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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
03.24.1943	lum and abner (0379) office in the feed room	+ Program #381. Blue Network. Dr. Snide decides to set up his practise in Pride Ridge, but who will...
03.25.1943	lum and abner (0380) mousey comes to visit	+ Program #382. Blue Network. Mousie Gray returns to Pine Ridge on a furlough. The program begins a...
03.29.1943	lum and abner (0381) lum installs intercom	+ Program #383. Blue Network. Lum is installing an intercom for Dr. Snide to use when he sets up hi...
03.30.1943	lum and abner (0382) dr snide lectures to club	+ Program #384. Blue Network. Dr. Snide lectures to The Golden Era Discussion Club on the subject o...
03.31.1943	lum and abner (0383) better dr snide's business	+ Program #385. Blue Network. The boys plan on ways to improve the dental business. "Dr. Peabody's ...
04.01.1943	lum and abner (0384) not much dental work	+ Program #386. Blue Network. Dr. Snide hasn't been doing much dental work in Pine Ridge. Lum and A...
04.05.1943	lum and abner (0385) lum must arrest dr snide	+ Program #387. Blue Network. Justice Of The Peace Lum Edwards learns that Mr. Snide has no license...
04.06.1943	lum and abner (0386) dr snide skips out of town	+ Program #388. Blue Network. Lum feels that he has to arrest himself as well as Dr. Snide, but Dr....
04.07.1943	lum and abner (0387) grandpap buster returns	+ Program #389. Blue Network. Lum is not going to go to jail after all. A postcard is received from...
04.08.1943	lum and abner (0388) county agricultural board	+ Program #390. Blue Network. Lum tries to get Grandpappy Spears interested in helping to solve the...
04.12.1943	lum and abner (0389) barbara stanwyck drops by	+ Program #391. Blue Network. Guest Barbara Stanwyck makes an appeal for the sale of war bonds.
04.13.1943	lum and abner (0390) life of milford spears	+ Program #392. Blue Network. "This Is Your Life: Grandpappy Spears," as produced by The Golden Era...
04.14.1943	lum and abner (0391) love and aunt charity	+ Program #393. Blue Network. Lum decides to try to have Grandpappy Spears fall in love with Aunt C...
04.15.1943	lum and abner (0392) grandpap and charity date	+ Program #394. Blue Network. The boys try to set up Grandpappy Spears with a date with his own wif...
04.19.1943	lum and abner (0393) cedric's car pool troubles	+ Program #395. Blue Network. There are plans to get Aunt Charity to a beauty parlor at the county ...
04.20.1943	lum and abner (0394) grandpap and charity together	+ Program #396. Blue Network. Grandpappy Spears and Aunt Charity seem to be quite attracted to each...
04.21.1943	lum and abner (0395) is charity too good	+ Program #397. Blue Network. Grandpappy Spears decides that he's not good enough for Aunt Charity ...
04.22.1943	lum and abner (0396) black market meat dangers	+ Program #398. Blue Network. Grandpappy Spears buys black market meat as a present for Aunt Charit...
04.26.1943	lum and abner (0397) proposing to charity	+ Program #399. Blue Network. The jot 'Em Down Store regulars prepare Grandpappy Spears for his big...
04.27.1943	lum and abner (0398) grandpap's memory restored	+ Program #400. Blue Network. At the wedding of Aunt Charity and Grandppay Spears, Cedric hits Bust...
04.28.1943	lum and abner (0399) rubber formula on wall	+ Program #401. Blue Network. While trying to remember the secret formula for synthetic rubber, Gra...
04.29.1943	lum and abner (0400) plans for rubber factory	+ Program #402. Blue Network. Lum reveals his grandiose plans for his factory to make synthetic rub...
05.03.1943	lum and abner (0401) synthetic rubber worthless	+ Program #403. Blue Network. A letter arrives from the chemical company, and the news isn't too go...
05.04.1943	lum and abner (0402) war bond staff chairman	+ Program #404. Blue Network. Lum has big plans for the Pine Ridge war bond drive, or at least his ...
05.05.1943	lum and abner (0403) business meeting	+ Program #405. Blue Network. Who will be the chief co-chairman of the war bond committee? There is...

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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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