Amos & Andy - Maine Vacation

[@lafcat]

Amos & Andy a wonderful American classic. As funny today as any sitcom ever made. A wonderful talented cast. Thanks for putting it up for all to see and enjoy!

[@paulgriffiths3082]

I'm surprised that America didn't burn all the films of amos & andy, thankfully they have survived for us to enjoy today, good old fashion comedy in the style of laurel & hardy, even produced by the same studio hal roach

[@megcables6500]

This series is as good today as when it was when it was produced. Such good fun and always enjoy the stories. Thank you so much!

[@roslyndecanio81]

These were wonderful, beautifully acted, written and directed! Just as funny as The Honeymooners!

[@kelvinbrown4505]

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[@thomasamodeo3385]

Loved this show as a kid. They showed the reruns in the morning. I would watch them before school. I still laugh when I see an episode. The stories always reminded me of some family members! I laughed at them too!! It's a treat to watch some great comedy again.

[@1950Grendel]

I still remember the music and "Holy mack'l Andy!"

[@michaelrepas2486]

So great to be able to watch them again. I have nothing but admiration for the actors and the show.

[@wearever908]

First time I've ever seen this show. Wow, hilarious.This is just great comedy. Brilliant really.

[@NewlifeNewbeginnings2]

🤣🤣🤣I’m hollering!! Thanks Daddy for turning me on to Amos ‘N Andy!!!

[@lindasuesuits2950]

I have completely enjoyed watching this show. I wish there were shows like this now. Why not?

[@lulalias3656]

0 0 km,

[@martymcfly8733]

Liberal snowflakes and the NAACP cried about it when the show went into syndication in the 1950s

[@jimgoodson5640]

This show was removed from the air under pressure from civil rights organizations like the Southern Christian Leadership Commission.

[@gilwood7530]

Everyone in this show was so perfect

[@nm202]

A teeny tiny scooter to pull a HUGE trailer... NEVER🤣🤣🤣 Then Kingfish is on it the scooter is backfiring struggling smoking and then it's Calhoun's turn to try he boosts up the power... Then BOOM 🤣🤣🤣 TOO FUNNY COMEDY AT IT'S BEST

[@raymatthews4319]

When I was in the 11th grade we saw a film that featured Bill Cosby, he criticized Amos n Andy among others for stereotyping blacks. Now look at where he is now.

[@SandyzSerious]

These actors were so talented.

[@lawrencethergood6100]

Just a wonderful wonderful show I love Amos n Andy LT

[@SandyzSerious]

@@lawrencethergood6100 Me too.

[@bigboi45yrs]

Mr Clinton thank you for bringing this great show to light by posting thses episodes up for all to watch and enjoy,especially in times like these where even fun comes with a price tag.this whole cast went perfectly together like ham and eggs lol.sad to think that some ppl viewed this show as racist or put down Black folk as less than.when i saw my very first episode on film as a little kid i never once saw "Black and White".only saw just regular everyday ppl that made me laugh even as a little kid...

[@peanut24cute49]

Same here I didn’t see them as black,they were just people,I liked.

[@roslyndecanio81]

@Milton Holley Good for Sammy Davis Jr.!

[@jaymike3302]

That was the Grand Finale of a lifetime LOL.

[@sunbeltcity]

One of the BEST shows of early TV!

[@akhee42]

During these stressful days "Govt Shutdown etc", this show brought me some needed laughter. Thank you Amos and Andy

[@audreyfreeman4208]

Holy MACKEREL there!!

[@nancyclifford4974]

How wonderful to see these. I never understood what the problem was. I loved this when I was little. Thank you. It’s like seeing old friends.

[@ddeaae]

I have always loved such great comedy of the past it was always so entertaining and enjoyable. Thanks up loading these great shows those were the days today we need it

[@ardiffley-zipkin9539]

The best ! One of the funniest shows of a very funny series. Great work !

