
Calvin and the Colonel(1961)
Overview
Calvin and the Colonel is an animated cartoon television series in 1961 about Colonel Montgomery J. Klaxon, a shrewd fox and Calvin T. Burnside, a dumb bear. Their lawyer was Oliver Wendell Clutch, who was a weasel. The colonel lived with his wife Maggie Belle and her sister Sue, who did not trust the colonel at all. Colonel Klaxon was in the real estate business, but always tried get-rich-quick schemes with Calvin's unwitting help. The series was an animated remake of Amos 'n' Andy [or, more or less, "Andy and The Kingfish"] and featured the voices of Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll from the radio series. Using animals avoided the touchy racial issues which had led to the downfall of Amos 'n' Andy. Because of low ratings, the show was cancelled after two months, but returned two months later to complete the first season contract. For a year afterward reruns were seen on Saturday mornings, and eventually syndicated through the 1960s. It was also adapted as a comic book by Dell Comics, and as such the first of two issues was the final installment in the company's extremely prolific Four Color anthology series.
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23 episodes • 1961
Season 1
23 episodes • 1961
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Television Job | Oct 3, 1961 | 0.0 |
| 2 | The Polka Dot Bandit | Oct 10, 1961 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Thanksgiving Dinner | Oct 17, 1961 | 0.0 |
| 4 | The Costume Ball | Oct 24, 1961 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Sycamore Lodge | Oct 31, 1961 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Cloakroom | Nov 7, 1961 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Calvin Gets Psychoanalyzed | Jan 24, 1962 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Wheeling and Dealing | Feb 3, 1962 | 0.0 |
| 9 | The Wrecking Crew | Feb 10, 1962 | 0.0 |
| 10 | The Colonel's Old Flame | Feb 17, 1962 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Sister Sue and the Police Captain | Feb 24, 1962 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Jim Dandy Cleaners | Mar 3, 1962 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Jealousy | May 10, 1962 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Money Reward | TBA | 0.0 |
| 15 | Sister Sue's Sweetheart | Mar 24, 1962 | 0.0 |
| 16 | The Winning Number | May 31, 1962 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Calvin's Glamour Girl | Apr 7, 1962 | 0.0 |
| 18 | The Colonel Out-foxes Himself | Apr 14, 1962 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Nephew Newton's Fortune | Apr 21, 1962 | 0.0 |
| 20 | The Winning Number | TBA | 0.0 |
| 21 | Woman's Picnic | May 5, 1962 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Magazine Romance | May 12, 1962 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Ring Reward | May 19, 1962 | 0.0 |