Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll made their radio debut on
January 12, 1926, as the comedic blackface characters Sam n Henry.
On March 19, 1928, they introduced "Amos n Andy," which went on to
become one of the most popular and longest-running programs in
radio history. During the height of its popularity, almost the
entire country listened to the fifteen-minute,
Monday-through-Friday adventures of Amos and Andy. Department
stores open in the evening piped in the broadcasts so shoppers
wouldn t miss an episode; movie theaters scheduled their features
to end just prior to the start of "Amos n Andy" so they too could
pipe it in.
The characters were members of the Mystic Knights of the Sea
Lodge, of which George Stevens was the Kingfish. Amos and Andy ran
the Fresh-Air Taxi Company, with the more stable, married Amos
doing most of the work while Andy chased girls. One of the
best-remembered sequences was the time Andy almost married Madame
Queen. In 1943, after 4,091 quarter-hour episodes, it switched to a
half-hour weekly comedy. While the five-a-week show often had a
quiet, easygoing feeling, the new version was a brassy
Hollywood-style production, complete with studio audience, full
cast of supporting actors, and full orchestra. Many of the
half-hour programs were written by Joe Connelly and Bob Mosher,
later the writing team for "Leave It to Beaver" and "The Munsters."
In the new version, Amos became a minor character to the more
dominant Andy and Kingfish duo. The new "Amos n Andy Show" endured
for the next twelve years as one of the most popular weekly
programs on radio.
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