
Amos & Andy - Amos Is In The Hospital
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Clem Kadiddlehopper
They're here.
Andy Brown
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Clem Kadiddlehopper
Yes, sir.
Narrator/Announcer
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Gabby Gibson
I'm Gabby Gibson. Yes, I'm Gabby Gibson.
Andy Brown
Blood Ruskin and his orchestra and those
Red Skelton
famous
Clem Kadiddlehopper
rhythm Bonnell Lever Brothers Company, the
Narrator/Announcer
makers of Rinso, invite you to sit back, relax and enjoy the story of Amos and Andy. Our old friend Andy Brown had dinner with Henry Van Porter. And Andy wants his friend Amos.
Andy Brown
Mr. Cadell. Mr. Goodell.
Narrator/Announcer
Andy. Andy, you know we're on the air.
Andy Brown
Yeah, but we can't go on with the show.
Narrator/Announcer
Amos is missing. He ain't here.
Andy Brown
And I can't find the Kingfisher Lightning neither.
Narrator/Announcer
Where do you think they could be?
Andy Brown
Well, I don't know. You know, there's a lot of studios around NBC here. Fiddle McGee and Molly come on next, Then Bob Oath and then Red Skelton right after each other. Maybe Amos is around talking to some of them people. We all gotta start looking for him.
Narrator/Announcer
Okay, Andy, I'll see what I can do.
Andy Brown
Oh me, I wonder where to look.
Clem Kadiddlehopper
Andy.
Andy Brown
What is it, Gabby?
Red Skelton
I got some news about Amos.
Narrator/Announcer
Yeah? Well, what is it, Gabby?
Andy Brown
Tell me.
Red Skelton
I started looking for him in some of the studios around here, but he
Clem Kadiddlehopper
wasn't in none of them. Then I looked in all the halls,
Narrator/Announcer
but he wasn't there neither.
Clem Kadiddlehopper
But that didn't stop me. You know that big room across the hall?
Andy Brown
Yeah.
Clem Kadiddlehopper
Well, I opened the door very quietly,
Gabby Gibson
very quietly, and when I got the
Red Skelton
door open, I switched on the light
Andy Brown
and there he was.
Clem Kadiddlehopper
Huh?
Narrator/Announcer
Nope, he's still missing.
Andy Brown
Gary, what is we going to do? We got to find Amos.
Red Skelton
Well, he must be around NBC, around here someplace.
Gabby Gibson
I tell you what, you go down
Red Skelton
that way and look and I go
Clem Kadiddlehopper
down this way just Remember that old
Narrator/Announcer
saying of the French police?
Clem Kadiddlehopper
Chay la fermi.
Gabby Gibson
That means find a woman, cherche la fermi.
Andy Brown
Yeah. Well, you sure say la femi and
Narrator/Announcer
I'll sure say lamma.
Andy Brown
Come on me. Now let me see. I wonder what's in this place here.
Narrator/Announcer
I wonder if Amos could be in here.
Fibber McGee
Hey, Molly, how many tubes we got in this dad?
Andy Brown
Rare radio.
Molly McGee
Well, it's supposed to be a six tube set, McGee.
Fibber McGee
Well, if it's a six tuber, three
Andy Brown
tubes of blew out.
Molly McGee
Blown out, Blew out, blown out.
Clem Kadiddlehopper
Three tubes are busted.
Narrator/Announcer
They're out like a jitterbug shirt tails
Fibber McGee
in a lindy contest.
Molly McGee
Well, how do you know, dearie?
Fibber McGee
For five minutes now I've been trying to tune in on Amos and Andy and all I can get is Andy.
Andy Brown
Well, excuse me, Mr. McGee. Oh, hi, Bud. I hate to bulge in on you like this, Mr. McGee, but I. As a man with trouble. You think you've got troubles?
Fibber McGee
Look at me, no cufflinks.
Andy Brown
Well, I'll lend you my. I ain't even got no cuffs. But that ain't my main trouble, Ms. McGee. Something is worse than that.
Fibber McGee
Now, what is it? No shirt. Oh, this is my wife, Mrs. McGee, known to her friends as Molly.
Andy Brown
Oh, howdy, ma'.
Molly McGee
Am. How do you do? I'm sure.
Narrator/Announcer
I'm sure too.
Molly McGee
And this is my husband, Mr. McGee, known to his friends as Fibber far and wide.
Fibber McGee
Yeah, I'm far whiter now than when I was married to her.
Andy Brown
Yes, my name is Andrew H. Brown.
Fibber McGee
Brown? That's an odd name.
Andy Brown
But your face is familiar, Brown.
Fibber McGee
Were you ever in Peoria ill?
Andy Brown
Yes, sir, and I was sick in Rock island once.
Red Skelton
Just what is your trouble, Mr. Brown?
Andy Brown
Well, I can't find my best friend, Amos Jones, and I thought maybe you folks had seen him around here somewh.
Fibber McGee
Amos Jones. Jones. That's another odd name. Funny thing, you can't find your pal Amos. Buddy, I just tuned in the radio a while ago to try and get Amos and Andy, and Amos was missing. Hey, did you say you were Andrew Brown?
Narrator/Announcer
Andrew H. H?
Molly McGee
That's an odd name.
Fibber McGee
Holy smoke, you're not the Andy of Amos and Andy, are you?
Narrator/Announcer
I ain't the Jolson of Olson.
Fibber McGee
Well, if Amos is really missing, you took a big load off my mind, boy.
Andy Brown
I have?
Fibber McGee
Yes, sir. Eh, them three tubes ain't bad after all.
Andy Brown
Well, I'm glad to hear that all right. But the reason I cheer, Mr. McGee, is to ask you if you see anything, Amos?
Fibber McGee
No, but don't you worry, Andy. I'll find him for you. I'll use my influence with the local police.
Molly McGee
McGee, you haven't enough influence to get a cop to arrest a thief for stealing a squad car.
Andy Brown
Oh, is that so?
Fibber McGee
Is that.
Red Skelton
I'll go right to the top and
Fibber McGee
speak to Mayor Latruvi himself and see that he gets on Amos's trail and finds him.
Molly McGee
Now, what does Amos look like, Andy?
Andy Brown
Well, he's a little bit shorter than me, a little bit thinner, a little bit more bald on top.
Narrator/Announcer
And he's younger than me too.
Andy Brown
But outside of that, you couldn't tell us a part.
Red Skelton
Hey, maybe he was the fellow I
Fibber McGee
saw wandering around the NBC studio this afternoon. Is he about 6ft tall with wavy blond hair?
Andy Brown
He wasn't the last time I seen him.
Fibber McGee
Well, then it could have been him. Because the fellow I saw was only about 58 in bald.
Red Skelton
Oh, yeah, he was wearing one of
Fibber McGee
those eyeglasses on the half shelf. I think they call them manacles.
Molly McGee
You mean monocle, dearie. A manacle is a chain the Romans used to handcuff their galley plates to
Gabby Gibson
the bottom of the boat.
Fibber McGee
That's barnacle, Molly. A monocle is something you scrape off
Gabby Gibson
the bottom of the boat.
Andy Brown
Yeah, well, I don't think that was Amos.
Molly McGee
You mean binnacle, deary, a monocle is something they keep a ship's compass in.
Andy Brown
Yeah, well, if Amos had a compass, he couldn't get lost.
Fibber McGee
Molly, that's a pinnacle.
Andy Brown
Well, now I know that it wasn't Amos.
Narrator/Announcer
He don't ever play cards.
Andy Brown
Special finish.
Fibber McGee
Well, then that wasn't Amos I saw. Andy, this fellow was playing Jose. I got an idea where he might be.
Narrator/Announcer
Yeah?
Andy Brown
Where's that?
Red Skelton
Mr. McGee, I think I saw a
Fibber McGee
fellow answering the description of Amos going
Narrator/Announcer
through that door over there a while ago.
Andy Brown
Okay, and Thanks a lot, Mr. McGee. Let me take a look in here. Now.
Clem Kadiddlehopper
No, no, no.
Molly McGee
Not that door, Andy.
Red Skelton
That.
Fibber McGee
Gotta straighten out that closet one of these days.
Molly McGee
Heavenly days. McGee, where's Andy?
Fibber McGee
Oh, my gosh. He's buried under that pile of junk.
Molly McGee
Well, then let's get him out before they report him missing too.
Red Skelton
Andy, I've been looking all over and
Clem Kadiddlehopper
I can't find anything from no place. Say, you look terrible.
Gabby Gibson
Horrible.
Red Skelton
What happened to you?
Andy Brown
Well, Clause just jumped at me. Gabby.
Clem Kadiddlehopper
But.
Andy Brown
Gabby, listen, the thing is, we gotta put on a show here tonight. Now, it's gonna be hard to do that. What are we gonna do without Amos
Narrator/Announcer
and the King version of Lightning?
Andy Brown
They ain't here neither.
