Superb writing and brilliant character actors. As good as The Honeymooners, Sanford & Son, l Love Lucy... You name it! I can never get enough of these great episodes. 👍
Just as good, Sanford and Son,All in the Family, the Honeymooners were all in the incubation stage, didn't even exist, A&A was the best, it was the forerunner.
Kingfish George Stevens was a great comedian in his own right ! All of the actors and actresses do a wonderful job and they really bring the characters to life with strong and distinct personalities. Awesome show.
It is a great sitcom, not overdoing it with the social commentary: pregnancy out of wedlock, issues concerning wars around the world and our involvement etc,... Just subtle nuances, great comedy.
I loved Amos n Andy. I use to come home from school and watch the re-runs. My mother had told me it was cancelled and I was heart broken. Best television show ever. Sampson and son, Archie Bunker, and many other shows were racist. This to me was just comedy.
Since when were Sanford & Son and "All In The Family"(not "Sampson and son," and "Archie Bunker," you dolt!) ever "racist," as you put it, you dunce? 😣😣😣😣😣 😠😠😠😠😠
@@dariowiter3078 their are tons of racist remarks in Sanford and sons but to me it's just stereotypes name calling and making fun of them racism to me is when you treat them different by singling them out although I find it funny I've never heard any white jokes or stereotypes unless it comes to mayonnaise and cheese lol boondocks are hilarious
@@bromisovalum8417 are you implying that racial language means someone plans to be racist if so then the blacks are at fault the first time I've heard use of the n word was by a black person so if your going to use that term around young boys and expect it not to be said is quite stupid to say it in public around young ears and I'd love to hear what's the big meaning behind it it just means black think about it there's a country Nigeria negro means black in French is it that much of a stretch to think those in the south back in the old days wouldn't have used a combination of the word for a black man and a black woman ignorance is where the hate is found gringo used by the Mexican is just a slur for white American or Yankee for an American nothing to cry about or lose your mind
Relatives, Season 1, Episode 25, aired 20 December 1951. Alvin Childress as Amos; Spencer Williams (as Spencer Williams Jr.) as Andy; Tim Moore as Kingfish; Ernestine Wade as Sapphire; Amanda Randolph as Mama; Roy Glenn, Man Posing as Cousin Sidney; Jester Hairston as Leroy Smith; Paul Harvey as Judge Arthur J. Fleming.
"Shut up baldy!"!! Now that i'm a baldy, 65 years hence from first seeing this episode, i take that remark with a smile on my face. I would only wish to retract in time to those days of my innocence and youth.
I don't know why the NAACP thought Amos and Andy were so insulting, I mean they had an all black police force, black hospitals doctors, lawyers, stores pharmacy, and no issues with their blackness! Plus black men loved their black women and black women loved their black men! So what did The NAACP want?
Damn right removal of all homewreckers is ok in my book. Sapphire is a grown woman who needs to learn to keep her biz in her home solve all problems in your home without mom other family/friends
Hello, And if the mama is lonely and needs someone to talk to why doesn't she talk to her own daughter who is already there in the apartment rather than invite another person into that small apartment who is always causing trouble. Grrrrrrr
Yes an extended family is fine as long as everyone knows (and is OK) with their place/what part they play (and their duties) and they stick to them. When it gets to be the whole family vs the husband or wife that's when things go wrong.
I doubt that is true. There is no much from the 30's that is here, (just the early black face episode for propaganda reasons). In the 40's of WW2, our government got involved with broadcasting, so they play the early propaganda years and the Black face episode only. You won't find hardly anything from before WW2 from any radio show. There must be some USA there that they don't want us to realize?
Yes and Sapphire has to raise her voice right at the very beginning of a disagreement, seems she can't have an adult discussion without doing that. And George gets no consideration for the fact that chicken croquettes don't agree with him.
In comparison to the Honeymooner, which I found a terrible comedy with Gleason yelling and belittling all the time, Amos n Andy is as fresh as it was in yesteryear. In the Honeymooners, they lived in a cockroach apartment with one table and those cockroach gas stoves. Couldn't Ralph afford something a bit better for his bride ? His buddy did and even had a TV set. All that Ralph did is yell, yell and yell. Call that comedy in that cockroach ugly tiny stinky gas stove apartment. At least Amos n Andy had many different scenarios and as broke as the Kingfish was, somehow they crumbed enough to get a good apartment.. It's too bad the character in Amos n Andy were the lowest paid in all the sitcoms of the era with barely a reconigtion to them when the show ended.
