Amos n Andy Period 1 Complete Episode 31 The Lodge Brothers Complain & 33 Earnings Tax Display

[@rosalindwilliams4431]

Love all these shows. Amos & Andy is an awesome show

[@Kymtuz]

I keep the DVD shows in my book library as my go to collection of real comedy whenever I need to really laugh.

[@stephenvanwoert2447]

I'm 73. I saw the original episodes on NBC, the only TV network we got in central rural Upstate New York, near Cooperstown, in the early 1950's. Thank you for bringing these highly-skilled and artistic programs to KZbin. I have no apologies to make as a white man, that this was great comedy and excellent writing and acting. I do think that the original radio program was a mockery by white men, as well as Al Jolson's mockery. These are not my responsibility, nor my guilt. I just caught the poetic and beautifully romantic lines between Darlene and Andy: "I'm out for a breath of fresh air." "Do you mind if I breathe along with you?" Such rare scripting is not to be found in the crude and sarcastic put-down comedy of the past many decades!

[@hawkmaster381]

I'm 62. The original radio programs may have over-cariacatured a few of the characters, but for the most part, the dialect was spot on.

[@terryhammond1253]

I can watch these great episodes over and over again.

[@evocati1st]

I can't get enough of this show! This is one of the funniest sitcoms I have ever seen and I especially enjoy Kingfish, Calhoun, Sapphire, and Mama.

[@TheBee87bee]

Very talented and loved actors,a beautiful show depicting hard working, everyday people . Notice the warmth and honesty in the characters, the humor is genuine throughout this show.

[@terryhammond1253]

A brilliant show featuring total pro's, each one with their own unique persona... Coupled with top notch script writers... Amos 'N' Andy was television at its absolute best. Timeless comedy that remains just as hilarious today.

[@lawrencerogers8336]

P4ibdt MO

[@raymondcurtis6041]

@@terryhammond1253 moooolom

[@robertevans5814]

Absolutely.

[@robertevans5814]

Absolutely

[@terryhammond1253]

This show is right up there with I Love Lucy and the Honeymooners.

[@chynnadoll3277]

It’s actually funnier.

[@madelinedelisle5314]

I CAN'T STOP LAUGHING!! STARTS MY DAY WITH A LAUGH!!!USE TO WATCH THEM WHEN I WAS A KID AND ENJOYED THEM BACK THEN!!! OVER AND OVER. ADULTS BACK THEN WATCHED THEM TOO!!!!

[@minniemouska4320]

I loved this show and it still makes me laugh.

[@americanspirit8932]

I used to watch their program every single day they were on TV. I would never missed an episode. At the time I was only between I think thirteen or fourteen years old. My brother and I would laugh our heads off so funny. Each character was unique. Every episode and a unique story to it, and there was always a good outcome. It was a good clean fun to watch and enjoy

[@charlesbrooks9577]

All of these black actors were the best actors that i have saw,and i am a white person from the south.The naacp made a terrible mistake by complaining about the sterytyping of blacks is dead wrong.These black actors were the best actors in the usa at the time they were madeThe show actually shows that black actors are just as intelligent as white people could act just just as good as white people.All of these actors that were in the show deserve a star on the hollywood walk of fame.

[@bradmad8346]

I think this is one of the best unseen shows of the 50s, this was not racist in any way shape or form.

[@maynardweaver7505]

That was a Jesse Jackson decision.

[@phylis3917]

Different times. Glad better now. 💕

[@HenryGibbs-u2r]

They make you feel you are there with them.

[@nickgazerro292]

They banned it because apparently, people thought the show showed black people in a negative light. Also, if you search hard enough, you can find some of the old Amos n Andy radio programs (try to find the ones that are pre-1943, those were the best as there was no laugh track/studio audience and were way better paced.

[@barbarawolcott6999]

I loved this show! It was simply ahead of the times. The actors were wonderful! The King Fish made the show!

[@belartful]

Incredible Cast trivia..Tim Moore(The KIngfish) was once a professional boxer,making $140,000 in fights. Spenser Williams Jr. (Andy) was collage educated,and a high ranking officer in the Army,,and a specialist in preparing and planning war plans(Intelligence) Ernestine Wade,(Sapphire)was an accomplished Organist..

[@jpmahoney56]

OMG I love these classics.

[@nidurnevets]

This show, which was criticized for it's portrayal of African-Americans, is on such a high level compared to many of the shows that came in later decades.

[@omagosh5137]

I totally agree. A group of naturally talented people who were never shown the kudos they deserved...from actors to writers to producers! Love it!

