Broadcast date
1952-07-10 • 25 episodes
Episodes of this season
1. The Piggy Bank
event 1952-07-10 • schedule 30m
The Kingfish has been stealing money from Sapphire's piggy bank and wins a quiz show jackpot just in time for his and Sapphire's 25th anniversary.
2. Sapphire's Mysterious Admirer
event 1952-07-24 • schedule 30m
The Kingfish believes that Sapphire is in love with another man and that she and her beau are planning to get rid of him.
3. The Eyeglasses
event 1952-08-07 • schedule 30m
The Kingfish devises a plot to make Andy fail his road test so that he can buy his car cheaply.
4. The Broken Clock
event 1952-08-21 • schedule 30m
Andy and the Kingfish accidentally become involved with a top military secret and the FBI when they mistakenly take a new secret altimeter clock for a replacement for their broken one.
5. The Boarder
event 1952-09-04 • schedule 30m
Sapphire maintains that her boarder, a singer with a large appetite, is a cultural asset, but to the Kingfish he is a gorging freeloader.
6. The Engagement Ring
event 1952-09-18 • schedule 30m
The Kingfish plays matchmaker and arranges a match between Andy and an older woman, in the hope of collecting a services rendered fee.
7. Arabia
event 1952-10-02 • schedule 30m
The Kingfish sets up a phony raffle that forces him to wind up in Arabia drilling for oil, trying to earn enough money to get home.
8. Kingfish Sells a Lot
event 1952-10-16 • schedule 30m
The Kingfish decides to dispose of a worthless piece of property to Andy, but it's Andy who gets the last laugh.
9. The Race Horse
event 1952-10-30 • schedule 30m
The Kingfish gets conned when Andy sells him a broken down race horse.
10. Cousin Effie's Will
event 1952-11-13 • schedule 30m
The Kingfish adopts Andy so that he will become eligible for a $2000 bequest under the terms of Cousin Effie's will.
11. Restitution
event 1952-11-27 • schedule 30m
While trying to do a good deed and repay a jeweler for the use of his electricity, the Kingfish becomes a fugitive from justice when he accidentally trips the store's burglar alarm.
12. The Antique Shop
event 1952-12-11 • schedule 30m
The Kingfish outfoxes himself when he sends all his lodge brothers into an antique shop to convince his cousin Leo to buy it, but with all those customers the store owner won't sell.
13. The Christmas Story
event 1952-12-25 • schedule 30m
Andy is working very hard to earn enough money to buy a doll for his godchild.
14. Birthday Card
event 1953-01-08 • schedule 30m
Sapphire gives the Kingfish the third degree and wants to know why he received a birthday card signed Sweetheart.
15. The Ballet Tickets
event 1953-01-22 • schedule 30m
The Kingfish gives Sapphire some stolen ballet tickets which land her in jail. She ends up in jail a second time when the Kingfish gives her a phony five dollar bill.
16. Andy Gets Married
event 1953-02-05 • schedule 30m
Double trouble for Andy, he has gotten engaged to two women.
17. Leroy's Suits
event 1953-02-19 • schedule 30m
The Kingfish stages a clothing sale at the Lodge using a lieutenant's entire wardrobe.
18. Seeing Is Believing
event 1953-03-05 • schedule 30m
Sapphire thinks the Kingfish is secretly dating another woman, so she decides to make him jealous by having dinner alone with Andy.
19. Andy Falls in Love with an Actress
event 1953-03-19 • schedule 30m
Andy, jealous over his girlfriend's amorous scenes in a play, decides to become an actor.
20. Superfine Brush
event 1953-04-02 • schedule 30m
The Kingfish pushed by Sapphire to get a job, becomes a door-to-door salesman, persuading Andy to take over at no salary.
21. Kingfish at the Ballgame
event 1953-04-16 • schedule 30m
The Kingfish sells Andy a ring he finds in his crackerjack box before he finds out how valuable the ring really is.
22. The Kingfish Finds His Future
event 1953-04-30 • schedule 30m
Feeling he's a failure at life, the Kingfish decides to take a series of aptitude tests to determine what his career should be.
23. Sapphire's Sister
event 1953-05-14 • schedule 30m
The Kingfish tries to get rid of Sapphire's sister by arranging a marriage between her and Andy, then learns she has $10,000 of savings in the bank.
24. Mr. Jackson Comes to Town
event 1953-05-28 • schedule 30m
The Kingfish goes on a self-improvement course because Sapphire goes overboard over an ex-boyfriend and former Mr. America.
25. The Adoption
End of season • event 1953-06-11 • schedule 30m
The Kingfish falls in love with a baby which is up for adoption, but instead is stuck with Horrible Horace, Sapphire's pesty nephew.
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