This collection of "Amos 'n' Andy" shows features 304 shows on 1 DVD. Each episode is presented in the .mp3 format. There are many hours of entertaining "Amos 'n' Andy" programs.

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A note concerning sound quality. The sound quality for the shows in this collection is very good to good. It is difficult to find perfect recordings from the golden age of radio due to the equipment used for recording and the fact that many of the recordings were made 60, 70 or even 80 years ago.

HERE'S SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION FOR "AMOS 'N' ANDY":

"Amos 'n' Andy" was a situation comedy popular in the United States from the 1920s through the 1950s. The show began as one of the first radio comedy serials, written and voiced by Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll and originating from station WMAQ in Chicago, Illinois. After the series was first broadcast in 1928, it grew in popularity and became a huge influence on the radio serials that followed.

"Amos 'n' Andy" creators Gosden and Correll were white actors familiar with minstrel traditions. They met in Durham, North Carolina in 1920, and by the fall of 1925, they were performing nightly song-and-patter routines on the Chicago Tribune's station WGN.

Since the Tribune syndicated Sidney Smith's popular comic strip The Gumps, which had successfully introduced the concept of daily continuity, WGN executive Ben McCanna thought the notion of a serialized drama could also work on radio. He suggested to Gosden and Correll that they adapt The Gumps to radio. They instead proposed a series about "a couple of colored characters" and borrowed certain elements of The Gumps. Their new series, "Sam 'n' Henry", began January 12, 1926, fascinating radio listeners throughout the Midwest. That series became popular enough that in late 1927 Gosden and Correll requested that it be distributed to other stations on phonograph records in a "chainless chain" concept that would have been the first use of radio syndication as we know it today. When WGN rejected the idea, Gosden and Correll quit the show and the station that December.

Contractually, their characters belonged to WGN, so when Gosden and Correll left WGN, they performed in personal appearances but could not use the character names from the radio show.

When WMAQ, the Chicago Daily News station, hired the team and their WGN announcer, Bill Hay, to create a series similar to "Sam 'n' Henry", they offered higher salaries than WGN and the rights to pursue the "chainless chain" syndication concept. "Amos 'n' Andy" began March 19, 1928, on WMAQ.

Initially, Gosden and Correll portrayed all the male roles. Between the two, they voiced over 170 distinct characterizations in the show's first decade. With the episodic drama and suspense heightened by cliffhanger endings, "Amos 'n' Andy" reached an ever-expanding radio audience. It was one of the earliest success stories of radio syndication, and at least 70 stations besides WMAQ carried the program using prerecorded records.

With the listening audience increasing in the spring and summer of 1928, the show's success prompted the Pepsodent Company to bring it to the NBC Blue network, where "Amos 'n' Andy" was broadcast coast-to-coast beginning August 19, 1929. At the same time, the serial's central characters -- Amos, Andy and George "The Kingfish" Stevens -- relocated from Chicago to Harlem.

"Amos 'n' Andy" was officially transferred by NBC from the Blue Network to the Red Network in 1935, although the vast majority of stations carrying the show remained the same. Several months later, Gosden and Correll moved production of the show from NBC's Merchandise Mart studios in Chicago to Hollywood.

While the five-a-week show often had a quiet, easygoing feeling, the new version was a full-fledged sitcom in the Hollywood sense, with a regular studio audience (for the first time in the show's history) and an orchestra. More outside actors, including many African American comedy professionals, were brought in to fill out the cast.

Many of the half-hour programs were written by Joe Connelly and Bob Mosher, later the writing team behind Leave It To Beaver and The Munsters. In the new version, Amos became a peripheral character to the more dominant Andy and Kingfish duo, although Amos was still featured in the traditional Christmas show where he explains The Lord's Prayer to his daughter.

Episode Listing for the "Amos 'n' Andy" programs included in this collection:

