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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
02.21.1945	lum and abner (0779) crack under strain	+ Blue Network. Things for bleak for Lum and Abner, still rapped in the old silver mine.
02.22.1945	lum and abner (0780) old blue leads search party	+ Blue Network. Old Blue leads Cedric and Dick Huddleston to the mouth of the old silver mine.
02.26.1945	lum and abner (0781) lum tries to attack abner	+ Blue Network. The rescue mission is just about to give up digging at the collapsed mine shaft.
02.27.1945	lum and abner (0782) lum and abner found	+Blue Network. Dick Huddleston and Cedric break through into the mine and find Lum and Abner at las...
02.28.1945	lum and abner (0783) recuperating at abner's	+ Blue Network. Lum and Abner have been rescued and are recuperating at Abner's house.
03.01.1945	lum and abner (0784) newspaper article	+Blue Network. Sponsored by: Alka-Seltzer, One-A-Day. Lum and Abner regain their strength, read abou...
03.05.1945	lum and abner (0785) wj chancellor arrives	+lue Network. Sponsored by: Alka Seltzer, One-A-Day Vitamins. Lum and Abner eagerly await the arriva...
03.14.1945	lum and abner (0791) book about mine cave in	+. Blue Network. Mr. Chancellor interviews Cedric about the mine cave-in. A polysyllabic interview!
03.15.1945	lum and abner (0792) lum must uninvite people	+Blue Network. Lum has to find five peple to "un-invite" from Miss Emaline's buffet dinner.
03.19.1945	lum and abner (0793) cedric varnishes dishes	+Blue Network. Lum is planning to serve fried rabbit and hotcakes at the buffet supper. Miss Emalin...
03.20.1945	lum and abner (0794) buffet supper a success	+Blue Network. The boys recall the buffet supper of the night before. Chester Lauck cracks up while...
03.21.1945	lum and abner (0795) lum wants to buy a diamond
03.22.1945	lum and abner (0796) play instead of book	+ Blue Network. There's a reason Mr. Chancellor has abandoned plans for a Lum and Abner book...he's...
03.26.1945	lum and abner (0797) lum buys engagement diamond	+Blue Network. While waiting for Mr. Chancellor's check to clear, Lum mortgages the store and buys ...
03.27.1945	lum and abner (0798) kunlun diamond and a curse	+ Blue Network. While the boys are still at the county seat, Grandpappy Spears gets a strange visit...
03.28.1945	lum and abner (0799) the diamond's curse	+ Blue Network. A new suit for Abner, a cursed diamond for Lum?
03.29.1945	lum and abner (0800) abner worried about curse	+ Blue Network. The houses of Lum and Abner have been mortgaged, waiting for Mr. Chancellor's check...
04.02.1945	lum and abner (0801) april fool's joke
04.03.1945	lum and abner (0802) surprising revelation	+Blue Network. Mr. Cahncellor's father visits the Jot 'Em Down Store with an amazing revelation. Hi...
04.04.1945	lum and abner (0803) threatening note	+Blue Network. Squire Skimp kindly gives the boys a mortgage on their mortgage. Somebody's broken i...
04.05.1945	lum and abner (0804) abner's house broken into	+Blue Network. Who has broken into the home of Abner? The strange foreigner asks Cedric about the l...
04.09.1945	lum and abner (0805) nervous about diamond	+ Blue Network. Lum tries to give Abner the diamond, who doesn't really want it. Grandpappy Spears ...
04.10.1945	lum and abner (0806) abner advised, sell diamond	+Blue Network. Abner asks Dick Huddleston for some advice. What to do with that large but cursed di...
04.11.1945	lum and abner (0807) jeweler dies	+ Blue Network. Lum, Cedric and Dick Huddleston travel to the county seat to sell the diamond, only...
04.12.1945	lum and abner (0808) working crossword puzzle	+Blue Network. While waiting to get their car repaired, Abner and Cedric work on a crossword puzzle...

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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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