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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
04.03.1945	lum and abner (0802) surprising revelation	+Blue Network. Mr. Cahncellor's father visits the Jot 'Em Down Store with an amazing revelation. Hi...
04.04.1945	lum and abner (0803) threatening note	+Blue Network. Squire Skimp kindly gives the boys a mortgage on their mortgage. Somebody's broken i...
04.05.1945	lum and abner (0804) abner's house broken into	+Blue Network. Who has broken into the home of Abner? The strange foreigner asks Cedric about the l...
04.09.1945	lum and abner (0805) nervous about diamond	+ Blue Network. Lum tries to give Abner the diamond, who doesn't really want it. Grandpappy Spears ...
04.10.1945	lum and abner (0806) abner advised, sell diamond	+Blue Network. Abner asks Dick Huddleston for some advice. What to do with that large but cursed di...
04.11.1945	lum and abner (0807) jeweler dies	+ Blue Network. Lum, Cedric and Dick Huddleston travel to the county seat to sell the diamond, only...
04.12.1945	lum and abner (0808) working crossword puzzle	+Blue Network. While waiting to get their car repaired, Abner and Cedric work on a crossword puzzle...
04.16.1945	lum and abner (0809) kunlun diamond and trouble	+Blue Network. Lum finds out that Abner tried to sell the diamond and no longer has it. A gentleman...
04.17.1945	lum and abner (0810) can't get rid of diamond	+Blue Network. A knife come whizzing through the window. Beware the wrath of "The Black Leopard!" T...
04.18.1945	lum and abner (0811) bury diamond in cellar	+Blue Network. The lights go out and the diamond disappears, despite plans to bury it in the baseme...
04.19.1945	lum and abner (0812) school house at night	+ Blue Network. The diamond has disappeared from the basement. Lum has received an invitation from ...
04.23.1945	lum and abner (0813) parrot saves the day	+Blue Network. Hasari has tricked Lum into a confrontation. He doesn't have the diamond either! Ced...
04.24.1945	lum and abner (0814) abner gets rid of diamond	+Blue Network. Abner tells Lum about his heroic confrontation with Hasari. Lum learns some startlin...
04.25.1945	lum and abner (0815) lum finds out diamond sold
04.26.1945	lum and abner (0816) meaning of united nations	+Blue Network. Abner has never told Lum about selling the diamond for $5000. Lum can't figure out w...
04.30.1945	lum and abner (0817) secretive about diamond	+Blue Network. Abner explains to Dick Huddleston why he took the diamond and sold it. Lum hangs up ...
05.01.1945	lum and abner (0818) dick tries to patch rift	+Blue Network. Dick Huddleston finally convinces Lum tht Abner didn't steal the diamond.
05.02.1945	lum and abner (0819) store divided in half	+ Blue Network. The Jot 'Em Down Store has been divided down the middle and the feud continues!
05.03.1945	lum and abner (0820) mysterious box left	+ Blue Network. Dr. Fontaine Grill's car has broken down near the Jot 'Em Down Store, leaving behin...
05.07.1945	lum and abner (0821) the newspaper clipping	+Blue Network. The boys are wondering just what's in that mysterious box.
05.08.1945	lum and abner (0822) lum and abner open box	+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Alka-Seltzer, Miles Nervine. Curiosity has gotten better of the boys, ...
05.09.1945	lum and abner (0823) more on contents of box	+Blue Network. At long last, the mysterious box is opened...it's an "iron doll!" It sounds like a l...
05.10.1945	lum and abner (0824) assembling the robot	+ Blue Network. "Robert The Robot" is assembled...and comes to life!
05.15.1945	lum and abner (0826) robert, the robot to work	+Blue Network. The boys make their plans for "Robert The Robot."
05.16.1945	lum and abner (0827) learning about robert	+Blue Network. Abner puts "Robert The Robot" through his paces. Grandpappy Spears and Squire Skimp ...

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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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