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The Amos 'n Andy Show

Season 1 1951 - 1952

  • 1951-06-29T00:30:00Z on CBS
  • 25m
  • 13h 30m (27 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Comedy
Adapted from a popular radio comedy/drama serial, this influential sitcom features the misadventures of Andy Brown (Spencer Williams) and George "Kingfish" Stevens (Tim Moore) in the big city. This landmark series was the first on television to feature a cast of all black actors.

27 episodes

Series Premiere

1951-06-29T00:30:00Z

1x01 Kingfish Gets Drafted

Series Premiere

1x01 Kingfish Gets Drafted

  • 1951-06-29T00:30:00Z30m

The local draft board mixes up the Kingfish with another George Stevens. (Originally broadcast 06-28-1951)

1951-07-06T00:30:00Z

1x02 Kingfish's Secretary

1x02 Kingfish's Secretary

  • 1951-07-06T00:30:00Z30m

Sapphire becomes jealous over Kingfish's new lodge hall secretary. (Originally broadcast 07-05-1951)

1951-07-13T00:30:00Z

1x03 The Young Girl's Mother

1x03 The Young Girl's Mother

  • 1951-07-13T00:30:00Z30m

In spite of his friends' advice, Andy plans to marry a girl much younger than himself. (Originally broadcast 07-12-1951)

1951-07-20T00:30:00Z

1x04 The Rare Coin (Pilot)

1x04 The Rare Coin (Pilot)

  • 1951-07-20T00:30:00Z30m

The Kingfish swindles Andy out of a rare nickel. Later, he unthinkingly drops it in the slot of a lunchroom's phone booth and places a call. It's now up to Andy and him to figure out how to retrieve the valuable coin without getting caught. (Originally broadcast 07-19-1951)

1951-07-27T00:30:00Z

1x05 Kingfish has a Baby

1x05 Kingfish has a Baby

  • 1951-07-27T00:30:00Z30m

The Kingfish decides to reform because he thinks he is about to become a father. (Originally broadcast 07-26-1951)

1x06 Counterfeiters Rent Basement

  • 1951-08-03T00:30:00Z30m

Kingfish rents the lodge hall's basement to a printing company. Unbeknownst to him, the only thing being printed is counterfeit money. (Originally broadcast 08-02-1951)

1951-08-10T00:30:00Z

1x07 Sapphire Disappears

1x07 Sapphire Disappears

  • 1951-08-10T00:30:00Z30m

After Sapphire and her Mama go missing, the Kingfish fears the worst. (Originally broadcast 08-09-1951)

1951-08-17T00:30:00Z

1x08 The Winslow Woman

1x08 The Winslow Woman

  • 1951-08-17T00:30:00Z30m

Kingfish launches a scheme to have Andy pose as royalty to fool a rich widow into marriage.
(Originally broadcast 08-16-1951)

1951-08-24T00:30:00Z

1x09 The Gun

1x09 The Gun

  • 1951-08-24T00:30:00Z30m

Kingfish buys an anniversary present for Sapphire. But inside is a gun hidden by some criminals. Seeing opportunity Kingfish pawns the gun leading to even more problems.
Originally broadcast 08-23-1951)

1951-08-31T00:30:00Z

1x10 Call Lehigh 4-9900

1x10 Call Lehigh 4-9900

  • 1951-08-31T00:30:00Z30m

The Kingfish finds an old ad with only the words "Best In Town" and "Free". Curiosity gets the best of him and he calls the number. He doesn't realize at first that he has called a Lonely Hearts Club. When the Boss returns his call later Sapphire answers the phone and trouble ensues.
(Originally broadcast 08-30-1951)

1951-09-07T00:30:00Z

1x11 Leroy Lends a Hand

1x11 Leroy Lends a Hand

  • 1951-09-07T00:30:00Z30m

Andy and Kingfish go into the parking lot business only to have Sapphire's hapless cousin Leroy cause mayhem. While Andy and the Kingfish are at lunch Leroy sells a customers car.
(Originally broadcast 09-06-1951)

1951-09-14T00:30:00Z

1x12 The Fur Coat

1x12 The Fur Coat

  • 1951-09-14T00:30:00Z30m

With Sapphire out of town the Kingfish nabs a job as delivery man for a department store. Unable to make a delivery he brings the coat home. Sapphire on her return from out of town finds the coat. Naturally she thinks it's a gift from Kingfish.
(Originally broadcast 09-13-1951)

1951-09-21T00:30:00Z

1x13 Jewelry Store Robbery

1x13 Jewelry Store Robbery

  • 1951-09-21T00:30:00Z30m

Andy inadvertently shoots a photograph of a jewelry store robber, and the Kingfish tries to gyp him out of half the $1,000 reward. (Originally broadcast 09-20-1951)

