Amos 'n' Andy Season 1, Episode 16: Amos Helps Out

1

Kingfish Gets Drafted

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

30 min

2

Kingfish's Secretary

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.

30 min

3

Young Girl's Mother

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

30 min

4

Rare Coin

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.

30 min

5

Kingfish Has a Baby

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

30 min

6

Counterfeiters Rent Basement

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

30 min

7

Sapphire Disappears

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

30 min

8

The Winslow Woman

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

30 min

9

The Gun

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

30 min

10

Call Lehigh 4-9900

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.

30 min

11

Leroy Lends a Hand

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

30 min

12

Fur Coat

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.

30 min

13

Jewelry Store Robbery

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

30 min

14

Kingfish's Last Friend

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

30 min

15

Andy Buys a House

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.

30 min

16

Amos Helps Out

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

30 min

17

Getting Mama Married (1)

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

30 min

18

Getting Mama Married (2)

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.

30 min

19

The Happy Stevenses

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

30 min

20

Traffic Violation

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

30 min

21

Quo Vadis

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

30 min

22

The Diner

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

30 min

23

The Turkey Dinner

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

30 min

24

Ready Made Family

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.

30 min

25

Relatives

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

30 min

26

Andy Gets a Telegram

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

30 min

27

Hospitalization

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

30 min