This lot is closed. Bidding ended on 6/27/2002.
Amos 'n' Andy, one of the most popular and long running radio programs of all time, was brought to television in the summer of 1951. The series was produced by Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll, the two actors who had created and starred in the radio version. Since they were white, and the entire cast of the show on television had to be black, a search was held, over a period of four years, to find the right actors to play the parts. Only Ernestine Wade and Amanda Randolph were brought over from the radio cast. Offered is the 1930s Louis Marx, "Amos & Andy Fresh Air Taxi" tin wind-up. This toy car grades Excellent overall and measures 8" in length.