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 |
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| 10.02.1944 | lum and abner (0697) new policy, |
+Blue Network. Sponsored by: Alka-Seltzer, One-A-Day Vitamins. Lum and Abner try to be extra polite ... | |
| 10.03.1944 | lum and abner (0698) school board president |
+Blue Network. Lum has decided to run again for president of the School Board. | |
| 10.04.1944 | lum and abner (0699) ignore board prez lum |
+Blue Network. Lum has been elected president of the School Board. Abner and Grandpappy Spears pret... | |
| 10.05.1944 | lum and abner (0700) play about merchant marines |
+ Blue Network. The regulars at the Jot 'Em Down Store rehearse a play about the Merchant Marine. | |
| 10.09.1944 | lum and abner (0701) complaining about sloane |
+ Blue Network. Lum has received complaints about Professor Sloan. As president of the School Board... | |
| 10.10.1944 | lum and abner (0702) sloane gets better job |
+Blue Network. Lum tries to avoid talking to Professor Sloan. When he finally does reach him, the P... | |
| 10.11.1944 | lum and abner (0703) discuss replacement teacher |
+Blue Network. The School Board has begun a search for a replacement for Professor Sloan. Lum descr... | |
| 10.12.1944 | lum and abner (0704) applications for teachers | ||
| 10.16.1944 | lum and abner (0705) store to sell birdbaths | ||
| 10.17.1944 | lum and abner (0706) arithmetic problem |
+Blue Network. Grandpappy Spears and Abner try an arithmetic problem in Cedric's schoolbook. Mathem... | |
| 10.18.1944 | lum and abner (0707) lum examing records |
+ Blue Network. The president of the School Board has decided on a new school teacher...Emaline Pla... | |
| 10.19.1944 | lum and abner (0708) to greet new teacher |
+Blue Network. Lum plans to paint the school house baby blue. Squire Skimp invites Lum to go to a w... | |
| 10.23.1944 | lum and abner (0709) war bond meeting |
+ Blue Network. Abner creates havoc on the train to Fort Smith. | |
| 10.24.1944 | lum and abner (0710) shopping in fort smith | ||
| 10.25.1944 | lum and abner (0711) lost train tickets problems | ||
| 10.26.1944 | lum and abner (0712) hitchhiking home |
+Blue Network. Abner and Squire Skimp try hitchhiking back to Pine Ridge. They're picked up by a ba... | |
| 10.30.1944 | lum and abner (0713) new teacher, emaline platt |
+Blue Network. The new school teacher has started classes, despite Lum calling her up every few min... | |
| 10.31.1944 | lum and abner (0714) discuss halloween pranks |
+ Blue Network. Lum is dressed as a ghost for Halloween. He and Abner recall pranks they pulled on p... | |
| 11.01.1944 | lum and abner (0715) works on water pipes |
+Blue Network. Lum spends the day fixing the water pipes at the schoolhouse...even though the pipes... | |
| 11.02.1944 | lum and abner (0716) excuses to visit school |
+ Blue Network. Lum is trying to think of a reason to go over to the schoolhouse. | |
| 11.06.1944 | lum and abner (0717) write english composition |
+Blue Network. Cedric is having problems with his English composition "My Most Exciting Experience.... | |
| 11.07.1944 | lum and abner (0718) first time to vote |
+Blue Network. Abner is going to have to go to visit his Aunt Agatha in Texas. | |
| 11.08.1944 | lum and abner (0719) abner must visit relatives | ||
| 11.09.1944 | lum and abner (0720) abner to learn trombone |
+ Blue Network. Abner has to learn to play the trombone before his trip to Texas. | |
| 11.13.1944 | lum and abner (0721) off to texas |
+Blue Network. Abner is off to Texas, but he's left his valise back at the Jot 'Em Down Store. Or d... |
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