Amos 'n' Andy, still written
entirely by the two stars, was the top-rated program of all in 1930, with a
54.4 rating and 30 million listeners (compare that to the Super Bowl's 44.2
rating in 2004). By this time, the wily, coniving Kingfish was becoming a major
personality, eventually supplanting sensible Amos as star of the show (Freeman
Gosden gave voice to both characters while Charles Correll played Andrew H.
Brown).