"Andy's Gang" (1955) TV series 1955-1960

Release Date:

20 August 1955 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Family

Plot:

A TV Show where Andy, with a studio audience full of loud screaming kids, would show movies. At the...

Plot Keywords:

Character Name In Title

Cast

Andy Devine	...	Host (1955-60)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
June Foray	...	Midnight, the cat / Old Grandie, the witch (voice)
Billy Gilbert	...	The Teacher (voice)
Lou Krugman	...	The Maharajah (voice)
Nino Marcel	...	Gunga Ram (1955)
Jerry Maren	...	Buster Brown (voice)
Alan Reed	...	The Poet (voice)
Vito Scotti	...	Various Roles (1955)
Bud Tollefson	...	Tige, the dog (voice)

Produced by
Frank Ferrin	....	producer (1955-1960)

Production Companies

• Buster Brown Group

Distributors

• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1955-1960) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Shout! Factory (2008) (USA) (DVD)

Runtime:

30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Buster Brown Group

Trivia:

Before Andy Devine took over this show in 1955 it was known as "Smilin' Ed McConnell and his Buster Brown Gang". It started as a radio show and moved to television in 1951 and ran until 1954 when McConnell died. Devine then took over the show in 1955 with essentially the same format.

Movie Connections:

Featured in The Movie Orgy (1968)

would love to see a copy of ANDYS GANG

I was born in 1971....so ANDYS GANG is not something I remember from childhood. I am a very nostalgic person who treasures most old '70s & '80s things. I read a great book called BAD TV (written by Craig Nelson) and he gives a review of ANDYS GANG as being one of the most bizarre childrens shows ever created. In the list of reasons WHY the show was strange was Midnight the cat who could somehow be maneuvered into dancin a mean hula and purring "Niiiice" and Froggy The Gremlin who they described as being "evil". I would love to get my hands on a copy of this...but do they even have tapes of shows from that far back???