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Amos 'n' Andy. For the past 21 years, Charles Correll and Freeman Gosden have played the title roles and most of the other parts of their radio classic. They will not go with the show to television. Still undecided: whether the cast shall be white or Negro, or both...
...Internal Revenue Bureau spokesman unofficially explained the apparent reversal of the earlier ruling by pointing out that the Amos 'n' Andy transaction was a transfer of real property, since the show presumably could go on forever, even after the death of its originators (Charles Correll & Freeman Gosden). But the Jack Benny Show, without Benny, would undoubtedly collapse; therefore, Benny's personal services, rather than his real property, are involved...
...Gosden and Correll plan to be heard but not seen on the telescreen because 1) they do not look like Amos 'n' Andy, and 2) they speak so many roles. Competent Negro actors will silently mouth the masters' words. They planned to have the show ready some time this year...
Last week, 20 years after their first broadcast, Amos 'n' Andy were still a radio phenomenon. And Freeman (Amos) Gosden, 48, and Charles (Andy) Correll, 58, were making a bid to become the grand old men of television as well. Last week, after years of ups & downs, their show (Tues. 9 p.m., NBC) was well within the charmed circle of every radio poll (eighth on Hooper's list; second, according to Nielsen...
...were handpicked: the amateurs by him, the pros by their own P.G.A. Bing's 86 amateurs included some good golfers, some good friends, some who were both. From Hollywood came Randolph Scott, John Hodiak, Dennis O'Keefe and Amos 'n' Andy's Freeman (Amos) Gosden, who are better than average players. Next to Augusta's Masters' Tournament, which is the great Bobby Jones's personal party, Bing's pro-amateur championship was the stop most top golfers least wanted to miss. Last week, an odd crew of 172 contestants trudged foursome...