Gabby Gibson
Well, I tell you, Andy, I'll be
Clem Kadiddlehopper
glad to help you out. I'll be glad to help you out.
Andy Brown
Oh, what could you do?
Red Skelton
Well, don't you remember when you loaned me to Mr. Walt Disney play Uncle Remus the Song of the South?
Clem Kadiddlehopper
Yeah, I sung a song in that too.
Andy Brown
We don't need you to sing. We got the Delta Rhythm Boys here.
Clem Kadiddlehopper
Yeah, I learned to sing the same song with me. Oh, yeah, I remember.
Andy Brown
That's that song called Zippity doo dah Zippity. My oh my, what a wonderful day. Plenty of fun time in my way.
Clem Kadiddlehopper
Bippity.it's the truth, it's actual.
Andy Brown
Everything is satisfactual.
Clem Kadiddlehopper
Bippity do dippity Wonderful feeling, wonderful day. Hippodooda doo. There's a guy on the radio plays Gabby's a Lawyer and he's on our show. He's always talking and running his mouth. So they made him a movie star
Andy Brown
in Song of the South.
Clem Kadiddlehopper
Now he can be heard as well as seen because he plays Rocky much on the screen. Ocarina ocarimer call for alkarem Come along now, Sing a song now Zippity we're in your key. Zippity do da Zippity a my O my, what a wonderful day. Plant hill sunshine hit my lips. Zippity do d Zippity A Mr. Bluebird's on my shoulder. It's the truth, it's actual.
Narrator/Announcer
Everything is satisfactual.
Clem Kadiddlehopper
Zippity doo do Sip a D A wonderful feeling, Wonderful day. You heard what Okarimus said. That's what Uncare said. You can tell he feels okay.
Andy Brown
He's his body doodah's on his way.
Clem Kadiddlehopper
Sippity doodah Zip al Yay. My oh my, what a wonderful day. There were plenty of sunshine heading my way. Symphony do dah Symphony A. How does it feel to be in pictures? Well, boys, since you ask me, it's lovely. Lovely if we do die. Gripper D A wonderful feeling. It's got me reeling. It's satisfactual. Boys, this really actual. And again I say what a wonderful day.
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Andy Brown
Hey Shorty, come here.
Red Skelton
Well, I was dog, I. I didn't but. Hello Andy.
Andy Brown
Hey Shorty, I don't know what to do. I don't know what we're gonna do without Amos the Kingfish. We gotta put on a show here.
Red Skelton
Yeah, if you want any acting done, you can call me.
Andy Brown
I'm sorry Shorty, cause you ain't had no radio experience.
Red Skelton
Oh, what you talking about? I was all the radio program was. I was with Phil Spitali's old girl orchestra.
Andy Brown
Wait a minute Shorty, wait a minute. How could you ever get with an all girl orchestra?
Red Skelton
I lied about my a.
Andy Brown
Well listen Shorty, the important thing we got to do is to find Amos and the Kingfisher Lightning. Say look here, let's win this studio here. Maybe we can find somebody that seat him.
Narrator/Announcer
Hey, wait a minute Shorty, wait a minute.
Andy Brown
There's something going on in here.
Narrator/Announcer
Look at that big officer.
Red Skelton
Yeah, this has all reading books.
Andy Brown
Yeah, and all them books exactly alike too. Let me see if I can see
Narrator/Announcer
the name of it. So this is Peace by Bob Hope.
Red Skelton
Who's that fellow standing in front of with that big whip in his Hand.
Andy Brown
That's Bob Hope.
Narrator/Announcer
Hey, wait a minute, wait a minute.
Andy Brown
They're putting down the books. They're gonna.
Red Skelton
Thank you very much.
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Red Skelton
How do you do, ladies and gentlemen? This is Bob broadcasting from NBC in Hollywood.
Clem Kadiddlehopper
Hope telling all you girls that are
Gabby Gibson
looking for the end of shortages in 1947 that when they start to dish out the Kleenex, don't worry if they
Narrator/Announcer
miss you, just use Pepsi and the boys will always tissue. Yes, we're laying them in baby Talk tonight.
Red Skelton
Well, 1947 looks like a great year. Everybody's buying luxury things and a lot
Gabby Gibson
of people are even wearing silk shorts.
Narrator/Announcer
I know they are.
Gabby Gibson
I saw them coming home from Santa Anita today.
Red Skelton
Santa Anita?
Gabby Gibson
That's a vacuum cleaner with nags for bags. I went out to sad Anita Saturday and I spent the bitter part of
Andy Brown
the afternoon out there.
