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A sitcom set in Manhattan's historic black community of Harlem.

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Season 1

  • Rare Coin
    8.0/1051 votes

    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: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • The Gun
    7.9/1038 votes

    The Gun

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 8/23/1951

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

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Kingfish Gets Drafted
    7.7/1056 votes

    Kingfish Gets Drafted

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 6/28/1951

    When the Kingfish gets drafted, his wife and his lodge brothers applaud but soon change their tune when his outfit is to go overseas.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Call Lehigh 4-9900
    7.7/1032 votes

    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: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • The Happy Stevenses
    7.7/1027 votes

    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: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Kingfish's Secretary
    7.6/1040 votes

    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

  • Kingfish Has a Baby
    7.6/1030 votes

    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: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Counterfeiters Rent Basement
    7.5/1031 votes

    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: Unknown

    Writer: Bob Mosher

  • Sapphire Disappears
    7.5/1037 votes

    Sapphire Disappears

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 8/9/1951

    The Kingfish thinks Sapphire has been murdered when she leaves him in a huff and he can find no trace of her.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Bob Mosher

  • The Turkey Dinner
    7.5/1027 votes

    The Turkey Dinner

    Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 11/29/1951

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

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Traffic Violation
    7.3/1029 votes

    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: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Quo Vadis
    7.3/1026 votes

    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: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • The Diner
    7.3/1028 votes

    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: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Young Girl's Mother
    7.2/1033 votes

    Young Girl's Mother

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 7/12/1951

    Andy wants to marry a very young girl until he meets her mother, a formidable woman he jilted many years ago.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Andy Buys a House
    7.2/1032 votes

    Andy Buys a House

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 10/4/1951

    The Kingfish takes a job as a real estate agent and must prove himself by selling a house on condemned land-- he does, to Andy.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Jewelry Store Robbery
    7.1/1030 votes

    Jewelry Store Robbery

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 9/20/1951

    Andy and the Kingfish find that a snapshot they took is worth $1000 because it shows a man robbing a store.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Getting Mama Married (1)
    7.1/1026 votes

    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: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Hospitalization
    7.1/1028 votes

    Hospitalization

    Season 1 Episode 27 - Aired 1/3/1952

    Andy buys hospitalization insurance from the Kingfish and then relaxes in the hospital, turning the Kingfish frantic with bills he can't pay.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • The Winslow Woman
    7.0/1029 votes

    The Winslow Woman

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 8/16/1951

    The Kingfish wants Andy to marry wealthy Mrs. Winslow, even when the not-so-wealthy woman actually show up.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Leroy Lends a Hand
    7.0/1026 votes

    Leroy Lends a Hand

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 9/6/1951

    The Kingfish and Andy go into the parking lot business and wind up in the used car business

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Ready Made Family
    6.8/1023 votes

    Ready Made Family

    Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 12/6/1951

    When the Kingfish's Uncle Clarence is coming to visit, the Kingfish must put together a phony family quickly, to protect his uncle's gift of $500, he gave the Kingfish by telling him he has a child.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Andy Gets a Telegram
    6.7/1025 votes

    Andy Gets a Telegram

    Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 12/27/1951

    The Kingfish winds up on a cattle boat bound for South America when Sapphire plots to separate him from his worthless friends.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Jay Sommers

  • Fur Coat
    6.6/1020 votes

    Fur Coat

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 9/13/1951

    Sapphire is so delighted with her surprise from the Kingfish, a fur coat, that he hasn't the heart to tell her that the coat is not for her.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Amos Helps Out
    6.5/1025 votes

    Amos Helps Out

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 10/11/1951

    After a domestic fight, the Kingfish writes a fake letter form the license bureau stating that he and Sapphire were never legally married.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Jay Sommers

  • Getting Mama Married (2)
    6.4/1027 votes

    Getting Mama Married (2)

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 10/25/1951

    The Kingfish's mother-in-law is so set on marrying a man that even when his wife shows up she still says he is hers.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Kingfish's Last Friend
    6.1/1024 votes

    Kingfish's Last Friend

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 9/27/1951

    The Kingfish has swindled too many people and is losing all of his friends so he goes on a reform kick.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Relatives
    6.0/1025 votes

    Relatives

    Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 12/20/1951

    Clamming that his mother-in-law disturbs his home, the Kingfish takes his problems to family court. Meanwhile, more relatives show up.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown