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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09.05.1935 | lum and abner (0189) blunder kidnapping |
+ Well tonight is the night that Lum plans to kidnap Abner with Abner’s permission of course. You ... | |
| 09.04.1935 | lum and abner (0188) abner's fake kidnapping |
+ Since the Great Western Sterling Silver Company of which Lum is president has turned out to be a f... | |
| 09.03.1935 | lum and abner (0187) stockholders want money back |
+ You know Lum has become involved in the promotion of a fake silver mine and Squire Skimp the promo... | |
| 09.02.1935 | lum and abner (0186) hiding in abner's barn loft |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. Lum has been hiding in the hay loft of Abner's barn for the l... | |
| 08.30.1935 | lum and abner (0185) stockholders meet again |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. When the shareholders of the sterling silver mine hold a meet... | |
| 08.29.1935 | lum and abner (0184) decide to sell silver mine |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. Dick Huddleston has discovered that Mr. Worthington is wanted... | |
| 08.28.1935 | lum and abner (0183) lum decides to buy a trailer |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. Lum gets an idea. Why not put a trailer behind the rolling st... | |
| 08.27.1935 | lum and abner (0182) lum proud owner of mine |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. The Squire has withdrawn from the company, leaving Lum fully ... | |
| 08.26.1935 | lum and abner (0181) stockholders dissatisfied |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. Squire Skimp has returned from Arizona without selling the st... | |
| 08.23.1935 | lum and abner (0180) store travels to communities |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. The name-the-store-on-wheels contest is soon to end. The syst... | |
| 08.22.1935 | lum and abner (0179) rolling store makes profit |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. At the end of the first day of operation, the Jot 'Em Down St... | |
| 08.21.1935 | lum and abner (0178) store's first day on the road |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. All the canned goods have fallen off the shelves of the Jot '... | |
| 08.20.1935 | lum and abner (0177) squire goes to arizona |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. Squire Skimp has gone out to California to sell the sterling ... | |
| 08.19.1935 | lum and abner (0176) cedric loads merchandise |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. The Jot 'Em Down Store on wheels is ready to roll, but first,... | |
| 08.16.1935 | lum and abner (0175) abner gets rolling grocery |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. Caleb Weehunt is very helpful about getting the store on whee... | |
| 08.15.1935 | lum and abner (0174) inspecting the rolling store |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. Caleb Weehunt has finally finsihed the store on wheels, but n... | |
| 08.14.1935 | lum and abner (0173) squire to trade mine stock |
+ Music fill for local commercial insert. Snake Hogan is suddenly interested in selling the Jot 'Em ... | |
| 08.13.1935 | lum and abner (0172) caleb's rolling grocery |
+ Music fill for local commercial insert. Lum calls the party line to announce a name-the-store cont... | |
| 08.12.1935 | lum and abner (0171) the rolling grocery store |
+ Since Lum and Abner were unable to raise the money to buy back their Jot ‘Em Down store from Sna... | |
| 08.09.1935 | lum and abner (0170) selling jot 'em down store |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. Lum and Abner try to buy the Jot 'Em Down Store back from Sna... | |
| 08.08.1935 | lum and abner (0169) tired of high society |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. Cedric has heard some disturbing things about Squire Skimp's ... | |
| 08.07.1935 | lum and abner (0168) dixie belle and mary jane |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. Is Abner playing around with other women? Who are Dixie Belle... | |
| 08.06.1935 | lum and abner (0167) dick worries about mine |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. Dick Huddleston still thinks there's something wrong with the... | |
| 08.05.1935 | lum and abner (0166) abner the biggest society man |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. Lum describes how Abner is living the high life as a society... | |
| 08.02.1935 | lum and abner (0165) reason why abner disappeared |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. The wealthy Mr. Worthington arrives in Pine Ridge in a chauf... |
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