Amos 'n' Andy - The Kingfish Finds His Future (1953)

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  • Feeling he's a failure at life, the Kingfish decides to take a series of aptitude tests to determine what his career should be.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 154

  • @dlagrua
    @dlagrua Рік тому +10

    Some of the best comedians in television were in this show. Outstanding, absolutely great!

  • @ronaldmessina4229
    @ronaldmessina4229 10 місяців тому +7

    In my opinion, these are the absolute best of all the best presentations, how I do miss all of them., restricted for absolutely no reason whatsoever

  • @elysilk4538
    @elysilk4538 2 роки тому +14

    Without a doubt, this was the best cast sitcom on TV. The selected actors were absolutely perfect for their roles---and they were truly funny!

  • @charlescarter5335
    @charlescarter5335 2 роки тому +15

    It is such a shame. The NAACP was all for getting the show taken off air. None of these actors were recognized as the talented people the were. This is probably the greatist sitcom in history. Nothing to compare to it since

    • @smoothoperator7023
      @smoothoperator7023 Місяць тому

      All the characters on this show were very good & funny, but Lightnin' was the real reason the NAACP targeted this show bc he was a direct portrayal of Stepin Fetchit. And Stepin Fetchit was reviled in the black community.

  • @TheSpriceangel
    @TheSpriceangel 4 роки тому +57

    My great-grandmother bought her first floor model Zenith television in 1952. She would bake tea cake cookies and invite all the neighbors that wanted a bit of home entertainment. On Saturday mornings, our living room floor was real popular with all the children. Thanks so very much for the memories Reelblack. 💖

    • @raywogoman7360
      @raywogoman7360 4 роки тому

      J?s

    • @douglasdaniels1521
      @douglasdaniels1521 3 роки тому +1

      @@raywogoman7360 J?s?

    • @fashionafrica7193
      @fashionafrica7193 3 роки тому

      ua-cam.com/video/R67pnaACMgU/v-deo.html

    • @donaldgordon3991
      @donaldgordon3991 2 роки тому +1

      I ioved the show. The writers went out of their way to make it plain funny with out making a social commentary about everything

  • @frankfgsr
    @frankfgsr 3 роки тому +8

    Just great acting, with pure comedy, was great to watch back then, and today it's just as funny.

  • @paulyandle1286
    @paulyandle1286 4 роки тому +34

    Tim Moore was simply magnetic as The Kingfish. We looked forward to Amos and Andy every Monday night, just before You Bet Your Life, with Groucho.

  • @hatednyc
    @hatednyc 3 роки тому +17

    “Well where is you thinkin on fugin to?” Man I love Andy. I never understood why it’s called Amos and Andy when it’s more like the King Fish Show or King Fish and Andy show

  • @dree2295
    @dree2295 2 роки тому +4

    "You want a jockey on him?" Hilarious!

  • @ChadQuick270W
    @ChadQuick270W 3 роки тому +8

    One of my favorites. Malapropisms galore! Amos N Andy is a historical treasure and should be released on DVD from the original 35mm prints. This show is hilarious 😂

  • @maryomnes9445
    @maryomnes9445 3 роки тому +6

    I was 7 years old when this show started. I am now 75 years old and I love watching it on You Tube. Yea for the 50's it brings back a lot of memories. My favorite character on the show was Kingfish because he was so funny 🤣 😆. He made me laugh so much. 🙂🙂😄😄🙂

  • @roxismith6122
    @roxismith6122 3 роки тому +11

    Being a child of the 50s, this brings back memories.

  • @donnadequire-rios3531
    @donnadequire-rios3531 4 роки тому +26

    Thank u for uploading this video. I love it. You have made me so happy.

  • @alandajenkins2360
    @alandajenkins2360 Рік тому +3

    When Sapphire Sat down and mumbled "umm umm umm" and mom came out the room and said "Sapphire, send the things back" , was just too hilarious 🤣🤣😅🤣🤣😅🤣🤣. Poor George

  • @managerassistantsllc4717
    @managerassistantsllc4717 2 роки тому +11

    I just love Amos and Andy. I watched this series when I was a little boy and it was such a comfort to me. It taught me to love and respect black people. And that has never left me. It's not "political" with me. It's a gut reaction in my soul.