Amos & Andy - 280000 - Promo
Amos & Andy - 280717 - The Presidential Election
Amos & Andy - 290114 - The Efficiency Expert
Amos & Andy - 290115 - Checking Things Out
Amos & Andy - 290117 - Stepping On andy's Toes
Amos & Andy - 290421 - Everybody's Signing Andy's Name
Amos & Andy - 290422 - Amos Seen Talking to tootsie
Amos & Andy - 290423 - Raising Money For The Lodge
Amos & Andy - 290425 - Ruby Thinks Amos is Cheating
Amos & Andy - 290426 - Lodge Hall Contract
Amos & Andy - 290427 - Signing The Contract
Amos & Andy - 290502 - Opening Easy Riding Taxi Cab
Amos & Andy - 290519 - Missing Lodge Money
Amos & Andy - 290520 - Opening Easyriding Taxi Cab
Amos & Andy - 290521 - Earl Dixon Joins The Lodge
Amos & Andy - 290523 - Earl Dixon Has Bought Kingfish
Amos & Andy - 290529 - The New Lodge By-Laws
Amos & Andy - 290608 - Garnished Bank Account
Amos & Andy - 290609 - Ruby Taylor Coming Home
Amos & Andy - 290616 - Amos and Ruby Taylor
Amos & Andy - 290617 - Amos is Lovesick
Amos & Andy - 290618 - Cut-Off
Amos & Andy - 290619 - Andy's Chart
Amos & Andy - 290620 - Letter From detroit
Amos & Andy - 290621 - Andy's Higher Math
Amos & Andy - 290622 - Earl Dixon stages Robbery
Amos & Andy - 290623 - Amos Fears Ruby's reaction
Amos & Andy - 290624 - The Boys Visit Amos Again
Amos & Andy - 290625 - Andy Needs A Lawyer For Amos
Amos & Andy - 290627 - Money For The Lawyer
Amos & Andy - 290628 - Mr. Taylor Posts Bail
Amos & Andy - 290629 - Amos Out On Bail
Amos & Andy - 290700 - UnknownTitle
Amos & Andy - 290702 - Getting Ready For Court
Amos & Andy - 290703 - Andy Reads A Law Book To Help Amos
Amos & Andy - 290705 - Amos Worried About Court
Amos & Andy - 291122 - At The Bullfights
Amos & Andy - 291122 - At The Daily
Amos & Andy - 300404 - Check & Double Check
Amos & Andy - 300404 - Regusted
Amos & Andy - 300404 - Wrestling Holds
Amos & Andy - 330109 - Andy Learns To Work The Hotel Desk
Amos & Andy - 330222 - Madam Queen Gets Engaged
Amos & Andy - 360819 - Lost in Lake Arrowhead
Amos & Andy - 361204 - The Minstrel Show
Amos & Andy - 390403 - Marriage Of Andrew Brown
Amos & Andy - 390404 - Andy Is Shot In The Arm
Amos & Andy - 390921 - Singing Lessons
Amos & Andy - 400313 - Andy's Heiress Waitress
Amos & Andy - 411224 - Christmas Eve - The Lord's Prayer
Amos & Andy - 430000 - Auditions For 30-Minute Series
Amos & Andy - 430309 - Amos is Missing
Amos & Andy - 430312 - Candy For Caroline
Amos & Andy - 431008 - Andy's New Wife
Amos & Andy - 431015 - The Maestro
Amos & Andy - 431022 - Courtroom Catastrophe
Amos & Andy - 431029 - The Chair (2nd Half)
Amos & Andy - 431105 - The Locked Trunk's Secret
Amos & Andy - 431112 - Matrimonial Mishap
Amos & Andy - 431119 - Turkey Trouble
Amos & Andy - 431126 - Man's Best Friend
Amos & Andy - 431203 - Candy For Caroline
Amos & Andy - 431210 - Bookends and Babies
Amos & Andy - 431217 - The Marriage Counselor
Amos & Andy - 431224 - Annual Christmas Show
Amos & Andy - 431231 - New Year's Eve
Amos & Andy - 440107 - Making Sapphire Proud
Amos & Andy - 440114 - Orchids & Violets
Amos & Andy - 440121 - Charles Boyer's Valet
Amos & Andy - 440128 - Windfall
Amos & Andy - 440204 - Missing Person's Bureau
Amos & Andy - 440211 - Three Strikes & You're Out
Amos & Andy - 440218 - Ruby's Diamond
Amos & Andy - 440225 - Sunday, Monday or Always
Amos & Andy - 440303 - Andy Tries To Get Madam Queen's Signature
Amos & Andy - 440310 - Sign On The Dotted Line
Amos & Andy - 440317 - Insurance Fraud
Amos & Andy - 440324 - Hovering Between Life & Death
Amos & Andy - 440331 - Long Lost Harold
Amos & Andy - 440407 - Dating Club Disaster
