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Why was "Calvin and the Colonel" considered racist? How many episodes were there? Are they on DVD? Calvin and the Colonel was a cartoon in the early 60's. The voices were provided by the actors who played Amos and Andy on TV. However, although Amos and Andy were/are considered racist, I don't understand how the cartoon was such, since no race was depicted. All characters were animals. Anyone explain? It was said that Calvin and the Colonel was considered a remake of Amos and Andy but just replaced with animals. I think since the actors left a bad taste in some people's mouths with Amos and Andy, and because of that, I think everyone looked at all their efforts as being racist. Calvin and the Colonel was canceled due to low ratings but came back to be shown on Saturdays to finish it's first season. You can look at the following link to purchase rare DVD or VHS.

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One Minute Training Videos - How is that Possible?

Having worked in the training video production industry for quite a while, I have been brought up in the school of thinking that the ideal length of a training video should be around 12 minutes.

You could imagine how my eyebrows were raised when I was approached by the OHS Manager of a multi national corporation recently to ask me to think about producing some 60 second training videos for them. In his words; “every one is time poor nowadays, instant coffee is not quick enough and we can’t afford to take our people off their lines for 30 minutes to watch a training video even though OH&S is a hugely important part of our business”

“I also have to compete with Production, HR, Administration and sales for employee attention during our staff meetings, so I want a communication that is quick, edgy and effective”

A series of 25 x 60 second occupational health and safety training videos were written and produced as if they were television commercials. They featured a cartoon character and supporting posters were produced and put up on all factory walls throughout the country. These 1 minute productions also found their way into the company’s tool box meetings and were emailed from factory to factory, employee to employee.

The short sharp messages proved to be great motivations for some dynamic discussions that followed their screening The campaign has been so successful that the training videos were translated into several languages and distributed around the world.

A great lesson was taught to me by someone who was willing to think a little outside the square!

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Channel 1 Creative Media specialises in a range of corporate video production. For more information visit http://www.channel1.com.au/.
They also produce a range of safety DVDs and training videos for the workplace.