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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
09.15.1943	lum and abner (0479) caleb elected president	+Program #481. Blue Network. The election's over, and Lum planned out the results too carefully...h...
09.16.1943	lum and abner (0480) lum mopes over losing	+Program #482. Blue Network. Caleb Wehunt is the new president of the school board! The rope goes u...
09.20.1943	lum and abner (0481) cedric, high school student	+ Program #483. Blue Network. Cedric is going to begin his high school career, but what will he use...
09.21.1943	lum and abner (0482) doing favors for cedric	+ Program #484. Blue Network. Mary wants to change her name. Cedric fixes things for her...but good...
09.22.1943	lum and abner (0483) paper for english class	+ Program #485. Blue Network. The boys help (?) Cedric with his English composition...which consist...
09.23.1943	lum and abner (0484) lum, a self made man	+ Program #486. Blue Network. Lum Edwards, the self-made man, can lift himself up by the bootstraps...
09.27.1943	lum and abner (0485) trade school classes	+ Program #487. Blue Network. Vocational education comes to Pine Ridge, Lum is against it!
09.28.1943	lum and abner (0486) class in storekeeping	+ Program #488. Blue Network. Professor Edwards is going to teach a class in store-keeping, but he ...
09.29.1943	lum and abner (0487) lum leaves town	+ Program #489. Blue Network. Lum has left town, depressed that no-one signed up for his course.
09.30.1943	lum and abner (0488) classified ads	+ Program #490. Blue Network. Abner and Grandpappy Spears plan to find Lum with a classified ad!“...
10.04.1943	lum and abner (0489) abner rents lum's house	+ Program #491. Blue Network. Abner rents Lum's house to the widow Jessup.
10.05.1943	lum and abner (0490) possessions given away	+ Program #492. Blue Network. As soon as Abner finishes giving away all of Lum's possession, Lum re...
10.06.1943	lum and abner (0491) how to get widder out	+ Program #493. Blue Network. Lum plans to dress up like a ghost and scare the widow Jessup out of ...
10.07.1943	lum and abner (0492) ghosts	+ Program #494. Blue Network. A haunting we will go! This is the night that Lum is planning to haun...
10.11.1943	lum and abner (0493) discuss a movie theater	+ Program #495. Blue Network. Topic "A" of the evening: where to locate the Pine Ridge movie theatr...
10.12.1943	lum and abner (0494) lum wants to mortgage store	+ Program #496. Blue Network. Topic "B": where to get the money to pay for the movie theatre.
10.13.1943	lum and abner (0495) how to get movie projector	+ Program #497. Blue Network. Lum has lined up a good used projector, but Abner has other ideas.
10.14.1943	lum and abner (0496) learn to operate projector	+ Program #498. Blue Network. The projector arrives, will Cedric be able to operate it? Is the proj...
10.18.1943	lum and abner (0497) grandpap to play piano	+ Blue Network. The boys try to rent Grandpappy Spears' player piano for their movie theatre, but G...
10.19.1943	lum and abner (0498) free passes to everyone
10.20.1943	lum and abner (0499) abner will go to mena	+ Blue Network. Abner is having trouble with his eyes. Cedric can't figure out how to run the proje...
10.21.1943	lum and abner (0500) packing suitcase for trip	+ Blue Network. As Abner packs for his trip to the county seat, he can't seem to find his long unde...
10.25.1943	lum and abner (0501) motion picture salesman	+ Blue Network. Virgil Clespes arrives in Pine Ridge, representing a film company. He's a new man w...
10.26.1943	lum and abner (0502) lum buys 'the vulture's revenge'	+ Blue Network. Mr. Clespes offers "The Vulture's Revenge" and Lum enters into a bidding war to boo...
10.27.1943	lum and abner (0503) film company president	+ Blue Network. A visit from D. Hempstead Dwyer, the high pressure district manager of the film com...

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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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