Amos & Andy - 440414 - The Butler Did It
Amos & Andy - 440421 - Of Sound Mind and Body
Amos & Andy - 440428 - The Brother In Law
Amos & Andy - 440505 - The Electric Clock Caper
Amos & Andy - 440512 - Impersonating An Officer
Amos & Andy - 440519 - And The Winner Is
Amos & Andy - 440526 - Andy, the Fugitive
Amos & Andy - 440602 - Nazi Spy
Amos & Andy - 440609 - Shirt Trail
Amos & Andy - 440616 - One Step Ahead Of The Law
Amos & Andy - 441006 - Andrew H. Brown, Actor
Amos & Andy - 441110 - Employment Agency
Amos & Andy - 441117 - Dewitt
Amos & Andy - 441124 - Cleaning Fluid Formula
Amos & Andy - 441201 - The Inkflow Fountain Pen Agency
Amos & Andy - 441208 - Kingfish Invests $400 With Morgan
Amos & Andy - 441215 - Andy's Fake Suicide Over Gardenia Smith
Amos & Andy - 441222 - Christmas Show
Amos & Andy - 441229 - New Years Show
Amos & Andy - 450105 - The Court Trial
Amos & Andy - 450112 - Love Letters Found In A Phoney Desk
Amos & Andy - 450119 - Adoption Woes
Amos & Andy - 450126 - Advice To The Lovelorn Column
Amos & Andy - 450202 - Breach of Promise Lawsuit Against Andy
Amos & Andy - 450209 - Andy Plays Soldier To Escape Marriage
Amos & Andy - 450216 - Kingfish Takes Funny Valentine Seriously
Amos & Andy - 450223 - Saphire's Old Boyfriend Comes To Town
Amos & Andy - 450227 - Sapphire Kicks Kingfish Out (Part 01)
Amos & Andy - 450302 - Income Tax Problems
Amos & Andy - 450309 - More Income Tax Woes
Amos & Andy - 450316 - Andy Gives A Lecture To 250 People
Amos & Andy - 450320 - Kingfish Buys A Car
Amos & Andy - 450323 - Prentiss Clothing Company Offers Andy A Job
Amos & Andy - 450330 - Easter Hat Designed By The Kingfish
Amos & Andy - 450406 - Andy Evicted, Moves In With Kingfish
Amos & Andy - 450420 - Andy And The Kingfish Buy A Car
Amos & Andy - 450427 - Saphire And Kingfish Were Never Married
Amos & Andy - 450504 - Kingfish & Andy Steal Shorty's Baby Picture
Amos & Andy - 450511 - Saphire Buys A $500 Insurance Policy
Amos & Andy - 450518 - Bouillon Cubes Sent To Andy From Germany
Amos & Andy - 450525 - Andy Is Millionth Canteen Visitor
Amos & Andy - 450601 - Fake Engagement To Hattie McDonald
Amos & Andy - 460305 - Burial Insurance
Amos & Andy - 460312 - A Birthday Gift for Sapphire
Amos & Andy - 460416 - The Travel Bureau
Amos & Andy - 461015 - Saphire, a Wanted Criminal
Amos & Andy - 461210 - The Stolen Car
Amos & Andy - 461217 - The Cigar Store
Amos & Andy - 461224 - Christmas Show
Amos & Andy - 470107 - Homesteading in Alaska
Amos & Andy - 470121 - Marrying off Sapphire's Sister
Amos & Andy - 470128 - Andy Engaged Again
Amos & Andy - 470204 - Amos Is Missing
Amos & Andy - 470218 - A Generous Boy Friend
Amos & Andy - 470304 - The Pearl Necklace
Amos & Andy - 470318 - Kingfish Sells Insurance
Amos & Andy - 470325 - Andy's Trailer
Amos & Andy - 470408 - Finding a Roomer
Amos & Andy - 470422 - Business in Brazil
Amos & Andy - 470429 - A Trip to Canada
Amos & Andy - 470506 - Kingfish Sued for Libel
Amos & Andy - 470513 - Leroy's Lock Invention
Amos & Andy - 470527 - Kingfish's Rest Home
Amos & Andy - 470722 - Renting Out the Spare Room
Amos & Andy - 470729 - Andy the Gentleman Farmer
Amos & Andy - 470916 - Adopting Andy
Amos & Andy - 470923 - The Burial Insurance Salesman
Amos & Andy - 470930 - The Piggy Bank Robbery
Amos & Andy - 471028 - Kingfish Adopts Andy
Amos & Andy - 471104 - The Race Horse
Amos & Andy - 471111 - Getting Rid Of Leroy
Amos & Andy - 471223 - Christmas Show
Amos & Andy - 480106 - The French Car
Amos & Andy - 480113 - Amos Plays Matchmaker
Amos & Andy - 480413 - Sapphire Threatens To Leave
