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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03.25.1946 | lum and abner (1003) dress as woman to avoid curfew |
+ Program #1006. Sponsored by: Alka Seltzer, Miles Nervine. Lum dresses as a woman to beat the men... | |
| 03.26.1946 | lum and abner (1004) women push big bond issue |
+ Lum is in jail after being discovered in women's clothes. The town is in danger from a disastrou... | |
| 03.27.1946 | lum and abner (1005) lum and crooked bond issue |
+ There's going to be a vote today on a crooked bond issue. Even Abner believes the lies. Lum gets... | |
| 03.28.1946 | lum and abner (1006) men head for the hills |
+ The men of Pine Ridge are staying up in the hills in their battle of the sexes. The women don't ... | |
| 04.01.1946 | lum and abner (1007) relocate pine ridge |
+ Caleb Weehunt has an idea...steal the official records of Pine Ridge and take control of the gov... | |
| 04.02.1946 | lum and abner (1008) men steal post office |
+Program #1007. Sponsored by: Alka-Seltzer, Miles Nervine. All the town records of Pine Ridge are ... | |
| 04.03.1946 | lum and abner (1009) men give up and return |
+Program #1011. Sponsored by: Alka-Seltzer or Alka-Seltzer and Miles Nervine. The men admit their ... | |
| 04.04.1946 | lum and abner (1010) women welcome men back |
+Program #1012. Sponsored by: Alka-Seltzer or Alka-Seltzer and Miles Nervine. The men of Pine Ridg... | |
| 04.08.1946 | lum and abner (1011) dr roller, pest controller |
+Program #1014. Sponsored by: Alka-Seltzer or Alka-Seltzer and Miles Nervine. Plans for an extermi... | |
| 04.09.1946 | lum and abner (1012) getting clyde the mouse |
+Program #1015. Sponsored by: Alka-Seltzer or Alka-Seltzer and Miles Nervine. "Dr. Roller, The Pes... | |
| 04.10.1946 | lum and abner (1013) dr roller to trap clyde |
+ Program #1016. Sponsored by: Alka-Seltzer or Alka-Seltzer and Miles Nervine. Abner comes to Clyd... | |
| 04.11.1946 | lum and abner (1014) obsessed to catch clyde |
+ Program #1017. Sponsored by: Alka-Seltzer or Alka-Seltzer and Miles Nervine. Dr. Roller is deter... | |
| 04.15.1946 | lum and abner (1015) trick dr with dead mouse |
+ Program #1018. Sponsored by: Alka-Seltzer or Alka-Seltzer and Miles Nervine. Abner's plans to ge... | |
| 04.16.1946 | lum and abner (1016) sell antiques for repairs |
+ Program #1021. Sponsored by: Alka-Seltzer or Alka-Seltzer and Miles Nervine. The boys discover t... | |
| 04.17.1946 | lum and abner (1017) confederate treasure map | ||
| 04.18.1946 | lum and abner (1018) confederate money chest | ||
| 04.22.1946 | lum and abner (1019) using confederate money | ||
| 04.23.1946 | lum and abner (1020) money is counterfeit | ||
| 04.24.1946 | lum and abner (1021) the ship building plant |
+ Program #1025. Sponsored by: Alka-Seltzer or Alka-Seltzer and Miles Nervine. Lum thinks Henry Ka... | |
| 04.25.1946 | lum and abner (1022) ready for mr kaiser visit | ||
| 04.29.1946 | lum and abner (1023) visitor is kay kyser | ||
| 04.30.1946 | lum and abner (1024) labels off canned goods |
+ Program #1027. Sponsored by: Alka-Seltzer or Alka-Seltzer and Miles Nervine. While Lum thinks hi... | |
| 05.01.1946 | lum and abner (1025) mad about unlabeled cans |
+ Program #1028. Sponsored by: Alka-Seltzer or Alka-Seltzer and Miles Nervine. What to do with a s... | |
| 05.02.1946 | lum and abner (1026) big sale on surprise cans |
+ Program #1029. Sponsored by: Alka-Seltzer or Alka-Seltzer and Miles Nervine. Lum has a better id... | |
| 05.06.1946 | lum and abner (1027) guessing can contents |
+Program #1030. Sponsored by: Alka-Seltzer or Alka-Seltzer and Miles Nervine. Grandpappy Spears ha... |
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