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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| 02.21.1945 | lum and abner (0779) crack under strain |
+ Blue Network. Things for bleak for Lum and Abner, still rapped in the old silver mine. | |
| 02.20.1945 | lum and abner (0778) organizes searching party |
+Blue Network. Lum and Abner remain trapped in the silver mine. Dick Hudleston plans to organize a ... | |
| 02.19.1945 | lum and abner (0777) where is lum and abner |
+Blue Network. Lum and Abner are trapped in the old silver mine...and very hungry! | |
| 02.15.1945 | lum and abner (0776) cave in traps lum and abner |
+Blue Network. The entrance to the silver mine is discovered...but first, a discourse on the benefi... | |
| 02.14.1945 | lum and abner (0775) shopping for a valentine |
+Blue Network. Cedric shops for a Valentine, one with "lots of lacy junk on it." | |
| 02.13.1945 | lum and abner (0774) old abandoned silver mine |
+ Blue Network. Lum realizes that Mr. Sutton made his offer for the hillsdie property because of th... | |
| 02.12.1945 | lum and abner (0773) lum and abner camp out |
+Blue Network. Lum and Abner visit their mountain property. Now, how to set up the Jiffy Junior Ran... | |
| 02.08.1945 | lum and abner (0772) 2,500 dollars for hill property |
+Blue Network. Lum has headed up into the hills as a stranger in town offers $2500 for the property... | |
| 02.07.1945 | lum and abner (0771) beauty shop bill, 25.50 |
+Blue Network. Lum's bill from the beauty parlor arrives, and it's for $24.50! | |
| 02.06.1945 | lum and abner (0770) wrong idea about lum |
+Blue Network. Lum's hair is back to its natural color, thanks to Yvonne LaFrance. Emmaline refuses... | |
| 02.05.1945 | lum and abner (0769) lum will have hair bleached |
+lue Network. Abner suggests that Lum visit the new beauty shop in town to have his hair bleached. | |
| 02.01.1945 | lum and abner (0768) insurance with loopholes | ||
| 01.31.1945 | lum and abner (0767) groundhog day |
+Blue Network. Lum "helps" Cedric with his composition about Groundhog Day! How does a groundhog kn... | |
| 01.30.1945 | lum and abner (0766) lum's to hide hair |
+ Blue Network. Abner plans to hit Lum on the head so he can honestly wear a bandage on his head an... | |
| 01.29.1945 | lum and abner (0765) lum's hair the wrong color |
+Blue Network. Lum has just gotten a haircut...and now refuses to take his hat off! Lum has dyed hi... | |
| 01.25.1945 | lum and abner (0764) miss emaline is happy |
+Blue Network. Where's Lum? Abner is afraid he might suicide himself! Lum is found elated...Miss Em... | |
| 01.24.1945 | lum and abner (0763) the truth about lum's prize |
+Blue Network. The truth is out at last: Lum won the singing contest in Little Rock, but in the Hum... | |
| 01.23.1945 | lum and abner (0762) shortage of nurses overseas |
+ Blue Network. A real nurse from Virginia appears on the show to promote nursing training. The pro... | |
| 01.22.1945 | lum and abner (0761) lum sang at bazaar saturday |
+Blue Network. The day after Lum's recital, Abner, Grandpapy Spears and Squire Skimp discuss his gr... | |
| 01.18.1945 | lum and abner (0760) newspaper article about lum |
+Blue Network. Squire Skimp plans to write a story about Lum's vocal recital for the weekly newspap... | |
| 01.17.1945 | lum and abner (0759) lum to sing at charity |
+Blue Network. Lum continues his efforts to avoid singing "On The Road To Mandalay," without much s... | |
| 01.16.1945 | lum and abner (0758) details of contest |
+Blue Network. Lum is asked to sing at the Pine Ridge Charity Bazaar, but he quickly "loses his voi... | |
| 01.15.1945 | lum and abner (0757) lum's 1st prize ribbon |
+Blue Network. Lum returns from the Hot Springs Singing Contest..the winner of the first prize! | |
| 01.11.1945 | lum and abner (0756) abner's plan not working |
+lue Network. Abner's plan for Ira is a failure, and Ira wants to run the livery stable again! +Lu... | |
| 01.10.1945 | lum and abner (0755) ira and his wife trade jobs |
+Blue Network. Ira, the owner of the Pine Ridge livery stable, is going to be rich! "The Peabody an... |
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