CTVA
The Classic TV
Archive - US Comedy Series
Amos
'n' Andy
Episode Guide -
May 2007
(#1.1)
compiled by
The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by:
Jim Brent,
Tom Alger
references:
TV Guide, British Film Institute
Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (http://us.imdb.com)
UCLA Film and Television Archive
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AMOS 'N' ANDY
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Hal Roach Studios, Inc.
under the supervision of Sidney VanKeuren
for
CBS (Thursdays 8:30 PM ET)
Exec Producer James D. Fonda (?)
Production Supervised by Charles J. Correll & Freeman F. Gosden
Produced & Directed by Charles Barton
US comedy series 1951-53 78 episodes x 30 min bw
(28Jun51-11Jun53) (only 70 known to exist)
Starring
Alvin Childress as Amos Jones, cab-driver
Spencer Williams as Andrew Hogg Brown
with
Tim Moore as George "Kingfish" Stevens, scheming con man
Johnny Lee as Algonquin J. Calhoun, fast-talking lawyer
Ernestine Wade as Sapphire Stevens, Kingfish's nagging wife
*
Nick O'Demus as Lightnin',janitor at the lodge
Horace Stewart as Lightnin'janitor at the lodge (aka for same actor?)
*
Jester Hairston as Sapphire's Mother/Henry Van Porter
Amanda Randolph as Sapphire's Mother
*
Lillian Randolph as Madame Queen
Jane Adams as Ruby Jones
Summary:
For its time, it was immensely popular and was the first tv comedy series
to employ an all Black cast.
Amos and Andy was absolutely hilarious thanks, in large part, to a
wonderfully talented cast. Tim Moore played "Kingfish" a character who
was constantly scheming to take advantage of his trusting friend Andy,
played by Spence Williams. Other cast members included Ernestine Wade as
Sapphire, Amanda Randolph as Sapphire's mother, and Johnny Lee as Algonquin
J. Calhoun,a fast-talking lawyer. For its time, it was perfectly ok to
portray blacks as generally poor and uneducated. But in time, civil rights
groups would object to the way it depicted blacks in America. Many have
said that it was no worse than Sanford & Sons which portrayed a man and
his son who ran a junk yard. In its own way, It broke ground that would
help pave the way to more responsible programing for all minorities.
Other Credits:
Directed by Charles Barton (most eps)
Written by Joe Connelly & Bob Mosher (most eps)(later wrote "Leave it to
Beaver")
Theme Music
Clarence Lucas theme: "the perfect song"
Background
The radio version was produced by Charles J. Correll & Freeman F. Gosden
############### Amos 'n' Andy ###############
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CBS Thursdays 8:30 PM ET
1.01 [--] Amos 'n' Andy: KINGFISH GETS DRAFTED
(series premiere)
28Jun51 CBS Thur 8:30pm
Synopsis:
When the Kingfish gets drafted, his wife and his lodge brothers applaud
but soon change their tune when his outfit is to go overseas. [TA]
*
--Excerpt from 29Jun1951 Chicago Tribune review:
The first show found the Kingfish, through an error, required to report to
his draft board. After discussing with Andy various ways of keeping out of
the army, he asked Sapphire to make a tear jerking appeal to the board.
She, however, was overjoyed to learn that the Kingfish had been tapped on
the shoulder for basic training. The board then discovered its error but
too late to save the Kingfish's face with his lodge pals. The Kingfish
stalled on reporting, bought a uniform and began masquerading as a soldier,
to delay a reckoning with his friends over their going away gifts. This is
situation comedy at its exaggerated best, the most promising serial strip
yet to hit TV.
*
--Excerpt from 01Jul1951 New York Times review:
Certainly it as the Kingfish's show last Thursday night when his draft board
sent him greetings by mistake. When the error was caught, after the Kingfish
had begun to love his role as a patriot, he told his friends that he was going
away to the Army but instead hid out in the basement of the lodge hall of the
Mytic Knights of the Sea.
As full-bodied entertainment the story line was woefully thin. It wound up with
the Kingfish's wife and mother-in-law breaking vases over his head and sending
him to the hospital when they learned he hadn't gone to the Army after all.
[--] Amos 'n' Andy: RARE COIN (Pilot)
Synopsis 1:
Kingfish intercepts a letter from a rare coin dealer to Andy telling
him that a nickel in his possession is worth $250. Kingfish pockets the
letter and sets out to get the coin from Andy. [TA]
Synopsis 2:
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.
