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In this old time radio series, Norris Goff was Abner Peabody, and Chester Lauck was Lum Edwards… the owners and operators of Pine Ridge's own "Jot 'em Down Store." The Lum and Abner show was fifteen minutes that took us to back to the feeling of a rural America before music, radio and such made peace and quiet seem downright odd. For a general store, the "Jot 'em Down" was rarely bustling, so the silence was taken up with the events of the moment.

Intro music sets the stage, and we might be sitting by the cracker barrel, ready to "ketch up" on what Lum or Abner are up to…A quick scan of the show titles tells you this show was filled with funny episodes. It was, and some developed over days or even weeks

Amos and Andy, as played by Gosden and Correll were the direct predecessors of Lum and Abner, as Goff and Lauck did "blackface" comedy at first. But that comedy market, hard to believe today, was glutted with 'wannabe's," so they switched to the Lum and Abner "idee." An essential part of both shows is the no-audience first-person approach to story telling.

While Amos and Andy moved to Harlem, for years Lum and Abner changed "nary a thing"…until in '48, the show went to a half-hour, got a live audience and visiting star, an orchestra, and flopped. The boys did seven movies, too…even did one called "Lum and Abner Abroad." But it was in the "Jot 'em Down" with Lum and Abner just talking that the listening public really wanted to be. In its own way, Lum and Abner presented a perfect, and perfectly funny, little world of its own. It is pure storytelling, with plots that are always mischievous, and often bordered on the tall tale.

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Please enjoy these 1801 old time radio episodes:

Air Date	Title	Synopsis
06.19.1941	lum and abner (0015) buying property for rabbits
06.20.1941	lum and abner (0016) cedric buys the property
06.23.1941	lum and abner discovery of prof's old chemicals
06.24.1941	lum and abner inventing a way to make things fall sideways
06.25.1941	lum and abner formula for synthetic gasoline
08.19.1941	lum and abner special routine for alka seltzer	+ Their Jot ‘Em Down store was temporarily closed over a year ago and now it has been announced th...
08.25.1941	lum and abner (0053) lum and abner operate bank	+ Lum and Abner’s new bank which they are now operating in connection with the Jot ‘Em Down stor...
08.26.1941	lum and abner (0054) lum buys bank guard uniform	+ Lum and Abner have so much confidence in their new bank they’re even putting their own money in ...
08.28.1941	lum and abner (0055) strange box left at bank	+ The bank Lum and Abner recently opened in Pine Ridge seems to be getting off to a good start and t...
08.29.1941	lum and abner (0056) speculating box contents	+ Yesterday Lum and Abner had an unusual experience in their new bank; a stranger left a tin box wit...
09.01.1941	lum and abner (0057) box contains diamonds	+ Lum and Abner made an important discovery when Abner dropped the mysterious box that was left with...
09.02.1941	lum and abner (0058) dealing with stolen jewels	+ Lum and Abner have reason to believe that the diamonds they discovered in a secret compartment of ...
09.04.1941	lum and abner (0059) anxiously waiting for reply	+ Lum and Abner are convinced in their own minds that the diamonds they had in their safekeeping are...
09.05.1941	lum and abner (0060) lum to marry rich widow
09.08.1941	lum and abner (0061) practicing jujitsu holds	+ Lum and Abner are convinced in their own minds that the diamonds they had in their safekeeping are...
09.09.1941	lum and abner (0062) mrs. barrington's letter	+ Little did Lum and Abner realize how complicated things would become when a stranger by the name o...
09.11.1941	lum and abner (0063) jewels missing from box
09.12.1941	lum and abner (0064) everything squared away	+ Lum still believes that the diamonds they discovered within a mysterious box left with them a few ...
09.15.1941	lum and abner (0065) lum and board of directors
09.16.1941	lum and abner (0066) bank has no charter	+ Yesterday Lum received a call from the bank down at County seat asking him to appear at a meeting ...
09.18.1941	lum and abner (0067) mohammed to the mountain
09.19.1941	lum and abner (0068) lum wants to open a nursery	+ Lum and Abner’s bank is now a thing of the past. Only the wire enclosure partitioned off for the...
09.29.1941	lum and abner (0069) book on modern salesmanship	+Blue net origination, KARK, Little Rock syndication. The boys have gotten a book on the secrets o...
09.30.1941	lum and abner (0070) salesmanship book arrives	+Blue net origination, KARK, Little Rock syndication. The boys continue to study their book on sal...
10.02.1941	lum and abner (0071) the various sales methods	+Blue net origination, KARK, Little Rock syndication. Plans to hire Squire Skimp to drum up new bu...

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Lum and Abner is my fave so no one knows what the heck I am on about

Don

LUM & ABNER vol 7

Mike

Two of my favorites.

Ron

J.Carrol Naish is So so talented... Wish I had half his vocal chops

john

I really enjoy this old radio show. In my opinion it's a lot like a radio version of The Andy Griffith Show. It's about two old men that run a store in a very small town in Arkansas. It's a comedy serial and each episode is only about 13 minutes long. There is not a laugh track which is another reason I enjoy it.

J Middleton

I love Lum and Abner.

Joel

Lum and Abner, my all-time favorite radio show, I listen to them almost daily, take them along with me through my work day. I've heard all the episodes more times than I can remember, but there are so many they don't get old. The humor always holds up, to me anyway. I've tried to like Fibber McGee, and I know they have a huge fan base, but it never clicked with me. It's good there's so much to choose from, and like.

Randy

LUM & ABNER WERE VERY FUNNY AND VERY TALENTED LOVE THE SHOW

Steven

I love that shows very funny

Steven

My favorite Lum n Abner

John

That's funny, I've always considered Lum n Abner a comedy, the same as Amos n Andy.

John

Lum and Abner Christmas specials recommend to hear in Christmas.

Ludy

I recommend Lum and Abner's annual Christmas story to hear in Christmas holidays

Scott

Life with Luigi is a great comedy

John

Love this show

Douglas

in 1948 Life With Luigi premiered on CBS Radio. J. Carrol Naish stars as earnest Italian immigrant Luigi Basco -- proud of the Old Country, yet eager to become an American. Tell us whether your favorite character is hard working Luigi Basco or Luigi's landlord Pasquale played by Alan Reed.

Mike

Lum and Abner was the first OTR show I remember ever listening to. It must have been about 1980. It was played on WPFB-AM in the evenings and I immediately became a fan. I have been listening to OTR ever since but I would have to say Lum & Abner remain my all-time favorite.

Jim

It features all of the existing programs from the series, as well interviews, special programs, etc., and the sound is great! Also has the early 1950s unsold television pilot that can be watched using players such as Windows Media Player that plays MPEG video files. Lum and Abner was broadcast by KTHS-Hot Springs Arkansas in 1931, then in the same year, by the NBC Mutual and CBS radio networks until 1954. Lum was played by Chester Lauck and Abner by Norris Golf.

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