[@deidreperryman172]

I was a child watching this program. Was laughing the whole time. I may not have understood everything but the looks on their faces was enough. I really enjoyed the show. Thanks for sharing brings back excellent memories.

[@Sagiterrian77]

I used to get cassettes of the radio show from the library- I see it for what it is. I like honest looks at American history. This was the number one radio show for 25 years. And I love the Kingfish!

[@garymattscheck9066]

That was so funny when Sapphire and Mama showed up in Central Park and discovered the trailer. They really gave it to the Kingfish!😂

[@rosasolorio7670]

Growing up in Los Angeles, we'd watch this every day and it was alway funny. One day as my brother and sister were walking home from St Patrick's school, we popped into a funeral parlor and lo and behold, there in the casket was Amos. Yep, Kingfish has passed and we as kids were sad to see him there dead! His belly was very swollen and we imagined that he must have been very sick. It was very sad and I never forgot it. I loved that show.

[@walterpalmer2749]

The world could use much more humor. This is it.

[@lindagreen1105]

My dad and I loved this show. All the wonderful characters. We had a ball watching the show back in the 50s.

[@davidmaslow7473]

I loved this as a kid in the 5Os, and still do! Thanks for sharing!

[@coobay978]

This one gets my vote for the best episode of all😃😃😃😃

[@peanut24cute49]

I liked Sapphire,she was so good to her Mama !

[@nadyarossi5102]

Don't forget her other sister, Opalescent!

[@death2pc]

The program - series - was nothing short of genius. Beyond brilliant, tasteful, humorous...... Phenomenal individuals - each and every one - before the camera, ever so likeable, adorable outright, eternally memorable. Always a great script. How far a nation has fallen that forced the program off the air and today nearly denies its existance. That's "progress" a la the darling progressives and their willing victims.

[@jackm4457]

@death2pc I'm guessing you were not around in the early 60s when the NAACP lobbied to get tv stations to stop showing reruns of A&A. It is a very funny show, and unlike the long-running radio show that preceded it, that was voiced by white actors, this tv show had many fine black actors finally getting work. However, in 1960, probably half of white america had never known a black person as a friend, or a neighbor or as a work associate, and most of their "understanding" of black Americans was from Amos and Andy. My awesome grandmother, born in 1888, had NEVER met a person of color until she was 85 when I introduced her to a couple of college classmates. She was stunned how much they were like ME, and not like the characters of Amos and Andy that she had listened to and watched for over 25 years. Today, it's much different. The only white people that don't have black americans as their friends or associates are usually racists that want it that way. But it was so different 60 years ago.

[@JohnPMitten]

Nowadays, Black Lives Matter will get rid of anything that's not politically correct. The Indian girl on Land o Lakes butter.

[@Michelle-pn9xt]

@@JohnPMitten Yeah. People don't like racism. Imagine that. Do you want to be treated like property because of the color of your skin. Would it be okay for someone to kill a member of your family because of the color of their skin? Black people want to be treated like human beings! How dare they expect such a thing when people like you are willing to let them live without burning their houses down?

[@hja52]

@@Michelle-pn9xt -Shut up & sit your stupid azz on down! Nobody wants you to come up in here & stir up some bs , you damn troublemaker. Didn't your mama teach you better?

[@byromania]

@@hja52 One could ask you the same question.

[@auntkittyhashtag2321]

I'm white and watched this as a kid. They had white counterparts lol. My cousin was a scammer like the Kingfish, Sapphires mama was like my aunt, Andy Brown was like one of my uncles, Sapphire was like my aunt Blanche, Calhoun was my cousin Jimmy, No racism just good wholesome entertainment.

[@nm202]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 Now it doesn't get any better than that. I LOVE IT

[@nadyarossi5102]

My favorite character was Calhoun.

[@billycrook9997]

Thank you for these shows from the past. Great actors

[@johnferguson4089]

Hilarious! Great comedy.

[@calvinfarley1562]

No comedy like this anymore.

