Amos 'n' Andy

1951 - 1953

Kingfish Gets Drafted

28th June 1951

Episode 1

When the Kingfish gets drafted, his wife and his lodge brothers applaud but soon change their tune when his outfit is to go overseas.

Kingfish's Secretary

5th July 1951

Episode 2

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.

Young Girl's Mother

12th July 1951

Episode 3

Andy wants to marry a very young girl until he meets her mother, a formidable woman he jilted many years ago.

Rare Coin

19th September 1951

Episode 4

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.

Kingfish Has a Baby

26th July 1951

Episode 5

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

Counterfeiters Rent Basement

2nd August 1951

Episode 6

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

Sapphire Disappears

9th August 1951

Episode 7

The Kingfish thinks Sapphire has been murdered when she leaves him in a huff and he can find no trace of her.

The Winslow Woman

16th August 1951

Episode 8

The Kingfish wants Andy to marry wealthy Mrs. Winslow, even when the not-so-wealthy woman actually show up.

The Gun

23rd August 1951

Episode 9

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

Call Lehigh 4-9900

30th August 1951

Episode 10

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.

Leroy Lends a Hand

6th September 1951

Episode 11

The Kingfish and Andy go into the parking lot business and wind up in the used car business

Fur Coat

13th September 1951

Episode 12

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.

Jewelry Store Robbery

20th September 1951

Episode 13

Andy and the Kingfish find that a snapshot they took is worth $1000 because it shows a man robbing a store.

Kingfish's Last Friend

27th September 1951

Episode 14

The Kingfish has swindled too many people and is losing all of his friends so he goes on a reform kick.

Andy Buys a House

4th October 1951

Episode 15

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.

Amos Helps Out

11th October 1951

Episode 16

After a domestic fight, the Kingfish writes a fake letter form the license bureau stating that he and Sapphire were never legally married.

Getting Mama Married (1)

18th October 1951

Episode 17

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

Getting Mama Married (2)

25th October 1951

Episode 18

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.

The Happy Stevenses

1st November 1951

Episode 19

The Kingfish and Sapphire imitate participants in a radio show about a happy marriage, in order to change the pattern of their stormy marriage.

Traffic Violation

8th November 1951

Episode 20

The Kingfish and Andy, co-owners of a car, compete with each other in the collection of traffic tickets.

Quo Vadis

15th November 1951

Episode 21

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

The Diner

22nd November 1951

Episode 22

The Kingfish and Andy buy a diner, which was doing a good business, and run it out of business.

The Turkey Dinner

29th November 1951

Episode 23

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

Ready Made Family

6th December 1951

Episode 24

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.

Relatives

20th December 1951

Episode 25

Clamming that his mother-in-law disturbs his home, the Kingfish takes his problems to family court. Meanwhile, more relatives show up.

Andy Gets a Telegram

27th December 1951

Episode 26

The Kingfish winds up on a cattle boat bound for South America when Sapphire plots to separate him from his worthless friends.

Hospitalization

3rd January 1952

Episode 27

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

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