The uniqueness and brilliance of the Honeymooners was the fact that, most of the scripts DID take place in one room, for the years it was on. Amazing writers and Gleason was a genius.
The FUNNY thing about this particular episode: Long after the program was cancelled the actor who played the Kingfish came home from work to find a relative had finished off the pot roast he had been thinking about all day. There was a fight and the Kingfish was arrested.
Sorry...After checking...it was a Roast Beef...instead of a pot roast! Tim Moore (the Kingfish) got into an argument with his son-in-law, his daughter-in-law and her husband over their finishing the roast beef before he got home. He went upstairs and got his handgun. He discharged it in the house to scare them. The police were called and he was arrested. The final sentence: 100$ fine and 1 years probation. This guy had a fascinating life and career...A career that STARTED in 1898 and took him to Britain and New Zealand. He had MULTIPLE acting and regular jobs. His Wikipedia page is FASCINATING!
@@badguy1481 Hello, Sorry, but your first comment should have been deleted because almost all of it is misrepresentation. You have discredited the decent and moral Tim Moore. In fact, the incident should not have even been mentioned on here in consideration of the fact that he did more good in his life than many people. Your follow-up comment was not entirely correct either. It would have been a good idea to do more reading on the subject than you did. Could you comment on a few of the positives of Tim Moore's life? I can share and important one which is he proudly stated, "I have made it a point to never say a joke on stage that I could not say in front of my mother". And, by the way, his sentence was suspended!!!!
@@maldijaili6799 Hey..I think he was GREAT in his portrayal of the King Fish. In fact, that incident makes him even more endearing because one could see the King Fish doing the same thing if he caught his relatives eating the roast beef he so desired.
Well dressed and many level headed citizens..but the blacks at the time thought it was insulting and pressured the NAACP to kill it. A shot to the foot. This cast should have had their stars on the Hollywood Walk but it just was not meant to be. Be glad the NAACP did not demand the film reels be destroyed. The cast loved doing these shows and were well payed.
Gosden and Correll made a brief comeback with a cartoon series called "Calvin & The Colonel", which was based on Amos & Andy but starring animal characters. Unfortunately the NAACP squashed that too.
I love Amos and Andy!
Hysterical! The best sitcom of all time. 😄
been.amos.n.andy..fan.since..seventh.grade.1959.and.now.iam.still.watching.
Superb writing and brilliant character actors. As good
as The Honeymooners, Sanford & Son,
l Love Lucy... You name it! I can never get enough of these great episodes. 👍
Just as good, Sanford and Son,All in the Family, the Honeymooners were all in the incubation stage, didn't even exist, A&A was the best, it was the forerunner.
Don’t forget “Good Times.”
Been into vintage for ever. Now people get it.
“Now lookee here, I got that old battleship mouth in dry dock and that’s where she’s gonna stay!”
Kingfish George Stevens was a great comedian in his own right !
All of the actors and actresses do a wonderful job and they really bring the characters to life with strong and distinct personalities. Awesome show.
Lot of great memories with these old shows.
Same for me, too! Great memories and laughter.
What a great way to spend Sunday 8/1/21, watching the greatest sit com ever
It is a great sitcom, not overdoing it with the social commentary: pregnancy out of wedlock, issues concerning wars around the world and our involvement etc,... Just subtle nuances, great comedy.
LOL! And lots of times, too. Good acting, dialogue and absurdity in plots and always very funny.
+daniel stanwyck Yes, it was funny!!
I loved Sapphire and Momma! They were sooo funny! 😅
ONE OF THE BEST TV SHOWS EVER ON TV
Give black peoples.a bad imagine.
@@jimdandy1949 How? It was comedy gold..I guess Fred Sanford is not racist? He wouldn't even go to a black dentist.
Really nigga
@@jimdandy1949 not
@@malcolmburns6104 his cavity's wasnt black they was white
I loved Amos n Andy. I use to come home from school and watch the re-runs. My mother had told me it was cancelled and I was heart broken. Best television show ever. Sampson and son, Archie Bunker, and many other shows were racist. This to me was just comedy.
sanford and sons
Since when were Sanford & Son and "All In The Family"(not "Sampson and son," and "Archie Bunker," you dolt!) ever "racist," as you put it, you dunce? 😣😣😣😣😣 😠😠😠😠😠
@@dariowiter3078 their are tons of racist remarks in Sanford and sons but to me it's just stereotypes name calling and making fun of them racism to me is when you treat them different by singling them out although I find it funny I've never heard any white jokes or stereotypes unless it comes to mayonnaise and cheese lol boondocks are hilarious
@@joshuaestep6130 We have an old saying around here: "He who wants to hit a dog will soon find a stick."