[@akhee42]

Man, I just love me some Amos and Andy

[@glennmerlini2895]

thanks Owen i cant get enough of this show,tim moores facial expressions are so funny

[@ginaharrison5560]

Reminds me of O'Henry's GIFT OF THE MAGI. The wires of communication are always getting crossed.

[@edwardmoore7654]

Naacp really should be reprimanded for having this show pulled off the air

[@alphonsozorro7952]

Racist paranoia.

[@sewhill2827]

At the time this was on tv were there. Any shows that make fun of the irishs or mexicans or the polish or the itailans if so name then i would like to hear the way they talked and see how they dressed

[@danielcobbins9050]

@@sewhill2827 Bill Dana's character Jose Jimenez did poke fun at Mexicans.

[@l.salisbury1253]

By keeping this off the air a brilliant troupe of African-American comic actors (especially Tim Moore) remain forgotten...

[@garymattscheck9066]

One of the creators stated"We weren't kidding race,we were kidding people!"

[@sharonheard9918]

What on earth was the NAACP thinking when they insisted that this show be taken off the air? There's not a racist thing about this show. Just a good,funny, well written sitcom with an all black cast that everyone can identify with. NAACP robbed these actors of a career and put a lot of black ppl out of work. What a shame.

[@JoeL-zi2zd]

They had great lines. Kingfish: Take North Dakota. That there is a fisherman's parasite. "

[@dariowiter3078]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@walterpalmer2749]

What a riot !! As classic as the Marx Brothers or Laurel and Hardy.

[@ernestinevinson6138]

Bvvvvvvvscvvsvsvvvvvsvvsvsvvsvbbebs

[@l.salisbury1253]

Your Laurel & Hardy comparison is interesting- Amos & Andy was filmed at Hal Roach Studios!

[@brucewillard4418]

still can't stop laughing. these guys were assume. kingfishes gestures were classic always attempting to screw poor Andy.. too bad they don't have talent like this today..Times are different..surely... thankyou sir for posting these after a difficult time at work it's such a release....

[@capacola262743]

every time they go to court, the judge is black, every police officer is black, every lawyer, doctor and professional person is black. every business owner, and even the man who owned the fancy hotel they went to in chicago was black. i think the naacp missed the point with their idiotic condemnation of this fine show.

[@peanut24cute49]

That stupid NAACP,put all those people out of a job,it’s a shame !

[@theraceanalystphdprovingha4119]

Bingo! "Now looka here, yo comment there...tah me, it sounds quite correct and austentascious..."

[@vbrigham]

I thought the same, but I watched one where the judge was white. I never seen this show growing up. Can't believe what I missed. What talent! Especially Gorge Kingfish! I never laughed so hard!

[@Buisness1]

Yep! I've tried to make this same point over the years NAACP dropped the ball on this.

[@kevinbutler8824]

I agree wit you Peanut 100%! I never felt that this tv sit com is a put down toward the black community. It's a black version of Abbott and Costello. And I wished that the damn NAACP would shut the hell up and leave this show alone

[@susanlawson6939]

Loved Amos and andy

[@rogerdavis7770]

4 generations of us would watch this together and laugh very hard.

[@dariowiter3078]

Man, what a shyster "The Kingfish" was! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 😁😁😁😁😁

[@alphonsozorro7952]

Shyster is derived from the German term scheisser, meaning literally “one who defecates,”

[@garymattscheck9066]

He was always trying to trick gullible Andy.

[@Ronald-hx6zn]

This is one of the best episodes!!😂

[@conniecharley7086]

Watched these funny guys years ago as very young and I laughed so hard..

[@Holiday48000]

I remember as a young child rushing home from school to watch Amos & Andy and laugh the entire 30 min of the show. Nobody got offended with this hilarious comedy show, they just forgot about their troubles enjoyed the Kingfish always trying to cheat Andy out of something. But this was before the politicians got involved and took it all out of context just to make a political score for votes.

