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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02.26.1935 | lum and abner (0052) jot 'em down store reopens |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. Abner takes over the store and institutes as "New Deal." Cedr... | |
| 02.27.1935 | lum and abner (0053) abner for a boss |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. President Abner has made several unpopular changes in the sto... | |
| 02.28.1935 | lum and abner (0054) abner buys 10 cases of soap |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. A drummer offer's Abner "the world's wonder soap," and he tri... | |
| 03.01.1935 | lum and abner (0055) world's wonder soap |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. Abner manages to sell the worthless soap franchise to Squire ... | |
| 03.04.1935 | lum and abner (0056) abner trading merchandise |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. After Abner describes his plan to swap groceries for livestoc... | |
| 03.05.1935 | lum and abner (0057) divide all merchandise |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. The boys divide up the contents of the store. The system cue ... | |
| 03.06.1935 | lum and abner (0058) operating store on swap |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. The rope is up at the Jot 'Em Down Store for the second time.... | |
| 03.07.1935 | lum and abner (0059) abner's decrepit horse |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. Horse trading, Pine Ridge, Arkansas style. Abner swaps groce... | |
| 03.08.1935 | lum and abner (0060) circus comes to pine ridge |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. There's a circus in town, and guess who's swapped what for al... | |
| 03.11.1935 | lum and abner (0061) most all merchandise gone |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. One of Abner's cows has eaten Sister Simpson's garden. The go... | |
| 03.12.1935 | lum and abner (0062) forecloses on circus |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. After trying to get more feed and groceries on credit, the c... | |
| 03.13.1935 | lum and abner (0063) lum and abner in partnership |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. The boys now own the circus. Abner's first idea is to trade ... | |
| 03.14.1935 | lum and abner (0064) lum and abner's circus |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. The circus is doing very well with the barter plan of admiss... | |
| 03.15.1935 | lum and abner (0065) lum and abner hire squire |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. Squire Skimp has been hired as the promotion man for the circ... | |
| 03.18.1935 | lum and abner (0066) squire's freak sideshow |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. Squire Skimp has taken some liberties with the circus animal... | |
| 03.19.1935 | lum and abner (0067) circus will open saturday |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. Squire Skimp needs a trapeze artist for the circus...and Lum... | |
| 03.20.1935 | lum and abner (0068) lum gives up trapeze act |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. Lum is going to be "king" of the circus. Abner's going to tr... | |
| 03.21.1935 | lum and abner (0069) going into cage with lion |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. Abner the lion tamer...with the help of a plate of glass! Th... | |
| 03.22.1935 | lum and abner (0070) grand opening of circus |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. The circus is to open tomorrow and Squire Skimp has some bad ... | |
| 03.25.1935 | lum and abner (0071) lum and abner lose money |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. The opening day at the circus was not exactly a success! The... | |
| 03.26.1935 | lum and abner (0072) buying cheap pair of glasses |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. Lum and Abner make plans to move the circus. Abner has purcha... | |
| 03.27.1935 | lum and abner (0073) circus to move to mena |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. Lum goes to chase the spectacle vendor from the circus, and ... | |
| 03.28.1935 | lum and abner (0074) circus big business in mena |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. The spectacles are a big help..or are they? The circus has do... | |
| 03.29.1935 | lum and abner (0075) storm blows down circus tent |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. Bad news from the county seat! The circus tent has been blown... | |
| 04.01.1935 | lum and abner (0076) circus moves on to belleville |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. The circus has lost over $100 and is moving to Belleville...... |
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