    • @donaldboykin9070
      @donaldboykin9070 11 місяців тому

      It is great

      .

    • @rogerscalf231
      @rogerscalf231 11 місяців тому

      You must be black. Are ya?

    • @kathleenjorgensen3087
      @kathleenjorgensen3087 10 місяців тому

      They came out In 52 I was going on too. Didn't really see them till. I was like in fifth or sixth grade. I didn't see any difference. I didn't recognize color back then. Maybe a Catholic school A difference

    • @kathleenjorgensen3087
      @kathleenjorgensen3087 10 місяців тому

      Voice not working should be two

  • @francisjohnson665
    @francisjohnson665 6 місяців тому +1

    I loved the show as a child , when it first came out and I love it now at 77 . Greatest actors ever . I loved Lighting , he should have had more air time .❤❤❤❤❤

  • @scottlarson1548
    @scottlarson1548 11 місяців тому +3

    My gosh, in two seasons the Kingfish had more job interviews than I've had in forty years of employment!

    • @rogerscalf231
      @rogerscalf231 11 місяців тому

      Maybe it's because IT'S A TV SHOW, NOT REAL. YOU on the other hand are probably lily white, and in those 40 (yrs?) you probably had stable well paying jobs, that LASTED! BIG DIFFERENCE.

  • @TheORIGINALBrentTheGent
    @TheORIGINALBrentTheGent 3 роки тому +14

    Thank You, reelblack, for This (and All Your Posts)! EXCELLENT Quality as well !

  • @ruthiesmith6770
    @ruthiesmith6770 3 роки тому +4

    I love this comedy

  • @billw2710
    @billw2710 3 роки тому +15

    Terrific actors, each actor was talented beyond description, I watched this show back in the early fifties, and now have the entire series on DVD, including a couple of old radio programs. They all seemed to love their roles and enjoyed playing the characters. I would be hard pressed to pick a favorite, but Calhoun would be in the running, but then trying to pick a favorite would mean putting one actor above the rest and I do think that would be impossible.

  • @ardiffley-zipkin9539
    @ardiffley-zipkin9539 Рік тому +1

    Very funny and well acted. A classic series and episode.

  • @jpmahoney56
    @jpmahoney56 3 роки тому +16

    "well Kingfish you knew you were a failure before, but, its never kept you up this late" LOL damn that was good

  • @hawkmaster381
    @hawkmaster381 Рік тому +2

    After all the years of watching Amos & Andy, this episode made me realize that it’s not so much Kingfish as it is King Fish (leader of Mystic Knights of the Sea). It’s not a name, but a title.

  • @timhall5229
    @timhall5229 3 роки тому +6

    Thanks for the great uploads! I lived through this era, that’s just the way it was, we never thought a thing about it. It was so funny, racism was never a thought in our mind. People who never lived through this time were the ones responsible for banning these wonderful programs. If the cast of “I Love Lucy” were black, I’m sure we could never watch those episodes either. No doubt, absolutely wonderful comedic timing and great acting. Kingfish and Andy were so great together (they were the black “Honeymooners “), and Amos was the voice of logic and wisdom. What a wonderfully talented cast! Imagine if you were told you couldn’t watch the “Honeymooners “ because they made fun of poor white people. To me, good acting and great comedy out trump the race card.

    • @rogerscalf231
      @rogerscalf231 11 місяців тому

      It figures, CHUMP brings up trump.

  • @joshua.l.henderson5209
    @joshua.l.henderson5209 2 роки тому +3

    that is wonderful and inspiring....

  • @lesterhall5145
    @lesterhall5145 2 роки тому +4

    Really felt bad for the scheming con man after Sapphire and her mom put him down but Andy liked the paintings and Kingfish won out in the end. Kingfish had some friends that stuck by him through his shenanigans.

  • @SuperIliad
    @SuperIliad 3 роки тому +4

    The Kingfish Finds His Future, Season 2, Episode 22, aired 30 April 1953, Alvin Childress as Amos; Spencer Williams (as Spencer Williams Jr.) as Andy; Tim Moore Kingfish; Ernestine Wade as Sapphire; Johnny Lee as Calhoun; Amanda Randolph as Mama; Roy Glenn as Walker; Bill Walker as Mr. Gladstone; Milton Wood as Mr. Harper.

