I was an 8 year old white kid in elementary school in 1955 and ran home from school in the afternoon to watch The Kingfish and his wife and Amanda Randolph go at it! I loved them and all the cast because they made me laugh and feel warm inside. And still do!!
Classic professional comedy.. Come home in a poor mood and watch these great actors at work.. They will leave you smiling.. God Bless the whole wonderful cast!
I remember years ago, one night when the TV show was going off, the music was playing, and my kid brother asked, "How come all that they're saying is, "Oh?"
Thanks very kindly for posting. A sadly neglected classic series from the early days of television. As a kid in the early 50’s I dearly loved this show. Except for George of course. He was always getting in trouble and that would keep me nervous. Very, very nervous…
My grandma turned 91 today, she has Alzheimer's so she swears shes only 60. She told me that she loved this growing up and asked me to play it for her. She laughed damn near the whole time.
I am thrilled that your Grandmother enjoys the show. With Alzheimer's she was able to recall the memories of watchinh this show when she was a young adult 😊.
This is like the 3rd episode I've watched this morning ,I remembered that my mother and grandma used to speak of these characters Amos and Andy ,but with affection,not utter discuss and disrespect that I heard coming from other people ! And now I understand exactly why my mom and grandma found these characters so funny 😂 I absolutely found em funny too thanks for sharing I'm going to try and introduce this show to my kids ,though I haven't seen them watch anything in black and white unless you count Jay z's still black ( oj) video lol 😂
Andy says, Kingfish is her mother a little on mean side?,, Kingfish says ,, take the vendon of the cobra, disposition of alligator and nastiest of rhinoceros,, put them all together and you get Mother!!! now thats funny,, LOL great cast,,, super funny
God bless you for sharing this fabulous comedy show. We watched this show as a kid with my family.😊should have never been taken off the air. This is good clean comedy 😂
Cracks me up when they show that painting “ laughing and pointing at” Kingfish. Every time Sapphire throws him out, he takes that picture with him. Also funny when Sapphire was looking at Kingfish’s photograph all taped up, just before she threw it off the bureau for the second time. There are so many hilarious details in addition to the excellent writing and acting. Brilliant comedy.👍🏻👍🏻😆
These shows are great. The one thing I just realized, there is no bad words said. Someone should tell the so call funny men of today that they can be funny and entertaining without being foul mouth and rude. Sincerely Bobbie from Silver Spring,Maryland.
My BEST character on all these shows is the MAMA, bar none. The effort that these characters put into their acting was always supreme and will always be demonstrative of an example of how one can vanquish and challenge the lack of opportunity back then because of race.
Tim Moore sure as hell needs a star on Hollywood's walk of fame.He still has not got one.The black actors should be raising hell because of that.Tim Moore deserves that star!
YES!!!!!!!!! He and the rest were brilliant. Ernestine Wade..........., equally great. This program was so well written, directed, acted. A national treasure.
How many times do you find yourself actually laughing at one of Today's so-called Comedy's ? Now compare it to this wonderfully crafted comedy of yesteryear ? No comparison i bet ?
I saw / heard an interview of Nick Stewart (Lightnin'), done shortly before he died in 2000. His comments were interesting. He said the show was demeaning to black people, but at the same time, this was the first time that an all black cast was on a television program, and that "you had to start somewhere." He pointed out that Amos N Andy paved the way for other black performers, like Sidney Pottier. He also didn't understand why the NAACP went after the TV show - the first chance black performers had an opportunity to make real money - while it was silent when the two white guys who did the radio show probably made millions of dollars over the years.
“Kingfish Has a Baby,” Episode 5, Season 1, aired 26 July 1951. Alvin Childress as Amos, Spencer Williams (Jr.) as Andy, Tim Moore as Kingfish, Ernestine Wade as Sapphire, Amanda Randolph as Mama, Nick Stewart (Nick O'Demus) as Lightnin', Verna Felton as the nurse.
