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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| 10.10.1945 | lum and abner (0909) lum will stop exaggerating |
+ Lum resolves never to exaggerate ever again, even if he lives to be one hundred and eighty two ... | |
| 10.11.1945 | lum and abner (0910) abner teaches lum to skate |
+ Abner tries to teach Lum how to roller skate, even though he's supposed to be the champion rolle... | |
| 10.15.1945 | lum and abner (0911) comical skating exhibition |
+ Sponsored by: Alka-Seltzer, Miles Nervine. Recollections of Lum's fantastic exhibition of roller ... | |
| 10.16.1945 | lum and abner (0912) football team coach |
+ Sponsored by: Alka-Seltzer. Lum and Abner discuss the subtleties of football. Lum is determined ... | |
| 10.17.1945 | lum and abner (0913) pine ridge possums |
+ Sponsored by: Alka-Seltzer, Miles Nervine. A novel interpretation of the rules of football! The ... | |
| 10.18.1945 | lum and abner (0914) team needs new equipment |
+ Sponsored by: Alka-Seltzer. Abner is left alone in the store while Lum tries to replace Frog Davi... | |
| 10.22.1945 | lum and abner (0915) pine ridge loses to oden |
+ Sponsored by: Alka-Seltzer. Lum and Abner decide to get some young blood into the store. They wri... | |
| 10.23.1945 | lum and abner (0916) cedric is star player |
+ Sponsored by: Alka-Seltzer, Miles Nervine. Cedric saves the Possums! The final commercial and the... | |
| 10.24.1945 | lum and abner (0917) sgt vw hartford |
+ Sponsored by: Alka-Seltzer. Cedric has a directional problem. An Army supply sergeant is coming ... | |
| 10.25.1945 | lum and abner (0918) sarge quickly takes over |
+ Sponsored by: Alka-Seltzer, Miles Nervine. Waiting for Sergeant Hartford, the new General Manage... | |
| 10.29.1945 | lum and abner (0919) lum and abner over worked |
+ Sponsored by: Alka-Seltzer, Miles Nervine. The Sergeant has her own ideas about running the stor... | |
| 10.30.1945 | lum and abner (0920) explaining the bookkeeping |
+ Sponsored by: Alka-Seltzer. Sergeant Hartford goes through the store's books and recommends that... | |
| 10.31.1945 | lum and abner (0921) to collect unpaid bills |
+ Sponsored by: Alka-Seltzer, Miles Nervine. The only way to save the store: collect all the outsta... | |
| 11.01.1945 | lum and abner (0922) try to collect bill |
+ The boys try to collect the monies owed to the Jot 'Em Down store by Grandpappy Spears. This is ... | |
| 11.05.1945 | lum and abner (0923) sarge collecting bills | ||
| 11.06.1945 | lum and abner (0924) decide sarge has to go | ||
| 11.07.1945 | lum and abner (0925) store no longer bankrupt |
+ The boys plan to get rid of Sergeant Hartford. However, she announces that the Jot 'Em Down sto... | |
| 11.08.1945 | lum and abner (0926) romance and sarge |
+ How to get rid of Sergeant Hartford? Perhaps a romance would help! | |
| 11.12.1945 | lum and abner (0927) romance sarge and mose |
+ The plan is to match up Sergeant Hartford with Mose Moot. | |
| 11.13.1945 | lum and abner (0928) dee spise one another |
+ The dinner with Sergeant Hartford and Mose Moots was a total disaster. How about a matrimonial b... | |
| 11.14.1945 | lum and abner (0929) big sale on pre war girdles |
+ Now that the store has been painted, Sergeant Hartford has big plans for the future! | |
| 11.15.1945 | lum and abner (0930) sale and a few casualties |
+ The boys are worn out after a wild girdle and nylon sale. Grandpappy Spears comes to while still... | |
| 11.19.1945 | lum and abner (0931) matrimonial bureau letter |
+ A letter arrives for Sergeant Hartrford from the matrimonial bureau, but all she's interested in... | |
| 11.20.1945 | lum and abner (0932) football team test |
+ Lum tries to teach salesmanship to Abner. A funny show. | |
| 11.21.1945 | lum and abner (0933) old photo of lum to sarge |
+ The boys read a letter to Sergeant Hartford from the matrimonial bureau. Lum was one of the elig... |
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