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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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Air Date	Title	Synopsis
06.05.1944	lum and abner (0629) phinus makes elizabeth nuts	+Blue Network. Phinus Peabody and Elizabeth are not getting along too well, and it's all because of...
06.01.1944	lum and abner (0628) cedric and phinus take trip	+ Blue Network. A trip to Fort Smith? What about gas coupons?
05.31.1944	lum and abner (0627) history of peabody family	+Blue Network. Phinus Peabody relates the history of the family.
05.30.1944	lum and abner (0626) 50th wedding anniversary	+ Blue Network. Grandma and Grandpa Masters are celebrating their fiftieth wedding anniversary...a ...
05.29.1944	lum and abner (0625) phinus takes waves prisoner	+Blue Network. A WAVE recruiter is coming to the store, but Phinus Peabody takes them prisoner!
05.25.1944	lum and abner (0624) phinus peabody arrives	+Blue Network. Waiting for Abner's father to arrive in Pine Ridge.
05.24.1944	lum and abner (0623) phinus calls from mena	+ Blue Network. Papa Peabody finally calls...he's in jail at the county seat!
05.23.1944	lum and abner (0622) abner's weird behavior	+ Blue Network. Abner still can't quite bring himself to tell Elizabeth about Papa Peabody's visit,...
05.22.1944	lum and abner (0621) tell elizabeth about phinus	+ Blue Network. Abner ponders how to break the news to Elizabeth about the pending visit from Papa ...
05.18.1944	lum and abner (0620) phinus's eccentricities	+ Blue Network. Abner's papa is coming, the Jot 'Em Down Store is in for an interesting time!
05.17.1944	lum and abner (0619) phinus peabody to visit	+ Blue Network. It's opening day at the museum, and King Abner almost opens the door for business. ...
05.16.1944	lum and abner (0618) abner was once a king	+ Blue Network. A suitcase arrives at the Jot 'Em Down Store with a photograph inside showing Abner...
05.15.1944	lum and abner (0617) visit to convalescent lum	+ Blue Network. Lum is recovering from being his on the head by a baseball bat...by Abner!
05.11.1944	lum and abner (0616) is the owl alive or not	+ Blue Network. The stuffed owl flies out the window!
05.10.1944	lum and abner (0615) mystery of the stuffed owl	+ Blue Network. The case of the moving stuffed owl.
05.09.1944	lum and abner (0614) stuffed owl disappears	+ Blue Network. Abner proposes Grandpappy Spears as a museum exhibit: a living fossil! What happene...
05.08.1944	lum and abner (0613) lum's boring museum lecture	+ Blue Network. Lum rehearses his museum lecture tour.
05.04.1944	lum and abner (0612) lum wants to hire a woman	+ Blue Network. Lum decides to hire a woman to work in the museum. How about Miss Millbank?
05.03.1944	lum and abner (0611) cedric latest date	+ Blue Network. Cedric has a heavy date tonight with Clarabelle.
05.02.1944	lum and abner (0610) label items in the museum	+ Blue Network. The boys are preparing their museum displays...including the stuffed owl. Chester L...
05.01.1944	lum and abner (0609) lum decides to open museum	+ Blue Network. The boys try to decide what to do with "the treasure." Why not open a museum?
04.27.1944	lum and abner (0608) squire wants treasure co	+ Blue Network. Everyone in town thinks the boys are rich, even though "the treasure" is a bunch of...
04.26.1944	lum and abner (0607) using worthless old coins	+ Blue Network. Planning on spending their buried treasure, Abner and Cedric look through a mail or...
04.25.1944	lum and abner (0606) can't open package	+ Blue Network. The boys try to open the locked box of treasure from Tennessee. Both Chester Lauck ...
04.24.1944	lum and abner (0605) mysterious package arrives	+ Blue Network. That farmer in Tennessee has sent the boys a box, obviously the buried treasure!

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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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