Amos 'N' Andy - Kingfish Goes To Work (1953)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 ต.ค. 2021
- Kingfish gets a job at a college. When he finds the work too hard he hires Andy with the understanding he is working towards a degree. Season 3 Episode 12
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Kingfish is iconic and hysterical.
Good clean comedy no profanity, that is why I love it
None allowed.
Without a doubt, one of the best shows ever!!! RIP to the cast!!! THANKS FOR POSTING...
I agree. They never show re-runs on television and this is a shame.
This show is no different than The Honeymooner's, The Flintstones or The Three Stooges. I love looking at Amos and Andy episodes ♥️
I know you are kidding, all people of color was work to be a underclass .
I used to watch these as a kid. I saw nothing offensive about them.
Yes. Love the honeymooners
Love honeymooners. Once when audience appreciation and laughs was lessened
@@jeffreyberkin-ez3uhthey were just comedy performers at their best. It's a shame the boulies(uppity negroes)of the naacp overreacted like the jerks they were.
This is a great show which also highlights the great comedy level of all the actors involved in the show....
I love this show it makes me laugh it's good clean comedy these actors were good actors and my grandmother and mother fell off the chair laughing at this when I was growing up.
THIS FILM HAD ME CRAAKING UP & THE BEAUTY ABOUT THESE FILM IT'S VERY CLEAN ,I CAN SIT WITH MY CHILDREN & ENJOY THEM.
Every since the pandemic I’ve became a fan of King Fish
Kingfish has a way of making the world seem a better place.....
@@charlescarter5335 Holy Mackeral! 🐟
He would have been delighted. He spent over fifty years as a comic, from minstrelsy to vaudeville, burlesque and musical comedy.
I remember listening to them on the radio before the TV show. Yeah, I'm old.👋🏿
Gosden and Correll!
I listened to them on radio and watched on tv in late 40's and early 50's as a kid and I loved them. Couldn't wait for 6:30pm on Sundsy night in Texas for the show to come on.
The self righteous critics of this show thought that they were serving the cause of anti-racism when they forced it off the air, when in fact, they were denying these struggling actors from making a living!
Thank you, I agree!
I know it's hard to Live in a world when its Evil around us day and night? But the key is just be the best person you can be and trust the Words of Jesus Christ and don't do Evil and not hate anyone or judge anyone. The World can't change neither Repent before Jesus Christ? If you don't believe in Jesus Christ I'm not talking too you so keep your comments to yourselves? Believe what you want to believe until you take your last breath on this 🌎.
Look
Sounds about White
@@Torrebrannon it's one of the worst attacks on black creative film art in our history.
These guys are so talented it's not funny. They're absolutely hilarious.
The writers then staff carry’s it out. .
Hilarious black sitcom from yesteryear. The actors were fantastic and the portrayal of blacks in America at that time was respectful and funny!
Yeah. The wife works while the man doesn't provide for his family. And the wife mean black woman supporter with her lazy black man. Lmao!!!!
Great Portrayal lol
That's just Kingfish with his nutty schemes. It's a comedy, you need characters like that. The rest of the characters were gainfully employed.
Kingfish was my favorite! 😂🤣😂🤣
Saw this when I was a kid. Still funny.
Ernestine Wade as Sapphire in this TV series was such a delight.
The most amusing scenes of her was when she'd turn from being jovial to hostile in a heartbeat, and do it convincingly. That took exceptional acting talent.
Thanks for saying her name, she is a beautiful great actress!
I often heard this was one of the funniest shows ever and the first to have African American actors as the characters and to use multi cameras,the shot of king fish walking down the street after working all day was genius
My late dad told me of these films I'll watch and think of him 🤔🤔🤔
Same here bro. R.I.P. to your Dad 🙏🏾
Love when the TH-cam algorithm leads me to gems like these.
Love is old show i we use to watch them with my great grandfather miss him so much 😢
I never missed this show when i was a kid. I used to love it, and watching this video brings it all back. Its just so darn funny, and all clean humor.
You have to be 70 to 90 years old.
@@user-ox8ln2np4v yup! 81
I use to listen to this on the radio when he I was a child. It was my favorite show.
I am an old man now...71 if you please. I remember when the NAACP amongst others finally had Amos n Andy removed from the tv waves. When I married in '72 and started having children I made sure my kids saw these wonderful talented black actors. They were some of the most talented people in television and were denied the fame and fortune so well deserved. Old,white southern man...me...and I had/have the utmost respect for the crew of Amos n Andy!
