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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03.11.1943 | lum and abner (0372) coming out party monday |
+ Program #374. Blue Network. The coming-out party for Buster V. Davenport (Grandpappy Spears) is s... | |
| 03.10.1943 | lum and abner (0371) cedric is promoted at job |
+ Program #373. Blue Network. Cedric has been promoted at the defense plant. He no longer hits the ... | |
| 03.09.1943 | lum and abner (0370) club learns about etiquette |
+ Program #372. Blue Network. The Golden Era Discussion Club plans to discuss etiquette, which of c... | |
| 03.08.1943 | lum and abner (0369) dress for big society party |
+ Blue Network. Lum and Abner decide what to wear to the party. | |
| 03.04.1943 | lum and abner (0368) lum may adopt grandpap |
+ Blue Network. Lum tries to talk Abner into adopting Grandpappy Spears. He does such a good job, t... | |
| 03.03.1943 | lum and abner (0367) adopting grandpap buster |
+ Blue Network. Abner has to adopt Grandpappy Spears to make the party invitations socially correct... | |
| 03.02.1943 | lum and abner (0366) grandpap is debutante |
+ Blue Network. Lum prepares for his big society party, but first, where can he find a debutante...... | |
| 03.01.1943 | lum and abner (0365) pine ridge social leader |
+ Blue Network. Lum is reading a very helpful book of etiquette...and decides to move into the Pine... | |
| 02.25.1943 | lum and abner (0364) lum reads etiquette book |
+ Blue Network. The boys discuss treasury stamps and society parties. Lum decides to go "Society." | |
| 02.24.1943 | lum and abner (0363) throwing grandpap a coming out party |
+ Blue Network. Lum tries to explain the country's new rationing system to Abner. The boys plan a c... | |
| 02.23.1943 | lum and abner (0362) club present to grandpa |
+ Blue Network. "The Golden Era Discussion Club" meets to honor Grandpappy Spears (or Buster V. Dav... | |
| 02.22.1943 | lum and abner (0361) pine ridge saved from ruin |
+ Blue Network. Things look pretty bad for the future of Pine Ridge, but Buster V. Davenport saves ... | |
| 02.18.1943 | lum and abner (0360) playing checkers |
+ Blue Network. Abner plays Buster V. Davenport a game of checkers and deliberately cheats! | |
| 02.17.1943 | lum and abner (0359) trying to recall formula |
+ Blue Network. The boys try to recreate the formula for synthetic rubber. | |
| 02.16.1943 | lum and abner (0358) club tries to cure grandpap |
+ Blue Network. "The Golden Era Discussion Club" meets again, with the idea of getting Buster V. Da... | |
| 02.15.1943 | lum and abner (0357) amnesia is causing trouble |
+ Blue Network. Buster V. Davenport is selling vacuum cleaners...lots of vacuum cleaners! | |
| 02.11.1943 | lum and abner (0356) grandpap buster, salesman |
+ Blue Network. Abner chats with his wife Elizabeth in their kitchen (a rare speaking role for Eliz... | |
| 02.10.1943 | lum and abner (0355) grandpap's someone else |
+ Blue Network. Grandpappy Spears wakes up with amnesia, see B. V. D. on his underwear, and believe... | |
| 02.09.1943 | lum and abner (0354) fall gives grandpap amnesia |
+ Blue Network. Grandpappy Spears slips on the ice, hits his head and develops amnesia. There goes ... | |
| 02.08.1943 | lum and abner (0353) keep secret formula in head |
+ Blue Network. Lum has offered the new synthetic rubber to the Secret Service. Grandpappy Spears i... | |
| 02.04.1943 | lum and abner (0352) practicing red tape |
+ Blue Network. The standard protocols and procedures of "The Pine Ridge Synthetic Rubber Company." | |
| 02.03.1943 | lum and abner (0351) rubber co elects officers |
+ Blue Network. The corporation to manufacture synthetic rubber is formed. The election for preside... | |
| 02.02.1943 | lum and abner (0350) club doesn't discuss rubber |
+ Blue Network. "The Golden Era Discussion Club" meets once again, this time to not discuss rubber! | |
| 02.01.1943 | lum and abner (0349) ink into synthetic rubber |
+ Blue Network. The assembly line for invisible ink continues, contaminated with stretchberries and... | |
| 01.28.1943 | lum and abner (0348) how to make invisible ink |
+ Blue Network. Abner and Grandpappy Spears plan to begin manufacturing invisible ink. Lum lectures... |
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