This show, showed blacks in ownership of their lives. You saw judges, bankers, police/detectives, big high class blacks in society doing for themselves. Unlike today. Black Americans have fallen way down, compared to those days
I enjoyed the Amos and Andy program when I was a child when it was on radio and later on as a young adult when it was on television. I never saw it as anything but a comedian a comedy movie nothing more and nothing less.
Remember watching this episode with my father in the 50’s. the judge says, I’d said I’ll Suspend it. Andy says how can you spend if I ain’t got it? My father laughed so hard. Rip.
I listened to a couple of old-time radio A&A radio shows. They too made me laugh out loud! Two of my favorite characters are Lightnin’ and Calhoun. Well-written and acted both radio and TV.
this show is so funny so well acted an put together you just enjoy it time kinda stands still .you get into the show. you can relate but it's just fun to watch.
I viewed the characters as primarily New Yorkers rather than anything else. They lived well despite Kingfish not working, Andy always wore a suit as well as the Kingfish and the rest of the cast was always well dressed. It was no more disrespectful than the Laverne and Shirley, or Lucille Ball shows. It was a comedy, not a documentary. . .
I think,it was the brother swindling brother theme an sapphires angry black woman persona theme they kept up the comedy acting is superb but given thr time I can,understand the outrage we in,a better society then even,tho we still got alot of work to do I can understand how much more difficult the society was an seeing how this will eventually become how a society viewed us
I was a little girl when amos and andy was on but the folks my grandparents age did talk and act like that amd i it was a funny show! My parents were upset because the actors lost their jobs!
It was a great comedy. Acting & writing were very good. ...and, all the professionals were all black. Lawyers, Doctors, Businessmen... and Kingfish was smart as hell.As a kid, I had two TV heroes at that time; George Kingfish Stevens and Sgt Ernie Bilko. I still love 'em today.
How can this tv show be racist? The judge, bailiff, Amos the cab driver, and other find hard working people were excellent roll models. This show revealed how black communities could succeed.
That might be so, if they had hired black actors to play these rolls instead of the hybrid in blackface and didn't use those ridiculous southern white boy accents when they talk.
The worst part is the jerks who got the show cancelled and cost these fine black actors their jobs and the rest of the entire world many years of fine entertainment . Everyone lost due to the stupidity of a pitiful few losers and racists of the worse kind
Kingfish's whole day was how to out do Andy Brown. Outstanding writing and genuinely funny stuff. Great actors put out of work by those working against them.
Fantastic acting. Ive always loved these guys. This show is better than most of the garbage on tv these days. Its amazing how this got off the ground way back then. Its a treasure and Im so glad we have it to watch now. Fantastic actors and anyone who says it s demeaning is ignorant. Its powerful because these were the early days of television. And.... I had a ticket for running a red light and paid it off to avoid court. But if Andy only knew... I had to pay well over $200. Lol True story.
When I was a little girl my father and I loved this show. What’s funny now that I am 67 years old now and always thought Kingfish was Andy. I guess it was because I was little and we listened to the radio at first. But as time went on my Dad would make his little girl laugh and laugh, imitating The King Fish. What I know very well is that my Father was not racist or making fun of The King Fish. Also he did not raise a racist daughter. We also enjoyed George Burns and Gracie Allen. And neither of us thought she was simple minded. All these people enjoyed doing was making people of all age have a fun time. The whole family could watch these shows. We need more of them in today’s world.
Yes mam you are correct these are great as a matter a fact today is the first time I've seen them and I'm 53 so thanks to the person that made this possible
I remember the television show I rolled with laughter .I remember the neighbors coming over to watch and we acted likeAmos and Andy. It was canceled and the whole street was upset because of the cancellation.Times were a lot different in the early 50's.Some better and some bad.
Hilarious! The scene where Andy got in the back seat for the driving test reminds me of when my grandfather was so busy talking to the gas station attendant years ago that he entered the car from the back seat and was looking for the ignition!
Amos is a white guy in blackface Maybe you diden't notice. Many episodes he was absent and he was never funny and was the least popular caricature , for all of the above reasons
They had problems because "Amos" was a white man in black face. A bunch of idiots complained that it was racist when it actually wasn't. The protests cost all the black actors a fortune in royalties which was wrong.
@@mikeeasterling2929 What people do is take today's standards and put them into the standards of those times. Those times were different than our times.
Fantastic Comedians! This was a extremely funny show. I a little girl who was in grade school at that time who enjoyed this show with or without my parents (nothing ever inappropiate that children shouldn't hear). Yes, l agree all that happened to the actors was ANOTHER GENTEDROUP OF PEOPLE WITHOUT JOBS!🐾🦉
What he said: king leonidasberg the spartan heeb "An entire black cast, black actors portraying every known profession from cops to drs and this show was deemed racist lmao...ever watch todays black shows? Cannot be said any better.
