Amos 'n' Andy
Amos 'n' Andy
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Amos 'n' Andy

7.5 / 10
1951
3 seasons
58 episodes
Comedy

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

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  • Ep 1

    1.Kingfish Gets Drafted

    28-06-195130m

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

  • Ep 2

    2.Kingfish's Secretary

    05-07-195130m

    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 th...

  • Ep 3

    3.Young Girl's Mother

    12-07-195130m

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

  • Ep 4

    4.Rare Coin

    19-09-195130m

    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.

  • Ep 5

    5.Kingfish Has a Baby

    26-07-195130m

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

  • Ep 6

    6.Counterfeiters Rent Basement

    02-08-195130m

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

  • Ep 7

    7.Sapphire Disappears

    09-08-195130m

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

  • Ep 8

    8.The Winslow Woman

    16-08-195130m

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

  • Ep 9

    9.The Gun

    23-08-195130m

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

  • Ep 10

    10.Call Lehigh 4-9900

    30-08-195130m

    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.

  • Ep 11

    11.Leroy Lends a Hand

    06-09-195130m

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

  • Ep 12

    12.Fur Coat

    13-09-195130m

    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.

  • Ep 13

    13.Jewelry Store Robbery

    20-09-195130m

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

  • Ep 14

    14.Kingfish's Last Friend

    27-09-195130m

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

  • Ep 15

    15.Andy Buys a House

    04-10-195130m

    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.

  • Ep 16

    16.Amos Helps Out

    10.0
    11-10-195130m

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

  • Ep 17

    17.Getting Mama Married (1)

    18-10-195130m

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

  • Ep 18

    18.Getting Mama Married (2)

    25-10-195130m

    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.

  • Ep 19

    19.The Happy Stevenses

    01-11-195130m

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

  • Ep 20

    20.Traffic Violation

    08-11-195130m

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

  • Ep 21

    21.Quo Vadis

    15-11-195130m

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

  • Ep 22

    22.The Diner

    22-11-195130m

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

  • Ep 23

    23.The Turkey Dinner

    29-11-195130m

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

  • Ep 24

    24.Ready Made Family

    06-12-195130m

    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 h...

  • Ep 25

    25.Relatives

    20-12-195130m

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

  • Ep 26

    26.Andy Gets a Telegram

    27-12-195130m

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

  • Ep 27

    27.Hospitalization

    03-01-195230m

    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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