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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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Air Date	Title	Synopsis
02.24.1942	lum and abner (0154) lum, air raid warden	+ Blue net origination, KARK, Little Rock syndication. While the hunt for an honest man continues,...
02.26.1942	lum and abner (0155) mousey, airplane watcher	+ Blue net origination, KARK, Little Rock syndication. Lum has been lying through his teeth to con...
02.27.1942	lum and abner (0156) strange happenings at night	+ Blue net origination, KARK, Little Rock syndication. Mousie reports that honest Diogenes has bee...
03.02.1942	lum and abner (0157) car license plate stolen	+ Blue Network. Nobody has seen Cedric today, because he's been arrested and is in jail for driving...
03.03.1942	lum and abner (0158) plate mysteriously returned	+ Blue Network. Mousey has seen Diogenes late at night again. There are strange goings on! Cedric's...
03.05.1942	lum and abner (0159) conversation with detective	+ Blue Network. Diogenes seems quite upset to learn that Lum was talking to a detective. He announc...
03.06.1942	lum and abner (0160) lum and cedric in charge	+ Blue Network. Diogenes has left Lum in charge of his pamphlet operation, but he seems to have tol...
03.09.1942	lum and abner (0161) wearing diogenes' clothes	+ Blue Network. Lum is wearing Diogenes' suit. Cedric wants a new bicycle...he seems to have a lot ...
03.10.1942	lum and abner (0162) cedric sudden money	+ Blue Network. From where is Cedric getting all his money? + Diogenes Smith still hasn’t returne...
03.12.1942	lum and abner (0163) lantern must be magical	+ Blue Network. Lum is sure that Cedric's sudden wealth is due to Diogenes' modern lantern. The lam...
03.13.1942	lum and abner (0164) half interest in store	+ Blue Network. The boys give Cedric a half interest in the Jot 'Em Down Store in exchange for the ...
03.16.1942	lum and abner (0165) interrogating cedric	+ Blue Network. If it's not the lantern, from where is Cedric getting all that money? That's exactl...
03.17.1942	lum and abner (0166) press prints money	+ Blue Network. Cedric reveals the secret of his wealth...Diogenes' printing press...which turns ou...
03.19.1942	lum and abner (0167) abner and cedric to quit	+ Blue Network. Now that they're rich, Abner and Cedric plan to stop working, become gypsies and tr...
03.20.1942	lum and abner (0168) lum running printing press	+ Blue Network. Lum catches Abner and Cedric printing counterfeit $10 bills and tells them they may...
03.23.1942	lum and abner (0169) worry over going to jail	+ Blue Network. The boys are sure that they're going to jail. Mousey quits his job at the store.
03.24.1942	lum and abner (0170) cedric escapes from jail	+ Blue Network. Squire Skimp's lawyer has decided not to help defend Lum. Cedric has escaped from j...
03.26.1942	lum and abner (0171) harboring a criminal	+ Blue Network. Lum and Cedric have disappeared. Abner is arrested for harboring a fugitive! + Ther...
03.27.1942	lum and abner (0172) detective mousey gray	+ Blue Network. Mousey reports that "Operator XW9 is ready" to Fremont by way of Squire Skimp. Howe...
03.30.1942	lum and abner (0173) lum brings back diogenes	+ Blue Network. While Abner plans to have a "closing out" sale and move to Mexico, Lum walks in the...
03.31.1942	lum and abner (0174) diogenes leaves 10,000 dollars	+ Blue Network. Diogenes has confessed all, says goodbye, and leaves Pine Ridge $10,000. + Diogenes...
04.02.1942	lum and abner (0175) ways to spend the money	+ Blue Network. What to do with the $10,000 left by Diogenes? How about an art museum? An elevator?...
04.03.1942	lum and abner (0176) rko studios premiere	+ Blue Network. Here's a suggestion for what to do with the $10,000: everyone in Pine Ridge (includ...
04.06.1942	lum and abner (0177) committees for premiere	+ Blue Network. Preparations are being made for the big premier of the new Lum and Abner movie. + T...
04.07.1942	lum and abner (0178) lum's premiere speech	+ Blue Network. Lum is rehearsing his speech for the big movie premier. + Plans are going full stea...

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Lum and Abner is my fave so no one knows what the heck I am on about

Don

LUM & ABNER vol 7

Mike

Two of my favorites.

Ron

J.Carrol Naish is So so talented... Wish I had half his vocal chops

john

I really enjoy this old radio show. In my opinion it's a lot like a radio version of The Andy Griffith Show. It's about two old men that run a store in a very small town in Arkansas. It's a comedy serial and each episode is only about 13 minutes long. There is not a laugh track which is another reason I enjoy it.

J Middleton

I love Lum and Abner.

Joel

Lum and Abner, my all-time favorite radio show, I listen to them almost daily, take them along with me through my work day. I've heard all the episodes more times than I can remember, but there are so many they don't get old. The humor always holds up, to me anyway. I've tried to like Fibber McGee, and I know they have a huge fan base, but it never clicked with me. It's good there's so much to choose from, and like.

Randy

LUM & ABNER WERE VERY FUNNY AND VERY TALENTED LOVE THE SHOW

Steven

I love that shows very funny

Steven

My favorite Lum n Abner

John

That's funny, I've always considered Lum n Abner a comedy, the same as Amos n Andy.

John

Lum and Abner Christmas specials recommend to hear in Christmas.

Ludy

I recommend Lum and Abner's annual Christmas story to hear in Christmas holidays

Scott

Life with Luigi is a great comedy

John

Love this show

Douglas

in 1948 Life With Luigi premiered on CBS Radio. J. Carrol Naish stars as earnest Italian immigrant Luigi Basco -- proud of the Old Country, yet eager to become an American. Tell us whether your favorite character is hard working Luigi Basco or Luigi's landlord Pasquale played by Alan Reed.

Mike

Lum and Abner was the first OTR show I remember ever listening to. It must have been about 1980. It was played on WPFB-AM in the evenings and I immediately became a fan. I have been listening to OTR ever since but I would have to say Lum & Abner remain my all-time favorite.

Jim

It features all of the existing programs from the series, as well interviews, special programs, etc., and the sound is great! Also has the early 1950s unsold television pilot that can be watched using players such as Windows Media Player that plays MPEG video files. Lum and Abner was broadcast by KTHS-Hot Springs Arkansas in 1931, then in the same year, by the NBC Mutual and CBS radio networks until 1954. Lum was played by Chester Lauck and Abner by Norris Golf.

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