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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12.30.1941 | lum and abner (0122) squire mousey's manager |
+ Blue net origination, KARK, Little Rock syndication. Squire Skimp has tricked Mousie into signin... | |
| 01.01.1942 | lum and abner (0123) lum buys mousey's contract |
+ Blue net origination, KARK, Little Rock syndication. Mousie's contract has been sold by the Squi... | |
| 01.02.1942 | lum and abner (0124) mousey's vs iron ike |
+ Blue net origination, KARK, Little Rock syndication. Even though he has the Mumps, Mousie shows ... | |
| 01.05.1942 | lum and abner (0125) marketing lucky loaf bread |
+ Blue net origination, KARK, Little Rock syndication. Mousie is planning to fight Iron Ike again,... | |
| 01.06.1942 | lum and abner (0126) store and bakery to abner |
+ Blue net origination, KARK, Little Rock syndication. Lum's bakery business is being neglected wh... | |
| 01.08.1942 | lum and abner (0127) lum wants store bakery back |
+ Blue net origination, KARK, Little Rock syndication. Abner tells Lum he's no longer part owner o... | |
| 01.09.1942 | lum and abner (0128) mousey loses his last fight |
+ Blue net origination, KARK, Little Rock syndication. Mousie vs. Iron Ike. The fight has been fou... | |
| 01.12.1942 | lum and abner (0129) is lum destitute |
+ Blue net origination, KARK, Little Rock syndication. Abner almost decides to take Lum back into ... | |
| 01.13.1942 | lum and abner (0130) farm and needlework weekly |
+ Blue net origination, KARK, Little Rock syndication. Lum is now selling magazines to support him... | |
| 01.15.1942 | lum and abner (0131) mousey as delivery boy |
+ Blue Network. Cedric is quitting his job as delivery boy. Lum gets Mousey to ask Abner for the jo... | |
| 01.16.1942 | lum and abner (0132) lum fakes nervous breakdown |
+ Blue Network. Lum decides to have a nervous breakdown to gain Abner's sympathy. | |
| 01.19.1942 | lum and abner (0133) ownership papers to store |
+ Blue Network. Grandpappy Spears tries to get Lum and Abner back together again. + Even Lum’s ... | |
| 01.20.1942 | lum and abner (0134) lum to break into store |
+ Blue Network. Squire Skimp suggests that Lum steal the bill of sale at midnight, then tells Abner... | |
| 01.22.1942 | lum and abner (0135) uncle henry lunsford's jail |
+ Blue Network. Lum is in jail, and Uncle Henry is a tough jailer! +The bridge between the old fell... | |
| 01.23.1942 | lum and abner (0136) lum to try himself in court |
+ Blue Network. Lum gets a jail haircut. Uncle Henry is certainly a tough jailer! +Lum is still in... | |
| 01.26.1942 | lum and abner (0137) lum sets his own bail |
+ Blue Network. As Justice Of The Peace, Lum is going to have to try his own case. To start with, h... | |
| 01.27.1942 | lum and abner (0138) ownership paper to trial |
+ Blue Network. The trail of Lum Edwards, Justice Lum Edwards presiding. +Today is the day of the b... | |
| 01.29.1942 | lum and abner (0139) drops case against lum |
+ Blue Network. The end of the case against Lum Edwards. + Judge Drops Case Against Lum. | |
| 01.30.1942 | lum and abner (0140) to be ventriloquists |
+ Blue net origination, KARK, Little Rock syndication. While Lum tries to balance the store's book... | |
| 02.02.1942 | lum and abner (0141) filling out income tax form |
+ Blue net origination, KARK, Little Rock syndication. The boys are figuring out their income tax,... | |
| 02.03.1942 | lum and abner (0142) an honest man |
+ Blue net origination, KARK, Little Rock syndication. A strange character named Diogenes Smith ha... | |
| 02.05.1942 | lum and abner (0143) 10,000 dollars to most honest man |
+ Blue net origination, KARK, Little Rock syndication. Diogenes has announced that he's going to a... | |
| 02.06.1942 | lum and abner (0144) long overdue grocery bill |
+ Blue Network. Diogenes plans to use the store's feed room for his printing press. The town has ch... | |
| 02.09.1942 | lum and abner (0145) who is the new deputy |
+ Blue Network. Who are the five citizens of Pine Ridge appointed to be the deputies of Diogenes Sm... | |
| 02.10.1942 | lum and abner (0146) cedric may be deputy |
+ Blue Network. Lum and Abner suspect Cedric is really one of Diogenes' deputies. The boys plan to ... |
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