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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05.10.1935 | lum and abner (0105) chain letters are illegal |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. Dick Huddleston has some bad news...chain letters are not leg... | |
| 05.13.1935 | lum and abner (0106) starting an letter |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk (Lum and Abner photo premium). How to get rid of all those pi... | |
| 05.14.1935 | lum and abner (0107) hog chain letter okay |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk (Lum and Abner Photo Album premium). The hogs are arriving fa... | |
| 05.15.1935 | lum and abner (0108) squire skimp to chicago |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. Squire Skimp offers to help dispose of all the hogs...for a ... | |
| 05.16.1935 | lum and abner (0109) statue of lum and abner |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. How do hogs ride to Chicago? Do they have to buy a train tick... | |
| 05.17.1935 | lum and abner (0110) what sort of statue |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk (Lum and Abner Photo premium). What kind of statues will be e... | |
| 05.20.1935 | lum and abner (0111) catalog from monument company |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk (Lum and Abner Photo premium). Lum is planning to buy a statu... | |
| 05.21.1935 | lum and abner (0112) lum orders statue of himself |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk (Lum and Abner Photo premium). A petition and a request for d... | |
| 05.22.1935 | lum and abner (0113) squire returns from chicago |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk (Lum and Abner Photo premium). The statue will arrive tomorro... | |
| 05.23.1935 | lum and abner (0114) story of king midas |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk (Lum and Abner Photo premium). The sales of the hogs have bro... | |
| 05.24.1935 | lum and abner (0115) disaster strikes at unveiling |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk (last time: Lum and Abner Photo premium). Lum rehearses his s... | |
| 05.27.1935 | lum and abner (0116) lum missing all weekend |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. The statue turned out to be only six inches tall! Lum has di... | |
| 05.28.1935 | lum and abner (0117) lum returns |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. Lum has returned from a trip to Kansas City with plans to op... | |
| 05.29.1935 | lum and abner (0118) how to operate a picture show |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. Plans for the new motion picture show continue, including an... | |
| 05.30.1935 | lum and abner (0119) cotton warehouse for theatre |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. Remodling of the cotton warehouse has begun. The back of the... | |
| 05.31.1935 | lum and abner (0120) lum and abner hire grandpap |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. Music is needed for the new theatre (are they going to be sh... | |
| 06.03.1935 | lum and abner (0121) argue over name for theatre |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. What to name the new movie theatre? About about "The Pine Ri... | |
| 06.04.1935 | lum and abner (0122) picture show costs begin |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. Preparations for the picture show continue...at great expens... | |
| 06.05.1935 | lum and abner (0123) squire wants to be partner |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. Selecting a picture for the opening show. How about Mickey M... | |
| 06.06.1935 | lum and abner (0124) squire to start rival theatre |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. Squire Skimp has threatened to open his own movie theatre, s... | |
| 06.07.1935 | lum and abner (0125) squire's plans rival theatre |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. Squire Skimp has hired Grandpappy Spears, Ezra Seastrunk and ... | |
| 06.10.1935 | lum and abner (0126) lum and abner lose to squire |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. Squire Skimp makes Lum and Abner an offer for a one third in... | |
| 06.11.1935 | lum and abner (0127) dick to help lum and abner |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. Plans for the opening of the theatre on Saturday night are u... | |
| 06.12.1935 | lum and abner (0128) lum and abner's free matinee |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. "The Texas Kid" is going to be the first feature at the Pine... | |
| 06.13.1935 | lum and abner (0129) squire spreads rumors |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. Squire Skimp tells the head of the Pine Ridge Ladies Uplift L... |
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