Amos 'N' Andy: The Broken Clock (1952)

The lodge gives the Kingfish a clock as a present. Unfortunately the clock doesn't work so he and Andy decide to return it to the factory but things don't go as smoothly as planned. Season 2 Episode 4 Episode aired Aug 21, 1952
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[@bonniekimbrough7661]

I can still remember my dad laughing so hard watching this show, his favorite character was Kingfish. My whole family loved this show.

[@marracusevans]

My dad was the same way 😂

[@charlescarter5335]

This show being canceled and the fact none of these artists got the credit not the money they deserved is one of the tragedies of life. This is the bes sit com in history.

[@JoquanDaHooligan]

My dad was born in 1935 and he loved this show

[@roberttaylor6694]

Kingfish was always plotting and planning truly hilarious!

[@RabbiTuviaBolton]

This is really funny!!!

[@barbarajohnson3876]

When i was a kid, we weren't allowed to watch. While in NY, yrs later, found complete set on beta, still have it. For all the neg that NAACP claimed, this show had blacks as lawyers, teachers, doctors, etc

[@user-cc6nb5th6x]

Excuse me for protrudin' ... Pure comedy gold

[@janethartwig774]

My family really enjoyed this show. We had a cousin who was exactly like Kingfish, always working on some get rich scheme.

[@kittykitty7509]

When Comedy was true..Thanks again reelblack ❤

[@everettwhite9874]

Calhoun’s speech about Kingfish’s tenure in the lodge reminds me of a few PM’s I’ve known. Lol

[@JohnDoe-wb4iv]

One of the best shows ever put on tv

[@odinson43]

😂🤣

[@lisawalls1007]

BLESSED DAY STAY SAFE

[@aaaht3810]

"This ain't a Compo clock. It's made by somebody else. A fella named Al Timiter".

[@MrWolfTickets]

I've got to get to bed- it's already 10 minutes to 700 feet!

[@sw8741]

@@MrWolfTickets And the funny thing is they knew how to read the damned thing!

[@ronaldmessina4229]

Really good pun 😅

[@dianezulu8534]

i worked with Amos...Alvin Childress in 1970....Los Angeles County

[@marchangel7462]

Do tell!

[@johnreed8111]

Very cool

[@cigguard3408]

Sometimes I find myself talking just like Amos & Andy... lol

[@theemraldwolf5874]

Haha 😂

[@rexlex1736]

Me too!

[@sharpvidtube]

Not seen this before, had a good laugh. I like old school comedy.

[@ardiffley-zipkin9539]

So funny ! I loved this episode and the series. Great comedy !

[@kathrynsuber5163]

I enjoy watching the program so much

[@sheliamolina9574]

Love this show. A different time in American history. These famous actor just wanted to craft their talent.

[@henryarmstrong3510]

Love it.❤

[@ruffknight9549]

They have some weird stories on Amos & Andy.

[@stephenhensley5631]

I'm 72 and I watched this faithfully and laughed at this show like no other ! The Life of Riley was a white version that I watched too, it was hilarious, but this was my favorite. Even as a kid until today I still laugh harder than ever. Thanks so much REELBLACK !

[@plunkervillerr1529]

My favorite all time show.

[@hawkmaster381]

I don’t know what those boys would do without Amos.

[@leonardbaldari8846]

When I was a little boy my dad watched Amos and Andy laughing so hard he would go into tears. My entire family would watch laugh and loved all of the characters. Until today it is a show in a place in time much ahead of itself. Most people say it was the funniest sitcom of all time. Bill Cosby bought up the syndication and rights not to be aired ever again he claimed it portrayed African Americans in a negative light. I absolutely love the Amos and Andy Show until today like most people do. Leonard Baldari

[@johnparker8588]

Thre were funny characters that were great actors. But there were judges, lawyers, policemen who were black and very professional. Just like any society. Growing up we just thought they were great actors because they made you believe they really were the characters they played.

[@jorgegonzalez-larramendi5491]

the a&a gang was each one BETTER than cosby.

[@sw8741]

Pure comedy gold!! I don't see one bit of difference between this show and the Honeymooners. Same style comedy, outlandish. I like the fact the White G man took a back seat to the Black G man who got everything settled and straightened out. It also reminds me of Red Fox and the Jeffersons, more comedy greatness!

[@user-cc6nb5th6x]

Best sitcom ever!!

[@b.deville3236]

By the time A & A got to television, it had become a slapstick-flavored sitcom revolving around the interaction of Andy and Kingfish, a concept which was very different from the more nuanced approach when it first started on radio. The TV version is about as subtle as "The Three Stooges", but the comic expertise of these fine performers cannot be denied.

[@nealfry2230]

" I'll Always Love you Hayden Panettiere "

[@williamschlenger1518]

I watched this when I was ten years old.😅

[@chamac3884]

When you watch this, it makes the new stuff look like crap. This is my favorite you gotta love wholesome comedy!!

[@mrliberty8468]

Infernal gratitude....but a broken clock is right 2 times a day

[@barristermagazine]

This has to be the GOAT sitcom

[@418cjpaul]

what a great story!

[@campbelllil6097]

I remember when this on television 🥴🥴🥴

[@shaylahall84]

What year was that

[@perryegolson833]

@@shaylahall84 I believe this aired in 1952.

[@captianxanax]

so do I, it had to be a local NYC tv station late 50.s early 60,s

[@barbarajohnson3876]

Telling ur age says this 70 yr old💕

[@captianxanax]

@@barbarajohnson3876 💕

[@meerkat7406]

This was before my time as a TV viewer. Curious as to whether the show was aired by ABC, CBS or NBC during its heyday. Saw an African American Theater Group put on a tribute to this show several years ago. Very funny stuff.

[@bloqk16]

The was originally produced and aired on the CBS-TV network in the 1950s. It then went into syndication for some years afterwards.

[@mikedoran9851]

WHERE THE HELL ARE THE CLOSING CREDITS?

[@saundrabrown1873]

Andy Brown aka Spencer Williams reminds me so much of Windel Pierce 🤣

[@charlescarter5335]

Until cancel culture makes these videos illegal we need to watch as many as we can of these. We need to remember a better time when we were not exposed to constant propaganda on every sit com and other TV show and even commercial...

[@theemraldwolf5874]

Yeah I agree. Cancel culture sucks so much

[@cigguard3408]

You mean the: Globalist-ill-luminatti-Mine-Control-Social-Engineers... 'We, the (real) People' need to constantly be exposing them CONTROL FREAKS... With their: C.I.A., created "MOCKINGBIRD MEDIA..."

[@jorgegonzalez-larramendi5491]

i betcha FL emperor deCaligula would outlaw a&a

[@englishcountryside4581]

Precursor to Three’s Company

[@dree2295]

LMAOOOOO at Calhoun @3:25!

[@user-zu8vh9sy7t]

I overlooked it, and i love the show, but did anyone notice it didnt snow when they opened the freezer, and you couldn't see their breath,, plus with your face exposed, you would get frost bite, 🙂 i worked in grocery warehouse freezer for a few months, at 40 below 0,🙂

[@Geronimo-wq9eg]

Morgen ist blauer Hosen und hellgrünem T-Shirt Tag auf dem Planeten Kukikuwutschi auf welchen wir hier alle mehr oder weniger im Zustand Leben herumeiern !!!

[@ronaldmessina4229]

NO hace falta ninguna traducción al anglosajón porque el RUSO es completamente válido para hacerse entender , en cambio el anglosajón no tiene nada de la gracia necesaria para hacer traducciones 😮

[@ronaldmessina4229]

Perdón 😥, quería escribir. El DEUTSCH en vez del RUSO, así que pido perdón a todos

[@LavaLahaie]

Girl laughing 4:50

[@millardthompson8157]

my dad watched this years ago

[@GlennScheuermann]

Kingfish

[@belartful]

I like the characters do not PImp or do Drugs(as so many movies and TV series today show Blacks) Amos and Andy characters are comic ,but good clean fun. The other Blacks are depicted as gentlmanly,orderly and dignified citizens..Not sure why this classic Comedy series was ever pulled..

[@JoquanDaHooligan]

I was just listening to the radio version of this episode

[@jeffreyberkin-ez3uh]

Didn't seem like the Kingfisher plugged in the clock at the end. Why would an alarm clock need to be plugged in anyway? Otherwise, a good episode.

[@jorgegonzalez-larramendi5491]

helloo those electric needed no winding and did not tictoc all night and did not need a spring like used in the prop ❤😂

[@JoeL-zb1yd]

The NAACP had the show banned. You didn't laugh with them, you laughed at them. lol.

[@blupreciion1914]

This is funny yo!!!

[@docthemetalfreak]

30 minutes in a 60 degree below zero room. not enuff money in this country that could make me do that.

[@sandramiller6752]

👍👍💯💯

[@HusseinMSAAlsalahi71]

LOL @ 11:20

[@carolynallgood3508]

🥰🥰🥰🥰🤣🧐🧐

[@JesusSaves7810]

smh boule masons

[@deethabennismann]

1st to see the “blk face” wins

[@lv-426devasher6]

Awwwww! Great comedy before all this racist stuff! Love it! 😃

[@DorianGilmer]

Black knock-off of Abbott & Costello...and FUNNIER...and they and many other Black comics of their day got PAID!

[@dunning234]

I like the radio show to. It is kind of the Human condition.

[@marc108]

Decapilated

[@robbolton6004]

Classic comedy with no profanity!