Amos 'n' Andy - Kingfish Gets Drafted (1951)
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- In this episode, Kingfish is mistakenly drafted into the army, and he is given an enthusiastic send-off by his wife and lodge brothers. Kingfish pretends to join the 135th regiment, and instead, hides in town.
Season 1, Episode 1
Airdate: Jun 28, 1951
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One of the greatest shows ever. My family never thought of black or white or anything else, just the humor, situations, and acting. I can watch these episodes over and over and never grow tired of the stories. Wonderful family entertainment. Would love to hear what these actors did later in life.
Amos ...en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin_Childress
Andy...en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spencer_Williams_Jr.
Kingfish...en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Moore_(comedian)
Sapphire...en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernestine_Wade
Calhoun...en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Lee_(actor)
Mama...en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanda_Randolph
No pc bs, no cussing, no overhyped sexual innuendos, no closet gayness, no over racializing the script, just pure clean comedy the BEST.
Especially the military slavery. While the war is ramping up. Hilarious.
Brilliant cast and script. Great classic comedy worth watching all these years later. Pity recent sitcoms cannot match this show.
I remember watching this TV show when I was a kid in the 50s . I'm 79 now it was a good show .👍👍👍
I love this Black ensemble cast and wish they had gotten the recognition they deserved.
Red Fox said, he learned everything about comedy from Amos and Andy.
It is too bad that they were taken off the air. Something about blacks being offended,, as if today's black shows are less offensive. It was comedy, people. Nothing more.
Are you speaking for Black/African Americans?
@@kevinjay5908 of course!
@@kevinjay5908 I think Redd Fox, Did. Sanford and Son, one of the Best comedies, in the 1970’s.
I'm 74 years old and I understand the real and true art, and the Black artists who show the world how to entertain!
Their stuff is better than 99% of the trash today.
wow i really loved this show....so funny. I remember watching this in the early 1950's as a young kid. This will make you smile even in the worst of times...
The following is a true story...
Re: "Roast Beef Scandal" of January 1958.
[Tim] Moore ["Kingfish" of Amos 'n' Andy] fired a gunshot in his home because of his "mooching in-laws" (stepson, stepdaughter, and her husband) when he found that the last of the New Year's roast beef had been eaten by them.[46]
Moore related, "These free-loaders have eaten everything in the house. My wife protects them and every time we talk about it, we get into an argument.
The argument got a little loud and the next thing I knew, the big boy (his stepson Hubbard) jumped out of his chair. I ran upstairs and got out my old pistol. I didn't want to hit anybody."[63]
When the police arrived at the home, Moore, pistol still in his belt, told them, "I'm the old Kingfish, boys. I'm the one you want. I fired that shot. I didn't want to hit anyone, although I could have.
Anyway, you should have seen the in-laws scatter when I fired that gun."[64]
The shot Moore fired hit the china cabinet; he was arrested and charged with assault with a deadly weapon, with police calling him the "funniest prisoner in police history."[63]
Moore was initially ordered held on $1,000 bond; the judge changed his mind and released Moore on his own recognizance.[64]
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Tim Moore (the Kingfish) was absolutely wonderful. A great comedian.
They were all perfectly cast in their roles, everyone was superb, fantastic bunch of actors.
Redd Foxx cited him as one of his mentors in comedy. He learned well.
That was a funny show!
The following is a true story...
Re: "Roast Beef Scandal" of January 1958.
[Tim] Moore ["Kingfish" of Amos 'n' Andy] fired a gunshot in his home because of his "mooching in-laws" (stepson, stepdaughter, and her husband) when he found that the last of the New Year's roast beef had been eaten by them.[46]
Moore related, "These free-loaders have eaten everything in the house. My wife protects them and every time we talk about it, we get into an argument.
