Amos 'n' Andy(1951)

7.5

3 Seasons

Comedy

Overview

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

Created By: Charles J. Correll

Episodes

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Ep 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.

28/06/195130 min

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Ep 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.

05/07/195130 min

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Ep 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.

12/07/195130 min

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Ep 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.

19/09/195130 min

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Ep 5

Kingfish Has a Baby

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

26/07/195130 min

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Ep 6

Counterfeiters Rent Basement

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

02/08/195130 min

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Ep 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.

09/08/195130 min

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Ep 8

The Winslow Woman

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

16/08/195130 min

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Ep 9

The Gun

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

23/08/195130 min

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Ep 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.

30/08/195130 min

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Ep 11

Leroy Lends a Hand

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

06/09/195130 min

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Ep 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.

13/09/195130 min

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Ep 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.

20/09/195130 min

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Ep 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.

27/09/195130 min

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Ep 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.

04/10/195130 min

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Ep 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.

11/10/195130 min

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Ep 17

Getting Mama Married (1)

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

18/10/195130 min

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Ep 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.

25/10/195130 min

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Ep 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.

01/11/195130 min

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Ep 20

Traffic Violation

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

08/11/195130 min

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Ep 21

Quo Vadis

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

15/11/195130 min

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Ep 22

The Diner

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

22/11/195130 min

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Ep 23

The Turkey Dinner

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

29/11/195130 min

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Ep 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.

06/12/195130 min

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Ep 25