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AMOS learned the buck and wing in his own home town
They traveled together for six years. When they were in Chicago in 1924, they took an apartment together. It was fun to practice chatter and songs in their rooms. They decided to try their luck on the radio and WEBH gave them an audition. Results were so-so ... so they forgot the air to write a show for Paul Ash, Chicago’s reigning sensation.
About this time, WGN asked them to accept staff posi¬ tions in order to put on an aerial comic strip. Something like “The Gumps” was suggested — and both men negatived
that because they knew nothing about married life. Then they hit upon the idea of Sam ’n’ Henry, two colored boys who had left Atlanta to start an express business in Chicago. It is remembered that Sam ’n’ Henry were an over¬ night radio sensation.
Two years later Amos ’n’ Andy were born on station WMAQ in Chicago, Gosden and Correll having resigned from WGN. Amos ’n’ Andy became bigger even than Sam ’n’ Henry — and then the NBC brought them to New York for a national hook-up.
And if you think they aren’t popular, a year ago when the NBC changed their hour of broadcast to 7 p. m. Eastern Standard Time, over 100,000 telegrams of protest were received from the West Coast. Whole communities threatened to boycott the product that Amos ’n’ Andy adr^ertised. The difficulty was settled by having two broadcasts nightly, one for the east at 7:00 and one for the west at 11 :15.
Of course, the children weren’t a bit sorry to hear that because otherwise it would mean that their beloved Amos ’n’ Andy would be on the air during school time !
Sometimes you hear people saying that Amos ’n’ Andy aren’t anything anymore. Don’t you believe it. Amos ’n’ Andy became what’s known as a National Institution some time ago and it looks as if they will remain just that for many years to come.
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