[02] 05Jul51 CBS Thur
[03] 12Jul51
[04] 19Jul51
[05] 26Jul51
[06] 02Aug51
[07] 09Aug51
[08] 16Aug51
[09] Amos 'n' Andy: THE GUN
23Aug51 CBS Thur
Synopsis 1:
When Kingfish totes a gun there’s trouble. [JB]
Synopsis 2:
Kingfish buys a pocketbook as a birthday gift for Sapphire. The one he
chooses has a gun in it, hidden there by a runaway robber. Kingfish
decides to recoup the price of the gift by pawning the gun. [JB/TA]
Synopsis 3:
The Kingfish, trying to pawn a gun, is mistaken for a robber.
[10] Amos 'n' Andy: (episode title not known)
30Aug51 CBS Thur
Kingfish has marital troubles again. [JB]
[11] 06Sep51
[12] 13Sep51
[13] 20Sep51
[14] 27Sep51
[15] 04Oct51
[16] 11Oct51
[17] 18Oct51
[18] 25Oct51
[19] 01Nov51
[20] 08Nov51
[21] 15Nov51
[22] 22Nov51
[--] Amos 'n' Andy: THE DINER
Fall51 CBS Thur - original airdate not known (Network rerun 15May52)
Synopsis 1:
Kingfish and Andy think they’ve hit a goldmine when they purchase a roadside
diner only to find the highway has been switched. [JB]
Synopsis 2:
Andy and Kingfish think they've hit a goldmine when they purchase a
roadside diner. It always was so crowded until the new highway bypassed it.
[TA]
Synopsis 3:
The Kingfish and Andy buy a diner, which was doing a good business, and
run it out of business.
[--] Amos 'n' Andy: TURKEY DINNER
Nov51 CBS Thur (Network rerun 22May52)
Synopsis 1:
Sapphire’s women’s club is planning a dinner and Kingfish decides to buy
the food wholesale so he can pocket the savings. [JB]
Synopsis 2:
Kingfish persuades Sapphire to let him buy turkeys for her club’s annual
dinner figuring to make a few dollars on the deal. Kingfish goes off to
the country to buy the turkeys. He buys a batch from a man who looks
honest to him which proves it takes more than a swindler to know one. [JB]
Synopsis 3:
The Kingfish is conned into buying stolen turkeys from a country
bumpkin.
[23] 29Nov51
[24] 06Dec51
[25] 13Dec51
[26] 20Dec51
[27] 27Dec51
[28] 03Jan52
[29] 10Jan52
[30] 17Jan52
[31] 24Jan52
[32] 31Jan52
[33] Amos 'n' Andy: SAPHIRE DISAPPEARS [TA]
07Feb52 CBS Thur
Synopsis 1:
Kingfish and Sapphire have an argument and she goes home to mother. [JB]
Synopsis 2:
The Kingfish thinks Sapphire has been murdered when she leaves him
in a huff and he can find no trace of her. [TA]
[34] 14Feb52 - no details
[35] 21Feb52 - no details
[36] Amos 'n' Andy: LEROY LENDS A HAND
28Feb52 CBS Thur
Synopsis 1:
Leroy confuses parking lot with used car lot and starts selling cars in the
parking lot. [JB]
Synopsis 2:
Kingfish and Andy buy a parking lot. They go off to lunch and leave brother
-in-law Leroy in charge of the place. Leroy sees a dented fender
and thinks the boys operate a used car lot. [JB/TA]
Synopsis 2:
The Kingfish and Andy go into the parking lot business and wind up in
the used car business.
[37] Amos 'n' Andy: FUR COAT
(Not to be confused with "The Society Party")
06Mar52 CBS Thur
Synopsis 1:
Kingfish gets a job as a messenger. Wife thinks he has purchased a
fur coat for her. [JB]
Synopsis 2:
Kingfish, who works for a department store, finds himself with an
undelivered fur coat which Sapphire thinks is a gift for her. [JB]
Synopsis 3:
Kingfish's job as a delivery boy for a department store leads Sapphire
to think he has bought a beaver coat for her. [TA]
Synopsis 4:
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.
[38] Amos 'n' Andy: JEWELRY STORE ROBBERY
13Mar52 CBS Thur
Synopsis 1:
Kingfish and Andy get a picture of a robber. He chases them trying to destroy
the evidence.
Synopsis 2:
Andy and the Kingfish find that a snapshot they took is worth $1000
because it shows a man robbing a store.
[39] Amos 'n' Andy: (episode title not known)
2Mar52 CBS Thur
Andy gets hold of some money, the Kingfish tries to fleece him out of it. [JB]
[40] 27Mar52 - no details
[41] Amos 'n' Andy: AMOS HELPS OUT
03Apr52 CBS Thur
Synopsis 1:
During a fight, Sapphire tells Kingfish she wishes she had never married
him. [JB/TA]
Synopsis 2:
When Kingfish and Sapphire have another of their many fights, Amos
steps in to restore peace. [TA]
Synopsis 3:
After a domestic fight, the Kingfish writes a fake letter from the
license bureau stating that he and Sapphire were never legally married.
