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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| 10.28.1943 | lum and abner (0504) mary's problems in school |
+ Blue Network. Lum has a chat with Mary about her poor school grades. | |
| 10.27.1943 | lum and abner (0503) film company president |
+ Blue Network. A visit from D. Hempstead Dwyer, the high pressure district manager of the film com... | |
| 10.26.1943 | lum and abner (0502) lum buys 'the vulture's revenge' |
+ Blue Network. Mr. Clespes offers "The Vulture's Revenge" and Lum enters into a bidding war to boo... | |
| 10.25.1943 | lum and abner (0501) motion picture salesman |
+ Blue Network. Virgil Clespes arrives in Pine Ridge, representing a film company. He's a new man w... | |
| 10.21.1943 | lum and abner (0500) packing suitcase for trip |
+ Blue Network. As Abner packs for his trip to the county seat, he can't seem to find his long unde... | |
| 10.20.1943 | lum and abner (0499) abner will go to mena |
+ Blue Network. Abner is having trouble with his eyes. Cedric can't figure out how to run the proje... | |
| 10.19.1943 | lum and abner (0498) free passes to everyone | ||
| 10.18.1943 | lum and abner (0497) grandpap to play piano |
+ Blue Network. The boys try to rent Grandpappy Spears' player piano for their movie theatre, but G... | |
| 10.14.1943 | lum and abner (0496) learn to operate projector |
+ Program #498. Blue Network. The projector arrives, will Cedric be able to operate it? Is the proj... | |
| 10.13.1943 | lum and abner (0495) how to get movie projector |
+ Program #497. Blue Network. Lum has lined up a good used projector, but Abner has other ideas. | |
| 10.12.1943 | lum and abner (0494) lum wants to mortgage store |
+ Program #496. Blue Network. Topic "B": where to get the money to pay for the movie theatre. | |
| 10.11.1943 | lum and abner (0493) discuss a movie theater |
+ Program #495. Blue Network. Topic "A" of the evening: where to locate the Pine Ridge movie theatr... | |
| 10.07.1943 | lum and abner (0492) ghosts |
+ Program #494. Blue Network. A haunting we will go! This is the night that Lum is planning to haun... | |
| 10.06.1943 | lum and abner (0491) how to get widder out |
+ Program #493. Blue Network. Lum plans to dress up like a ghost and scare the widow Jessup out of ... | |
| 10.05.1943 | lum and abner (0490) possessions given away |
+ Program #492. Blue Network. As soon as Abner finishes giving away all of Lum's possession, Lum re... | |
| 10.04.1943 | lum and abner (0489) abner rents lum's house |
+ Program #491. Blue Network. Abner rents Lum's house to the widow Jessup. | |
| 09.30.1943 | lum and abner (0488) classified ads |
+ Program #490. Blue Network. Abner and Grandpappy Spears plan to find Lum with a classified ad!“... | |
| 09.29.1943 | lum and abner (0487) lum leaves town |
+ Program #489. Blue Network. Lum has left town, depressed that no-one signed up for his course. | |
| 09.28.1943 | lum and abner (0486) class in storekeeping |
+ Program #488. Blue Network. Professor Edwards is going to teach a class in store-keeping, but he ... | |
| 09.27.1943 | lum and abner (0485) trade school classes |
+ Program #487. Blue Network. Vocational education comes to Pine Ridge, Lum is against it! | |
| 09.23.1943 | lum and abner (0484) lum, a self made man |
+ Program #486. Blue Network. Lum Edwards, the self-made man, can lift himself up by the bootstraps... | |
| 09.22.1943 | lum and abner (0483) paper for english class |
+ Program #485. Blue Network. The boys help (?) Cedric with his English composition...which consist... | |
| 09.21.1943 | lum and abner (0482) doing favors for cedric |
+ Program #484. Blue Network. Mary wants to change her name. Cedric fixes things for her...but good... | |
| 09.20.1943 | lum and abner (0481) cedric, high school student |
+ Program #483. Blue Network. Cedric is going to begin his high school career, but what will he use... | |
| 09.16.1943 | lum and abner (0480) lum mopes over losing |
+Program #482. Blue Network. Caleb Wehunt is the new president of the school board! The rope goes u... |
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