AMOS 'N ANDY SHOW, THE: THE CHRISTMAS STORY (TV)

Summary

One in this comedy series about Amos Jones and Andy Brown, two outlandish African-American stereotypes.

Introduced by Gosden and Correll, this episode begins with a flashback to nine years earlier, to a hospital waiting room where Amos and Andy nervously await the birth of Amos's daughter Arbadella. In the present, Andy takes young Arbadella, his godchild, window-shopping on Christmas eve. She shows him a talking doll which her father told her Santa could not afford for her this year. Andy takes a job as a department store Santa in order to buy the doll for Arbadella. Later that evening, Amos interprets the meaning of the "The Lord's Prayer" for his daughter. Includes commercials.

Details

• NETWORK: CBS
• DATE: December 25, 1952 Thursday 8:30 PM
• RUNNING TIME: 0:29:25
• COLOR/B&W: B&W
• CATALOG ID: T86:0241
• GENRE: Comedy
• SUBJECT HEADING: Christmas plays; Comedy; African-Americans - Ethnic humor; African-American Collection - Comedy
• SERIES RUN: CBS - TV series, 1951-1953
• COMMERCIALS:
  • TV - Commercials - Blatz beer (voice-over only)

CREDITS

• James Fonda … Producer
• Charles Barton … Director
• Freeman Gosden … Created by, Host
• Charles Correll … Created by , Host
• Bob Ross … Writer
• Dave Schwartz … Writer
• Alvin Childress … Cast, Amos Jones
• Spencer Williams Jr. … Cast, Andrew "Andy" Hogg Brown
• Tim Moore … Cast, George "The Kingfish" Stevens
• Nick O'Demus (See also: Horace Stewart) … Cast, Lightnin'
• Patty Marie Ellis … Cast, Arbadella Jones
• Napoleon Simpson … Cast, Mr. Simpson
• Baxter Roseburr … Cast, Oliver
• Suzanne Webb … Cast, Henrietta
• Alvin James … Cast, Percy
• Freddie Moultrie … Cast, Little Boy
• Jane Adams … Cast, Ruby Jones