Amos 'N' Andy - Kingfish Goes To Work (1953)

[@edmercer1459]

Without a doubt, one of the best shows ever!!! RIP to the cast!!! THANKS FOR POSTING...

[@Riogi]

I agree. They never show re-runs on television and this is a shame.

[@5555-e7h]

Kingfish is iconic and hysterical.

[@davidconte7459]

This is a great show which also highlights the great comedy level of all the actors involved in the show....

[@euniceagnew1172]

I love this show it makes me laugh it's good clean comedy these actors were good actors and my grandmother and mother fell off the chair laughing at this when I was growing up.

[@cliffordsimplyawesomegarci2010]

THIS FILM HAD ME CRAAKING UP & THE BEAUTY ABOUT THESE FILM IT'S VERY CLEAN ,I CAN SIT WITH MY CHILDREN & ENJOY THEM.

[@JaysRandomnessChannel]

This show is no different than The Honeymooner's, The Flintstones or The Three Stooges. I love looking at Amos and Andy episodes ♥️

[@anthonymartin3976]

I know you are kidding, all people of color was work to be a underclass .

[@jeffreyberkin-ez3uh]

I used to watch these as a kid. I saw nothing offensive about them.

[@phylis3917]

Yes. Love the honeymooners

[@phylis3917]

Love honeymooners. Once when audience appreciation and laughs was lessened

[@aarondigby5054]

​@@jeffreyberkin-ez3uhthey were just comedy performers at their best. It's a shame the boulies(uppity negroes)of the naacp overreacted like the jerks they were.

[@DaPhlyymamee]

Kingfish was my favorite! 😂🤣😂🤣

[@Suzyjackson324]

I remember listening to them on the radio before the TV show. Yeah, I'm old.👋🏿

[@BarryMoreno-zx4dc]

Gosden and Correll!

[@dannycollard3634]

I listened to them on radio and watched on tv in late 40's and early 50's as a kid and I loved them. Couldn't wait for 6:30pm on Sundsy night in Texas for the show to come on.

[@bloqk16]

Ernestine Wade as Sapphire in this TV series was such a delight. The most amusing scenes of her was when she'd turn from being jovial to hostile in a heartbeat, and do it convincingly. That took exceptional acting talent.

[@bobbyg9662]

Thanks for saying her name, she is a beautiful great actress!

[@larryaldrich4351]

Ernestine reminds alot of the very attractive and talented actress, Lynn Hamilton, of Sanford and Son.

[@Fashaw166]

Love when the KZbin algorithm leads me to gems like these.

[@billbruno7163]

I never missed this show when i was a kid. I used to love it, and watching this video brings it all back. Its just so darn funny, and all clean humor.

[@AmisH-q4h]

You have to be 70 to 90 years old.

[@billbruno7163]

@@AmisH-q4h yup! 81

[@johnruetz3849]

Loved these old shows. Just yesterday I was talking to an old friend about Amos 'N' Andy and the Kingfish and now I get to watch it. My dad used to like this show and others like it. He would laugh and laugh and I would laugh along with him . Good clean entertainment.

[@robr5786]

I often heard this was one of the funniest shows ever and the first to have African American actors as the characters and to use multi cameras,the shot of king fish walking down the street after working all day was genius

[@hoystonholmes1482]

These guys are so talented it's not funny. They're absolutely hilarious.

[@phylis3917]

The writers then staff carry’s it out. .

[@jamesthompson5726]

Good clean comedy no profanity, that is why I love it

[@BarryMoreno-zx4dc]

None allowed.

[@alvaromaharg9768]

Hilarious black sitcom from yesteryear. The actors were fantastic and the portrayal of blacks in America at that time was respectful and funny!

[@NewarkMale973]

Yeah. The wife works while the man doesn't provide for his family. And the wife mean black woman supporter with her lazy black man. Lmao!!!! Great Portrayal lol

[@alvaromaharg9768]

That's just Kingfish with his nutty schemes. It's a comedy, you need characters like that. The rest of the characters were gainfully employed.

