Amos n Andy 55 The Girl at the Station

[@maldijaili6799]

I have spent much of COVID reading, researching and enjoying Amos and Andy especially Tim Moore. He is my favorite. Tim Moore said that he made it a point to never tell a joke on stage that he could not tell in front of his mother. He was a decent, moral and upstanding person. Also a highly talented comedian and actor.

[@fuddwacker4803]

That was the funniest tv show when I was growing up. My grandad and I watched every showing.

[@ralphnieves7690]

These are some of the MOST TALENTED ACTORS OF THEIR TIME. On par with. CHAPLIN, KEATON, LAURAL and HARDY etc. TOP NOTCH STARS.......

[@xqt39a]

I read some biographies of Tim Moore ( Kingfish) , beyond belief, he spent much of his life traveling to every corner of the world performing his comedy act with his 1st and and then his second wife. ( China, Europe, Japan, Australia ), he was a writer for CBS, he was a prize fighter ( fought Jack Johnson ). Of course he died penniless and Frank Sinatra raised money for his funeral.

[@cliffgaither]

@@xqt39a ● Steve ! Thank you for those details ! I had no idea of his travels. I will definitely check-out the biographies !

[@MichaelSmith-cd5or]

I totally agree, too bad the show was short lived.

[@rehab5355]

Masters of Comedy....Great Writers....I was born in 1953 & remember these as a child!

[@ndg8240]

Now this is what I considered real comedy in my eyes. 😂😂

[@richardcortez2167]

God Bless there souls .long hone Bit. Will never been forgotten..i will always love this show that i grew up watching ❤

[@zebeart8808]

Great video.

[@cheynneautumn]

This show is a national treasurer!!

[@phylis3917]

Agreed - Americana. !

[@juliusscroggins9200]

One of the greatest comedy show of All time

[@walterpalmer2749]

Holy Mak'l dere Andy. Great stuff !! Loved Amos & Andy as a kid and nothing's changed. As good as ever.

[@gilloera8912]

I have nothing but love for the show!

[@ralphnieves7690]

Some of the most BEAUTIFUL AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALE ACTRESS practicing the MOST difficult ART ....COMEDY.... On par with Fanny Brice, Sofie Tucker. “ NOT GIVEN THE RECOGNITION THEY RICHLY DESERVE. I remember the joy and laughter they gave me as a young boy. I fell in LOVE with many of the performers on those Sunday afternoons at 2:PM in front of the black white TV’s “IT WAS THE MOST RElAXING 30 minutes that NO THERAPIST COULD PROVIDE. Truly 1st. CLASS PERFORMERS “ Practicing their “ART and CRAFT”. “The best” I will go to my grave GRATEFUL, GOD BLESSED TO HAVE SEEN THEM. LOVE THEM

[@curtiscamaro5926]

My Dad, Really Loved this Show . I see why now .

[@phylis3917]

One of my favorites. The II Love Lucy Show used it.

[@martyc2637]

Looks like more than coffee percolatin in here. Momma is the greatest.

[@maldijaili6799]

Sticking her nose in again where it doesn't belong in character.

[@ElliottFrancisNOW]

The producers of A n’ A used the 3-camera setup months before it was used on ‘I Love Lucy’ which gets the credit for pioneering it. They also developed the blueprint for successful sitcoms for years to come beginning with ‘The Honeymooners’ which was still 4-years away.

[@kevinmadden1645]

The full half- hour episodes of the Honeymooners were four years away.. There were short episodes of the Honeymooners that were part of the Jackie Gleason show. These are often referred to as the"Lost Episodes".

[@maldijaili6799]

But I have read several articles that say A/A used the three camera setup first.

[@ElliottFrancisNOW]

@@maldijaili6799 They did...see my earlier comment above.

[@woodrowbarrett3831]

I.grew in the Texas town of Barrett, Station(founded.by my ancestor, Mr. Frank Barrett a freed slave); and Amos N Andy was a Classic of our family!

[@maldijaili6799]

Hello mister Barrett, I thought you might be interested in the following information. Tim Moore's father, Harry, born in Massachusetts, was the son of a freed slave and an Irish immigrant.

[@jpmahoney56]

Classic fun to watch.

[@A2D4]

Sapphires night cap cracks me up! 😂

[@johnt.wolfbanger5731]

Kingfish (Tim Moore) died five years after the last episode. Quite a life. He was even a prize fighter with reportedly 141k in winnings.

[@maldijaili6799]

True

[@drjrwalton]

Fond memories of yesteryear.

