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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 ... | |
| 05.25.1942 | lum and abner (0205) property deal goes sour |
+ Blue Network. Squire Skimp buys the property back after Cedric finds buried silver dollars. + By ... | |
| 05.26.1942 | lum and abner (0206) phantom author's manuscript |
+ Blue Network. The Edwards and Edwards Publishing Company receives a "manuscript" from "The Phanto... | |
| 05.28.1942 | lum and abner (0207) abner is frightened author |
+ Blue Network. "The Adventures Of Erma Ermatrude" continues. Abner disappears! + Strange things ha... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 06.04.1942 | 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... | |
| 06.05.1942 | 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... | |
| 06.08.1942 | lum and abner (0213) greeting card business |
+ Blue Network. While they're in the greeting card business, the boys compose a graduation card for... | |
| 06.09.1942 | lum and abner (0214) greeting card verses |
+ Blue Network. The Edwards and Edwards Publishing Company has hired Mousey Gray as staff poet for ... | |
| 06.11.1942 | lum and abner (0215) tries to get poetic license |
+ Blue Network. Lum calls the Town Hall to apply for a "Poetic License." | |
| 06.12.1942 | 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 ... | |
| 06.15.1942 | lum and abner (0217) writing to advice column |
+ Blue Network. Lum gets Cedric to write and ask advice from Beatrice Fairbanks. | |
| 06.16.1942 | lum and abner (0218) desperate love life |
+ Blue Network. Cedric's love life, or lack of it, is getting desperate. | |
| 06.18.1942 | lum and abner (0219) cedric to join the marines |
+ Blue Network. Cedric decides to become an officer in the Marine Corps! | |
| 06.19.1942 | 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... | |
| 06.22.1942 | lum and abner (0221) peace for abner elizabeth |
+ Blue Network. Lum tries to patch up the argument between Abner and his wife Lizabeth. | |
| 06.23.1942 | 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... | |
| 06.25.1942 | lum and abner (0223) the rumor backfires |
+ Blue Network. Lum gets a report from Mousie in excruciating detail. Lum's plan didn't work too we... | |
| 06.26.1942 | lum and abner (0224) elizabeth and pearl leave |
+ Blue Network. Lum's brilliant idea to make peace between Abner and Lizabeth...break down the door... | |
| 06.29.1942 | lum and abner (0225) lum is blamed for troubles |
+ Blue Network. Lizabeth and Pearl have left Abner. The boys plan different ways to get them back. | |
| 06.30.1942 | lum and abner (0226) the masked muskrat reports |
+ Blue Network. The boys receive a letter from Washington; The Retailers For Victory Campaign. | |
| 07.02.1942 | lum and abner (0227) where is elizabeth |
+ Blue Network. Three pairs of binoculars for the Navy start a searching party for Lizabeth up at C... | |
| 07.03.1942 | lum and abner (0228) baby left in store |
+ Blue Network. Lizabeth and Pearl are not in Texas after all. The boys are left with a baby while ... |
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