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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| 01.09.1945 | lum and abner (0754) ira hodgekins wants advice |
+ Blue Network. Ira Hodgekins, who runs the Pine Ridge livery stable, asks "Old Doc Peabody" for ad... | |
| 01.08.1945 | lum and abner (0753) phinus helps abner in store |
+Blue Network. While Lum is in Hot Springs at the singing contest, Abner's father Phinus "helps out... | |
| 01.04.1945 | lum and abner (0752) to get out of contest |
+lue Network. Lum tries to get out of going to Little Rock for the singing contest. | |
| 01.03.1945 | lum and abner (0751) lum in singing contest in |
+Blue Network. Lum finds himself entered in a Hot Springs singing contest! | |
| 01.02.1945 | lum and abner (0750) baritone singer lum |
+ Blue Network. "Old Doc Peabody's" advice to Lum about Mis Emmaline: become a baritone! | |
| 01.01.1945 | lum and abner (0749) new year's day at abner's |
+Blue Network. While waiting for New Year's Day dinner, Lum, Abner and Ulysses opine how the womenf... | |
| 12.28.1944 | lum and abner (0748) lum's romantical speech |
+ Blue Network. Lum pracctices his speach to Miss Emmaline, which turns into an appeal for experien... | |
| 12.27.1944 | lum and abner (0747) abner gives lum advice |
+ Blue Network. Mousey would like to consult with "Old Doc Peaboy." Lum gets some "good" advice abo... | |
| 12.26.1944 | lum and abner (0746) lum's appointment with doc |
+lue Network. "Old Doc Peabody" knows lots of the gossip of Pine Ridge, and Lum would like to know ... | |
| 12.25.1944 | lum and abner (0745) christmas story |
+ Blue Network. A walk through the snowy woods for a Pine Ridge version of the Nativity story. Well... | |
| 12.21.1944 | lum and abner (0744) christmas leather desk set |
+Blue Network. Lum would like a leather desk set for Christmas and drops several not-too-hint to Ab... | |
| 12.20.1944 | lum and abner (0743) wanting to hear town gossip |
+Blue Network. Grandpappy Spears try to get gossip about Earl Pomery out of "Old Doc Peabody." | |
| 12.19.1944 | lum and abner (0742) doc peabody advice bureau |
+ Blue Network. Old Doc Pebody gets his first patient...and it's Cedric! | |
| 12.18.1944 | lum and abner (0741) abner and marriage advice |
+ Blue Network. Abner starts to give advice to his friends about marital relations. "Old Doc Peaboy... | |
| 12.14.1944 | lum and abner (0740) letter from pearl |
+Blue Network. Abner has gottn a letter from little Pearl in rance and has decided not to become a ... | |
| 12.13.1944 | lum and abner (0739) lum may become a bum also |
+Blue Network. Abner continues to extol his life as a "Knight Of The Road." Lum starts to think tha... | |
| 12.12.1944 | lum and abner (0738) elizabeth wants abner back |
+ Blue Network. Abner's wife Elizabeth calls to ask him to come home, but Abner's having too much f... | |
| 12.11.1944 | lum and abner (0737) abner enjoys a bum's life |
+Blue Network. Abner continues to pretend that he's a bum...and he's enjoying it! | |
| 12.07.1944 | lum and abner (0736) abner to become a bum |
+Blue Network. The hunger strike has ended in failure. Squire Skimp expounds on his theories of fem... | |
| 12.06.1944 | lum and abner (0735) third day of hunger strike |
+ Blue Network. It's the third day of Abner's hunger strike, and he's losing weight! | |
| 12.05.1944 | lum and abner (0734) discouraged with strike |
+Blue Network. Abner is having trouble keeping up his hunger strike. | |
| 12.04.1944 | lum and abner (0733) abner and hunger strike |
+Blue Network. Lum gives Abner some advice to win back the affections of Elizabeth. It must be pret... | |
| 11.30.1944 | lum and abner (0732) barbara stanwyck, war bonds |
+ Blue Network. Lum suggests that Abner try to make Elizabeth jealous, but changes his mind when Ab... | |
| 11.29.1944 | lum and abner (0731) cedric reads abner's letter |
+Blue Network. Cedric has read Abner's letter to Miss Lovelace in his fourth grade class. Abner get... | |
| 11.28.1944 | lum and abner (0730) newspaper love advice |
+Blue Network. Abner and Grandpappy Spears write a letter to Miss Lovelace who writes an advice col... |
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