Amos 'n' Andy

Amos 'n' Andy

195130m7.5/10
Comedy

Ratings

🎬TMDb
7.5/10(8)

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

Language

EN

Status

Ended

First Aired

June 28, 1951

Last Aired

November 24, 1953

Networks

CBS

Created By

Charles J. Correll, Freeman F. Gosden

Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
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Seasons & Episodes
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Season
E1
Kingfish Gets Drafted
Air date: 1951-06-28
When the Kingfish gets drafted, his wife and his lodge brothers applaud but soon change their tune when his outfit is to go overseas.
E2
Kingfish's Secretary
Air date: 1951-07-05
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.
E3
Young Girl's Mother
Air date: 1951-07-12
Andy wants to marry a very young girl until he meets her mother, a formidable woman he jilted many years ago.
E4
Rare Coin
Air date: 1951-09-19
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.
E5
Kingfish Has a Baby
Air date: 1951-07-26
The Kingfish decides to reform because he thinks he is about to become a father.
E6
Counterfeiters Rent Basement
Air date: 1951-08-02
Andy becomes a hero when he overpowers a gang of counterfeiters and collects a fat reward.
E7
Sapphire Disappears
Air date: 1951-08-09
The Kingfish thinks Sapphire has been murdered when she leaves him in a huff and he can find no trace of her.
E8
The Winslow Woman
Air date: 1951-08-16
The Kingfish wants Andy to marry wealthy Mrs. Winslow, even when the not-so-wealthy woman actually show up.
E9
The Gun
Air date: 1951-08-23
The Kingfish, trying to pawn a gun, is mistaken for a robber.
E10
Call Lehigh 4-9900
Air date: 1951-08-30
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.
E11
Leroy Lends a Hand
Air date: 1951-09-06
The Kingfish and Andy go into the parking lot business and wind up in the used car business
E12
Fur Coat
Air date: 1951-09-13
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.
E13
Jewelry Store Robbery
Air date: 1951-09-20
Andy and the Kingfish find that a snapshot they took is worth $1000 because it shows a man robbing a store.
E14
Kingfish's Last Friend
Air date: 1951-09-27
The Kingfish has swindled too many people and is losing all of his friends so he goes on a reform kick.
E15
Andy Buys a House
Air date: 1951-10-04
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.
E16
Amos Helps Out
Air date: 1951-10-11
After a domestic fight, the Kingfish writes a fake letter form the license bureau stating that he and Sapphire were never legally married.
E17
Getting Mama Married (1)
Air date: 1951-10-18
The Kingfish's mother-in-law elopes with a conman and a fleecer of widows.
E18
Getting Mama Married (2)
Air date: 1951-10-25
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.
E19
The Happy Stevenses
Air date: 1951-11-01
The Kingfish and Sapphire imitate participants in a radio show about a happy marriage, in order to change the pattern of their stormy marriage.
E20
Traffic Violation
Air date: 1951-11-08
The Kingfish and Andy, co-owners of a car, compete with each other in the collection of traffic tickets.
E21
Quo Vadis
Air date: 1951-11-15
The Kingfish goes to a lavish dinner party at which he finds, uncomfortably, that Sapphire is a waitress.
E22
The Diner
Air date: 1951-11-22
The Kingfish and Andy buy a diner, which was doing a good business, and run it out of business.
E23
The Turkey Dinner
Air date: 1951-11-29
The Kingfish is conned into buying stolen turkeys from a country bumpkin.
E24
Ready Made Family
Air date: 1951-12-06
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.
E25
Relatives
Air date: 1951-12-20
Clamming that his mother-in-law disturbs his home, the Kingfish takes his problems to family court. Meanwhile, more relatives show up.
E26
Andy Gets a Telegram
Air date: 1951-12-27
The Kingfish winds up on a cattle boat bound for South America when Sapphire plots to separate him from his worthless friends.
E27
Hospitalization
Air date: 1952-01-03
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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