I used to watch the show when I was a young kid. it was funny then and it's still funny. just imagine a comedy show where you don't have to hear foul language all the time, or political rants, or being barraged with constant sexual innuendos.
I'm 78 years old. I remember the radio days of Amos and Andy. Theaters would stop the movie in order for the audience to hear the show instead of staying home and missing the movie. I love the TV show for its comedy. Tim Moore, Kingfish, is super. The whole cast was amazing. Too bad that it was degrading in a way to African Americans. The whole cast consisted of very talented Blacks.
I've watched more than a few installments of this series here on yt, but I can't find anything in them that's degrading to African Americans. But that may be because I'm not Oversensitive American. Or even American, for that matter.:-)
Very funny show. I remember when I was a paperboy and I would collect money from my customers. It seemed like I was always collecting around the time this show was on. Just about every house I went to would have it playing. Many of them would let me sit inside while they got the money ready. I would watch it and think to myself, "I wish I was home so I could watch the whole show." They were forced to take it off the air because it was supposedly disrespectful of African Americans. I suppose it is a little bit, but not as much as many shows since then that ran forever and were not nearly as funny. The people always dressed nice, many had great jobs, all had nice houses, and they faced situations everyone faces in daily life. It was very funny. I read on the internet that the actors and actresses were very upset that it was taken off the air by force, by other black folks, some of them never worked again in movies and TV. Most of them had accomplished a lot in private life before being on TV.
They were working/lower middle class Black people with values. There have been many Black shows that were less honorable in the portrayal of Black people. A very good show. Similiar to "The Honeymooners."
@ Saber Tooth Cat Hello, really enjoyed most of your comment. However, I wish part of the blame for what happened to A&A could be laid at the feet of those who were in control of the NAACP at that time. If you don't know or you are not sure you can read it online. I, as a preteen girl, also had a paper route. What fun it was..... a lot of snow, ice and cold weather.. The papers were in a paper bag hanging onto the handlebars and I had to push the bicycle around because it could not be ridden through the snow. I was glad to get rid of that paper route. Smile!!! We did get a TV in 1951 but I don't remember ever seeing A&A on TV. It just seems I remember hearing about it. I'm thrilled that it's on RUclips now. I have watched all the episodes multiple times. Great actors, great scripts and great writers.
@@ridvanrideon Hello, thank you very much. The decade of the fifties was a great time to grow up. Another plus was that we lived at an inland lake in Michigan so we could participate in both summer and winter sports. We felt safe and secure in our environment. I've done a lot of reading about Tim Moore's personal life. It was very fascinating. A man with a great amount of God-given talent and a high standard of morals and character. Thank you again.
I always thought the theme music to the show was creepy, that's how its sounds to a 4 year old. My dad would watch this show every evening after coming home from work. This is my first time watching the show ever. As a 4 year old I didn't remember any episodes but I remember my dad laughing while watching the show.
@ John Parker. Hello, Yes, but not every time. One of these days I'm going to count how many episodes he did not lose out on. Maybe not too many.Smile !!!!
Sheer comedy brilliance! Racist my @#$!!! These men and women were so talented and funny and it was so unfair of the NAACP and the network to axe it when they did(along with putting everyone in this wonderful cast out of work!) So much better than the majority of the PC tripe of today and not 1 single F bomb or any other swear words. CLASSIC! :)
You are so right, superb writing and acting, it's one of my all time favourite comedy shows of all time along with The Honeymooners, and Sanford and Son. In fact it occurs to me that this show is where The Honeymooners and Sanford and Son got their ideas for their scripts....
The NAACP was largely of Jewish control back then in those days,it wasn't controlled by blacks until a much later date,the 70`s,by then,all of that had changed,yet too late for this show though,& it is a true shame,i really enjoyed this show & wish,as so many other people did/do,that they`d made many more than they did,they`ve no true comedy out today that one can actually have a real laugh!
“The Eyeglasses” Season 2, Episode 3, aired 7 Aug. 1952. Alvin Childress as Amos, Spencer Williams (Jr.) as Andy, Tim Moore as Kingfish, Ernestine Wade as Sapphire, Johnny Lee as Calhoun, Nick Stewart (as Nick O'Demus) as Lightnin', Corny Anderson as the Bailiff, Vince Townsend as the Judge.