This sitcom is absolutely hilarious I just can’t stop laughing I love the way they slaughter the English language so funny. The one where Andy tells king fish that’s the biggest 15 minute old baby I’ve ever seen and he’s got yo teeth too. funny funny funny I love him..😝😝😝
Loves Sapphire good looking lady wow.great comedy,grew up watching these very talented actors. Like the way they pronounced words.lots of comedy today silly to much sexuall stuff
I did too, he did make an Herculean effort to do right by the "baby" and Sapphire. I can stand the meddlesome mother-in-law. If I was the Kingfish, I would have ended up putting her behind out, and if Sapphire didn't like it she can follow her!
Hello, I believe there are two episodes here. The first one is titled "Kingfish has a Baby." Season 1, episode 5. The second one is titled "Kingfish's Last Friend." Season 1, episode 14.
THE BEST ACTORS OF COMEDY THAT EVER WAS.WITH AN ALL BLACK CAST,WHICH EVERYONE OF THEM WERE PERFECT FOR THE PARTS THAT THEY PLAYED.THE NAACP SHOULD BE PROUD TO SHOWCASE THE FINE BLACK ACTORS.THE STEROTYPE CAN GO TO HELL.THESE ACTORS WERE VERY TALENTED AND PROFESSIONAL.THE WORDS THAT THEY MISPRONOUNCED WERE ON PURPOSE.THE ACTORS KNEW EXACTLY HOW THEY WERE MISPRONOUNCING THE WORDS.ALL OF THEM WERE EDUCATED BLACK AMERICANS,THAT ARE A TREASURE TO THE TV WORLD AND SHOULD GET A STAR ON THE HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME.DON'T CAST THEM AWAY FOR POLITICAL REASONS.THAT HURTS ME MORE THAN ANYTHING.GOD BLESS AMOS AND ANDY AND THE OTHER CAST MEMBERS.
This show was great. All the people were not a bunch of bums etc....these black were clean, had jobs in different areas... they lived in nice neighborhood s....these shows were to show that people could and can do just as well as whites.
You live in a dream world Mary. This show was absurd. But you are probably right, these folks lived much better than on average. So I guess it was a small win.
Times have sure changed. When I was born in the very early 50’s my dad left my two slightly older sisters alone on the lawn of the hospital while he came in to pick my mom and I up. No one thought anything about it.
@Janet Hartwig, Hello, I could tell a similar story. In the 1940s when my brother and I were probably right at school age, My mother drove the car 35 mi to the hospital in a major metropolitan city where my dad was an impatient and in very serious condition. Children were not allowed to visit patients in the hospital in those days. There was no one available to watch us children that day so she took us with her and locked us in the car while she went in the hospital to check on my dad. It turned out okay and my dad recovered from his situation but it was not the end of his medical problems until sometime later. Today this city is not a safe city that I would trust to be in at all. What has happened? My theory is the breakdown of the family unit has caused a lot of societal problems. And I would say that the standards by which we choose to live determines the pathway we follow.
I slept in the back seat of our car,in my pjs with a blanket when my older sister was having my niece .1959. Also,no big deal.Someone would come out and check on me. Those were the days when kids didn't fall apart if mommy and daddy weren't in sight.I LOVED being a free range kid!!!
"Amos 'n Andy" showing black doctors, judges, attorneys, corporate executives, etc. on television? No wonder the NAACP wanted to take it off the air. It doesn't fit their narrative.
mark holm- they still do it in London, and another country, cant remember the name right now. With all the child molesters/rapist/murders, u'd have to be bat sh*t crazy to leave ur baby/toddler outside anywhere, even a locked car...smdh
I remember in the early 50s that leaving a baby outside a store while the mother shopped was quite common, despite the apparent recklessness. At no time would I ever have done it though, even back then!
