The Amos 'n Andy Show

Season 4

Stories mostly centered on The Kingfish's schemes to get rich, often by duping his brothers in the Mystic Knights of the Sea Lodge. Andy was particularly dupable. Amos mostly narrated.

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13 Episodes

  • The Chinchilla Business
    E1
    The Chinchilla BusinessAndy's girlfriend wants a fur coat but he only has $50. As it happens the Kingfish needs $50 to repay Mama for an operation he had 8 or 9 years ago as she wants to go into business. Kingfish decides to get Andy into the "rare chinchilla business" so Andy can get his girl her coat. Naturally things don't go as planned for the Kingfish
  • The Uranium Mine
    E2
    The Uranium MineAndy (Spencer Williams) gives The Kingfish (Tim Moore) $200 for a lot in New Jersey, sight unseen. When Andy sees the property, he discovers its swampland, and demands his money back. Later, The Kingfish overhears Andy say he wants to invest in uranium, so he craftily shows up with all the mining gear where Andy cannot miss seeing him. Gullible Andy decides he wants to keep the lot, and gives The Kingfish another $300 for equipment.
  • Madame Queen's Voice
    E3
    Madame Queen's VoiceAfter seeing Madame Queen (Lillian Randolph) win a television contest, Andy (Spencer Williams) and The Kingfish (Tim Moore) decide to turn personal manager. In order to achieve this, Andy must propose marriage to his old flame, which, according to The Kingfish, will ensure the contract. Madame Queen is all for the marriage, but wants her vocal teacher, Mr. Mason (Roy Glenn), to manage her career. The Kingfish is undeterred by opposition and even puts up half the money for an engagement ring.
  • Andy the Godfather
    E4
    Andy the GodfatherAndys (Spencer Williams) goddaughter, Arbadella (Patti Marie Ellis), is so lovesick over a twelve-year-old boy that she won't eat. Being cavalier, he promises to take care of the matter. Then he learns the name of the boy and regrets his promise. Andy has consistently been made the butt of all the boy's practical jokes. He decides not to back out of his promise, and lives up to his commitment.
  • The Insurance Policy
    E5
    The Insurance PolicyAfter failing an insurance policy medical exam, the Kingfish exploits the sympathies of Andy, Sapphire, and lodge brothers, whom mistakenly believe that he has only three weeks left to live.
  • The Kingfish Gets Amnesia
    E6
    The Kingfish Gets AmnesiaKingfish asks Andy to let him hold $50 as a way to show people he is honest. When debtors come to collect money owed them Kingfish uses all $50. Later, when Andy comes to get his money Kingfish feigns amnesia.
  • The Girl at the Station
    E7
    The Girl at the StationThe Kingfish (Tim Moore) volunteers to help his hostess serve coffee at a party. Sapphire (Ernestine Wade) walks into the kitchen just as he is trying to retrieve a necklace that has fallen down the back of the lady's dress. He tries to explain, but Sapphire leaves in a huff. Trying to buy a present to appease his wife, he finds he lacks the cash, as usual. Andy (Spencer Williams) and The Kingfish decide to collect a $10 debt from a train steward, when The Kingfish is mistaken for a debutante's uncle. A photo of her kissing him appears in the afternoon paper.
  • Kingfish Teaches Andy to Fly
    E8
    Kingfish Teaches Andy to FlyAndy falls for another pretty girl. Kingfish convinces him that to make it with the girl, he should learn to fly a plane. While taking his girl in a simulated flight, disaster ensues.
  • The Kingfish Becomes a Press Agent
    E9
    The Kingfish Becomes a Press AgentAndy and Calhoun assist the Kingfish in scamming an upscale hotel into contracting his services as a press agent.
  • The Meal Ticket
    E10
    The Meal TicketNoticing that most of his friends eat their meals out and use a meal ticket for each month the Kingfish decides to sell them meal tickets and feed them at his place. Of course he has to figure out how to do this without Sapphire catching on.
  • Second Honeymoon
    E11
    Second HoneymoonAfter twenty-five years of marriage, Kingfish and Sapphire's second honeymoon plans may result in divorce.
  • Father by Proxy
    E12
    Father by ProxyAndy (Spencer Williams) volunteers to take over Amos' (Alvin Childress) cab and has to rush a pretty young woman to the hospital. The nurse mistakes Andy for the husband, who is away in the Army. Though Andy tries to explain, the domineering nurse is convinced that Andy is the father, Calhoun (Johnny Lee) the uncle, and The Kingfish (Tim Moore) the grandfather. The more they protest, the more complicated the matter becomes.
  • Story of the Invisible Glass
    E13
    Story of the Invisible GlassKingfish has an opportunity to reap a huge profit from some shares of stock in Consolidated Glass Company that he bought years ago. Trouble is, he subsequently sold the shares to Andy, and now he has to figure out how to get them back.

 

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