Radio broadcasting was the cheapest form of entertainment, and it provided the public with far better entertainment than most people were accustomed to. As a result, its popularity grew rapidly in the late 1920s and early 1930s, and by 1934, 60 percent of the nation's households had radios.

Amos & Andy Show

Amos & Andy Show

Broadcast History:
Theme Tune: The Perfect Song from Birth of a Nation

This 15 minute daily situation comedy was probably the most popular radio show of all time. The listening audience was estimated at 40 million, almost one-third of Americans living at that time. The story was of Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll playing Amos and Andy as black men from Harlem who owned the Fresh Air Taxi Company, so called because its only cab had no windshield. Amos and Andy were the commonest of common men: they symbolised the poor Joe with no money, no job and no future. It was the first significant serial utilising the elements of sympathetic characters, comedy and suspense.

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AA260420 - Sam Phones His Sweetheart Liza - a [005]
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AA260527 - Buying Insurance - c [005]
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AA260527 - Rollin' The Bones - b [005]
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AA260527 - Speech At The Colored Lodge - a [005]
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AA260528 - At The Fortune Teller's - Never Broadcast [005]
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AA270707 - Sam's Big Night - a [005]
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AA270707 - The Morning After - Never Broadcast - b [005]
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AA290114 - Remembering Widow Parker [005]
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AA290115 - The Efficiency Expert [005]
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AA290117 - Stepping on Andy's Toes [005]
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AA290421 - Everybody's Signing Andy's Name [005]
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AA290422 - Amos is Seen Talking To Tootsie Blake [005]
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AA290423 - Raising Money For The Lodge [005]
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AA290425 - Ruby Thinks Amos Is Cheating [005]
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AA290426 - Lodge Hall Contract [005]
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AA290427 - Signing The Contract [005]
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AA290521 - Earl Dixon Joins The Lodge [005]
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AA290523 - Earl Dixon Has Bought Kingfish [005]
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AA290607 - All The Money Is Tied Up [005]
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AA290608 - Writing A Letter [005]
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AA290616 - Amos and Ruby Taylor [005]
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AA290617 - Amos Is Love Sick [005]
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AA290618 - Cut Off [005]
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AA290620 - Letter From John Watkins [005]
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AA290621 - Andy's Higher Math [005]
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AA290622 - The Fur Robbery [005]
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AA290623 - Amos Is In Jail [005]
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AA290624 - Andy and Kingfish Want to Bail Amos Out [005]
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AA290625 - Andy Needs A Lawyer for Amos [005]
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