@@terryhill4732 With the video security room watchers getting only minimum wage, doing ample justice to a NY Italian hero sandwich and hotly expressing colorful expletives while wiping up spilled coffee as the phone was incessantly ringing, I doubt if they'll EVER see anything on a video screen! In fact, there could have been a cartoon being presented on every screen and rest assured, it would've all gone unnoticed!
Love the Kingfish's "Is Andy really falling for this scam" look. (36:00). The cast and writers should have had stars on the Hollywood walk of fame but the NAACP knew better and brought out their idiotic ax. We'll never know how many more gems could have been added.
The real question is, if Sapphire is going to have a baby, who am the Daddy? I ain't suppossin' it could be The King Fish. That would take a lot of latitude.
These are the funniest sitcoms in history. I would say before or since. This is the best. Sad thing these great comedians did not get the credit they deserved. While right in the middle of the golden age of sitcoms they are forgotten pretty much. A victim Of cancel culture Political correctness go. E amok the NAACP worked hard to get this taken off the air and deprived these artists their just rewards.
People who think this is a rascist program are not looking too hard at the show. As you can see, it is for the most part a "black" world with whites a minority. Blacks here are judges,policemen, lawyers and of many professions. It's like the blacks and white roles are flipped over. Come on now, it is funny as hell. There is plenty of goofs in the white world as goofy as Kingfish and Andy. There are many episodes that are of no compare to similar shows. of later vintage. It was a ground breaking "territory" on television.
True - black Santa, black police, black detectives, black doctors - even the Christmas show had only black dolls! Back when I was growing up, long after this show aired, I'd never even SEEN a black person in my northern NY town! Yeah - it was groundbreaking alright!
I'm 78 and I watched Amos n Andy for so many years, can't remember the years. I saw Amos on The Jeffersons tv show. I just Tyler Perry would revamp Amos n Andy,Mr. Brown could play Andy.
I don't think anybody does. And the guy below who says whites used to play blacks on radio is right too. I think we all made fun of each other and life was better.
Bap Finkel- Bull "Fuking" Sh*t, W/men in black face, was in No Way funny, to blacks in the late 40's, when Racism & Bigotry was running rampant. Maybe funny to U as a W/person, Because you didn't have to live in it on a daily base. To think blacks excepted W/people in Black face, as a good thing/joke, U must be a Meth head or on Heroin?.............smfh
Spencer Williams was a musician, composer and one of the pioneer African American filmmakers, directing numerous films for black audiences in the 30s and 40s. I've little information about the wonderful Tim Moore, however, one of W.C. Fields' funniest shorts, "The Fatal Glass of Beer" was pretty much written by Moore (Fields had purchased the skit from him years earlier). Excellent comedy performed by a very talented cast. Today, this show would have enjoyed a very lengthy run (really, it's no more controversial than "Sanford & Son", minus the racist and homophobic jokes).
Kingfish was smooth. I love this show. But kinda strange that a married couple slept in separate beds though. I guess back then that was too hot for TV.
surely u know that in those days it was against FCC rules (maybe even law; I don't know) Ricky and Lucy also had separate beds, and they were really married to each other!!!
Stress can make a mess out of myself and any self. So handle yourself with care so no one can assume what ever it makes you look like an ass and everyone else an ass
some people think this program is racist. I don't think so. Every ethnic group likes to laugh and I don't see anything insulting about this series. Kingfish is a great schemer but most of his tricks turn out to be on himself.
I remember watching this show on a black & white 8"round screen floor model TV. But I dont recall what year it was. Can anybody help me out with that info?
I love to watch these old amos and andy shows,but I hate that whoever wrote the scripts for these shows always tried to show that black people were dumb as hell and stupid,when in reality if you look through all the negative inuendos in the show,you will see that these people were highly intelligent people.There should be a star on Hollywood's blvd with each and everyone one of these people's names on it.They were better than todays actors.
