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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04.10.1944 | lum and abner (0597) spend night in motel room |
+ Blue Network. In an Arkansas hotel room! A funny show. | |
| 04.06.1944 | lum and abner (0596) trip to tennessee |
+ Blue Network. The boys start their journey to Tennessee...or do they? The tires come first! | |
| 04.05.1944 | lum and abner (0595) expedition to tennessee |
+ Blue Network. Cedric is determined to leave for Tennessee tomorrow to dig up the treasure. | |
| 04.04.1944 | lum and abner (0594) cedric's stenographer |
+Blue Network. Abner tries out for the job of secretary and office boy for President Wehunt. | |
| 04.03.1944 | lum and abner (0593) lost treasure expedition co |
+Blue Network. Cedric asks for his $1000 back and winds up the president of "The Lost Treasure Expe... | |
| 03.13.1944 | lum and abner (0581) mousey gray, detective | ||
| 02.15.1944 | lum and abner (0566) grandpap mad at tonic |
+ Blue Network. Lum's beard grower doesn't really work. | |
| 02.14.1944 | lum and abner (0565) lum invents hair tonic |
+Blue Network. Grandpappy Spears is gunning for Lum again, but Lum's "Fast Hair Tonic" seems to be ... | |
| 02.10.1944 | lum and abner (0564) recruiting book for waves |
+Blue Network. Lum is thinking of joining the Navy...the WAVES! | |
| 02.09.1944 | lum and abner (0563) something to tell lum |
+Blue Network. A confrontation between Lum and Grandpappy Spears, with several interpreters. | |
| 02.08.1944 | lum and abner (0562) lum disguises himself |
+ Blue Network. Lum is trying to avoid the gun-toting Grandpappy Spears by wearing a disguise. | |
| 02.07.1944 | lum and abner (0561) grandpap on the prowl |
+ Blue Network. Grandpappy Spears is determined to have a fistfight or law sue with Lum for shaving... | |
| 02.03.1944 | lum and abner (0560) shaves off grandpap's beard |
+ Blue Network. Grandpappy Spears falls asleep in Lum's barber chair...a bad mistake! | |
| 02.02.1944 | lum and abner (0559) lum to cut miz's hair |
+ Blue Network. Lum plans to make the barbershop very exclusive, using gas station techniques. Mrs.... | |
| 02.01.1944 | lum and abner (0558) lum hires customers |
+ Blue Network. Lum has hired a bunch of hairy hillbillies to stand in line in front of his barbers... | |
| 01.31.1944 | lum and abner (0557) personalized barber mugs |
+ Blue Network. Lum is installing personalized shaving mugs for all his many customers, including F... | |
| 01.27.1944 | lum and abner (0556) play to sell war bonds |
+ Blue Network. The residents of Pine Ridge are rehearsing a pageant for the Fourth War Loan. | |
| 01.26.1944 | lum and abner (0555) lum practices barbering |
+ Blue Network. Lum ties up Abner in the barber chair and is determined to give him a shave. A funn... | |
| 01.25.1944 | lum and abner (0554) abner thinks lum will fail |
+Blue Network. Lum hires Mousey to let him shave him for seventy five cents. | |
| 01.24.1944 | lum and abner (0553) cedric to get barber chair |
+ Blue Network. Cedric delivers the barber chair. | |
| 01.20.1944 | lum and abner (0552) lum trades bogus diamonds |
+ Blue Network. Lum is out of the diamond business and becomes the proud owner of a barber chair. O... | |
| 01.19.1944 | lum and abner (0551) everyone to sell diamonds |
+Blue Network. The boys are now firmly in the "syntho-diamond" business, but so is just about every... | |
| 01.18.1944 | lum and abner (0550) diamond business |
+ Blue Network. "Diamond Jim Edwards" is going into the diamond business! Lum hires Abner to be his... | |
| 01.17.1944 | lum and abner (0549) lum is diamond jim edwards |
+ Blue Network. Abner offers Lum back a partnership in the Jot 'Em Down Store, but Lum refuses! | |
| 01.13.1944 | lum and abner (0548) lum asks for a raise |
+ Blue Network. Lum has started a Delivery Boys Union and demands a raise. It must have been a pret... | |
| 01.12.1944 | lum and abner (0547) relationship strained more |