[@joycerandall9800]

I use to listen to this on the radio when he I was a child. It was my favorite show.

[@BigNickBigNick]

I am an old man now...71 if you please. I remember when the NAACP amongst others finally had Amos n Andy removed from the tv waves. When I married in '72 and started having children I made sure my kids saw these wonderful talented black actors. They were some of the most talented people in television and were denied the fame and fortune so well deserved. Old,white southern man...me...and I had/have the utmost respect for the crew of Amos n Andy!

[@joehoward4925]

The radio version used white actors. The TV version was funnier. All the dufus liberal activists accomplished by ending the show was to put several fine actors out of work.

[@jeffreyberkin-ez3uh]

At least on TV they were black. It was the white people who were the "extras".

[@MrRae7231]

Every since the pandemic I’ve became a fan of King Fish

[@charlescarter5335]

Kingfish has a way of making the world seem a better place.....

[@smoothoperator7023]

@@charlescarter5335 Holy Mackeral! 🐟

[@BarryMoreno-zx4dc]

He would have been delighted. He spent over fifty years as a comic, from minstrelsy to vaudeville, burlesque and musical comedy.

[@mickeyray3793]

HOLY MACKAL, SAPPHIAH!!!😅😅😅

[@altonpitts5303]

Thank you for letting the public watch this wonderful episode. It's hard not to laugh out loud at all the silliness. One joke really blew my mind. At 9:14-9:20, Andy said he spent two terms in the second grade. Wilson's and Coolidge's. I said out loud, 'wait a minute, Andy, don't you mean three terms?!? You forgot Harding!!!' 🤣🤣🤣

[@rexlex1736]

Terrific writing and acting!!!!

[@hadassahyisarel8740]

Love is old show i we use to watch them with my great grandfather miss him so much 😢

[@kaunas888]

This is really quite a clever episode.

[@rinserepeat4607]

this is one of my favorite shows now .. fresh episode ? im all on it

[@davidg6297]

My late dad told me of these films I'll watch and think of him 🤔🤔🤔

[@AKSourGod]

Same here bro. R.I.P. to your Dad 🙏🏾

[@paulbarber9599]

What a great show they don’t make shows like this anymore I have a collection of these shows in my dvd collection

[@carl77242]

Great comedian back in my when I was a kid hearing on the radio with my parents 😅😊thanks for sharing this

[@mjimih]

right away this reminded me of The Jeffersons tv show "movin' on up!

[@mjimih]

George Jefferson is also named George

[@josephinethomas913]

I LOVE THIS SHOW AND THE ACTORS. THEY DID A GREAT JOB 👍.

[@elysilk4538]

ANDY: "I spent two terms in the second grade. Yeah, Wilson's and Coolidge's." That is absolutely brilliant comedy! Many other sitcoms were and are humorous. Amos N' Andy was hilarious.

[@phylis3917]

Yes. Exceptional.

[@aarondigby5054]

​@@phylis3917that two terms in the second grade, Wilson's&Coolidge's was past funny.

[@davidmccormick9589]

Good clean comedy. This is excellent family entertainment. It’s better than anything on television in 2024. 😊

[@allendantzler1253]

They were wonderful and they should be on the air now , I and millions more really loved them, they were so talented and funny!!

[@mickeyray3793]

This show is better than anything on TV today. Even though it was made in the early fifties. Kingfish was one of the funniest characters EVER on TV. I never realized, when I was a kid, that one day I would be watching it on my phone!!😅

[@chuckciao1]

The self righteous critics of this show thought that they were serving the cause of anti-racism when they forced it off the air, when in fact, they were denying these struggling actors from making a living!

[@Torrebrannon]

Thank you, I agree!