[@lynnfisher3037]

Yes as in The Jeffersons, Sanford and Son, Good Times etc. Give me a break

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[@chynnadoll3277]

I don’t understand that at all. This show was wonderful! African-Americans were portrayed as lawyers, doctors, and other professionals. The writing, scripts, and acting were all superb.

[@Operafreak9]

Kingfish is one of the greatest comic characters ever.

[@lynnfisher3037]

Oh Andy!!

[@juliahamilton9125]

I use to always watch this comedy show when I was a little girl. 🤣😂😀😁😆😉😊😅😄

[@minniemouska4320]

Me too! I still love it!

[@lynnfisher3037]

Loved how Andy always fell for the Kingfish's preposterous stories and suggestions.

[@leahakel6383]

The best series of it time everyone living theirs life with command problems.

[@Buisness1]

MAN! Women were naturally pretty back then. Their OWN hear. NO false eyelashes no heavy makeup and no fake nails.

[@theterra-path7798]

william alderman how can you tell? This video quality is horrible

[@JJJBRICE]

It seems the main requirement in casting those Afro- American women in this series was that they had big rear ends .

[@vantown]

And they could spell.

[@tomc8617]

​ @Shelley Fisher - If he could spell those other words, he could surely spell "hair". Mental fart is all it was. We all make em. A better point might be why didn't he go back and correct it afterwards using the edit feature. I doubt most people even know that they can edit their own comments.

[@robinmitchell6701]

SAPPHIRE WAS BEAUTIFUL. NOW QUEENIE LOLOLOLOLOLOL

[@dadimeji]

there is never a dull moment King Fish.

[@omagosh5137]

This is comedy genius!

[@tankjohnson5857]

😵 GO BACK 2 MEXICO 😵

[@musket-hc1fc]

@@tankjohnson5857 What for?

[@cloud78freedom93]

Real fun comedy without foul language. Real men too!

[@dallaswilson5371]

One of the best!

[@dariowiter3078]

Absolutely! 😁

[@WytZox1]

* Kingfish always seated at desk of lodge hall office as the CEO of a non-existant corporation, a legend in his own mind. ☺

[@MadredeAgua9]

I can still hear my parents laughing at Kingfish, Amos, Lightnin', Sapphire, Mama, Lucy and Ricky. Love these and more. Memories are made of this.

[@donaldgordon3991]

Agree

[@donaldgordon3991]

I agree

[@deniseedodson1938]

I'm old enough to remember when it was on the radio. At that time the actors were White. When it started on t.v. they added the Black cast due to protest. It was great family fun. Sadly some people felt it showed Blacks in a bad light. There were protests against the show. Afterwards the show was cancelled.

[@phylis3917]

👍🏿

[@A2D4]

Imagine sitting behind Mama with that hat on at the movies. You wouldn’t dare complain or she’d probably clean your clock! 😄

[@terryhammond1253]

It's called comedy stupid!! The more flawed the characters ... the more opportunities there are for laughs. And this show had more laughs than any other comedy show ever!

[@jeanabrown8724]

They were the pioneers of comedy. Love the Kingfish with his sly self. Andy, Sapphire, and all the characters. It would be nice if they brought these characters back. With a modern twist of course. Very funny show.

[@musket-hc1fc]

A "modern twist" would ruin the entire show.

[@jeanabrown8724]

@@musket-hc1fc As long as they don't change the personality of the characters I think it should be good. Because to me that's what makes the show. Each character is unique in their own way. The sly Kingfish. The not so smart Andy. The good and wise Amos. The hot and fiery Sapphire, who always catches Kingfish in the act. The out spoken mother in law. Lightening, a little slow but nice. Calhoun, kind of nice, but a little slick. All these characters make the show. And I loved watching the reruns when I was growing up.

[@musket-hc1fc]

@@jeanabrown8724 Sounds good as you describe it. Maybe the show could be resurrected, but I still wonder about the "modern twist."

[@jeanabrown8724]

@@musket-hc1fc The morals and life styles are different, then what it used to be many years ago. But I would not change the personality of the characters. Because that's what made it great. I probably would only change the way they speak to fit the times. And of coarse modern homes, scenery. Technology. Cars, trucks computers, etc.

[@musket-hc1fc]

@@jeanabrown8724 Morals and life styles were better in the past (50's), weren't they?

