Andy's Gang

Andy's Gang was a children's television program that ran on NBC from August 20, 1955, to December 31, 1960. It was hosted by actor Andy Devine and was the successor to the radio and television programs Smilin' Ed McConnell and his Buster Brown Gang, later shortened to Smilin' Ed's Gang. Devine took over the television program when Ed McConnell died suddenly from a heart attack in 1954. He inherited a number of the characters on the earlier show and the sponsor, Buster Brown shoes. The cast for the programs included: ⁕Andy Devine ⁕Nino Marcel as Gunga Ram ⁕June Foray as the voice of Midnight the Cat and Old Grandie, the witch ⁕Billy Gilbert as The Teacher ⁕Lou Krugman as The Maharajah ⁕Jerry Maren as Buster Brown ⁕Alan Reed as The Poet ⁕Vito Scotti in Pasta Fazooli/Rama ⁕Bud Tollefson as the voice of Tige, the dog