1.xx [42] Amos 'n' Andy: GETTING MAMA MARRIED (Part 1)
10Apr52 CBS Thur
Guest star:
Amanda Randolph
Synopsis:
Kingfish gets involved in trying to marry off his mother-in-law to a
wealthy suitor. [JB/TA]
Synopsis 2:
The Kingfish's mother-in-law elopes with a conman and a fleecer of
widows.
1.xx [43] Amos 'n' Andy: GETTING MAMA MARRIED (Part 2)
17Apr52 CBS
Synopsis: 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.
[44] Amos 'n' Andy: THE HAPPY STEVENSES
24Apr52 CBS Thur
Synopsis 1:
Kingfish and Sapphire listen to the Happy Stevenes on radio and decide
to visit them and see if they are really happy. [JB]
Synopsis 2:
Sapphire and Kingfish have a fight over the choice of a morning radio
program. [JB/TA]
Synopsis 3:
The Kingfish and Sapphire imitate participants in a radio show about a
happy marriage, in order to change the pattern of their stormy marriage.
[45] Amos 'n' Andy: TRAFFIC VIOLATION
01May52 CBS Thur
Synopsis 1:
Kingfish and Andy buy a car together. They agree to share it on
alternate weeks. [JB/TA]
Synopsis 2:
The Kingfish and Andy, co-owners of a car, compete with each other
in the collection of traffic tickets.
[46] Amos 'n' Andy: QUO VADIS
08May52 CBS Thur
Synopsis 1:
Kingfish tries to live up to the tall tales of success he has been
sending back to his hometown newspaper. The local editor comes to
New York and wants to give a party in honor of the successful George
“Kingfish” Stevens. [JB/TA]
Synopsis 2:
The Kingfish goes to a lavish dinner party at which he finds,
uncomfortably, that Sapphire is a waitress.
[--] 15May52 Rerun of "The Diner" (first aired fall 1951)
[--] 22May52 Rerun of "Turkey Dinner" (first aired Nov51)
[47] Amos 'n' Andy: READY MADE FAMILY
29May52 CBS Thur
Synopsis 1:
Sapphire decides to leave town when Kingfish’s rich uncle is coming for
a visit. Kingfish borrows kids to impress his rich uncle who likes
families. [JB]
Synopsis 2:
Kingfish is on the spot when his wife announces plans to go out of town
simultaneously with the news that his rich uncle is about to arrive for
a visit. The uncle thinks Kingfish has a large family - now he doesn't
even have a wife to show off. [TA]
Synopsis 3:
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.
[48] Amos 'n' Andy: RELATIVES
05Jun52 CBS Thur
Synopsis 1:
Mother-in-law interference and brother-in-law Leroy’s complaints ruin
Kingfish’s domestic bliss. [JB]
Synopsis 2:
Kingfish is tricked into inviting Sapphire’s relatives to live with
them. [JB]
Synopsis 3:
Kingfish is ready to cry uncle when Momma's interference and brother-in-law
Leroy's complaints ruin chances for his and Sapphire's domestic bliss.
[TA]
Synopsis 4:
Claiming that his mother-in-law disturbs his home, the Kingfish takes
his problems to family court. Meanwhile, more relatives show up.
[49] Amos 'n' Andy: ANDY GETS A TELEGRAM
12Jun52 CBS Thur
Synopsis 1:
Andy receives a telegram with an offer of a big job in South
America. [JB]
Synopsis 2:
When Andy receives a telegram from a rich uncle offering him a
high-paying job in South America, Kingfish learns about it and
breaks him promise to Sapphire to avoid Andy and promises to
help his old friend book passage. Kingfish makes a reservation
for Andy on a cattle boat and then decides he
wants to go to South America himself. [TA]
Synopsis 3:
The Kingfish winds up on a cattle boat bound for South America when
Sapphire plots to separate him from his worthless friends.
[50] Amos 'n' Andy: THE SECRETARY (aka Kingfish’s Secretary)
19Jun52 CBS Thur
Synopsis 1:
Kingfish hires a beautiful secretary, much to the annoyance of
Sapphire. [TA]
Synopsis 2:
The Kingfish mistakenly signs a letter requesting a mail order bride
with a letter requesting a wash woman for the building.
