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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| 06.23.1942 | lum and abner (0222) rumors to help abner |
+ Blue Network. Lum plants a rumor that he's in love with a woman named Annabelle, even though Anna... | |
| 06.22.1942 | lum and abner (0221) peace for abner elizabeth |
+ Blue Network. Lum tries to patch up the argument between Abner and his wife Lizabeth. | |
| 06.19.1942 | lum and abner (0220) how to boss your wife |
+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Alka-Seltzer, One-A-Day vitamins (one commercial deleted). Lum knows h... | |
| 06.18.1942 | lum and abner (0219) cedric to join the marines |
+ Blue Network. Cedric decides to become an officer in the Marine Corps! | |
| 06.16.1942 | lum and abner (0218) desperate love life |
+ Blue Network. Cedric's love life, or lack of it, is getting desperate. | |
| 06.15.1942 | lum and abner (0217) writing to advice column |
+ Blue Network. Lum gets Cedric to write and ask advice from Beatrice Fairbanks. | |
| 06.12.1942 | lum and abner (0216) how to win back clarabelle |
+ Blue Network. Cedric plans to become a hermit. Mousie gives him advice on how to win the love of ... | |
| 06.11.1942 | lum and abner (0215) tries to get poetic license |
+ Blue Network. Lum calls the Town Hall to apply for a "Poetic License." | |
| 06.09.1942 | lum and abner (0214) greeting card verses |
+ Blue Network. The Edwards and Edwards Publishing Company has hired Mousey Gray as staff poet for ... | |
| 06.08.1942 | lum and abner (0213) greeting card business |
+ Blue Network. While they're in the greeting card business, the boys compose a graduation card for... | |
| 06.05.1942 | lum and abner (0212) cedric tries to get a date |
+ Blue Network. Cedric wants to take Clarabelle to the party, but Gomer Bates has already asked her... | |
| 06.04.1942 | lum and abner (0211) robert blevins is killed |
+ Blue Network. A sobering script, as the boys find out that Robert Blevins has been killed in acti... | |
| 06.02.1942 | lum and abner (0210) store full of owls |
+ Blue Network. Abner has filled up the feed room with owls! + Since Diogenes Smith offered $10,000... | |
| 06.01.1942 | lum and abner (0209) old eddards saying |
+ Blue Network. Lum plans to sell Christmas cards, or is it carrying coals to Newcastle...or owls t... | |
| 05.29.1942 | lum and abner (0208) author reveals his identity |
+ Blue Network. The identity of "The Phantom Author" is revealed! + The plot gets considerably thic... | |
| 05.28.1942 | lum and abner (0207) abner is frightened author |
+ Blue Network. "The Adventures Of Erma Ermatrude" continues. Abner disappears! + Strange things ha... | |
| 05.26.1942 | lum and abner (0206) phantom author's manuscript |
+ Blue Network. The Edwards and Edwards Publishing Company receives a "manuscript" from "The Phanto... | |
| 05.25.1942 | lum and abner (0205) property deal goes sour |
+ Blue Network. Squire Skimp buys the property back after Cedric finds buried silver dollars. + By ... | |
| 05.22.1942 | lum and abner (0204) jewels on squire's property |
+ Blue Network. Lum and Abner suspect that there is a fortune in jewels hidden on a property owned ... | |
| 05.21.1942 | lum and abner (0203) contribute to the uso |
+ Blue Network. A public service script appealing for contributions to the U. S. O. + Publisher Lum... | |
| 05.19.1942 | lum and abner (0202) more money in publishing |
+ Blue Network. Lum has changed his goals and now plans to publish books. Mousey's poems might be t... | |
| 05.18.1942 | lum and abner (0201) oxford overnight writers' |
+ Blue Network. Lum is planning to sign up with the "Oxford Overnight Author's Institute." He's pla... | |
| 05.15.1942 | lum and abner (0200) abner sleeping on the job |
+ Blue Network. Lum catches Abner sleeping on the job, the bell gets put back on the front door! + ... | |
| 05.14.1942 | lum and abner (0199) press to print store bills |
+ Blue Network. Lum has printed up some bills for the store on Diogenes' press. Now, if only they c... | |
| 05.12.1942 | lum and abner (0198) lum to start print shop |
+ Blue Network. Lum decides to make use of Diogenes' printing press. Abner suspects that Lum is rea... |
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