AMOS 'N ANDY SHOW, THE: RARE COIN (TV)
Summary
One in this comedy series about Amos Jones and Andy Brown, two outlandish African-American stereotypes.
In this episode, Andy has found a nickel from the year 1877 and written a coin dealer, John Wilton, a letter asking its worth. Wilton sends a response in which he offers $250 for the coin. The letter is intercepted by Kingfish, who decides that he is going to get the coin away from Andy and collect the money for himself. He ingeniously succeeds in his mission, but accidentally uses the rare nickel to make a call to Wilton. The swindler uses his charm to get Andy to agree to break into the telephone coin box and retrieve the nickel. Unfortunately, the two friends are caught by a plainsclothesman and brought to court where they attempt to explain their actions. In the end, Andy repays Kingfish for his selfish deeds. Also, at the beginning of the show, Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll introduce the cast of "Amos 'N' Andy" to the audience. Alvin Childress is not present.
Details
- NETWORK: CBS
- DATE: July 13, 1951 8:30 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:32:47
- COLOR/B&W: B&W
- CATALOG ID: T78:0153
- GENRE: Comedy
- SUBJECT HEADING: Comedy; African-Americans - Ethnic humor; African-American Collection - Comedy
- SERIES RUN: CBS - TV series, 1951-1953
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Freeman Gosden … Producer
- Charles Correll … Producer
- Abby Berlin … Director
- Joe Connelly … Writer
- Bob Moser … Writer
- Bob Ross … Writer
- Alvin Childress … Cast, Amos Jones
- Spencer Williams Jr. … Cast, Andrew "Andy" Hogg Brown
- Tim Moore … Cast, George "The Kingfish" Stevens
- Johnny Lee … Cast, Algonquin J. Calhoun
- Jester Hairston … Cast, Henry Van Porter
- Ernestine Wade … Cast, Sapphire Stevens
- Vincent Townsend … Cast, Judge
- Roy Glenn … Cast, Plainclothesman
- Corny Anderson … Cast, Bailiff