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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
05.11.1942	lum and abner (0197) 10,000 dollars in war bonds	+ Blue Network. Lum and Abner finally come to a decision on what to do with the $10,000. The obviou...
05.12.1942	lum and abner (0198) lum to start print shop	+ Blue Network. Lum decides to make use of Diogenes' printing press. Abner suspects that Lum is rea...
05.14.1942	lum and abner (0199) press to print store bills	+ Blue Network. Lum has printed up some bills for the store on Diogenes' press. Now, if only they c...
05.15.1942	lum and abner (0200) abner sleeping on the job	+ Blue Network. Lum catches Abner sleeping on the job, the bell gets put back on the front door! + ...
05.18.1942	lum and abner (0201) oxford overnight writers'	+ Blue Network. Lum is planning to sign up with the "Oxford Overnight Author's Institute." He's pla...
05.19.1942	lum and abner (0202) more money in publishing	+ Blue Network. Lum has changed his goals and now plans to publish books. Mousey's poems might be t...
05.21.1942	lum and abner (0203) contribute to the uso	+ Blue Network. A public service script appealing for contributions to the U. S. O. + Publisher Lum...
05.22.1942	lum and abner (0204) jewels on squire's property	+ Blue Network. Lum and Abner suspect that there is a fortune in jewels hidden on a property owned ...
05.25.1942	lum and abner (0205) property deal goes sour	+ Blue Network. Squire Skimp buys the property back after Cedric finds buried silver dollars. + By ...
05.26.1942	lum and abner (0206) phantom author's manuscript	+ Blue Network. The Edwards and Edwards Publishing Company receives a "manuscript" from "The Phanto...
05.28.1942	lum and abner (0207) abner is frightened author	+ Blue Network. "The Adventures Of Erma Ermatrude" continues. Abner disappears! + Strange things ha...
05.29.1942	lum and abner (0208) author reveals his identity	+ Blue Network. The identity of "The Phantom Author" is revealed! + The plot gets considerably thic...
06.01.1942	lum and abner (0209) old eddards saying	+ Blue Network. Lum plans to sell Christmas cards, or is it carrying coals to Newcastle...or owls t...
06.02.1942	lum and abner (0210) store full of owls	+ Blue Network. Abner has filled up the feed room with owls! + Since Diogenes Smith offered $10,000...
06.04.1942	lum and abner (0211) robert blevins is killed	+ Blue Network. A sobering script, as the boys find out that Robert Blevins has been killed in acti...
06.05.1942	lum and abner (0212) cedric tries to get a date	+ Blue Network. Cedric wants to take Clarabelle to the party, but Gomer Bates has already asked her...
06.08.1942	lum and abner (0213) greeting card business	+ Blue Network. While they're in the greeting card business, the boys compose a graduation card for...
06.09.1942	lum and abner (0214) greeting card verses	+ Blue Network. The Edwards and Edwards Publishing Company has hired Mousey Gray as staff poet for ...
06.11.1942	lum and abner (0215) tries to get poetic license	+ Blue Network. Lum calls the Town Hall to apply for a "Poetic License."
06.12.1942	lum and abner (0216) how to win back clarabelle	+ Blue Network. Cedric plans to become a hermit. Mousie gives him advice on how to win the love of ...
06.15.1942	lum and abner (0217) writing to advice column	+ Blue Network. Lum gets Cedric to write and ask advice from Beatrice Fairbanks.
06.16.1942	lum and abner (0218) desperate love life	+ Blue Network. Cedric's love life, or lack of it, is getting desperate.
06.18.1942	lum and abner (0219) cedric to join the marines	+ Blue Network. Cedric decides to become an officer in the Marine Corps!
06.19.1942	lum and abner (0220) how to boss your wife	+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Alka-Seltzer, One-A-Day vitamins (one commercial deleted). Lum knows h...
06.22.1942	lum and abner (0221) peace for abner elizabeth	+ Blue Network. Lum tries to patch up the argument between Abner and his wife Lizabeth.

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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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