The argument got a little loud and the next thing I knew, the big boy (his stepson Hubbard) jumped out of his chair. I ran upstairs and got out my old pistol. I didn't want to hit anybody."[63]
When the police arrived at the home, Moore, pistol still in his belt, told them, "I'm the old Kingfish, boys. I'm the one you want. I fired that shot. I didn't want to hit anyone, although I could have.
Anyway, you should have seen the in-laws scatter when I fired that gun."[64]
The shot Moore fired hit the china cabinet; he was arrested and charged with assault with a deadly weapon, with police calling him the "funniest prisoner in police history."[63]
Moore was initially ordered held on $1,000 bond; the judge changed his mind and released Moore on his own recognizance.[64]
Wikipedia
Naacp should have left Amos & Andy show alone..it is great !!! From a 74 yr old fan !!! ❤❤❤
Simply one of the best sitcoms ever! Loved the characters! This show was on the level of I Love Lucy! Simply aired at the wrong time! The plots were incredible! ❤❤
It aired at the RIGHT time. It was one of the first devoted to Black actors. Our Gang beat them by 30 years.
AS a kid Amos n Andy was my favorite show for one reason only...it was awesome.
Watching Amos & Andy was one of the high lights of the 50's. Yeah! I layed on my belly in front of the little 9" T.V. too...like many of you. It made me laugh then...and still does today. Its hard to find things to laugh at in this crazy upsidedown world. Im thankful we have these to watch. Also The Honeymooners... I Love Lucy... Beverly Hillbillies....i could go on. Then the 80's shows came along. They weren't as funny. They got obscene...each generation got worse. Look where we are today! I wouldn't watch todays T.V. shows for 5 minutes. We got to watch some Great Westerns too! Not to mention the greatest detective shows. Then their was our music...from the 50's to early 80's...after that music started sounding the same. You can always tell a remake.
I feel very blessed to have lived in the days I did. Its sad to see how this generation is so twisted!
Im looking ⬆️
I too enjoyed all this shows. It was a better time and a time when you werent afraid to leave windows and doors unlocked or walk around your neighborhood without being attacked ,, different times now.
Loved this show as a kid, still do.
Super stars of early TV! Nothing on TV this good now.
Right! Man, we use to start laughing. Even before we turned to, their channel.
Have not seen this in years,enjoying it
These came on at 5:30pm when I was a child, between the 5 o'clock and 6 o'clock news ... we'd watch them just before "supper" ... now I have them all on DVD ... nothing as funny today ...
What a great show this was. I remember watching this when I was a kid.
Good
You can thank the democrats for having this show removed.
@@boone1joker858 They're so dumb.
Who said it was ddocvrats where is T he proof B n@@boone1joker858 no
@@boone1joker858 I think I heard somewhere - or read, I can't remember - that it was Jesse Jackson (remember him?) who played a big part in getting it pulled from network TV. It had to have been in the late '60's, b/c I remember watching them as a kid in the early to mid '60's.
Amos and Andy is the most wonderful delightful television comedy show. It is hilarious and funny. As a child I just loved every character on the show, especially the Kingfish played by Tim Moore, he was my favorite character on the show. The show was devoid of any racism. People were just people. It was in a world of doctors, lawyers, judges, business men and people of all levels in life, all of the same race. There was no depiction of any race on the show, just hilarious, clean and wholesome comedy that made you laugh. The Amos and Andy comedy show deserves high praise.
Nothing racist about watching classic comedy, everybody laughed and had a good time.
I TOTALLY Agree
This little boy knew similar characters among everyone he knew and we were all white. Nothing racist at all. Just really, really funny.
I agree. Im laughing with them not at them in a derogatory way. Thats what entertainment is all about.
who is everybody?
The television show was preceded by the radio show which had white actors portraying African Americans. It was racist to its core.