Red Skelton
And I wouldn't say it was crowded,
Gabby Gibson
but a pickpocket reached into my pocket and after two hours he offered me $10 to give him back his hand.
Clem Kadiddlehopper
And the pickpockets are bolder than ever this year.
Gabby Gibson
I had a winning and one of them said, hurry up and cash it. I gotta get home in time for gangbusters. The track was really crowded and jammed. In fact, when they came down the home stretch, the horses had to keep tapping people on the shoulders saying, pardon me, can I get through? Ray Milan has a fine 3 year old out there, but he's having trouble with him ever since last weekend. Every time the horse gets near the rail, he stops, puts his foot on it and says, make mine a double and see what the jockey will have.
Red Skelton
You should have been the horse I finally bet on.
Gabby Gibson
He was so slow, his saddle made up into a Murphy bed.
Red Skelton
Everybody shouted, they're off.
Gabby Gibson
Of course my horse thought it was just a rumor.
Red Skelton
Daddy really ran a heads up race.
Gabby Gibson
He had to to keep the other horses tails out of his face. He was a front runner and he
Red Skelton
would have won the race.
Gabby Gibson
But he had a little trouble getting the other part going.
Red Skelton
He was so weak looking, you could
Gabby Gibson
bet him to win place or live.
Narrator/Announcer
What a horse.
Gabby Gibson
The jockey kept jabbing him with his
Red Skelton
spurs and finally the horse turned around
Gabby Gibson
and said, stop that, you'll rip my girdle. They told me the horse was a mutter. Of course, I didn't expect you to stop on the far turn and have
Narrator/Announcer
a colt, you know.
Red Skelton
He finally came in when the moon was out singing.
Gabby Gibson
Open the stable, Richard.
Red Skelton
After Santa neat, I went down to
Gabby Gibson
Palm Springs to recuperate. Palm Springs is really wonderful, isn't it in one week you get healthy enough to go back to work and poor enough to have to.
Red Skelton
And it's so risky. The snakes in that part of the
Gabby Gibson
desert don't have rattles in the back. They have bill and recorders that play nothing but Castellanas.
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Red Skelton
You should have seen the hotel I stopped at. What a place.
Gabby Gibson
There was a sign in the room. Don't turn off the electric fan. It's holding up the wall. And it's so hot down there.
Red Skelton
One lens fell out of my smoked
Gabby Gibson
glasses and my right eye got burned black. For a week I walked around looking like an overgrown panda. A panda. You know, they have one white eye, one black eye.
Red Skelton
See, the lens fell out and said it wasn't.
Molly McGee
It's all right.
Red Skelton
That's the last bag I buy from the Griffith Park Zoo.
Clem Kadiddlehopper
O.
Narrator/Announcer
Hey, hey, look.
Andy Brown
Mr. Hope is coming over this way. Shorty. Hey, Mr. Hope, did you see the Amos from the Kingfisher any place? No, boys. Well,
Red Skelton
I'm rehearsing.
Gabby Gibson
I may need this stuff someday.
Andy Brown
You know,
Clem Kadiddlehopper
I want to know one thing. What's that?
Andy Brown
Yeah, come back next week, too.
Red Skelton
But listen, I know one place where
Gabby Gibson
you could find almost anything.
Andy Brown
What is that?
Clem Kadiddlehopper
Colona's mustache.
Fibber McGee
See you long.
Clem Kadiddlehopper
See you tomorrow.
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Andy Brown
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Red Skelton
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Clem Kadiddlehopper
Look at the studio.
Red Skelton
Let's go and ask if they'll see
Gabby Gibson
the Amos of the King's face.
Andy Brown
Okay.
Narrator/Announcer
Hey, wait a minute.
Andy Brown
Wait a minute. Look at that man coming out of that studio there. That looks like Red Skelton. He's heading this way. Let's ask him.
Clem Kadiddlehopper
Him?
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Andy Brown
My name is Andrew Brown. This here is my friend, Gabby Gibson.
Clem Kadiddlehopper
Howdy doody. I'm pleased to meet you. I'm Clem Cadittlehoffer. Clem Qadidlehofer to be exact. Yeah.
Andy Brown
What is the Q for?
Narrator/Announcer
Q?
Clem Kadiddlehopper
Cool whisper. You see, Mr. Kadiddlehopper, we looking for Amos in the Kingfish.
Andy Brown
Mr. Cadittlehopper, where would you start looking for them first?