The radio version used white actors. The TV version was funnier. All the dufus liberal activists accomplished by ending the show was to put several fine actors out of work.
At least on TV they were black. It was the white people who were the "extras".
The Great Tim Moore Powerful actor . I’d hate to play opposite him ❤️
What a great show they don’t make shows like this anymore I have a collection of these shows in my dvd collection
This is really quite a clever episode.
this is one of my favorite shows now .. fresh episode ? im all on it
Thank you for letting the public watch this wonderful episode. It's hard not to laugh out loud at all the silliness. One joke really blew my mind. At 9:14-9:20, Andy said he spent two terms in the second grade. Wilson's and Coolidge's. I said out loud, 'wait a minute, Andy, don't you mean three terms?!? You forgot Harding!!!' 🤣🤣🤣
right away this reminded me of The Jeffersons tv show "movin' on up!
George Jefferson is also named George
ANDY: "I spent two terms in the second grade. Yeah, Wilson's and Coolidge's." That is absolutely brilliant comedy! Many other sitcoms were and are humorous. Amos N' Andy was hilarious.
Yes. Exceptional.
@@phylis3917that two terms in the second grade, Wilson's&Coolidge's was past funny.
When comedians didn’t rely on profanity and pornography. No violence,, respect for marriage and women, dressed well. Amos and Andy were stars and enjoyable to watch. Classic series competitive with I Love Lucy and others of that generation.
IMO, there was no competition at all. Amos and Andy were the first and the best.
Censorship was strictly enforced.
Geeking when I saw Rolly from Amen
Thank you for that information.
I said that he looked like someone I knew.
Rosetta Lenoire who played Carl Winslow's mother on Family Matters
Amos and Andy show back in my Childhood days was a great comedy show and it still is a great comedy show no sexual activity and etc.
I watched this as a young kid and loved it. I knew the actors were black but didn’t think much about it. Mostly what I knew was they were funny. The whole show was based on a freeloader and how he worked harder getting out of work than he would have by working. I’ve known more than one person like that in my life and most were white. Funny has no race, creed, or color.
Kingfish makes laugh so hard, he is such a gamer
Kingfish was a Con Artist and Andrew J. Brown was his mark. Nothing racist about that. This show showed black people as Doctors, lawyers, Judges and business people. Compare that to movies like Pulp Fiction and how black people are portrayed in them.
This show was the black Honeymooners. Amos and Andy, set the stage for later shows, Sanford & Son, The Jefferson’s and Martin
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Jackie Gleason stole the idea for the Honeymooners from Ralph Cooper - was a Black man.
I think you mean the honeymooners was the white Amos n Andy. Amos n Andy was first.
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I love Calhoun's "oh man yeah!"
Kingfish - the best
There should be reruns on TV.
Not in this day and age, brother.
Why
Home study BEFORE the internet!😂😂 Way ahead of his time the Kingfish was.
There wouldn’t be a Spike Lee or Tyler Perry, if it wasn’t for pioneering black directors… Spencer Williams and Oscar Micheaux
I loved it as a kid and love it now.
Love their talent shown
I have several VCR tapes have they shows and they are Priceless to me Tim Moore belongs in the Walk of Fame and I guess all these actors belong in the Walk of Fame this was a special show and I wish the n-double-acp had thought to take it off the air these actors were done an injustice they be long in African-American history and should be recognized
A great show gone with the wind😢😢
Terrific writing and acting!!!!
Man was this rite here th' good stuff or what??? I [thankfully} have this whole series on dvd.
Good laughs from the real OG’s
"The Andy Griffith Show" would have been a lot funnier if Andy and Barney had talked like Kingfish and Andy Brown. 😂
this was on radio and early b&w tv
Spencer Williams. One of the greats. Actor and director. Made a film called, 'The Blood Of Jesus' that was a direct rebuttal to 'Birth Of A Nation'. Only discovered in full in the 1980's.
22:18 the guy talking to Andy also appeared in the film Manchurian Candidate as a psychologist playing opposite Frank Sinatra.
You're right, Cedric. That's Joe Adams. He used to manage Ray Charles.
Today's preachers took notes by watching Kingfish in action. Give me your money-ah and I'll save your soul-ah.
