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  Freeman Gosden
Freeman Fisher "Gozzie" Gosden (May 5, 1899 - December 10, 1982) was a USA radio comedian, and pioneer in the development of the situation comedy form.
In 1921 Gosden first teamed up with Charles Correll to do radio work, presenting comedy acts, sketches, and hosting variety shows.
From 1928 to 1960 Gosden and Correll broadcast their Amos & Andy show, which was one of the most famous and popular shows on radio in the 1930s.
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 Freeman Gosden - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Freeman Fisher "Gozzie" Gosden (May 5, 1899 – December 10, 1982) was an American radio comedian, and pioneer in the development of the situation comedy form.
From 1928 to 1960 Gosden and Correll broadcast their Amos 'n' Andy show, which was one of the most famous and popular shows on radio in the 1930s.
Freeman Gosden died from congestive heart failure in Los Angeles, California at the age of 83.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Freeman_Gosden   (265 words)

  
 "Amos 'n' Andy In Person"
Freeman Fisher Gosden was born in Richmond, Virginia in 1899, the son of a Civil War veteran with a distinguished military record.
Gosden was rather shy around strangers, and spoke with a bit of a stammer, while Correll was outgoing, jovial, and loved to talk.
Gosden and Correll had gone beyond the burnt-cork caricatures of the minstrel stage to create characters who were living, breathing people -- and this was the real secret of their success.
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 Amos 'n' Andy / Amos and Andy Radio and TV Shows
Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll were slated to play The Gumps for a proposed radio program in 1926.
The program was so popular on WGN that Correll and Gosden performed regularly in stage appearances as the duo in flface for which they earned $2000 a week, a staggering amount of cash in 1927.
However successful their outside ventures, Correll and Gosden (writing all the scripts and playing all the major roles), were making only $100 a week for the radio program itself.
www.tvparty.com /50amos1.html   (1222 words)

  
 Amazon.de: The Original Amos 'n' Andy: Freeman Gosden, Charles Correll and the 1928-1943 Radio Serial: English Books: ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
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 balanced assessment of Charles Correll's and Freeman Gosden's place in radio history.
Careful examination of these scripts, written by Correll and Gosden, unlike much of the later material utilized by scholars, provides fresh insights and in part refutes the usual blanket condemnations of this groundbreaking show.
www.amazon.de /Original-Amos-Andy-Freeman-1928-1943/dp/0786420456   (467 words)

  
 Akademika
This critical reexamination of Amos 'n' Andy, the pioneering creation ofCharles Correll and Freeman Gosden, presents an unapologetic but balanced view.It relies upon an untapped resource - thousands of pages of scripts from theshow's nearly forgotten earliest version, which reflect the vision of itscreators..
Amos 'n' Andy, the creation ofCharles Correll and Freeman Gosden, has been excoriated as a "nightly racialslur," an unpleasant artifact of America's racist past.
Most criticalevaluations are based upon the show's later television and radio episodes airedafter Correll and Gosden had surrendered creative control, and ignore the bulkof their work - over 4000 radio episodes, carefully penned by the actors, whichdiffer markedly from the later works.
www.akademika.no /vare.php?isbn=0786420456   (192 words)

  
 Freeman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Freeman Dyson (born 1923) Anglo-American physicist and mathematician
Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon (1866–1941) Governor General of Canada and Viceroy of India
Sultaana Freeman, a Muslim woman who sued for the right to wear a veil for her driver's license photo.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Freeman   (271 words)

  
 McFarland - Publisher of Reference and Scholarly Books
They were pioneers of modern entertainment: theirs was the first serial program specifically devised for broadcast, and the first to feature continuing characters.
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.
www.mcfarlandpub.com /book-2.php?isbn=0-7864-2045-6   (323 words)

  
 Amos 'n' Andy--Skin Deep
Freeman Gosden's belief that flface comics could tell funnier stories is based on his exposure to the racial sentiments and comics of the previous generation:
Members of the racially privileged part of society, including Charles Correll and Freeman Gosden, adhered to the established cultural hierarchy that put them in that position in the first place.
Gosden felt that he knew Afro-Americans, and the two men's entire career up to the mid-'20s had prepared them for nothing if not to play comical fl roles.
xroads.virginia.edu /~1930s/RADIO/amos/why/why.html   (894 words)

