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 |
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| 06.21.1943 | lum and abner (0429) lum to propose to mabel |
+ Program #432. Blue Network. Lum tries to explain his surrealistic painting...all too realisticall... | |
| 06.22.1943 | lum and abner (0430) preparing for art exhibit |
+ Program #433. Blue Network. Lum goes down his check list of preparations for the art show and auc... | |
| 06.23.1943 | lum and abner (0431) instructions on exhibit | ||
| 06.24.1943 | lum and abner (0432) presiding over art sale |
+ Program #434. Blue Network. The art auction of the works of Mabel Melrose and Edwards Van Lum is ... | |
| 06.28.1943 | lum and abner (0433) lum disgusted with art |
+ Program #435. Blue Network. Grandpappy Spears makes Lum feel foolish that his paintings didn't se... | |
| 06.29.1943 | lum and abner (0434) lum and mabel, birdwatching |
+ Program #436. Blue Network. Lum and Mabel Melrose are out in the woods, interested in "the wild b... | |
| 06.30.1943 | lum and abner (0435) lum studies correct grammar |
+ Program #437. Blue Network. Lum and Mabel plan to "purify the English language" by driving out th... | |
| 07.01.1943 | lum and abner (0436) lum tries proposing |
+ Program #438. Blue Network. Lum has finally decided to propose to Mabel Melrose, but Abner isn't ... | |
| 07.05.1943 | lum and abner (0437) mousey returns from the war |
+ Program #439. Blue Network. Grandpappy Spears has a new job to keep the wheels of industry turnin... | |
| 07.06.1943 | lum and abner (0438) mousey's adventures |
+Program #440. Blue Network. Mousey gets all the news of Pine Ridge while he was in the army. | |
| 07.07.1943 | lum and abner (0439) the secret diary |
+ Program #441. Blue Network. The secret diary of Mousey Gray. | |
| 07.08.1943 | lum and abner (0440) how mousey was wounded | ||
| 07.12.1943 | lum and abner (0441) truth about mousey's wound |
+ Program #443. Blue Network. Finally, the truth comes out about Mousey's war wound. | |
| 07.13.1943 | lum and abner (0442) mabel melrose leaves town |
+ Program #444. Blue Network. Mabel Melrose has decided to leave Pine Ridge and return to Little Ro... | |
| 07.14.1943 | lum and abner (0443) back to business |
+ Program #445. Blue Network. Lum and Abner get back to the business of selling war bonds...and an ... | |
| 07.15.1943 | lum and abner (0444) treasury department honors |
+ Program #446. Blue Network. The government man arrives in Pine Ridge to present Lum and Abner wit... | |
| 07.19.1943 | lum and abner (0445) old blue to be drafted |
+ Program #447. Blue Network. Abner is afraid that his dog "Old Blue" is going to be drafted. | |
| 07.20.1943 | lum and abner (0446) mousey and old blue at club |
+ Program #448. Blue Network. A meeting of The Golden Era Discussion Club is called to order with a... | |
| 07.21.1943 | lum and abner (0447) old blue won't be drafted |
+ Program #449. Blue Network. After writing a letter to the army about "Old Blue," the dog is going... | |
| 07.22.1943 | lum and abner (0448) ellie connors escapes |
+ Program #450. Blue Network. A young girl comes to the store and asks for a job. She has recently ... | |
| 07.26.1943 | lum and abner (0449) don't tell about ellie |
+ Program #451. Blue Network. Lum should tell the police that Ellie Connors is hiding in the store,... | |
| 07.27.1943 | lum and abner (0450) how to disguise ellie |
+ Program #452. Blue Network. The boys put together a new dress for Ellie. | |
| 07.28.1943 | lum and abner (0451) ellie will go to wisconsin |
+ Program #453. Blue Network. Plans are made for Ellie to live with Lum's aunt in Wisconsin. | |
| 07.29.1943 | lum and abner (0452) ellie poses as lum's niece |
+ Program #454. Blue Network. Lum and Abner have taken Ellie to the county seat preparing to catch ... | |
| 08.02.1943 | lum and abner (0453) convinced ellie is mary |
+ Blue Network. Abner returns from his unexpected train trip. Everyone in town thinks Ellie is Lum'... |
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