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 |
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| 05.22.1947 | lum and abner (1247) keep lawyer from widder |
+ Lum plots to keep the widow Abernathy from seeing her lawyer. | |
| 05.26.1947 | lum and abner (1248) try new act for radio |
+ Lum is studying to become a hypnotist. | |
| 05.27.1947 | lum and abner (1249) lum hypnotizes abner |
+ Lum hypnotizes Abner and makes him do work around the store. | |
| 05.28.1947 | lum and abner (1250) switching preson alities |
+ Lum hypnotizes Cedric and Squire Skimp and interchanges their personalities! | |
| 07.08.1947 | lum and abner (1273) mysterious box is found in lum's attic |
+BC net. Sponsored by: Alka-Seltzer, 1-A-Day Vitamins. What's in the box left by Winsted Hempstead? ... | |
| 07.09.1947 | lum and abner (1274) lum and abner attempt to open box | ||
| 07.10.1947 | lum and abner (1275) lum has mysterious box |
+ Sponsored by: Alka-Seltzer, 1-A-Day Vitamins. Abner shows the Hempstead box to Cedric Weehunt. Sq... | |
| 07.14.1947 | lum and abner (1276) related to hempsteads |
+ Everyone in Pine Ridge can prove that he's related to Winston Hempstead, thanks to the family tr... | |
| 07.15.1947 | lum and abner (1277) professor crenshaw |
+ Lum thinks that Professor Crenshaw and his family trees are fakes...or does he? | |
| 07.16.1947 | lum and abner (1278) mysterious box to be opened |
+ The family trees of Pine Ridge gets complicated because of Professor Crenshaw. What's in the my... | |
| 07.17.1947 | lum and abner (1279) promising fabulous riches |
+ Suspicions build about Professor Crenshaw. The box of Winsted Hempstead is opened! | |
| 07.21.1947 | lum and abner (1280) envelope and secret formula |
+ Everyone thinks that Lum is a thief! Lum has discovered that there is a secret formula on the p... | |
| 07.22.1947 | lum and abner (1281) arrests professor crenshaw |
+ Professor Crenshaw has been arrested. Lum has been vindicated. | |
| 07.23.1947 | lum and abner (1282) ed'ards and peabody chemical |
+ Professor Crenshaw has left town after cheating the folks of Pine Ridge out of $1000. The boys ... | |
| 07.24.1947 | lum and abner (1283) total assets of 13 dollars |
+ Squire Skimp tries to buy an interest in "The Edwards and Peabody Chemical Company." The company... | |
| 07.28.1947 | lum and abner (1284) sell interest store |
+ Cedric invests his $25 in "The Edwards and Peabody Chemical Company." | |
| 07.29.1947 | lum and abner (1285) chemicals to mix formula |
+ Cedric has plans to be "silent" partner, Lum returns from the city with chemicals to make the H... | |
| 07.30.1947 | lum and abner (1286) drinks bottle of formula |
+ The first bottles of the Hempstead secret formula roll off the assembly line...and Cedric drinks... | |
| 07.31.1947 | lum and abner (1287) what is formula for |
+ Experiments continue in an effort to discover the purpose of the Hempstead secret formula. | |
| 08.04.1947 | lum and abner (1288) formula dyes clothes purple |
+ The secret formula seems to be an insecticide, and it's selling quite well. | |
| 08.05.1947 | lum and abner (1289) formula makes insect spray |
+BC net. The secret formula turns clothing purple! | |
| 08.06.1947 | lum and abner (1290) formula kills potato bugs |
+BC net. The Hempstead secret formula kills potato bugs very well! | |
| 08.07.1947 | lum and abner (1291) elect officers of company |
+ The Edwards and Peabody Chemical Company has an election of officers. | |
| 08.11.1947 | lum and abner (1292) formula to save cotton crop |
+ Lum plans to use the secret formula against an infestation of boll weevils. | |
| 08.12.1947 | lum and abner (1293) 6,000 gallons of formula |
+ The sales of "The Edwards and Peabody Chemical Company" have been brisk...in fact, one order co... |
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