  
 TIME.com: Blackface Vacation -- Jul 16, 1934 -- Page 1
Amos (Freeman F. Gosden), the patient and long-suffering one, was discovered plaintively complaining about having to do all the work on their Georgia farm while dumb, blustering Andy (Charles J. Correll) loafed under a shade tree.
Five months after they introduced their feature as a sustaining program at $100 a week apiece, Impersonators Gosden and Correll signed up with Pepsodent toothpaste to broadcast over a national NBC hookup six nights a week for $100,000 a year.
Gosden and Correll have broadcast twice from sickbeds, once from a booth at the Chicago Stadium when they were attending a prizefight.
www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,787901,00.html   (680 words)

  
 Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll ("Amos 'n' Andy") in 1929
Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll ("Amos 'n' Andy") in 1929
Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll, radio's "Amos 'n' Andy", in 1929 during the height of their popularity on WMAQ radio.
One of the eternally problematic issues in the history of broadcasting is how two white guys portraying Black guys was received within the African American community.
www.richsamuels.com /nbcmm/wmaq/early_wmaq/gosden_and_correll_1929.html   (95 words)

  
 Amos n Andy Radio Show / TVparty!
Though not seen on TV, Freeman F. Gosden and Charles J. Correll continued voicing Kingfish, Amos and Andy on the radio program while sharing the same supporting cast as the TV production.
Apart from longtime announcer Harlow Wilcox, it was just Gosden & Correll in front of the microphone, playing their three familiar roles with canned laughter and applause.
Freeman Gosden (Amos and Kingfish on radio) was particularly bothered in later years that Amos 'n' Andy, his once phenomenally successful enterprise was held in such low regard.
www.tvparty.com /50amos5.html   (1822 words)

  
 Freeman Gosden
Freeman Gosden is one of the topics in focus at Global Oneness.
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 Freeman F. Gosden Photos - Freeman F. Gosden News - Freeman F. Gosden Information
The Colonel is looking for a way to save money, so he invites Calvin along in hopes that he'll share in the cost of the trip.
Tell the world what you think of Freeman F. Gosden, write a review for this person.
Calvin and the Colonel was an ABC series from 1962 about two bears who live in the south.
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 AP Wire | 08/19/2006 | Today in history - Aug. 19
In 1906, 100 years ago, Philo T. Farnsworth, one of the pioneering inventors of television, was born in Beaver County, Utah.
In 1929, the comedy program "Amos and Andy," starring Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll, made its network radio debut on NBC.
In 1934, a plebiscite in Germany approved the vesting of sole executive power in Adolf Hitler.
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 TIME.com: Time Remembered -- Mar. 31, 1958 -- Page 1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Within two years the Amos 'n' Andy show of Freeman Gosden (Amos, Kingfish et al.) and Charles Correll (Andy) was radio's first great popular craze, so captivating that U.S. telephone calls soon fell off 50% between 7 p.m.
Last week balding Freeman Gosden, 58, and silver-haired Charles Correll, 68, quietly celebrated their 30th anniversary—still on the air.
Over the decades, despite blasts from Negro groups objecting to the social caricatures, Southerners Gosden and Correll have stuck to their basic plot line, regularly got tuba-voiced Andy (Correll) into wild misadventures, sent earnest, gravel-throated Amos (Gosden) to his aid, and flavored the episodes with the genial con-manship of The Kingfish (Gosden).
www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,937549,00.html   (467 words)

  
 Check and Double Check (1930)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The Christmas episodes of the Amos and Andy radio and TV series are favorites of mine.
Childress and Gosden were both wonderful as Amos.
Those who are interested should definitely watch the documentary Amos And Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy.
www.imdb.com /title/tt0020758   (496 words)

  
 Amos 'n Andy, TV 50's Sitcom, Radio, and Lost Art of Comedy
For over thirty years, two white men, Freeman F. Gosden and Charles J. Correll created, developed and performed the resilient pair of characters in the world's first broadcast serial.
The Thursday night program was produced by Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll (see above radio history) and was widely syndicated until 1966.
Amos 'n Andy left us on the floor in laughter, when Andy and the Kingfish in an infant care class (suspecting that Sapphire was expecting) fought over changing diapers, and the baby doll's arm was freed from the socket:
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 The original Amos 'n' Andy; Freeman Gosden, Charles Correll, and the 1928-1943 radio serial Reference & Research ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The original Amos 'n' Andy; Freeman Gosden, Charles Correll, and the 1928-1943 radio serial.
This reexamination of Amos 'n' Andy, the radio show created by Charles Correll and Freeman Gosden, relies on scripts from the show's earliest versions, which McLeod contends most clearly reflect the vision of its creators.
McLeod, a journalist and broadcast historian, uses these scripts to refute the blanket condemnations of the show's racism, asserting that the early shows differ markedly from the later ones.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0QLQ/is_2005_Nov/ai_n16014895   (175 words)