[@euniceagnew1172]

This show will have you rolling. Good clean comedy with great actors.😂

[@angeliamedina9178]

She ain't gone have no time for extra cuticle activities 😂😂

[@SuperIliad]

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, Nick Stewart (Nick O'Demus) as Lightnin', Willa Pearl Curtis as theatergoer, Ruby Dandridge as theatergoer/wedding attendee, Jeni Le Gon as Mabel Johnson, and Milton Wood as John Bentley.

[@rabbitlove2162]

This was just so funny. It should have been called Kjng Fish show

[@gfmaddad]

I knew all the guys in my tavern. Loved them.

[@jbattle36]

I’m new too this show .. wow actually pretty funny for the times 🖤🖤

[@1171]

I loved this i was a small child but we loved Amos and Andy we didn’t miss the show and they did a beautiful job. We loved this an other comedies of that time . People these were actors an actresses and that’s what you who are against it are ridiculous these comedians were excellent getting pd for a job they were good at. Why do you make it about a race thing it’s a job they made people happy an 😆 laugh it was a job only ! Our family of 9 loved it my mom dad 7 siblings and our uncle lived with us so enjoyed a comedy show.

[@stephensfarms7165]

Thanks 🙏

[@SuperIliad]

“The Lodge Brothers Complain” Season 3, Episode 4, aired 27 Oct. 1953. Alvin Childress as Amos, Spencer Williams (Jr.) as Andy, Tim Moore as Kingfish, Ernestine Wade as Sapphire, Johnny Lee as Calhoun, Nick Stewart (as Nick O'Demus) as Lightnin', Amanda Randolph as Mamma, Willa Pearl Curtis, Theatergoer, Ruby Dandridge, Theatergoer/Wedding Attendee, Jeni Le Gon as Mabel Johnson, Milton Wood as John Bentley.

[@angeliamedina9178]

I don't mind giving my life for my country. But I ain't doing it for no 19 dollas, I'm getting out of here 😂😂

[@elijahrose2144]

Love💜thank you

[@citizenshipquickly6639]

Loved watching this with my parents in the 1950s

[@Robert-e4q8g]

Excellent!

[@lloydconley6779]

Yes I was watched Amos and Andy as a child. It was a time the surroundings were safer than today!

[@onitasanders7403]

I just love this series and remember when all the negativity about it happened. Talking about images. I think it’s OK for the community to have the Minaj and Cardi B’s of the world represent with the glowing images they present and the language they use. How times have changed.

[@PissChrist.999]

Ernestine Wade,the only actress brought over from the original radio show (Sapphire) was interviewed in the late 1950s,shortly before her death....She simply said.".we were PROUD of that show, we worked HARD on that show,We NEVER did anything to demean our race" NAACP was out of place with its demands and ultimatums, especially with the cruder sit coms that followed. At least CBS still has the masters.,72 plus yers old now....who knows, ?

[@maldijaili6799]

24:25 ​@@PissChrist.999 This is shameful!!!!! It is sacrilegious and should come off of here.

[@Shadobanned4life]

"Amos and Andy Show" Season 3 Episode 2 'The income tax show' 13 October 1953 "Amos and Andy show" Season 3 Episode 4 'The lodge brothers complain' 27 October 1953 I believe this info is correct. Thanks to You for posting this gem ! 🌞

[@gmf121266]

I love the Kingfingfish' malapropisms! Or as he would say.... Mallard propellors.

[@carlewooley8890]

Pp

[@warrencraig6948]

Never in the history of entertainment have picture theatres stop their projectors halfway through a movie to broad cast a radio show to keep the crowds coming to the theatres

[@blackcocksman4113]

HAAAAAAA HAHAHAHAHA!!! That Income Tax Episode L😂L!!

[@sheubahi]

YES!!! I laughed so hard when Calhoun threw that water on Andy, I cried! I had to repeat that part several times. Just hilarious!!! 🤣😂

[@biltom]

Bests shw ever

[@robertevans5814]

Absolutely. That. What. Piss.me. Off. Youu. Get. A. Bunch of. Harding. Working. Folks and they. Take. Off. Great. Show

[@HenryGibbs-u2r]

A great clean comedy. It is our past.

[@jaccimoore4092]

Please don't let my husband be this jealous. Lol

[@usermikes]

NAACP had them take Amos & Andy off the air..Said it showed blacks in a bad light...Guess they rather see blacks on the Jerry Springer Show..And how they really are..

[@mariawarren8575]

Not only are you stupid but blind. Have someone with some intelligence (and eyesight) watch JS for you. About even with black and white guests and audience members. All pretty much act the same.

[@usermikes]

@@mariawarren8575 Amos & Andy were shown in a very good light...Compared to seeing them on Jerry Springer show..

