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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06.14.1935 | lum and abner (0130) ladies' uplift league |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. The Ladies Uplift League forces the cancellation of the movi... | |
| 06.17.1935 | lum and abner (0131) squire is breaking the law |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. Business isn't too good at the Pine Ridge Planetarium. Squir... | |
| 06.18.1935 | lum and abner (0132) lum won't arrest squire |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. Squire Skimp's theatre, located on the second floor, seems t... | |
| 06.19.1935 | lum and abner (0133) squire to be arrested |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. Dick Huddleston and Grandpappy Spears force Lum into action.... | |
| 06.20.1935 | lum and abner (0134) squire mad over warrant |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. Squire Skimp is very upset that he's been put out of busines... | |
| 06.21.1935 | lum and abner (0135) justice of the peace court |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk (Summer Drinks Recipe Book premium). Squire Skimp has pressur... | |
| 06.24.1935 | lum and abner (0136) squire falls going down aisle |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk (Summer Drinks Recipe Book premium). Squire Skimp visits the ... | |
| 06.25.1935 | lum and abner (0137) letter of apology to squire |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. Locking the barn door after the horse has been stolen. Lum w... | |
| 06.26.1935 | lum and abner (0138) squire gets out of sick bed |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. Squire Skimp is feeling better today...so much improved that... | |
| 06.27.1935 | lum and abner (0139) squire sues |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. Squire Skimp anounces that he's going to sue Lum and Abner fo... | |
| 06.28.1935 | lum and abner (0140) letter becomes evidence |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. Lum and Abner make an attempt to settle out of court with Sq... | |
| 07.01.1935 | lum and abner (0141) breaking into squire's house |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. Lum and Dick Huddleston head for the county seat to hire a la... | |
| 07.02.1935 | lum and abner (0142) abner is arrested |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. Abner has been arrested for breaking into Squire Skimp's hous... | |
| 07.03.1935 | lum and abner (0143) lawyer visits lum |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. After lecturing Abner about signing a paper without thinking ... | |
| 07.04.1935 | lum and abner (0144) off to court |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. It looks like Squire Skimp is going to win his case. He's dec... | |
| 07.05.1935 | lum and abner (0145) the trial |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. The trial against Lum and Abner begins, and things are going ... | |
| 07.08.1935 | lum and abner (0146) lum wins case |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. The law suit is over. Lum thinks that he ought to open a law ... | |
| 07.09.1935 | lum and abner (0147) lawyer lum resigns |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. Lum the lawyer might have to sue himself! Perhaps it's time t... | |
| 07.10.1935 | lum and abner (0148) lum and abner into argument |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. Lum is planning to start Screen-O games at the Pine Ridge Pla... | |
| 07.11.1935 | lum and abner (0149) abner hires cedric |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. Abner tries to make a "mercantile" out of Cedric! The system ... | |
| 07.12.1935 | lum and abner (0150) abner believes lum gypped him |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. Abner thinks that Lum has gotten the better of the deal by f... | |
| 07.15.1935 | lum and abner (0151) theatre burns to the ground |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. Lum's theatre has been destroyed by fire. Abner suspects tha... | |
| 07.16.1935 | lum and abner (0152) lum forgot fire insurance |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. Without a movie theatre, Lum hints very broadly to Abner tha... | |
| 07.17.1935 | lum and abner (0153) lum's life miserable |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. Abner is not the easiest guy to work for, making life very d... | |
| 07.18.1935 | lum and abner (0154) lum has had it |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. Lum has had enough ill-treatment from Abner. He quits his jo... |
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