The subsequent television show was essentially the only widespread, depiction of African Americans to the viewing public. Since America was even more racially segregated in every aspect of life at that time - housing, employment, theaters, restaurants, public services, government - than it is now this show provided many whites their only up close exposure to African Americans while the full spectrum of white lives, from comedy to drama and everything in between, were fully represented on tv and in movies. Consequently, no one ever had a one dimensional view of white people in this country based on what they saw on tv and in everyday life. Had white Hollywood racism not been so prevalent and instead afforded African American actors an equal opportunity for acting roles, and permitted stories which reflected the full expanse of African American life, the Amos n' Andy show could’ve been viewed in context, as a comedic depiction of African American people. Spencer Williams Jr, who played Andy on the show, was a highly skilled movie director, who wrote, directed, produced and starred in several movies. The white studios and good ole boy network either blocked or severely limited his movies' distribution and exposure to the general public.
So yes, these were great actors on the Amos n' Andy tv show. With such great talent, ever wonder why you almost never saw any of them again in tv or movie roles? Because white Hollywood wanted the Amos n' Andy one-dimensional portrayal of Black people in the entertainment media - until they eventually realized there was money to be made by more broadly exploiting this enormous talent. This is the role of racism associated with the Amos n' Andy show.
I'm in tears. Good clean comedy and as funny as it gets.
Do I smell a movie that should be made? I grew up watching these and we laughed our buts off. Yes, there were questionable stereotypes, but we didn't see it that way. Where else in 1951 could you turn on TV and see Blacks represented as Lawyers, Doctors and successful people? Actually, we never thought of them as Black, just fine actors. Boy, wasn't that a revolutionary thought for the times? And the draft letter said exactly that. I got mine 18 years later, word for word. You know, I tried for years to find out who those local neighbors were who selected me. Never could. Probably a good thing. Many thanks to those who made this show happen and the actors.
Notice that the only black characters in this show who act as "stereotypes" are the 3 or 4 who are the regular cast. All other black characters behave in a white middle class way. All the episodes of A&A in radio and TV were the same in this respect. The regulars are all veterans of the black vaudeville that was popular before movies and radio, they are playing the stereotyped classical roles they did in vaudeville. These roles were popular with black and white audiences. Amos & Andy was as popular in the 1930s and 40s as The Simpsons was in the 1980s and 90s. Amos & Andy is no different from any other sitcom that shows white people as cliché clowns and buffoons, such as The Honeymooners, I love Lucy, Charlie McCarthy, All In The Family, Saturday Night Live skits, etc., etc. If any black American today objects to Amos & Andy for any reason, I'm for censoring it. But I urge you all to take a careful look at it first. The show is disconnected from the tragedy of race discrimination, just as those all-white show are disconnected from our other tragedies. Comedy shows are almost always disconnected from sad reality. They have to be, in order to laugh at human folly. Is it wrong to be funny?
@@Axgoodofdunemaul NO, it is not wrong to be funny. I always wondered the exact same thing you are relating to. No one complained when the white people in these comedy shows were made to look like idiots. That's what they were there for. Although their is some truth in comedy characterization, it is exaggerated greatly most times to make you laugh. And that's what it was there for. I believe we all know people like Ralph Cramden, Charlie, and Amos and that's what makes it funny. I have the greatest respect for all humans no matter what race they are or cultural background. Maybe we see a little of ourselves in these characters. The most difficult thing to laugh at is yourself. But if you can, I believe you are on the way to a successful life. This was a great show, well produced, well written and well acted, and that's the way I will always remember it.
Unfortunately, a movie will never be made. Society is getting more and more politically correct and over sensitive. But, funny is funny, and these shows are hilarious. Sadly,this was the only show featuring black performers on tv at the time, so this is the only view many white people had of black people. The medium was the message.
This show should be in the reruns.
Everyday like ILoveLucy,Honeymooners,
Da zookahs was zookin, classic. These guys and gals were great. I loved them as a kid and I still love watching them. Pure genius.
I remember watching this program when I was a kid. Never thought I'd see any of them again. Enjoyed all of those characters immensely and loved the fact they acted so freely and spontaneously.