"Amos 'n Andy" is a comedy. Comedies show people doing dumb things that are funny, e.g., Lucille Ball in "I Love Lucy." People doing smart things isn't funny.
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I was an 8 year old white kid in elementary school in 1955 and ran home from school in the afternoon to watch The Kingfish and his wife and Amanda Randolph go at it! I loved them and all the cast because they made me laugh and feel warm inside. And still do!!
You are right. It is so refreshing to watch without cringing.
I was an 8 year old white boy in 1955, and I didn't like the show at all. I found the characters too stupid, particularly Kingfish.
@@JiveDadson Well, whoopteedoo.
I LOVE every one of their shows.
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Classic professional comedy.. Come home in a poor mood and watch these great actors at work.. They will leave you smiling.. God Bless the whole wonderful cast!
Stolen? Hardly.
You hit the mark with your comment. Thank you. Sincerely Bobbie from Silver Spring,Maryland.
I remember years ago, one night when the TV show was going off, the music was playing, and my kid brother asked, "How come all that they're saying is, "Oh?"
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This was the BEST show on tv. Great actors and writers - just can’t stop laughing. Everyone should be proud of their great talent.
NO CURSING 😁
I use to watch this with my daddy over 60 yrs ago.. Still funny 😂
I keep coming back to these classics. What a relief from all the so called humor today. Love the play on words. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks very kindly for posting. A sadly neglected classic series from the early days of television. As a kid in the early 50’s I dearly loved this show. Except for George of course. He was always getting in trouble and that would keep me nervous. Very, very nervous…
Sapphire was so pretty. I loved her as a kid in the fifties.
My grandma turned 91 today, she has Alzheimer's so she swears shes only 60. She told me that she loved this growing up and asked me to play it for her. She laughed damn near the whole time.
I am thrilled that your Grandmother enjoys the show. With Alzheimer's she was able to recall the memories of watchinh this show when she was a young adult 😊.
God Bless Grandma 😻
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This is like the 3rd episode I've watched this morning ,I remembered that my mother and grandma used to speak of these characters Amos and Andy ,but with affection,not utter discuss and disrespect that I heard coming from other people ! And now I understand exactly why my mom and grandma found these characters so funny 😂 I absolutely found em funny too thanks for sharing I'm going to try and introduce this show to my kids ,though I haven't seen them watch anything in black and white unless you count Jay z's still black ( oj) video lol 😂
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Funny. Funny funny !!!
I watched this after school as a kid and loved the humor.
Before there were The Jefferson's and The Cosbys; there was Amos n Andy but forced to stop because NAACP screamed RACISM.
Total entertainment they were great everyone loved this show in my family
Andy says, Kingfish is her mother a little on mean side?,, Kingfish says ,, take the vendon of the cobra, disposition of alligator and nastiest of rhinoceros,, put them all together and you get Mother!!! now thats funny,, LOL great cast,,, super funny
Masters of Comedy!
BEEN WATCHING TV AND LISTENING TO RADIO SINCE THE START OF ENTERPRISE AND AMOS N' ANDY IS THE BEST OF THE BEST.
Great show. Love, friendship and comedy.😁
God bless you for sharing this fabulous comedy show. We watched this show as a kid with my family.😊should have never been taken off the air. This is good clean comedy 😂
I particularly liked the hat with the floppy daisy.
Good writers, and actors amazing
Cracks me up when they show that painting “ laughing and pointing at” Kingfish. Every time Sapphire throws him out, he takes that picture with him. Also funny when Sapphire was looking at Kingfish’s photograph all taped up, just before she threw it off the bureau for the second time. There are so many hilarious details in addition to the excellent writing and acting. Brilliant comedy.👍🏻👍🏻😆
The best of the best... period! 😄
good ole days when comedy was actually funny
And realistic. Mark Twain said that there's more humor in truth than in anything else.
@@musket-hc1fc He was right.I have saw some funny things in my life
@@musket-hc1fc Yep, the "invisible glass" episode was scientifically truthful.