If this comedy program is racist then why does Amos own his own business " The Fresh Air Taxi Company? He also has a wife & daughter that he loves & brings stability into their lives & others. ALL of the actors are incredibly talented & play their part professionally just like in ANY other sitcom .Have you seen other sitcoms w/ different nationalities ? They are proud of their comedy sitcoms. I am proud of this one !!!!!!
Amos was a white guy in blackface that was the problem.but it was the only way to get a black comedy on tv. They had to do it in order to get us where we are to day .it was necessary.
@@warpnin3 Kingfish was paid to support, maintain and oversee all the functions of the Mystic Knights of the Sea lodge hall. Andy was on disability i believe. And if this show is bigoted why didn't anyone raise hell when The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air was on TV? It had an all black cast and they had just moved the shenanigans of the 50's to the 90's.
When i was a kid back in the day of this great show , it was on in the am about 10 am i sated home from school to see it . Thanks to the show i am a bumb and i just love it .
I agree with the other comments. In addition, the show portrays blacks as living in nice apartments and in a nice area of the city. And whenever there's an episode with a bad guy, he's usually white! I once heard that even Jessie Jackson thought it was funny.
This is Good and Clean Comedy..No Stereotype..They Spoke Intelligently.. Even if They Mispronounced some of the Words for the sake of Being Funny, but We All Knew what They Meant..
I think this comedy is hilarious. I have also been watching the Burns and Allen Show which is also equally funny. This is no more racist than Gracie Allen would be viewed degrading to women. People need to relax and enjoy it for what it is. COMEDY
Two words describe the whole dynamic, here: BILL COSBY! He was the strong force behind having this, and other shows like Beulah, with Ethel Watters, removed from the airwaves....but where is he now????
These episodes are sensational, and a great tribute to the actors who suffered so much discrimination at a time when people should have had much more compassion and understanding.
I'm 72 years old white male I remember these classics so well today's comedy is absolutely nothing I wish they could bring shows like this back and forget about the color of people it's a comedy and it not the color of the people
THE WORD IS NATURE'S... LET'S TRY... SE-RU-TAN 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 LMAO... A GOOD ONE. YOUR EYEBALLS IN THE WRONG SOCKET🤣🤣🤣 DAMN GOOD WRITING DAMN GOOD ACTING👏👏👏GREAT EPISODE
Classic comedy. What's racist about it ? nothing. The whole cast is black and every bit character part as well. A scheming George Kingfish Stevens and gullible Andrew H. Brown. What could be better.
@@dunique26 Robbie is off base. I for one learned something, and have known about Amos and Andy since my youth. The show was not trash at all. It was one of the most beloved radio shows in America. When people were shopping the stores would play it over the loudspeakers. It was well-written and done with love, albeit with racial tones common to that era, and it lasted for decades. You people need to stop judging the past with modern sensibilities.
'Oh know Rufus it be da cops!' Rastus says 'Oh lawd, Feets Don't fails me nows' 'Rastus you done gotted me arresteded and I done did spent all night long in dat big jailhouse and it was somethin' aweful' other 'well da food was free and no rent' other 'you rite again der Tysrones, does you wanna go drink tonite and get some gresy booty womens?' other 'you askin me dat is lika you uh askin me if'in I wanna eat breakfast with eggs and ham boy' That comedy of the show RASTUS AND RUFUS was great... One Season on NBC in 1957
I will never understand this very amusing series being regarded as 'racist'...yes, some of the main characters are silly and moronic, but that has ZERO to do with them 'portraying black people', they are JUST silly and moronic...hell, Married With Children and the like portrayed idiotic white characters, and everyone just LAUGHED and enjoyed it... NOTE in the opening scene of this episode, a black judge and bailiff, BOTH portrayed in respected positions and they speak as anyone does...we love Kingfish/Andy/Lightnin', etc because they are SILLY and amusing...and cleverly written. IMHO, this was just a really fun, and even heartwarming at times, series, that did NOT deserve the crap it still takes to this day...
+Karstens Creations There is one A&A episode where the victims, judge, police officers, prosecutor were all black and the criminals were white....Hardly a profile in racism if you ask me.
+Karstens Creations Two examples off-hand "Leroy's Suits" and "The Rare Coin." I've watched pretty much every episode of the series (thank you RUclips!). Racist? No. Funny... yes.
@ Mandy St Marie , Hello, Please fact check and/ or research before posting so that you don't spread misinformation. The NAACP did play a role but that was only part of it. And do you know who controlled the NAACP at that time???
An entire black cast, black actors portraying every known profession from cops to drs and this show was deemed racist lmao...ever watch todays black shows?