  
 Amos and Andy - NBHF
The show was first broadcast in March of 1928 from radio station WMAQ in Chicago.
The show was created and written by Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll.
The TV version of Amos and Andy was produced by Gosden and Correll from 1951 to 1953.
www.infoage.org /NBHF-amos-n-andy.html   (446 words)

  
 Freeman Gosden - Moviefone
Freeman Gosden died from congestive heart failure in...
Freeman F. Gosden - Filmography, Awards, Biography, Agent, Discussions, Photos, News Articles, Fan Sites.
Freeman Gosden - Filmography, Biography, News, Photos, Birth date, Relationships, Freeman Gosden Film Clips, and Fun Facts on Moviefone.
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 Movie Info for Check and Double Check on MSN Movies
Amos 'N' Andy were two fl characters played by two white men, Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll.
Donning flface, Gosden and Correll are seen as well as heard as A&A, partners in the Harlem-based Fresh Air Taxicab Company.
Our heroes spend most of their time helping the white romantic leads (Sue Carol and Charles Morton) try to locate a missing deed to some property owned by Morton's family.
entertainment.msn.com /movies/movie.aspx?m=16046   (191 words)

  
 Amazon.fr : Original Amos 'n' Andy: Freeman Gosden, Charles Correll And the 1928-1943 Radio Serial: Livres en anglais: ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Amazon.fr : Original Amos 'n' Andy: Freeman Gosden, Charles Correll And the 1928-1943 Radio Serial: Livres en anglais: Elizabeth McLeod
Original Amos 'n' Andy: Freeman Gosden, Charles Correll And the 1928-1943 Radio Serial (Relié)
Editeur : découvrez comment les clients peuvent effectuer des recherches sur le contenu de ce livre.
www.amazon.fr /Original-Amos-Andy-Freeman-1928-1943/dp/0786420456   (481 words)

  
 Freeman F. Gosden   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Unusual Occupations L-1-3, No. 3 (1942) (as Freeman Gosden)....
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Find where Freeman F. Gosden is credited alongside another name
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 The Amos N' Andy Website, Sound Library, and Bookstore!
Freeman F. Gosden as Amos, Kingfish, and Lightnin', and Charles J. Correll as Andy.
Amos and Andy was one of the funniest and most beloved radio shows of all time.
Freeman Gosden (Amos, Kingfish, and Lightnin') and Charles Correll (Andy) were two of the finest comics of all time.
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 Calvin and the Colonel, by Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll, creators of Amos 'n' Andy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Calvin and the Colonel, by Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll, creators of Amos 'n' Andy
The animated misadventures of two backwoods Southern animals, Calvin, a not very bright bear, and his friend The Colonel, a scheming fox, as they try to cope with life.
Created by Freeman Gosden & Charles Correll, based on their Amos 'n' Andy characters.
www.ebonyshowcase.org /calvin.htm   (214 words)

  
 AUTOGRAPHS & MANUSCRIPTS: FREEMAN AMOS GOSDEN - ANNOTATED PHOTOGRAPH SIGNED
Photograph signed: "Freeman Gosden/Amos of/Amos 'n Andy/Also played/Kingfish/Lightnin/Mother Crawford/and a few others".
Amos 'n Andy premiered on the NBC radio network on Thursday night, August 19, 1929 at 11:00 P.M. The show hit its peak of popularity in the 1930s, but the show remained on radio until 1958.
Freeman Gosden (1899-1982) and Charles Correll ("Andy") also produced the 1951-1953 Amos 'n Andy television series.
www.galleryofhistory.com /archive/5_2004/actors/36304-FREEMAN-'AMOS'-GOSDEN.htm   (212 words)

  
 HOME OF RADIO STATION W8WLQ
Does anyone know who W6QUT is? Answer, Freeman Gosden.
Anyone know who Freeman Gosden is? Amos of the old Amos and Andy radio show.
As a tribute to Amos 'n Andy I have a attached a link to a web site all about Amos 'n Andy.
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 Freeman F. Gosden Books - Signed, used, new, out-of-print
Freeman F. Gosden Books - Signed, used, new, out-of-print
As Chairman of Foote, Cone & Belding, one of the largest direct marketing operations in the world, Freeman Gosden knows what succeeds in direct marketing and what fails--and why.
In this book, he shares the principles and techniques that have helped his agency--and his agency's clients--climb to the top.
www.alibris.com /search/books/author/Freeman_F._Gosden   (127 words)

  
 Freeman Gosden   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Download DigiGuide TV Guide, and never miss programs and movies with Freeman Gosden in it again!
When's Freeman Gosden coming up on UK TV Unfortunately
Programmes in the DigiGuide Library that star Freeman Gosden
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