| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1943-10-08 | 10:00 P.M. The first program in a half-hour format. The first show before a live audience, and the first Amos 'N Andy show with a guest star. Andy, helped by The Kingfish, gets a wife and an apartment in a hurry for the benefit of a rich uncle. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1943-10-15 | Andy has graduated from a correspondence course in piano-playing. Amos and Ruby visit Carnegie Hall, where they hear guest Jose Iturbi perform. Mr. Iturbi is lucky enough to be Andy's first pupil. A similar situation was used on "Command Performance" AFRS #69 on June 5, 1943, see cat. #86657 and "Christmas Reunion on December 25, 1943 (see cat. #91691). |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1943-10-22 | The Kingfish is being sued for slander by Mr. Jackson. He pawns Sapphire's engagement ring to get money for a lawyer. The case is to be heard by Judge Huston, who has a revealing chat with the Kingfish and Andy in the park before the trial. The system cue has been deleted. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1943-10-29 | After Andy breaks an antique chair owned by the Van Porters. He and The Kingfish try to buy a replacement from guest Franklin Pangborn. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1943-11-05 | Andy has purchased a sealed trunk at an auction. Guest Peter Lorre would like to get at the suspicious trunk very much! The system cue has been deleted. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1943-11-12 | Juliet Williams has $50 for The Kingfish, when and if she marries Andy Brown. The Kingfish starts his own matrimonial bureau! When Andy fears he might get married, he visits guest Lionel Barrymore, the psychiatrist. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1943-11-19 | Andy has to get a Thanksgiving turkey somewhere for his nephew Jimmy who is coming for Thanksgiving dinner. Maybe guest Spring Byington can help? |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1943-11-26 | Andy spreads the rumor that he's inherited $10,000 so he can find out who his true friends are. He shortly finds himself in the hospital about to be operated on by a madman! |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1943-12-03 | The Kingfish rents the basement of the lodge hall to a gang of counterfeiters. The script was also used on "The Amos 'n' Andy" TV show. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1943-12-10 | Andy receives the gift of a pair of bookends. This leads to the big news that Brother Crawford and his wife are expecting! |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1943-12-17 | (Replacing Great Gildersleeve AFRS #25). When The Kingfish and Andy secretly go into the laundry business, Sapphire decides to leave him. See cat. #57314 for a network version of this broadcast, but with the commercials deleted. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1943-12-17 | When the Kingfish and Andy secretly go into the laundry business, Sapphire decides to leave him. This is a network broadcast version of cat. #7984. The system cue has been deleted. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1943-12-31 | Andy needs a tuxedo for his big New Year's Eve date. He rents one from The Kingfish and dreams about his meeting with the year 1943. The year is portrayed as a gangster with only a few hours to live by guest Edward G. Robinson. A moving and unusual script, with possibly the only suicide on-mike heard on a network comedy show! The program ends with a message to the show's listeners and a chorus of, "Auld Lang Syne." |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1944-01-07 | After Sapphire throws The Kingfish out of the house, he gets the opportunity to gain her sympathy by convincing her that he's in the Army (in Africa, fighting the Japs!). The Kingfish finds himself before "Colonel" (guest) Pat O'Brien for a court martial! |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1944-01-14 | Andy is smitten with Janice Carpenter. Getting a job in a flower shop, a shipment of guest Adolphe Menjou's orchids gets sent to Janice instead of the violets he bought. The system cue has been deleted. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1944-01-21 | Andy proposes to Sabena Emerson, but is rejected because he's uncouth and not refined enough. Getting a job as guest Charles Boyer's valet, Andy starts taking notes! Elmer Davis, the director of the O.W.I., addresses the nation after the story. The system cue has been deleted. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1944-01-28 | Andy has found a $1000 bill and goes "high class." He hires a valet and moves into a fancy hotel. He then takes guest Ethel Waters out to an expensive restaurant and winds up buying dinner for all her friends too. Ernestine Wade plays a role other than that of The Kingfish's wife! The system cue has been deleted. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1944-02-04 | Andy and The Kingfish start a missing persons bureau and find it more profitable to not find people. The system cue and part of one commercial have been deleted. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1944-02-11 | Andy writes to a soldier, not realizing that he's a she! Somehow this leads to a misunderstanding between The Kingfish and Sapphire. The system cue has been deleted. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1944-02-18 | Andy buys a "diamond" ring in the five-and-dime store as a present for Ruby. It turns out to be a real diamond...and a stolen one at that! |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1944-02-25 | Andy is convinced that he's written the hit tune, "Sunday, Monday Or Always." He and The Kingfish go into the song-writing business! Guests are Kay Kyser, Harry Babbitt. Also Johnny Burke and Jimmy Van Heusen (the real composers of the tune!). See cat. #47310 for an AFRS rebroadcast of this program. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1944-02-25 | Replacing "The Great Gildersleeve." Andy is convinced that he's written the hit tune, "Sunday, Monday, Or Always." He and The Kingfish go into the song writing business! Guests are Kay Kyser, Harry Babbitt. Also Johnny Burke and Jimmy Van Heusen (the real composers of the tune). See cat. #57323 for a network recording of this broadcast in better audio condition, but with the commercials deleted. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1944-03-03 | Andy tries to find Madame Queen so he can collect $600. See cat. #57324 for a network version of this broadcast. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1944-03-03 | Andy tries to find Madame Queen so he can collect $600. Network version of cat. #41706. The system cue has been deleted. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1944-03-10 | Andy and Madame Queen are back together again, despite The Kingfish's plans to share the $600 windfall. The system cue has been deleted. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1944-03-17 | The Kingfish manages to get hit by an automobile just before his accident policy runs out! The final commercial and system cue have been deleted. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1944-03-24 | The Kingfish hires Andy to arbitrate a settlement between himself and the driver of the car that hit him, guest Victor Moore. The system cue has been deleted. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1944-03-31 | Is Andy Brown really Harold Scott? A woman with two children claims Andy's really her husband, and that he's suffering from amnesia! The system cue has been deleted. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1944-04-07 | Andy plans to join the "Harlem Get-Acquainted Club," which seems to leads to the end of the marriage of Sapphire and The Kingfish. An Easter show. The program has a beautiful and well-written ending. The system cue has been deleted. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1944-04-14 | Andy is accused of stealing $2000 because his cigar lighter was found at the scene. The system cue has been deleted. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1944-04-21 | Andy hires a beautiful secretary named Henrietta Davis. He then takes a job in a foundry (loading ingots!) so he can pay her. The system cue has been deleted. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1944-04-28 | Leroy Hancock, The Kingfish's brother-in-law, has come to town. How to separate him from his $1000? The system cue has been deleted. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1944-05-05 | Andy's testimonial electric clock isn't working, which leads to the arrest of The Kingfish and Andy as spies! A network version of cat. # 22636. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1944-05-05 | Andy's testimonial electric clock isn't working, which leads to the arrest of The Kingfish and Andy as spies! See cat. #57333 for a network version of this broadcast. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1944-05-12 | Andy goes to the lodge's costume ball dressed as a policeman. The real policeman wants his costume back, and two real-life burglars complicate the affair. The system cue has been deleted. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1944-05-19 | The Mystic Knights Of The Sea is holding a beauty contest, until bribery rears its ugly head. Perhaps guest Cecil B. DeMille would be willing to help decide the winner. Who will be "Miss Harlem Beauty Queen?" See cat. #57335 for a network version of this broadcast. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1944-05-19 | The Mystic Knights Of The Sea is holding a beauty contest, until bribery rears its ugly head. Perhaps guest Cecil B. DeMille would be willing to help decide the winner. Who will be "Miss Harlem Beauty Queen?" Network version of cat. #47311. The system cue has been deleted. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1944-05-26 | Andy has fallen for Mabel Green, a girl with a tough sailor for a boyfriend. When the sailor comes looking for Andy, The Kingfish tries to get him thrown in jail for safekeeping. See cat. #57336 for a network version of this broadcast in better audio condition, but with the commercials deleted. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1944-05-26 | Andy has fallen for Mabel Green, a girl with a tough sailor for a boyfriend. When the sailor comes looking for Andy, The Kingfish tries to get him thrown in jail for safekeeping. This is a network version of cat. #2418, in better audio condition. The system cue has been deleted. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1944-06-02 | Andy and The Kingfish are sure that guest Paul Lucas is really a Nazi spy! The system cue has been deleted. This is a network version of cat. #47312. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1944-06-02 | Andy and The Kingfish are sure that guest Paul Lucas is really a Nazi spy! See cat. #57337 for a network version of this broadcast. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1944-06-09 | The start of the program is delayed for D-Day bulletins (Communique #8) and invasion news (four and a half minutes). The case of Andy and the Comfy Collar Shirt Company. The system cue has been deleted. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1944-06-16 | The last show of the season. Andy had better come up with $25 to pay his debts...or else! Lightning manages to turn a parking lot into a used car lot! Chester Morris appears after the story. He's to star as Boston Blackie, the summer replacement series. A brief skit from the next week's show is presented. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1944-09-22 | There was a singing contest in Harlem...and the winner was Madame Queen. The first prize was six singing lessons from guest John Charles Thomas. However, the Kingfish and Andy have a signed contract with her to be her manager. Madame Queen (Amanda Randolph) actually sings at the end of the show. The Kingfish and Andy end up as washroom attendants (which might have re-enforced the negative reputation of the characters. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1944-09-29 | The Kingfish gets Andy a job in a hotel as a bell-hop, but Andy thinks he's a private detective and solves a big robbery. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1944-10-06 | Andy has taken a correspondence course in acting. Guest Gregory Ratoff hires him as his butler. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1944-10-13 | Henry Van Porter is throwing a party tonight in honor of Professor Newkirk, an icthyologist. The Kingfish gets the answers to Phil Baker's quiz show questions. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1944-10-20 | One of Andy's old girlfriends (Muriel Davis) is coming to New York City from the South. She's visiting to invest the money left to her by her father. A case mistaken identity follows and Andy is arrested for swindling her out of $1500. Raymond Massey portrays the hard-nosed prosecutor. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1944-10-27 | David Johnson would like to marry Madame Queen. Andy finds himself still engaged to marry Madame Queen. They've been engaged for only 14 years. Kingfish accepts $125 from Mr. Johnson to break up the engagement. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1944-11-03 | Sapphire is leaving town for the weekend, leaving the Kingfish by himself in New York City, except for the two ladies who have just arrived in town. The Kingfish rents his apartment to the ladies. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1944-11-10 | The Kingfish and Andy start an employment office. Their first customer is Rochester, looking for a new job. Their second customer is Jack Benny, looking for a new valet! |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1944-11-17 | Andy's engagement to Loretta De Witt turns out to be with the wrong woman...her mother! The plot is similar to #7459, but it's not the same program. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1944-11-24 | Scientist Flukey Harris seems to have invented an effective clothes cleaner. The Kingfish and Andy try to sell it for $250. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1944-12-01 | Andy and The Kingfish are selling "Ink-Flow" pens in competition with none other than Miss Blue (of "Buzz Me Miss Blue" fame)! Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll sing the Rinso jingle as "Amos 'n' Andy." |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1944-12-08 | The Kingfish gets a $400 insurance settlement and plans to double it overnight at "The House Of Morgan" by investing in a Brazilian brass mine. Freeman Gosden, Charles Correll and guest Frank Morgan join in singing the Rinso jingle at the end of the program. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1944-12-15 | To avoid marrying Gardenia Smith, Andy has the Kingfish tell her that he's committed suicide! This gets The Kingfish arrested for Andy's murder! |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1944-12-22 | 10:00 P.M. The program's traditional Christmas show. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1944-12-29 | Everybody's been invited to the Jacksons' New Year's Eve party, everybody that is but Andy Brown! Andy learns from Reverend Johnson about the benefits of casting bread upon the waters! A good show! |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1945-01-05 | Andy's in love with Yvonne Jefferson, who works for the Honesty Insurance Company, and is accused of stealing money from them. An unusual story in which Andy actually get married (and divorced) during the program. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1945-01-12 | The Kingfish buys an old desk and finds the love letters of George Washington inside! The closing commercials and the system cue have been deleted. An excerpt from this program was rebroadcast on "To The Rear March" (see cat. #10292). |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1945-01-19 | Wealthy Mrs. Foster is looking for a son to adopt, the obvious candidate is Andrew H. Brown. "Amos" and "Andy" join in the singing of the Rinso jingle. The script was used subsequently on "The Amos 'N Andy Show" on November 14, 1954 (see cat. #76413). |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1945-01-26 | Andy is being called "The Love Doctor." He has started a column in the paper under the pen-name "Juliet Heart." |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1945-02-02 | Andy is writing a newspaper column, giving advice to the lovelorn. He's being sued by Viola Johnson and is trying to duck the process server. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1945-02-09 | Andy pretends he's a soldier to avoid a breach of promise suit by Sylvia Adams. The quartet sings a great, "Runnin' Wild." |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1945-02-16 | The Kingfish is determined to find out who sent him an insulting Valentine's Day card. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1945-02-23 | The Kingfish is jealous of Floyd Wilson and his dapper moustache. He's paying too much attention to Sapphire! |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1945-03-02 | Andy is going to have to pay income tax on the $250 he made in 1944. "The Mystic Knights Of The Sea Quartet" do a great "Way Down Yonder In New Orleans." |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1945-03-09 | 10:00 P.M. Andy's worried about going to jail since he owes $1200 to the Department of Internal Revenue. The Mystic Knights Of The Sea Quartet do a hot version of, "Dinah." |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1945-03-16 | Quality upgrade, sponsored version of cat. #2419. After running a bank for five minutes, the boys start a lecture bureau, with Andy doing the speech making. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1945-03-16 | After running a bank for five minutes, the boys start a lecture bureau, with Andy doing the speech making. See cat. #40216 for a network, quality upgrade, sponsored version. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1945-03-23 | Andy's been offered a job paying $75 a week, as the Harlem sales representative of the Prentice Clothing Company. The Kingfish has a plan to become Andy's manager for half of his salary. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1945-03-30 | Andy and The Kingfish become French hat designers. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1945-04-06 | The Kingfish rents Andy the use of his couch for a week. He tells Sapphire that Andy's come down with a high fever so she'll let him stay. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1945-04-20 | The Kingfish and Andy buy a used car (a 1926 Overland!) and find a dead body in the trunk! |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1945-04-27 | The Kingfish forges a letter proving that he's never been really married to Sapphire, so Sapphire throws him out of the house. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1945-05-04 | To keep Andy from being evicted, The Kingfish and Andy enter a $500 "Beautiful Baby" contest. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1945-05-11 | The Kingfish is convinced that Sapphire plans to kill him for the insurance money. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1945-05-18 | It's Andy's birthday and his nephew has sent him a case of "bullion" from Germany. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1945-05-25 | Andy impersonates a sailor and is lucky enough to be the millionth visitor to the "Harlem Canteen." |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1945-06-01 | The Kingfish starts an escort service with guest Hattie McDaniel as their first customer. The Kingfish "borrows" Sapphire's engagement ring. The last show of the program's 21st season on the air. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1945-10-02 | Trying to get a job, Andy puts an ad in the newspaper. He promptly becomes president of the Harlem Exchange Bank! The first 21:16 of the program only. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1945-11-06 | Statistically, Andy is due to have an accident. The Kingfish buys a $10 insurance policy and helps and to have his accident early. The Delta Rhythm Boys do a nice, "Dry Bones." The first 19:48 only. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1945-11-27 | The Kingfish gets his picture taken with a pretty girl at the railroad station. Sapphire is not amused! The Delta Rhythm Boys sings, "Tampico." The first 14:47 only. |
| The Psychoanalyst | | 1945-12-18 | The applicant for membership in "The Mystic Knights Of The Sea" is a psychoanalyst. The Kingfish tries it out on Andy. |
| Christmas Show | | 1945-12-25 | 9:00 P.M. The program's traditional Christmas show...and just as beautiful as ever. |
| Bigamy Show #2 | | 1946-01-29 | 9:00 P.M. The Kingfish finds his marriage to Sapphire has been annulled. He's now married to Minerva Williams! The Delta Rhythm Boys sing, "The St. Louis Blues." |
| Dog Trust Fund Show | | 1946-02-05 | The Kingfish inherits $25 a week for life, and a Great Dane named "Queenie" to go along with it. |
| Diary Show | | 1946-02-19 | 9:00 P.M. After looking at Sapphire's diary, the Kingfish discovers she's really in love with, "John." |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1946-02-26 | 9:00 P.M. Andy is going to make the toastmaster's speech at the Mystic Knights of the Sea banquet in honor of George Washington. Andy goes to see Madame La Jaundice to get "lectrocution" lessons. George Jessel is a guest on this program, but is not heard on this recording. |
| Insurance Show | | 1946-03-05 | The Kingfish gets a job selling insurance,..especially burial insurance. "Be covered when you are covered." It takes only a moment to sell his first policy...to Andy Brown. Arbadella Jones sounds as if she were played by two different actresses. This program was named "show of the year" and the script was used again on December 31, 1946 (see cat. #45974). |
| Sapphire's Birthday Show | | 1946-03-12 | The Kingfish buys Sapphire a beaver coat for her birthday. When it turns out to be stolen, The Kingfish tries to have it stolen back. Not the same show as cat. #10238. The date and net origination is subject to correction. The correct date may be December 7, 1952. |
| Model Husband Show | | 1946-04-02 | The Kingfish tries to keep his mother-in-law from visiting by becoming a better husband. |
| Best Dressed Man Show | | 1946-04-09 | Andy has entered the "Best Dressed Man" contest dressed in a suit made from pool table cloth! |
| Fur Coat Show | | 1946-05-07 | The story of Heliotrope's fur coat. The program closing and commercials have been deleted. |
| Brother-In-Law Show | | 1946-05-14 | Getting a room for brother-in-law during the housing shortage. This is an expanded version of abridged show #3606, under the AFRS title "To The Rear March." The program closing has been deleted. |
| Dental Show | | 1946-05-21 | Andy decides he needs a wife, but he picks one that needs dental work! |
| Sitter Show | | 1946-05-28 | The last show of the season. The Kingfish and Andy do a little baby sitting for Amos. The body of the show only. |
| Rocky Hills | | 1946-10-01 | Andy is engaged to a wealthy girl in the country named Louise Henderson, so the Kingfish is planning to sell him a lot...on a very steep hill! Then the Kingfish tries to buy building materials. The first show of the season. |
| Re-Marriage Show | | 1946-10-08 | Sapphire has left The Kingfish. After relating how he and Sapphire eloped so many years ago, The Kingfish decides to try it again! A funny show. The date is subject to correction. |
| Stolen Money | | 1946-10-15 | The Kingfish gets the idea that Sapphire has robbed a store of $300. The program was copywritten as, "Stolen Money." |
| Housing Shortage Show | | 1946-10-22 | The Stevens' are evicted at the height of the housing shortage. The program closing has been deleted. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1946-11-05 | Andy has insomnia, and a murder mystery isn't helping matters much. |