[@tankjohnson5857]

DAY ARE SUMTHIN LIKE YO PEOPLE , NOW GO BACK 2 MEXICO 😵

[@tankjohnson5857]

@@mariawarren8575 U HIGH

[@tankjohnson5857]

@@usermikes I HATE U

[@barbaraduncan1908]

love this show seeing it for the first time as an adult keeps you laughing Somebody tell me did the I love Lucy show get their ideas from the Amos a Andy show her show has the same episodes as this one I see a lot of Amos and Andy in most TV shows, comedies, Etc today They started it all .

[@duke9555]

The plots were bouncing around Hollywood studios since the early 30's and were written and re-written dozens of times by almost all the writers of the era across many TV shows and movies

[@shalittlehervonboyd1493]

Barbara Duncan h4rhjugf

[@nickmad887]

thank you

[@brendachapman7686]

This show was before my time but I love it.

[@angeliamedina9178]

This should have never been cancelled...the Beverly hillbillies ,made them all look like buffoons..but nobody had them taken off...those fine actors n their families could have rally made it..i mean the three stooges, the little rascals were all portrayed not to be so smart ..but it was just a show ..but now you got these ghetto ratchet shows , and all these reality shows with cursing n bed hopping..i just don't get it

[@jennygreen3994]

I like the structure hard working people but great characters no worse than crazy Lucy and Ethel or Ray and Robert Sheldon and Leonard All sitcoms have large and kooky characters I love their voices and the men don't wear dresses

[@hawkmaster381]

10:28 LMAO!!! "Come on, Herman!"

[@hatednyc]

13:50 Sapphire gave George An *”OLD TOMATO!”* Absolutely genius comely!

[@BabyHoolighan]

I grew up wanting to be just like Calhoun. The beauty of ethnic speech and Calhoun's performances in court, influence to this day, my poetic and prosodic sensibilities. All great art must endure the weight of banning and censorship; however, I can remember our maids who were embarrassed and ashamed of Amos n' Andy. The show hurt them. So I couldn't watch the show anymore. Then I fell inlove with Little Richard but I couldn't listen to his records because "he was part of a communist plot to subvert the youth of America." Decades later Aretha Franklin would sing, on a moments notice, Nessun Dorma because Luciano Pavarotti was unable to perform due to illness. The performance brought me to tears and I thought Mary (our maid long deceased) might approve. Yet, in the background of the accolades, there was those murmuring "she should stick to soul." My biggest mistake was yet to come when I mused out loud that Marshal Mathers is the Walt Whitman of our century. The only way to escape this ethnolinguistic insanity is to speak another language. Миру Мир.

[@juliahamilton9125]

Great Funny ComeDy!🤤😨🤑🤓

[@everettwhite9874]

Calhoun 😎🤣🤣

[@oohweeoohwee9222]

Everett White he's my favorite character on the show.

[@everettwhite9874]

oohwee oohwee Mine too. At first Calhoun seems hesitant to co-sign with old Kingfish, but Calhoun is game for just about ANYTHING. LOL

[@phillipchetta8120]

These were some of the funniest shows on TV. Too bad they took them off the air.

[@robertevans5814]

Yessss. Absolutely

[@oohweeoohwee9222]

Sapphire got back

[@robinmitchell6701]

SAPPHIRE IS BEAUTIFUL SHES PRETTY LIKE AUNT ESTHER SHES NOT UGLY EITHER ITS THE CHARACTER SAPPHIRE LOOKS SOMETIMES A OLIVE OIL .BUT LOOK SHES BEAUTIFUL.

[@ebonyepps2261]

Andy reminds me of Wendell Pierce.

[@Mimi-ex6jo]

I keep saying dat 💚💛💜

[@jayo552]

CEDRIC THE ENT

[@Dorothy-s8h]

It is very easy to understand all the negativity at that time. It was a sign of the times. Never compare one era with another. These actors had jobs and were doing what they loved “acting” and not acting a fool like so many other so-called- shows of the 70’s, 80’s 90’s as well as today. I find myself watching foreign movies just so I can watch something of quality. American entertainment lost something after the fifties and sixties, and it’s called “pure talent”. Today it’s all about glam and glitter, but no substance. It’s like eating at the Olive Gardens compared to a real authentic Italian restaurant….or Obama to Trump. C’mon America! Bring back the quality!

[@gregorybennett6995]

This series is classier and funnier than anything Madea dude made. There's no getting ignorance here. Oh, and that Sapphire is fiinee.