Amos & Andy - 480420 - Sapphire's Uncle
Amos & Andy - 480425 - The Raffle Ticket
Amos & Andy - 480504 - Andy Saves a Millionaire
Amos & Andy - 480518 - Kingfish Sells Andy a Mountain Cabin
Amos & Andy - 480525 - 1948 Plymouth Raffle
Amos & Andy - 481010 - Lulu Mae Simpson Is Coming To Town
Amos & Andy - 481017 - House Without a Lot
Amos & Andy - 481024 - Kingfish and Saphire's 20th Wedding Anniversary
Amos & Andy - 481031 - Leroy Sells Andy Answer to Melody Contest
Amos & Andy - 481107 - The World Wide Correspondence School
Amos & Andy - 481114 - New York Sightseeing Agency
Amos & Andy - 481226 - The Mysterious New Year's Card
Amos & Andy - 490102 - The Superfine Brush Company
Amos & Andy - 490109 - The French Car
Amos & Andy - 490116 - The Rare Nickel
Amos & Andy - 490123 - The Baggage Checkers
Amos & Andy - 490130 - The Antique Piano
Amos & Andy - 490206 - Accident Victum Sues the Lodge
Amos & Andy - 490213 - Widow Parker Inherits $10,000
Amos & Andy - 490220 - Amosandra Is Born
Amos & Andy - 490306 - The Jewelry Store Robbery
Amos & Andy - 490313 - Andy Romances Dorothy Richards
Amos & Andy - 490327 - Kingfish's Pistol
Amos & Andy - 490403 - Digs up Box Containing $500
Amos & Andy - 490410 - The Kingfish Is Evicted
Amos & Andy - 490417 - The Kingfish's Baby
Amos & Andy - 490424 - Andy Inherits $2,000
Amos & Andy - 490501 - Stevens' Take in a Boarder
Amos & Andy - 490508 - Kingfish's Nightmare
Amos & Andy - 490515 - The Old Girlfriend
Amos & Andy - 490529 - The Coward
Amos & Andy - 491009 - Kingfish's Secretary
Amos & Andy - 491016 - Andy Jilted by Charmine Larue
Amos & Andy - 491023 - The Kingfish's Car Is Stolen
Amos & Andy - 491030 - The Kingfish Poses as Andy
Amos & Andy - 491106 - The Friendly Loan Company
Amos & Andy - 491120 - Sapphire's Birthday
Amos & Andy - 491127 - The Kingfish's Television Set
Amos & Andy - 491225 - Christmas Show
Amos & Andy - 500112 - Kingfish's Flower Shop
Amos & Andy - 500115 - Brown Vs Brown
Amos & Andy - 500129 - The Stolen Suits
Amos & Andy - 500205 - Is Saphire Expecting
Amos & Andy - 500212 - The Kingfish Wins a Horse
Amos & Andy - 500312 - Kingfish the Detective
Amos & Andy - 500319 - Andy Romances Eloise Walker
Amos & Andy - 500326 - The Happy Stevenses
Amos & Andy - 500402 - Andy Goes to Charm School
Amos & Andy - 500409 - Sapphire's Easter Outfit
Amos & Andy - 500416 - The Census Taker
Amos & Andy - 500423 - Lodge Convention in Chicago
Amos & Andy - 500430 - Andy Inherits $25,000
Amos & Andy - 500507 - Battle over Andy's Inheritance
Amos & Andy - 500514 - Andy And The IRS
Amos & Andy - 500521 - Summer at Pinecrest Lodge
Amos & Andy - 501001 - The Kingfish Is Drafted
Amos & Andy - 501008 - The Kingfish Iin the Service
Amos & Andy - 501119 - Thanksgiving
Amos & Andy - 501203 - A Visit from Sapphire's Cousin
Amos & Andy - 501210 - Sapphire's Fur Coat
Amos & Andy - 501217 - Sapphire Leaves the Kingfish
Amos & Andy - 501224 - Annual Christmas Show
Amos & Andy - 501231 - Sapphire in Miami
Amos & Andy - 510107 - Kingfish's Baby
Amos & Andy - 510114 - Saphire Returns
Amos & Andy - 510121 - Mama and Hubert Smithers (Part 01)
Amos & Andy - 510128 - Mama & Hubert Smithers (Part 02)
Amos & Andy - 510204 - The New Parking Lot
Amos & Andy - 510218 - The Best in Town
Amos & Andy - 510304 - Saphire On Television
Amos & Andy - 510304 - Sapphire on Television
Amos & Andy - 510318 - Uncle Sylvester's Wedding
Amos & Andy - 510408 - Faith in Those We Love
Amos & Andy - 510415 - Import-Export Garage
Amos & Andy - 510422 - Saphire in Chicago
Amos & Andy - 510429 - Cousin Sidney Stays Behind