This show used to make my day back in the day
Sapphire is beautiful !!!!
These shows are great. The one thing I just realized, there is no bad words said. Someone should tell the so call funny men of today that they can be funny and entertaining without being foul mouth and rude. Sincerely Bobbie from Silver Spring,Maryland.
My brother said the foul mouth is because they have no material.
What a gorgeous and adorable baby.
Sapphire is at it again! The Late Spencer WilliamsJr, Ernestine Wade, Tim Moore, Alvin Childress, Johnnie Lee, etc.,.
Great show
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Don't forget Nick Stewart.
What a great bunch of comic actors, and script writers, too.
I think the show is still one of my best sitcoms along with the honeymooners, love them both
Same here.Both shows always bring a smile & toss in Gunsmoke !
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Every show I watch have been great I wonder why they don't have reruns on tv
Your NAACP stopped that series with a lawsuit, it will NEVER come back on TV, or CBS.
Society not ready even now.
Priceless comedy.
My BEST character on all these shows is the MAMA, bar none. The effort that these characters put into their acting was always supreme and will always be demonstrative of an example of how one can vanquish and challenge the lack of opportunity back then because of race.
What would the world be like without the black talented people the proof is self evident
Got to love love those womens hats!
Tim Moore sure as hell needs a star on Hollywood's walk of fame.He still has not got one.The black actors should be raising hell because of that.Tim Moore deserves that star!
Black activists forced this show off the air in the early sixties. why would they want a star for a black actor ?
@@markblack1163 These people who played on Amos and Andy were very talented and that talent should be recognized.The naacp is racists too
What Tim Moore really deserved was a steady paycheck, that he didn't get with the NAACP sticking their nose in the business where it didn't belong.
YES!!!!!!!!! He and the rest were brilliant. Ernestine Wade..........., equally great. This program was so well written, directed, acted. A national treasure.
Charles,
Agreed.
How many times do you find yourself actually laughing at one of Today's so-called Comedy's ? Now compare it to this wonderfully crafted comedy of yesteryear ? No comparison i bet ?
Sapphire had many hats to put on when she was leaving Kingfish! 😂
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I saw / heard an interview of Nick Stewart (Lightnin'), done shortly before he died in 2000. His comments were interesting. He said the show was demeaning to black people, but at the same time, this was the first time that an all black cast was on a television program, and that "you had to start somewhere." He pointed out that Amos N Andy paved the way for other black performers, like Sidney Pottier. He also didn't understand why the NAACP went after the TV show - the first chance black performers had an opportunity to make real money - while it was silent when the two white guys who did the radio show probably made millions of dollars over the years.
Great comedians, great show, great actor's. Murdered by the NAACP
“Kingfish Has a Baby,” Episode 5, Season 1, aired 26 July 1951.
Alvin Childress as Amos, Spencer Williams (Jr.) as Andy, Tim Moore as Kingfish, Ernestine Wade as Sapphire, Amanda Randolph as Mama, Nick Stewart (Nick O'Demus) as Lightnin', Verna Felton as the nurse.
This sitcom is absolutely hilarious I just can’t stop laughing I love the way they slaughter the English language so funny. The one where Andy tells king fish that’s the biggest 15 minute old baby I’ve ever seen and he’s got yo teeth too. funny funny funny I love him..😝😝😝
Brilliant actors
Only this show the name of black baby Johnny and leave a baby outside sidewalk LOL the nurse was hilarious she also play it on I Love Lucy as a maid
Loves Sapphire good looking lady wow.great comedy,grew up watching these very talented actors. Like the way they pronounced words.lots of comedy today silly to much sexuall stuff
Oh he was so exited to have a baby and I kinda felt sorry for him
@ Kimberly Gray,. Hello, me too!! I think he would have made a wonderful father!!!
