Cheap The Amos 'N' Andy Show, Vol. 1 (Video) (Spencer Williams, Tim Moore, Alvin Childress) Price

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As the show played on, my concerns over whether or not it was racist and/or promoted negative stereotypes gradually fell by the wayside. 'Cuz I was too busy yukkin' it up over the Kingfish's umpteenth fruitless attempt to pull yet another fast one on the less-than-lucid Andy (as seen in this volume's eppies "Rare Coin", "Viva La France", "Vacation Show", and "The Light Blue Car") to give a doot about all that controversy stuff. Adding to the fun are the antics of disbarred attorney Algonquin J. Calhoun (Johnny Lee), whose little pantomime act in "Viva La France" got me laughin' like I never did before with other sitcoms from TV's so-called golden age.

Speakin' of TV's golden age: I consider "Amos 'N' Andy" the greatest classic sitcom ever made. Lucy's whiny attempts to shoehorn herself into the act at the Copacabana don't get me laughing nearly as hard as the Kingfish's (Tim Moore) campy Don King-esque mispronunciations of words composed of more than three syllables. And Kingfish's incessant attempts to scam Andy (Spencer Williams, Jr.) make Ralph Kramden's get-rich-quick schemes look downright amateurish in comparison.

This particular volume includes six episodes ("Rare Coin", "New Neighbors", "Viva La France", "Income Tax Show", "Vacation Show", and "The Light Blue Car") recorded in the higher-quality SP mode . Please note, however, that this tape does NOT include series creators Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll introducing the cast in the pilot eppie like the product page description claims. The picture clarity varies from decent (the first and last episodes) to dark and somewhat blurry (all the other episodes). The soundtrack features some constant background noise and a few 'pops' here and there. Of course, considering how old the source film is and what little effort was made to properly preserve or restore it, the relatively low picture and sound quality are to be expected. 'Course, if somebody finally got it in their heads to transfer the show onto freakin' DVDs, we wouldn't have to worry as much about further deterioration, now would we???

Final Gripe: Why does Amos get top billing when all he does is a little narration here and there, and almost never has more than a couple minutes' screen time in each episode? If anybody deserves top billing in the title it's the Kingfish, the show's biggest star and funniest character! Sheesh... some times there's absolutely no justice in the world...

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