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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
07.04.1945	lum and abner (0855) fourth of july picnic	+ Plans for the 4th of July picnic. Lum is not going to attend! Sit back and enjoy the comedy-vari...
07.05.1945	lum and abner (0856) lum and abner sell shares	+ Cedric buys two shares of Jot 'Em Down Store stock, which promptly doubles in value.
07.09.1945	lum and abner (0857) buy back shares at a loss	+ Sponsored by: Alka Seltzer, Miles Nervine. The Jot 'Em Down Store Stock Brokerage? Cedric wants t...
07.10.1945	lum and abner (0858) consolidated banana stock	+ The mysteries of the stock market...for example: "Consolidated Banana Company" stock. Grandpappy...
07.11.1945	lum and abner (0859) grandpap thinks he is rich	+ Grandpappy Spears has gotten rich with his Consolidated Banana stock!
07.12.1945	lum and abner (0860) bottom drops out of market	+ The bottom has fallen out of Consolidated Banana!
07.16.1945	lum and abner (0861) must get stock back	+ The owner of the last outstanding share of Jot 'Em Down stock is Ulysses S. Quincy! Plans are m...
07.17.1945	lum and abner (0862) lum and abner arrested	+ Lum and Abner break into Ulysses' house...and are arrested by Mousey Grey!
07.18.1945	lum and abner (0863) locked in jail cell	+ Lum and Abner are in jail. Ulysses returns the stock certificate...out of gratitude!
07.19.1945	lum and abner (0864) store closed for vacation
09.03.1945	lum and abner (0887) lum has great new idea
09.04.1945	lum and abner (0888) new postwar world	+ Lum explains to Abner what the post-war world will be like, and almost tells him what his new pl...
09.05.1945	lum and abner (0889) the eddards and peabody split atom company	+ Meet "The Edwards and Peabody Split Atom Corporation." The boys plan to sell split atoms, which ...
09.06.1945	lum and abner (0890) digging for uranium	+ The boys crack up on the air and have trouble reading their lines for the next five minutes! The...
09.10.1945	lum and abner (0891) lum and abner find uranium	+ The boys have discovered dynamite, not uranium! Cedric is so wealthy, that he rips up a dollar b...
09.11.1945	lum and abner (0892) bottle of nitroglycerine	+ Lum and Abner toss around a bottle of nitroglycerine, without knowing how destructive it is. Aft...
09.12.1945	lum and abner (0893) cedric drinks uranium	+ Credric drinks the uranium...and turns into a dog!
09.13.1945	lum and abner (0894) cedric the st bernard	+ Taking care of Cedric, the Saint Bernard!
09.17.1945	lum and abner (0895) dog gone, cedric returns	+ Cedric the dog turns back into Cedric Weehunt!
09.18.1945	lum and abner (0896) dog runs off with nitro	+ Abner tells Cedric the story of Dr. Jekyl and Mr Hyde. The Saint Bernard and Cedric appear at th...
09.19.1945	lum and abner (0897) trapped with nitroglycerine	+ The search for the Saint Bernard with the nitroglycerine continues.
09.20.1945	lum and abner (0898) big blowout in mena	+ The boys try to send a telegram warning of the bottle of nitroglycerine on a soda pop truck.
09.24.1945	lum and abner (0899) lum pretends to be sick	+ Lum is pretending to be sick, even though Miss Emmaline wants a date with him.
09.25.1945	lum and abner (0900) lum brags to miss emaline	+ It's the morning after the big dance. It turns out that Lum knows the president of a railroad.
09.26.1945	lum and abner (0901) lum to use his influence	+ Lum has to deliver on his boast about knowing the president of a railroad. Miss Emmaline wants h...

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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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