Yes Andy and Kingfish were buffoons but this show had black judges lawyers police detectives. What other shows from that time could say that. The people that cancel it have never seen a single episode
5:57 hell the “this car has had one previous owner an old lady who used to drive it to the bank only” line was being used 70yrs ago by second hand car salesman! It must be the oldest line in the book. Hundreds of years ago they must of changed the line of car for a horse
A 32 year old man watching this for the first time ,this is timeless and thanks to RUclips .
Me too!!!! This is Epic!! And Timeless!!!! So perfect!!!!
The poor actors lost a good income for the day. I just don't see racism. It is just a cast of anyone.
I loved this show.
Hands down the best TV show ever and I'll never forgive the NAACP for pressuring CBS to take it of the air. A great cast of great actors.
Thanks for liking my pops comment ,he passed away 21 days ago,r.i.p papa
😂 love it brings back memories of the good days sorry to hear about your Pop he had good taste
This show, showed blacks in ownership of their lives. You saw judges, bankers, police/detectives, big high class blacks in society doing for themselves. Unlike today. Black Americans have fallen way down, compared to those days
You IS so right
Different era. They meant well. Blessings. These are so good 😊
I absolutely love them 💕
the actors are very good and funny. this show has more layers than most very entertaining.
I enjoyed the Amos and Andy program when I was a child when it was on radio and later on as a young adult when it was on television. I never saw it as anything but a comedian a comedy movie nothing more and nothing less.
Yes and that is the problem. You see black people in caracature as a joke. You have no idea how this bs makes us feel.
Remember watching this episode with my father in the 50’s. the judge says, I’d said I’ll
Suspend it. Andy says how can you spend if I ain’t got it? My father laughed so hard. Rip.
I listened to a couple of old-time radio A&A radio shows. They too made me laugh out loud! Two of my favorite characters are Lightnin’ and Calhoun. Well-written and acted both radio and TV.
You would say that
Calhoun my viote
this show is so funny so well acted an put together you just enjoy it time kinda stands still .you get into the show. you can relate but it's just fun to watch.
I named my black cat "Kingfish" in honor of Tim Moore.
MY WORLD WOULD STINK WITHOUT AMOS N ANDY, THANKS FOR THE UPLOADS.
this show need to be back on television better then some of the programs on today 😂
Nowadays the blacks would have to be saints, heroes, and rocket scientists--one or the other, or all three!
Amen!!’ These guys were/are great comedic actors!!
Great writing, great characters, fine acting... I loved this show when it was first broadcast, so I'm happy to see it is available here.
Mama mean as hell 🤣🤣🤣.
I viewed the characters as primarily New Yorkers rather than anything else. They lived well despite Kingfish not working, Andy always wore a suit as well as the Kingfish and the rest of the cast was always well dressed. It was no more disrespectful than the Laverne and Shirley, or Lucille Ball shows. It was a comedy, not a documentary. . .
I Agree 💯.
I think,it was the brother swindling brother theme an sapphires angry black woman persona theme they kept up the comedy acting is superb but given thr time I can,understand the outrage we in,a better society then even,tho we still got alot of work to do I can understand how much more difficult the society was an seeing how this will eventually become how a society viewed us
I was a little girl when amos and andy was on but the folks my grandparents age did talk and act like that amd i it was a funny show! My parents were upset because the actors lost their jobs!
I agree, also.
It was a great comedy. Acting & writing were very good.
...and, all the professionals were all black. Lawyers, Doctors, Businessmen... and Kingfish was smart as hell.As a kid, I had two TV heroes at that time; George Kingfish Stevens and Sgt Ernie Bilko. I still love 'em today.
How can this tv show be racist? The judge, bailiff, Amos the cab driver, and other find hard working people were excellent roll models. This show revealed how black communities could succeed.
That might be so, if they had hired black actors to play these rolls instead of the hybrid in blackface and didn't use those ridiculous southern white boy accents when they talk.
This show was a classic, these actors and actresses, never got the accolades they well deserved. Thank you for posting.
The worst part is the jerks who got the show cancelled and cost these fine black actors their jobs and the rest of the entire world many years of fine entertainment . Everyone lost due to the stupidity of a pitiful few losers and racists of the worse kind
These fine black actors were not black, they where hybrids in blackface and prostetics and the voices are dubbed in by other hybrids.
Kingfish's whole day was how to out do Andy Brown. Outstanding writing and genuinely funny stuff. Great actors put out of work by those working against them.
The Kingfish is a classic.
@ John Bashara.... Hello,
Yes, and they would not let up until finally CBS caved in!!!
