Amos 'N' Andy - The Birthday Card (1953)

It's Kingfish's birthday and when Sapphire discovers that her husband has received a birthday card from a secret feminine admirer she goes into a jealous rage. Desperate to keep his wife happy, Kingfish searches for the card sender and, concluding it must have been sent by an old flame, calls on all his old female acquaintances, which just makes the disbelieving Sapphire all the angrier.
-David Bassler, imdb.com
Shared for historical purposes.
-----
#####
Reelblack's mission is to educate, entertain, enlighten, and empower through Black film. If there is content shared on this platform that you feel infringes on your intellectual property, please email me at [e-mail] and [e-mail] with details and it will be promptly removed.

[@JOHN-ly6yp]

This is what you call real humor. They were so funny and laughable that you were laughing with tears in your eyes. Tears of joy and happiness.

[@ReshonBryant]

Everywhere we turn there's a slap in the face waiting. No respect🤷🏽‍♂️

[@jaysrandomnesschannel]

I've seen every last episode of Amos & Andy...watched them all with my pops who was born in 1945. He was an adolescent at the time this was aired on television and saw extreme humor in it back then so he shared the experience with me. We are 48 and 78 now. Together from time to time we'll jump down the Amos & Andy rabbit hole...STILL laughing like we haven't seen them before.😂

[@graceandmarvellouswonders6249]

Thank you for continuing to make memories with your father ✌🏾

[@jaysrandomnesschannel]

@@graceandmarvellouswonders6249 indeed! As long as he's here on this Earth with me I will♥️

[@Bennifm]

Same! I watched these with my Dad too. He was born in 1932 and left us New Years Day, 2022. Hang onto those memories tight, one day they'll make you smile! 😊

[@charlesheffernan8661]

Is your pop white? Does he dress up with black shoe polish on his face and denigrate himself as a lazy N-word? Cuz golly that kinda stuff is a real rip snortin hoot😂

[@komicsreviewer8505]

It's racist tho.

[@bloqk16]

Ernestine Wade playing Sapphire are scenes that I really treasure in this TV series. She is a tour-de-force when she goes ballistic on the Kingfish.

[@denisedean2446]

Lol Gloria trying to tell George he isnt that fine young man she had a crush on.

[@joshua.l.henderson5209]

First and foremost I love all these old school films 🎥 🎞 🎦 🎬 my prayers and thoughts are for these movies

[@komicsreviewer8505]

You can't pray for a movie dummy.

[@ivorycoast8487]

Thank goodness for all you do.❤️

[@elizahhoward6810]

Thank y’all at reelblack again Amos and Andy are the best

[@ReshonBryant]

Happy Birthday MOMMY!!!🧔🏾‍♀️

[@elizabethr8174]

Great show! Thanks for sharing 😊

[@reelblack]

Thanks for watching!

[@elizabethr8174]

@@reelblack Loved it! 😂👍🏻

[@acquanellaogbemudia9930]

Love it Thanks ❤❤🎉🎉🎉

[@cheyennerey]

Lmao I love this, thanks!

[@ReshonBryant]

Yup😎

[@mikekevitt1322]

The little girl sent the card to the Kingfish without signing it. But she would certainly be innocent enough that it wouldn't occur to her to sign it. She sent the card, and that was the little girl's whole world. So innocent and beautiful, and the most wonderful innocent fooling of the Kingfish and Sapphire who were equally innocent adults. Great, hilarious comedy!

[@hawkmaster381]

I love Calhoun! He cracks me up every time!

[@terrihudson4655]

Thanks

[@LeBasfondMusic]

Johnny Lee was a comedic genius. ❤ I'm sad that these actors were basically punished for their roles on the show, instead of blaming the network. They all deserved so much more.

[@phylis3917]

Outstanding productions. Brother and I have lauded them. Although I was too young to appreciate until 40 years ago. Brilliant.

[@kevinmadden1645]

Johnny Lee recorded a hit record in 1949.

[@ReshonBryant]

🌝🍿

[@MemoGrafix]

Not the Network it was the NAACP to BLAME.

[@BoltRM]

Blatz Beer! 🍻

[@jaysrandomnesschannel]

I bought a vintage Blatz beer can off of eBay just because of the Amos and Andy Show lol

[@BoltRM]

@@jaysrandomnesschannel Such a great & funny name!