| Car Accident Show | | 1946-11-12 | The Kingfish has hit a parked car and needs a retroactive insurance policy! The program closing has been deleted. |
| Marital Relation Show | | 1946-11-19 | The Kingfish and Sapphire visit "The Court Of Marital Relations" on the radio to get "John J. McGuire" to help. Sapphire declares a "marital vacation," so the Kingfish gets out his little black book. The program is possibly dated November 20, 1946. |
| Cinderella for a Day Show | | 1946-12-03 | Andy's the big winner on the "People Are Humorous" radio show. |
| Stolen Car Show | | 1946-12-10 | The Kingfish's 1928 car has been stolen, will his insurance cover it? The program closing has been deleted. |
| Cigar Stand Show | | 1946-12-17 | Andy and the Kingfish start a cigar stand. Guest Al Jolson sings an extended medley of his standards promoting, "The Jolson Story." At the end of the show, Jolson imitates the Kingfish, Lightnin' and other "cast" members. This is a network, sponsored version of cat. #12940. |
| Cigar Stand Show | | 1946-12-17 | Andy and the Kingfish start a cigar stand. Guest Al Jolson sings an extended medley of his standards, promoting "The Jolson Story." At the end of the show, Jolson imitates The Kingfish, Lightnin', and other "cast" members! See cat. #102342 for a network, sponsored version of this program. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1946-12-23 | The annual Christmas show. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1946-12-24 | The annual Christmas show. |
| Insurance Show-Show of the Year | | 1946-12-31 | The Kingfish gets a job selling insurance and is determined to sell Andy a burial policy. This script was first broadcast March 5, 1946 and repeated here as the "show of the year." See cat. #117522 for a recording of the initial broadcast. |
| Alaska Show | | 1947-01-07 | The Kingfish has convinced Andy to move to Alaska. |
| Happy Married Couple Show | | 1947-01-14 | The program open, close and music have been deleted. The Kingfish and Sapphire win a "Happily Married Couple" contest. |
| Kingfish's Sister-In-Law Show | | 1947-01-21 | Sapphire's fat, ugly sister has come for a permanent visit, so it's up to the Kingfish to marry her off. The date is approximate. |
| Looking for Amos | | 1947-02-04 | 9:00 P.M. Amos is missing! He hasn't shown up for today's broadcast, so Andy is looking throughout the NBC studios. Guests are Jim and Marion Jordan as "Fibber McGee and Molly" (the closet is heard). "Amos" is out sick, but Freeman Gosden does speak at the end of the program from the hospital. A good show! |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1947-02-11 | The program open, close, and music have been deleted. Sapphire and the Kingfish open a joint checking account but Sapphire is quicker on the draw. See cat. #60483 for a complete AFRS version of this broadcast. Program titles listed for this series are taken from Library Of Congress copywrite registrations of the scripts. The date is subject to correction. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1947-02-11 | Sapphire and The Kingfish open a joint checking account, but Sapphire is quicker on the draw. See also cat. #28530. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1947-02-18 | Bill Jackson, one of Sapphire's old boy friends, has come to visit, so The Kingfish uses a neighbor's apartment to impress him after he fails to sell Andy a "Sleep-Like-A-Log" mattress. The script title of the program of February 18, 1947 is, "Generous Boy-Friend Show." The date above is subject to correction. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1947-03-04 | It's March 4th, and Sapphire's birthday. The Kingfish sells Andy a string of Sapphire's pearls to buy her a present. The pearls however, are a valuable heirloom! The AFRS music fill has been deleted. The date may be incorrect. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1947-03-11 | The open, close, and music have been deleted. The Kingfish and Sapphire plan to adopt a baby. The program has a similar plot, but is not the same show as cat. #45976. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1947-03-18 | The Kingfish starts "The Stevens Mutual Hospitalization Company" and sells a policy to Andy. Now it looks like Andy may need an operation! |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1947-03-25 | The Kingfish sells Andy a broken down trailer in a scheme to move into his room. This is a network version of cat. #28532. The program closing has been deleted. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1947-03-25 | The Kingfish sells Andy a broken down trailer in a scheme to move into his room. See cat. #12947 for a network version of this broadcast. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1947-04-01 | The program open and close have been deleted. See cat. #42507 for the same script performed four years later. The Kingfish and and Andy start a parking lot and wind up in the used car business. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1947-04-08 | The Stevens' rent their spare room to a boarder and get more than they bargained for. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1947-04-15 | The program open, close, and musical selections have been deleted. The Kingfish buys an evening gown...on credit. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1947-04-22 | Andy has lined up a job in Brazil. The Kingfish books his passage on a cattle boat! The script was subsequently used on October 14, 1951 (see cat. #12944). |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1947-04-29 | A trip to Canada and Andy's new car. The program closing has been deleted. See cat. #28537 for a quality upgrade, AFRS rebroadcast. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1947-04-29 | The Kingfish tries to finance a vacation trip to Canada by selling Andy his car. AFRS rebroadcast of cat. #12951. |
| Libel Suit Show | | 1947-05-06 | After yet another fight, the Kingfish and Sapphire wind up on the radio show run by Mr. John J. Maguire. This leads to Andy planning to sue the Kingfish for libel. Sapphire is fed up and decides to go home to her mother. However, Professor Hotchkiss may be the key to marital bliss. Charles Correll also appears as Henry Van Porter. |
| Inventing Lock Show | | 1947-05-13 | The program's open and close have been deleted. Brother-in-law Leroy has invented a new lock. |
| Alligator Bag Show | | 1947-05-20 | Andy the alligator smuggler? The lawyer is referred to as, "La Guardia." |
| Rest Home Show | | 1947-05-27 | The Kingfish and Andy start a rest home. Similar script to catalogue #11650, but it's not the same show. The last show of the season. |
| Piggy Bank Show | | 1947-09-30 | The Stevens' twenty-fifth anniversary piggy bank is empty and must be refilled...quickly! |
| Kingfish Adopts Andy Show | | 1947-10-28 | The Kingfish will inherit $2000...if he has a son. Andy becomes the lucky adoptee. Similar plot, but not the same show as cat. #12945 and #28531. The date is approximate. |
| Getting Brother-In-Law Out | | 1947-11-11 | In an effort to get brother-in-law Leroy out of the house, the Kingfish convinces Leroy that he has the Bubonic Plague! The system cue has been deleted. The date is subject to correction. |
| Beauty Treatment Show | | 1947-11-25 | "The Rejuvenation Beauty Salon Of Paris" has just opened and Sapphire wants to visit. Amos and Andy open their own beauty parlor. The first customer loses all her hair! The date is subject to correction. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1947-12-23 | The annual Christmas show. |
| Foreign Car | | 1948-01-06 | The Kingfish tries to sell Andy a foreign car. Listen for the Kingfish's lawyer accepting a bribe and calling for a brief recess while "I re-balances the scales of justice!" The program was rebroadcast on "Same Time, Same Station" (see cat. #18234). |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1948-01-13 | Amos introduces Andy to Mary Brown, and they become engaged. The Kingfish arranges a honeymoon for them at romantic Hoboken. Andy's already engaged to Citronella Jackson. Kingfish arranges Andy to escape to "Little America" in the Antarctic. |
| Diamond Bracelet | | 1948-02-03 | On their twenty-fifth anniversary, George and Sapphire finally break up when they have a misunderstanding about a gift bracelet. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1948-02-10 | The Kingfish gets an anonymous Valentine. This gets him into a divorce court! |
| Pediatrician | | 1948-04-20 | Dr. Stevens, the Pedia-electrician baby doctor goes on a house call to impress rich Uncle Charlie. The script was subsequently used on December 13, 1953 (see cat. #10244). |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1948-04-20 | The Kingfish becomes a pediatrician overnight when rich Uncle Gregory comes to visit. The script was subsequently used on "Amos 'n' Andy" on December 13, 1953 (see cat. #10244). This is a network, sponsored version of cat. #39550. |
| Lake Rescue | | 1948-05-04 | After Andy saves Mr. Randolph's life, the Kingfish convinces Andy that he's got "Duck Fever" so he can collect the reward first. The script was subsequently used on February 8, 1953 (see cat. #11648). |
| Mountain Hill Hotel | | 1948-05-18 | Andy has purchased a cabin in the Adirondacks for $250 from the Kingfish. |
| Plymouth Roadster | | 1948-05-25 | Andy has won a new 1948 Plymouth in a raffle. The Kingfish plots to get the raffle ticket away from him. The last show of the season. |
| Fat Widow | | 1948-10-10 | The first show of the season, possibly the first show on a Sunday night. The Kingfish turns marriage broker to get Andy nuptialated with a big fat...heiress named Lulu Mae Simpson. |
| House Moving | | 1948-10-17 | The Kingfish sells Andy a fine house for only $500, but as usual, there's a catch. |
| Stolen Fur | | 1948-10-24 | The Stevens' have been married for twenty years, and George has the ideal gift, a beaver coat. This is not the same show as cat. #18066, despite the similar plot. |
| Secret Melody | | 1948-10-31 | Brother-in-law Leroy sells the answer to the "Secret Melody" radio quiz show to the Kingfish. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1948-11-07 | The Kingfish sells Andy a correspondence course in electrical engineering. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1948-11-14 | The Kingfish tells beautiful Melinda Ann Benson that he's running a tourist bureau, and tells Andy that she's a spy that must be escorted all over town. |
| New Year's | | 1948-12-26 | A repeat broadcast of the show selected by the audience as the best show of 1948. Sapphire sues the Kingfish when she catches him in another girl's apartment. A funny show with the same script as program of February 10, 1948. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1949-01-09 | The Kingfish's conscience is bothering him, but not enough to keep him from selling Andy two shares of East Alaskan Cannery Corporation stock. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1949-01-16 | Andy has inherited a rare nickel. The Kingfish tries to figure out how to get Andy's pants off and get at that coin. The script was used on "The Amos 'n' Andy Show" on television. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1949-01-23 | The Kingfish and Andy open a baggage checking stand. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1949-01-30 | It's Sapphire's birthday; she's thirty-eight years old today. To buy her a present, the Kingfish sells their old piano for $25, not knowing it's worth $1200. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1949-02-06 | The Kingfish never paid the Lodge's liability insurance and now, the Lodge is being sued for $200. The Kingfish resigns and Andy Brown becomes the new Kingfish! |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1949-02-13 | Opalescent Parker has just moved to town. She's a fat widow, but she does have $10,000! The Kingfish introduces her to Andy...for a $5000 fee. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1949-02-20 | Amos and Ruby are expecting; Andy and The Kingfish are to be godfathers. It's a girl, and her name is Amosandra. The new godfathers find themselves with a "hot" baby. |