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Fantastic acting. Ive always loved these guys. This show is better than most of the garbage on tv these days. Its amazing how this got off the ground way back then. Its a treasure and Im so glad we have it to watch now. Fantastic actors and anyone who says it s demeaning is ignorant. Its powerful because these were the early days of television. And.... I had a ticket for running a red light and paid it off to avoid court. But if Andy only knew... I had to pay well over $200. Lol True story.
When I was a little girl my father and I loved this show. What’s funny now that I am 67 years old now and always thought Kingfish was Andy. I guess it was because I was little and we listened to the radio at first. But as time went on my Dad would make his little girl laugh and laugh, imitating The King Fish. What I know very well is that my Father was not racist or making fun of The King Fish. Also he did not raise a racist daughter. We also enjoyed George Burns and Gracie Allen. And neither of us thought she was simple minded. All these people enjoyed doing was making people of all age have a fun time. The whole family could watch these shows. We need more of them in today’s world.
Yes mam you are correct these are great as a matter a fact today is the first time I've seen them and I'm 53 so thanks to the person that made this possible
The funniest PERIOD!
I gotta remove a Cadillac (cataract) from a man's eyes 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Too funny LMAO
Like Archie saying biblical cord instead of umbilical cord..
Needs to be back on TV great show
Get a grip....
I gotta remove a Cadillac from a man's eyes😂😂😂
I remember the television show I rolled with laughter .I remember the neighbors coming over to watch and we acted likeAmos and Andy. It was canceled and the whole street was upset because of the cancellation.Times were a lot different in the early 50's.Some better and some bad.
Hilarious! The scene where Andy got in the back seat for the driving test reminds me of when my grandfather was so busy talking to the gas station attendant years ago that he entered the car from the back seat and was looking for the ignition!
+Betty J Now THAT's funny!!!
Amos, Andy-,Calloon and Kingfish will bring back memories for many people worldwide.
Beyond greatness.
Amos is like the voice of reason. he gets to set Mr brown straight on kingfishs scams. funny.
Lawyer Mr. Calhoun is a partner in the firm of Dewey, Cheetum and Howe.
Amos is a white guy in blackface
Maybe you diden't notice.
Many episodes he was absent and he was never funny and was the least popular caricature , for all of the above reasons
"Your eyeballs are in the wrong sockets!" Hysterical
I for the life of me cannot understand why people had problems with this program..Its funny, !!
They had problems because "Amos" was a white man in black face. A bunch of idiots complained that it was racist when it actually wasn't. The protests cost all the black actors a fortune in royalties which was wrong.
@@leewarren5617 Only on the radio. Not on the TV show.
You have to consider the times. When the show went of the air, was a different place. This was the ONLY image of blacks on tv then.
@@mikeeasterling2929 What people do is take today's standards and put them into the standards of those times. Those times were different than our times.
@@leewarren5617 speaking of glasses maybe check yours? These folks all look pretty black to me.
Thank you ! It's a shame that people mis out on this because of some nonsense.
Why don't you explain the nonsense.
Fantastic Comedians! This was a extremely funny show. I a little girl who was in grade school at that time who enjoyed this show with or without my parents (nothing ever inappropiate that children shouldn't hear). Yes, l agree all that happened to the actors was ANOTHER GENTEDROUP OF PEOPLE WITHOUT JOBS!🐾🦉
What he said:
king leonidasberg the spartan heeb
"An entire black cast, black actors portraying every known profession from cops to drs and this show was deemed racist lmao...ever watch todays black shows? Cannot be said any better.
I grew up on Amos n Andy " I LOVE LOVE LOVE AMOS N ANDY"!!! I SEE NO PROBLEM AT ALL. THIS IS ALL BLACK HAD BACK IN THE DAY" !!!!🤩😍🤗😘
TRULY one of the FUNNIEST SITCOMS EVER PRODUCED, BLACK OR WHITE..PURE GENIUS..BRILLIANT ACTORS AND WRITERS.
Kingfish: "Andy, with eyes that bad, you ought to have a bigger nose."
I CANT EVEN SEE THE WALL🤗
This show is hilarious. I just discovered it although my dad used to watch it
I used to watch the show when I was a young kid. it was funny then and it's still funny. just imagine a comedy show where you don't have to hear foul language all the time, or political rants, or being barraged with constant sexual innuendos.
I'm 78 years old. I remember the radio days of Amos and Andy. Theaters would stop the movie in order for the audience to hear the show instead of staying home and missing the movie.
I love the TV show for its comedy. Tim Moore, Kingfish, is super. The whole cast was amazing. Too bad that it was degrading in a way to African Americans. The whole cast consisted of very talented Blacks.
I've watched more than a few installments of this series here on yt, but I can't find anything in them that's degrading to African Americans. But that may be because I'm not Oversensitive American. Or even American, for that matter.:-)
How about just say talented people?
