Amos 'n' Andy (1951)
Synopsis
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.
First Air Date: 1951-06-28
Last Air Date: 1953-11-24
Number of Seasons: 3
Number of Episodes: 58
Created By: Charles J. Correll, Freeman F. Gosden
Networks: CBS
Top Cast
- Alvin Childress as Amos Jones
- Spencer Williams as Andy Brown
- Tim Moore as George 'Kingfish' Stevens
- Ernestine Wade as Sapphire
- Johnny Lee as Calhoun
- Amanda Randolph as Mama
- Nick Stewart as Lightnin'
- Ned Wertimer as Detective (uncredited)
- Ruby Dandridge as Henrietta Smith (uncredited)
- Jeni Le Gon as Daphne Jackson (uncredited)
Seasons
Season 1 (1951)
No overview available for this season.
Episodes:
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Ep. 1: 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.
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Ep. 2: 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.
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Ep. 3: 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.
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Ep. 4: 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.
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Ep. 5: Kingfish Has a Baby
The Kingfish decides to reform because he thinks he is about to become a father.
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Ep. 6: Counterfeiters Rent Basement
Andy becomes a hero when he overpowers a gang of counterfeiters and collects a fat reward.
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Ep. 7: Sapphire Disappears
The Kingfish thinks Sapphire has been murdered when she leaves him in a huff and he can find no trace of her.
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Ep. 8: The Winslow Woman
The Kingfish wants Andy to marry wealthy Mrs. Winslow, even when the not-so-wealthy woman actually show up.
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Ep. 9: The Gun
The Kingfish, trying to pawn a gun, is mistaken for a robber.
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Ep. 10: 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.
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Ep. 11: Leroy Lends a Hand
The Kingfish and Andy go into the parking lot business and wind up in the used car business
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Ep. 12: 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.
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Ep. 13: Jewelry Store Robbery
Andy and the Kingfish find that a snapshot they took is worth $1000 because it shows a man robbing a store.
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Ep. 14: 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.
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Ep. 15: 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.
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Ep. 16: 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.
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Ep. 17: Getting Mama Married (1)
The Kingfish's mother-in-law elopes with a conman and a fleecer of widows.
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Ep. 18: 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.
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Ep. 19: 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.
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Ep. 20: Traffic Violation
The Kingfish and Andy, co-owners of a car, compete with each other in the collection of traffic tickets.
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Ep. 21: Quo Vadis
The Kingfish goes to a lavish dinner party at which he finds, uncomfortably, that Sapphire is a waitress.
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Ep. 22: The Diner
The Kingfish and Andy buy a diner, which was doing a good business, and run it out of business.
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Ep. 23: The Turkey Dinner
The Kingfish is conned into buying stolen turkeys from a country bumpkin.
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Ep. 24: 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.
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Ep. 25: Relatives
Clamming that his mother-in-law disturbs his home, the Kingfish takes his problems to family court. Meanwhile, more relatives show up.
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Ep. 26: 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.
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Ep. 27: Hospitalization
Andy buys hospitalization insurance from the Kingfish and then relaxes in the hospital, turning the Kingfish frantic with bills he can't pay.
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