[@qwerasdf1782]

I know it's hard to Live in a world when its Evil around us day and night? But the key is just be the best person you can be and trust the Words of Jesus Christ and don't do Evil and not hate anyone or judge anyone. The World can't change neither Repent before Jesus Christ? If you don't believe in Jesus Christ I'm not talking too you so keep your comments to yourselves? Believe what you want to believe until you take your last breath on this 🌎.

[@willielee6238]

Look

[@calpurniabruchi5742]

Sounds about White

[@aarondigby5054]

@@Torrebrannon it's one of the worst attacks on black creative film art in our history.

[@Ettoredipugnar]

The Great Tim Moore Powerful actor . I’d hate to play opposite him ❤️

[@stephenblum1078]

Amos and Andy and The Honermooners were my favorite shows growing up.

[@thecelt471]

Saw this when I was a kid. Still funny.

[@lawsondowilliewelch352]

Amos and Andy show back in my Childhood days was a great comedy show and it still is a great comedy show no sexual activity and etc.

[@irvingrobinson2205]

A great show gone with the wind😢😢

[@Penrose-wi6tx]

This show was the black Honeymooners. Amos and Andy, set the stage for later shows, Sanford & Son, The Jefferson’s and Martin

[@countryboy6767]

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[@mizzgeek]

Jackie Gleason stole the idea for the Honeymooners from Ralph Cooper - was a Black man.

[@Brian_tim]

I think you mean the honeymooners was the white Amos n Andy. Amos n Andy was first.

[@hermandaughtry3997]

.. ... .. ..

[@benraley6691]

Good stuff!!!

[@JaysRandomnessChannel]

Home study BEFORE the internet!😂😂 Way ahead of his time the Kingfish was.

[@bonichols8511]

Man was this rite here th' good stuff or what??? I [thankfully} have this whole series on dvd.

[@BarbaraODonnell-lh8yv]

I love this series.. lòok forward to watching a series Everyday

[@nerdbamarich2063]

Blessings for this

[@kennethkelly909]

Love their talent shown

[@kathy7613]

Thank you for sharing your videos

[@coolbluelights]

I love Calhoun's "oh man yeah!"

[@yqwgjsg]

I watched this as a young kid and loved it. I knew the actors were black but didn’t think much about it. Mostly what I knew was they were funny. The whole show was based on a freeloader and how he worked harder getting out of work than he would have by working. I’ve known more than one person like that in my life and most were white. Funny has no race, creed, or color.

[@2cute1230]

Kingfish makes laugh so hard, he is such a gamer

[@plantbased5673]

"The Andy Griffith Show" would have been a lot funnier if Andy and Barney had talked like Kingfish and Andy Brown. 😂

[@novemberwallace7059]

I love this show I wish they had not taken it off the tv I am going to buy their DVDs,so I can watch day and night

[@giap.6361]

Amazon sell the entire series...if there's anymore left...kinda pricey,but worth it ‼️ 😉

[@deloresboudreaux2755]

Comedy at it’s best, 😊

[@jaymillymills]

Geeking when I saw Rolly from Amen

[@lisablack8804]

Thank you for that information.

[@kendallfountain3729]

I said that he looked like someone I knew.

[@aarondigby5054]

Rosetta Lenoire who played Carl Winslow's mother on Family Matters

[@waltm.6107]

Love these…I appreciate our people from the older days. The guy looks like Raleigh from Amen.

[@modernvintage3226]

@Walt M That IS RALEIGH FROM AMEN

[@waltm.6107]

@@modernvintage3226 Thanks, alot of people don't know anything about this or Amen.

[@quintillabatts9472]

That is him.

[@aarondigby5054]

@@modernvintage3226 I thought it was "Rollie" he appears on several episodes as a fill-in guest and character

[@aarondigby5054]

@@waltm.6107 that's Rollie from AMEN and Karl Winslow's mother appears in episodes of A&A.