| Photography Show | | 1949-03-06 | Andy takes a photo of a robber coming out of a jewelry store. There's a $1000 reward for that picture! |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1949-03-13 | Andy finds himself engaged to Dorothy Richards, an heiress working as a waitress. The Kingfish is paid $100 to break up the romance. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1949-03-20 | Sapphire's brother Leroy is back in town, leaving The Kingfish one hundred shares of "worthless" stock. The Kingfish promptly sells the stock to Andy. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1949-03-27 | The Kingfish tries to pawn a pistol and finds himself wanted for robbery! |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1949-04-03 | The Kingfish appoints himself Deputy Dirt Commissioner and leads Andy to dig up a box full of money. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1949-04-10 | While Sapphire is visiting her Mama, the Kingfish discovers that they've been evicted because he hasn't paid the rent. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1949-04-24 | The Kingfish decides to open a college when Andy inherits $2000 if he goes to college. The Kingfish becomes a psychiatrist to prove that going to school will cause Andy's brain to pop! When that doesn't work, the Kingfish finds a newer will! |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1949-05-01 | The Kingfish and Sapphire take in a boarder. The boarder plays the saxophone and annoys George so much, he's willing to get a job! Amosandra dolls are now available. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1949-05-08 | The Kingfish decides to commit suicide so his friends will like him more. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1949-10-02 | The Kingfish has decided to "amend his ways and turn over a new leaf." He decides to apply for Social Security, using his father's birth certificate. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1949-10-09 | George leaves Sapphire when her boss at her new job falls in love with her. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1949-10-16 | Andy's fallen for Charmaine LaRue and decides to take off weight at The Kingfish's new gym. Charmaine's interested in Andy too...but for her mother. Her wealthy mother turns out to be Madame Queen! |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1949-10-23 | The Kingfish's beat up old car has been stolen and used during a robbery. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1949-10-30 | Andy makes a date with both Foressa Jackson and Charmaine La Rue on the same day. He hires the Kingfish to meet Foressa's train disguised as Andy Brown. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1949-11-06 | Andy and the Kingfish start "The Friendly Loan Company" and lend $400 to Rochester as their first customer. Rochester blows one of his lines; a nice recovery brings appreciation from the audience. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1949-11-13 | Hy interviews Eddie Cantor, who tells stories about W.C. Fields, Jimmy Walker, Bob Hope and Al Jolson. George Jessel appears on the show un-announced. The date is approximate. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1949-11-20 | Thanksgiving's approaching, and once again Sapphire's relatives are coming to visit. A turkey falls off a truck right in front of the Kingfish, but his conscience bothers him. Will one turkey lead to a life of crime? |
| Television Show | | 1949-11-27 | The Kingfish has won a $400 TV set in a raffle, but he never paid for the ticket! |
| Proxie Marriage | | 1949-12-11 | The Kingfish's plan to have Andy married to Abigail Simpson by proxy backfires, and he actually gets married! The program may be dated December 18, 1949. Script title spelling is as per copyright registration. |
| Andy Married | | 1949-12-18 | Andy is actually married to Abigail Simpson! He's been hiding in the basement since the ceremony. How can the Kingfish get Andy out of this mess? |
| Andy Married #2 | | 1950-01-01 | Andy is in hiding after marrying Abigail Simpson. |
| Andy Married #3 | | 1950-01-08 | Andy goes on trial as Abigail Simpson tries to have him declared married to her. "Miss Blue," "Brother Crawford," and "Madame Queen" appear as witnesses. |
| Andy's Trial | | 1950-01-15 | The trial of Abigail Simpson vs. Andy Brown begins. Madame Queen, Miss Blue and Brother Crawford appear once again. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1950-01-29 | Sent on an errand to ship his brother-in-law Leroy's clothes to South America, the Kingfish finds himself accused of stealing twelve suits! |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1950-02-05 | Is Sapphire expecting? The Kingfish thinks so! |
| Kingfish's Business Partner | | 1950-02-12 | The Kingfish is going into business with his old girlfriend Helen Wilson. They're going to run a flower shop. Sapphire doesn't think much of the idea. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1950-03-19 | Andy's is love with singer Eloise Walker's phonograph records. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1950-03-26 | The Kingfish and Sapphire have been battling for years. Why can't they be happy, like "The Happy Harringtons" on the radio? |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1950-04-02 | Andy has decided to marry the Kingfish's secretary, Charmaine. He and the Kingfish visit a swanky jewelry store to buy an engagement ring. However, Charmaine has another gentleman friend, who is quite educated and cultured. The Kingfish enrolls Andy in his newly opened charm school. Freeman Gosden, speaking as the Kingfish, at one point, starts stuttering like Shorty, the Barber (Lou Lubin) and cracks up everyone in the studio. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1950-04-09 | Sapphire regrets not marrying her old boyfriend, "Slim." The Kingfish decides to walk out of Sapphire's life...right after Easter. A well-written touching story. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1950-04-16 | The Kingfish appoints Andy an official census taker. A woman thinks Andy's going to rob her, and Kingfish dreams that he's going to the "chair!" |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1950-04-23 | The Kingfish, Sapphire and Andy travel to Chicago for the annual convention of the Mystic Knights Of The Sea. After losing all their money and the tickets, the Kingfish and Andy have to hitchhike home. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1950-04-30 | Andy is going to inherit $50,000 from his uncle Samuel P. Brown...well, there are a few problems first. There are fifty-seven other relatives to share in the estate! |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1950-05-07 | A problem has developed with Andy's $25,000. It seems wealthy Samuel P. Brown had a second nephew named Andrew Brown. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1950-05-14 | The government plans to seize the $25,000 that Andy has just inherited. However, Mr. Smithers seems to be a phony! |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1950-05-21 | Aunt Minerva Jackson is coming from Chicago to visit, and she thinks George is a wealthy stockbroker. She's going to visit Pinecrest Lodge in the Adirondacks, not knowing that the Kingfish and Sapphire are really working there. The script was subsequently used on the series on November 2, 1952 (see cat. #73833). The last show of the season, the summer replacement series is to be "Hit The Jackpot." |
| The Draft Board | | 1950-10-01 | Due to a mixup at the draft board, the Kingfish has been drafted. He naturally tries to get out of it! |
| Kingfish Enlistment | | 1950-10-08 | The Kingfish has enlisted in the field artillery and everyone is very proud of him. Then, the Army reconsiders and turns him down. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1950-11-19 | It's approaching Thanksgiving and the Kingfish has to supply a turkey dinner to twenty-two of Sapphire's relatives. When a turkey falls off a truck and the Kingfish decides to keep it, his consicence starts to bother him. The show features a nice dream sequence in which the Kingfish's life of crime leads him to the "chair." |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1950-12-03 | "Amos" starts the show by saying, "We're on the air for Rinso for the third and last time." This makes little sense in itself, in addition, Rinso sponsored the show through and including the broadcast of December 31, 1950. Ken Niles fluffs Sapphire's name at the start of the show, calling her, "Sarah." When Sapphire's cousin, Sarah Thompson, comes for a visit, The Kingfish quickly sets up an escort bureau to get Andy to chauffer her around. The boys end up kidnapping a policewoman! |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1950-12-10 | The Kingfish gets a job as a deliveryman to convince Sapphire to return to him. Sapphire thinks a beaver coat he was supposed to deliver is a gift from George. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1950-12-17 | Sapphire leaves the Kingfish and goes to Florida with her mother. The Kingfish suspects that there's been foul play! |
| Christmas Show | | 1950-12-24 | The traditional Christmas show in which Andy gets a job in a department store as a Santa Claus to earn a doll for Amos' daughter. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1950-12-31 | This sounds like a rehearsal recording. The last show of the series sponsored by Rinso. Sapphire and her Mama are in Florida without the Kingfish. Mama is being romanced by Mr. Smithers, but The Kingfish thinks Sapphire is planning to divorce him. The Kingfish tells Mr. Smithers that Sapphire is a strangler. This script was also used on the "Amos 'n' Andy" TV show. The announcer identifies himself as Ken Niles, but it sounds like Truman Bradley standing in during the rehearsal. |
| Kingfish's Baby | | 1951-01-07 | The first show of the series sponsored by Rexall. Thinking Sapphire is going to have a baby, The Kingfish actually goes out and gets a job...in charge of "Bituminous Thermal Output" (shoveling coal)! The opening is slightly upcut. See cat. #73852 for a rehearsal recording of this program. |
| Kingfish's Baby | | 1951-01-07 | The first show of the series sponsored by Rexall. Thinking Sapphire is going to have a baby, The Kingfish actually goes out and gets a job...in charge of "Bituminous Thermal Output" (shoveling coal)! This is a rehearsal recording. See cat. #42505 for the air show. |
| Kingfish Does a Good Turn | | 1951-01-14 | Trying to turn over a new leaf, Andy and the Kingfish wind up trying to return a stolen car. The opening is slightly upcut. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1951-01-21 | Rehearsal recording. See cat. #7985 for the actual broadcast. When the Kingfish's mama-in-law moves in with him, he becomes determined to rekindle her romance with Mr. Smithers of Florida, thinking that he's wealthy. Leo Cleary and Vincent Townsend appear on this recording, but are not heard on the actual broadcast. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1951-01-21 | When the Kingfish's mama-in-law moves in with him, he's determined to rekindle her romance with Mr. Smithers of Florida, thinking that he's wealthy. The opening is slightly upcut. See cat. #53013 for a rehearsal of this broadcast recording. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1951-01-28 | The sheriff is out to get the Kingfish's bigamist father-in-law, while one of his other wives wants to meet Mama. The opening is slightly upcut. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1951-02-04 | The Kingfish and Andy start a parking lot, and wind up in the used car business! Same script as cat. #12948 and #28534, but broadcast four years later. The opening is slightly upcut. See cat. #53014 for a rehearsal recording of this broadcast. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1951-02-04 | Rehearsal recording with a studio piano, not the orchestra. See cat. #42507 for the broadcast recording of this program. The Kingfish and Andy start a parking lot, and wind up in the used car business! |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1951-02-11 | The Kingfish's conscience convinces him to return $32 to Mrs. Simpson, but restitution does not pay! |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1951-02-18 | Sapphire thinks the Kingfish is interested in a Lonely Hearts Club. |