Synopsis 3:
A member dies and leaves funds to the lodge. Kingfish goes wild
redecorating and expanding lodge headquarters. [JB]
[51] Amos 'n' Andy: HOSPITALIZATION
26Jun52 CBS Thur
Synopsis 1:
Kingfish goes into the hospital insurance business. [JB]
Synopsis 2:
Kingfish tries to sell Andy some health insurance. Andy proves a tough
customer to convince that he's ill. [TA]
Synopsis 3:
When Kingfish decides that hospitalization policies, if sold to
strictly healthy people, can provide him with a lucrative income, he
decides to go
into the business of selling health insurance. [TA]
Synopsis 4:
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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"Amos 'n' Andy" alternates with "The Steve Allen Show" (03Jul52- 11Sep52)
CBS Thursdays 8:30 PM Eeastern
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[--]03Jul52 Steve Allen Show
[52] Amos 'n' Andy: THE PIGGY BANK
10Jul52 CBS Thur
Synopsis 1
Kingfish tries to take over Sapphire’s money which she had saved for a second
honeymoon. [JB]
Synopsis 2:
Kingfish approaches his 25th anniversary with fear and trepidation. He’s been
taking
money that Sapphire had been saving for a trip.[JB/TA]
Synopsis 3:
The Kingfish has been stealing money from Sapphire's piggy bank and wins a quiz
show
jackpot just in time for his and Sapphire's 25th anniversary. []
[--] 17Jul52 Steve Allen Show
[53] 24Jul52 CBS Thur
Kingfish suspects Sapphire of having a boyfriend and with the aid of Andy tries
to trap him. [JB]
[--] The Amos 'n' Andy show: Sapphire's Mysterious Admirer
The Kingfish believes that Sapphire is in love with another man and
that she and her beau are planning to get rid of him.
[--] 31Jul52 Steve Allen Show
[54] 07Aug52 - no details
[--] 14Aug52 Steve Allen Show
[55] Amos 'n' Andy: THE BROKEN CLOCK
21Aug52 CBS Thur
Synopsis 1:
Kingfish is presented with a valuable clock for his twenty years service to the
Mystic
Knights of the Seas Lodge. [JB]
Synopsis 2:
Andy and Kingfish find themselves on a top-secret job when they're mistaken
by a plant executive for the mechanics who are to test a new invention. [TA]
Synopsis :
Andy and the Kingfish accidentally become involved with a top military
secret and the FBI when they mistakenly take a new secret altimeter
clock for a replacement for their broken one.
[--] 28Aug52 Steve Allen Show
1.xx [56] Amos 'n' Andy: THE BOARDER [JB]
04Sep52 CBS Thur
Synopsis 1:
When Sapphire’s Mama goes to visit her other daughter,
she rents her room to an opera singer. [JB]
Synopsis 2:
When mama goes on vacation, Sapphire rents her room to an opera singer,
saying it brings culture to the house. But Kingfish only hears noise.
[TA]
Synopsis 3:
Sapphire maintains that her boarder, a singer with a large appetite, is
a cultural asset, but to the Kingfish he is a gorging freeloader.
[-- ] 11Sep52 Steve Allen Show (last in this slot)
############### Amos 'n' Andy ###############
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CBS Thursdays 8:30 PM ET
(alternates with "Four Star Playhouse")
(09Sep52-11Jun53, “21” episodes)
2.xx [58] Amos 'n' Andy: (episode title not known)
18Sep52 CBS Thur
The Lodge is mistaken for a matrimonial agency. [JB]
[--] 25Sep52 Four Star Playhouse (premier)
(continues alternate weeks through final episode)
2.xx [59] Amos 'n' Andy: ARABIA [JB]
02Oct52 CBS Thur
Guest Cast:
Syd Saylor
Vince Townsend
Roz Haynes
Synopsis 1:
In a deal to pocket a fast $200 commission, the Kingfish signs
pal Andy as a welder in the Saudi Arabia oil fields. Andy
smells a rat before sailing, however, and does a quick fade,
but the Kingfish is not so fortunate. [JB]
Synopsis 2:
Kingfish is threatened with eviction for non-payment of rent.
But he’s got a plan a foot. A company is paying $200 for
workers who’ll go to Arabia. The gullible Andrew J. Brown
seems an excellent prospect for an overseas venture. [JB]
Synopsis 3:
The Kingfish sets up a phony raffle that forces him to wind up in
Arabia drilling for oil, trying to earn enough money to get
home.