I did too, he did make an Herculean effort to do right by the "baby" and Sapphire. I can stand the meddlesome mother-in-law. If I was the Kingfish, I would have ended up putting her behind out, and if Sapphire didn't like it she can follow her!
Tyler Perry, stop what you doing!!! You've got to revive: Amos n Andy to called Mr Brown n George. Tyler,call me.
Hello,
I believe there are two episodes here.
The first one is titled "Kingfish has a Baby." Season 1, episode 5.
The second one is titled "Kingfish's Last Friend." Season 1, episode 14.
great comedy, when it was comedy. i was too young to remember this show. actors are great, women were pretty, as beauty should be.
THE BEST ACTORS OF COMEDY THAT EVER WAS.WITH AN ALL BLACK CAST,WHICH EVERYONE OF THEM WERE PERFECT FOR THE PARTS THAT THEY PLAYED.THE NAACP SHOULD BE PROUD TO SHOWCASE THE FINE BLACK ACTORS.THE STEROTYPE CAN GO TO HELL.THESE ACTORS WERE VERY TALENTED AND PROFESSIONAL.THE WORDS THAT THEY MISPRONOUNCED WERE ON PURPOSE.THE ACTORS KNEW EXACTLY HOW THEY WERE MISPRONOUNCING THE WORDS.ALL OF THEM WERE EDUCATED BLACK AMERICANS,THAT ARE A TREASURE TO THE TV WORLD AND SHOULD GET A STAR ON THE HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME.DON'T CAST THEM AWAY FOR POLITICAL REASONS.THAT HURTS ME MORE THAN ANYTHING.GOD BLESS AMOS AND ANDY AND THE OTHER CAST MEMBERS.
They all together should get one big star!
“ I go to the horrors of employment!”
This show was great. All the people were not a bunch of bums etc....these black were clean, had jobs in different areas... they lived in nice neighborhood s....these shows were to show that people could and can do just as well as whites.
You live in a dream world Mary. This show was absurd. But you are probably right, these folks lived much better than on average. So I guess it was a small win.
@@TruAnRksT If it's so"absurd" why watch it then? 😠😠😠.
@@mikethomas5231, So I can have an opinion.
Why do black people keep comparing themselves to whites?
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Times have sure changed. When I was born in the very early 50’s my dad left my two slightly older sisters alone on the lawn of the hospital while he came in to pick my mom and I up. No one thought anything about it.
@Janet Hartwig, Hello, I could tell a similar story. In the 1940s when my brother and I were probably right at school age, My mother drove the car 35 mi to the hospital in a major metropolitan city where my dad was an impatient and in very serious condition.
Children were not allowed to visit patients in the hospital in those days.
There was no one available to watch us children that day so she took us with her and locked us in the car while she went in the hospital to check on my dad. It turned out okay and my dad recovered from his situation but it was not the end of his medical problems until sometime later. Today this city is not a safe city that I would trust to be in at all.
What has happened? My theory is the breakdown of the family unit has caused a lot of societal problems. And I would say that the standards by which we choose to live determines the pathway we follow.
I slept in the back seat of our car,in my pjs with a blanket when my older sister was having my niece .1959. Also,no big deal.Someone would come out and check on me. Those were the days when kids didn't fall apart if mommy and daddy weren't in sight.I LOVED being a free range kid!!!
Still love Saphire ❤️ her momma is just a hoot
Incredibly talented. Spencer Williams (Andy) was a film director and producer.
Sapphire had such spunk, I just loved her. Her momma was a kick also.
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"Amos 'n Andy" showing black doctors, judges, attorneys, corporate executives, etc. on television? No wonder the NAACP wanted to take it off the air. It doesn't fit their narrative.
You couldn't leave a baby out on the sidewalk in today's world
mark holm- they still do it in London, and another country, cant remember the name right now. With all the child molesters/rapist/murders, u'd have to be bat sh*t crazy to leave ur baby/toddler outside anywhere, even a locked car...smdh
@Lillian Williams Why have things changed for the worse?
