Amos 'n' Andy

Total Seasons :3Total Episodes : 58

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

Episodes(27)

Kingfish Gets Drafted

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.

Air Date : 1951-06-28

Kingfish's Secretary

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.

Air Date : 1951-07-05

Young Girl's Mother

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.

Air Date : 1951-07-12

Rare Coin

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.

Air Date : 1951-09-19

Kingfish Has a Baby

5. Kingfish Has a Baby

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

Air Date : 1951-07-26

Counterfeiters Rent Basement

6. Counterfeiters Rent Basement

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

Air Date : 1951-08-02

Sapphire Disappears

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.

Air Date : 1951-08-09

The Winslow Woman

8. The Winslow Woman

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

Air Date : 1951-08-16

The Gun

9. The Gun

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

Air Date : 1951-08-23

Call Lehigh 4-9900

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.

Air Date : 1951-08-30

Leroy Lends a Hand

11. Leroy Lends a Hand

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

Air Date : 1951-09-06

Fur Coat

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.

Air Date : 1951-09-13

Jewelry Store Robbery

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.

Air Date : 1951-09-20

Kingfish's Last Friend

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.

Air Date : 1951-09-27

Andy Buys a House

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.

Air Date : 1951-10-04

Amos Helps Out

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.

Air Date : 1951-10-11

Getting Mama Married (1)

17. Getting Mama Married (1)

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

Air Date : 1951-10-18

Getting Mama Married (2)

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.

Air Date : 1951-10-25

The Happy Stevenses

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.

Air Date : 1951-11-01

Traffic Violation

20. Traffic Violation

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

Air Date : 1951-11-08

Quo Vadis

21. Quo Vadis

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

Air Date : 1951-11-15

The Diner

22. The Diner

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

Air Date : 1951-11-22

The Turkey Dinner

23. The Turkey Dinner

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

Air Date : 1951-11-29

Ready Made Family

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.

Air Date : 1951-12-06

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