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Season 1 – The Amos and Andy Show

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George Stevens and his Harlem lodge brothers look for ways to get ahead.
The Amos and Andy Show — Season 1

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Episode 1 Aired Jun 28, 1951 Kingfish Gets Drafted The local draft board mixes up the Kingfish with another George Stevens. Details Episode 2 Aired Jul 5, 1951 Kingfish's Secretary Sapphire becomes jealous over Kingfish's new lodge hall secretary. Details Episode 3 Aired Jul 12, 1951 The Young Girl's Mother In spite of his friends' advice, Andy plans to marry a girl much younger than himself. Details Episode 4 Aired Jul 19, 1951 The Rare Coin The Kingfish swindles Andy out of a rare nickel; he unthinkingly drops it in the slot of a lunchroom's phone booth and places a call; they must figure out how to retrieve the valuable coin without getting caught. Details Episode 5 Aired Jul 26, 1951 Kingfish Has a Baby The Kingfish decides to reform because he thinks he is about to become a father. Details Episode 6 Aired Aug 2, 1951 Counterfeiters Rent Basement Kingfish rents the lodge hall's basement to a printing company; unbeknownst to him, the only thing being printed is counterfeit money. Details Episode 7 Aired Aug 9, 1951 Sapphire Disappears After Sapphire and her Mama go missing, the Kingfish fears the worst. Details Episode 8 Aired Aug 16, 1951 The Winslow Woman Kingfish has Andy pose as a baron to trick a rich widow into marrying him. Details Episode 9 Aired Aug 23, 1951 The Gun The Kingfish purchases a gift for Sapphire for their anniversary; 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. Details Episode 10 Aired Aug 30, 1951 Call Lehigh 4-9900 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. Details Episode 11 Aired Sep 6, 1951 Leroy Lends a Hand 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 sells one of the cars. Details Episode 12 Aired Sep 13, 1951 The Fur Coat 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 thinks it's a present for her. Details Episode 13 Aired Sep 20, 1951 Jewelry Store Robbery Andy inadvertently shoots a photograph of a jewelry store robber; the Kingfish tries to swindle him out of half the $1,000 reward. Details Episode 14 Aired Sep 27, 1951 Kingfish's Last Friend Feeling that he hasn't a friend in the world, the Kingfish wants to turn over a new leaf by becoming honest. Details Episode 15 Aired Oct 4, 1951 Andy Buys a House 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 is condemned to make room for a new highway. Details Episode 16 Aired Oct 11, 1951 Amost Helps Out Feeling that he's unappreciated by his wife, Kingfish concocts a scheme to cause Sapphire to believe they're not legally married. Details Episode 17 Aired Oct 18, 1951 Getting Mama Married: Part 1 Kingfish's attempt to marry off Sapphire's mother puts him in dire financial straits. Details Episode 18 Aired Oct 25, 1951 Getting Mama Married: Part 2 Having learned his mother-in-law's suitor is a con-artist, Kingfish digs himself ever deeper to fix things. Details Episode 19 Aired Nov 1, 1951 The Happy Stevenses 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. Details Episode 20 Aired Nov 8, 1951 Traffic Violation 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. Details Episode 21 Aired Nov 15, 1951 Quo Vadis 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. Details Episode 22 Aired Nov 22, 1951 The Diner While out for a Sunday drive with Sapphire and Mama, the Kingfish sees a diner for sale; he and Andy go in together to buy it; a new highway that routes traffic away from the diner throws a wrench in their plan. Details Episode 23 Aired Nov 29, 1951 The Turkey Dinner The Kingfish figures there's 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. Details Episode 24 Aired Dec 6, 1951 Ready-Made Family The Kingfish must put together a phony family quickly to convince his visiting Uncle Clarence to keep him in his will after having lied to him. Details Episode 25 Aired Dec 20, 1951 Relatives After Sapphire's mama moves in with the Kingfish and Sapphire, a domestic court judge orders Mama to stay out of all arguments between man and wife; the Kingfish uses this order to his advantage. Details Episode 26 Aired Dec 27, 1951 Andy Gets a Telegram Andy gets a job opportunity in Brazil; Kingfish seeks to steal the opportunity from Andy; he's foiled when he discovers that the opportunity is fake, designed by Sapphire to keep Kingfish away from Andy's bad influence. Details Episode 27 Aired Jan 3, 1952 Hospitalization 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. Details

Season Info

Network
CBS
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date
Jun 28, 1951