[@barrygioportmorien1]

Yeah, this kind of programming promotes harmony rather than racism, I just looked at it as hilariously funny. Redd Fox kind of duplicated this type of humor, and made fun of everybody, in one of the funniest shows ever, "Sanford And Son".

[@sewhill2827]

They were not good actors their careers with no where after this show they could have guest star on other shows if they was that good or support themselves with theatre or commercial work If peoples in that ERA didn't get offend the NETWORK wouldn't have taken off the air But to each his own if you find this funny LYAO

[@frankiewhite1279]

Black prea h preachthe

[@vecreekmore]

A great series, but it did not fit the NAACP's agenda!!! So for over 30 years we have missed seeing these wonderful shows! But most of all the stars of AMES & ANDY never received the lasting fame they deserved... Shame on CBS --

[@Michelle-pn9xt]

It does not fit into my agenda either. Would you like to be my butler or housekeeper? I will pay you $50 a week!

[@anaelena2104]

@@Michelle-pn9xt Here in Puerto Rico working as a butler was and is considered a job you can be proud of. As a matter of fact, we are proud of anybody who can have a decent job. Also, being humble is one of our characteristics as a culture. Housekeeper have a lot of legal rights and always had. Your mind is twisted.

[@alabamaal225]

@@Michelle-pn9xt One thing for certain - I wouldn't want YOU as my housekeeper or personal attendant.

[@JoeL-zi2zd]

Kingfish: "I quote verbacon."

[@ValorConsulting1]

I've watched three or four of these episodes on KZbin and I honestly have not yet found anything offensive. The racial stereotyping in the media now seems much, much worse than what I've seen so far of Amos n Andy.

[@annettebeaty2055]

Victory Baptist Church Maryville

[@gilwood7530]

Thanks for having these up here ... I have most of them but its always great to enjoy them

[@ellagross7736]

Love them watch when I was small years ago.

[@tazmod7272]

I watched the show back when I was in the third grade. I thought it was funny back then as it is now.

[@lynneferencik1378]

Glad for the moment this is not banned from youtube- everything in this world is not racist- some things are just funny- Rick Ferencik

[@juliahamilton9125]

This show wss a show on the Radio to listen to when I was little!🙆🙋🤦🏽‍♀️💁

[@Charlotte-wp9rf]

I listened to the radio shows from the early forties, and a few years ago, I ran across the TV show in the OTR internet archive, so I am seeing these episodes for the first time and loving them. I do prefer all of the old radio programs, all genres, that I was "raised on". : ). From the comments I've read, I believe I'm the oldest viewer here. Hehe. Nice to know that people appreciate real humor. I still listen to the Amos 'n Andy radio show on the many CDs I've downloaded from the archive.

[@barrygioportmorien1]

I loved this show, it's still funny after all these years, what a shame it was cast aside for all the wrong reasons....

[@icecreamforcrowhurst]

Ralph Walnut Emerson 😂

[@riverraisin1]

Listening to Kingfish makes me wonder if Dean Martin may have copied Kingfish's voice inflections when hosting the Dean Martin Show. They sound quite similar.

[@rourabartsch4872]

Wonderful Comedy Show.

[@pbr2805]

A great show and great actors. We need to bring them back. If you don't like the show than don't watch it. Take a cold shower! End of story.

[@nadyarossi5102]

Amen!

[@cedricliggins7528]

OMG what a funny episode. Could not stop laughing

[@bobo1959er]

the point is ,it is funny . Thanks Owen Clinton

[@jacksprat3009]

Amos & Andy the black version of the Honeymooners. Pretty similar plots, well acted. The Kingfish and Ralph Cramden. Kingfish always working out a scheme to get himself out of trouble and Ralph Cramden always ready to fall for a scheme to make money.

[@jacksprat3009]

@Floyd Vaughn -It could have been an early version of "All in the Family."