@@warpnin3 Hello, thank you for your comments.
I am an American and I am not oversensitive. It is a comedy and a great one at that.
Sanford and son was more degrading to blacks.
Very funny show. I remember when I was a paperboy and I would collect money from my customers. It seemed like I was always collecting around the time this show was on. Just about every house I went to would have it playing. Many of them would let me sit inside while they got the money ready. I would watch it and think to myself, "I wish I was home so I could watch the whole show." They were forced to take it off the air because it was supposedly disrespectful of African Americans. I suppose it is a little bit, but not as much as many shows since then that ran forever and were not nearly as funny. The people always dressed nice, many had great jobs, all had nice houses, and they faced situations everyone faces in daily life. It was very funny. I read on the internet that the actors and actresses were very upset that it was taken off the air by force, by other black folks, some of them never worked again in movies and TV. Most of them had accomplished a lot in private life before being on TV.
yours is the best comment about this so far btw even jesse jackson agrees with you.
They were working/lower middle class Black people with values. There have been many Black shows that were less honorable in the portrayal of Black people. A very good show. Similiar to "The Honeymooners."
@ Saber Tooth Cat
Hello, really enjoyed most of your comment.
However, I wish part of the blame for what happened to A&A could be laid at the feet of those who were in control of the NAACP at that time. If you don't know or you are not sure you can read it online.
I, as a preteen girl, also had a paper route. What fun it was..... a lot of snow, ice and cold weather.. The papers were in a paper bag hanging onto the handlebars and I had to push the bicycle around because it could not be ridden through the snow. I was glad to get rid of that paper route. Smile!!!
We did get a TV in 1951 but I don't remember ever seeing A&A on TV. It just seems I remember hearing about it.
I'm thrilled that it's on RUclips now. I have watched all the episodes multiple times.
Great actors, great scripts and great writers.
Good comment.
@@ridvanrideon Hello, thank you very much.
The decade of the fifties was a great time to grow up. Another plus was that we lived at an inland lake in Michigan so we could participate in both summer and winter sports. We felt safe and secure in our environment.
I've done a lot of reading about Tim Moore's personal life. It was very fascinating. A man with a great amount of God-given talent and a high standard of morals and character. Thank you again.
i love me some amos and andy they alway make me laugh
kingfish is the funniest black man in history.
@museack Not quite as funny as Donald Trump.
What's wrong with you people? Get an education beyond high school....
@@nothankyou5524 what are you talking about?? please clarify your comment.
I always thought the theme music to the show was creepy, that's how its sounds to a 4 year old. My dad would watch this show every evening after coming home from work. This is my first time watching the show ever. As a 4 year old I didn't remember any episodes but I remember my dad laughing while watching the show.
The actress who played Mama also played Danny Thomas's maid on his show.
Same here. It seemed creepy to a kid, but now it fits perfectly somehow.
The Kingfish, the best con man of all time. But, he loses out in the end.
@ John Parker. Hello,
Yes, but not every time. One of these days I'm going to count how many episodes he did not lose out on. Maybe not too many.Smile !!!!
Sheer comedy brilliance! Racist my @#$!!! These men and women were so talented and funny and it was so unfair of the NAACP and the network to axe it when they did(along with putting everyone in this wonderful cast out of work!) So much better than the majority of the PC tripe of today and not 1 single F bomb or any other swear words. CLASSIC! :)
You are so right, superb writing and acting, it's one of my all time favourite comedy shows of all time along with The Honeymooners, and Sanford and Son. In fact it occurs to me that this show is where The Honeymooners and Sanford and Son got their ideas for their scripts....
The NAACP was largely of Jewish control back then in those days,it wasn't controlled by blacks until a much later date,the 70`s,by then,all of that had changed,yet too late for this show though,& it is a true shame,i really enjoyed this show & wish,as so many other people did/do,that they`d made many more than they did,they`ve no true comedy out today that one can actually have a real laugh!
Leeanne Newman I couldn't agree with you more.
One of the funniest TV shows ever! Better than Sanford and Son I think.
I agree
I grew up watching Amos n Andy I just turned 71 in 2021
"He had astigmatism in one eye and the itch in the other. So....." Funny.
“The Eyeglasses” Season 2, Episode 3, aired 7 Aug. 1952. Alvin Childress as Amos, Spencer Williams (Jr.) as Andy, Tim Moore as Kingfish, Ernestine Wade as Sapphire, Johnny Lee as Calhoun, Nick Stewart (as Nick O'Demus) as Lightnin', Corny Anderson as the Bailiff, Vince Townsend as the Judge.