  • @flintknudsen2155
    @flintknudsen2155 2 роки тому +8

    AMOS AND ANDY was a great show with a cast of seasoned and overachieving performers. It sickened me to see their work trashed by race-obsessed noisemakers.

  • @malcolmmilliner7827
    @malcolmmilliner7827 3 роки тому +6

    THE BACK IN THE DAY CRAY CRAY KINGS/KANGS OF THE HA HA...THANK GOD FOR AMOS AND ANDY...BLESSINGS Y'ALL...ECK

  • @katemoonstone2409
    @katemoonstone2409 3 роки тому +2

    There was a rumor that Michael Jackson had bought all these because he thought it portrayed African Americans Inaba light. I used to watch these Asa child. And also glad to find these again. Ty for posting them

    • @rogerscalf231
      @rogerscalf231 11 місяців тому

      Did you quit school in 2nd grade?

  • @carlo1132
    @carlo1132 2 роки тому +3

    Poor Kingfish, don't feel bad I have no artistic ability either!

  • @marycraft631
    @marycraft631 3 роки тому +6

    Thank you, I love it. Keep doing what you do.

  • @jdb10715
    @jdb10715 2 роки тому +3

    Interesting to see "Mr Bentley" the writer and the other man taking the test who played in at least one other episode.

  • @IMN602
    @IMN602 2 роки тому +3

    He really apprecilates it

  • @mrmjb1960
    @mrmjb1960 2 роки тому +2

    The Colonel And the Bear was their next project a cartoon.

  • @jesseleblanc1199
    @jesseleblanc1199 3 роки тому +2

    That's why I never saw this I was to late but I did enjoy the Jeffersons and Good times and all in the family

  • @mrmjb1960
    @mrmjb1960 2 роки тому +2

    Freeman Gosden had the original master films of this tv show.

  • @Dimika-rq3uj
    @Dimika-rq3uj 2 місяці тому +1

    I like this show. My family and I watched and laughed together. The stories were good and the acting was great.
    The problem with the show was not about racism. It was the characters. At that time in our history, Black America was struggling with civil rights and it was thought that the images portrayed here were a hindrance to the struggle. Many people would see these characters as the real deal. Since people have a tendency to treat you the way they think of you, it was determined to try to eliminate this influence. The actors on the show knew this and have commented on this. The decision to withdraw the series was regrettable but necessary. Behind closed doors, however, Black people continued to enjoy the program even to this day. Today things are a bit different but still there is need to be cautious. When Obama was first elected president, there were those who were saying they were just like the Huxtables. It is all in the think.

  • @ChadBray
    @ChadBray 2 роки тому +3

    $100 dollars in 1953 would be equivalent to $1044 in 2022

  • @jesseleblanc1199
    @jesseleblanc1199 3 роки тому +6

    That's where I'm gonna put my weasel lol

  • @scottmccreary5371
    @scottmccreary5371 3 роки тому +5

    Kingfish drew that 🐎 just like I would sorta !?! Love this series !!! Best ever & my favorite next to the Marx Brothers !!!

  • @anniehummings365
    @anniehummings365 4 роки тому +7

    We had a Mr Kingfish who lived next door to us in my home town.

  • @joeyhernandez2050
    @joeyhernandez2050 9 місяців тому +1

    A & A premiered 2 days after I was born on June 28,1951. It was a great cast.They got a bad rap. Time will teach that this show was number one.

  • @larryester1675
    @larryester1675 3 роки тому +5

    Luv the video

  • @jonathanstempleton7864
    @jonathanstempleton7864 Рік тому +2

    To be honest, I'm not sure I could draw a better horse

  • @user-hq7lo7wq5x
    @user-hq7lo7wq5x Рік тому +1

    These are still seen in other parts lf the world....ooooo1952 still hanging in there...😊

  • @brendaallent8771
    @brendaallent8771 3 роки тому +3

    DO LOVE OUR PEOPLE FOR BEING STRONG IN THEIR LIVES AND THE SURVIVAL OF THEIR ERA WE ARE WHAT THEY WERE WE PICK UP THE TORCH AND MARCH FORWARD FOR WE TOO HAVE A ROAD TO TRAVEL THE ROAD MAY BE ROUGH BUT TOGETHER WE WILL SURVIVE 🙏🙏🙏🌎👀🦋😇🔑🚪💝✨💎😇💯

    • @diancecht4566
      @diancecht4566 3 роки тому +2

      WTF is all that supposed to mean? It was the NAACP which forced this show to be canceled. Go piss your politics somewhere else.

