The Amos 'n Andy Show - Season 1
The Amos 'n Andy Show - Season 1
1951
Comedy
TV Season
Season 1 - Stories mostly centered on The Kingfish's schemes to get rich, often by duping his brothers in the Mystic Knights of the Sea Lodge.
Directed by:
Charles Barton
73 total credits
Credits include: Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, The Shaggy Dog, Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff, Africa Screams and The Time of Their Lives
Writers:
Freeman F. Gosden 5 total credits
Credits include: Check and Double Check, The Amos 'n Andy Show, The Lion Tamer, Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy and The Rasslin' Match
5 total credits
Credits include: Check and Double Check, The Amos 'n Andy Show, The Lion Tamer, Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy and The Rasslin' Match
Starring:
Nick Stewart
23 total credits
Credits include: Song of the South, Carmen Jones, Hollywood Shuffle, East Side, West Side and Down to Earth
14 total credits
She was an actress, known for The Amos 'n Andy Show (1951), Make Room for Daddy (1953) and Amanda (1948). She was married to Harry Hansberry. She died on August 24, 1967 in Duarte, California, USA. The sister of Lilian Randolph.
8 total credits
Credits include: The Amos 'n Andy Show, The Lazarus Papers, Flesh Wounds, The Black King and Legend of the Dragon
10 total credits
Credits include: The Day of the Locust, Cheech & Chong's Next Movie, The Main Event, Anna Lucasta and High Time
8 total credits
Credits include: Three Violent People, High Time, The Amos 'n Andy Show, The Guns of Fort Petticoat and Bernardine
42 total credits
American actor, writer, director, and producer whose early pioneering work in African-American or "race" films was eclipsed in fame by his role as one of the title characters in the equally pioneering and also controversial 1950s sitcom The Amos 'n Andy Show (1951).
Ratings & Reviews
Kingfish Gets Drafted (1951) - S1E1
The local draft board mixes up the Kingfish with another George Stevens.
Kingfish's Secretary (1951) - S1E2
Sapphire becomes jealous over Kingfish's new lodge hall secretary.
In spite of his friends' advice, Andy plans to marry a girl much younger than himself.
The Rare Coin (1951) - S1E4
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 (1951) - S1E5
The Kingfish decides to reform because he thinks he is about to become a father.
Kingfish rents the lodge hall's basement to a printing company. Unbeknownst to him, the only thing being printed is counterfeit money.
Sapphire Disappears (1951) - S1E7
After Sapphire and her Mama go missing, the Kingfish fears the worst.
The Winslow Woman (1951) - S1E8
Kingfish has Andy pose as a baron to trick a rich widow into marrying him.
The Gun (1951) - S1E9
The 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 (1951) - S1E10
Sapphire 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 (1951) - S1E11
Sapphire's brother, LeRoy comes to live with them. He goes to work for Kingfish and Andy at their parking lot. Thinking it is a used car lot, he inadvertently sells one of the cars.
The Fur Coat (1951) - S1E12
When 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 (1951) - S1E13
Andy inadvertently shoots a photograph of a jewelry store robber, and the Kingfish tries to gyp him out of half the $1,000 reward.
Kingfish's Last Friend (1951) - S1E14
Feeling that he hasn't a friend in the world, the Kingfish wants to turn over a new leaf by becoming honest.
Andy Buys a House (1951) - S1E15
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.
Amos Helps Out (1951) - S1E16
Feeling that he's unappreciated by his wife, Kingfish concocts a scheme to cause Sapphire to believe they were never legally married.
Kingfish's attempt to marry off Sapphire's mother puts him in dire financial straits.
Having learned his mother-in-law's suitor is a con-artist, Kingfish digs himself ever deeper trying to fix things.
The Happy Stevenses (1951) - S1E19
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.
The Turkey Dinner (1951) - S1E23
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.
Andy Gets a Telegram (1951) - S1E26
Andy receives a telegram offering him a job in Brazil working for his uncle. Kingfish intercepts the message and he decides to try to cheat Andy out of this golden opportunity.
Hospitalization (1952) - S1E27
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.
Cast & Info
Directed by:
Charles Barton 73 total credits
Credits include: Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, The Shaggy Dog, Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff, Africa Screams and The Time of Their Lives
Writers:
Freeman F. Gosden 5 total credits
Credits include: Check and Double Check, The Amos 'n Andy Show, The Lion Tamer, Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy and The Rasslin' Match
5 total credits
Credits include: Check and Double Check, The Amos 'n Andy Show, The Lion Tamer, Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy and The Rasslin' Match
Starring:
Nick Stewart 23 total credits
Credits include: Song of the South, Carmen Jones, Hollywood Shuffle, East Side, West Side and Down to Earth
14 total credits
She was an actress, known for The Amos 'n Andy Show (1951), Make Room for Daddy (1953) and Amanda (1948). She was married to Harry Hansberry. She died on August 24, 1967 in Duarte, California, USA. The sister of Lilian Randolph.
8 total credits
Credits include: The Amos 'n Andy Show, The Lazarus Papers, Flesh Wounds, The Black King and Legend of the Dragon
10 total credits
Credits include: The Day of the Locust, Cheech & Chong's Next Movie, The Main Event, Anna Lucasta and High Time
8 total credits
Credits include: Three Violent People, High Time, The Amos 'n Andy Show, The Guns of Fort Petticoat and Bernardine
42 total credits
American actor, writer, director, and producer whose early pioneering work in African-American or "race" films was eclipsed in fame by his role as one of the title characters in the equally pioneering and also controversial 1950s sitcom The Amos 'n Andy Show (1951).
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