Amos n Andy 48 The Chinchilla Business

[@lindabohl2454]

Love these old time shows!!!❤❤❤

[@TonyinMBSC8669]

First episode I've ever seen. It was funny! These actors paved the way for future sitcoms like Sanford & Son, The Jefferson's & Good Times. All were funny!!

[@stevejacobs7060]

I love those guys

[@gus2600]

I watched this show with my grandfather as a small child . This left a very favorable impressions of black people ! It was pointed out to me that black people could be judges , doctors and policeman like any body . I am thankful for this show

[@rick419]

Kingfish and Andy never had a job as far as I can tell.

[@scottlarson1548]

We never saw Amos driving his cab either.

[@Shadobanned4life]

Great episode of a great series. This show isn't 'masterpiece theater'-but- it IS a wonderful, sweet-natured comedy that is quite entertaining! All the episodes are based on common,universal situations that we've all witnessed,encountered,or likely will encounter in one form or another, eventually. If you are looking for rock-solid logic and completely believable situations you will come up short,but the comical aspects of the show more than make up for this. Outstanding tv show!

[@beverlyherzog4284]

I love the vintage shows I grew up with !! Clean viewing and relaxing 😊.

[@margaretannsalazar4886]

King Fish what a character.

[@jonathanbanks8749]

There's a Zappa/Beefheart LP named Thing Fish.

[@lmc958]

Very talented actors, enjoyable to watch, no vulgar language no violence

[@bonnememoires]

AMEN

[@RatnipTX]

Nor sex scenes.

[@stevejacobs7060]

I love the way they distort the English language.

[@waltspears8179]

Theres nothing racist about these good old style sit com.s .true pros at mastering the camera .tha n x for these .

[@bryancomeaux4961]

THERE ARE TOO RCICT PLACES YOU SHOULD NOTICE THEM AS AN ART CRITIC THERE ARE ALO LEGITIMATE PORTRAYAL OF AFO CULTURE IN AMERICA . DENIAL IS NOT THE CURE FOR IGNORANCE

[@josephlandrut4154]

Kingfish and I would love to thank all people who loved the Amos and Andy show throughout the world as a program, which represented people who are not colour prerdudice.

[@spankysue6258]

Watched them as a child.much comedy many laughs clean all all the way.

[@francisjohnson665]

Funniest show ever. I loved it .

[@DRLEWIS]

That Kingfish! And Algonquin J. Calhoun!

[@bloqk16]

Make note in the closing credits of co-writer Jay Sommers; as he was the writer for several successful 1960s sitcoms, such as Petticoat Junction and Green Acres.

[@kevinmadden1645]

I believe this was the final episode broadcast in 1955(but filmed in 1953)..

[@vitosanto3874]

The writers of this show were good.No racism here just good humor.

[@bloqk16]

A co-writer for this episode was Jay Sommers. Checking his professional working credits, the list is impressive.

[@dareisnogod5711]

I will not say that you are stupid. I will not say that you are stupid. I will not say

[@proudbluestaterful]

this has always been my favorite episode

[@phillipmeade2988]

Great show

[@bboomer1948]

Ohhhhhhh Meeeeeee !! Love this show.

[@Skywalker8562]

This was not racist. This was a comedy where the actors happened to be black. It could have just as easily been "I Love Lucy", but the soothing sound of these actors voices had a very calming effect on a child whose mother had to was on surgical call in the middle of the night, and the neighbor would tell her I would be fine. And she would turn on Amos and Andy and after it was over there were no monsters in the house and I was at peace to go to sleep.

[@frankmayer139]

No racism, just a funny show. Maybe some stereo typing, but in those days people had a sense of humor and not offended by every little thing.

[@rick419]

I can't think of another comedy show where the main two characters never seem to have a job.

[@richardhincemon]

​@@rick419Laurel and Hardy 😂

[@dree2295]

I'm a true lover of the chinches.

[@elysilk4538]

Andy was right. Those Chinchiilas really do look like rabbits.