I was going to write the same thing, I always like watching Amos 'n' Andy, they always came on just for The little Rascals back in the day, they were my favorites!
Do the name Ruby Begonia strike a familiar note?
I love watching this show. Will you be showing more programs.
I Love them as well
@@davidschwartz5127 hypokuh l
Lord i loved watching this show back in the fifties. Laying on my belly in front of our 9 inch tv at grandpa's house.. Those were the days.
TB12, Folks had 9-10 in tv.Didnt think my dad would ever get rid of it😑First cousin bought a 14" that auto changed channels with no click click.Haha! We laughed at ourselves n characters on TV.
**Amos N' Andy** This Is **Clean** Comedy At Its Best!!!!!!! The Black Actors Had **Superb** Drama Chemistry Of One Another; So Natural And So Free. **Great Show** Performed By **Great People**
I loved this show, the actors really defined their character's personalities.
Great comedy actors.
I used to watch this show every chance I got as a little boy
My grandmother and I would watch it together, I think everyday, wonderful stuff.
@Hello there, how are you doing this blessed day?
I used to watch this with my grandpa. Loved it.
Sure miss this show!
I used to watch them when I was a kid. One of the best shows on TV.
I'm a young man and I discovered this show about a year ago and I tell you I can't stop watching it this is good stuff....
I know the story but hadn’t watched it! I agree with you and get into the historical side too.
Amos ‘n Andy was a great show. If you like Amos ‘n Andy you may also want to check out “The Honemooners” if you have not yet done so.
I know what you mean. I've been on a watching marathon for a while.
I’ve loved them from the beginning. 6pm Sunday night. The world was quiet.
I watched this show as a child I never thought about the color of the actors skin only the stories and characters the actors portrayed. It was sad that some people only saw this show in a negative way.
RIP, Kingfish. You will always be my favorite 🙏🏼👍🏼🙏🏼
Used to watch when I was a kid.
I'm old enough to remember watching these wnen they were new. Never a racist comment. All actors were black and very funny.
I am white Great actors, but to Not see that they were depicted as persons who could not even speak proper English was an insult to the black people !
NAACP don't speak for the millions of people who truly loved all the shows actors
I have the collection and never stops being funny with all the Kingfishes' double takes after says something profoundly intelligent to see if' they bought it...
We always watched this show and got such a kick out of it. Just funny. So glad I found it to watch again.
Hopefully quality like comedy will never disappear.
These were outstanding actors and actresses! I wish there were even more episodes. The talent here is endless.
when I was a kid I would hurry home to watch Amos n Andy. I loved the show.
I forgot how really good this series was (and still is).
And no cursing or sexuality was used.
I love this for all the right reasons. It's just funny and good. God Love them .
Loved this show! Great memories!
I enjoyed it as young child in the 1950's and as a man in 2023.
I always loved Amos & Andy and the show never got the recognition they deserved.
one of the greatest shows ever.
Well the Amos and Andy sure got the laugh last because they are more famous now than before! All is well and the legendary comics of Amos and Andy truly 100%
Funnier than ever....the show must go on😊
i love this show understand that some don't but my grandpa had me look this show up so he can watch every other week and he was happy miss u grandpa this show helps me remember grandpa
I was raised in Newark New Jersey watching this from 1955 till 1969 I was raised in Newark New Jersey
Great buy used to watch this when I was a kid
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@@publioberrios3718 fa
I used to watch Amos and Andy back in the 50s I really enjoyed that show great actors😅
I wish they had sitcoms like this today!
Never happen! Not enough talent in Hollywood or NY for that to happen. Clean, funny shows from the '50's have been replaced with filthy mouth actors, sex orientated movies/tv shows, unmarried couples living together and gays. Absolutely shameful!!!!!
@@sharonw2475 😊 1:08 1:09 1:10
Me too. However-the NAALCP-the National Association for the Advancement of Liberal Colored People-would be-unneccessarily outraged and incensed.
The liberals would not allow it.
