In this "Amos and Andy" short, Kingfish talks Andy into getting into professional wrestling, and sets him up in a match with a real bruiser. Things don't go well.
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Is it worth your time? Honestly, only if you're a completist for these types of old radio-to-screen transitions or just want to see what 1930s slapstick looks like when it's really trying. If you don't have a soft spot for the Amos and Andy style of humor, you’ll probably find this thing grating within the first three ...
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"Is it worth your time? Honestly, only if you're a completist for these types of old radio-to-screen transitions or just want to see what 1930s slapstick looks like when it's really trying. If you don't have a soft spot for the Amos and Andy style of humor, you’ll probably find this thing grating within the first three minutes. It’s loud, it’s frantic, and the premise is about as thin as the film stock it was printed on. The whole setup is classic bait-and-switch. Kingfish talks Andy into a matc..."