| Andy Meets Girl's Mother | | 1951-02-25 | Andy has proposed to twenty-two year-old Brenda Thompson, not realizing she's the daughter of Madame Queen! Madame Queen is willing to settle for Andy as a son-in-law, if not a husband. The opening is slightly upcut. Bill Hay does one of the commercials. |
| Sapphire on Television | | 1951-03-04 | The Kingfish sees Sapphire on TV with a strange man. He thinks she's being romanced, but she's only trying to get the Kingfish a job. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1951-03-11 | The Kingfish and Andy go partners on a car. When the Kingfish has an accident with it, he convinces Andy that he was really the guilty one! |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1951-03-18 | Rich Uncle Sylvester is planning to get married, that's bad news for the Kingfish! |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1951-03-25 | Sapphire is determined to get a new Easter outfit, but George suspects she's stolen a closet full of dresses. The date is subject to correction. A similar script was used on the show on December 28, 1952, with Sapphire suspected of stealing a mink coat (see cat. #73862). |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1951-04-08 | The Kingfish invested in an oil company a few years ago. He has "faith in those we love." He and Andy buy some Long Island real estate. They want to build a hot dog stand, but the lot is on the side of a cliff! The writer's credits seem to have been edited out. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1951-04-15 | Andy and The Kingfish get jobs at the Import-Export Garage. After putting the wrong car on board a ship, the boys find themselves en route to South America! |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1951-04-22 | While Sapphire is away, the Kingfish is determined to be pleasant to his mother-in-law. His efforts lead Mama and himself to a courtroom! |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1951-04-29 | Brother-in-law Leroy comes to visit. The Kingfish's cousin Sidney comes to visit too...along with his parrot! "Holy Mackell!" |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1951-05-06 | The lodge picnic is this Saturday and the Kingfish has to come up with the $380 needed for it...fast! The picnic winds up being held on an artillery range! |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1951-05-13 | The Kingfish is avoiding all those people to whom he owes money. Wealthy Ramona Thompson is looking for Andy, an old flame from twenty years ago. The Kingfish sees a way of brokering a deal. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1951-05-27 | Andy takes a picture of the Kingfish while he is standing in front of a jewelry store. Instead of the Kingfish, Andy takes a picture of a robber holding up the store...and there's $100 being offered for his capture. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1951-05-27 | While standing in front of a downtown jewelry store, Andy takes a picture of the Kingfish. The picture is exposed just as the jewelry store is robbed, so Andy has a photo of the gunman...and there/s a $1000 reward for the man's capture. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1951-06-03 | This is actually a rehearsal recording made on May 20, 1951, for broadcast on June 3, 1951. When the Kingfish comes home at 3:00 A.M., Sapphire becomes suspicious when she learns that Kingfish spent the night at "The Blue Slipper" nightclub. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1951-06-10 | After a spat with Sapphire, the Kingfish recalls his old romance, with Florence Baxter. The last show of the season. |
| Kingfish Gets Drafted | | 1951-06-28 | The Kingfish is drafted into the army. This makes him a hero around the lodge hall. However, it seems that he's about to be shipped overseas! Excellent film video. |
| Kingfish's Secretary | | 1951-07-05 | The Kingfish's secretary mistakenly signs a letter requesting a new washerwoman for the lodge hall and sends it to a woman who expects to be a mail order bride. Very good to excellent film video. |
| The Young Girl's Mother | | 1951-07-12 | Andy falls in love with a young girl...and then gets a look at her mother! Excellent film video. |
| The Rare Coin | | 1951-07-19 | The original broadcast dates above and other television shows in this series are subject to correction. In addition, the credits on the film may be incorrect because the closing credits may have been switched with another episode. For example: the closing credits often have a 1953, 1954 or later copyright date, even when the episode was initially broadcast years before. The credits listed in printed research (listed first) may also be incorrect. Often, Amanda Randolph ("Mama") receives credit, even when she's not on the show. Therefore: view the story titles, credits and dates with suspicion. Excellent film video. |
| Kingfish Has a Baby | | 1951-07-26 | When the Kingfish finds out that Sapphire is going to have a baby, he decides to become a new man. Very good film video. |
| Counterfeiters Rent Basement | | 1951-08-02 | Andy becomes a hero when he captures a gang of counterfeiters, operating in the basement of the lodge hall. Very good film video. |
| Sapphire Disappears | | 1951-08-09 | After a spat, Sapphire leaves in a huff and the Kingfish thinks she's been murdered. Excellent film video. |
| The Winslow Woman | | 1951-08-16 | The Kingfish tries to get Andy to marry wealthy Mrs. Winslow, even after she appears and is not so wealthy after all. Very good film video. |
| The Gun | | 1951-08-23 | The Kingfish tries to pawn a gun and is mistaken for a robber. Excellent film video. |
| Call Lehigh 4-9900 | | 1951-08-30 | The Kingfish accidentally answers a newspaper lonely hearts ad. When the girl shows up at the lodge hall, Andy pretends to be the Kingfish. Very good to excellent film video. |
| Leroy Lends a Hand | | 1951-09-06 | Sapphire's brother Leroy is coming to town. The Kingfish and Andy open a parking lot. Excellent film video. |
| The Fur Coat | | 1951-09-13 | Sapphire discovers that the Kingfish has bought a new fur coat for her. The problem is that the coat belongs to to somebody else. Excellent film video. |
| Jewelry Store Robbery | | 1951-09-20 | Andy and the Kingfish take a snapshot outside of a jewelry store just as it's being robbed. The snapshot is worth $1000 because it shows the crime being committed. Excellent film video. |
| Kingfish's Last Friend | | 1951-09-27 | Because the Kingfish has swindled almost everyone that he knows, he is remorseful enough to try to make amends. Excellent film video. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1951-09-30 | The first show of the season. When Andy finds a real diamond ring worth $3000 in a Cracker Jack box, The Kingfish has his own ideas about collecting the $500 reward. |
| Andy Buys a House | | 1951-10-04 | The Kingfish becomes a real estate agent and promptly tries to sell a house to Andy. Unfortunately, the house is on comdemned land. Excellent film video. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1951-10-07 | The Kingfish and his mother-in-law both take an aptitude test for a job in a new store. After the Kingfish switches answer sheets, Mama turns out to be his boss! The script was subsequently used on the program on November 21, 1954 (see cat. #76426). |
| Amos Helps Out | | 1951-10-11 | After the Kingfish and Sapphire have a big fight, the Kingfish gets the not-too-bright idea to write a fake letter from the city, stating the he and Sapphire were never legally married. Excellent film video. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1951-10-14 | Andy has lined up a job in Brazil. The Kingfish books Andy's passage...on a cattle boat! The script was previously used April 22, 1947 (see cat. #28536). |
| Getting Mama Married: Part 1 | | 1951-10-18 | The Kingfish's mama-in-law elopes...but with con-man out to cheat her! |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1951-10-21 | The Kingfish and Sapphire have been invited to a social event by the wealthy De Puysters. The Kingfish and Andy buy a new dress for Sapphire and leave the store with a $400 designer dress. |
| Getting Mama Married: Part 2 | | 1951-10-25 | Mama is so determined to marry a con artist, that even when the guy's wife shows up, she's still won't give him up. Very good to exc. film video. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1951-10-28 | Andy falls for a lady bus driver named Susan Bennett. The Kingfish is offered $100 to break up the planned marriage. |
| The Happy Stevens' | | 1951-11-01 | The story title is also known as, "The Happy Harringtons." The Kingfish and Sapphire become "The Happy Stevens'" on an early morning radio show. Off-mike, they're marriage isn't going too well. Excellent film video. |
| Out of the Frying Pan | | 1951-11-04 | The Kingfish tries to get Sapphire's mama to go back to her own apartment by having her deported as an illegal alien. She finally does leave, but Sapphire rents her room to Mr. Benson, who plays the saxophone! |
| Traffic Violation | | 1951-11-08 | The Kingfish and Andy chip in and buy a car together. The traffic tickets start to accumulate. Excellent film video. |
| Out of the Frying Pan | | 1951-11-11 | Sapphire wants romance in her life. The Kingfish decides to shower her romance, love and affection. If romance she wants, romance she'll get! |
| Quo Vadis | | 1951-11-15 | When the Kingfish attends a lavish dinner party, he's shocked to find that Sapphire is working as a waitress. Excellent film video. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1951-11-18 | The Kingfish has to get a turkey for the big Thanksgiving dinner. He takes a winning raffle ticket from Andy's pocket to buy the bird. |
| The Diner | | 1951-11-22 | The Kingfish and Andy buy a diner, which turns out to not be the good investment it seemed to be. Excellent film video. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1951-11-25 | Sapphire's Sister Hortense in Chicago is moving to New York...and going to stay with the Stevens'. After The Kingfish tries to marry her of to Andy, he plans to elope with Hortense, who is coming into an $25,000 inheritance. |
| The Turkey Dinner | | 1951-11-29 | It's Thanksgiving, and the Kingfish is given the job of buying the turkeys for the big dinner. This is not as easy as it seems. Excellent film video. |
| Good Neighbors | | 1951-12-02 | Mr. and Mrs. Jackson move next door. They borrow everything, she's flirtatious, he has a gun. Soon after the Jacksons beat the Stevens' at poker, Mama's necklace disappears. |
| Ready-Made Family | | 1951-12-06 | The Kingfish's uncle Clarence is coming for a visit. He thinks that the Kingfish and Sapphire have a baby and plans to give the child $500. The Kingfish has to come up with a baby quickly! Very good film video. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1951-12-09 | Andy meets Theresa Thompkins at night school and soon becomes engaged. Lightnin' mixes up the wedding invitations and all of Andy's old girlfriends get invited! Even Miss Blue appears to have a chat with Theresa. Abigail Thompson and Madame Queen complicate the situation. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1951-12-16 | Madame Queen has sabotaged Andy's wedding plans with Theresa Thompkins and has "waddled back into Andy's life." So has "Junior," the big, tough son of Madame Queen. Andy is schduled to marry both Theresa and Madame Queen! |
