Comedy based on the classic radio series of the same name which ran from 1951 to 1953 on CBS. The show featured an all Afro-American cast and dealt with the misadventures of two cab drivers, Amos Jones and Andrew H. Brown, who lived in Harlem. Amos and Andy were frequently bedeviled by George "Kingfish" Stevens, a fast talking con man who seemingly had a new scheme every five minutes.
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02x18 Sapphire's Sister Aired: May. 14, 1953When Sapphire's sister, Hortense, moves into the Stevens apartment, Kingfish decides to get rid of her by marrying her off to Andy. [continue reading]
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Directors
- Charles Barton (78 episodes)
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- Charles J. Correll (79 episodes)
- Freeman F. Gosden (79 episodes)
- Bob Ross (65 episodes)
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- After the show was canceled with 65 episodes, CBS wanted to syndicate the reruns but felt that they needed more shows. The cast was brought back to film an additional 13 episodes to premiere…
[show]After the show was canceled with 65 episodes, CBS wanted to syndicate the reruns but felt that they needed more shows. The cast was brought back to film an additional 13 episodes to premiere in syndication. These episodes were originally to be titled "The Adventures of Kingfish" but premiered with the "Amos 'n Andy" rerun package instead.
[hide] - The NAACP was so outraged by what it considered extremely negative stereotypical portrayal of black people in "The Amos 'n Andy Show," that it fought with CBS almost immediately upon the…
[show]The NAACP was so outraged by what it considered extremely negative stereotypical portrayal of black people in "The Amos 'n Andy Show," that it fought with CBS almost immediately upon the show's TV premiere in June 1951 to get the show off the air. They finally succeeded in 1966, when the show was removed from syndication. No episode of "Amos 'n Andy" has been aired on television since that time. The only viewing of any portion of the show since its removal from the airwaves were the clips from various episodes included in the documentary "Amos 'n Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy" which televised in 1983.
[hide] - Episodes were shown to an audience whose reactions were recorded and edited into the show.