[--] 9Oct52 - Four Star Playhouse
2.xx [60] Amos 'n' Andy: KINGFISH SELLS A LOT
16Oct52 CBS Thur
Kingfish decides to dispose of a worthless piece of land he’s
had for 20 years. Andy is as usual, the best prospect for a
shady deal. But it's Andy who gets the last laugh. [JB/TA]
[--] 23Oct52 - Four Star Playhouse
2.xx [61] Amos 'n' Andy: THE RACE HORSE [JB]
30Oct52 CBS Thur
Synopsis 1:
Kingfish thinks he’s seen the last of a broken-down racehorse
belonging to Sapphire’s cousin when he sells the nag to Andy.
Andy is broke after the purchase and goes in hock for the horse
food. [JB]
Synopsis 2:
The Kingfish gets conned when Andy sells him a broken down race horse.
[--] 6Nov52 - Four Star Playhouse
2.xx [62] Amos 'n' Andy: COUSIN EFFIE'S WILL [JB]
13Nov52 CBS Thur
Synopsis 1:
It looks as if Kingfish will miss out on the $2000, which the
will of his late cousin stipulates is to be given to each new
member of the Stephens family. [JB]
Synopsis 2:
The Kingfish adopts Andy so that he will become eligible for a
$2000 bequest under the terms of Cousin Effie's will.
[--] 20Nov52 - Four Star Playhouse
2.xx [63] Amos 'n' Andy: RESTITUTION [JB]
27Nov52 CBS Thur
Synopsis 1:
Hiding out from the police after a “restitution” deal backfires,
the Kingfish and Andy finally surrender to the pangs of hunger.
[JB]
Synopsis 2:
Inspired by a sermon, Kingfish plans to reform and make restitution
for pasts ins. [TA]
Synopsis 3:
While trying to do a good deed and repay a jeweler for the use of
his electricity, the Kingfish becomes a fugitive from justice when
he accidentally trips the store's burglar alarm.
[--] 4Dec52 - Four Star Playhouse
2.xx [64] Amos 'n' Andy: THE ANTIQUE SHOP [JB]
11Dec52 CBS Thur
Synopsis 1:
Kingfish is offered a handsome commission if he can talk his
rich cousin Leo into buying a near bankrupt antique shop.
Calhoun poses as Kingfish who has already had a run-in with
his luckless (and soon to be penniless) cousin. [JB/TA]
Synopsis 2:
The Kingfish outfoxes himself when he sends all his lodge brothers
into an antique shop to convince his cousin Leo to buy it, but with
all those customers the store owner won't sell.
[--] 18Dec52 - Four Star Playhouse
2.xx [65] Amos 'n' Andy: CHRISTMAS SHOW [JB]
25Dec52 CBS Thur
Synopsis 1:
Andy can’t afford to buy his godchild, Arbadella, the black
talking doll she wants from the Globe Department Store, so
he becomes Santa for a day to earn it. Amos explains “The Lord'’
Prayer” to Arbadella as it plays on the radio on Christmas Eve.
[JB]
Synopsis 2:
Andy takes his god-daughter Arabella shopping and she sees the doll
she wants from Santa. [TA]
Synopsis 3:
Andy is working very hard to earn enough money to buy a doll for his
godchild.
Synopsis 4:
Correll and Gosden appear as themselves in a filmed introduction
to the TV adaptation of their annual Christmas episode.
Sponsored by Blatz Brewing Company Division of Schenley Distillers
(Blatz Beer).
[--] 1Jan53 - Four Star Playhouse
2.xx [66] Amos 'n' Andy: THE BIRTHDAY CARD [JB]
08Jan53 CBS Thur
Synopsis 1:
The Kingfish swears innocence when he receives a birthday card
signed Sweetheart, but then remembers that an old flame, Gloria,
is in town. [JB]
Synopsis 2:
Sapphire is more than a little angry when Kingfish receives a birthday
card signed "Sweethart." The Kingfish swears innocence but then remembers
that an old flame is in town. [TA]
Synopsis 3:
Sapphire gives the Kingfish the third degree and wants to know why he
received a birthday card signed Sweetheart.
[--] 15Jan53 - Four Star Playhouse
2.xx [67] Amos 'n' Andy: THE BALLET TICKETS [JB]
22Jan53 CBS Thur
Synopsis 1:
A con-man drops a wallet in the street and then calls police to report
that it has been stolen. Kingfish picks it up and gives his wife the
tickets. [JB/TA]
Synopsis 2:
The Kingfish gives Sapphire some stolen ballet tickets which land
her in jail. She ends up in jail a second time when the Kingfish
gives her a phony five dollar bill.