| Relatives | | 1951-12-20 | The Kingfish complains to the family court that Sapphire's mama is ruining his home life. Other family members complicate matters. Very good film video. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1951-12-23 | The annual Christmas show, still wonderful, no matter how many times it's heard. |
| Andy Gets a Telegram | | 1951-12-27 | Sapphire wants to keep the Kingish away from his no-good friends at the lodge hall. Somehow, this gets the poor Kingfish on a cattle boat bound for South America. Very good film video. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1951-12-30 | Sapphire has told the Kingfish, "get a job...or else!" The Kingfish and Andy are hired to demolish a porch, and proceed to do so...on the wrong house! |
| Hospitalization | | 1952-01-03 | The Kingfish starts his own insurance company and sells Andy a hospitalization policy. While Andy takes it easy in the hospital, the Kingfish has to figure out how to pay the bills. Very good film video. |
| Kingfish's Resolutions | | 1952-01-06 | The Kingfish makes his New Year's resolutions. Included among them is a vow not to cheat Andy more...but then he learns about Andy's brooch that's worth $800! |
| Where There's a Will, There's a Way | | 1952-03-16 | Andy is just about to be married to Consuela Fennington, but he loses a $25,000 inheritance if he does. The Kingfish tries to break the will by proving Uncle Harold was insane. The copyright registration lists the broadcast date for this script as May 16, 1952. The script was apparently subsequently reused on the program January 10, 1954 (see cat. #73829). |
| A Day at the Races | | 1952-05-04 | The Kingfish sells Andy a broken down race horse named Rover! Possibly dated August 18, 1952. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1952-05-11 | Andy proposes to Gertrude Thompson and not only winds up engaged to her mother, but finds himself an accused trunk murderer! |
| The Piggy Bank | | 1952-07-10 | The Kingfish has been stealing from Sapphire's piggy bank. When Sapphire plans to use the money for their 25th anniversay ceebration, the Kingfish goes on a quiz show and wins enough to fill the piggy once again. Good to very good film video. |
| The Eyeglass | | 1952-08-07 | The Kingfish wants to buy Andy's car for a bargain price. He figures that he can do this if he can make Andy fail his driving test. Very good film video. |
| The Broken Clock | | 1952-08-21 | Andy and the Kingfish try to replace a broken clock. When the accidentally return a secret military clock, they get intotrouble with the government. Good film video. |
| The Boarder | | 1952-09-04 | To help make ends meet, Sapphire takes in a boarder. He's a charming singer who eats like a horse. This charms Sapphire but he remains a freeloader in the eyes of the Kingfish. Excellent film video. |
| The Engagement Ring | | 1952-09-18 | The Kingfish becomes a match-maker and tries to pair up Andy with an older woman. Excellent film video. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1952-10-12 | The Kingfish's big mouth puts him on the spot. He has to make $500 in one night, with only his ingenuity. Mrs. Wilson then offers the Kingfish a $2500 reward for finding her long-lost husband. |
| Kingfish Sells a Lot | | 1952-10-16 | The Kingfish tries to get rid of a worthless piece of property by dumping it on poor Andy. Excellent film video. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1952-10-19 | The Kingfish and Andy go into the office-cleaning business. They become mixed up with a gang of bookies. |
| Getting the Best of Brother-In-Law | | 1952-10-26 | The Kingfish's brother-in-law Leroy has just returned from South America. He's gotten a letter from Leroy, but it has to be translated. The letter describes stock worth $4000, kept locked up in Leroy's suitcase. |
| Arabia | | 1952-11-02 | The Kingfish has created a phoney raffle scheme that somehow strands him in Arabia. In an effort to return home, he tries drilling for oil. Very good to excellent film video. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1952-11-02 | A new 372 room hotel, called The Wentworth Arms, has opened. Sapphire has gotten George a job as a waiter and a job for herself as a chambermaid in the hotel. When great-aunt Harriet comes for a visit, the Stevens pretend to live in the hotel, not just work there. The script is similar to the Amos 'n' Andy show of May 21, 1950 (see cat. #64891). Justin Dart (?, the president of Rexall) speaks, urging listeners to vote in the election. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1952-11-09 | Andy's in love with Drusilla Montgomery. She's got charm, beauty, personality and money! How to convince her that Andy's wealthy too? Buy her a $5000 dream house by getting a real estate loan. The program is announced as their 9,999th broadcast. |
| Cousin Effie's Will | | 1952-11-13 | To take advantage of the $2000 bequest in Cousin Effie's will, the Kingfish adopts Andy! Very good to excellent film video. |
| 10,000 Broadcast | | 1952-11-16 | The 10,000th broadcast of the series. Very funny recollections about how Amos and Andy came to New York, how they met The Kingfish, how Amos met his wife, how Andy met and later was sued by Madam Queen. The program was recorded October 31, 1952. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1952-11-23 | Plans are being made for Thanksgiving dinner. The fourteen relatives expected for the holiday...and no turkey. The Kingfish has a plan to get free food...and a freezer too! |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1952-11-30 | Rich uncle Theodore from Chicago has sent the Steven's a Christmas present. Do not open until Christmas. |
| The Antique Shop | | 1952-12-11 | The Kingfish wants his cousin Leo to buy an antique shop. To convince Leo that it's a good business, the Kingfish has the lodge hall brothers buy lots of stuff. The plan backfires. Excellent film video. |
| The Christmas Story | | 1952-12-25 | One of the best shows of the series. Andy gets a job as a department store Santa Claus so he can get the money to buy a doll for little Arbadella. Excellent film video. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1952-12-28 | Sapphire is suspected of stealing a mink coat. A similar script was used on the program of March 25, 1951 (see cat. #42685), but with Sapphire suspected on stealing a closet filled with dresses. |
| The Birthday Card | | 1953-01-08 | When the Kingfish gets a birthday card, signed by "Sweetheart," Sapphire wants to know just what's he up to? Excellent film video. |
| The Ballet Tickets | | 1953-01-22 | The Kingfish presents Sapphire with tickets to the ballet. She winds up in jail when the tickets turn out to be counterfeit. When she gets out, the Kingfish then gives her a $5 bill, which gets Sapphire in jail once again when that turns out to e counterfeit! Very good film video |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1953-02-01 | Mama has a crush on Percival Taylor Jackson and plans to get married! When the Kingfish learns that he's going to lose the $100 per month rent that mama's been paying, he decides to try to break up her wedding plans. |
| Andy Gets Married | | 1953-02-05 | Andy takes out a marriage license, make that two marriage licences...make that three...Excellent film video. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1953-02-08 | Andy and The Kingfish save the life of "Millionaire Pembroke" and go to collect their reward. The script was previously used on May 4, 1948 (see cat. #45346). See cat. #73827 for a network, sponsored version of this broadcast (but Will Wright is mentioned in the credits, Millie Bruce is not). |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1953-02-08 | Andy and The Kingfish save the life of "Millionaire Pembroke" and go to collect their reward. The script was previously used on May 4, 1948 (see cat. #45346). This appears to be a network, sponsored version of cat #11648, but the credits mention Will Wright and do not mention Millie Bruce. |
| Leroy's Suits | | 1953-02-19 | The Kingfish holds a big clothing sale at the lodge Hall. Unfortunately, the clothes all belong to someone else. Excellent film video. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1953-02-22 | Andy's photo is in a detective magazine...with a $300 reward being offered! After a shipboard romance with Florabelle Montgomery, her brother is gunning for Andy. |
| Seeing Is Believing | | 1953-03-03 | Sapphire decides to make the Kingfish jealous by having a romantic dinner alone with Andy. Excellent film video. |
| Andy the Bodyguard | | 1953-03-15 | Andy is wistful that his marriage plans have fallen through again. When he gets a job as a chauffer (despite the copyright title above), his client turns out to be Madame Queen! |
| Andy Falls in Love With an Actress | | 1953-03-19 | Andy has fallen in love (again!) and is now engaged to Cynthia Barry, an actress. After watching her perform in a love scene, Andy decides to become an actor himself. Very good film video. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1953-03-22 | The Kingfish thinks that Sapphire is expecting. She is...but what she's expecting is a visit from her sister Floressa, not a baby. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1953-03-29 | Nancy Simpson breaks off her engagement to Andy when she thinks that he's a coward. The Kingfish tries to help him overcome his fears. |
| Superfine Brush | | 1953-04-02 | Sapphire forces the Kingfish to get a job. He does get one, going door-to-door selling Superfine Brushes. Very good to excellent film video. |
| Andy and the Model | | 1953-04-12 | Andy meets an artist's model named Constance LaMarr and promptly falls in love. For $50, The Kingfish will teach Andy charm and etiquette. |
| Kingfish at the Ball Game | | 1953-04-16 | It could only happen to the Kingfish. While enjoying the ball-game at Yankee Stadium, a woman drops her $3000 pearl ring...and it lands in a box of Krispy Jacks being held by the Kingfish. Excellent film video. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1953-04-19 | The Kingfish gets a job with the Peterson Detective Agency and finds himself investigating himself when Sapphire gets suspicious. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1953-04-26 | The Lodge's boat trip is scuttled when the Kingfish rents a boat with no motor and no bottom! This is a network, sponsored version of cat. #10243. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1953-04-26 | The Lodge's boat trip is scuttled when the Kingfish rents a boat with no motor and no bottom! See cat. #112333 for a network, spronsored version of this program. |
| The Kingfish Finds His Future | | 1953-04-30 | The Kingfish takes an aptitude test and discovers he has tyalent as a painter...but not that kind of painter. Excellent film video. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1953-05-03 | Andy and The Kingfish have a hot tip on "United Consolidated" stock, but there are six companies with that name! |
| The Connecticut Cabin | | 1953-05-10 | The Kingfish sells a broken-down cabin to Andy. |
| Sapphire's Sister | | 1953-05-14 | The Kingfish tries to marry off Sapphire's sister to Andy. The love match comes to a halt when the Kingfsh finds out that the sister has $10,000. Excellent film video. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1953-05-17 | The Kingfish becomes a marriage broker to set Andy up with a wealthy Mexican woman. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1953-05-24 | The last show of the season. A rehearsal with no music cues. Sapphire finds a love letter to another woman in the Kingfish's suit. The Kingfish thinks Sapphire's going out with another guy. See cat. #105490 for this program as broadcast. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1953-05-24 | The last show of the season. Sapphire finds a love letter to another woman in the Kingfish's suit. The Kingfish thinks Sapphire is going out with another guy. See cat.#60847 for a rehearsal recording of this program. |
