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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
01.27.1943	lum and abner (0347) grandpap's chemistry set	+ Blue Network. Grandpappy Spears has purchased a new chemistry set.
01.28.1943	lum and abner (0348) how to make invisible ink	+ Blue Network. Abner and Grandpappy Spears plan to begin manufacturing invisible ink. Lum lectures...
02.01.1943	lum and abner (0349) ink into synthetic rubber	+ Blue Network. The assembly line for invisible ink continues, contaminated with stretchberries and...
02.02.1943	lum and abner (0350) club doesn't discuss rubber	+ Blue Network. "The Golden Era Discussion Club" meets once again, this time to not discuss rubber!
02.03.1943	lum and abner (0351) rubber co elects officers	+ Blue Network. The corporation to manufacture synthetic rubber is formed. The election for preside...
02.04.1943	lum and abner (0352) practicing red tape	+ Blue Network. The standard protocols and procedures of "The Pine Ridge Synthetic Rubber Company."
02.08.1943	lum and abner (0353) keep secret formula in head	+ Blue Network. Lum has offered the new synthetic rubber to the Secret Service. Grandpappy Spears i...
02.09.1943	lum and abner (0354) fall gives grandpap amnesia	+ Blue Network. Grandpappy Spears slips on the ice, hits his head and develops amnesia. There goes ...
02.10.1943	lum and abner (0355) grandpap's someone else	+ Blue Network. Grandpappy Spears wakes up with amnesia, see B. V. D. on his underwear, and believe...
02.11.1943	lum and abner (0356) grandpap buster, salesman	+ Blue Network. Abner chats with his wife Elizabeth in their kitchen (a rare speaking role for Eliz...
02.15.1943	lum and abner (0357) amnesia is causing trouble	+ Blue Network. Buster V. Davenport is selling vacuum cleaners...lots of vacuum cleaners!
02.16.1943	lum and abner (0358) club tries to cure grandpap	+ Blue Network. "The Golden Era Discussion Club" meets again, with the idea of getting Buster V. Da...
02.17.1943	lum and abner (0359) trying to recall formula	+ Blue Network. The boys try to recreate the formula for synthetic rubber.
02.18.1943	lum and abner (0360) playing checkers	+ Blue Network. Abner plays Buster V. Davenport a game of checkers and deliberately cheats!
02.22.1943	lum and abner (0361) pine ridge saved from ruin	+ Blue Network. Things look pretty bad for the future of Pine Ridge, but Buster V. Davenport saves ...
02.23.1943	lum and abner (0362) club present to grandpa	+ Blue Network. "The Golden Era Discussion Club" meets to honor Grandpappy Spears (or Buster V. Dav...
02.24.1943	lum and abner (0363) throwing grandpap a coming out party	+ Blue Network. Lum tries to explain the country's new rationing system to Abner. The boys plan a c...
02.25.1943	lum and abner (0364) lum reads etiquette book	+ Blue Network. The boys discuss treasury stamps and society parties. Lum decides to go "Society."
03.01.1943	lum and abner (0365) pine ridge social leader	+ Blue Network. Lum is reading a very helpful book of etiquette...and decides to move into the Pine...
03.02.1943	lum and abner (0366) grandpap is debutante	+ Blue Network. Lum prepares for his big society party, but first, where can he find a debutante......
03.03.1943	lum and abner (0367) adopting grandpap buster	+ Blue Network. Abner has to adopt Grandpappy Spears to make the party invitations socially correct...
03.04.1943	lum and abner (0368) lum may adopt grandpap	+ Blue Network. Lum tries to talk Abner into adopting Grandpappy Spears. He does such a good job, t...
03.08.1943	lum and abner (0369) dress for big society party	+ Blue Network. Lum and Abner decide what to wear to the party.
03.09.1943	lum and abner (0370) club learns about etiquette	+ Program #372. Blue Network. The Golden Era Discussion Club plans to discuss etiquette, which of c...
03.10.1943	lum and abner (0371) cedric is promoted at job	+ Program #373. Blue Network. Cedric has been promoted at the defense plant. He no longer hits the ...

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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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