[--]29Jan53 - possibly Four Star Playhouse
2.xx [68] Amos 'n' Andy: ANDY GETS MARRIED [JB]
05Feb53 CBS Thur
Synopsis 1:
Andy comes to Kingfish’s house to announce his engagement. But
when he meets another guest, the lovely Mary Thompson, he begins
to doubt his choice of a bride-to-be. [JB/TA]
Synopsis 2:
Double trouble for Andy, he has gotten engaged to two women.
[--] 12Feb53 - Four Star Playhouse
2.xx [69] Amos 'n' Andy: LEROY'S SUITS [JB]
19Feb53 CBS Thur
Synopsis 1:
Kingfish goes to the wrong apartment to pickup some suits for his
brother-in-law, and the clothes he picks up belong to a policeman
who lives in the apartment. [JB/TA]
Synopsis 2:
The Kingfish stages a clothing sale at the Lodge using a lieutenant's
entire wardrobe.
[--] 26Feb53 - Four Star Playhouse
2.xx [70] Amos 'n' Andy: SEEING IS BELIEVING [JB]
05Mar53 CBS Thur
Synopsis 1:
Sapphire becomes suspicious when Kingfish makes a habit of arriving
home about 3 o’clock every morning. [JB/TA]
Synopsis 2:
On gossip provided by the pixilated Gribble Sisters, three old maid
neighbors, the Kingfish finds himself torn between a lifetime
philosophy, “Not to believe anything he doesn’t see with his own eyes,”
and a desire to commit mayhem on the trespasser his wife has been
entertaining as a ruse to make him jealous. [JB]
Synopsis 3:
Sapphire thinks the Kingfish is secretly dating so she decides to
make him jealous by having dinner alone with Andy.
[--] 12Mar53 - Four Star Playhouse
2.xx [71] Amos 'n' Andy: ANDY FALLS IN LOVE WITH AN ACTRESS [JB]
19Mar53 CBS Thur
Synopsis 1:
When Andy falls in love with an actress, Kingfish persuades him to
turn actor. [JB]
Synopsis 2:
Andy, jealous over his girlfriend's amorous scenes in a play,
decides to become an actor.
[--] 26Mar53 - Four Star Playhouse
2.xx [72] Amos 'n' Andy: SUPERFINE BRUSH [JB]
02Apr53 CBS Thur
Synopsis 1:
The Kingfish talks Andy into becoming his apprentice as a door-to-door
brush salesman, while he sits back and collects the commissions. [JB]
Synopsis 2:
Kingfish puts Andy's feet to work for him. [TA]
Synopsis 3:
The Kingfish pushed by Sapphire to get a job, becomes a door-to-door
salesman, persuading Andy to take over at no salary.
[--] 9Apr53 - Four Star Playhouse
2.xx [73] Amos 'n' Andy: KINGFISH AT THE BALLGAME [JB]
16Apr53 CBS Thur
Synopsis 1:
A rich widow waves so frantically at a ballgame, that she drops her
diamond ring in Kingfish’s box of crackerjack. [JB]
Synopsis 2:
At the ball game, a rich widow waves so frantically that she drops her
diamond ring into Kingfish's crackerjack box. As usual, Kingfish sells
the "gimmick" to Andy. [TA]
Synopsis 3:
The Kingfish sells Andy a ring he finds in his crackerjack box before
he finds out how valuable the ring really is.
[--] 23Apr53 - Four Star Playhouse
2.xx [74] Amos 'n' Andy: THE KINGFISH FINDS HIS FUTURE [JB]
30Apr53 CBS Thur
Synopsis 1:
Kingfish is so discouraged by his inability to get a job that he
decides to take some career aptitude tests which reveal he is an
artistic genius. [JB/TA]
Synopsis 2:
The Kingfish takes an aptitude test and finds he should become a
painter, not of pictures but of buildings and walls.
[--] 7May53 - Four Star Playhouse
2.xx [75] Amos 'n' Andy: SAPPHIRE'S SISTER [JB]
14May53 CBS Thur
Synopsis 1
When Kingfish’s school-teaching sister-in-law comes to stay, he
discovers that a man’s home is not always his castle. [JB/TA]
Synopsis 2:
The Kingfish has to sleep on the living room couch because his
sister-in-law has come to live with them. [JB]
Synopsis 3:
The Kingfish wrangles a marriage between Andy and Sapphire's sister,
then learns she has $10,000 in the savings bank.