[@Harlowerayne]

Andy is such a cassanova.

[@GregoryGLake]

KTVU 2 in Oakland CA early '60s staple 📺 Sapphire 😎

[@kingstonagainstcorruption2268]

Does anyone know what city is depicted in the background of the intro for each episode? It's looks like New York with the Twin towers but it's 1950s and the original setting was Chicago. Just curious ...

[@yessumyessum6624]

This TV series was set in New York. There was an episode featuring Kingfish and Andy in Central Park.

[@kingstonagainstcorruption2268]

@@yessumyessum6624 it might be new York in the background then.

[@Dorothy-s8h]

It is very easy to understand all the negativity at that time. It was a sign of the times. Never compare one era with another. These actors had jobs and were doing what they loved “acting” and not acting a fool like so many other so-called- shows of the 70’s, 80’s 90’s as well as today. I find myself watching foreign movies just so I can watch something of quality. American entertainment lost something after the fifties and sixties, and it’s called “pure talent”. Today it’s all about glam and glitter, but no substance. It’s like eating at the Olive Gardens compared to a real authentic Italian restaurant.

[@jayo552]

NEVER ATE THERE NEVER WILL

[@jreal3254]

Work has to come first when does he ever bring home income for that job

[@phylis3917]

Classic always (to me).

[@smoothoperator7023]

The IRS has been a pain in the ass a long time.....

[@st.gregory]

********Can you imagine Darlean twerking up against Andy’s lap ?*********

[@robertevans5814]

All. J Cochran. My. Good. Man. He. Was. Awesome 👍

[@vrwrys]

Them scams! 😂

[@2toofine]

Wrong title. This is the income tax episode

[@kenbritton6782]

You're correct...wrong title. But 'Income Tax Time' is another episode. (Andy accidentally sets fire to the tax return in his pocket).

[@IMN602]

16:27 LMAO

[@asrealascanbe]

Ever notice George & Sapphire never kiss, just saying.

[@mickeybitsko1676]

Kingfish has a checking account?

[@maldijaili6799]

As the Kingfish of the lodge, he gets a salary.

[@mickeybitsko1676]

@@maldijaili6799 holy jumping catfish Batman! Who audits the books over dere at mystic knights?

[@lmc958]

I can't find anything offensive about the Amos and Andy show! It was a comedy! The actors were very impressive! Not like the family with those grown children living in a two bedroom project, and the most intelligent line from their loser son was Dinomite! I love the Amos and Andy show! They had black everything!

[@lynnfisher3037]

I loved the show growing up but does theme music depress anyone else. Doesn't fit at all.

[@DOEROCKSAH]

an ol tomatoe huh?

[@atsalyahuisrael]

I hate how they make the woman look like the head of the household and the black man weak as usual smh. Men didn't let women talk to them like this back then

[@minniemouska4320]

Some men did. Some women were bossy.

[@SOULRELIEF22]

DEAR LORD please bind the reprobate kingfish spirit away from our children! In the name of JESUS! In one episode he goes into his "prayer" closet to mock! Says goodbye to his conscience later and laughs a demonic laugh because he thinks he fooled his conscience. For money. We know who the liar is! GOD took Amos & Andy off for the good of ALL! Sad they're so talented. OBVIOUSLY someone will look them up again.

[@billyscott4469]

Oknu

[@misterruggles9736]

AAAWWWWWW Andy, I wundahs how da black lives mattah do feel about dis?

[@rozinesampson4557]

MisterRuggles The Black Lives Matter feel just fine about this show. But would feel so much better if there were an episode where the cross burning clowns wearing the dunce caps crosses fell on them and all of their Evil asses burned to a Beautiful Black crisp! Nah that would surely be an Award winning show y’all..... LOL

[@misterruggles9736]

dis be one revoltin debelopment, rozine

[@spankysue6258]

Kingfish wife was real deal pain in the butt.

[@pecanbrown2006]

Nahhh her Mama was 😣

[@geraldbristen4472]

:7

[@darrenlumpkin7538]

L y u get

[@crystalgrose]

This is why I don't like Sapphire's character. That's ridiculous the way she behaved.

[@jeanabrown8724]

It would be good to bring this show back again. With a modern twist of course. They were the pioneers of comedy. Very funny. Love the kingfish with his sly self. Andy, Sapphire, and all the characters.

[@sewhill2827]

They did sanford and son ,good times the jefferson

[@musket-hc1fc]

I think Sapphire was great: sweet, warm, but fiery when she needed to be.

[@barbarmcculler3481]

@@jeanabrown8724 good show