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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05.23.1935 | lum and abner (0114) story of king midas |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk (Lum and Abner Photo premium). The sales of the hogs have bro... | |
| 05.22.1935 | lum and abner (0113) squire returns from chicago |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk (Lum and Abner Photo premium). The statue will arrive tomorro... | |
| 05.21.1935 | lum and abner (0112) lum orders statue of himself |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk (Lum and Abner Photo premium). A petition and a request for d... | |
| 05.20.1935 | lum and abner (0111) catalog from monument company |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk (Lum and Abner Photo premium). Lum is planning to buy a statu... | |
| 05.17.1935 | lum and abner (0110) what sort of statue |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk (Lum and Abner Photo premium). What kind of statues will be e... | |
| 05.16.1935 | lum and abner (0109) statue of lum and abner |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. How do hogs ride to Chicago? Do they have to buy a train tick... | |
| 05.15.1935 | lum and abner (0108) squire skimp to chicago |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. Squire Skimp offers to help dispose of all the hogs...for a ... | |
| 05.14.1935 | lum and abner (0107) hog chain letter okay |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk (Lum and Abner Photo Album premium). The hogs are arriving fa... | |
| 05.13.1935 | lum and abner (0106) starting an letter |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk (Lum and Abner photo premium). How to get rid of all those pi... | |
| 05.10.1935 | lum and abner (0105) chain letters are illegal |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. Dick Huddleston has some bad news...chain letters are not leg... | |
| 05.09.1935 | lum and abner (0104) place to keep hogs |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. The "Farm Relief Chain" expects to yield over fifteen thousan... | |
| 05.08.1935 | lum and abner (0103) lum will start chain letter |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. Lum and Abner are planning to make big money with a chain let... | |
| 05.07.1935 | lum and abner (0102) lum receives a chain letter |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. Lum and Abner receive a chain letter! Grandpappy Spears has ... | |
| 05.06.1935 | lum and abner (0101) evalena's engagement ring |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. Abner is tempted to beat up on Squire Skimp. The stranger wi... | |
| 04.29.1935 | lum and abner (0096) lum needs engagement ring |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. A stranger in town has lost the diamond out of his ring. The... | |
| 04.26.1935 | lum and abner (0095) frank foster to be married |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. Abner's had a fight with Frank Foster and has a black eye. T... | |
| 04.23.1935 | lum and abner (0092) lum and abner reconcile |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. Lum and Abner meet for the first time after their conflict. ... | |
| 04.22.1935 | lum and abner (0091) lum and abner sold circus |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. The circus has been sold. Abner is tricked into the store fo... | |
| 04.11.1935 | lum and abner (0084) money disappears again |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. The money is stolen for a third time while Lum, Abner and Sq... | |
| 04.10.1935 | lum and abner (0083) lum will hide money |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. Suspicions about the identity of the safe robber fall on man... | |
| 04.09.1935 | lum and abner (0082) squire is the main suspect |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. Who robbed the safe? Was it Squire Skimp or Cedric or Zenora?... | |
| 04.08.1935 | lum and abner (0081) circus appearing in mt ida |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. Lum has big plans for "Zenora, The Bareback Rider." There's ... | |
| 04.05.1935 | lum and abner (0080) lum to travel with circus |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. Lum is reluctant to tell Evalina that he and Abner are leavin... | |
| 04.04.1935 | lum and abner (0079) lum falls in love with zenora |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. Lum and Abner visit their circus in Belleville. Lum falls in... | |
| 04.03.1935 | lum and abner (0078) lum and abner's glasses broken |
+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. Dick Huddleston tells Lum and Abner the truth about their sp... |
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