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Calvin and the Colonel

Calvin and the Colonel

Calvin and the Colonel

1961 1 Seasons 23 Episodes ⭐ 6.7 Animation Comedy

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.

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.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

The Television Job

Calvin and Colonel gets a job picking up television sets and delivering them to the repairman. Things go wrong when they

EP 2

The Polka Dot Bandit

The Colonel suspects that his sister-in-law is a jewel thief.

EP 3

Thanksgiving Dinner

The Colonel's family arrives for Thanksgiving Dinner, unaware that he's forgotten that he invited them a year ago.

EP 4

The Costume Ball

Maggie Belle kicks Colonel out and winds up at Calvin's place. He gets invited to a costume ball, unaware that Maggie Be

EP 5

Sycamore Lodge

The mountain cabin that the Colonel has rented turns out to be flooded. Unable to get a refund, the Colonel rents the ca

EP 6

Cloakroom

Needing to replace all the money that the Colonel spent, he convinces Calvin that he's a movie star material.

EP 7

Calvin Gets Psychoanalyzed

Calvin visits a psychiatrist so he can have a better understanding of why his girlfriend, Georgianna, dropped him.

EP 8

Wheeling and Dealing

After breaking his nephew's car, the Colonel tries to get insurance on it.

EP 9

The Wrecking Crew

The Colonel takes a job as a construction worker. He then learns of a way to make even more money ... by injuring himsel

EP 10

The Colonel's Old Flame

Several years ago, the Colonel promised his then-sweetheart, Boo Boo Winters, that he'd marry her. But instead of Boo Bo

EP 11

Sister Sue and the Police Captain

Sister Sue's pending marriage to a police captain is jeopardized when the Colonel wrecks his car.

EP 12

Jim Dandy Cleaners

At her place of work, Maggie Bell is given the task of having the typewriters sent out to be cleaned. But when she becom

EP 13

Jealousy

Tossed out by his wife, the Colonel concludes another man has entered her life.

EP 14

Money Reward

EP 15

Sister Sue's Sweetheart

The Colonel panics over his mother-in-law's impending marriage.

EP 16

The Winning Number

EP 17

Calvin's Glamour Girl

Calvin tries to fool his new girlfriend's mother into thinking he's rich.

EP 18

The Colonel Out-foxes Himself

The Colonel gets a taste of his own medicine when he's swindled out of the rent by a conman.

EP 19

Nephew Newton's Fortune

The Colonel finds out that his visiting nephew Newton owns a stock worth thousands of dollars.

EP 20

The Winning Number

EP 21

Woman's Picnic

EP 22

Magazine Romance

EP 23

Ring Reward

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Paul Frees

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Charles J. Correll

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Freeman F. Gosden

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Gloria Blondell

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