The Amos 'n Andy Show

Season 1

A pair of friends in Harlem find themselves caught up in a series of misadventures, business schemes, and everyday problems, often relying on their neighbors and community to help them out of trouble.

Where to Watch The Amos 'n Andy Show • Season 1

27 Episodes

  • Kingfish Gets Drafted
    E1
    Kingfish Gets DraftedWhen 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
    E2
    Kingfish's SecretarySapphire 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
    E3
    Young Girl's MotherAndy wants to marry a very young girl until he meets her mother, a formidable woman he jilted many years ago.
  • The Rare Coin (Pilot)
    E4
    The Rare Coin (Pilot)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.
  • Kingfish Has a Baby
    E5
    Kingfish Has a BabyThe Kingfish decides to reform because he thinks he is about to become a father.
  • Counterfeiters Rent Basement
    E6
    Counterfeiters Rent BasementAndy becomes a hero when he overpowers a gang of counterfeiters and collects a fat reward.
  • Sapphire Disappears
    E7
    Sapphire DisappearsThe Kingfish thinks Sapphire has been murdered when she leaves him in a huff and he can find no trace of her.
  • The Winslow Woman
    E8
    The Winslow WomanThe Kingfish wants Andy to marry wealthy Mrs. Winslow, even when the not-so-wealthy woman actually show up.
  • The Gun
    E9
    The GunThe Kingfish purchases a gift for Sapphire for their anniversary and inside the gift is a gun that some crooks have hidden. Kingfish decides to pawn the gun so he can buy Sapphire a nicer gift, but things don't work out as planned.
  • Call Lehigh 4-9900
    E10
    Call Lehigh 4-9900Sapphire tells Kingfish to burn some old clothes; rather, he tries to pawn them off on Andy. An old telephone number in a pocket reads, "The Best in Town." This leads to a few predicaments beyond Kingfish's control.
  • Leroy Lends a Hand
    E11
    Leroy Lends a HandThe Kingfish and Andy go into the parking lot business and wind up in the used car business
  • Fur Coat
    E12
    Fur CoatWhen Sapphire visits Mama in Chicago, Kingfish gets a job as a delivery boy for a department store. He tries to deliver a fur coat, but he gets no response and ends up bringing it home. Sapphire returns, finds the coat, and believes it's a present for her.
  • Jewelry Store Robbery
    E13
    Jewelry Store RobberyAndy and the Kingfish find that a snapshot they took is worth $1000 because it shows a man robbing a store.
  • Kingfish's Last Friend
    E14
    Kingfish's Last FriendThe Kingfish has swindled too many people and is losing all of his friends so he goes on a reform kick.
  • Andy Buys a House
    E15
    Andy Buys a HouseThe 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
    E16
    Amos Helps OutAfter 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)
    E17
    Getting Mama Married (1)The Kingfish's mother-in-law elopes with a conman and a fleecer of widows.
  • Getting Mama Married (2)
    E18
    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.
  • The Happy Stevenses
    E19
    The Happy StevensesThe 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
    E20
    Traffic ViolationKingfish 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.
  • Quo Vadis
    E21
    Quo VadisThe Kingfish goes to a lavish dinner party at which he finds, uncomfortably, that Sapphire is a waitress.
  • The Diner
    E22
    The DinerWhile out for a Sunday drive with Sapphire and Mama the Kingfish sees a diner for sale so he and Andy go in together to buy it. Of course things don't work out as planned thanks to a new highway that has routed traffic away from said diner.
  • The Turkey Dinner
    E23
    The Turkey DinnerThe Kingfish is conned into buying stolen turkeys from a country bumpkin.
  • Ready Made Family
    E24
    Ready Made FamilyThe 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.
  • Relatives
    E25
    RelativesAfter Sapphire's mama moves in with the Kingfish and Sapphire a domestic court judge orders Mama to remain nuetral and to stay out of all arguments between man and wife. Naturally the Kingfish uses this order to his advantage
  • Andy Gets a Telegram
    E26
    Andy Gets a TelegramAndy gets a job opportunity in Brazil. Kingfish seeks to steal the opportunity from Andy, but is foiled when it is discovered that that opportunity was fake, designed by Sapphire to keep Kingfish away from Andy's "bad influence."
  • Hospitalization
    E27
    HospitalizationAndy 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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