Amos N' Andy Calhoun To The Rescue

Calhoun poses as the Kingfish in order to scam Kingfish's cousin Leo into buying an Antique shop.

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Comedy

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• Classic
• 50's
• TV
• series
• comedy
• Amos
• N'
• Andy
• Tim
• Moore
• Spencer
• Williams
• Saphire

[Labaron26]

Too bad some narrow minded people had these shows banned...They were some of the most funny TV shows of all time...and nothing to do with stereotyping blacks..I have many of the radio Amos n' Andy shows on tape and they are still a pleasure to listen to and bring plenty of laughs still today.....

[B2kcookies]

I love this show!!!! It's so classical!!

JESUS SAVES!!! EVERYBODY!!1

KEEP GOD 1ST NO MATTA WHAT!!!

[Casey5693]

There are plenty of white crooks on tv especially on Seinfeld, so why is this show so bad?

[Casey5693]

Then the molecule breaks down into neutrons, protons, fig newtons, and morons. HAHAHA!

[lakekerr1]

I don't care what sterotyping someone might think, it is still funny. 

[ljphilp]

@JETCAR223  Vaudeville.

[therealjoebloggs]

The Kingfish was a con-man, Algonquin Calhoun was a crooked lawyer, Andrew H.Brown was a ladies' man who swore he was a playa(well, he tried, anyhow). The only "Good Negro" on the show was Amos, who drove a cab(and I'm sure he took the scenic route from the Airport). The show was no worse than any other as stereotypes go, but I'm sure the NAACP thought A&A was showing Black folks to be seamy as well as ridiculous, and that's why they wanted it pulled.

[jimblue39]

Perhaps if everybody would get their heads out of their dumb asses and just take people as they are, black, white, green, W H A T E V E R......we would be a HELL of a lot better off. But that will N E V E R happen.

[Pimp2O11]

LOL@5:33 Mmmmmmmmmm .....Yeeaaaahhhhh

[fromthesidelines]

The NAACP primarily objected to the TV series because they felt it wasn't "dignified" enough to feature an all-black cast. However, the "screwball" kind of situation comedy seen here was just as "demeaning" to white performers as well {think "I LOVE LUCY"}. Perhaps the NAACP felt something more along the lines of "THE GOLDBERGS" or "MAMA" (gentle comedy entwined with dramatic moments} would have been a better series to emulate. But this is PURE FARCE- just as it was on radio...

[JRussoBuffaloNY]

JizCAR the show was harmless, not different from Life with Liugi,The Goldbergs,or any other ethnically oriented show of the times,even later on sanford & son,all in the family & the jeffersons.so it happened on both b&w ends. however they would understand the folly of their ways like w,archie or g.jefferson. besides it is fictional ppl knew this in 1951,1971 & 2011. so get over it. btw speak out against that movie "white chicks" also, if your going to identify racism.be thorough not biased. twit

[math1202]

@McNabbulous so true