[--] 21May53 - Four Star Playhouse
2.xx [76] Amos 'n' Andy: (episode title not known)
28May53 CBS Thur
The Kingfish is furious when Sapphire gets flowers from an old
admirer. [JB]
[--] 04Jun53 - Four Star Playhouse
2.xx [77] Amos 'n' Andy: THE ADOPTION
11Jun53 CBS Thur
Synopsis 1:
Sapphire entrusts Kingish with little nephew Horace in order to show
her husband the joys of parenthood. Horace is enough to destroy anyone's
enthusiasm. [JB/TA]
Synopsis 2:
Sapphire convinces Kinfish that they should adopt a child. In order to
indoctrinate him into the pleasures of parenthood, she gives him the
job of caring for her nephew, Horace. After one afternoon with the overly
playful Horace, Kingfish loses interest in the adoption plans. [TA]
Synopsis 3:
The Kingfish falls in love with a baby which is up for adoption, but
instead is stuck with Horrible Horace, Sapphire's pesty nephew.
x.xx [--] Amos 'n' Andy: THE INCOME TAX SHOW
rerun
12-July-1953 ???? [BFI]
Written by Bob Ross
Directed by ?
Guest Cast
Forrest Lewis
Mille Bruce ........ Darlene
Byron Foulger
Synopsis 1:
Andy and Kingfish are sure they filed their income tax return. They can't
understand the summons from the Internal Revenue Department. [TA]
Synopsis 2:
Andy and the Kingfish are frightened when they have to appear before the
Internal Revenue Service. It turns out all they have to do is fill out
new forms.
x.xx [--] Amos 'n' Andy: THE LIGHT BLUE CAR
rerun
30-Aug-1953 ???? [BFI]
Written by Bob Ross & Dave Schwartz
Directed by Charles Barton
Guest Cast:
Dudley Dickerson
Emily Banks
Synopsis 1:
Kingfish sleeps soundly in the lodge hall while crooks outside borrow
his car. [TA]
Synopsis 2:
The Kingfish finds himself accused of robbery when his car is used
unknowingly in a holdup.
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[--] The Amos 'n' Andy show: Andy Goes into Business
Andy goes into business and the Kingfish decides he wants to get in
on the deal.
[--] The Amos 'n' Andy show: New Neighbors
While trying to get rid of neighbors who borrow everything, the
Kingfish uses the crying of a baby and a sound effects record, but
the plan backfires as the Kingfish is about to be evicted.
[--] The Amos 'n' Andy show: The Lodge Brothers Complain
The Kingfish tries to snatch a bride away from her wedding because
he thinks she is his wife
[--] The Amos 'n' Andy show: Viva La France
Andy, Calhoun, and the Kingfish all become engaged to a French girl
named Colette Duval who doesn't understand English.
[--] The Amos 'n' Andy show: Vacation Show
The Kingfish tries to swindle Andy by taking him on a trip through
Central Park and pretending it is the entire USA.
[--] The Amos 'n' Andy show: The Classified Ad
Andy puts a wife-seeking ad in the newspaper and gets a good
response, but all the applicants need dental work.
[--] The Amos 'n' Andy show: The Society Party
The Kingfish and Andy try to get their ladies to wear the same fur
coat at the same time, to the same party.
[--] The Amos 'n' Andy show: The Convention
In Chicago, the Kingfish gets a sample of the con game from his wife
Sapphire who gets them to turn over their money to her, using a
disguise, leaving the boys no money to get home.
[--] The Amos 'n' Andy show: The Girl Upstairs
The Kingfish is convinced that his marriage is headed for disaster
when he finds a diary in Sapphire's closet which mentions a
rival.
[--] The Amos 'n' Andy show: Kingfish Goes to Work
The Kingfish has Andy take over his job as handyman at a university
and pays him with a college home study.
[--] The Amos 'n' Andy show: The Eyeglass
The Kingfish devises a plot to make Andy fail his road test so that
he can buy his car cheaply.
[--] The Amos 'n' Andy show: Mr. Jackson Comes to Town
The Kingfish goes on a self-improvement course because Sapphire goes
overboard over an ex-boyfriend and former Mr. America.
[--] The Amos 'n' Andy show: 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.
[--] The Amos 'n' Andy show: Counterfeiters Rent Basement
Andy is a hero when he overpowers a gang of counterfeiters and
collects a fat reward.
[--] The Amos 'n' Andy show: Kingfish has a Baby
The Kingfish decides to reform because he thinks he is about to
become a father.
[--] The Amos 'n' Andy show: 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.
[--] The Amos 'n' Andy show: The Winslow Woman
The Kingfish wants Andy to marry wealthy Mrs. Winslow, even when the
not-so-wealthy woman actually show up.
[--] The Amos 'n' Andy show: 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.
[--] The Amos 'n' Andy show: 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.
[--] The Amos 'n' Andy show: The Chinchilla Business
The Kingfish sells a couple of rabbits to Andy for $50 by telling
him they are chinchillas
[--] The Amos 'n' Andy show: The Uranium Mine
Andy shells out money for swampland and invests in the Kingfish's
uranium mine scheme.
