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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07.05.1944 | lum and abner (0647) suspicious of bj webster |
+Blue Network. Phinus Peabody warns his son Abner about B. J. Webster. Abner has his doubts. Lum th... | |
| 07.04.1944 | lum and abner (0646) lum will hire architect |
+Blue Network. Lum has the chance to hire an architect for a song...so Abner and Cedric sing for hi... | |
| 07.03.1944 | lum and abner (0645) grandpap agrees to resort |
+Blue Network. Who will be the president of the proposed health resort? Lum has no doubts about who... | |
| 06.29.1944 | lum and abner (0644) taking cedric's picture |
+ Blue Network. Talking Cedric's picture; not an easy job. Chester Lauck and Norris Goff both crack... | |
| 06.28.1944 | lum and abner (0643) no property development |
+Blue Network. Phinus Peabody is enlisted to try reverse psychology on Grandpappy Spears. | |
| 06.27.1944 | lum and abner (0642) to build health resort |
+ Blue Network. B. J. Webster has proposed to raise money to build a health resort near the spring ... | |
| 06.26.1944 | lum and abner (0641) bj's business meeting |
+Blue Network. "B. J." has called a business meeting for all the leaders of the town...but somehow,... | |
| 06.22.1944 | lum and abner (0640) the story of ponce de leon |
Blue Network. The story of Ponce de Leon, the naming of Florida and the Fountain Of Youth. Chester ... | |
| 06.21.1944 | lum and abner (0639) discussing lum's business |
+Blue Network. The truth is out at last: Lum's meeting with "B. J." was the mysterious stranger's r... | |
| 06.20.1944 | lum and abner (0638) phinus is acting as guide |
+ Blue Network. Lum is called to a business conference with the wealthy and mysterious "B. J." | |
| 06.19.1944 | lum and abner (0637) rich stranger arrives |
+Blue Network. Wealthy B. J. Webster has come to town from Detroit, and Papa Peabody is showing him... | |
| 06.15.1944 | lum and abner (0636) tire rationing board job |
+Blue Network. Phinus is studying the rules of tire conservation. The human dynamo is taking a nap! | |
| 06.14.1944 | lum and abner (0635) job at defense plant |
+Blue Network. There's an opening for a time clerk at the war plant. This is right up the alley of ... | |
| 06.13.1944 | lum and abner (0634) try to find job for phinus |
+Blue Network. The boys think about finding a job for Phinus Peabody. | |
| 06.12.1944 | lum and abner (0633) phinus meets sister simpson |
+Blue Network. Phinus Peabody meets Sister Simpson: a match made in heaven! | |
| 06.08.1944 | lum and abner (0632) the man who came to dinner |
+ Blue Network. Abner describes how Phinus invites strangers home to dinner. | |
| 06.07.1944 | lum and abner (0631) grandpap can't stand phinus |
+Blue Network. Grandpappy Spears meets Phinus Peabody...watch out! | |
| 06.06.1944 | lum and abner (0630) odd collecting habit |
+Blue Network. Abner complains about his father's habits. He never throws anything away! | |
| 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! | |
| 04.20.1944 | lum and abner (0604) lum will give speech |
+ Blue Network. Cedric and Lum discuss the advantages and uses of V-Mail to write to soldiers overs... | |
| 04.19.1944 | lum and abner (0603) no questions from grandpap |
+ Blue Network. The boys have returned to the store, trying to decide how to face the ridicule expe... | |
| 04.18.1944 | lum and abner (0602) pawn pinball machine |
+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Alka Seltzer, One-A-Day Vitamins. Cedric has a "broke heart" from his ... | |
| 04.17.1944 | lum and abner (0601) treasure hunters broke |
+ Blue Network. The boys are broke in Little Rock. They send Grandpappy Spears a telegram asking fo... | |
| 04.13.1944 | lum and abner (0600) digging for treasure |
+ Blue Network. A helpful farmer tells the boys where to dig. | |
| 04.12.1944 | lum and abner (0599) lecture the evils of wealth |
+ Blue Network. As the treasure hunt continues, Cedric learns the bad points about being rich. Cedr... | |
| 04.11.1944 | lum and abner (0598) car breaks down |
+ Blue Network. When the boys develop car troubles in Mississippi, Cedric works while Lum and Abner... |
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