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The Best Episodes of Amos 'n' Andy Season 1

Every episode of Amos 'n' Andy Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Amos 'n' Andy Season 1!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Amos 'n' Andy Season 1 Episode 1 - Kingfish Gets Drafted
    7.7/10(56 votes)

    #1 - Kingfish Gets Drafted

    S1:E1

    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

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  2. Amos 'n' Andy Season 1 Episode 2 - Kingfish's Secretary
    7.6/10(40 votes)

    #2 - Kingfish's Secretary

    S1:E2

    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
    Writers:Bob Mosher, Joe Connelly, Bob Ross

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  3. Amos 'n' Andy Season 1 Episode 3 - Young Girl's Mother
    7.2/10(33 votes)

    #3 - Young Girl's Mother

    S1:E3

    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

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  4. Amos 'n' Andy Season 1 Episode 4 - Rare Coin
    8.0/10(51 votes)

    #4 - Rare Coin

    S1:E4

    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

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  5. Amos 'n' Andy Season 1 Episode 5 - Kingfish Has a Baby
    7.6/10(30 votes)

    #5 - Kingfish Has a Baby

    S1:E5

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Amos 'n' Andy Season 1 Episode 6 - Counterfeiters Rent Basement
    7.5/10(31 votes)

    #6 - Counterfeiters Rent Basement

    S1:E6

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Bob Mosher

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  7. Amos 'n' Andy Season 1 Episode 7 - Sapphire Disappears
    7.5/10(37 votes)

    #7 - Sapphire Disappears

    S1:E7

    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

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  8. Amos 'n' Andy Season 1 Episode 8 - The Winslow Woman
    7.0/10(29 votes)

    #8 - The Winslow Woman

    S1:E8

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Amos 'n' Andy Season 1 Episode 9 - The Gun
    7.9/10(38 votes)

    #9 - The Gun

    S1:E9

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Amos 'n' Andy Season 1 Episode 10 - Call Lehigh 4-9900
    7.7/10(32 votes)

    #10 - Call Lehigh 4-9900

    S1:E10

    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

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  11. Amos 'n' Andy Season 1 Episode 11 - Leroy Lends a Hand
    7.0/10(26 votes)

    #11 - Leroy Lends a Hand

    S1:E11

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Amos 'n' Andy Season 1 Episode 12 - Fur Coat
    6.6/10(20 votes)

    #12 - Fur Coat

    S1:E12

    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

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  13. Amos 'n' Andy Season 1 Episode 13 - Jewelry Store Robbery
    7.1/10(30 votes)

    #13 - Jewelry Store Robbery

    S1:E13

    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

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  14. Amos 'n' Andy Season 1 Episode 14 - Kingfish's Last Friend
    6.1/10(24 votes)

    #14 - Kingfish's Last Friend

    S1:E14

    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

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  15. Amos 'n' Andy Season 1 Episode 15 - Andy Buys a House
    7.2/10(32 votes)

    #15 - Andy Buys a House

    S1:E15

    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

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  16. Amos 'n' Andy Season 1 Episode 16 - Amos Helps Out
    6.5/10(25 votes)

    #16 - Amos Helps Out

    S1:E16

    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

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  17. Amos 'n' Andy Season 1 Episode 17 - Getting Mama Married (1)
    7.1/10(26 votes)

    #17 - Getting Mama Married (1)

    S1:E17

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Amos 'n' Andy Season 1 Episode 18 - Getting Mama Married (2)
    6.4/10(27 votes)

    #18 - Getting Mama Married (2)

    S1:E18

    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

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  19. Amos 'n' Andy Season 1 Episode 19 - The Happy Stevenses
    7.7/10(27 votes)

    #19 - The Happy Stevenses

    S1:E19

    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

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  20. Amos 'n' Andy Season 1 Episode 20 - Traffic Violation
    7.3/10(29 votes)

    #20 - Traffic Violation

    S1:E20

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Amos 'n' Andy Season 1 Episode 21 - Quo Vadis
    7.3/10(26 votes)

    #21 - Quo Vadis

    S1:E21

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Amos 'n' Andy Season 1 Episode 22 - The Diner
    7.3/10(28 votes)

    #22 - The Diner

    S1:E22

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Amos 'n' Andy Season 1 Episode 23 - The Turkey Dinner
    7.5/10(27 votes)

    #23 - The Turkey Dinner

    S1:E23

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Amos 'n' Andy Season 1 Episode 24 - Ready Made Family
    6.8/10(23 votes)

    #24 - Ready Made Family

    S1:E24

    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

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  25. Amos 'n' Andy Season 1 Episode 25 - Relatives
    6.0/10(25 votes)

    #25 - Relatives

    S1:E25

    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

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Kingfish Gets Drafted" is the best rated episode of "Amos 'n' Andy" season 1. It scored 7.7/10 based on 56 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 6/28/1951. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Kingfish's Secretary".