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The Best Episodes of Amos 'n' Andy

Genre:Comedy
Network:CBS

Every episode of Amos 'n' Andy ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Amos 'n' Andy!

A sitcom set in Manhattan's historic black community of Harlem.
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  • Kingfish Sells a Lot
    8.7/10(35)
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    #1 - Kingfish Sells a Lot

    Season 2 Episode 8

    Aired 10/16/1952

    The Kingfish decides to dispose of a worthless piece of property to Andy, but it's Andy who gets the last laugh.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Kingfish Has a Baby
    8.6/10(24)
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    #2 - Kingfish Has a Baby

    Season 1 Episode 5

    Aired 7/26/1951

    The Kingfish decides to reform because he thinks he is about to become a father.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Gun
    8.6/10(32)
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    #3 - The Gun

    Season 1 Episode 9

    Aired 8/23/1951

    The Kingfish, trying to pawn a gun, is mistaken for a robber.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Call Lehigh 4-9900
    8.6/10(27)
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    #4 - Call Lehigh 4-9900

    Season 1 Episode 10

    Aired 8/30/1951

    The Kingfish accidentally answers a newspaper ad for a lonely hearts club, and when a girl shows up at his office, Andy poses as the Kingfish.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Happy Stevenses
    8.6/10(20)
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    #5 - The Happy Stevenses

    Season 1 Episode 19

    Aired 11/1/1951

    The Kingfish and Sapphire imitate participants in a radio show about a happy marriage, in order to change the pattern of their stormy marriage.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Christmas Story
    8.6/10(36)
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    #6 - The Christmas Story

    Season 2 Episode 13

    Aired 12/25/1952

    Andy is working very hard to earn enough money to buy a doll for his godchild.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Turkey Dinner
    8.5/10(21)
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    #7 - The Turkey Dinner

    Season 1 Episode 23

    Aired 11/29/1951

    The Kingfish is conned into buying stolen turkeys from a country bumpkin.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Andy Falls in Love with an Actress
    8.5/10(15)
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    #8 - Andy Falls in Love with an Actress

    Season 2 Episode 19

    Aired 3/19/1953

    Andy, jealous over his girlfriend's amorous scenes in a play, decides to become an actor.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Kingfish at the Ballgame
    8.5/10(25)
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    #9 - Kingfish at the Ballgame

    Season 2 Episode 21

    Aired 4/16/1953

    The Kingfish sells Andy a ring he finds in his crackerjack box before he finds out how valuable the ring really is.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Rare Coin
    8.4/10(46)
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    #10 - Rare Coin

    Season 1 Episode 4

    Aired 9/19/1951

    Pilot episode. The Kingfish swindles Andy out of a rare coin and Andy swindles it right back by use of a clever trick in a phone booth coin slot.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Diner
    8.4/10(23)
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    #11 - The Diner

    Season 1 Episode 22

    Aired 11/22/1951

    The Kingfish and Andy buy a diner, which was doing a good business, and run it out of business.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Broken Clock
    8.4/10(24)
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    #12 - The Broken Clock

    Season 2 Episode 4

    Aired 8/21/1952

    Andy and the Kingfish accidentally become involved with a top military secret and the FBI when they mistakenly take a new secret altimeter clock for a replacement for their broken one.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Boarder
    8.4/10(18)
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    #13 - The Boarder

    Season 2 Episode 5

    Aired 9/4/1952

    Sapphire maintains that her boarder, a singer with a large appetite, is a cultural asset, but to the Kingfish he is a gorging freeloader.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Superfine Brush
    8.4/10(19)
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    #14 - Superfine Brush

    Season 2 Episode 20

    Aired 4/2/1953

    The Kingfish pushed by Sapphire to get a job, becomes a door-to-door salesman, persuading Andy to take over at no salary.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Counterfeiters Rent Basement
    8.3/10(25)
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    #15 - Counterfeiters Rent Basement

    Season 1 Episode 6

    Aired 8/2/1951

    Andy becomes a hero when he overpowers a gang of counterfeiters and collects a fat reward.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Bob Mosher

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  • Getting Mama Married (1)
    8.3/10(20)
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    #16 - Getting Mama Married (1)

    Season 1 Episode 17

    Aired 10/18/1951

    The Kingfish's mother-in-law elopes with a conman and a fleecer of widows.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Quo Vadis
    8.3/10(20)
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    #17 - Quo Vadis

    Season 1 Episode 21

    Aired 11/15/1951

    The Kingfish goes to a lavish dinner party at which he finds, uncomfortably, that Sapphire is a waitress.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Cousin Effie's Will
    8.3/10(17)
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    #18 - Cousin Effie's Will

    Season 2 Episode 10

    Aired 11/13/1952

    The Kingfish adopts Andy so that he will become eligible for a $2000 bequest under the terms of Cousin Effie's will.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Lodge Brothers Complain
    8.3/10(13)
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    #19 - The Lodge Brothers Complain

    Season 3 Episode 4

    Aired 10/27/1953

    The Kingfish hires a pretty young secretary to help him straighten out the lodge's messy book keeping, but ultimately ends up with Sapphire's mother.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Kingfish's Secretary
    8.2/10(35)
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    #20 - Kingfish's Secretary

    Season 1 Episode 2

    Aired 7/5/1951

    Sapphire becomes jealous over Kingfish's new lodge hall secretary. The Kingfish mistakenly signs a letter requesting a mail order bride with a letter requesting a wash woman for the building.

    Director: Charles Barton

    Writer: Bob Mosher, Joe Connelly, Bob Ross

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  • Traffic Violation
    8.2/10(21)
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    #21 - Traffic Violation

    Season 1 Episode 20

    Aired 11/8/1951

    The Kingfish and Andy, co-owners of a car, compete with each other in the collection of traffic tickets.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Antique Shop
    8.2/10(24)
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    #22 - The Antique Shop

    Season 2 Episode 12

    Aired 12/11/1952

    The Kingfish outfoxes himself when he sends all his lodge brothers into an antique shop to convince his cousin Leo to buy it, but with all those customers the store owner won't sell.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Kingfish Finds His Future
    8.2/10(17)
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    #23 - The Kingfish Finds His Future

    Season 2 Episode 22

    Aired 4/30/1953

    Feeling he's a failure at life, the Kingfish decides to take a series of aptitude tests to determine what his career should be.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Mr. Jackson Comes to Town
    8.2/10(15)
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    #24 - Mr. Jackson Comes to Town

    Season 2 Episode 24

    Aired 5/28/1953

    The Kingfish goes on a self-improvement course because Sapphire goes overboard over an ex-boyfriend and former Mr. America.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Adoption
    8.2/10(18)
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    #25 - The Adoption

    Season 2 Episode 25

    Aired 6/11/1953

    The Kingfish falls in love with a baby which is up for adoption, but instead is stuck with Horrible Horace, Sapphire's pesty nephew.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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Best Episodes Summary

"Kingfish Sells a Lot" is the best rated episode of "Amos 'n' Andy". It scored 8.7/10 based on 35 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 10/16/1952. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Kingfish Has a Baby".