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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| 04.04.1946 | lum and abner (1010) women welcome men back |
+Program #1012. Sponsored by: Alka-Seltzer or Alka-Seltzer and Miles Nervine. The men of Pine Ridg... | |
| 04.03.1946 | lum and abner (1009) men give up and return |
+Program #1011. Sponsored by: Alka-Seltzer or Alka-Seltzer and Miles Nervine. The men admit their ... | |
| 04.02.1946 | lum and abner (1008) men steal post office |
+Program #1007. Sponsored by: Alka-Seltzer, Miles Nervine. All the town records of Pine Ridge are ... | |
| 04.01.1946 | lum and abner (1007) relocate pine ridge |
+ Caleb Weehunt has an idea...steal the official records of Pine Ridge and take control of the gov... | |
| 03.28.1946 | lum and abner (1006) men head for the hills |
+ The men of Pine Ridge are staying up in the hills in their battle of the sexes. The women don't ... | |
| 03.27.1946 | lum and abner (1005) lum and crooked bond issue |
+ There's going to be a vote today on a crooked bond issue. Even Abner believes the lies. Lum gets... | |
| 03.26.1946 | lum and abner (1004) women push big bond issue |
+ Lum is in jail after being discovered in women's clothes. The town is in danger from a disastrou... | |
| 03.25.1946 | lum and abner (1003) dress as woman to avoid curfew |
+ Program #1006. Sponsored by: Alka Seltzer, Miles Nervine. Lum dresses as a woman to beat the men... | |
| 03.21.1946 | lum and abner (1002) decide how to defeat women |
+ Program #1005. Sponsored by: Alka-Seltzer, Miles Nervine. Lum is calling a secret meeting to for... | |
| 03.20.1946 | lum and abner (1001) kitty the barber quits |
+ Abner goes to get a haircut from Miss Kitty. A new law is passed in Pine Ridge, and Miss Kitty ... | |
| 03.19.1946 | lum and abner (1000) figure way around law |
+ How to get around the new law in Pine Ridge...all men must make a purchase in a store within fi... | |
| 03.18.1946 | lum and abner (0999) keep men from barber shop |
+ Abner has gotten a very short haircut...from the mayor of Pine Ridge. Miss Kitty is quite a cut ... | |
| 03.14.1946 | lum and abner (0998) discuss new lady barber |
+ There's a new barber in Pine Ridge...and her name is Kitty! | |
| 03.13.1946 | lum and abner (0997) 1000th broadcast over the keystone network |
+ The boys try to tune a radio to hear a program honoring Lum and Abner on their one thousandth c... | |
| 03.12.1946 | lum and abner (0996) loses justice of peace job |
+ Abner complains that "it's a woman's town." Even Lum has lost his job as Justice Of The Peace. S... | |
| 03.11.1946 | lum and abner (0995) all woman city council |
+ Abner is being worked to death at home while Elizabeth is running the town. All the Board Of Al... | |
| 03.07.1946 | lum and abner (0994) cooking dinner for mayor |
+BC net. Elizabeth was too busy this morning to fix breakfast for Abner. Supper should be on time..... | |
| 03.06.1946 | lum and abner (0993) talking to mayor peabody | ||
| 03.05.1946 | lum and abner (0992) the new mayor of pine ridge |
+ And the winner of the election is...Elizabeth Peabody! | |
| 03.04.1946 | lum and abner (0991) last day for absentee vote |
+ The absentee ballots haven't arrived yet. The creek's up and the mail hack can't get through! | |
| 02.28.1946 | lum and abner (0990) absentee ballots for women |
+ All the women of Pine Ridge are at the county seat, so they can't vote. Lum gets the idea of us... | |
| 02.27.1946 | lum and abner (0989) women head to mena for sale |
+ All of Abner's lady voters have left for the copunty seat...there's going to be a big sale on el... | |
| 02.26.1946 | lum and abner (0988) women back on abner's side |
+ The women of Pine Ridge are planning to vote for Abner now. It's all in the new handbill! | |
| 02.25.1946 | lum and abner (0987) women's swing over to ezra |
+ The "New Broom Party" is courting the women's vote...by giving away brooms! Ezra Seastrunk has m... | |
| 02.21.1946 | lum and abner (0986) new broom party seeks votes |
+ Abner is making some very unusual campaign promises, but Ezra Seastrunk is making even larger pr... |
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