[@conniecharley7086]

I use to watch Amos and Andy never have I seen two grown men get into more mischief..Andy was cool and more sense than the rest of them but he always ended up following the gang..It was a funny show..

[@rayunseitig6367]

What fun, on such a so so, such and such sort of day. Much thanks.

[@4rustin4]

A most wonderful and funny show. The characters are just superb and they should all have made millions instead of being deceased in poverty. I see Afro-Americans today portrayed as bums, whores and no-goods instead of the Amos and Andy who were warm , natural and never doing harm to any person. Modern writers take note of these great actors.

[@Michelle-pn9xt]

I see African American people in movies today being portrayed in a variety of ways instead of only being seen as maids and shoe shine people. Nobody is going back to that time period because it makes you feel comfortable.

[@yukyukyuk1335]

@@Michelle-pn9xt "I see African American people in movies today being portrayed in a variety of ways instead of only being seen as maids and shoe shine people." You mean, like in 'Amos and Andy'?

[@johnlandacre9881]

I remember Amos n Andy being on tv around 1960. Then the show disappeared, has never been on since. It was funny, crazy, entertaining, and all the characters were black, from all walks of life. What could be objectionable about any of this? I don’t get it.

[@smoothoperator7023]

Yea- that's the problem!

[@jesseleblanc1199]

Bring this back and put it on the history channel I have not seen anything better but king of queens was good to

[@chaddallesandro2057]

Great show - first time watching it. Why did they take it OFF? Sanford and Son and Good Times are more offensive.

[@urielstud]

Amos & Andy - Maine Vacation - we laughed at these which were actually a lot funnier than the War on Black People ("Drugs"), the Prison Industrial Complex, solitary confinement torture, Wage Slavery, Destruction of Our Schools and the New Jim Crow. Eventually taken off TV by the NAACP for promoting stereotypes. For some reason I remember this one the most.

[@motdrappehs2268]

Right on. Nothing is racist in this show, Kind of like the Beverley hillbillies, Uncle Jed Moving to California from Bugtulsel..

[@peanut24cute49]

I never forgot this show,never forgot Kingfish

[@kevinbutler8824]

I agree with you andyour mom"Mrs.Stevens" the state of Maine is a great place for a vacation,hopefully "The Kingfish"will agree with you.

[@98chuchi]

It reminds me of Gleason and Carney's characters and their wives.

[@crystalgrose]

Funny episode.

[@crystalgrose]

I love Kingfish, but he is such a deadbeat. Ha Ha ha 😀

[@pglover2010]

Too bad the PC crowd and NAACP criticism has replaced this type of black humor with comedies about getting high, doing time, and living as a sexual libertine.

[@captainpic]

Get real. First of all, comparing the two types of (supposed) entertainment is nonsense. Look at each according to its own merits. As to this antiquated television insult, it is not "black humor," it is white-engineered ridicule. The audience was not laughing WITH these characters, the audience was laughing AT them - by design.

[@pglover2010]

@@captainpic What's funny or ridiculous is made by consumers who decides for themselves not by elite snobs who tells us what's funny!

[@billwilliamson9842]

@@captainpic yes just like they did at jackie gleason in the honeymooners,so pull the stick out your ass and stop sjw posturin.

[@billwilliamson9842]

@@captainpic betters? you don't amount to a drop of sweat on my ..........brow.You libturds love to think you are so smart but yet you don't know which bathroom to use. spare me your faux intellectual superiority, most of you can't think above the waist.

[@garymattscheck9066]

I think that what you had in the black sitcoms of 20 years later was worse than Amos and Andy ever were.

[@donaldbartram6315]

I remember watching this as a kid, never thought of it as racist or PC incorrect,, it was just plain funny.

[@donaldbartram6315]

Politicians & evwryone being so sensitive, of everything,, Just like you can't spank your kids anymore bc it's childabuse.. LOL. Brought us up right,, not like these whiney kids that turned into whiney adults.

