charles Correll and Freeman Gosden, has been excoriated as a ?nightly racial slur, ? an unpleasant artifact of America's racist past. Most critical evaluations are based upon the show's later television and radio episodes aired after Correll and Gosden had surrendered creative control, and ignore the bulk of their work'over 4000 radio episodes, carefully penned by the actors, which differ markedly from the later works. Their legacy is undoubtedly mixed, but a close examination of those early radio scripts, many the only surviving record of a show, offers surprising insight into Amos ?n? Andy and begs for a fair assessment of Charles Correll and Freeman Gosden's place in radio history. This critical reexamination of Amos ?n? Andy, the pioneering creation of Charles Correll and Freeman Gosden, presents an unapologetic but balanced view lacking in most treatments. It relies upon an untapped resource'thousands of pages of scripts from the show's nearly forgotten earliest version, which most clearly reflected the vision of its creators. Consequently, it provides fresh insights and in part refutes the usual blanket condemnations of this groundbreaking show. The text incorporates numerous script excerpts, provides key background information, and acknowledges the show's importance to radio broadcasting and modernentertainment. A stunning group of photographs enhance the text, which includes an appendix of ratings and cast and crew information as well as notes, bibliography and index., This critical reexamination of Amos 'n' Andy , the pioneering creation of Charles Correll and Freeman Gosden, presents an unapologetic but balanced view lacking in most treatments. It relies upon an untapped resource--thousands of pages of scripts from the show's nearly forgotten earliest version, which most clearly reflected the vision of its creators. Consequently, it provides fresh insights and in part refutes the usual blanket condemnations of this groundbreaking show. The text incorporates numerous script excerpts, provides key background information, and also acknowledges the show's importance to radio broadcasting and modern entertainment.
LC Classification NumberPN1991.77.A6M36 2005