I started saying that back in the '70s. All in the Family and Mash were the last two great ones. (for me) Not until Married with Children. Never watched another one. Never saw Seinfeld.
I am so sorry the young folk of the 21st century have been robbed of some of the most talented people that have graced the tv screen! I reared my children on Amos n Andy first on lp records then on videos purchased . Part of their well balanced lifestyles they live today.
It was one of the greatest comedy shows I grew up with! I never understood why black folks took offense of it !!
Did you ever notice the very clever and funny dialogue in each episode? The actors with their tremendous ability have baked in their acting skills into each scene and episode.
The medal with the oatmeal cluster!
Watch this with my grandfather when I was a child in the 60s and this is one of the best shows and best comedies these actors should be honored and in the Hall of Fame and their show should not have been taken off television because of the n-double-acp
Still funny and great after all these years gone by. Thank you for sharing.
I didn't realize these shows were still available on-line. Some friends and I plan to "simonize our watches" and get together for some binge viewing.
Love this show. I have all the episodes on a bootleg dvd. I watched this on tv as a kid, thanks for sharing ! Mantan Moreland would have been a great addition to the cast. Tim Moore was in his 60’s doing this show, he was sharp with his dialogue. As a white American, this show was no demeaning than the white cast in The Honeymooners with Jackie Gleason. Thank you for sharing ❤
Time to bring this program back along with the other good reruns.
I Agree
Great actors!! This is true humor.
I remember Abbott and Costello, Laurel and Hard and Amos 'n' Andy were the funniest comedians on early radio and television in the early fifties. The only one not being replayed on TV today is Amos 'n' Andy. What a shame, I think they were really funny, but I guess I can understand. Thanks for bringing back the memories of sitting on the floor next to the old Philco and listening and laughing to these talented comedians of the past.
Certainly better than Abbott & Costello , however Laurel & Hardy were the Kings !
Andy actually was a Sergeant Major in WW1 with Gen Pershing, the real deal.
Absolutely FABULOUS series......loved the characters.....great laughs!!!
@Hello there, how are you doing this blessed day?
I remember this show so well. It was so funny.
Best sitcom ever on TV. I was 10 years old when I watched these great shows and they portrayed black folk the same as hustling white folk. I grew to reflect these people they never showed to be scoff law’s prejudice or bad in any way. It’s the same as in any ethnic group to laugh at the funny side. I still watch these shows on CZcams any time I have them on cd and listen to the M while driving I laugh my butt off people in other cars think I’m nuts. Oh I forgot. I am.
Pure genius!
Actor Spencer Williams who played Andy was one of the most financially successful people in Hollywood. My mom knew him through industrial and military instructional film production. Williams had lots of various income streams. Sharp businessman and a superb musician.
Spencer Williams, was a actor, writer, producer and educated
Loved this show.
I was heartbroken when this wonderful show became an early victim of our overly sensitive society. Even as a white boy living in the south, we didn't see black or white, all we saw was actually rolling on the floor damn funny. I'm better for the experience. And the theme music is on another level.
I too am from the south and grew up watching this show. Loved it! So glad to have found this.
@@marilynrebouche719 I'm with you. I loved these, and still do. I never saw them as black, I saw them as just people in one of the most human and funny shows of it's time.
As a Black child I loved watching this show. So sorry it was taken off the air. As I watch episodes now it brings back sweet memories. Those were the good ole days and in the south.
Used to watch every afternoon. Loved those characters.
❤ reminds me when I was a kid and I used to listen to them on the radio coming back from my aunt's house. Way back in the 50s. There are great comedy team. Nothing racist about that show they were a great comedy team. Even when I was little I used to laugh that show. Brings back a lot of warm memories. God bless them.
When I was a kid ,this show was on Radio, and my dad would play it in the car and we laughed , comedy was wonderful and fun . These actors were great!
If you listened to this show when it was on the radio you weren't listening to these folks. The radio actors were all white, when it went to TV they then used black actors.
