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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
05.06.1943	lum and abner (0404) teaching about inflation	+ Program #406. Blue Network. The gang down at the Jot 'Em Down Store is rehearsing Lum's play abou...
05.10.1943	lum and abner (0405) neosho the mind reader	+ Program #407. Blue Network. Lum asks Squire Skimp's advice about how to get an entertainer to hel...
05.11.1943	lum and abner (0406) tent for fortune teller	+ Program #408. Blue Network. Abner needs some help holding up a tent for the fortune teller.
05.12.1943	lum and abner (0407) neosho doesn't show	+ Program #409. Blue Network. The fortune teller hired by Squire Skimp has been arrested in Little ...
05.13.1943	lum and abner (0408) abner subs for neosho	+ Program #410. Blue Network. Abner becomes "Neosho The Mystic" when the fortune teller fails to ap...
05.17.1943	lum and abner (0409) fortune teller abner	+ Program #411. Blue Network. Abner, as "Neosho The Mystic," has told both the widow Abernathy and ...
05.18.1943	lum and abner (0410) try to get out of dinner	+ Program #412. Blue Network. Sister Simpson gets Lum on the phone and is determined to invite him ...
05.19.1943	lum and abner (0411) lum's troubles known	+ Program #413. Blue Network. The whole town's talking about Lum's romance with Sister Simpson and ...
05.20.1943	lum and abner (0412) selling lots of war bonds	+ Blue Network. The election to determine Lum's new wife is selling a lot of war bonds.
05.24.1943	lum and abner (0413) election may be good	+ Program #415. Blue Network. The contest to elect a wife for Lum continues...much to Lum's discomf...
05.25.1943	lum and abner (0414) relatives arrive in town	+ Program #416. Blue Network. Relatives of Sister Simpson arrive from Hatfield. Relatives from the ...
05.26.1943	lum and abner (0415) relatives use vacant lot	+ Program #417. Blue Network. The relatives have set up camp outside the store, playing horseshoes ...
05.27.1943	lum and abner (0416) fictional third woman	+Program #418. Blue Network. Squire Skimp has an idea to help Lum. He suggests they invent a third ...
05.31.1943	lum and abner (0417) biography of mystery woman	+ Program #419. Blue Network. Lum describes the fictitious Mabel Melrose.
06.01.1943	lum and abner (0418) lum uses psychology	+ Program #420. Blue Network. Lum has an idea: convince the widow Abernathy that she can't possibly...
06.02.1943	lum and abner (0419) mabel melrose shows up	+ Program #421. Blue Network. Lum prepares to leave town rather than marry Sister Simpson. The cont...
06.03.1943	lum and abner (0420) mabel wants to claim prize	+ Program #422. Blue Network. Abner makes an announcement about collecting fats and grease for the ...
06.07.1943	lum and abner (0421) mabel to leave town	+ Program #423. Blue Network. Abner plans to charge war bond admissions to Lum's wedding. Mabel wil...
06.08.1943	lum and abner (0422) lum in love with mabel	+ Program #424. Blue Network. Squire Skimp demands $1000 for Mabel Melrose...but Lum has fallen in ...
06.09.1943	lum and abner (0423) mabel, surrealist painter	+ Program #425. Blue Network. Lum has found an attic for Mabel Melrose to live in...in Abner's hous...
06.10.1943	lum and abner (0424) mabel to move into attic	+ Program #426. Blue Network. Abner is not too happy about his prospective tenant. Lum temporarily ...
06.14.1943	lum and abner (0425) artist in the attic	+ Program #427. Blue Network. Lum proposes an art exhibit for the benefit of war bond sales.
06.15.1943	lum and abner (0426) war savings staff	+ Program #428. Blue Network. After trying to explain surrealism to Abner, Lum decides that he's an...
06.16.1943	lum and abner (0427) trouble trying to paint	+ Program #429. Blue Network. Grandpappy Spears decides to enter his surreal painting in the exhibi...
06.17.1943	lum and abner (0428) lum paints war bond poster	+ Program #431. Blue Network. Lum's thinking about proposing to Mabel Melrose. Abner tries to move ...

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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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