[@fcontitwo]

‘America’s’ Golden history !!! ⚡️🌿🇺🇸🎭⚡️😎⚡️✌🏼

[@michaelmitchell5098]

“What is yawll doin way up here in Wyoming?”😀

[@audreyfreeman4208]

Abbott & Costello are on the walk of fame Amos & Andy should also be there is it because they are black that they were overlooked they were great and very funny & entertaining

[@gilwood7530]

No , its because the NAACP try to make them disappear . Nothing racist

[@alabamaal225]

Abbott and Costello were actual performers; Amos and Andy were show characters, not actual people. Perhaps the actors who played the characters should be on the WoF, but shows and characters are not on the walk.

[@maldijaili6799]

@@alabamaal225 , Hello, You are correct about that, only individuals, not groups and shows. Also there is a 5-year time limit. The process and requirements are on a number of websites if you care to read them. But even if they did not get their earthly reward, the eternal reward is so much better and so much more important for Tim Moore and everyone. Tim Moore proudly quoted, "I have made it a point never to tell a joke on stage that I could not tell in front of my mother" That tells you a lot about the man.

[@zebeart8808]

Thanks for the video

[@George4585ogden]

The greatest TV sitcom of all time.

[@glennmerlini2895]

+George Stevens i agree hilarious.super cast

[@easytherepilgrim2339]

I think you might be right.

[@gywilmsen2409]

I loved this show, especially Tim Moore as the Kingfish, Even though I’m a WASP. Great acting that I could relate to.

[@timothyantoine5321]

This was good comedy , I wonder if Black people today think that it's insulting to Black's ? I think that's why it was discontinued .

[@jrokone53]

KingFish is a hoot

[@ronnieblanton1466]

now this is comedic stuff ize loves the way the kingfish andy Calhoun speaks the English of our times beats the sitcoms of our day by a landside hey cosby are whoever give up the rights for re runs what a tribute it would be

[@michellepost5232]

I am surprised this is still on you tube, now days.

[@maryedwards2851]

I grew up watching the TV show is Ok I am67yrs old I been wondering about them for years I love them not Racist to me just like mark Twain I grew up with Tom Sawyer he was a good author everything is not Racist

[@hatednyc]

INDIAN UPRISING!!! LMAO!!!!

[@jacquesuntel5401]

Anyone know what kind of car that is? At first I thought it was a Henry J, but the grille doesn't look right

[@sanfordgraham1603]

I thought all these Amos & Andy Shows were packed away ,not too be viewed loved these shows ....

[@maldijaili6799]

CBS does have the originals locked away somewhere in their vault never to be brought out according to the contract agreement. So sad!!!

[@jesseharper4792]

one of my favorite shows when i was a little boy

[@gpowe8625]

I have all the episodes. I need to copy to another media. I enjoyed watching them back in the day.

[@maldijaili6799]

Even the so-called lost or missing episodes like --Andy goes into Business, the Racehorse and Restitution? Please reply.

[@maldijaili6799]

The following post @ G Powe.Thanks

[@billlutzius]

Just like the Honeymooners

[@jsg6532774]

SO RIGHT!

[@tonyvalentine4154]

What an insult to the comedic genius of each actor for the naacp the cry-baby and have this show removed.

[@cth0211]

why isn't this shown on BET?

[@donaldbartram6315]

Well BET is a racist channel & they don't want to show blacks in a bad light. Like Buckwheat & Stymie,, Those aren't PC either.

[@reginaldmiller1689]

That's a good question!!?

[@sewhill2827]

This show is over 60 years old that might have something to do with it and on top of that it's not worth the controversy

[@Michelle-pn9xt]

Are you kidding? Stop being ignorant!

[@Michelle-pn9xt]

@@sewhill2827 It is racist crap. That might have something to do with it.

[@maryedwards2851]

I am black love them

[@Michelle-pn9xt]

Do you think this is something positive?

[@yukyukyuk1335]

@@Michelle-pn9xt Love is positive, yes.