| Mr. Jackson Comes to Town | | 1953-05-28 | When Sapphire is attarcted to her former boyfriend (and a former "Mr. America"), the Kingfish decides to take a course in self-improvement. Very good to excellent film video. |
| The Adoption | | 1953-06-11 | The Kingfish falls in love with a cute little baby and has plans to adopt him. This balloon is burst by Sapphire's monster of a nephew, who's known as, "Horrible Horace." Excellent film video. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1953-09-27 | The first show of the season. Mama has sprained her back muscles and it's up to the Kingfish to pay the hospital so she can leave. The Kingfish writes a check, drawn on the Hudson Bay and Sourdough National Bank and Trust Company of Saskatchewan. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1953-10-04 | The Kingfish inherits $500 and goes into business with Andy. They buy a hat check concession in a nightclub. The Kingfish gives a mink coat to the wrong man! |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1953-10-11 | After the Kingfish and Sapphire break up, Sapphire wins a contest being held by the Uriah Pancake Mix company. Freeman Gosden does the first Rexall commercial. See cat. #66162 for the same script used previously in 1947. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1953-10-18 | The Kingfish enrolls Andy in the 134th street branch of Yale University for a $100 fee! The date is subject to correction. |
| Vacation Show | | 1953-10-20 | The Kingfish sells Andy a trip across the country, but only takes unsuspecting Andy through Central Park. Very good film video. |
| Keeping Matilda in the Family | | 1953-10-25 | Aunt Matilda is coming for a visit. She's got a dowery of $20,000 and is looking for a husband. The Kingfish and Andy try to match her up with a Mr. Hamilton, who has $200,000. Freeman Gosden does one of the Rexall commercials. See cat. #48348 for an almost exact broadcast of the same script. Since only a word or two is different between the two, it's possible that these two broadcasts were made the same day (to different time zones?), or one of the broadcasts could be a partially taped rebroadcast on another date. |
| Keeping Matilda in the Family | | 1953-10-25 | Sapphire's Aunt Matilda (who has $20,000) comes to town and is introduced to "Dr. Brown." See cat. #63724 for an almost identical broadcast of the same script. Since only a word or two is different between the two, it's possible that these two broadcasts were made live the same day (to different time zones?), or one of the broadcasts could have been a partially taped rebroadcast on another date. The cast information below is takenm from cat. #63724. |
| The Lodge Brothers Complain | | 1953-10-27 | The Kingfish tries to stop a wedding because he thinks the bride is Sapphire! Very good film video. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1953-11-01 | Who is the cat burglar victimizing the neighborhood? Could he be one of the new neighbors in the building? These neighbors are even bigger moochers than The Kingfish! |
| The Kingfish Buys a Chair | | 1953-11-03 | The Kingfish buys an old chair that happens to be stuffed with money. Excellent film video. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1953-11-08 | Sapphire's old boyfriend, Theodore Thomas, comes to pay a visit. He's wealthy, generous and invited to dinner. |
| The New Neighbors | | 1953-11-10 | The Kingfish tries to get rid of his neighbors, who always seem to be borrowing something. He uses a recording of a crying baby to drive the neighbors out, but almost gets evicted himself! Very good film video. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1953-11-15 | After The Kingfish and Andy wreck the car owned by Sapphire's brother, they have to come up with a replacement car...fast! |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1953-11-22 | While Sapphire's away in Chicago, the Kingfish starts a New York City sightseeing service. Andy thinks he's in the FBI! |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1953-11-22 | While Mama and Sapphire are out of town, the Kingfish and Andy start a New York sightseeing service for Melinda Benson. |
| The Classified Ad | | 1953-11-24 | Andy runs an ad in the newspaper seeking a wife. Lots of ladies respond to the ad, but it seems they all need dental work! Very good to excellent film video. |
| Compound Interest | | 1953-11-29 | Andy and The Kingfish go into business: The Super Friendly Loan Company. Their first client fails to bring back a $300 loan! |
| The Light Blue Car | | 1953-12-01 | When a car is used during a robbery, the Kingfish is accused of the crime. Good film video. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1953-12-06 | The Kingfish is asked to see to the cleaning of thirty-two typewriters. Sensing a bargain, the Kingfish sees that the typewriters wind up in Mexico! |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1953-12-13 | The Kingfish becomes a pediatrician overnight when rich Uncle Gregory comes to visit. The script was previously used on April 20, 1948 (see cat. #39550). See cat. #117524 for a network, sponsored version of this program. The script was previously
used on this program on April 20, 1948 (see cat. #39550). |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1953-12-20 | The program's famous and beautiful Christmas show, better audio than #1554, broadcast three years later. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1953-12-27 | The Andy has won $500 in, "The Lucky Buck Contest." |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1954-01-03 | Andy is stood up by his New-Year's-Eve date. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1954-01-10 | The Kingfish has gotten a gold bracelet with pearls for Sapphire, it's their twenty-fifth anniversary. A misunderstanding leads to divorce lawyers for George and Sapphire. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1954-01-17 | Brother Wilkins has passed on. He has willed the Kingfish $25 a week for life...to take care of his 185 pound, "Queenie." Andy has to suddenly become a dog lover! |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1954-01-24 | Andy will be marrying Consuela Fenington next week. He will however, forfeit a $25,000 inheritance if he does. The Kingfish tries to break the will by proving Uncle Harold was insane. The script was previously used on the program on March 16, 1952 (or May 16, 1952) (See cat. #11647). |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1954-01-31 | The Kingfish and Andy have started a sanitarium and rest home. The first patient needs plenty of patience. See cat. #38256 for a similar script. See cat. #92212 for a network, sponsored version of this broadcast. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1954-01-31 | The Kingfish and Andy have started a sanitarium and rest home. The first patient needs plenty of patience. See cat. #38256 for a similar script. This is a network, sponsored version of cat. #11650. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1954-02-07 | George has actually been working, and he's making $75 a week! He's writing an, "advice to the lovelorn column," under the name of "Rosemary Darling! |
| The Life Story of Amos 'N' Andy | | 1954-02-14 | The twenty-fifth anniversary show of "Amos 'n' Andy." Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll trace their show business careers and tell how they developed their famous characters. The copyright registration lists the title of the program as, "Life Story" and the broadcast date as February 15, 1954. See cat. #92213 for a rehearsal recording or unedited tape of this program. |
| The Life Story of Amos 'N' Andy | | 1954-02-14 | A reharsal recording or unedited tape. The twenty-fifth anniversary show of "Amos 'n' Andy." Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll trace their show business careers and tell how they developed their famous characters. The copyright registration lists the title of the program as, "Life Story" and the broadcast date as February 15, 1954. See cat. #3034 for a broadcast recording of this program. |
| Television Couple | | 1954-02-21 | The Kingfish tries to become happily married to Sapphire, like, "Windy" and "Breezy" on "The Lovebirds" TV show. This is a network, sponsored version of cat. #10245. |
| Television Couple | | 1954-02-21 | The Kingfish tries to become happily married to Sapphire, like, "The Lovebirds" TV show. See cat. #92214 for a network, sponsored version of this broadcast. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1954-02-28 | Sapphire's gotten a job as a buyer for a department store, and the Kingfish is jealous of her boss. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1954-03-07 | Sapphire wants a present for her birthday. The Kingfish gets her a new coat. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1954-03-14 | Andy gets the wrong photo from a matrimonial bureau and finds himself engaged to a three-hundred-pound giggler named Florabelle Watkins. This is a network, sponsored version of cat. #18067. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1954-03-14 | Andy gets the wrong photo from a matrimonial bureau and finds himself engaged to a three-hundred-pound giggler named Florabelle Watkins. See cat. #92215 for a network, sponsored version of this broadscast. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1954-03-21 | Sapphire and her Mama have lined up a job in Guam for The Kingfish. Is he really going to go to work? See cat. #92216 for a network, sponsored version of this program. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1954-03-21 | Sapphire and her Mama have lined up a job in Guam for the Kingfish. Is he really going to go to work? This is a network, sponsored version of cat. #11646. |
| Recaptured Romance | | 1954-03-28 | Sapphire and Mama have left the Kingfkish, like "two big, fat, ugly Arabs." |
| Television Job | | 1954-04-04 | The Kingfish gets Andy into the TV repair business. After disaster strikes, Andy tells it to the judge whose nickname is, "Twenty-Year Johnson." See cat. #92217 for a network, sponsored version of this broadcast. |
| Television Job | | 1954-04-04 | The Kingfish gets Andy into the TV repair business. After disaster strikes, Andy tells it to the judge whose nickname is, "Twenty-Year Johnson." This is a network, sponsored version of cat. #11645. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1954-04-11 | The Kingfish and family are off to a vacation at beautiful Lake Chippewawa, overlooking beautiful Hackensack. See cat. #73837 for a network, sponsored version of this broadcast. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1954-04-11 | The Kingfish and family are off to a vacation at beautiful Lake Chippewawa, overlooking beautiful Hackensack. This is a network, sponsored version of cat. #11649. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1954-04-18 | Andy gets hit by a flower pot, dropped by the beautiful Theresa Wilson. Romance blooms in the Spring. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1954-04-24 | Charles Correll delivers the first commercial in his non-accented voice. Mama is interested in a wealthy bachelor that she met at a dance. The Kingfish offers Andy $500 to get married to Mama's rival for the hand of the handsome bachelor. Gosden and Correll end the program with an appeal for the United Negro College Fund. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1954-04-25 | Andy becomes engaged to Florabelle Watkins by mistake. What's needed here is a counselor named, "The Kingfish." |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1954-05-02 | At the "Lenox Avenue Cotillion Ball," Reginald DeWinters was very interested in Mama. The program ends with a public service announcement for the United Negro College Fund. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1954-05-02 | The Kingfish finds a pistol in a vacant apartment. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1954-05-09 | The Lodge is planning its annual picnic. Andy's fallen in love with Poinsetta Smith at the picnic and wants to get their "honeymoon cottage," even though someone else is planning to buy it. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1954-05-16 | Saphire is leaving the Kingfish once again. She and Momma are going to spend the summer at Lakeview Lodge, near Chicago. She's been seen dancing with Fenway Williams, the millionaire playboy. |
