A pair of friends in Harlem find themselves caught up in a series of misadventures, business schemes, and everyday problems, often relying on their neighbors and community to help them out of trouble.
CreatorsCharles J. Correll, Freeman F. Gosden
Kingfish Gets Drafted
Jun 28, 1951
When the Kingfish gets drafted, his wife and his lodge brothers applaud but soon change their tune when his outfit is to go overseas.
Kingfish's Secretary
Jul 5, 1951
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.
Young Girl's Mother
Jul 12, 1951
Andy wants to marry a very young girl until he meets her mother, a formidable woman he jilted many years ago.
Rare Coin
Sep 19, 1951
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.
Kingfish Has a Baby
Jul 26, 1951
The Kingfish decides to reform because he thinks he is about to become a father.
Counterfeiters Rent Basement
Aug 2, 1951
Andy becomes a hero when he overpowers a gang of counterfeiters and collects a fat reward.
Sapphire Disappears
Aug 9, 1951
The Kingfish thinks Sapphire has been murdered when she leaves him in a huff and he can find no trace of her.
The Winslow Woman
Aug 16, 1951
The Kingfish wants Andy to marry wealthy Mrs. Winslow, even when the not-so-wealthy woman actually show up.
The Gun
Aug 23, 1951
The Kingfish, trying to pawn a gun, is mistaken for a robber.
Call Lehigh 4-9900
Aug 30, 1951
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.
Leroy Lends a Hand
Sep 6, 1951
The Kingfish and Andy go into the parking lot business and wind up in the used car business
Fur Coat
Sep 13, 1951
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.
Jewelry Store Robbery
Sep 20, 1951
Andy and the Kingfish find that a snapshot they took is worth $1000 because it shows a man robbing a store.
Kingfish's Last Friend
Sep 27, 1951
The Kingfish has swindled too many people and is losing all of his friends so he goes on a reform kick.
Andy Buys a House
Oct 4, 1951
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.
Amos Helps Out
Oct 11, 1951
After a domestic fight, the Kingfish writes a fake letter form the license bureau stating that he and Sapphire were never legally married.
Getting Mama Married (1)
Oct 18, 1951
The Kingfish's mother-in-law elopes with a conman and a fleecer of widows.
Getting Mama Married (2)
Oct 25, 1951
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.
The Happy Stevenses
Nov 1, 1951
The Kingfish and Sapphire imitate participants in a radio show about a happy marriage, in order to change the pattern of their stormy marriage.
Traffic Violation
Nov 8, 1951
The Kingfish and Andy, co-owners of a car, compete with each other in the collection of traffic tickets.
Quo Vadis
Nov 15, 1951
The Kingfish goes to a lavish dinner party at which he finds, uncomfortably, that Sapphire is a waitress.
The Diner
Nov 22, 1951
The Kingfish and Andy buy a diner, which was doing a good business, and run it out of business.
The Turkey Dinner
Nov 29, 1951
The Kingfish is conned into buying stolen turkeys from a country bumpkin.
Ready Made Family
Dec 6, 1951
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.
Relatives
Dec 20, 1951
Clamming that his mother-in-law disturbs his home, the Kingfish takes his problems to family court. Meanwhile, more relatives show up.
Andy Gets a Telegram
Dec 27, 1951
The Kingfish winds up on a cattle boat bound for South America when Sapphire plots to separate him from his worthless friends.
Hospitalization
Jan 3, 1952
Andy buys hospitalization insurance from the Kingfish and then relaxes in the hospital, turning the Kingfish frantic with bills he can't pay.