Amos 'n' Andy started on the radio with the two white guys who came up with the idea.
Amos and Andy, Laurel and Hardy my two favorite TV shows when I was a kid. Come to think of it they still are!
This episode reminds me of the very FIRST episode of Good Times when James was mistakenly hired at his dream job, but later found out that he was too old for the job! I believe the episode was called Too Old Blues! This episode of AnA was HILARIOUS!! 😆😆
They were wonderful! Thank your for the memories!
Growing up this was my sister's favorite show!!!
Wow, that sound pretty good to hear from you. You must be a true fan also i guess. How are you? Hope you having a wonderful day
Amos was a successful businessman as well as so msny other business in the show. Andy was super funny. Such good acting. Very much missed❤❤❤❤❤.
In the late 50s, our school let out at 4:00, the same time that this show aired. We'd RUN home and miss only the first five minutes. I just love this Real Reel Trip down Memory Lane!
Love this show!
Thanks for these uploads. These were my favorites.
I watched this sitting in front of a black and white console TV. Loved it.
Me too!
I always liked Lightnin , took him all day to clean one room .
Great Actors!
Tim Moore was absolutely brilliant!! The whole cast is ❤❤❤
Tim Moore was AMAZING.
What a life story !
We enjoyed Amos an Andy. Bigotry and stupidity were big when they were on TV but I was raised in a family that didn't suffer fools. We also loved BUCKWHEAT, STYMY, and all the other black kids in the Little Rascals.
No curse words. Family oriented and very funny.
Great show
These shows are hilarious 🤣 😂
Now, THAT was comedy. I remember watching it everyday after school (right before The Life of Riley). I hope there are others that were saved. I'd love to see them!
I loved. AMOS and Andy grew up watching this show as a child when my dad bought our first t.v. Sad more people did not get to enjoy these great entertainers
This feels like a terribly guilty pleasure in the 21st Century, but I'm laughing to tears! I watched this guilt free when I was child in the '50s.
Don't be so Woke. Wake up, it's good to laugh at yourself.
I heard the bad rap this show got over the decades but now thanks to Utube these funny episodes finally show it as it is a comedy show. I enjoy watching these old series on the net . Thanks for posting.
@@speedracer1945 The bad rap was from Bill Cosby who thought they wee racist and locked them away for years.
I loved the show !
You can thank the NAACP for the killing of not only the show, but the careers of all these great actors.
Jimmie Walker and a few others get it: 'political correctness' just put blacks out of work. There's nothing offensive when people are laughing, not fighting.
@@monkeyb1820 Jimmy Walker is great ! Still love him. Comedy makes us laugh at all the b.s. everybody carries with them.
Great. Actor and. Great. People. And. As. Usual. The. NAACP. Destroyed. There. Carrier. Robert. V. Evans
This is a great show
This foolishness is not constructive. They could have use their time and energy doing something more constructive. Thank you NAACP! If this is the best that White people will let them come up with I’m okay I’ll pass.
I was probably 5 years old when I first saw this show. I'd heard it on the radio for a long time and loved it. Andy was my special favorite, but all their puns and bits made me happy. It was a surprise to see that the TV actors weren't white, and more of a surprise when Daddy told me the radio actors were white pretending to be black. One of the best things about radio: People didn't sound like color. They just sounded like human.
Edit: I forgot to add that this show represented another historical TV landmark: It was the first TV show to be filmed in 35 mm.
Yiu must come from a wealthy family because TV's weren't available until 1949. Rdio dhows begsm tramsitioking in the early '50's.😮
These men and women were some Of the best comedians of anytime. I have to be sure not to be Drinking or eating anything while I am watching this Show. I have choked more times on water or soda than I can count. You immediately start laughing when this comes on because you know you're going to see one of the best programs ever put on TV.
I was only three years old when this first came on and I loved it. I remember this and I Love Lucy, watching first runs of.