[@Dwayne-u7b]

Loved the ending 🤣

[@ValLaolagi]

One of my favorite show ever growing up

[@kerryingerson5526]

this was on radio and early b&w tv

[@edwardbates1787]

I have several VCR tapes have they shows and they are Priceless to me Tim Moore belongs in the Walk of Fame and I guess all these actors belong in the Walk of Fame this was a special show and I wish the n-double-acp had thought to take it off the air these actors were done an injustice they be long in African-American history and should be recognized

[@cedricliggins7528]

22:18 the guy talking to Andy also appeared in the film Manchurian Candidate as a psychologist playing opposite Frank Sinatra.

[@altonpitts5303]

You're right, Cedric. That's Joe Adams. He used to manage Ray Charles.

[@macksun]

Oh snap!! Actor Jester Hairston at 3:00, who played 'Rolly' on the show AMEN

[@dree2295]

He also had a different role on Amos and Andy playing a wealthy, upscale friend of Kingfish's. Come to think of it, he had a third role as Sapphire's brother, as well! Jester Hairston was a great actor.

[@eugenehorner3722]

There should be reruns on TV.

[@altonpitts5303]

Not in this day and age, brother.

[@stephencantrell8136]

Why

[@giftn9531]

Good laughs from the real OG’s

[@DennisCetta]

Amos n Andy and the Honeymooners are great shows

[@michaelrichardson6051]

Kingfish was a Con Artist and Andrew J. Brown was his mark. Nothing racist about that. This show showed black people as Doctors, lawyers, Judges and business people. Compare that to movies like Pulp Fiction and how black people are portrayed in them.

[@denisebatts3414]

i love this show, so glad to see this on you tube ,thank you for uploading it. for those who know the mayor of New York City Eric Adams doesn't he remind you of Kingfish

[@directcurrent5751]

Love the suits. Men dressed up in the 1950s.

[@georgepoppe5763]

Kingfish - the best

[@ChadQuick270W]

“The new siesta” ha ha. Malapropisms galore 😂

[@aislinnkeilah7361]

When comedians didn’t rely on profanity and pornography. No violence,, respect for marriage and women, dressed well. Amos and Andy were stars and enjoyable to watch. Classic series competitive with I Love Lucy and others of that generation.

[@maldijaili6799]

IMO, there was no competition at all. Amos and Andy were the first and the best.

[@BarryMoreno-zx4dc]

Censorship was strictly enforced.

[@lmcoopie]

Here’s how you can tell a classic. When you re-watch it it’s just as good each time.

[@bombasticbuster9340]

Kingfish wears his suit all the time. No uniform for washing windows. I have some relatives like him, lol.

[@raymondhopwood9393]

This was the forerunner to other black-oriented sitcoms, like Sanford and Son, The Jeffersons, and Family Matters, which were all very funny.

[@HERBYWALLACE3]

Love it

[@Drakemiser]

Spencer Williams. One of the greats. Actor and director. Made a film called, 'The Blood Of Jesus' that was a direct rebuttal to 'Birth Of A Nation'. Only discovered in full in the 1980's.

[@NCF8710]

That looked like a T-bone steak on the Kingfish's plate!

[@stephenblum1078]

Grew up loving Amos and Andy

[@marrianner.1682]

I am new to this!!! So creative, fresh and hilarious!

[@Frank-jb9cs]

There you is😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅❤❤❤ play it again SAM.....😢😢😢😢

[@Penrose-wi6tx]

There wouldn’t be a Spike Lee or Tyler Perry, if it wasn’t for pioneering black directors… Spencer Williams and Oscar Micheaux

[@willielee6238]

I loved it as a kid and love it now.

[@kevinmadden1645]

This episode could not have been broadcast in season three. The show only ran for two years (1951-1953). 7:39

[@5saxman7]

The actor in the employment office is Jester Hairston, from the Sherman Hemsley show Amen. Also, he did the singing for Sidney Poitier in Lillie’s of the field.

[@gus2600]

Andy Brown must have run out money for the kingfish to be in this shape.

[@tjmmcd1]

Today's preachers took notes by watching Kingfish in action. Give me your money-ah and I'll save your soul-ah.