Nice to see someone is awake ❣️ Our community back then was so glad to see our faces on tv that they would laugh at things they did not understand…..WE LAUGHED AT THE IMAGE THAT WE WERE GIVEN…I GREW UP WATCHING THIS…LITTLE RASCALS…. I’m 71 , and still have a problem listening to FAKE LAUGHTER❗️IT WAS CALLED ENTERTAINMENT IN THE HOUSEHOLD . IN THE CHURCH IT WAS INDEED SINFUL TO ENTERTAIN SUCH BEHAVIOR. YES WE LAUGHED UNTIL WE CRIED…WE HAVE BECOME SO BRAIN WASHED AND BRAIN DEAD THAT WE CAN’T HEAR “OUR CHILDREN CRYING “ WAKE UP‼️
Thankfully, many preachers of today teach true Bible principles. For example, salvation comes from putting one's faith/beliefs in Jesus.
I LOVE THIS SHOW AND THE ACTORS. THEY DID A GREAT JOB 👍.
Blessings for this
I love this show I wish they had not taken it off the tv I am going to buy their DVDs,so I can watch day and night
Amazon sell the entire series...if there's anymore left...kinda pricey,but worth it ‼️ 😉
Andy Brown must have run out money for the kingfish to be in this shape.
24:20 wow! I didn't know they had contact lenses back then.
@24:20 Harlem had everything. They should teach about the Harlem Renaissance.
Love these…I appreciate our people from the older days. The guy looks like Raleigh from Amen.
@Walt M That IS RALEIGH FROM AMEN
@@modernvintage3226 Thanks, alot of people don't know anything about this or Amen.
That is him.
@@modernvintage3226 I thought it was "Rollie" he appears on several episodes as a fill-in guest and character
@@waltm.6107 that's Rollie from AMEN and Karl Winslow's mother appears in episodes of A&A.
“The new siesta” ha ha. Malapropisms galore 😂
Is that employment counselor the same Raleigh Forbes of Amen?
Yes, that's Jester Hairston.
Kingfish wears his suit all the time. No uniform for washing windows. I have some relatives like him, lol.
"Don't cattle come in one piece anymore?"
Thank you for sharing your videos
Honey mooners.. this is before it's time.
very grateful watching this makes me a bit more american -
i missed amos & andy
only heard about it.-
Love it
This comedy is what lead Martin Lawrence and others to the stage of comedy.
You can definitely see the influence on Sanford and Son, Jefferson's,both Red Foxx and Marla Gibbs were fans
It was a really good show I see no racism it at all
Let me guess, you're not Black?
Your so right I've seen all 72 or more episodes so so funny
I alkeral Andyways remembered that famous phrase....."Holy Mackeral Andy". LOL
I meant I always remembered that famous phrase....."Holy Mackeral Andy"
That’s Raleigh Walters
Who is Raleigh Walters?
BLESSED DAY STAY SAFE
One of my favorite show ever growing up
Comedy!
I love this series.. lòok forward to watching a series
Everyday
Never seen any of these episodes before, saw Kingfish teaches Andy to Fly, ohhh lawdddd😅😅😅😅 watching this one, my.2nd episode
For Andy to be so convincing to all with his stupidity he HAD to be smart. Sapphire was the epitome of patience and forbearance, somewhat like Alice on 'The Honeymooners'. When she appeared, the Mamma was a gem of antipathy toward the Kingfish. Their acting ability was complete.
The blacks who bitch about this being a derogatory representation of colored people are self-serving and have no interest in promoting black enterprise. "I Love Lucy" and "Amos 'n Andy" were the two funniest comedies ever to appear on TV. These black actors' stipends (royalties) were cut short by the NAACP, not by the 'racist' white man 'who never gave them a chance'. Blacks, more than anyone else, kept down the black man. Maybe it is high time blacks began to look into the mirror and see something enlightening. - David Lyga
Good stuff!!!
Love their talent shown. Saw this when I was a kid. Still funny..
Comedy at it’s best, 😊
Registratin for the new fiesta lol
That looked like a T-bone steak on the Kingfish's plate!
This show first appeared on radio and was voiced by white guys instead of black men
"Intuition". That is so funny! LOL
I wished I grew up watching these kinds of black movies
These shows were on tv when I was a child.
These shows were on tv when I was a child.
@@JaneFrieman I was born in 1958 I enjoyed watching it with my great grandmother she was born 1894, great family fun snacking on iced cinnamon raisin bread. Gramma was the best.