[@maldijaili6799]

If I saw them when they first came on TV, I don't remember. But I have made up for it during covid as I have watched all the episodes many multiple times except for the missing ones.

[@josephlandrut4154]

Kingfish is my favourite in that show.

[@maldijaili6799]

My favorite for the complete episodes.

[@prladue]

Can’t stop watching these 😂

[@virginiarenzi6149]

The best 👌

[@johnt.wolfbanger5731]

I remember watching reruns of this as a kid in the late fifties or early sixties. My first experience of black people depicted in normal, everyday situations.

[@tedcarter8074]

Same here I love them all. Had never seen us portrayed as real people and Sapphire was so pretty. They deserve to be to be exalted.

[@maldijaili6799]

​​@@tedcarter8074What little bit she got to sing, Sapphire had a beautiful voice when she didn't sing off key purposely. Otherwise, I didn't care for her character always being on to George every time he walked through the door. He called her many times with terms of endearment but she almost always just called him George.

[@TOBYH]

Should have been KINGFISH and ANDY! Amos was not in many episodes, loved the show!

[@maldijaili6799]

It had to stay A/A but I thought Kingfish could have fit in there somewhere.

[@BinaryBard64]

These gals' names lol: Glorietta, Saphhire, Hotence...classic!

[@lindaaustin5009]

Those were some names back in the day..

[@gus2600]

I sure miss this show ; I wish that it was in English CC so I could watch. by for now .

[@g.h.1472]

the sound is not so good . but I still love these shows. classics for the ages

[@plummercheatham2683]

Darn good

[@lindaaustin5009]

That's because its an old film..

[@g.h.1472]

the mother in-law an that hat is crazy.

[@johnbender5356]

back then a man and wife couldn't share a bed but two men could.

[@moosemoose8152]

IT'S NOT THAT SERIOUS? JUNE BEAVER IS THE ONE THAT GETS ME😂

[@debbieksycki4059]

@@moosemoose8152 I’m

[@jaymike3302]

Yeah these days 2 men in bed is a totally different thing.

[@KingfishStevens-di9ji]

Early 20th century, it was not considered strange for two men to hold hands walking down the street, or dance together. Nowadays everything is immediately considered something it isn't.

[@BinaryBard64]

Romeo come out good compared to what gonna happen to me!

[@JAMESPATTERSON-mk9sr]

The beautiful Theresa Harris played Barbara Stanwyck's maid / best buddy in the pre code 1933 film Baby Face . Also John Wayne , the screen icon , had a small role as a young office boy .

[@JJJBRICE]

I always thought that beautiful Theresa Harris,a long time black actress who played Rosemary , should have been the society girl. The other actress should have played the woman scheming to get a husband.

[@g.h.1472]

goes to show us you can't do enough to please women. it's just plain work.

[@g.h.1472]

I knew it was in his hat it's comical stuff. classic

[@SuperIliad]

“The Girl at the Station” Season 4, Episode 7, aired 1955. Alvin Childress as Amos, Spencer Williams (Jr.) as Andy, Tim Moore as Kingfish, Ernestine Wade as Sapphire, Johnny Lee as Calhoun, Nick Stewart Amanda Randolph as Mamma, Zelda Cleaver as Party Guest, Dudley Dickerson as Joe, Theresa Harris as Gloretta, Bobby Johnson as the Photographer, Bill Walker as the Man in Compartment E.

[@Acein3055]

George finally had a good ending.

[@ericbaker9688]

Momma had a mean mustache! 😬

[@maldijaili6799]

And disposition!!!!

[@g.h.1472]

holy macrual

[@g.h.1472]

kingfishs wifes picture is a mess.

[@CrampedGrampy]

Can this coincidence be believed? LOL Fun stuff, somewhat like real life.

[@janiela1]

sapphire has attitude problem because shes emotonally controlled by her lonely mother.

[@BinaryBard64]

She sure is pretty, though. How'd Kingfish land a gal like that!?

[@thomasmccullough7233]

Janiela McKinney exactly

[@thomasmccullough7233]

Janiela McKinney Typicall black woman.

[@nothankyou5524]

Its a TV show....

[@richarddearwester4594]

haw haw haw

[@somebose7395]

Kingfish 65 yrs still his wife v jealous

[@paulettejackson9232]

Wish people would do as God want ed.and if they understand prayers. In the Bible

[@maldijaili6799]

There are some very excellent all Christian movies out there. My church shows them from time to time. Not sure if they are online but at least you could find out the name of the movies and the actor's name you might recognize.