Andy Devine - The kiddie show host of ANDY'S GANG/NBC/1955-58, a  popular 1950s children's program that superceded SMILIN' ED'S GANG/NBC/ABC/CBS/1950-55 (originally titled SMILIN' ED McCONNELL AND HIS BUSTER BROWN GANG) when the original host Smilin' Ed McConnell died in 1954. The new host Andy Devine was popular at the time for his role as Jingles B. Jones, the frontier sidekick on the western adventure WILD BILL HICKOK/SYN/1951. The program continued to feature a number of familiar characters including Grandie the talking piano, Froggy the Gremlin, a mischievous frog puppet dressed in a tuxedo, ("Plunk your magic twanger, Froggie!") and animal co-hosts Midnight the Cat and a hamster named Squeaky the Mouse. He began his show saying "Hiya, kids, it's ANDY'S GANG. [Audience sings] "I got a gang, you got a gang, everybody's got a gang; but there's only one gang for me-good old ANDY'S GANG." At the program's close Andy Devine said "Yes, sir, we're pals and pals stick together. And now, don't forget church or Sunday school. And remember, ANDY'S GANG will get together right here at this same time next week. So long, fellows and gals."  Born October 7, 1905 in Flagstaff, Arizona, Andy Devine died of leukemia on February 18, 1977 in Orange County, California. He was 72 years old. See also - Smilin' Ed McConnell