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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| 01.27.1943 | lum and abner (0347) grandpap's chemistry set |
+ Blue Network. Grandpappy Spears has purchased a new chemistry set. | |
| 01.26.1943 | lum and abner (0346) club meets at ulysses' home |
+ Blue Network. "The Golden Era Discussion Club" finally meets at the house of Ulysses. Patty-cake,... | |
| 01.25.1943 | lum and abner (0345) can lum and abner save town |
+ Blue Network. The boys wonder how to stop people from leaving town, even Abner's daughter Pearl i... | |
| 01.21.1943 | lum and abner (0344) citizens leaving pine ridge |
+ Blue Network. So many folks are leaving town that Pine Ridge is starting to look like a ghost tow... | |
| 01.20.1943 | lum and abner (0343) jot 'em down store history |
+ Blue Network. The boys remember the old days when they first opened the Jot 'Em Down Store. | |
| 01.19.1943 | lum and abner (0342) has lum gone crazy |
+ Blue Network. At the meeting of "The Golden Era Discussion Club," the topic si "The Art Of Conver... | |
| 01.18.1943 | lum and abner (0341) ulysses s quincy |
+ Blue Network. Lum and Abner try to fill out a questionnaire as Ulysses tries to alibi his way out... | |
| 01.14.1943 | lum and abner (0340) abner needs to find a job for pearl | ||
| 01.13.1943 | lum and abner (0339) abner's trading fever |
+ Blue Network. Abner gets the urge to swap, and swap and swap! | |
| 01.12.1943 | lum and abner (0338) club at cedric's house |
+ Blue Network. "The Golden Era Discussion Club" meets again, this time at Cedric's house. The even... | |
| 01.11.1943 | lum and abner (0337) grand prize on pinball |
+ Blue Network. Cedric has won the double grand prize at the town's pinball machine. | |
| 01.07.1943 | lum and abner (0336) winifred elopes with doctor |
+ Blue Network. The trial ends with Squire Skimp's impassioned summation...and Winnifred's elopemen... | |
| 01.06.1943 | lum and abner (0335) wimpy foster is drafted |
+ Blue Network. Winnifred Redfield testifies (and mostly giggles). Wimpy Foster is scheduled to tes... | |
| 01.05.1943 | lum and abner (0334) club discusses garters |
+ Blue Network. "The Golden Era Discussion Club" meeting is devoted to architecture...or is it abou... | |
| 01.04.1943 | lum and abner (0333) wimpy foster's testimony |
+ Blue Network. The many reasons Ulysses cannot host "The Golden Era Discussion Club." | |
| 12.31.1942 | lum and abner (0332) patriotic speech at trial |
+ Blue Network. The surrealistic trial continues, Cedric is examined by Squire Skimp. Mousey interr... | |
| 12.30.1942 | lum and abner (0331) redfield's testimony |
+ Blue Network. The Breach Of Promise trial of Cedric Weehunt continues, Judge Lum Edwards presidin... | |
| 12.29.1942 | lum and abner (0330) discussion of mona lisa |
+ Blue Network. "The Golden Era Discussion Club" is meeting once again. The evening's topic is the ... | |
| 12.28.1942 | lum and abner (0329) cedric's trial begins |
+ Blue Network. The trial of Cedric begins in a barn! The scales of justice will never balance agai... | |
| 12.24.1942 | lum and abner (0328) special christmas story | ||
| 12.23.1942 | lum and abner (0327) breach of promise suit |
+ Blue Network. Cedric is being sued by Charlie Redfield for breach of promise. | |
| 12.22.1942 | lum and abner (0326) club discusses spinoza |
+ Blue Network. Another meeting of "The Golden Era Discussion Club" will discuss Spinoza (a musical... | |
| 12.21.1942 | lum and abner (0325) cedric returns |
+ Blue Network. The boys receive a letter from Mousey at camp. "The Golden Era Discussion Club" pla... | |
| 12.17.1942 | lum and abner (0324) cedric kidnapped at wedding |
+ Blue Network. Cedric is surrealistically kidnapped by "W." | |
| 12.16.1942 | lum and abner (0323) cedric to marry tomorrow |
+ Blue Network. It looks like Cedric is going to have to get married tomorrow! |
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