Amos 'n' Andy (Season 1)

Kingfish Gets Drafted (Episode 1)

Air date: 1951-06-28

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: When the Kingfish gets drafted, his wife and his lodge brothers applaud but soon change their tune when his outfit is to go overseas.

Kingfish's Secretary (Episode 2)

Writer: Bob Mosher

Air date: 1951-07-05

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Sapphire becomes jealous over Kingfish's new lodge hall secretary. The Kingfish mistakenly signs a letter requesting a mail order bride with a letter requesting a wash woman for the building.

Young Girl's Mother (Episode 3)

Air date: 1951-07-12

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Andy wants to marry a very young girl until he meets her mother, a formidable woman he jilted many years ago.

Rare Coin (Episode 4)

Air date: 1951-09-19

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Pilot episode. The Kingfish swindles Andy out of a rare coin and Andy swindles it right back by use of a clever trick in a phone booth coin slot.

Kingfish Has a Baby (Episode 5)

Air date: 1951-07-26

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: The Kingfish decides to reform because he thinks he is about to become a father.

Counterfeiters Rent Basement (Episode 6)

Writer: Bob Mosher

Air date: 1951-08-02

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Andy becomes a hero when he overpowers a gang of counterfeiters and collects a fat reward.

Sapphire Disappears (Episode 7)

Writer: Bob Mosher

Air date: 1951-08-09

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: The Kingfish thinks Sapphire has been murdered when she leaves him in a huff and he can find no trace of her.

The Winslow Woman (Episode 8)

Air date: 1951-08-16

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: The Kingfish wants Andy to marry wealthy Mrs. Winslow, even when the not-so-wealthy woman actually show up.

The Gun (Episode 9)

Air date: 1951-08-23

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: The Kingfish, trying to pawn a gun, is mistaken for a robber.

Call Lehigh 4-9900 (Episode 10)

Air date: 1951-08-30

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: The Kingfish accidentally answers a newspaper ad for a lonely hearts club, and when a girl shows up at his office, Andy poses as the Kingfish.

Leroy Lends a Hand (Episode 11)

Air date: 1951-09-06

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: The Kingfish and Andy go into the parking lot business and wind up in the used car business

Fur Coat (Episode 12)

Air date: 1951-09-13

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Sapphire is so delighted with her surprise from the Kingfish, a fur coat, that he hasn't the heart to tell her that the coat is not for her.

Jewelry Store Robbery (Episode 13)

Air date: 1951-09-20

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Andy and the Kingfish find that a snapshot they took is worth $1000 because it shows a man robbing a store.

Kingfish's Last Friend (Episode 14)

Air date: 1951-09-27

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: The Kingfish has swindled too many people and is losing all of his friends so he goes on a reform kick.

Andy Buys a House (Episode 15)

Air date: 1951-10-04

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: The Kingfish takes a job as a real estate agent and must prove himself by selling a house on condemned land-- he does, to Andy.

Amos Helps Out (Episode 16) 10.0

Writer: Jay Sommers

Air date: 1951-10-11

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: After a domestic fight, the Kingfish writes a fake letter form the license bureau stating that he and Sapphire were never legally married.

Getting Mama Married (1) (Episode 17)

Air date: 1951-10-18

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: The Kingfish's mother-in-law elopes with a conman and a fleecer of widows.

Getting Mama Married (2) (Episode 18)

Air date: 1951-10-25

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: The Kingfish's mother-in-law is so set on marrying a man that even when his wife shows up she still says he is hers.

The Happy Stevenses (Episode 19)

Air date: 1951-11-01

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: The Kingfish and Sapphire imitate participants in a radio show about a happy marriage, in order to change the pattern of their stormy marriage.

Traffic Violation (Episode 20)

Air date: 1951-11-08

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: The Kingfish and Andy, co-owners of a car, compete with each other in the collection of traffic tickets.

Quo Vadis (Episode 21)

Air date: 1951-11-15

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: The Kingfish goes to a lavish dinner party at which he finds, uncomfortably, that Sapphire is a waitress.

The Diner (Episode 22)

Air date: 1951-11-22

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: The Kingfish and Andy buy a diner, which was doing a good business, and run it out of business.

The Turkey Dinner (Episode 23)

Air date: 1951-11-29

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: The Kingfish is conned into buying stolen turkeys from a country bumpkin.

Ready Made Family (Episode 24)

Air date: 1951-12-06

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: When the Kingfish's Uncle Clarence is coming to visit, the Kingfish must put together a phony family quickly, to protect his uncle's gift of $500, he gave the Kingfish by telling him he has a child.

Relatives (Episode 25)

Air date: 1951-12-20

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Clamming that his mother-in-law disturbs his home, the Kingfish takes his problems to family court. Meanwhile, more relatives show up.

Andy Gets a Telegram (Episode 26)

Writer: Jay Sommers

Air date: 1951-12-27

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: The Kingfish winds up on a cattle boat bound for South America when Sapphire plots to separate him from his worthless friends.

Hospitalization (Episode 27)

Air date: 1952-01-03

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Andy buys hospitalization insurance from the Kingfish and then relaxes in the hospital, turning the Kingfish frantic with bills he can't pay.