Clem Kadiddlehopper
Well, that'd be hard for to say. You see, I'm sort of a stranger around here. You boys look like you could keep a secret, so I think I'll let
Narrator/Announcer
you in on one.
Andy Brown
Oh, good.
Narrator/Announcer
What's that?
Clem Kadiddlehopper
Well, now, I know you won't believe this, but I'm from the country.
Andy Brown
Yes, sir.
Clem Kadiddlehopper
Yes, you're a.
Andy Brown
So I was afraid that your clothes is a dead giveaway, Mr. Kittlehopper. Yeah, them pants you was wearing are so big and baggy at the bottom that they covers your shoes.
Clem Kadiddlehopper
Who's wearing shoes?
Red Skelton
You mean you ain't got no shoes on? No, I used to wear.
Clem Kadiddlehopper
This stuff is better than that panda joke, ain't. I? Used to wear shoes. I used to keep all the money I made right in my shoes and add 3 or 4 inches to my height.
Andy Brown
Well, what made you give that up?
Clem Kadiddlehopper
Well, I didn't like the bad publicity it gave me. See, every time I was under 6ft tall, people knew I was broke.
Andy Brown
Yeah, well, this has been very interested, Mr. Kittle.
Red Skelton
Appa.
Clem Kadiddlehopper
Yeah.
Andy Brown
Yeah.
Clem Kadiddlehopper
Well, if I'd have known that, I would have listened to what I was saying. Look. Yeah.
Red Skelton
How'd you happen to come up here to city, Mr. Kittle Hopper?
Clem Kadiddlehopper
Well, I thought I would drive. Some fella told me if I sell my car up to the top with Jack, I could come to the city, see? So I'll never make that trip again? No, I. I never been so hot in all my born days.
Andy Brown
Well, why didn't you open the car windows?
Clem Kadiddlehopper
Fortunately, all the Gas fill up.
Andy Brown
Yeah. Well, I guess now that you was here in the city, you gonna buy your girls something nice, huh?
Clem Kadiddlehopper
Well, no, I ain't got no girls. You see, I promised my mother that I wouldn't go with until I was 21.
Gabby Gibson
Well, how old are you now?
Clem Kadiddlehopper
He won't tell me. Excuse me a minute, Mr. Hopper.
Gabby Gibson
I want to speak with Andy here.
Narrator/Announcer
What you want, Jerry?
Gabby Gibson
Listen Andy, if we gonna find Amos
Narrator/Announcer
and the Kingfish, we better shake this guy.
Clem Kadiddlehopper
He don't sound very smart. I heard that. And I am so shamoya but I won't be impolite but you really ain't very smart. Oh yes I am. Oh no you're not.
Red Skelton
Well, I am.
Clem Kadiddlehopper
No, you're not. Well, there a white shaded on him. All right then, so you're smart.
Red Skelton
Oh no.
Andy Brown
Yeah, well, we better be getting along now anyway, Mr. Kittle Hopper.
Clem Kadiddlehopper
Well, don't worry about Amos the Kingfish and Lightning Boy because I'll find them real fast. You know I've got good reasons for not letting grass grow under my feet.
Andy Brown
Yeah, what's that?
Narrator/Announcer
It's Hickles.
Clem Kadiddlehopper
Another Griffith park joke. Sell over.
Andy Brown
Say Gabby, that Clem Cadillhopper show looks
Narrator/Announcer
a lot like Red Skelton, don't he?
Clem Kadiddlehopper
Yeah, yeah, but come on Andy, we
Gabby Gibson
ain't find Amos this way.
Red Skelton
Hey fellas. Hey fellas.
Andy Brown
Yeah, what is it, Jordy?
Narrator/Announcer
What is it?
Red Skelton
I, I, I just saw Amos's wife Ruby on the street and she told
Clem Kadiddlehopper
me where Amos is. Well, quick, where is he?
Molly McGee
He's in the hospital.
Red Skelton
He had an operation.
Andy Brown
Yeah, well wait a minute here, wait a minute. Let's call him right away. Look, where's the telephone? Here, here, here's the telephone right over here. Gabby, has you got a nickel?
Clem Kadiddlehopper
Charlie, you got nickel?
Red Skelton
Andy, you got nickel? You have.
Andy Brown
Wait a minute, wait a minute. Here's something.
Narrator/Announcer
We'll ask that fellow standing there getting ready to play the violin.
Red Skelton
You think he'll earn you a nickel?
Andy Brown
Well, I'll ask him.
Clem Kadiddlehopper
You never get a nickel out of that fellow.
