Amos 'N' Andy - The Meal Ticket (1955)

[@roberttreadwell3252]

If you have had a bad day Amos and Andy will repair it .. I always watch them to brighten my day..

[@tinalyn5752]

I wasn't born when this show was on,but I love watching it now so much. This is good tv and my teenage kids love it too. This is so much better than the crap that's on nowadays

[@choclochonclo]

I always wonder why this show was called Amos and Andy when Kingfish seems to me as the Main character and always makes me laugh. Such a funny comedian.for the Times.

[@atlanticmermaid2739]

The radio show was first, which focused more on A&A.

[@erwinhouser7704]

The characters were played by white actors on radio. That changed when they came to television.

[@scottlarson1548]

@@atlanticmermaid2739 In fact the A&A story started when the two best friends moved to Chicago (and later Harlem) together to get jobs and start the cab company.

[@KennethSmith-rn5iu]

Kingfish should be the star of the show. "Kingfish and Andy." A very good actor. So funny. 😂

[@angelbabysqueaky3985]

I loved watching this series when I was a kid.

[@aarondigby5054]

The best sitcom ever, the true trailblazers.

[@jorgegonzalez-larramendi5491]

teen refugee here from 1968. the show had been assassinated but its fame still shone. you still hrard about it! there was No Way to see them: burried.... so i had no idea. 71 yrs old now, homeless due to miami gentrification but i discover this gem. people: Be Careful. when they tell you that "uncle ben" rice, jemima, some tomahawk sports team, etc are "racist" that is the assassin of our culture at work. they'd rather see swastikas: and those are from india. (and also basque)

[@JohnDoe-wb4iv]

Thanks for the original commercials

[@Bailey2006a]

Those of us who are baby boomers remember this show very well. It should never have been banned . It’s important to see these egregious stereotypes in the context of the time in which they prevailed . History matters and historical context matters even more. Thank you for posting these shows so that younger generations of black kids can see what we had to endure and to overcome.

[@aarondigby5054]

​@Jason Voorhees the naacp protested saying it showed Black's in a bad light

[@1958RBS]

I just chanced on this show and I love it.

[@hatednyc]

I love how Sapphire runs to the kitchen embarrassed and mortified and Andy’s like “oh well, pass the rolls!” 🤣

[@aarondigby5054]

These guys and gals were sitcom pioneers. It broke everyone's heart in my community to see this great sitcom canceled by the boulies(uppity negroes)of the naacp.

[@1946anthony]

Bless you for making this great comedy available again. ❤💯

[@yvonnewitherspoon846]

I remember this episode very well. Thanks for posting such skilled and talented actors (long forgotten by some) I still watch ♥️👍🏽♥️ RIP

[@gilloera8912]

Me too, I'm 74 and still watching the shore for ovah 55 years! Rip to all the actors. Hilarious 😂 😃 😄 show!

[@aarondigby5054]

​@Gil Loera the best sitcom ever produced, just clean comedy

[@aarondigby5054]

​@Gil Loera the best sitcom ever produced, just clean comedy

[@aarondigby5054]

​@Gil Loera the best sitcom ever produced, just clean comedy

[@aarondigby5054]

​@Gil Loera the best sitcom ever produced, just clean comedy

[@deloresboudreaux2755]

Comedy at it’s finest.

[@SOCORROGM]

Yes 😅

[@HERBYWALLACE3]

Love it 😀

[@lisawalls1007]

Everyone have a BLESSED DAY and STAY SAFE

[@kayshawnsimmons6822]

Same to you and your loved ones ❤

[@anthonyjonrs9595]

,,,

[@lisawalls1007]

@@anthonyjonrs9595 😃

[@lisawalls1007]

Thank you 😃

[@davidfindlay5014]

I'm a 78-year-old, white Canadian who loved this show. As I saw (see) it, it was just a regular situation comedy, like Sgt. Bilko or the Honeymooners, which poked gentle fun at the common foibles of HUMAN nature. The only difference was that it revolved around a Harlem-like, black urban neighbourhood. George Stevens (actually, the main character, despite the show's title) was a con artist at heart, always looking for the perfect, get-rich-quick scheme, which always backfired on him (Bilko?). His title 'Kingfish', referred to his domination of the "Grand Fraternal Order of the Mystic Knights of the Sea", a local men's club, to which a number of other characters belonged. One of these was 'Lightnin', the Meetin' Hall's Caretaker, so-called because of his incredibly slow response to any request requiring actual work! I can see where this stereotype might be offensive to some, but hey, lazy folks come in all colours! The Kingfish often had to turn to his shady lawyer (who doesn't know one of them?) 'Cagey' Calhoun, to get him out of trouble. His most frequent 'mark' was loveable, innocent Andy Brown who, despite his gullibility, always seemed to have a fat wallet. Andy's best friend was the honest, upbeat, hardworking cab-driver Amos, who was much smarter, but loved his pal all the same and always helped him see the solution to his problems. I don't know what George's long-suffering wife, Sapphire, saw in him, but she was way out of his league! A smart, stylish woman who took pride in their home and hungered for intellectual conversation, as this episode shows, when she invites a black history professor (say WHAT?) to dinner! As regards their apartment, note that the kitchen features modern appliances for the period and they even have TV, when very few people did! As for wardrobe, unless a character's role dictated otherwise, the men are all in well-tailored suits and the women are tastefully stylish offering the black audience a positive image to emulate. Kind of a fore-runner to the Jeffersons, in a way. (Yes, I know about Sally Hemmings!) Anyway, I think that the Amos 'n' Andy show has gotten a bad rap and I urge black viewers who've never seen it to stop rolling their eyes and check it out for themselves. Tim Moore and the rest of the cast deserve a place of respect as the first black TV stars, besides Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson.

