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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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Air Date	Title	Synopsis
08.05.1942	lum and abner (0247) stranger to call about baby	+ Blue Network. The mysterious letter writer plans to telephone the Jot 'Em Down Store tomorrow nig...
08.06.1942	lum and abner (0248) mysterious phone call	+ Blue Network. The boys get a phone call from the letter writer in Kansas City, but the call is in...
08.10.1942	lum and abner (0249) trying foreign languages on	+ Blue Network. The boys try out some foreign languages on the baby to see if he recognizes any of ...
08.11.1942	lum and abner (0250) genealogical trace on baby	+ Blue Network. Lum has bought a horse. Squire Skimp has hired a company in Chicago to do a genealo...
08.12.1942	lum and abner (0251) baby is heir to gold	+ Blue Network. Squire Skimp's report reveals that the baby is the owner of a gold mine! The progra...
08.13.1942	lum and abner (0252) custody of gold mine	+ Blue Network. The boys discuss the baby's gold mine. The program closing has been deleted.
08.17.1942	lum and abner (0253) cedric president gold mine	+ Blue Network. Who will be president of the gold mine? An election is held...several of them in fa...
08.18.1942	lum and abner (0254) mousey to work in mine	+ Blue Network. The boys decide to sell their delivery truck to pay the baby's lawyer. Cedric has h...
08.19.1942	lum and abner (0255) baby's case gets expensive	+ Blue Network. The boys' debt to Squire Skimp is increasing. The program closing has been deleted.
08.20.1942	lum and abner (0256) squire's 1,100 dollar note	+ Blue Network. Lum signs the Squire's promissory note for $1100, that the Squire just happens to h...
08.24.1942	lum and abner (0257) enter baby in movie contest	+ Blue Network. The boys plan to enter the baby in a photo contest. The Squire has another idea too...
08.25.1942	lum and abner (0258) auctioning store fixtures	+ Blue Network. Grandpappy Spears auctions off all the fixtures in the Jot 'Em Down Store. The prog...
08.26.1942	lum and abner (0259) baby's father shows up	+ Blue Network. The baby's father returns to claim the baby! Abner attacks him with a baseball bat!...
08.27.1942	lum and abner (0260) squire isn't on the level	+ Blue Network. Lum suspects that Squire Skimp is up to no good. The program closing has been delet...
08.31.1942	lum and abner (0261) faking gold mine tale
09.01.1942	lum and abner (0262) everything settled	+ Blue Network. The baby has disappeared, Squire Skimp confesses all. The program closing has been ...
09.02.1942	lum and abner (0263) lum and abner miss the baby	+ Blue Network. Grandpappy Spears plans to visit Cherry Hill. He gives the boys an idea for a new b...
09.03.1942	lum and abner (0264) the handy folding cot	+ Blue Network. The boys try to assemble the Handy Folding Cot...in only thirty seconds! The show m...
09.07.1942	lum and abner (0265) mousey opens travel agency	+ Blue Network. A visit to Mousie's Travel Agency, where tour 16B to Cherry Hill is described in gl...
09.08.1942	lum and abner (0266) vacation	+ Blue Network. Lum plans a "back to nature" vacation after reading Thoreau. The program closing ha...
09.09.1942	lum and abner (0267) mousey shows travel slides	+ Blue Network. Mousie presents a slide show of scenic America. The program closing has been delete...
09.10.1942	lum and abner (0268) horrors of nazi germany	+ Blue Network. A German-American in the Jot 'Em Down Store describes the horrors of Nazism in an o...
09.14.1942	lum and abner (0269) election of school board	+ Blue Network. Lum is upset because he's lost the election for president of the school board. The ...
09.15.1942	lum and abner (0270) needs new school teacher	+ Blue Network. Lum is considering being a substitute teacher, which of course leads to the subject...
09.16.1942	lum and abner (0271) mousey wants to be teacher	+ Blue Network. Lum doesn't seem to be eager to hire a teacher to replace himself. The program clos...

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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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