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unusual facts about Hamish & Andy


Celebrating 50 Glorious Years

Celebrating 50 Glorious Years is a 2-disc compilation album by the comedy duo Hamish & Andy.


Christie Film Company

As comedy specialists, the Christie Film Company debuted comedy actors Harold Lloyd, Fatty Arbuckle, Anita Garvin and black actor Spencer Williams, later known for his portrayal of Andy Brown in the Amos & Andy" CBS Television series.

Crescent Park Amusement Park

Free shows on Sundays included such entertainers as Amos 'n' Andy, Bobby Vinton, and characters from TV's Gunsmoke and the Munsters.

Hamish Blake

The pair have performed live and on television and radio, most notably with their drive-time radio program Hamish & Andy.

MV Westward

Among the many people who have traveled aboard the Westward are A. C. Gilbert, inventor of the Erector Set, George Eastman (of Eastman Kodak), banker Paul Mellon, George Pabst of Pabst Brewing Company, investor E.F. Hutton and his wife Marjorie Merriweather Post, Walt Disney, John Wayne, Phil Harris, Fibber McGee & Molly and Amos & Andy.

Orlando R. Marsh

Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll electrically recorded their WMAQ (AM) Amos 'n' Andy radio program at Marsh Laboratories prior to live airing during the 1928 - 1929 period.

The Lion Tamer

The Lion Tamer is a 1934 animated short film produced by the Van Beuren Studios and directed by Vernon Stallings and starring Charles J. Correll and Freeman F. Gosden as the voices of their popular radio characters, Amos 'n' Andy.

The Rasslin' Match

The Rasslin' Match is a 1934 animated short film produced by the Van Beuren Studios and directed by Vernon Stallings and starring Charles J. Correll and Freeman F. Gosden as the voices of their popular radio characters, Amos 'n' Andy.

The Return of the Pink Panther

Richard Williams, the creator of Who Framed Roger Rabbit, The Thief and the Cobbler, and Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure, did the animated open and close titles for this picture and The Pink Panther Strikes Again, due to DePatie-Freleng's work on the Pink Panther shorts and other cartoon projects for TV and film.

Weber City, Virginia

Local businessman Frank Parker Sr. heard the future name on the Amos 'n' Andy radio show during a skit involving the upscale real estate development of Weber City.


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