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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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Please enjoy these 1801 old time radio episodes:

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...
11.21.1945	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...
11.20.1945	lum and abner (0932) football team test	+ Lum tries to teach salesmanship to Abner. A funny show.
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...
11.15.1945	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...
11.14.1945	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!
11.13.1945	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...
11.12.1945	lum and abner (0927) romance sarge and mose	+ The plan is to match up Sergeant Hartford with Mose Moot.
11.08.1945	lum and abner (0926) romance and sarge	+ How to get rid of Sergeant Hartford? Perhaps a romance would help!
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...
11.06.1945	lum and abner (0924) decide sarge has to go
11.05.1945	lum and abner (0923) sarge collecting bills
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 ...
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...
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...
10.29.1945	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...
10.25.1945	lum and abner (0918) sarge quickly takes over	+ Sponsored by: Alka-Seltzer, Miles Nervine. Waiting for Sergeant Hartford, the new General Manage...
10.24.1945	lum and abner (0917) sgt vw hartford	+ Sponsored by: Alka-Seltzer. Cedric has a directional problem. An Army supply sergeant is coming ...
10.23.1945	lum and abner (0916) cedric is star player	+ Sponsored by: Alka-Seltzer, Miles Nervine. Cedric saves the Possums! The final commercial and the...
10.22.1945	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...
10.18.1945	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...
10.17.1945	lum and abner (0913) pine ridge possums	+ Sponsored by: Alka-Seltzer, Miles Nervine. A novel interpretation of the rules of football! The ...
10.16.1945	lum and abner (0912) football team coach	+ Sponsored by: Alka-Seltzer. Lum and Abner discuss the subtleties of football. Lum is determined ...
10.15.1945	lum and abner (0911) comical skating exhibition	+ Sponsored by: Alka-Seltzer, Miles Nervine. Recollections of Lum's fantastic exhibition of roller ...
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...

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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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