AMOS 'N ANDY {ANDY AND KINGFISH START AN EMPLOYMENT AGENCY} {JACK BENNY, EDDIE "ROCHESTER" ANDERSON} (RADIO)
Summary
One in this comedy series starring Freeman Gosden and
Charles Correll as Amos and Andy, two black friends in
Harlem, New York. In this program, currently unemployed
and not wanting to work, Andy and Kingfish open an
employment agency. Their first customer is a valet
named Rochester, who explains that he no longer wishes
to work for his miserly boss. Andy and Kingfish assure
Rochester that they will find him a new boss. Later,
his employer, Jack Benny, decides to replace him. Benny
hails Amos's cab and asks to be taken to an employment
agency in Harlem. Amos immediately brings him to his
friends' new business. Things go awry, however, when
Kingfish and Andy tell Benny that they have just the
valet for him, not knowing that Rochester is Benny's
current employee. When they realize what they have
done, Kingfish and Andy visit their lawyer and create a
legal excuse to get out of their mess. At the end of
the program, Shorty the Barber visits the employment
agency looking for a shoe shine boy. Much to Kingfish's
chagrin, Andy fills the position right away. Includes
commercials.
(Network affiliation varies. This series aired on NBC
from 1929 to 1939 and from 1943 to 1948, and on CBS
from 1948 to 1960. Both networks had Lever Brothers as
a sponsor and therefore, network affiliation for this
program is unknown.)
Details
- NETWORK: N/A
- DATE: Late 1940s
- RUNNING TIME: 0:26:05
- COLOR/B&W: N/A
- CATALOG ID: R:8931
- GENRE: Radio - Comedy
- SUBJECT HEADING: Comedy; African-American Collection - Comedy
- SERIES RUN: NBC - Radio series,1929 -1939 and 1943 -1948; CBS Radio series, 1948-1960
- COMMERCIALS:
- Radio - Commercials - Rinso detergent
CREDITS
- Freeman Gosden … Cast, Amos Jones and Kingfish (George Stevens)
- Charles Correll … Cast, Andy (Andrew H. Brown)
- Eddie Green … Cast, Stonewall, the Lawyer
- Lou Lubin … Cast, Shorty, the barber
- Jack Benny … Guest
- Anderson, Eddie "Rochester" … Guest, Cast, Rochester