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 | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.03.1941 | lum and abner (0072) getting rid of sales book |
+Blue net origination, KARK, Little Rock syndication. The salesmanship book has been burned and th... | |
| 10.06.1941 | lum and abner (0073) the correspondence course |
+Blue net origination, KARK, Little Rock syndication. The boys marvel over the miracle of the addi... | |
| 10.07.1941 | lum and abner (0074) the new adding machine |
+Blue net origination, KARK, Little Rock syndication. Lum is hurt because he was passed up to be t... | |
| 10.09.1941 | lum and abner (0075) new teacher miss fredericks |
+ Blue net origination, KARK, Little Rock syndication. Lum has suddenly developed a romantic inter... | |
| 10.10.1941 | lum and abner (0076) lum's broken leg |
+Blue net origination, KARK, Little Rock syndication. Because of a little white lie, Lum has to pr... | |
| 10.13.1941 | lum and abner (0077) collect accident insurance |
+ Blue net origination, KARK, Little Rock syndication. The plot thickens and the repercussions wid... | |
| 10.14.1941 | lum and abner (0078) trouble with deception |
+ Blue net origination, KARK, Little Rock syndication. While Lum is recovering from his non-broken... | |
| 10.16.1941 | lum and abner (0079) miss fredericks dating |
+ Blue net origination, KARK, Little Rock syndication. The beans are almost split when the cast on... | |
| 10.17.1941 | lum and abner (0080) abner bandages wrong leg |
+ Blue net origination, KARK, Little Rock syndication. Lum has won a free course in building maint... | |
| 10.20.1941 | lum and abner (0081) getting answer from course |
+ Blue net origination, KARK, Little Rock syndication. Lum owns up to the Squire about his broken ... | |
| 10.21.1941 | lum and abner (0082) lum's fake broken leg |
+Blue net origination, KARK, Little Rock syndication. To ease Lum's conscience, the Squire is impo... | |
| 10.23.1941 | lum and abner (0083) squire helps lum out |
+ Blue net origination, KARK, Little Rock syndication. The Squire swindles Lum out of another $100... | |
| 10.24.1941 | lum and abner (0084) hindu miracle man to |
+ Blue net origination, KARK, Little Rock syndication. The Prince from India has arrived, talking ... | |
| 10.27.1941 | lum and abner (0085) hindu prince ali kush |
+ Blue net origination, KARK, Little Rock syndication. The fake Hindu almost chickens out of going... | |
| 10.28.1941 | lum and abner (0086) big show at schoolhouse |
+ Blue net origination, KARK, Little Rock syndication. The Prince "cures" Lum's leg, whereupon he ... | |
| 10.30.1941 | lum and abner (0087) prince to heal lum's leg |
+ Blue Network. Prince Ali Kush "cures" Lum of his broken leg, but he falls off the stage after the... | |
| 10.31.1941 | lum and abner (0088) squire wants lum to help swindle the town |
+ Blue Network. After the "success" of the healing of Lum's "broken" leg, Squire Skimp wants Lum to... | |
| 11.03.1941 | lum and abner (0089) squire cheating prince |
+ Blue Network. Lum confesses all, despite the blackmail attempt by Squire Skimp. The Squire has be... | |
| 11.04.1941 | lum and abner (0090) prince beats squire up |
+ Blue Network. "The Prince" has beaten up Squire Skimp and left town. The Squire talks his way out... | |
| 11.06.1941 | lum and abner (0091) lum dating miss fredericks |
+ Blue Network. Lum's dual personality is explained. Miss Fredericks calls! | |
| 11.07.1941 | lum and abner (0092) abner wrecks lum's date |
+ Blue Network. Lum gets Cedric to help him get a date with Miss Fredericks. Abner thinks it's Lum ... | |
| 11.10.1941 | lum and abner (0093) lum puts library in store |
+ Blue Network. Lum gets the brilliant idea to start a library in the Jot 'Em Down Store! | |
| 11.11.1941 | lum and abner (0094) cedric delivers books |
+ Blue Network. Books for the new library arrive. | |
| 11.13.1941 | lum and abner (0095) new york library and lions |
+ Blue Network. Lum muses that the Pine Ridge Library ought to have some lions...and therein lies a... | |
| 11.14.1941 | lum and abner (0096) abner to buy a lion |
+ Blue net origination, KARK, Little Rock syndication. Cedric tries to qualify for a library card. ... |
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