[@aarondigby5054]

This show was the best sitcom on television, it should've never been canceled amid racial,civil and political upheaval. A cinematic travesty and injustice of monumental proportions.

[@aarondigby5054]

This show highlighted the Harlem Renaissance, everybody on the show had jobs the support and guest cast: doctors,lawyers, hotel managers, mechanics etc,...

[@aarondigby5054]

In our household we watched A&A every Saturday night roasting pnuts and drinking Coca-Cola, fun times with family in the sixties

[@aarondigby5054]

The show had a great script.

[@jorgegonzalez-larramendi5491]

you ROCK. today's racists hate aunt jemima, uncle ben, tomahawk sports teams... well: move to london and get a brain. i can't beleive fools today manipulated by aunt jemima haters.

[@ardiffley-zipkin9539]

Great fun ! Wonderful actors & Story line. Thanks !

[@jahlaune]

Kingfish is something else with his hair brained schemes

[@kayshawnsimmons6822]

Wonderful to see, these silver screen movies 🥰👀🍿☕

[@IMN602]

The kingfish has the best lines of bullshit I have ever heard!

[@gilloera8912]

Lmao! Are you syndicated Mr. Fisher? No but I'm vaccinated!

[@michaellifetv5696]

Great film 🎬 🎞

[@jenniferwilliams6494]

The way I hollered laughing makes no sense!😭

[@aarondigby5054]

This show will make your ribs tickle.

[@phylis3917]

But there was an episode with aspiring Shakespearean actors with perfect diction.

[@antoniograncino3506]

When I was a wee lad, A&A was on the telly every week ( as was The Beulah Show) and no one thought ill of it. Then things changed. As they should have. But even in the more racially enlightened '70s , a show like Sanford & Son , trading on the same stereotypes, was a television hit.

[@aarondigby5054]

A&A was a hit just like S&S had great ratings

[@delorismccormick7489]

Good comedy just laugh about the humor and stunts that king fish pulled.

[@neknhall33]

Im 26 and I feel it’s important for us to see how we were depicted in these times.

[@kayshawnsimmons6822]

So happy your aware 🥰👀🍿☕

[@hatednyc]

Good for you for educating yourself! I hope you’re enjoying these. They got a horrible rap for a long time which is a shame because realistically although it had a couple of bad stereotypes it was also an all black cast and they only place at the time you’d see black doctors, lawyers, cops… black folks in EVERY walk of life. That’s not mentioning the incredibly talented work these actors did. This show was based from the original Radio Show created and voiced by two white men. They appeared in black face for the radios promotional materials and later in films. When the TV show was green lit, they were the ones who insisted on NOT being in it but instead allowing a black cast to lay the iconic roles. It’s an important story that gets buried under misconceptions upon the black face and stereotypes of the original radio show - a shame really.

[@aarondigby5054]

@@hatednyc the worst travesty of justice in American television history. Such great comedy laid waste because of political ideologies, alleged stereotypes, the cast should've sued.

[@aarondigby5054]

​@hatednyc Tim Moore and Spencer Williams had been acting, directing and producing since the 1920's.

[@BarryMoreno-zx4dc]

Tim Moore was acting and producing shows as early as 1910.

[@BarryMoreno-zx4dc]

Tim Moore contributed to some of the scripts. As an old time vaudeville producer, writer and actor, he was a master of this type of performance. For example, in one episode, he used mentioned members of his own relatives, including his Aunt Viola (Mrs. Viola Redd of Peoria).

[@AlexisRivery]

This tipe comedy is the good thing for all ages. Clean comedy Need Return For Today Tv I believe will work well with today program 👍

[@A2D4]

Who in their right mind would name a beer “Blatz”?? No wonder it’s not around anymore. 😁

[@BarryMoreno-zx4dc]

Valentine Blatz, a German brewer in Wisconsin, founded Blatz.