Amos & Andy - 510506 - The Annual Lodge Picnic
Amos & Andy - 510513 - Ramona Thompson Looking for A
Amos & Andy - 510520 - Job as a Nightclub Spotter
Amos & Andy - 510610 - Florence Baxter Visits the Kingfish
Amos & Andy - 510930 - $3,000 Diamond Ring
Amos & Andy - 511007 - The Aptitude Test
Amos & Andy - 511014 - A Job in Brazil
Amos & Andy - 511021 - The Dipiesters' Party
Amos & Andy - 511028 - Andy and the Bus Driver
Amos & Andy - 511104 - The New Boarder - Chester Benson
Amos & Andy - 511111 - Sapphire Is Looking for Romance
Amos & Andy - 511125 - The Sister's Inheritance
Amos & Andy - 511202 - The Good Neighbors
Amos & Andy - 511209 - Andy's Wedding Plans
Amos & Andy - 511216 - Breaking up Andy's Wedding
Amos & Andy - 511223 - Annual Christmas Show
Amos & Andy - 511230 - The House Wreckers
Amos & Andy - 521012 - The Long Lost Husband
Amos & Andy - 521019 - The Office Cleaners
Amos & Andy - 521026 - Getting the Best of Brother-In-Law
Amos & Andy - 521102 - A Visit from Aunt Harriet
Amos & Andy - 521116 - 10,000th Broadcast
Amos & Andy - 521228 - Saphire Wants a Mink Stole
Amos & Andy - 530201 - Momma Engaged to Percival Jackson
Amos & Andy - 530214 - Their Life Story- Special
Amos & Andy - 530215 - Comic Valentine
Amos & Andy - 530222 - The Big Double-Cross
Amos & Andy - 530308 - Lodge Convention In Los Angeles
Amos & Andy - 530315 - Andy the Bodyguard
Amos & Andy - 530322 - Is Sapphire Expecting
Amos & Andy - 530329 - Andy the Coward
Amos & Andy - 530412 - Andy and the Model
Amos & Andy - 530419 - Kingfish the Detective
Amos & Andy - 530426 - Annual Lodge Boat Outing
Amos & Andy - 530503 - The Kingfish Plays the Market
Amos & Andy - 530510 - The Cabin in Connecticut
Amos & Andy - 530517 - The Proxy Marriage
Amos & Andy - 530524 - The Kingfish's Old Love Letters
Amos & Andy - 530927 - Mama's Operation and Rubber Check
Amos & Andy - 531004 - Hat Check Concession
Amos & Andy - 531008 - Andys New Wife
Amos & Andy - 531011 - Euriah Pancake Contest
Amos & Andy - 531018 - Yale College Franchise
Amos & Andy - 531025 - Aunt Matilda Is Coming to Town
Amos & Andy - 531101 - Cat Burglar
Amos & Andy - 531108 - Saphire's Old Boyfriend
Amos & Andy - 531115 - Leroy's Car Is Buried Under Concrete
Amos & Andy - 531122 - Kingfish's Tourist Service
Amos & Andy - 531129 - Loan Sharks
Amos & Andy - 531206 - Sam the Typewriter Man
Amos & Andy - 531213 - Sam the Typewriter Man
Amos & Andy - 531227 - Lucky Buck Contest
Amos & Andy - 540103 - Stood up on New Year's Eve
Amos & Andy - 540214 - Life Story - 25th Anniversary Show
Amos & Andy - 540404 - Television Job
Amos & Andy - 540411 - Vacation at Lake Chippewa
Amos & Andy - 540915 - Music Hall Guest Frank Sinatra
Amos & Andy - 540926 - A Trip to Flordia
Amos & Andy - 541003 - Andy to Marry D Richards
Amos & Andy - 541031 - Kingfish Must Raise The Rent Money Or Face Eviction
Amos & Andy - 541031 - Kingfish's Car Stolen
Amos & Andy - 541219 - Christmas Show
Amos & Andy - 550109 - Andy Must Improve Himself Or Lose Nancy Van Dyke
Amos & Andy - 550711 - Guest - Les Brown
Amos & Andy - 550722 - No Guest
Amos & Andy - 601125 - Final Show
Amos & Andy - XXXXXX - Auditions For 30 Min. Series
Amos & Andy - XXXXXX - Courtroom Catastrophe
Amos & Andy - XXXXXX - Harlem Lodge Meeting
Amos & Andy - XXXXXX - Is Everyone In Your Family As Dumb As You Is
Amos & Andy - XXXXXX - Kingfish runs a rest home
Amos & Andy Extra - XXXXXX - BBC Documentary 'The Real Amos & Andy' (Part 01)
Amos & Andy Extra - XXXXXX - BBC Documentary 'The Real Amos & Andy' (Part 02)

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