The world is safer today than it ever has been security and video cameras and such more policemen etc..
I remember in the early 50s that leaving a baby outside a store while the mother shopped was quite common, despite the apparent recklessness. At no time would I ever have done it though, even back then!
@@terryhill4732 With the video security room watchers getting only minimum wage, doing ample justice to a NY Italian hero sandwich and hotly expressing colorful expletives while wiping up spilled coffee as the phone was incessantly ringing, I doubt if they'll EVER see anything on a video screen!
In fact, there could have been a cartoon being presented on every screen and rest assured, it would've all gone unnoticed!
Sapphire was thick...was glad to see they wasn't afraid to use thick women in their show
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Ernestine is pretty easy on the eyes.
Great clean comedy. No profanity or sex.
You don't know where babies come from?
Love the Kingfish's "Is Andy really falling for this scam" look. (36:00). The cast and writers should have had stars on the Hollywood walk of fame but the NAACP knew better and brought out their idiotic ax. We'll never know how many more gems could have been added.
Different eta. The “look” yes. 😅
The real question is, if Sapphire is going to have a baby, who am the Daddy?
I ain't suppossin' it could be The King Fish.
That would take a lot of latitude.
I would give anything for a bowl of Pablum I can still remember the taste of it This was a great show.
These are the funniest sitcoms in history. I would say before or since. This is the best. Sad thing these great comedians did not get the credit they deserved. While right in the middle of the golden age of sitcoms they are forgotten pretty much. A victim
Of cancel culture
Political correctness go. E amok the NAACP worked hard to get this taken off the air and deprived these artists their just rewards.
You couldn't leave a baby on a sidewalk like that nowadays
The one with the Shakespearean actors and the “who’s the Kingfish” episode with Kingfish faking memory lost are hilarious ☺️
" Oh I see, That's so the baby don't bite your nose ha ?" lol
Sapphire outstanding actress. She can move easily from “unrefined” to elegant with ease.
People who think this is a rascist program are not looking too hard at the show. As you can see, it is for the most part a "black" world with whites a minority. Blacks here are judges,policemen, lawyers and of many professions. It's like the blacks and white roles are flipped over. Come on now, it is funny as hell. There is plenty of goofs in the white world as goofy as Kingfish and Andy. There are many episodes that are of no compare to similar shows. of later vintage. It was a ground breaking "territory" on television.
True - black Santa, black police, black detectives, black doctors - even the Christmas show had only black dolls! Back when I was growing up, long after this show aired, I'd never even SEEN a black person in my northern NY town! Yeah - it was groundbreaking alright!
Mike D.👍👍👍👍.
You are so right. It shows black people in a complete non minority sense.
Mike D. This is no more racist than the Beverly Hillbillies or The Real McCoys, both portrayals of poor Southern families.
How about the Beverly hillbillies?
I'm 78 and I watched Amos n Andy for so many years, can't remember the years. I saw Amos on The Jeffersons tv show. I just Tyler Perry would revamp Amos n Andy,Mr. Brown could play Andy.
Kingfish Has A Baby is the 5th 1951 episode. Verna Felton is unbilled as the Nurse.
Kingfish's Last Friend is the 14th 1951 episode.
This show is solid gold!
Tim Moore could have described Ernestine Wade better than that, she was a fine looking woman.
She was astonishingly beautiful
Well acted; well done.
All of them.
The acting was superb
This is something to remember.
This was & still is a funny show. People analyze everything too much. Just enjoy & don't make it into a racist thing.
I don't think anybody does. And the guy below who says whites used to play blacks on radio is right too. I think we all made fun of each other and life was better.
Bap Finkel AMEN
U r right
This is just like the Honeymooners. Hilarious!