[@ladydnannahsmoothm5633]

Yes, I too often wonder why they call this sitcom Amos & Andy when Kingfish was the one who was more prevalent in the program. Also can someone remind me again as to why this sitcom was blacklisted and taken off the air?

[@virginialeonaroesch4542]

NAACP

[@seriousnesstv7902]

The colored people thought it was too offensive even tho it gave African American jobs as actors and was appreciated by even blacks although it’s target audience was white

[@hawkmaster381]

Writers just don't have this kind of talent anymore these days!

[@Gremllion]

Sapphire was beautiful and she had such a beautiful smile. Amos was the overseer and Andy was always used, then he outsmarted the kingfish who was yes like a main character and the Ace in the hole to keep the program funny. I think he ad-libbed off the wall like Redd Foxx on Sanford and Son 😂😂

[@kingstonagainstcorruption2268]

Who wants to do all that yakking at dinner? Not me! Dinner is for eating!

[@ja1505]

I was about 5 years old when this was on tv and i enjoyed this comedy. At this time there were not many Black actors , let alone a Black tv show. It was too bad that some Black people were offended and this show was cancelled. It seems like Black people would have supported this Black tv show

[@aarondigby5054]

Black people supported the show, the naacp; the so called uppity negroes of the time just overreacted to their accomplishments, when they themselves were the uncle Toms.

[@lmcoopie]

The best comedy ever.

[@stevestokes1963]

Growing up in the 50s 60s as a little wht .kid .I watched Amos & Andy .I have always believed the show was a glimpse into the blk community. It was respectful & full of good humor .I especially liked Saphire .she seemed such a nice person. I never understood the reason that Al Sharpton thought it was in bad taste ??

[@aarondigby5054]

It wasn't Al Sharpton it was the 1960's naacp that overreacted, what you call a knee-jerk reaction.

[@aarondigby5054]

It wasn't Al Sharpton, it was the naacp that overreacted and cut some more deserving people off from their liberties.

[@AmyWebster-u6l]

I have seen the actor playing the jukebox man on several other episodes. My gosh is he ever handsome!!

[@aarondigby5054]

@9:42 classic Sapphire, nobody did it better. National treasure. Roflmao

[@bloqk16]

I just loved how Sapphire's temperament could 'turn on a dime,' with being so joyful one moment, then when discovering she got deceived, got scarily hostile immediately. The Kingfish was a braver man that I was to have such a wife. Ernestine Wade was a remarkable actress in that role.

[@eddylauterback1312]

Kingfish was a shyster. Andy never caught on to his act!

[@BarryMoreno-zx4dc]

But at times, Andy was vaguely suspicious.

[@2cute1230]

Buy a dust mop for your birthday, hshaha😂

[@eddiekulp1241]

30 a month back then was like 300 now , was Sapphire crazy

[@mararegina5673]

Boa tarde ⚘

[@normanbrown9225]

When Amos N Andy first came out it was on the Radio white folks was doing the characters acting if they were Black

[@eddylauterback1312]

Never heard of Blatz. It could not have been the best beer in Milwaukee! Except among alcoholics!

[@bonniemoerdyk9809]

I remember as a kid in the 50's-60's, all my uncles were sitting around the dinner table after eating and having a couple Blatz beers. I think it was considered an average beer.

[@BarryMoreno-zx4dc]

It was a typical German lager. It was popular in first half of the 20th century.

[@bloqk16]

While $30 a month may sound like small change in 2023, back in 1955 that was several days wages for people working at low-wage jobs, as the minimum wage back they was $.75/ hour [US].

[@adamchurvis1]

I tried showing this to Mustafa K'Swano Killwhitey X, but his head exploded ten seconds in.

[@sashadala346]

We need More Shows like this. How about a Show on Scandinavian Americans, who commit No Crimes, do well in School and go to Church on Sundays?

[@gilloera8912]

Pass the salt pass the ketchup! 11/19/2022

[@goldraceformerlyknownasbla474]

❤️

[@LaNoire27]

Where is his accent from?

[@gilloera8912]

It's an exaggerated southern lingo.

[@kerryingerson5526]

like my 1st apaertmrent,

[@jeanettehightower943]

That’s funny 😄

[@louhawk559]

FuB is goin on round chea.

[@gilloera8912]

This stuff gotta go back, grab a chair der..!!!

[@jeanettehightower943]

Why they have tables and chairs in living room? Supposed to be in kitchen 🤷‍♀️👏

[@bloqk16]

American households in the 1950s portrayed [at least on TV] of family dinners taking place in an area away from the kitchen, such as a dining room in the house. Or, in the case of an apartment, the living room. That was never the case in my parents' household.

[@davidhalevy4965]

Bilko gave the military a negative and unappealing image. 26:55

[@alanlyerly6543]

Bullshit

[@ShayTheAntiFeminist]

#boycottamosnandy #boycottfakeblack

[@johnbarleycorn699]

I GREW UP WITH AMOS N ANDY . . .