History WesternAnimation / CalvinAndTheColonel

One of the very first PrimeTimeCartoon shows, ''Calvin and the Colonel'' aired for one season (1961–62) on Creator/{{ABC}}. The series was essentially an AnimatedAdaptation of ''Amos 'n' Andy'', but with [[FunnyAnimal cartoon animals]]. Both series were created by Charles Correll and Freeman Gosden, who also voiced the titular characters of each show; and several of the original ''Amos 'n' Andy'' radio scripts were adapted for the cartoon series. The use of animal characters avoided the touchy racial issues that had plagued the earlier show.

* OnOneCondition: One episode has the Colonel sabotaging his sister-in-law's wedding after he finds the will of her deceased first husband, which stipulates that the $300 a month she gets from his estate (of which the Colonel gets $200 as per the agreement when he married his wife) will be cut off if she remarries. [[spoiler: After The Colonel succeeds in stopping the wedding, he finds out that the money would have gone directly to him instead if she remarried.]]

One of the first PrimeTimeCartoon series, ''Calvin and the Colonel'' aired for one season (1961–62) on Creator/{{ABC}}. The show was essentially an AnimatedAdaptation of ''Amos 'n' Andy'', except with [[FunnyAnimal cartoon animals]]. Both series were created by Charles Correll and Freeman Gosden, who also voiced the titular characters of each show; several of the original ''Amos 'n' Andy'' radio scripts were adapted for the cartoon series. The use of animal characters avoided the touchy racial issues that had plagued the earlier show.

* ThrowTheDogABone: The Colonel gets one in the end of "Wheeling and Dealing", where he goes through the usual ZanyScheme in order to replace his nephew's car ([[ItMakesSenseInContext which got filled with cement]]) before shipping it out to him in California. Where this differs from other episodes is that the Colonel's plan actually succeeds, and his wife and sister-in-law praise him for getting the job done. The Colonel [[BreakingTheFourthWall admits to the audience]] that he didn't earn the praise and affection, but because it so rarely happens he decides to take it anyway.

This one last attempt at keeping the ''Amos 'n' Andy'' format alive[[labelnote:†]](the radio show was cancelled in 1960; a live-action TV adaptation which aired in 1951-53 got cancelled due to the aforementioned racial issues and an attempt to revive it in 1956 got nowhere)[[/labelnote]] was not successful. The show only lasted one season; even then, it was cancelled two months into its run due to low ratings and was only brought back two months later to fulfill contractual obligations.

The show's eponymous protagonists were the conniving Col. Montgomery J. Klaxon (voiced by Gosden), a fox, and his patsy Calvin T. Burnside (voiced by Correll), a bear. The Colonel was constantly coming up with get-rich-quick {{Zany Scheme}}s, all of which tended to backfire. Rounding out the cast were the Colonel's wife, Maggie Belle (voiced by Beatrice Kay); her sister, Susan "Sister Sue" Culpepper (voiced by Virginia Gregg); and the Colonel's shady advisor, Judge Oliver Wendell Clutch (voiced by Creator/PaulFrees).

* ThanksgivingEpisode: "Thanksgiving Dinner", in which the Colonel -- having to make good on an invitation he'd brashly extended a year earlier -- scrambles to procure enough food to host thirty-six relatives for Thanksgiving at his apartment.

The show's eponymous protagonists were the conniving Col. Montgomery J. Klaxon (voiced by Gosden), a fox, and his patsy Calvin T. Burnside (voiced by Correll), a bear. The Colonel was constantly coming up with get-rich-quick {{Zany Scheme}}s, all of which tended to backfire. Rounding out the cast were the Colonel's wife, Maggie Belle (voiced by Beatrice Kay); her sister, Susan "Sister Sue" Culpepper (voiced by Virginia Gregg); and the Colonel's shady lawyer, Judge Oliver Wendell Clutch (voiced by Creator/PaulFrees).

The show's eponymous protagonists were the conniving Col. Montgomery J. Klaxon (voiced by Gosden), a fox, and his patsy Calvin T. Burnside (voiced by Correll), a bear. The Colonel was constantly coming up with get-rich-quick {{Zany Scheme}}s, all of which tended to backfire. Rounding out the cast were the Colonel's wife, Maggie Belle (voiced by Beatrice Kay); her sister, Susan Culpepper (voiced by Virginia Gregg); and the Colonel's shady lawyer, Judge Oliver Wendell Clutch (voiced by Creator/PaulFrees).

One of the first PrimeTimeCartoon series, ''Calvin and the Colonel'' aired for one season (1961–62) on Creator/{{ABC}}. The show was essentially an AnimatedAdaptation of ''Amos 'n' Andy'', except with [[FunnyAnimal cartoon animals]]. Both series were created by Charles Correll and Freeman Gosden, who also voiced the titular characters of each show; several of the original radio scripts were adapted for the cartoon series. The use of animal characters avoided the touchy racial issues had that plagued the radio show.

The show's eponymous protagonists were the conniving Col. Montgomery J. Klaxon (voiced by Gosden), a fox, and his patsy, Calvin Burnside (voiced by Correll), a bear. The Colonel was constantly coming up with get-rich-quick {{Zany Scheme}}s, all of which tended to backfire. Rounding out the cast were the Colonel's wife, Maggie Belle (voiced by Beatrice Kay); her sister, Susan Culpepper (voiced by Virginia Gregg); and the Colonel's shady lawyer, Judge Oliver Wendell Clutch (voiced by Creator/PaulFrees).