Today, you can’t even mention their names without starting a debate.
‘Check and Double Check’ was released in 1930. Sources today say it wasn’t really a success because the two-man dialogue of the 15-minute radio show didn’t quite translate into a feature film, but newspaper ads of the day show the movie did business for almost a year. Still, if there were plans for a sequel, they were shelved. After the release of this movie, with the exception of a couple of lacklustre animated versions, Amos and Andy avoided the big screen and stuck to selling Pepsodent on the airwaves.
My dad loved these guys.
ReplyDeleteI loved them and so did my dad. In 1993 I got at Missouri';s Bannister Mall a video of them. Holy Mackerel! [even heard their Christmas show once..]
ReplyDeleteSteve C.