1951-09-28T00:30:00Z

1x14 Kingfish's Last Friend

1x14 Kingfish's Last Friend

  • 1951-09-28T00:30:00Z30m

Feeling that he hasn't a friend in the world, the Kingfish wants to turn over a new leaf by becoming honest. (Originally broadcast 09-27-1951)

1951-10-05T01:30:00Z

1x15 Andy Buys a House

1x15 Andy Buys a House

  • 1951-10-05T01:30:00Z30m

Kingfish goes to work for a real estate company. He sells a house to Andy, without informing him that it must be moved because the underlying lot has been condemned to make room for a new highway. (Originally broadcast 10-04-1951)

1951-10-12T01:30:00Z

1x16 Amos Helps Out

1x16 Amos Helps Out

  • 1951-10-12T01:30:00Z30m

Feeling that he's unappreciated by his wife, Kingfish concocts a scheme to cause Sapphire to believe they were never legally married. (Originally broadcast 10-11-1951)

1x17 Getting Mama Married: Part 1

  • 1951-10-19T01:30:00Z30m

Mama moves in with Kingfish and Sapphire. This launches the Kingfish on a mission to get rid of Mama by marrying her off. Things take a turn for the worse and Kingfish is in money trouble right away.
(Originally broadcast 10-18-1951)

1x18 Getting Mama Married: Part 2

  • 1951-10-26T01:30:00Z30m

In Part 2 Kingfish gets deeper into trouble when it turns out Mama's suitor is a con artist. The more he tries to fix things the worse the situation becomes.
(Originally broadcast 10-25-1951)

1951-11-02T01:30:00Z

1x19 The Happy Stevenses

1x19 The Happy Stevenses

  • 1951-11-02T01:30:00Z30m

The Kingfish and Sapphire are faithful listeners to The Happy Harringtons radio program, and they wish some of Harry and Harriet's happiness would rub off on their marriage. (Originally broadcast 11-01-1951)

1951-11-09T01:30:00Z

1x20 Traffic Violation

1x20 Traffic Violation

  • 1951-11-09T01:30:00Z30m

Kingfish and Andy are sharing weekly driving privileges of a used car. After a traffic court judge warns the Kingfish that his next court appearance will land him in jail, he wrecks the car and hands the attending police officer Andy's license as identification. Next step: Fool Andy into thinking that he's suffering from amnesia. (Originally broadcast 11-08-1951)

1951-11-16T01:30:00Z

1x21 Quo Vadis

1x21 Quo Vadis

  • 1951-11-16T01:30:00Z30m

When an old school chum visits New York, the Kingfish poses as a millionaire in order to perpetuate a hometown myth that he's an extremely successful New York businessman. (Originally broadcast 11-15-1951)

1951-11-23T01:30:00Z

1x22 The Diner

1x22 The Diner

  • 1951-11-23T01:30:00Z30m

Kingfish and Andy go in as partners on buying a diner. Bad luck and trouble happen almost right away and they have to raise more money including from Mama,
(Originally broadcast 11-22-1951)

1951-11-30T01:30:00Z

1x23 The Turkey Dinner

1x23 The Turkey Dinner

  • 1951-11-30T01:30:00Z30m

The Kingfish figures there's a profit to be made, if he can insert himself as the middleman in acquiring the twenty turkeys that Sapphire needs for her woman's club dinner. (Originally broadcast 11-29-1951)

1951-12-07T01:30:00Z

1x24 Ready-Made Family

1x24 Ready-Made Family

  • 1951-12-07T01:30:00Z30m

The Kingfish must put together a phony family quickly to convince his visiting Uncle Clarence to keep him in his will after he lied to him in a letter that he had a baby to scam him out of a $500 baby gift. (Originally broadcast 12-06-1951)

1951-12-21T01:30:00Z

1x25 Relatives

1x25 Relatives

  • 1951-12-21T01:30:00Z30m

After Mama moves in in with the Kingfish and Sapphire battles ensue. All three wind up in domestic court where the Judge orders Mama to mind her own business. She is told to stay out of all arguments between Kingfish and Sapphire. Something Mama finds hard to do.
(Originally broadcast 12-20-1951)

1951-12-28T01:30:00Z

1x26 Andy Gets a Telegram

1x26 Andy Gets a Telegram

  • 1951-12-28T01:30:00Z30m

(Originally broadcast 12-27-1951)

Season Finale

1952-01-04T01:30:00Z

1x27 Hospitalization

Season Finale

1x27 Hospitalization

  • 1952-01-04T01:30:00Z30m

Kingfish sells Andy a phony hospitalization insurance policy. The con goes awry when Andy winds up in the hospital and wants to file a claim. (Originally broadcast 01-03-1952)

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