Bap Finkel- Bull "Fuking" Sh*t, W/men in black face, was in No Way funny, to blacks in the late 40's, when Racism & Bigotry was running rampant. Maybe funny to U as a W/person, Because you didn't have to live in it on a daily base. To think blacks excepted W/people in Black face, as a good thing/joke, U must be a Meth head or on Heroin?.............smfh
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I can hardly believe even in the safe 1950s that a woman would lead a her baby in a stroller outside while she went in the store.
Spencer Williams was a musician, composer and one of the pioneer African American filmmakers, directing numerous films for black audiences in the 30s and 40s. I've little information about the wonderful Tim Moore, however, one of W.C. Fields' funniest shorts, "The Fatal Glass of Beer" was pretty much written by Moore (Fields had purchased the skit from him years earlier). Excellent comedy performed by a very talented cast. Today, this show would have enjoyed a very lengthy run (really, it's no more controversial than "Sanford & Son", minus the racist and homophobic jokes).
The Lighten' character had a role in the excellent 50's all-black version of "Carmen"; he was not at all like his role in Amos & Andy.
Sapphire got back.
Kingfish was smooth. I love this show. But kinda strange that a married couple slept in separate beds though. I guess back then that was too hot for TV.
surely u know that in those days it was against FCC rules (maybe even law; I don't know) Ricky and Lucy also had separate beds, and they were really married
to each other!!!
Yes, that was the censorship back in the day...........
I wish they bring back strict censoring of entertainment content.
However was in charge of wardrobe deserves credit sapphire hats especially and mamas hats plus sapphires dresses very sexy
You don't leave a baby in stroller outside!
Kingfish has an office and Lightning works for him. Im not understanding how he doesn't have a job?
Amos looks like he has too much make up on. Almost like he was darkened a little.
Darkened a little?! They gave him the Al Jolson treatment
It's weird that people on RUclips only talk about the show and not the episodes. I wonder if anyone even bothers to watch them.
I have all 77 episodes on DVD. I love every episode 😂
The beer commercials crack me up
It's a shame the NAACP made this show get cancelled
Stress can make a mess out of myself and any self. So handle yourself with care so no one can assume what ever it makes you look like an ass and everyone else an ass
These episodes are good. But in episode 39 Kingfish could have given the money back to Andy without getting the stock...since it was no good anyway.
Wow do I feel stupid. I never even thought of that !
0:00-26:25 S1 Ep5 Jul 26, 1951 "Kingfish Has a Baby" 26:26-52:51 S1 Ep14 Sep 27, 1951 "Kingfish's Last Friend"
The nurse at 16:00 was Dennis Day's mean Mom on the Jack Benny program.
" Florence Nightengown " 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
some people think this program is racist. I don't think so. Every ethnic group likes to laugh and I don't see anything insulting about this series. Kingfish is a great schemer but most of his tricks turn out to be on himself.
Don't like it when Amos is blacked up. He's better naturally cafe au lait.
Watch sitcom The Jefferson's, reruns. I think they patterned after this show.
I remember watching this show on a black & white 8"round screen floor model TV. But I dont recall what year it was. Can anybody help me out with that info?
"Yeah I was eatin at the time" lol
1:41 watch out kingfish! ..here it comes!!
to show you how long and shady the stock market been lmao
Why does lightning look like MLK😂
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I love to watch these old amos and andy shows,but I hate that whoever wrote the scripts for these shows always tried to show that black people were dumb as hell and stupid,when in reality if you look through all the negative inuendos in the show,you will see that these people were highly intelligent people.There should be a star on Hollywood's blvd with each and everyone one of these people's names on it.They were better than todays actors.
And the characters played by both Gracie Allen and Lucille Ball were not yet more dumb? Maybe you have a 'black' chip on your shoulder. - David Lyga
"Amos 'n Andy" is a comedy. Comedies show people doing dumb things that are funny, e.g., Lucille Ball in "I Love Lucy." People doing smart things isn't funny.