[@larryaldrich4351]

This is the only episode I could remember from back when.

[@countchocula776]

I know they're rabbits, you know they're rabbits, the rabbits know they're rabbits but does the pigeon, I mean Andy know they're rabbits 😂😂

[@Harlowerayne]

,🤣🤣🤣

[@Harlowerayne]

Calhoun is crooked as hell, always game with helping the Kingfish pull off one of his crooked hair-brained schemes 🤣🤣🤣.

[@Harlowerayne]

Mama mean as hell 🤣!

[@ravingrays248]

I had a feeling that andy was going to sell those rabbits too sapphire's mom.

[@Harlowerayne]

Kingfish and Andyhad better skip town before Mama finds out she's been given the "business" by BOTH Andy & The Kingfish 🤣.

[@bloqk16]

My late dad tried to make a go-of-it with raising Chinchillas; as he was impressed with a wealthy land owner that raised them. One aspect my dad didn't consider that the wealthy guy did do: Keeping a cool environment with the enclosed Chinchilla pens by use of air-conditioning units; as Chinchillas, in the wild, live in the cool climes of mountains at high elevations. It's the cool environment Chinchillas live in that creates the desirable thick fur for coats. My dad tried raising them in a temperate climate, with no AC, in conventional rabbit pens in an open shed; they all perished within two years.

[@tonyhelton2788]

He should have stuck with the rabbits. You'd still be eating rabbit stew to this very day!

[@Astrobrant2]

"...no collateral, no co-signer. Well, I ain't got none of that stuff, so I in good shape, there." Aw, man, that is some great writing!

[@fromthesidelines]

Originally syndicated in January 1955.

[@sp-sc2lh]

I remember when I was growing up there was not a lot of black tv show's in them days someone had to open the door so all you haters hush ! if not for these brave souls there would be no Denzel,no black panther, no viola Davis, you get the picture and they were funny & never mentioned a cuss word something you youngsters should learn never put on a 👗 never took off their clothes get you some of that. remember Nat King Cole and not a drug or gun in mind or sight yet still successful

[@nm202]

Amen

[@jameslemmons9737]

WORDS OF WISDOM! 👊🏿👊🏿👊🏿👊🏿👊🏿❤️🤗

[@bloqk16]

@ s p . . . another aspect to consider with this TV show were the portrayals of the other guest supporting characters as being working professionals and business owners that dressed nicely.

[@ardiffley-zipkin9539]

Very Funny ! Great series and episode. Thanks !

[@filliusawusi6174]

Ladies Over Coat Mink 27,000 Dollars.. 25,000 Dollars + For A hand bag.. 100,000 Dollars plus for a watch.. You can pay over 1 Million Dollars for A Painting.. And some folks can't buy A loaf of Bread..

[@frankmilitary]

I just explode with laughter every time the Kingfish says “chinches”!

[@HumanBeanbag]

Kingfish is one of the best tv characters of the 20th century 😂 It's so over the top

[@yuriandropov2114]

dig those HATS o Momma & Sapphire!

[@keithwhitcomb4845]

Yuri Andropov no don't dig mama's hat burn it

[@tonyhelton2788]

They didn't make em outta hair in those days.

[@jacquelinerobinson758]

Kingfish has the right name for him. He has a mouth like a big mouth bass.

[@gailclifton5307]

you wrestle w/yo problem ill wrestle w/mine(claSSic)

[@MarshallTavarez-gm9zl]

I saw these shows when I was around 6 or 7 years old I still remember some of the dialogue by memory. These show was very funny then as it is today.

[@maldijaili6799]

It saddens me when I read these comments that have included swear words. Tim Moore would not have approved. He was a decent, moral and upstanding person. He even quit a Broadway show once rather than entertain with " dirty lines". Thankfully, most commenters keep it respectful, only a few do not.