[--] The Amos 'n' Andy show: Madame Queen's Voice
Madame Queen re-enters Andy's life because the Kingfish sees her
money-making possibilities as a singer.
[--] The Amos 'n' Andy show: Andy, the Godfather
The love of a 12-year-old for Andy's godchild is too much for him to
handle.
[--] The Amos 'n' Andy show: The Insurance Policy
A heaven-sent opportunity is given the Kingfish, Sapphire thinks he
has only three weeks to live, which gives him three weeks to
freeload.
[--] The Amos 'n' Andy show: The Kingfish Gets Amnesia
The Kingfish gets amnesia when all of his friends come over asking
him to repay old debts.
[--] The Amos 'n' Andy show: The Girl at the Station
At a party, the Kingfish is in good with the ladies and Sapphire
doesn't like it at all.
[--] The Amos 'n' Andy show: The Kingfish Teaches Andy to Fly
The Kingfish teaches Andy to fly, so that he can win back his girl
from a motor boat enthusiast.
[--] The Amos 'n' Andy show: The Kingfish Becomes a Press Agent
The Kingfish takes a job as a press agent in order to make money to
pay Andy off and get his mother-in-law's diamond pin back, but
things don't work out.
[--] The Amos 'n' Andy show: THE KINGFISH BUYS A CHAIR
The Kingfish buys an old chair stuffed with money and then, not
knowing the money is in the chair, he gives it away.
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Only these 5 episodes are listed on the
Library of Congress and they are
possibly the final 5 episodes produced
[--] The Amos 'n' Andy show: ENGAGEMENT RING
prod. no. 1714 (possibly a copyright clerical error - I think this might be
1774)
produced through the facilities of Hal Roach Studios
under the supervision of Sidney VanKeuren
directed by Charles Barton.
written for television by Bob Ross & Dave Schwartz;
script by Joe Connelly, Bob Mosher & Bob Ross (32 p.)(3d draft).
film editor: Daniel A. Nathan;
DPUB: 1Jun53
Synopsis 1:
Kingfish decides to earn easy money as a marriage broker. He convinces
Andy that he should marry plain Juliet Williams and "borrows" his wife's
engagement ring to clinch the deal. [TA]
Synopsis 2:
The Kingfish plays matchmaker and arranges a match between Andy and
an older woman, in the hope of collecting a services rendered
fee.
[--] The Amos 'n' Andy show : THE MEAL TICKET
prod. no. 1775
produced through the facilities of Hal Roach Studios
under the supervision of Sidney VanKeuren
directed by Charles Barton
Script by Bob Mosher, Joe Connelly, Bob Ross; (44 p.)
film editors: Daniel A. Nathan, Art Seid.
DPUB: 1Jun53
Synopsis 1:
The Kingfish has trouble raising money. [TA]
Synopsis 2:
Kingfish tries to run a restaurant without Sapphire's knowledge. [TA]
Synopsis 3:
Sapphire wants intellectuals to break in her new dinning room
furniture, but the Kingfish wants to sneak paying guests in
instead.
[--] The Amos 'n' Andy show : SECOND HONEYMOON
prod. no. 1776
produced and directed by Charles Barton.
Written by Paul West and Jay Sommers (37 p.)
director of photography: Edward Fitzgerald.
film editor: James Ballas;
DPUB: 3Jan55
Synopsis:
Plans for a second honeymoon almost fall apart when the Kingfish and
Sapphire argue over how they first met.
[--] The Amos 'n' Andy show : FATHER BY PROXY
prod. no. 1777
produced and directed by Charles Barton.
Written by Paul West and Jay Sommers (38 p.)
film editor: James Ballas;
director of photography: Edward Fitzgerald.
DPUB: 3Jan55
Synopsis 1:
Andy drives an expectant mother to the hospital and is mistaken for the
father. [TA]
Synopsis 2:
Driving a pregnant woman to the hospital, Andy is mistaken for the
father when a pushy nurse forces him to fill out forms and to sit in the
waiting room.
[--] The Amos 'n' Andy show : THE INVISIBLE GLASS STORY
prod. no. 1778
produced and directed by Charles Barton.
(c) 1954.
Written by Paul West & Jay Sommers (35 p.)
director of photography: Edward Fitzgerald
film editor: James Ballas.
DPUB: 3Jan55
Synopsis 1:
Kingfish learns that some stock he sold Andy is now valuable.
Synopsis 2:
The Kingfish gets into the stock market and sells everyone short,
including himself.
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