"Amos 'n Andy" was an extremely popular radio and television show that is all but forgotten today. Why? Well, back in the radio days, the parts were all played by white actors pretending to be VERY stereotypical black men...and I am sure some folks were horrified by it. Then, in the early 50s, they decided to bring the show to TV but realized they needed to find a new, all black cast*. These TV shows were later attacked in the late 50s and 60s...not so much because the shows were obviously racist but because they were among the ONLY images on television...and the leads in the show were pretty much idiots. I can understand the concerns and am glad such images would later become the exception...not the rule. Because of this controversy, the show hasn't been shown on TV in decades and it's difficult to find the show even on video or DVD. Fortunately, I was able to recently get a DVD collection of the shows...and they are quite funny when understood in their context.
This episode finds the Kingfish up to something...as usual! In this instance, his Aunt Effie has died and has left an unusual stipulation in her will...to give $2000 to a family member who has a son. Kingfish is looking for loopholes and realizes that he can still collect if he adopts...and there's nothing saying he has to adopt a baby...or a child! So, he decides to adopt Andy! And, it turns out he's right....this loophole apparently will work. But knowing that his schemes never work, you know something's gonna mess up his plans!
This is one of the better episodes I've seen....it's quite enjoyable and rather cute because Andy truly believes he's going to be Kingfish's son and they're going to play catch and do other father-son bonding type stuff! Well written and clever.