Red Skelton
I got a nickel, Andy. I found in the slot.
Andy Brown
Oh, good, good. Timmy, this you know what hospital he's at?
Red Skelton
Yeah, I'll get him on the phone for you.
Narrator/Announcer
All right, go ahead, you get him there.
Andy Brown
Call me.
Narrator/Announcer
I sure hope we get him. And I sure hope the name is well enough to answer the phone too.
Clem Kadiddlehopper
He probably got a phone right there in his room there.
Red Skelton
Andy, I got Amos on the phone here.
Andy Brown
Yeah, well give me that.
Narrator/Announcer
Give me that.
Andy Brown
Hello, Amos.
Amos Jones
Hello, Andy.
Andy Brown
Well, how you feel Oh, I come
Amos Jones
along pretty good, Andy. And I hope to be back with you fellas next Tuesday. I've been listening to the show here on the radio. Sure was nice of civil McGee and Molly and Bob Hoop and Red Skelton
Narrator/Announcer
to offer to help us out like that.
Andy Brown
Oh, yeah, they were something, wasn't he?
Narrator/Announcer
They is really great people and it was all sweet. All right.
Amos Jones
Please tell them thanks for me, will you? Everybody been so nice. My roommate is full of flowers. Oh, I really got a lot of flowers here, Andy.
Andy Brown
Oh, well, that's great. Yeah, I'm glad to hear that.
Narrator/Announcer
Say, by the way, Amos, we can't
Andy Brown
find a Kingfish or Lightning neither. You know what he is.
Amos Jones
Well, funny thing about this thing here, Andy.
Clem Kadiddlehopper
It always was and always will be
Amos Jones
that every time I get sick, that Kingfish and Lightning always gets sick with me.
Andy Brown
Yes, that is right, ain't it? Let me speak to him, will you?
Clem Kadiddlehopper
Hear you.
Red Skelton
Hello, Miss Andy.
Clem Kadiddlehopper
I hope Amos hurry up and gets out of here so I can whizz away from this house though. Yeah, well, I hope so too.
Andy Brown
Lightning, put on to Kingfish there, will you?
Clem Kadiddlehopper
Yeah, yeah. Well, hello there, brother. And how is you?
Andy Brown
Okay, Kingfish. How's everything up there, darling?
Red Skelton
Oh, just fine.
Clem Kadiddlehopper
By the way, is you coming up
Amos Jones
here to see Amos?
Andy Brown
Oh, yeah, I'm going to come up there right away.
Narrator/Announcer
Well, tell you what. Meet me outside Amos's door.
Amos Jones
I gone into the flower business and
Narrator/Announcer
I can let you have some slightly
Clem Kadiddlehopper
used flowers at half sight.
Andy Brown
Well, Amos actually did his broadcast from the hospital tonight and we hope that he'll be back with us next Tuesday. And you know friends, I've been thinking. Even in prosperous times, seems to me
Narrator/Announcer
it's important to take care of what
Andy Brown
we got the best we can.
Narrator/Announcer
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Andy Brown
Hello? Amos, is you still on the phone?
Amos Jones
Yeah, Andy. Well, Andy, I sure was nice of you to call me like this. And I appreciate it. And kid, you did a swell job. Tell everybody I said good night folks.
Andy Brown
See you next Tuesday.
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Episode: Amos & Andy - Amos Is In The Hospital
Date: March 26, 2026
Host: Harold’s Old Time Radio
Main Segment Focus: The episode features a vintage “Amos & Andy” broadcast centered on the mystery of Amos’s absence, with humorous crossovers, classic running gags, and a heartwarming finale as the cast reconnects.
This episode revisits an iconic installment of "Amos & Andy," a comedy staple from the Golden Age of Radio. The story unfolds on-air as Andy and friends scramble to find Amos, leading them through NBC's radio studios and memorable encounters with other legendary radio personalities (Fibber McGee & Molly, Bob Hope, Red Skelton). The episode weaves in musical numbers, tongue-in-cheek banter, and ultimately resolves with Amos’s update from the hospital—delivering both laughs and a dose of sentimentality.
This episode is a delightful showcase of classic radio comedy, suitable for fans of radio history, comedy enthusiasts, and anyone interested in the evolution of American entertainment. It captures a unique moment from “Amos & Andy,” offering a time capsule of humor, celebrity cameos, and pre-television storytelling.
Note: Advertisements, sponsor pitches, and non-content segments have been omitted. For the full vintage audio experience, listen to the episode as broadcast on Harold’s Old Time Radio.