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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01.25.1944 | lum and abner (0554) abner thinks lum will fail |
+Blue Network. Lum hires Mousey to let him shave him for seventy five cents. | |
| 01.26.1944 | lum and abner (0555) lum practices barbering |
+ Blue Network. Lum ties up Abner in the barber chair and is determined to give him a shave. A funn... | |
| 01.27.1944 | lum and abner (0556) play to sell war bonds |
+ Blue Network. The residents of Pine Ridge are rehearsing a pageant for the Fourth War Loan. | |
| 01.31.1944 | lum and abner (0557) personalized barber mugs |
+ Blue Network. Lum is installing personalized shaving mugs for all his many customers, including F... | |
| 02.01.1944 | lum and abner (0558) lum hires customers |
+ Blue Network. Lum has hired a bunch of hairy hillbillies to stand in line in front of his barbers... | |
| 02.02.1944 | lum and abner (0559) lum to cut miz's hair |
+ Blue Network. Lum plans to make the barbershop very exclusive, using gas station techniques. Mrs.... | |
| 02.03.1944 | lum and abner (0560) shaves off grandpap's beard |
+ Blue Network. Grandpappy Spears falls asleep in Lum's barber chair...a bad mistake! | |
| 02.07.1944 | lum and abner (0561) grandpap on the prowl |
+ Blue Network. Grandpappy Spears is determined to have a fistfight or law sue with Lum for shaving... | |
| 02.08.1944 | lum and abner (0562) lum disguises himself |
+ Blue Network. Lum is trying to avoid the gun-toting Grandpappy Spears by wearing a disguise. | |
| 02.09.1944 | lum and abner (0563) something to tell lum |
+Blue Network. A confrontation between Lum and Grandpappy Spears, with several interpreters. | |
| 02.10.1944 | lum and abner (0564) recruiting book for waves |
+Blue Network. Lum is thinking of joining the Navy...the WAVES! | |
| 02.14.1944 | lum and abner (0565) lum invents hair tonic |
+Blue Network. Grandpappy Spears is gunning for Lum again, but Lum's "Fast Hair Tonic" seems to be ... | |
| 02.15.1944 | lum and abner (0566) grandpap mad at tonic |
+ Blue Network. Lum's beard grower doesn't really work. | |
| 03.13.1944 | lum and abner (0581) mousey gray, detective | ||
| 04.03.1944 | lum and abner (0593) lost treasure expedition co |
+Blue Network. Cedric asks for his $1000 back and winds up the president of "The Lost Treasure Expe... | |
| 04.04.1944 | lum and abner (0594) cedric's stenographer |
+Blue Network. Abner tries out for the job of secretary and office boy for President Wehunt. | |
| 04.05.1944 | lum and abner (0595) expedition to tennessee |
+ Blue Network. Cedric is determined to leave for Tennessee tomorrow to dig up the treasure. | |
| 04.06.1944 | lum and abner (0596) trip to tennessee |
+ Blue Network. The boys start their journey to Tennessee...or do they? The tires come first! | |
| 04.10.1944 | lum and abner (0597) spend night in motel room |
+ Blue Network. In an Arkansas hotel room! A funny show. | |
| 04.11.1944 | lum and abner (0598) car breaks down |
+ Blue Network. When the boys develop car troubles in Mississippi, Cedric works while Lum and Abner... | |
| 04.12.1944 | lum and abner (0599) lecture the evils of wealth |
+ Blue Network. As the treasure hunt continues, Cedric learns the bad points about being rich. Cedr... | |
| 04.13.1944 | lum and abner (0600) digging for treasure |
+ Blue Network. A helpful farmer tells the boys where to dig. | |
| 04.17.1944 | lum and abner (0601) treasure hunters broke |
+ Blue Network. The boys are broke in Little Rock. They send Grandpappy Spears a telegram asking fo... | |
| 04.18.1944 | lum and abner (0602) pawn pinball machine |
+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Alka Seltzer, One-A-Day Vitamins. Cedric has a "broke heart" from his ... | |
| 04.19.1944 | lum and abner (0603) no questions from grandpap |
+ Blue Network. The boys have returned to the store, trying to decide how to face the ridicule expe... |
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