| Out of the Past | | 1954-05-23 | The Kingfish's rent is due and so is the grocery money. Bathsheeba Washington is looking for Andy, and is she ever loaded! The last show of the season. |
| The Open Road | | 1954-09-26 | The first show of the season. Sapphire and Momma are driving Mr. Malloy's car to Florida, but wind up in jail in Baltimore. The AFRS music fill may have been added from another program. See cat. #92218 for a network version of this broadcast. |
| The Open Road | | 1954-09-26 | The first show of the season. Sapphire and Momma are driving Mr. Malloy's car to Florida, but wind up in jail in Baltimore. This is a network version of cat. #6770. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1954-10-03 | Andy's engaged once again, this time it's to a lady taxi drive named Susan Bennett. |
| Momma's Night Out | | 1954-10-10 | Saphire's mother has been going out at night...with no explanation. |
| The Income Tax Show | | 1954-10-13 | Andy and the Kingfish are summonded to appear before the Internal Revenue examiner. Excellent film video. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1954-10-17 | Just after Saphire warns the Kingfish not to fool around with any another women, he gets a phone call from "Boo-Boo Winters," his old girlfriend from back home! |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1954-10-24 | While Sapphire's in Chicago, Momma's at home keeping her eye on the Kingfish. The Kingfish rents his apartment to a beautiful co-ed named Charlene Delacey. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1954-10-31 | The rent is due, but the Kingfish is short on cash. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1954-11-07 | The Kingfish and Andy have gotten jobs cleaning an office building. They rent a suite of rooms to a gent named J. Anthony Morelli who's in the book-making business. |
| Million Dollar Momma | | 1954-11-14 | The Kingfish has been fired from his new job. Bedelia Adams wants to adopt a thirty-year-old man, so The Kingfish starts an adoption agency. Guess who's going to get adopted? It's "Little Orphan Andy" and his "Million Dollar Momma!" The script was used previously on "The Amos 'N' Andy Show" on January 19, 1945 (see cat. #45937). |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1954-11-21 | The Kingfish and his mother-in-law both take an aptitude test for a job in a new store. After The Kingfish switches answer sheets, Mama turns out to be his boss! The script was used previously on "The Amos 'N' Andy Show" on October 7, 1951 (see cat. #12943). |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1954-11-28 | Andy is planning to marry wealthy Hyacinth Jackson. Her mother, however, is "an old hippopotamus," and the purchase of a "$12,000 dream cottage" must be accomplished first. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1954-12-05 | Andy has inherited $6000, but he needs his birth certificate to collect the money. |
| The Office Wife | | 1954-12-12 | The lodge brothers hire a new (and pretty) secretary for the Kingfish. Sapphire isn't too pleased about this, so she tells George that she's gotten a job as the secretary of a handsome banker. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1954-12-19 | The traditional Christmas show. |
| New Year's Eve Ball | | 1954-12-26 | The Kingfish sends Sapphire a phony invitation to the New Year's ball at the De Puyster's. Andy Brown just happens to have a real invitation, but needs dancing lessons. Arthur Murray just opened an uptown branch! |
| Getting the Best of Brother-In-Law | | 1955-01-02 | Brother-in-law Leroy has just returned from South America. When Leroy receives a letter in Spanish, Andy asks his friend Chiquita for a translation. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1955-01-09 | Andy meets Nancy Van Dyke, a wealthy debutante, when she runs him down with her sports car. He then takes culture lessons from The Kingfish to impress her. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1955-01-23 | Sapphire's looking for a little romance in her life. She's been reading, "I Broke My Heart On A Two-Week Cruise." |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1955-01-30 | Sapphire and Momma are going to a wedding in Baltimore. The Kingfish and Andy find a pocketbook on the street. It belongs to Mrs. Robert Gunther and it's filled with money! The system cue is added live. |
| Romeo and Juliet | | 1955-02-20 | Elvira Gillespie sells Andy tickets to the Easter Masquerade Ball. Sapphire and Momma are going to the ball too! The system cue is added live. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1955-03-13 | Momma's niece is coming to New York and The Kingfish is told to pick her up at the station. The system cue is added live. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1955-03-20 | Momma tosses the Kingfish out of the apartment. Sapphire gets a job as a "comparative shopper" for a department store, which leads the Kingfish to the wrong conclusion. The system cue is added live. |
| Dismal Dell Cabin | | 1955-03-27 | The Kingfish rents Mama's cottage in the Catskills (Dismal Dell) to Andy, but Sapphire also rents it. Someone's got to go! Freeman Gosden does one of the commercials, then Gosden and Correll do another commercial for Columbia television sets. This is a network, sponsored version of cat. #7460. The script was originally used on the program of May 10, 1952. The system cue is added live. |
| Dismal Dell Cabin | | 1955-03-27 | The Kingfish rents a Dismal Dell summer cottage, mostly underwater, to Andy, and to another vacationer as well. See cat. #50714 for a network, sponsored version of this broadcast. The script was previously used on the program of May 10, 1952. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1955-04-10 | The program begins with a psa for "Radio Free Europe," read by Charles Correll. The Kingfish invites everyone to his home on Easter Sunday for a holiday dinner. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | 1955-05-01 | Sapphire gets a job for the Kingfish. He's a delivery man for a flower shop. The system cue has been deleted. |
| Andy the Godfather | | | Andy's the godfather of 12-year old Arbadella Jones, the daughter of Amos. This causes strange feelings in Andy. Excellent film video. |
| Father By Proxy | | | While driving a pregnant woman to the hospital, Andy is mistaken for the father. A determined nurse insists that Andy fill out forms and stay in the waiting room. Very good film video. |
| Kingfish Becomes a Press Agent | | | The Kingfish gets a job as a press agent so he can pay off his debt to Andy and get back his mother-in-law's diamond pin. Very good film video. |
| Kingfish Goes to Work | | | The date is approximate. The Kingfish gets a job as a handyman at a university, but he soon has a better idea. He gets Andy to do the work for him, paying Andy with a so-called home study program. Excellent film video. |
| Kingfish Teaches Andy to Fly | | | The Kingfish has just the idea for Andy to impress his girlfriend. He's going to teach Andy how to fly an airplane. Excellent film video. |
| Madame Queen's Voice | | | The Kingfish plans to make some money with Madame Queen's singing voice. Madame Queen is still interested in getting her matrimonial hooks into Andy! Excellent film video. |
| Second Honeymoon | | | On their 25th anniversary, the Kingfish and Sapphire plan to go on a second honeymoon. However, they have an argument whil recalling how they first met. Excellent film video. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | | After the Kingfish and Sapphire break up, Sapphire wins a contest being held by the Ozeka Pancake Mix Company. The date above is approximate. See cat. #63723 for the same script, used subsequently on October 11, 1953. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | | Only Andrew H. Brown could possibly get married to two girls at the same time. The program closing has been deleted. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | | The Kingfish has a mysterious job which leads to Madame Queen getting on the trail of poor Andy once again. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | | The Kingfish sells Andy shares in his new "Invisible Glass" company. A funny show. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | | The Kingfish convinces everyone that he only has three weeks to live. A very funny show. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | | The Kingfish and Andy decide to crash "High Society" and make the "Blue Book." The program closing has been deleted. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | | Andy finds himself engaged to both Nancy Simpson and Hildegarde Jackson, so the Kingfish tells the police that Hildegarde is really "Ptomaine Tillie," the notorious poisoner. The date is approximate. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | | A not for broadcast introduction to the cast of the "Amos 'n' Andy" television show. Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll host a short preview for an audience whose reactions are to be recorded for the soundtrack of future programs. Not every member of the show is introduced. Alvin Childress is out of town, two cast members are already on stage when the film begins (one of them looks like Ernestine Wade). Very good film video. |
| The Amos 'N' Andy Show | | | George thinks Sapphire is interested in another man. He decides to leave her and meet a new woman. The date is subject to correction. |
| The Chinchilla Business | | | The Kingfish sells a pair of rabbitts to Andy, telling him that they're chinchillas. Andy will make a fortune after nature takes its course. |
| The Convention | | | The date is approximate. When the Mystic Knights of the Sea hold a convention in Chicago, the Kingfish is fooled by Sapphire who takes his money, leaving him sranded in Chicago. Good film video. |
| The Girl at the Station | | | The Kingfish makes a big impression with the ladies while at a party. He then meets a lovely young lady at the railroad station and Sapphire doesn't believe it's just a coincidence. Excellent film video. |
| The Girl Upstairs | | | The date is approximate. When the Kingfish finds Sapphire's secret diary in her closet, he thinks his marriage is coming to an end. Excellent film video. |
| The Insurance Policy | | | When Sapphire believes that the Kingfish has only three weeks to live, the Kingfish sees this as a chance to loaf. Excellent film video. |
| The Invisible Glass | | | The Kingfish starts buying in the stock market and soon winds up in trouble. Excellent film video. |
| The Kingfish Gets Amnesia | | | The Kingfish decides that the easiest way to avoid repaying his debts is to pretend that he has amnesia. Amos predicts that, "His chickens will come home to roost." Excellent film video. |
| The Meal Ticket | | | Sapphire is proud of her new dining room furniture and wants to show it off. The Kingfish gets the idea to invite people who are willing topay for dinner and forms, "The Society For Home Cooked Meals For Unwed Bachelors." Very good film video. |
| The Society Party | | | The date is approximate. The Kingfish is taking Sapphire to a swanky society party, where she can wear her new fur coat. Andy's taking his date to the same party, and she's going to be wearing the same coat! Very good to excellent film video. |
| The Uranium Mine | | | The Kingfish sells Andy a worthless swamp and tells him that there's uranium to be found. Excellent film video. |
| Viva La France | | | The date is approximate. Andy, Algonquin J. Calhoun and even the Kingfish all become engaged to the same French girl...who doesn't speak English. Good to very good film video. |