Amos 'n' Andy
A pair of friends in Harlem find themselves caught up in a series of misadventures, business schemes, and everyday problems, often relying on their neighbors and…
Comedy • Series • 1951 • 3 seasons
Created by: Charles J. Correll, Freeman F. Gosden
S1 E1 - Kingfish Gets Drafted
When the Kingfish gets drafted, his wife and his lodge brothers applaud but soon change their tune when his outfit is to go overseas.
Jun 28, 1951 • 30m
S1 E2 - Kingfish's Secretary
Sapphire becomes jealous over Kingfish's new lodge hall secretary. The Kingfish mistakenly signs a letter requesting a mail order bride with a letter requesting a wash woman for the building.
Jul 5, 1951 • 30m
S1 E3 - Young Girl's Mother
Andy wants to marry a very young girl until he meets her mother, a formidable woman he jilted many years ago.
Jul 12, 1951 • 30m
S1 E4 - Rare Coin
Pilot episode. The Kingfish swindles Andy out of a rare coin and Andy swindles it right back by use of a clever trick in a phone booth coin slot.
Sep 19, 1951 • 30m
S1 E5 - Kingfish Has a Baby
The Kingfish decides to reform because he thinks he is about to become a father.
Jul 26, 1951 • 30m
S1 E6 - Counterfeiters Rent Basement
Andy becomes a hero when he overpowers a gang of counterfeiters and collects a fat reward.
Aug 2, 1951 • 30m
S1 E7 - Sapphire Disappears
The Kingfish thinks Sapphire has been murdered when she leaves him in a huff and he can find no trace of her.
Aug 9, 1951 • 30m
S1 E8 - The Winslow Woman
The Kingfish wants Andy to marry wealthy Mrs. Winslow, even when the not-so-wealthy woman actually show up.
Aug 16, 1951 • 30m
S1 E9 - The Gun
The Kingfish, trying to pawn a gun, is mistaken for a robber.
Aug 23, 1951 • 30m
S1 E10 - Call Lehigh 4-9900
The Kingfish accidentally answers a newspaper ad for a lonely hearts club, and when a girl shows up at his office, Andy poses as the Kingfish.
Aug 30, 1951 • 30m
S1 E11 - Leroy Lends a Hand
The Kingfish and Andy go into the parking lot business and wind up in the used car business
Sep 6, 1951 • 30m
S1 E12 - Fur Coat
Sapphire is so delighted with her surprise from the Kingfish, a fur coat, that he hasn't the heart to tell her that the coat is not for her.
Sep 13, 1951 • 30m
S1 E13 - Jewelry Store Robbery
Andy and the Kingfish find that a snapshot they took is worth $1000 because it shows a man robbing a store.
Sep 20, 1951 • 30m
S1 E14 - Kingfish's Last Friend
The Kingfish has swindled too many people and is losing all of his friends so he goes on a reform kick.
Sep 27, 1951 • 30m
S1 E15 - Andy Buys a House
The Kingfish takes a job as a real estate agent and must prove himself by selling a house on condemned land-- he does, to Andy.
Oct 4, 1951 • 30m
S1 E16 - Amos Helps Out
After a domestic fight, the Kingfish writes a fake letter form the license bureau stating that he and Sapphire were never legally married.
Oct 11, 1951 • 30m
S1 E17 - Getting Mama Married (1)
The Kingfish's mother-in-law elopes with a conman and a fleecer of widows.
Oct 18, 1951 • 30m
S1 E18 - Getting Mama Married (2)
The Kingfish's mother-in-law is so set on marrying a man that even when his wife shows up she still says he is hers.
Oct 25, 1951 • 30m
S1 E19 - The Happy Stevenses
The Kingfish and Sapphire imitate participants in a radio show about a happy marriage, in order to change the pattern of their stormy marriage.
Nov 1, 1951 • 30m
S1 E20 - Traffic Violation
The Kingfish and Andy, co-owners of a car, compete with each other in the collection of traffic tickets.
Nov 8, 1951 • 30m
S1 E21 - Quo Vadis
The Kingfish goes to a lavish dinner party at which he finds, uncomfortably, that Sapphire is a waitress.
Nov 15, 1951 • 30m
S1 E22 - The Diner
The Kingfish and Andy buy a diner, which was doing a good business, and run it out of business.
Nov 22, 1951 • 30m
S1 E23 - The Turkey Dinner
The Kingfish is conned into buying stolen turkeys from a country bumpkin.
Nov 29, 1951 • 30m
S1 E24 - Ready Made Family
When the Kingfish's Uncle Clarence is coming to visit, the Kingfish must put together a phony family quickly, to protect his uncle's gift of $500, he gave the Kingfish by telling him he has a child.
Dec 6, 1951 • 30m
S1 E25 - Relatives
Clamming that his mother-in-law disturbs his home, the Kingfish takes his problems to family court. Meanwhile, more relatives show up.
Dec 20, 1951 • 30m
S1 E26 - Andy Gets a Telegram
The Kingfish winds up on a cattle boat bound for South America when Sapphire plots to separate him from his worthless friends.
Dec 27, 1951 • 30m
S1 E27 - Hospitalization
Andy buys hospitalization insurance from the Kingfish and then relaxes in the hospital, turning the Kingfish frantic with bills he can't pay.
Jan 3, 1952 • 30m
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About This Show
Amos 'n' Andy
A pair of friends in Harlem find themselves caught up in a series of misadventures, business schemes, and everyday problems, often relying on their neighbors and community to help them out of trouble.
Comedy • TV Series • 1951
Cast
Details
- Genre
- Comedy
- First aired
- Jun 28, 1951
- Last aired
- Nov 24, 1953
- Status
- Ended
- Episodes
- 58
- Network
- CBS
- Language
- English
- Score
- 7.6 out of 10 from 9 votes