[@rosaliescott8572]

Nice to see someone is awake ❣️ Our community back then was so glad to see our faces on tv that they would laugh at things they did not understand…..WE LAUGHED AT THE IMAGE THAT WE WERE GIVEN…I GREW UP WATCHING THIS…LITTLE RASCALS…. I’m 71 , and still have a problem listening to FAKE LAUGHTER❗️IT WAS CALLED ENTERTAINMENT IN THE HOUSEHOLD . IN THE CHURCH IT WAS INDEED SINFUL TO ENTERTAIN SUCH BEHAVIOR. YES WE LAUGHED UNTIL WE CRIED…WE HAVE BECOME SO BRAIN WASHED AND BRAIN DEAD THAT WE CAN’T HEAR “OUR CHILDREN CRYING “ WAKE UP‼️

[@maldijaili6799]

Thankfully, many preachers of today teach true Bible principles. For example, salvation comes from putting one's faith/beliefs in Jesus.

[@oohweeoohwee9222]

24:20 wow! I didn't know they had contact lenses back then.

[@aarondigby5054]

@24:20 Harlem had everything. They should teach about the Harlem Renaissance.

[@jarhead3038]

I use to watch them as a small child.

[@richardshannon3173]

A very funny comedy back in the day. Always watched Amos and Andy with the Kingfish who usually was the center of attention……in the early ‘50s. 😂😂😂

[@jorgegonzalez-larramendi5491]

very grateful watching this makes me a bit more american - i missed amos & andy only heard about it.-

[@jimblue39]

Love this show, one of the funniest shows ever. One thing I always wondered, why they called it Amos and Andy when Kingfish was the primary character.🤔 I guess Andy and Kingfish just didn't have that ring!

[@1uniquemonique]

Is that employment counselor the same Raleigh Forbes of Amen?

[@altonpitts5303]

Yes, that's Jester Hairston.

[@brendatran1170]

I wished I grew up watching these kinds of black movies

[@JaneFrieman]

These shows were on tv when I was a child.

[@JaneFrieman]

These shows were on tv when I was a child.

[@aarondigby5054]

@@JaneFrieman I was born in 1958 I enjoyed watching it with my great grandmother she was born 1894, great family fun snacking on iced cinnamon raisin bread. Gramma was the best.

[@gregorykelly6274]

This comedy is what lead Martin Lawrence and others to the stage of comedy.

[@robr5786]

You can definitely see the influence on Sanford and Son, Jefferson's,both Red Foxx and Marla Gibbs were fans

[@zapa1pnt]

OH WOW! I didn't know I could see Amos 'n' Andy again. 👍👍👍👍 Mam, I used to watch them as a kid. Mostly reruns, I guess. I was born in '52. I just checked, it ran for 9 years. I loved that show. That was one of the best things on TV. I'm sure it would have gone longer if those fools, who never saw it, had not raise a stink, about it being racist. Which it was NOT. I was really sad, when it went off.

[@Chrisinpa]

I alkeral Andyways remembered that famous phrase....."Holy Mackeral Andy". LOL

[@Chrisinpa]

I meant I always remembered that famous phrase....."Holy Mackeral Andy"

[@TatumRivas]

Love their talent shown. Saw this when I was a kid. Still funny..

[@billyg310]

loved this show

[@RobertOrgan-v5n]

They should have called it Kingfish and Andy all the shows are about kingfish

[@kymelieleonard6490]

Never seen any of these episodes before, saw Kingfish teaches Andy to Fly, ohhh lawdddd😅😅😅😅 watching this one, my.2nd episode

[@lisawalls1007]

BLESSED DAY STAY SAFE

[@robbolton6004]

Comedy!

[@Riogi]

"Intuition". That is so funny! LOL

[@joegeorge3889]

It was a really good show I see no racism it at all

[@calpurniabruchi5742]

Let me guess, you're not Black?

[@WalterEnglish-i6u]

Your so right I've seen all 72 or more episodes so so funny