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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
11.12.1942	lum and abner (0304) rocket unveiling ceremony	+ Blue Network. The colorful ceremonies unveiling the rocket ship are to be held, but first, how to...
11.11.1942	lum and abner (0303) keeping squire as treasurer	+ Blue Network. Lum pressures Squire Skimp to sell more stock and not resign.
11.10.1942	lum and abner (0302) squire wants to resign	+ Blue Network. Squire Skimp attempts to resign his position as treasurer of the corporation.
11.09.1942	lum and abner (0301) varnishing the rocket ship	+ Blue Network. Abner and Cedric are varnishing the rocket ship...or are they?
11.05.1942	lum and abner (0300) enforcing meat rationing	+ Blue Network. A program about meat rationing.
11.04.1942	lum and abner (0299) corporate meeting	+ Blue Network. Treasurer Skimp calls a meeting to discuss distressing financial matters.
11.03.1942	lum and abner (0298) planning landing on mars	+ Blue Network. Abner and Cedric continue their preparations for the Mars expedition.
11.02.1942	lum and abner (0297) treasurer, mars expedition	+ Blue Network. The Mars expedition is now incorporated, and stock certificates have already been p...
10.29.1942	lum and abner (0296) squire wants to manage trip	+ Blue Network. Squire Skimp promotes himself as the manager for the boys' endorsements when they r...
10.28.1942	lum and abner (0295) how to build a rocket ship	+ Blue Network. Construction of the rocket ship begins.
10.27.1942	lum and abner (0294) mousey wants to go to mars	+ Blue Network. Mousey is having problems with his wife Gussie and wants to travel to Mars in Abner...
10.26.1942	lum and abner (0293) abner's rocket ship to mars	+ Blue Network. Abner gets the idea to build a rocket ship and fly to Mars!
10.22.1942	lum and abner (0292) meteorologist supplies	+ Blue Network. Asked to get meteorological supplies, Lum and Abner order thirty pounds of meat...w...
10.21.1942	lum and abner (0291) trying to move heavy box	+ Blue Network. Lum, Abner and Cedric try to remove a large box from the future home of the Edwards...
10.20.1942	lum and abner (0290) squire up to tricks again	+ Blue Network. Lum buys the Beauford place for an observatory at Squire Skimp's inflated place. Th...
10.19.1942	lum and abner (0289) buying observatory property	+ Blue Network. All of a sudden, Squire Skimp has three buyers for the old Beauford place! The prog...
10.15.1942	lum and abner (0288) lum, substitute teacher	+ Blue Network. Lum discovers that being a teacher isn't as easy as he thought. The program closing...
10.14.1942	lum and abner (0287) cheering up prof sloane	+ Blue Network. Lum and Abner try to cheer up Professor Sloan, but don't do a very good job of it. ...
10.13.1942	lum and abner (0286) number of invention	+ Blue Network. Lum tries to explain the workings of an observatory to Abner. "Necessity is the mot...
10.12.1942	lum and abner (0285) cedric to get telescope	+ Blue Network. Cedric has gone to pick up the professor's telescope. Lum is thinking of naming a p...
10.08.1942	lum and abner (0284) cedric to join the army	+ Blue Network. While Lum tries to teach Abner about astronomy, Cedric tries once again to join the...
10.07.1942	lum and abner (0283) investing in observatory	+Blue Network. Lum tries to talk Abner into investing in the Professor's observatory. The program c...
10.06.1942	lum and abner (0282) location for observatory	+ Blue Network. Lum and Professor Sloan are planning to climb Piney Mountain. Abner plans to traini...
10.05.1942	lum and abner (0281) new observatory named	+ Blue Network. Abner plans to buy a Mexican jumping bean farm. Lum is going to buy land atop a mou...
10.01.1942	lum and abner (0280) no one can read letter	+ Blue Network. Cedric has failed his intelligence test, the incriminating letter turns out to be t...

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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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