HOW IS THIS ANY DIFFERENT THAN SANFORD & SON (w/ Redd Foxx) ??
Amen character
Rollie Forbes
This show is my laugh therapy 😂 page "21"
The Kingfish always has a scheme. Andy doesn't fit the desk very well. Watching the expressions on Calhoun"s face.
This episode could not have been broadcast in season three. The show only ran for two years (1951-1953). 7:39
They should have called it Kingfish and Andy all the shows are about kingfish
Tim Moore. A great vaudevillian! My Step grandfather.
Grandmother was his fourth wife. The others were Hester, Gertrude and Benzonia.
I heard this Joke on Galveston. Someone asked a Crabber (Crab Trapper) why he didn't cover up the hole in the sand of the captured crabs ?? He said, "Don't worry, when one tries to climb out, another will drag him back down."
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MY POINT, THE "LIBERALS & ACTIVISTS" THAT PROTESTED THIS SHOW ONLY HURT THE ACTORS & Production Company. The continued success of this show would have spawned other Black shows, & would have helped evolve the Black identity sooner. Do Gooders, SMH.
"Yeah, and there I was with my arteries wide open . . ."
19:57 - Is that Dudley Dickerson from the Three Stooges?
I noticed that, too! I think that is him.
@@MrMedictom many people appeared on A&A back during their time.
Yes it sure looks like him. Good eye
About twenty years ago someone was showing clips of this episode on their blog to show how "offensive" the show was: showing that Black people are lazy, they can't speak proper English, and (the best) that they're "childlike and docile". I guess they thought Kingfish was the only character on the show.
Have you noticed there is no cussing, swearing or using the N word. One of the men said....holy macro! Lol
Mackerel
There are black shows today that don't do any of that . What's your point here?
Q00p please kindlyp day
Thanks teetee me?For your coment?Amen.
@@Closedeyewilly2
I believe the problem with the show was that it reinforced negative stereotypes of African-Americans.
It came from the history where the main characters had originally been portrayed by white actors which I found offensive.
As a white guy and a former school teacher, I find the mispronunciation and misuse of words not to be authentic. I can only speak from the perspective of a former school teacher with many children of African-American descent.
That being said, I find the characters in this program wonderful. Kingfish is the greatest.
If one were able to take color and dialect out of this program the situation’s are extremely funny and would work very similarly to an Archie Bunker or Ralph Kramden.
My favorite episode was The delicate and tasteful Christmas episode with Amos and his daughter.
All of the actors on this program if they haven’t been recognized should be for the quality of their work.
The problem of course with a program like this is its appeal to bigots. However, it doesn’t turn people who are not bigoted into bigots.
I believe with a few dialogue tweaks the TV program would have been less offensive to many people.
As one who considers himself a social progressive I totally understand the criticism of the program but at the same time enjoy it very much.
I agree with one of the commenters that I imagine the actors did not get any residuals as that was the way most programs were back in the day.
I would really enjoy seeing a documentary on this program celebrating the actors who performed so well and honoring their memories in creating a show that was so entertaining. I absolutely believe a special Emmy should be created posthumously for this cast.
When I discuss the show with others we don’t talk about the backgrounds of the actors simply the humor of the situations.
I enjoy the show and as I stated earlier understand fully the objections many people find.
This is actually the kind of program that could be used in a classroom (not in the current political climate perhaps) to talk about bigotry, comedy and where lines might be drawn that don’t infringe on First Amendment rights while at the same time make every attempt not to be offensive.
I’d love to see this show redone and updated with a interracial cast. Taking race out of the equation and using the comedic situations I believe would be a winning combination.
Finally, while perhaps this would not be a program that could be used as part of the curriculum in the elementary and middle school level, if our society gets back to a more balanced outlook it could be great in high school and in colleges.
The ironic part of this is that politicians like Governor DeSantis couldn’t ban this show like they have banned teaching of slavery, antisemitism and the Holocaust, internment camps, treatment of Native Americans…
All of that is banned because it might make white youth feel uncomfortable. Unfortunately that can’t be said for this show.
Perhaps it’s a commentary on how far we need to go to create a kinder and gentler nation.
Blessed are the peacemakers…😺
Jester Hairston
Nice reaction King fish?But Andy got it just right?Only a fool,breaks is own heart.
Thanks for?Real Black. Great.
trhe worst thing that ever happened is taiking Amos N Andy off the air, the worst
I just don't like the broken English myself.