Amos 'n' Andy
Amos 'n' Andy: Season 1
Season 2

Air Date

June 28, 1951

Episodes

27 episodes

Amos 'n' Andy

Season 1

Episodes

1. Kingfish Gets Drafted

June 28, 1951
30 min

When the Kingfish gets drafted, his wife and his lodge brothers applaud but soon change their tune when his outfit is to go overseas.

2. Kingfish's Secretary

July 5, 1951
30 min

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.

3. Young Girl's Mother

July 12, 1951
30 min

Andy wants to marry a very young girl until he meets her mother, a formidable woman he jilted many years ago.

4. Rare Coin

September 19, 1951
30 min

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.

5. Kingfish Has a Baby

July 26, 1951
30 min

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

6. Counterfeiters Rent Basement

August 2, 1951
30 min

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

7. Sapphire Disappears

August 9, 1951
30 min

The Kingfish thinks Sapphire has been murdered when she leaves him in a huff and he can find no trace of her.

8. The Winslow Woman

August 16, 1951
30 min

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

9. The Gun

August 23, 1951
30 min

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

10. Call Lehigh 4-9900

August 30, 1951
30 min

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.

11. Leroy Lends a Hand

September 6, 1951
30 min

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

12. Fur Coat

September 13, 1951
30 min

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. Jewelry Store Robbery

September 20, 1951
30 min

Andy and the Kingfish find that a snapshot they took is worth $1000 because it shows a man robbing a store.

14. Kingfish's Last Friend

September 27, 1951
30 min

The Kingfish has swindled too many people and is losing all of his friends so he goes on a reform kick.

15. Andy Buys a House

October 4, 1951
30 min

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.

16. Amos Helps Out

10.0
October 11, 1951
30 min

After a domestic fight, the Kingfish writes a fake letter form the license bureau stating that he and Sapphire were never legally married.

17. Getting Mama Married (1)

October 18, 1951
30 min

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

18. Getting Mama Married (2)

October 25, 1951
30 min

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.

19. The Happy Stevenses

November 1, 1951
30 min

The Kingfish and Sapphire imitate participants in a radio show about a happy marriage, in order to change the pattern of their stormy marriage.

20. Traffic Violation

November 8, 1951
30 min

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

21. Quo Vadis

November 15, 1951
30 min

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

22. The Diner

November 22, 1951
30 min

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

23. The Turkey Dinner

November 29, 1951
30 min

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

24. Ready Made Family

December 6, 1951
30 min

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.

25. Relatives

December 20, 1951
30 min

Clamming that his mother-in-law disturbs his home, the Kingfish takes his problems to family court. Meanwhile, more relatives show up.

26. Andy Gets a Telegram

December 27, 1951
30 min

The Kingfish winds up on a cattle boat bound for South America when Sapphire plots to separate him from his worthless friends.

27. Hospitalization

January 3, 1952
30 min

Andy buys hospitalization insurance from the Kingfish and then relaxes in the hospital, turning the Kingfish frantic with bills he can't pay.