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Amos 'n' Andy / created by Freeman F. Gosden, Charles J. Correll.
LIBRA DVD 003 508 discs 9-16
Available from offsite location
LIBRA DVD 003 507 discs 1-8
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LIBRA DVD 003 509 bonus discs 1-4
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Amos 'n' Andy (Television program).
- Television programs--United States.
- Television programs.
- United States.
- African Americans--Drama.
- African Americans.
- Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--Drama.
- Harlem (New York, N.Y.).
- African Americans on television.
- American wit and humor.
- African American wit and humor.
- Minorities on television.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Radio comedies.
- Television comedies.
- Video recordings.
- Sound recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 16 videodiscs : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 4 MP3 CDs
- monochrome
- Edition:
- Platinum edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Bedford, NY : Vintage Theatre, [2005]
- System Details:
- DVD and CDs.
- digital
- optical
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- "Stories mostly centered on The Kingfish's schemes to get rich, often by duping his brothers in the Mystic Knights of the Sea Lodge. Andy was particularly dupable. Amos mostly narrated.
- Contents:
- Disc 1: The Rare Coin. New Neighbors. Vive La France. Income Tax Show. Vacation.
- Disc 2: The Engagement. The Eyeglass. Hospitalization. The Adoption. The Broken Clock.
- Disc 3: The Light Blue Car. Society Party. The Convention. Girls Upstairs. Kingfish Goes To Work.
- Disc 4: Cousin Effies Will. Kingfish Finds His. Future. Antique Shop. Kingfish Sells A Lot. Birthday Card
- Disc 5: The Ballet Tickets. The Boarder. Arabia. The Piggy Bank. Superfine Brush.
- Disc 6: Kingfish Has A Baby. Kingfish's Secretary. Kingfish Gets Drafted. The Gun. Young Girls Mother.
- Disc 7: Andy Falls In Love With An Actress. Kingfish At The Ball Game. Kingfish's Last Friend. Leroy's Suits. Seeing Is Believing.
- - Disc 8: Sapphire Disappears. Jewelry Store Robbery. The Winslow Woman. Call Lehigh 4-9900. Leroy Lends A Hand.
- Disc 9: Getting Mama Married 1. Getting Mama Married 2. The Happy Stevenses. Ready Made Family. Relatives.
- Disc 10: Amos Helps Out. Andy Buys A House. Andy Gets A Telegram. The Christmas Story. The Diner.
- Disc 11: Traffic Violation. The Turkey Dinner. Quo Vadis. Chinchilla Business. Uranium Mine.
- Disc 12: Kingfish Teaches Andy to Fly. Kingfish Becomes A Press Agent. Meal Ticket. Second Honeymoon. Father By Proxy.
- Disc 13: Madame Queen's Voice. The Godfather Insurance. Policy. Kingfish Gets Amnesia. Girl At The Station.
- Disc 14: The Invisible Glass. Kingfish Buys A Chair . Lodge Brothers Complain. Mr. Jackson Comes To Town. Counterfeiters In The Basement.
- Disc 15: Classified Ad. The Rasslin Match. The Lion Tamer. Introduction To The Cast. Check And Double Check
- Disc 16: Bonus Disc.
- Participant:
- Alvin Childress (Amos), Tim Moore (Kingfish), Spencer Williams, Jr. (Andy).
- Notes:
- Complete set of 75 Television shows originally aired 1951-1953.
- Special feature bonus discs: Anatomy of a controversy / written and produced by Bob Greenberg; directed by Stanley J. Sheff.
- 371 radio broadcasts on 4 MP3 discs.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Hazel M. Hussong Fund.
- OCLC:
- 82440187
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