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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03.07.1938 | lum and abner (0004) lum's movie to begin filming |
+ The moving picture camera that Lum and Abner ordered from Hollywood arrived last Saturday and at l... | |
| 03.09.1938 | lum and abner (0005) squire's promotions oil well |
+ Last Monday Lum and Abner traded Squire Skimp the oil rights on Abner’s property for release of ... | |
| 03.11.1938 | lum and abner (0006) volcanoes rotation of earth |
+ Production on the first picture of the Pine Ridge motion picture company is being temporarily post... | |
| 03.14.1938 | lum and abner (0007) moving picture co disbanded | ||
| 03.16.1938 | lum and abner (0008) squire gives money back |
+ Lum and Abner have certainly being having their worries with the Pine Ridge Motion Picture Company... | |
| 03.18.1938 | lum and abner (0009) finding bones |
+ The oil boom in Pine Ridge seems to be over and Squire Skimp learned the authorities were investig... | |
| 03.21.1938 | lum and abner (0010) prof interested in bones |
+ The old fellows now feel that they have made an important discovery after Cedric Weehunt finds wha... | |
| 03.23.1938 | lum and abner (0011) trying to assemble bones |
+ Lum and Abner are more enthused than ever over the fossil they unearthed in Abner’s yard, which ... | |
| 03.25.1938 | lum and abner (0012) examining the bones | ||
| 03.28.1938 | lum and abner (0013) cedric sells chances |
+ Last Friday Lum and Abner suffered a big disappointment as the fossil they recently unearthed in A... | |
| 03.30.1938 | lum and abner (0014) abner pretends to be sick |
+ Now that all of Lum and Abner’s outside interests have been disposed of they’ve decided to spe... | |
| 04.01.1938 | lum and abner (0015) april fool's day jokes |
+ Lum seems to be falling for everyone's April Fool's jokes. | |
| 04.04.1938 | lum and abner (0016) matrimonial bureau reopens |
+ Lum and Abner are sorely in need of funds in which to replenish the reduced stock of merchandise i... | |
| 04.06.1938 | lum and abner (0017) lum composes newspaper ad |
+ After several days spent in an effort to collect some of the accounts due to the Jot ‘Em Down st... | |
| 04.08.1938 | lum and abner (0018) lum wants to get married | ||
| 04.11.1938 | lum and abner (0019) benefits of being married |
+ Lum and Abner’s new business the lonesome heart matrimonial seems to have gotten off to a flying... | |
| 04.13.1938 | lum and abner (0020) abner sends out photos |
+ Lum and Abner’s lonesome heart matrimonial bureau seems to be running in to unexpected difficult... | |
| 04.15.1938 | lum and abner (0021) lum doesn't know of photos |
+ So far practically of all of the letters received at Lum and Abner’s lonesome heart matrimonial... | |
| 04.18.1938 | lum and abner (0022) trouble because of abner |
+ Practically of all of the letters received at Lum and Abner’s lonesome heart matrimonial bureau... | |
| 04.20.1938 | lum and abner (0023) lum patches things up |
+ Little did Abner realise the trouble he was getting in to when he sent out pictures of citizens of... | |
| 04.22.1938 | lum and abner (0024) lum in hiding from birdie |
+ Abner is still trying to square himself with Dick Huddleston, Moors Moots and Ezra Ceestrunk for s... | |
| 06.06.1938 | lum and abner (0043) lum english estate |
+ Last Friday Lum received a letter from a firm of attorneys stating that it was believed he was one... | |
| 06.08.1938 | lum and abner (0044) lum's english frame of mind |
+ Last Friday Lum received a letter informing him that if he could prove he was a descendant of one ... | |
| 06.10.1938 | lum and abner (0045) raising money for trip | ||
| 06.13.1938 | lum and abner (0046) squire renames store |
+ Now that Lum has sold his half interest in the Jot ‘Em Down Store to Squire Skimp he’s spendin... |
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