  • @glenndoleberry8418
    @glenndoleberry8418 3 роки тому +4

    Apparently the graphics guy used this shows intro font for the Honeymooners 🤣

  • @ellenlerch
    @ellenlerch Рік тому +1

    Sad the network pulled the program. Left talented actors with nothing. Great, clean comedy

  • @bromisovalum8417
    @bromisovalum8417 3 роки тому +3

    Tim Moore was a great actor. The whole cast is great. Tim Moore and Spencer Williams jr. are protruding though.

  • @TheGhettogoats
    @TheGhettogoats Рік тому +1

    Talent

  • @Ronald-hx6zn
    @Ronald-hx6zn 6 місяців тому +1

    There is not a single better comedy show on T.V.,Except the 3 stooges.

  • @capndad6826
    @capndad6826 2 роки тому +2

    The King Fish is alive and well and going by the name of Ted Williams, a commentator on FOX News.

  • @andrewphilbrick1790
    @andrewphilbrick1790 2 роки тому +2

    I'm gonna spin this globe, and make it stop at ransom....lol.

  • @CyberSoul958
    @CyberSoul958 3 роки тому +5

    The comments showing appreciation for a show like this is absolutely crazy. We shouldn't be praising a show like this. Just pay attention folks and enlighten yourselves.

    • @barbarawilson1895
      @barbarawilson1895 3 роки тому +1

      Hello This is nothing but the White version of All In The Family Archie

    • @SteveCarras
      @SteveCarras 3 роки тому

      So you like black*ish or THE HATE U GIVE?? HOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHLY MACKEREL! My PARENTS loved thids and the radio show *they were born in the Depression. #AmericanGIrlKit #AmericanGIrlMolly terrotory.

    • @fashionafrica7193
      @fashionafrica7193 3 роки тому

      ua-cam.com/video/R67pnaACMgU/v-deo.html

    • @gailmorris5324
      @gailmorris5324 3 роки тому +1

      Totally disagree, they portrayed prominent figures, Amos owned the cab company, Calhoun is a lawyer, corporate figures in every episode. It's obvious Kingfish and Sapphire lived pretty decently. It's comedy and it entertained many. During that time there were no blacks on tv and we loved it. What's the difference in them and George Jefferson? George was rich, he was a dry cleaner but he was also a character.

    • @NoBullsh_t
      @NoBullsh_t Рік тому +1

      I like and find the show entertaining and I love the actors but yeah I don't get why people don't see how racist some of these episodes are. I agree that the same themes are alive today. For example Bruh Man from Martin was a modern day Lightning/Step n Fetchit. They just hide stuff a little better these days...

  • @stephenhensley5631
    @stephenhensley5631 3 роки тому +2

    Me too ! And good ones.

  • @randyato9374
    @randyato9374 3 роки тому +2

    Those drawing would be worth a lot of money today if it survived through out the years

  • @johnwhite2923
    @johnwhite2923 3 роки тому +6

    I remember watching reruns of this show right before it completely vanished, early
    1960s. I was 5 or 6. It’s very dated but still hilarious. Is it really any more racist
    than any of the black sitcoms of the 1970s like Sanford & Good Times?I don’t
    see it.

    • @rogerscalf231
      @rogerscalf231 11 місяців тому

      Of course you don't see it, John whiteboy, there on none so blind, as those who WILL NOT see. People like you, prove the NAACP was correct!

  • @itiswhatitaintanditaintwha1427
    @itiswhatitaintanditaintwha1427 16 днів тому

    I felt sorry for the Kingfish in this one.😥 He was trying to do something honestly this time.

  • @duckdive9334
    @duckdive9334 3 роки тому +3

    Download and save them before the Woke people have these classics destroyed!

  • @kevinpyne5808
    @kevinpyne5808 3 роки тому +4

    Was it common for TV shows in the 1950's to not indicate the stars of the show in the opening credits?