[@SuperIliad]

“The Chinchilla Business” Season 4, Episode 1, aired 1955. Alvin Childress as Amos, Spencer Williams (Jr.) as Andy, Tim Moore as Kingfish, Ernestine Wade as Sapphire, Johnny Lee as Calhoun, Amanda Randolph as Mama, Larry J. Blake, as the Salesman, Millie Bruce as Cynthia Mae.

[@binyon7]

On the Up Up-n-up!

[@capacola262743]

now lookie here...dis am de funniest show ever.

[@markjasper1127]

Funny characters

[@loveangel6350]

why do Amos always have his skin darken with make up

[@BETTERWORLDSGT]

Ize in love with Sapphire! Move over George Kingfish Stevens!!!

[@hawkmaster381]

Something tells me that Mother and Aunt Esther from Sanford and Son would have gotten along very well.

[@deloresboudreaux2755]

Kingfish was the best Entrepreneur we have heard of.

[@bobbyslater1198]

I think Momma was the original Aunt Esther.

[@abamiedo1]

Amanda Randolph died in 1967 Sanford and Son first aired in 1972.

[@nm202]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 I AGREE. UGLY WALRUS TEETH UGLY FACE UGLY AND ALL

[@eugenejones2150]

@@nm202 Are you talking about yourself?

[@donlewis8030]

All ln the family

[@knightwatchman]

"They came across the border with the wet backs." Hillarious.

[@john_carter8243]

$10K in 1950 is 10x in 2018!

[@alphonsozorro7952]

Not quite so, if real inflation, not the bogus figure, is taken into account. In 1950 a car cost $1,500. In 2018, $40,000.

[@MAC-ws8fz]

And to think that Malcomb X and NAACP thought because ol whitey was laughing at this show, it made the whole black race look bad! I think because of that decision, it DID put the blacks back some! But now, we're all laughing again! God bless all their souls! NAACP really did "Bamm-boozle" us!

[@CrampedGrampy]

In a faint way, this episode reminds me of Sargent Bilko comedy program

[@keithwhitcomb4845]

Kingfish was the hustler and identity thief of the time

[@je7416]

Totally LOL. One of the great characters of all time

[@Barbara-yo8kb]

Keep them coming

[@craigjonesISno.1]

How Sapphire's mama didn't realize she bought rabbits? Is she dumber than Andy 🤔?

[@nm202]

Funny episode. I've noticed: Kingfish NEVER works but is a CON MAN (ONLY TO ANDY) Sapphire works a little bit here and there but never long enough to have a nice place like I see and live in a NICE 2 bedroom apartment. HOW? SHID DEFINITELY TV AND ONLY IN THE 🇺🇸

[@bloqk16]

@Nikki Mack . . . How the Kingfish and Sapphire afforded to live comfortably in an apartment? Here's a plausible explanation of that: In the IRS episode of Amos n Andy; where the Kingfish was figuring out his taxes, he mentioned about the dues collected from the Mystic Knights of the Sea Lodge members, which amounted to $2K; which would be worth around $25K to $30K in todays dollars. Cost of living as it was back in the early fifties, a person could survive on that kind of income. So from what I could assume from what the Kingfish said, the money for the apartment comes from the collected dues from the lodge members. Andy's income may be from his partnership with Amos for the taxi business with the cab that Amos drives.

[@nm202]

@@bloqk16 No Andy invested in stocks yes I remember the episode I have the collection but I missed that thanks cause his lazy no working ass always swindled Andy outta money but it was a few times Andy had the last laugh I love this show and Kingfish was funny too bad he died penniless he was also a good boxer I’m glad ole blue eyes Frank made sure he had a proper burial I really appreciate Frank and his stand against prejudice he loved Sammy Davis and if you didn’t want Sammy Frank didn’t mind leaving your hotel 🏨 and not performing at your place Yes Frank truly did things his way I love him

[@lynnfisher3037]

Kingfish this is the nearest thing to perpetual commotion I ever did see. Lol

[@piratepete842]

Get the chinchilla odor out of the chinch🐭🤣

[@ronniedelahoussayechauvin6717]

How in the hell such corruption can be televised. For Real!