@@bromisovalum8417 are you implying that racial language means someone plans to be racist if so then the blacks are at fault the first time I've heard use of the n word was by a black person so if your going to use that term around young boys and expect it not to be said is quite stupid to say it in public around young ears and I'd love to hear what's the big meaning behind it it just means black think about it there's a country Nigeria negro means black in French is it that much of a stretch to think those in the south back in the old days wouldn't have used a combination of the word for a black man and a black woman ignorance is where the hate is found gringo used by the Mexican is just a slur for white American or Yankee for an American nothing to cry about or lose your mind
she set the Kingfish up. what a jive
Jive turkey
Holy mack'el, Mamma done double crossed da Kingfish!
😂😂😂😂😂 👍👍👍👍👍
Relatives, Season 1, Episode 25, aired 20 December 1951. Alvin Childress as Amos; Spencer Williams (as Spencer Williams Jr.) as Andy; Tim Moore as Kingfish; Ernestine Wade as Sapphire; Amanda Randolph as Mama; Roy Glenn, Man Posing as Cousin Sidney; Jester Hairston as Leroy Smith; Paul Harvey as Judge Arthur J. Fleming.
1951? Suddenly, I feel very old! Bawahaha! I'm 76.
@@theodethomasa6358 Feel younger. I'm 77.
@@theodethomasa6358 you're 79 yrs now..
@@SuperIliad you're 80 yrs now.
@@jessedylan6162 Yes! I'll be 80 in November!
Sunday with Amos n Andy. I don't think they expected this to be popular in the 2000s
"Shut up baldy!"!! Now that i'm a baldy, 65 years hence from first seeing this episode, i take that remark with a smile on my face. I would only wish to retract in time to those days of my innocence and youth.
CLASSIC!
l grew up with Fingfish a Andy. Sure do miss them. Great actors writers and directors.
George kingfish stevens is best
The best thing ever on tv and will be forever the best don’t even try to make a remake
classic genius!
You are guaranteed to get a laugh if you look at this. I look at it weekly.
I don't know why the NAACP thought Amos and Andy were so insulting, I mean they had an all black police force, black hospitals doctors, lawyers, stores pharmacy, and no issues with their blackness! Plus black men loved their black women and black women loved their black men! So what did The NAACP want?
She looking good !
I totally agree a great show
Watched Amos n Andy in the 1950s. The perfect cast with class.
Amos and Andy were two clowns two good balls
Loved this growing up in New Orleans back in the day be a healthy 69 in February 🎉
04:02...had to pause..."Oh nooo...he is too much😅
My favorite show
Kingfish in the White House? Hmmmm. Now let me see! Yeah, I think that gonna work just fine!
Damn right removal of all homewreckers is ok in my book. Sapphire is a grown woman who needs to learn to keep her biz in her home solve all problems in your home without mom other family/friends
Sapphire needed to grow up. Her mama won't be around forever.
That will help in real life, but it will ruin the Amos and Andy show. Bawahaha!
Hello,
And if the mama is lonely and needs someone to talk to why doesn't she talk to her own daughter who is already there in the apartment rather than invite another person into that small apartment who is always causing trouble.
Grrrrrrr
Yes an extended family is fine as long as everyone knows (and is OK) with their place/what part they play (and their duties) and they stick to them. When it gets to be the whole family vs the husband or wife that's when things go wrong.
@@Shadobanned4life Right on baby PREACH 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
The only thing better is watching Congress on CSPAN.
Haven't seen this one yet. Are all episodes available? I heard that Bill Cosby bought them and refuses to release.
I doubt that is true. There is no much from the 30's that is here, (just the early black face episode for propaganda reasons). In the 40's of WW2, our government got involved with broadcasting, so they play the early propaganda years and the Black face episode only. You won't find hardly anything from before WW2 from any radio show. There must be some USA there that they don't want us to realize?
Funky dog, I should call them out on they're BS. I hope people they talk about keep taking advantage of them.
Crazy good !! Too bad the sound/film track has gone.
2 bad
Why I remain SINGLE!!!
They are some of the best.
Reilly off the T.,V. show Amen.
Has anybody seen Kingfish being talked into buying a tumbleweed farm. I can't find it.
A "tumbleweed farm"??? Oh God, I gotta see that one! 😄😄😄😄😄
No, I haven't and I have watched the videos numerous times. Could it have been a radio program?