[@MarkWestbrook-kq9wr]

Sapphire was fine

[@chinettajackson2139]

Wow, my mom was not born yet

[@cedricliggins7528]

Blatz Beer. Now that brings back memories

[@user-yk7vp2qw4h]

[ groaning] oh my LORD, this is my Show!

[@Astinsan]

Holddd on thar

[@michelle9043]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@larryaldrich4351]

A camping buddy of mine puked his brains out on Blatz. Milwaukee can keep it.

[@emmetttill148]

kingfish looks too old for sapphire's mother, let alone sapphire

[@kevinmadden1645]

Farnsworth was married with children but was referred to as ' miss'. Interesting!

[@bloqk16]

Gloria kept her maiden name as an actress, as many actresses do. Just like actress Susan Lucci is known by her maiden name of "Lucci" and not by her married name of "Huber."

[@ReshonBryant]

Because Black women didn't have the same status as a white "lady" in them days.

[@kevinmadden1645]

@@ReshonBryant What does that have to do with my comment?

[@ReshonBryant]

@@kevinmadden1645 back then it was quite awesome to disrespect Black women apparently. That's what n*gga.

[@JaiQ-wf4wr]

How STUPID some people think...I should say DON'T THINK AT ALL. This a tv show...a woman in show business was called "MISS",REGARDLESS if she was married,divorced, single or widowed...DUH DUH DUH...SMDH !

[@RobertWatkins-zq2sd]

Dr CT

[@cjjohnson7801]

Ok…what year was this???😅

[@ReshonBryant]

Idk but somehow Amos pulling a baddie as an old head 😂

[@MemoGrafix]

1950s

[@d.warren9197]

This show has done a DISSERVICE to us😢

[@MemoGrafix]

The old 1920s-1930s Radio version was a DISService Us with the 2 white males acting supposedly Black/Neegro/Colored. This version with actual Black People not bad and very funny. Not Racist nor denigrating. NAACP _(a white-owned/operated Bu$ine$$)_ killed off these Black Actors/Actresses Careers when they don't really give a Roaches ass about Black People anyway. Claiming Black People don't talk that way. My Father & his Family did being from old S. Carolina. A few Cast-Members of this show said in Interviews in the 1990s they were very angry/bitter at the NAACP. They could get Acting Jobs after. I've heard/believed so much about bad about this show for years before I watched it. Finding some of the original Radio Show of this, I listened & compared to TV Show, concluding w/??'s what on Earth was ALL THE FUSS was ABOUT for the TV show? I realized all Yik Yak about it was *_conflated_* with the original denigrating Radio Show. Observing further, I saw similarities of this TV show & The Honeymooner's. I watched those Re-Runs _(1970s-early 2000s)_ on WPIX in NYC. I talked to My Aunts who grew up with this TV show in the 1950s. They said the Honeymooner's was a direct ripoff to replace this TV show. I'll give You a little perspective of Me - I'm NOT a K00N, DemonCrat nor, Christian. I'm not fond of WHYPeePoo either. However, I can tell differences of the Good of this TV show & Bad of the Radio show.

[@HumanBeanbag]

Can't decide if the actors in this show are victims or collaborators. Money over morals, I suppose.

[@jaysrandomnesschannel]

I hope you say the same thing whenever you watch The Honeymooner's, The Beverly Hillbillies, Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C etc... They were no different than this show.

[@acquanellaogbemudia9930]

Thanks Jay

[@ReshonBryant]

@@jaysrandomnesschannel Carol O'Connor too🤣

[@komicsreviewer8505]

I thought Amos 'N' Andy was racist?

[@tiffanypeppers9417]

They degrade blacks. It's insulting.

[@user-sl5ko8xe2t]

You thought two black guy was Ra-Csst? black people can't be Ra-Csst ?

[@ReshonBryant]

Ma'am is considered sexist/misogynistic to whites nowadays.

[@komicsreviewer8505]

@@ReshonBryant Cis-Het-Able-bodied MALE. CHECK your PRIVILEGE at the DOOR.

[@user-sl5ko8xe2t]

@@ReshonBryant / Black people can't be Ra-Csst/I corrected my post.