Amos 'n' Andy

Amos 'n' Andy

1951
3 Seasons
7.5
Comedy

A sitcom set in Manhattan's historic black community of Harlem.

Episodes

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E1Jun 28, 195130m

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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E2Jul 5, 195130m

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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E3Jul 12, 195130m

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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E4Sep 19, 195130m

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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E5Jul 26, 195130m

Kingfish Has a Baby

The Kingfish decides to reform because he thinks he is about to become a father.

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E6Aug 2, 195130m

Counterfeiters Rent Basement

Andy becomes a hero when he overpowers a gang of counterfeiters and collects a fat reward.

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E7Aug 9, 195130m

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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E8Aug 16, 195130m

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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E9Aug 23, 195130m

The Gun

The Kingfish, trying to pawn a gun, is mistaken for a robber.

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E10Aug 30, 195130m

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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E11Sep 6, 195130m

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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E12Sep 13, 195130m

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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E13Sep 20, 195130m

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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E14Sep 27, 195130m

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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E15Oct 4, 195130m

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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E16Oct 11, 195130m

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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E17Oct 18, 195130m

Getting Mama Married (1)

The Kingfish's mother-in-law elopes with a conman and a fleecer of widows.

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E18Oct 25, 195130m

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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E19Nov 1, 195130m

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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E20Nov 8, 195130m

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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E21Nov 15, 195130m

Quo Vadis

The Kingfish goes to a lavish dinner party at which he finds, uncomfortably, that Sapphire is a waitress.

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E22Nov 22, 195130m

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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E23Nov 29, 195130m

The Turkey Dinner

The Kingfish is conned into buying stolen turkeys from a country bumpkin.

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E24Dec 6, 195130m

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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E25Dec 20, 195130m

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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E26Dec 27, 195130m

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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E27Jan 3, 195230m

Hospitalization

Andy buys hospitalization insurance from the Kingfish and then relaxes in the hospital, turning the Kingfish frantic with bills he can't pay.