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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
02.13.1935	lum and abner (0043) lum out of jail	+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk (flashlight premium). Dick Huddleston has gotten Lum out of ja...
02.14.1935	lum and abner (0044) lum has lead in election	+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk (flashlight premium). As votes in the election start arriving...
02.15.1935	lum and abner (0045) abner hires cedric	+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk (flashlight premium). Lum is in bandages after being "shot" by...
02.18.1935	lum and abner (0046) restocking of store
02.19.1935	lum and abner (0047) squire to cash check	+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk (flashlight premium). Abner asks Squire Skimp to cash to $200 ...
02.20.1935	lum and abner (0048) newspaper reports on abner	+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk (flashlight premium). Abner has donated $180 to the library at...
02.21.1935	lum and abner (0049) insurance money donated	+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk (flashlight premium). Not only has Squire Skimp donated Abner'...
02.22.1935	lum and abner (0050) listeners to cast their votes	+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk (flashlight premium). Lum is thinking of dropping out of the ...
02.25.1935	lum and abner (0051) lum wins election	+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. Lum wins the election by seventeen votes and promptly resigns...
02.26.1935	lum and abner (0052) jot 'em down store reopens	+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. Abner takes over the store and institutes as "New Deal." Cedr...
02.27.1935	lum and abner (0053) abner for a boss	+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. President Abner has made several unpopular changes in the sto...
02.28.1935	lum and abner (0054) abner buys 10 cases of soap	+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. A drummer offer's Abner "the world's wonder soap," and he tri...
03.01.1935	lum and abner (0055) world's wonder soap	+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. Abner manages to sell the worthless soap franchise to Squire ...
03.04.1935	lum and abner (0056) abner trading merchandise	+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. After Abner describes his plan to swap groceries for livestoc...
03.05.1935	lum and abner (0057) divide all merchandise	+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. The boys divide up the contents of the store. The system cue ...
03.06.1935	lum and abner (0058) operating store on swap	+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. The rope is up at the Jot 'Em Down Store for the second time....
03.07.1935	lum and abner (0059) abner's decrepit horse	+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. Horse trading, Pine Ridge, Arkansas style. Abner swaps groce...
03.08.1935	lum and abner (0060) circus comes to pine ridge	+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. There's a circus in town, and guess who's swapped what for al...
03.11.1935	lum and abner (0061) most all merchandise gone	+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. One of Abner's cows has eaten Sister Simpson's garden. The go...
03.12.1935	lum and abner (0062) forecloses on circus	+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. After trying to get more feed and groceries on credit, the c...
03.13.1935	lum and abner (0063) lum and abner in partnership	+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. The boys now own the circus. Abner's first idea is to trade ...
03.14.1935	lum and abner (0064) lum and abner's circus	+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. The circus is doing very well with the barter plan of admiss...
03.15.1935	lum and abner (0065) lum and abner hire squire	+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. Squire Skimp has been hired as the promotion man for the circ...
03.18.1935	lum and abner (0066) squire's freak sideshow	+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. Squire Skimp has taken some liberties with the circus animal...
03.19.1935	lum and abner (0067) circus will open saturday	+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. Squire Skimp needs a trapeze artist for the circus...and Lum...

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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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