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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| 04.16.1945 | lum and abner (0809) kunlun diamond and trouble |
+Blue Network. Lum finds out that Abner tried to sell the diamond and no longer has it. A gentleman... | |
| 04.12.1945 | lum and abner (0808) working crossword puzzle |
+Blue Network. While waiting to get their car repaired, Abner and Cedric work on a crossword puzzle... | |
| 04.11.1945 | lum and abner (0807) jeweler dies |
+ Blue Network. Lum, Cedric and Dick Huddleston travel to the county seat to sell the diamond, only... | |
| 04.10.1945 | lum and abner (0806) abner advised, sell diamond |
+Blue Network. Abner asks Dick Huddleston for some advice. What to do with that large but cursed di... | |
| 04.09.1945 | lum and abner (0805) nervous about diamond |
+ Blue Network. Lum tries to give Abner the diamond, who doesn't really want it. Grandpappy Spears ... | |
| 04.05.1945 | lum and abner (0804) abner's house broken into |
+Blue Network. Who has broken into the home of Abner? The strange foreigner asks Cedric about the l... | |
| 04.04.1945 | lum and abner (0803) threatening note |
+Blue Network. Squire Skimp kindly gives the boys a mortgage on their mortgage. Somebody's broken i... | |
| 04.03.1945 | lum and abner (0802) surprising revelation |
+Blue Network. Mr. Cahncellor's father visits the Jot 'Em Down Store with an amazing revelation. Hi... | |
| 04.02.1945 | lum and abner (0801) april fool's joke | ||
| 03.29.1945 | lum and abner (0800) abner worried about curse |
+ Blue Network. The houses of Lum and Abner have been mortgaged, waiting for Mr. Chancellor's check... | |
| 03.28.1945 | lum and abner (0799) the diamond's curse |
+ Blue Network. A new suit for Abner, a cursed diamond for Lum? | |
| 03.27.1945 | lum and abner (0798) kunlun diamond and a curse |
+ Blue Network. While the boys are still at the county seat, Grandpappy Spears gets a strange visit... | |
| 03.26.1945 | lum and abner (0797) lum buys engagement diamond |
+Blue Network. While waiting for Mr. Chancellor's check to clear, Lum mortgages the store and buys ... | |
| 03.22.1945 | lum and abner (0796) play instead of book |
+ Blue Network. There's a reason Mr. Chancellor has abandoned plans for a Lum and Abner book...he's... | |
| 03.21.1945 | lum and abner (0795) lum wants to buy a diamond | ||
| 03.20.1945 | lum and abner (0794) buffet supper a success |
+Blue Network. The boys recall the buffet supper of the night before. Chester Lauck cracks up while... | |
| 03.19.1945 | lum and abner (0793) cedric varnishes dishes |
+Blue Network. Lum is planning to serve fried rabbit and hotcakes at the buffet supper. Miss Emalin... | |
| 03.15.1945 | lum and abner (0792) lum must uninvite people |
+Blue Network. Lum has to find five peple to "un-invite" from Miss Emaline's buffet dinner. | |
| 03.14.1945 | lum and abner (0791) book about mine cave in |
+. Blue Network. Mr. Chancellor interviews Cedric about the mine cave-in. A polysyllabic interview! | |
| 03.05.1945 | lum and abner (0785) wj chancellor arrives |
+lue Network. Sponsored by: Alka Seltzer, One-A-Day Vitamins. Lum and Abner eagerly await the arriva... | |
| 03.01.1945 | lum and abner (0784) newspaper article |
+Blue Network. Sponsored by: Alka-Seltzer, One-A-Day. Lum and Abner regain their strength, read abou... | |
| 02.28.1945 | lum and abner (0783) recuperating at abner's |
+ Blue Network. Lum and Abner have been rescued and are recuperating at Abner's house. | |
| 02.27.1945 | lum and abner (0782) lum and abner found |
+Blue Network. Dick Huddleston and Cedric break through into the mine and find Lum and Abner at las... | |
| 02.26.1945 | lum and abner (0781) lum tries to attack abner |
+ Blue Network. The rescue mission is just about to give up digging at the collapsed mine shaft. | |
| 02.22.1945 | lum and abner (0780) old blue leads search party |
+ Blue Network. Old Blue leads Cedric and Dick Huddleston to the mouth of the old silver mine. |
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