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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
11.22.1945	lum and abner (0934) thanksgiving dinner	+ Sponsored by: Alka Seltzer. Thanksgiving show. There's nothing like a holiday...even for women! T...
11.26.1945	lum and abner (0935) abner helps cedric study	+ Abner tries to help Cedric pass a test so he can play on the football team. A funny show.
11.27.1945	lum and abner (0936) lum's 30 year old picture	+ Sergeant Hartford finds one of the photos from the matrimonial bureau to her liking. Of course, ...
11.28.1945	lum and abner (0937) grandpap makes things worse	+ Grandpappy Spears spills the beans and tells Sergeant Hartford that the picture is really Lum!
11.29.1945	lum and abner (0938) same old photo of lum	+ It's the day of the big test for Cedric. He's got the answers written all over his shirt. Sergea...
12.03.1945	lum and abner (0939) love letter from mr x	+ Lum writes an anonymous love letter to Sergeant Hartford and signs his name, "Mr. X." However, ...
12.04.1945	lum and abner (0940) mr x at wholesale grocery	+ The boys try to keep Sergeant Hartford from getting the letter sent to her by "Mr. X." They fail...
12.05.1945	lum and abner (0941) to mena and finds a mr x	+ Grandpappy Spears has gotten a dream interpretation book. Sergeant Hartford has seen "Mr. X.!"
12.06.1945	lum and abner (0942) queen for a day
12.10.1945	lum and abner (0943) otis bagley to dinner
12.11.1945	lum and abner (0944) sgt hartford has eloped	+ Sergeant Hartford has eloped with the driver of the mail hack. We meet "Clyde The Mouse" for the...
12.12.1945	lum and abner (0945) abner's pet mouse, clyde
12.13.1945	lum and abner (0946) abner set traps for clyde	+ Lum is bound and determined to trap "Clyde The Mouse." Either Clyde goes...or Lum goes!
12.17.1945	lum and abner (0947) to buy jot 'em down store	+ The Talbots come to Pine Ridge (father and son) and make an offer to buy the Jot 'Em Down Store!
12.18.1945	lum and abner (0948) impressing the talberts	+ The boyus try to impress the Talbots by how well the store is doing.
12.19.1945	lum and abner (0949) make store receipts better	+ Lum plans to borrow money to make the store appear more prosperous.
12.20.1945	lum and abner (0950) lum and abner robbed	+ The Talbots rob the store, leaving Lum and Abner tied up.
12.24.1945	lum and abner (0951) trapped in burning store!	+ While the boys are tied up in the store, a dropped match starts a fire!
12.26.1945	lum and abner (0953) lum and abner escaped fire	+ The boys have been rescued and the fire put out...now Grandpappy Spears wants his $700 back, plu...
12.27.1945	lum and abner (0954) can't collect insurance	+ The Jot 'Em Down Store is holding a fire slae. Of course, Squire Skimp's fire insurance policy d...
12.31.1945	lum and abner (0955) search hills for robbers	+1945. The boys go searching or the Talbots, but first have to deal with an unpleasant gas statio...
01.01.1946	lum and abner (0956) old style dollar bills	+ The large, old fashioned dollar bills that Grandpappy Spears has buried provide a clue to the m...
01.02.1946	lum and abner (0957) burn robbers' tent	+ The Talbots are captured...by burning down their tent!
01.03.1946	lum and abner (0958) the newspaper article	+ A long conversation with Grandpappy Spears, a most forgiving Squire Skimp...and some good news!
01.07.1946	lum and abner (0959) collect 1,500 dollars reward money	+ There's a $1500 reward for the capture of the Talbots...but first, there's some subtraction!

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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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