+ Blue Network. Abner asks Lum to help with the books, but Lum refuses. Abner tells Lum to deliver ... | |
| 01.11.1944 | lum and abner (0546) chamber of commerce meeting |
+ Blue Network. Lum manages to get himself appointed as the host of the "Pine Ridge Business Leader... | |
| 01.10.1944 | lum and abner (0545) lum becomes delivery boy |
+ Blue Network. Abner has hired Lum back...as the store's delivery boy! Lum gets even. | |
| 01.06.1944 | lum and abner (0544) abner hires lum to work |
+ Blue Network. It sounds like Lum would very much like to have his old job back at the Jot 'Em Dow... | |
| 01.05.1944 | lum and abner (0543) fire, lum loses everything |
+ Blue Network. Lum's theatre was a total loss...and he had no insurance! +Lum signed a paper givi... | |
| 01.04.1944 | lum and abner (0542) lum's theater burns down |
+ Blue Network. Lum seems to have gone "Hollywood," until the motion picture theatre catches on fir... | |
| 01.03.1944 | lum and abner (0541) everyone against abner |
+ Blue Network. Abner tries to hire Cedric to work in the store...or buy the store! | |
| 12.30.1943 | lum and abner (0540) neither lum nor abner happy |
+ Blue Network. The long-standing partnership of Edwards and Peabody has ended. Abner tries to get ... | |
| 12.29.1943 | lum and abner (0539) abner sole owner of store |
+ Blue Network. Lum wants to sell the Jot 'Em Down Store to enlarge the movie theatre. Abner buys L... | |
| 12.28.1943 | lum and abner (0538) lawyer lum to retire |
+ Blue Network. Counselor Lum decides he'd better get out of the lawyer business when his first cli... | |
| 12.27.1943 | lum and abner (0537) lum will become a lawyer |
+ Blue Network. Lum reveals how he discovered Squire Skimp's phoney X-Rays. Lum now plans to be a l... | |
| 12.23.1943 | lum and abner (0536) lum returns to save the day |
+ Blue Network. Grandpappy Spears is cross-examined at the trial and things look bleak until Lum re... | |
| 12.22.1943 | lum and abner (0535) raising money to eat |
+ Blue Network. Abner and Grandpappy Spears have been thrown out of their hotel and are wandering t... | |
| 12.21.1943 | lum and abner (0534) trying to find lum |
+ Blue Network. Abner and Grandpappy Spears try to find Lum...in a canine hospital! | |
| 12.20.1943 | lum and abner (0533) lum leaves during trial |
+ Blue Network. Lum gets up and leaves right in the middle of the trial! | |
| 12.16.1943 | lum and abner (0532) squire's back in bad shape |
+ Blue Network. The boys are worried about the coming trial against Squire Skimp. His X-Rays show a... | |
| 12.15.1943 | lum and abner (0531) wanting squire's x rays |
+ Blue Network. Lum plans to demand X-Ray pictures of Squire Skimp's back at the trial. The Squire ... | |
| 12.14.1943 | lum and abner (0530) squire's lawyer visits |
+ Blue Network. Abner has gotten the boys into even more trouble with Squire Skimp. Lum does someth... | |
| 12.13.1943 | lum and abner (0529) squire will drop charges |
+ Blue Network. Squire Skimp has agreed to drop the charges against Abner...but there's a catch! | |
| 12.09.1943 | lum and abner (0528) trying to steal note |
+ Blue Network. Abner is out on bail after being caught in Squire Skimp's house, trying to steal th... | |
| 12.08.1943 | lum and abner (0527) things don't look good |
+ Blue Network. A long distance call from Lum...and things aren't looking too good. Abner plans to ... | |
| 12.07.1943 | lum and abner (0526) lum to hire a lawyer |
+ Blue Network. Lum is heading for the county seat to hire a lawyer. He's going in the most unusual... | |
| 12.06.1943 | lum and abner (0525) incriminating evidence |
+ Blue Network. An attempted out-of-court settlement with the wounded Squire Skimp. | |
| 12.02.1943 | lum and abner (0524) squire sues for damages |
+ Blue Network. A present for Squire Skimp? The Squire's present to the boys is a $1000 lawsuit! +... | |
| 12.01.1943 | lum and abner (0523) dr. jekyll and mr. hyde |
+ Blue Network. The story of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. |
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