If this comedy program is racist then why does Amos own his own business " The Fresh Air Taxi Company? He also has a wife & daughter that he loves & brings stability into their lives & others. ALL of the actors are incredibly talented & play their part professionally just like in ANY other sitcom .Have you seen other sitcoms w/ different nationalities ? They are proud of their comedy sitcoms. I am proud of this one !!!!!!
Maybe people didn't like it because Kingfish and Andy were unemployed and, especially, kingfish was a bit of a hustler/rascal. I really don't know...
Amos was a white guy in blackface that was the problem.but it was the only way to get a black comedy on tv. They had to do it in order to get us where we are to day .it was necessary.
@@bobbybriggs8550 That's incorrect. Alvin Childress, the man who played Amos, was black.
@@warpnin3 Kingfish was paid to support, maintain and oversee all the functions of the Mystic Knights of the Sea lodge hall. Andy was on disability i believe. And if this show is bigoted why didn't anyone raise hell when The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air was on TV? It had an all black cast and they had just moved the shenanigans of the 50's to the 90's.
You have the answer in you statement find out why it call the fresh air taxi company and then take a close look at amos cab.
Five star comedy.
When i was a kid back in the day of this great show , it was on in the am about 10 am i sated home from school to see it . Thanks to the show i am a bumb and i just love it .
I agree with the other comments. In addition, the show portrays blacks as living in nice apartments and in a nice area of the city. And whenever there's an episode with a bad guy, he's usually white! I once heard that even Jessie Jackson thought it was funny.
Really? hmm...
I do agree it is a good show, but who cares what the F Jesse Jackoff thinks.
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I agree about Jackson but I disagree that it was good show. Maybe for hybrids, not for Moors.
Should’ve had a bigger problem with The Jeffersons , Good Times, Sanford & Son etc.
Well at least those shows used REAL black actors and not FAKE hybrid so-called Europeans with FAKE black accents and prostetics in the rolls.
Judge "I am suspending it "
Andy: How can you spend it if I ain't got it ? 🤣🤣🤣
This is Good and Clean Comedy..No Stereotype..They Spoke Intelligently.. Even if They Mispronounced some of the Words for the sake of Being Funny, but We All Knew what They Meant..
So very far from racist, just funny. Thank you for posting. When I was a kid I watched it on TV, loved it then also...........
This was one of the early shows but realize they also depicted well off black people for the 1950s.
Special glasses with one lense, one for a itchy eye the other stigmatizm. funny buying a car from a friend classic stuff.
I think this comedy is hilarious. I have also been watching the Burns and Allen Show which is also equally funny. This is no more racist than Gracie Allen would be viewed degrading to women. People need to relax and enjoy it for what it is. COMEDY
...AMEN!.....
football .
Life of Riley and The Honey Mooners. If they were black they would have been canceled too.
The gentleman who played Andy Brown was actually a Sargent in WWI
`Sargent Major in the Army. was with General Pershing.
And a very accomplished man in many other ways!
He also wrote and produced his own movies. He was quite accomplished, to play such a lovable dummy in Amos and Andy.
Two words describe the whole dynamic, here: BILL COSBY!
He was the strong force behind having this, and other shows like Beulah, with Ethel Watters, removed from the airwaves....but where is he now????
Why did he have them removed?
Funny Funny FUNNY!!!!
These episodes are sensational, and a great tribute to the actors who suffered so much discrimination at a time when people should have had much more compassion and understanding.
Saw this very episode way back in 1974. I was only 15 and stoned with my two cousins. It was almost surreal watching this high on weed.
Kingfish. Nobody slick as him! Always got a plan, a scheme, a new profession!
These shows kind of makes me feel like I’m part of the gang, up there with the Three Stooges (good fun).
the ending is crazy funny all because king tried to run his scam.
I'm 72 years old white male I remember these classics so well today's comedy is absolutely nothing I wish they could bring shows like this back and forget about the color of people it's a comedy and it not the color of the people
'"How can you suSPEND it if I aint got it?!?!"
This is one of my favorite episodes because we get to see someone try to pull ol' razzle dazzle on the Kingfish for a change.
I grew up watching them and I sometimes pull them up and watch them
THE WORD IS NATURE'S...
LET'S TRY... SE-RU-TAN 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 LMAO... A GOOD ONE. YOUR EYEBALLS IN THE WRONG SOCKET🤣🤣🤣
DAMN GOOD WRITING DAMN GOOD ACTING👏👏👏GREAT EPISODE
kingfish not only do I oppose the allegations but ize resist the alligator
lol!!!!!😘😘😘😘😘
Nicely said
Andy was so simple minded
It was called the Amos and Andy Show but
Amos seemed like a minor character and
it was mostly about Andy and the Kingfish.