    • @billw2710
      @billw2710 3 роки тому +2

      Not common, The Honeymooners would be one example.

    • @fashionafrica7193
      @fashionafrica7193 3 роки тому

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  • @evanflowforever6615
    @evanflowforever6615 3 роки тому +4

    I believe that if you believe there is nothing you ca not receive. But becoming a artistic painter is one thing I would steer clear of. These actors were artists. Yet they were paid like stage hands. Sorry guys.

    • @billw2710
      @billw2710 3 роки тому

      Oh boy, shit's getting deep now!

    • @evanflowforever6615
      @evanflowforever6615 3 роки тому

      @@billw2710 let me take it deeper for u. Love of the Lord always lifts the lowly. Praise God...

    • @fashionafrica7193
      @fashionafrica7193 3 роки тому

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  • @jonathanchartrand3351
    @jonathanchartrand3351 4 роки тому +18

    Classic comedy

    • @fashionafrica7193
      @fashionafrica7193 3 роки тому

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    • @altonriggs2352
      @altonriggs2352 3 роки тому

      Talent all round.

    • @jonathanchartrand3351
      @jonathanchartrand3351 3 роки тому

      @@altonriggs2352 It's too bad that there was only one season and that the episodes are poor quality.

  • @fiestadoll
    @fiestadoll 4 роки тому +5

    This show breaks my heart

    • @CyberSoul958
      @CyberSoul958 3 роки тому +2

      Especially the way he's portrayed if only people pay attention

    • @billw2710
      @billw2710 3 роки тому +8

      Amber Pickens: You need to get over it young lady, that was a great show with great actors.

    • @billw2710
      @billw2710 3 роки тому +8

      @@CyberSoul958 How about the Three Stooges, the Honeymooners, Laurel and Hardy, Abbott and Costello? Do you have a problem with those white actors portraying whites as conniving, lazy, dumb people? Get over your problem dude, Amos and Andy was comedy at it's best and that's all it was meant to be and WAS NOT to show /or meant to show that black people were lazy or dumb. The entire cast of Amos and Andy had something special that actors today do not have.

    • @mauricegrant9229
      @mauricegrant9229 3 роки тому +5

      @ Amber Pickens - WHY? They Portrayed US As " Doctors, Lawyers, Businessmen And Even Judges " Again I Ask "WHY" Does This Show Breaks Your 💔?? 🤔

    • @fashionafrica7193
      @fashionafrica7193 3 роки тому

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  • @SteveCarras
    @SteveCarras 3 роки тому +4

    Black Lives Matter..THESE BLACK lives..take this over Michael Jackson...I have a TV epsode of this, heard a Christm,as radio epsioe!

    • @fashionafrica7193
      @fashionafrica7193 3 роки тому

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    • @rogerscalf231
      @rogerscalf231 11 місяців тому

      Did your dog write this? Lot of misspelled words. Or maybe you're 4 yrs. OLD?

  • @jesseleblanc1199
    @jesseleblanc1199 3 роки тому +1

    And Sanford and son was good to

  • @sunrah4469
    @sunrah4469 4 роки тому +13

    Oh snap , I thought I was watching the congressional black caucus 😉

  • @gailjackson8187
    @gailjackson8187 4 роки тому +3

    💚 Mike ✨ infinite 😅 😂😭💯

  • @michaelmitchell5098
    @michaelmitchell5098 3 роки тому +4

    Ooooh you don’t say so?😂

  • @justinrexroad8124
    @justinrexroad8124 3 роки тому +1

    🙋🏼🇺🇸🎤©️®️🙏

  • @mr.rauchellesouthward8929
    @mr.rauchellesouthward8929 3 роки тому +2

    Foolishness

  • @MaryJohnson-pd4gg
    @MaryJohnson-pd4gg 3 роки тому +2

    P

  • @redflamered
    @redflamered 3 роки тому +1

    Tim Moore (Kingfish) was great. But the worst theme music of all time especially at the closing credits.

    • @tomgrosemusic
      @tomgrosemusic 3 роки тому +2

      That music chokes me up. Very moving.

    • @elysilk4538
      @elysilk4538 2 роки тому +2

      I like the theme music.

  • @stevjerome7781
    @stevjerome7781 4 роки тому +2

    Hello black people :V