Nothing better than this
Momma is so cute! Who could hate her?
Well, it was funny until the cousin comes on the scene. But still, the shows were mostly fun.
There's only one King Fish. 😅
Hahaha...Ahhhhh..George say, "I don't like the tone in your voice dhare..." [to mother-in-law]
Yes and Sapphire has to raise her voice right at the very beginning of a disagreement, seems she can't have an adult discussion without doing that.
And George gets no consideration for the fact that chicken croquettes don't agree with him.
@@maldijaili6799 "Why I's believe you on ta somethin' tdar..."
Kingfish was just a huge BUM.
In comparison to the Honeymooner, which I found a terrible comedy with Gleason yelling and belittling all the time, Amos n Andy is as fresh as it was in yesteryear. In the Honeymooners, they lived in a cockroach apartment with one table and those cockroach gas stoves. Couldn't Ralph afford something a bit better for his bride ? His buddy did and even had a TV set. All that Ralph did is yell, yell and yell. Call that comedy in that cockroach ugly tiny stinky gas stove apartment. At least Amos n Andy had many different scenarios and as broke as the Kingfish was, somehow they crumbed enough to get a good apartment.. It's too bad the character in Amos n Andy were the lowest paid in all the sitcoms of the era with barely a reconigtion to them when the show ended.
The uniqueness and brilliance of the Honeymooners was the fact that, most of the scripts DID take place in one room, for the years it was on. Amazing writers and Gleason was a genius.
@@moohoward. The Honeymooners was not on for years. It all took place in 39 episodes over ONE year.
@@moohoward honeymooners was nice but not as genius as A&A , Ralph did yell and scream at Alice a little much.
Im rollin with laughter
That mocking laugh at the table
The FUNNY thing about this particular episode: Long after the program was cancelled the actor who played the Kingfish came home from work to find a relative had finished off the pot roast he had been thinking about all day. There was a fight and the Kingfish was arrested.
Sorry...After checking...it was a Roast Beef...instead of a pot roast! Tim Moore (the Kingfish) got into an argument with his son-in-law, his daughter-in-law and her husband over their finishing the roast beef before he got home. He went upstairs and got his handgun. He discharged it in the house to scare them. The police were called and he was arrested. The final sentence: 100$ fine and 1 years probation.
This guy had a fascinating life and career...A career that STARTED in 1898 and took him to Britain and New Zealand. He had MULTIPLE acting and regular jobs. His Wikipedia page is FASCINATING!
this is so funny
Eating Other People's Foot Without Permission Is Foul and could be deadly! Trust Me
@@badguy1481 Hello,
Sorry, but your first comment should have been deleted because almost all of it is misrepresentation. You have discredited the decent and moral Tim Moore. In fact, the incident should not have even been mentioned on here in consideration of the fact that he did more good in his life than many people.
Your follow-up comment was not entirely correct either. It would have been a good idea to do more reading on the subject than you did.
Could you comment on a few of the positives of Tim Moore's life? I can share and important one which is he proudly stated, "I have made it a point to never say a joke on stage that I could not say in front of my mother".
And, by the way, his sentence was suspended!!!!
@@maldijaili6799 Hey..I think he was GREAT in his portrayal of the King Fish. In fact, that incident makes him even more endearing because one could see the King Fish doing the same thing if he caught his relatives eating the roast beef he so desired.
How many miles does that
It would benice if you could find someone who could fix the sound on these old videos. Its really hard to hear them. Very poor audio quality. thanks.
The Best
Be nice if these were digitalized.
MemoryStar
That’s not nice. Moma. That’s his hose moma not yours !! House
yes.
i remember these folks when i was five i asked my mom did they fall asleep at the beach and burn themselves .
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Isn't Leroy Redd Fox ?
I think that's Rolly from the T.V. sitcom "Amen"
Isn't Leroy Fred Sanford?
No
how come they don't live in a slum or project
Alan Weberman
because this was before the disintegration of the family when I was in CR movement
Well dressed and many level headed citizens..but the blacks at the time thought it was insulting and pressured the NAACP to kill it. A shot to the foot. This cast should have had their stars on the Hollywood Walk but it just was not meant to be. Be glad the NAACP did not demand the film reels be destroyed. The cast loved doing these shows and were well payed.
Gosden and Correll made a brief comeback with a cartoon series called "Calvin & The Colonel", which was based on Amos & Andy but starring animal characters. Unfortunately the NAACP squashed that too.
what!!!!!????
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Terrible Quality