In Eastern Europe you are a waiting list for five years.
Best comedy ever.
Kingfish could be his wives father and her Mothers Husband..
Looking at them.. Anyhow light entertainment..
They were well dressed, most of them had a profession, the show was funny as hell. Why did the NAACP object to this show ?
The humor was stupid in a subtle way.
The actors were all white in blackface and prostetics.
The voices were dubbed in with ridiculous accents.
Good clean and funny
What a great show !
This is so good it's unreal.
Classic comedy. What's racist about it ? nothing. The whole cast is black and every bit character part as well. A scheming George Kingfish Stevens and gullible Andrew H. Brown. What could be better.
I luv it!!!!
Walter Palmer The original depiction was a black face act so shut up these man took trash and made it comedic gold
@@RobbieBlue you are without a clue....
@@nothankyou5524 Robbie blue is correct. So you are the one without a clue. Go learn something
@@dunique26 Robbie is off base. I for one learned something, and have known about Amos and Andy since my youth. The show was not trash at all. It was one of the most beloved radio shows in America. When people were shopping the stores would play it over the loudspeakers. It was well-written and done with love, albeit with racial tones common to that era, and it lasted for decades. You people need to stop judging the past with modern sensibilities.
To do away with racism, they replaced Amos n' Andy with George Jefferson. Nothing racist or stereo-typical about him.
riiiiiight.... nothiiiiiing :-)
Robert Yaeger lol.
LOL
very funny ! love the shows !
$10.00 in 1952 = $92.27 in 2017. ouch.
That,was,a,time,when,people,were,offended,by,thank you,,great,days,
'Oh know Rufus it be da cops!' Rastus says 'Oh lawd, Feets Don't fails me nows'
'Rastus you done gotted me arresteded and I done did spent all night long in dat big jailhouse and it was somethin' aweful' other 'well da food was free and no rent' other 'you rite again der Tysrones, does you wanna go drink tonite and get some gresy booty womens?' other 'you askin me dat is lika you uh askin me if'in I wanna eat breakfast with eggs and ham boy'
That comedy of the show RASTUS AND RUFUS was great... One Season on NBC in 1957
I will never understand this very amusing series being regarded as 'racist'...yes, some of the main characters are silly and moronic, but that has ZERO to do with them 'portraying black people', they are JUST silly and moronic...hell, Married With Children and the like portrayed idiotic white characters, and everyone just LAUGHED and enjoyed it...
NOTE in the opening scene of this episode, a black judge and bailiff, BOTH portrayed in respected positions and they speak as anyone does...we love Kingfish/Andy/Lightnin', etc because they are SILLY and amusing...and cleverly written.
IMHO, this was just a really fun, and even heartwarming at times, series, that did NOT deserve the crap it still takes to this day...
+Karstens Creations Not only that. To me the show was part of Americana, part of growing up in the greatest country in the world in the 50s.
+Karstens Creations You gotta point there.
+Karstens Creations There is one A&A episode where the victims, judge, police officers, prosecutor were all black and the criminals were white....Hardly a profile in racism if you ask me.
Never saw that episode...but I agree w/ you 100%...;)
+Karstens Creations Two examples off-hand "Leroy's Suits" and "The Rare Coin." I've watched pretty much every episode of the series (thank you RUclips!). Racist? No. Funny... yes.
Lucy episode. That danged car!
It was the NAACP that stopped it.
@ Mandy St Marie , Hello,
Please fact check and/ or research before posting so that you don't spread misinformation.
The NAACP did play a role but that was only part of it.
And do you know who controlled the NAACP at that time???
An entire black cast, black actors portraying every known profession from cops to drs and this show was deemed racist lmao...ever watch todays black shows?
This reminds me of some Tyler Perry stuff.
great acting
Funny is just funny
I really like it
Yes Andy and Kingfish were buffoons but this show had black judges lawyers police detectives. What other shows from that time could say that. The people that cancel it have never seen a single episode
Shriekkkkkkkkkkkkkkk there white people in this!!!!
5:57 hell the “this car has had one previous owner an old lady who used to drive it to the bank only” line was being used 70yrs ago by second hand car salesman! It must be the oldest line in the book. Hundreds of years ago they must of changed the line of car for a horse
a $10 fine for running a red light. oh how I wish it were still that much today.
I think if you went back in time and called The Kingfish a "man of color" he'd punch you right in the nose.
I bet he would not punch you if you called what he was, a Moor.
This must have been a very early episode since he had a car in all the others
@ John Bentley
The Eyeglasses
August 7th 1952