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 | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09.02.1943 | lum and abner (0472) report on the reformatory |
+ Program #474. Blue Network. How to stop Uncle Henry from making a bad report to the reformatory. | |
| 09.01.1943 | lum and abner (0471) getting rid of uncle henry |
+ Program #473. Blue Network. While Mousey gets instructions on the construction of an ice cream so... | |
| 08.31.1943 | lum and abner (0470) story of snorter the pig |
+ Program #472. Blue Network. Abner reads the story of "Snorter The Pig." It's a good story, but it... | |
| 08.30.1943 | lum and abner (0469) nurse lunsford and the sick |
+ Program #471. Blue Network. Miss Lunceford organizes fun and games to wait out Cedric's case of m... | |
| 08.26.1943 | lum and abner (0468) cedric infects everyone |
+ Program #470. Blue Network. Lum and Abner are suffering with the vicious Miss Lunceford through t... | |
| 08.25.1943 | lum and abner (0467) measles and quarantined |
+ Program #469. Blue Network. Does Cedric have measles? You can bet your quarantine he does. | |
| 08.24.1943 | lum and abner (0466) trouble for stealing kettle |
+ Blue Network. Uncle Henry accuses Mary of stealing a kettle. Town Marshall, Uncle Henry Lunsford ... | |
| 08.23.1943 | lum and abner (0465) uncle henry in wheelchair |
+ Blue Network. Uncle Henry is now confined to a wheelchair, and life for Lum and Abner is difficul... | |
| 08.19.1943 | lum and abner (0464) lum and abner mind the jail |
+ Program #446. Blue Network. While minding the jail, the case of Cedric Wehunt comes up before Jus... | |
| 08.18.1943 | lum and abner (0463) on uncle henry's good side |
+ Blue Network. Uncle Henry's snooping has gotten himself a case of poison oak, so Lum tries to get... | |
| 08.17.1943 | lum and abner (0462) trailing mary around town |
+ Blue Network. Uncle Henry Lunceford has been following Mary all over town...wearing a false beard... | |
| 08.16.1943 | lum and abner (0461) mary will be on probation |
+ Blue Network. Lum returns to Pine Ridge. Mary will be the guardian of Lum and Abner, supervised b... | |
| 08.12.1943 | lum and abner (0460) mary's romantic problems |
+ Blue Network. Kenny Pomery is very interested in little Mary. Squire Skimp is suspicious of the s... | |
| 08.11.1943 | lum and abner (0459) squire suspicious of mary |
+ Blue Network. Squire Skimp asks some embarrassing questions about Mary's past. | |
| 08.10.1943 | lum and abner (0458) curing cedric's insomnia |
+ Blue Network. Mary suspects what Lum is up to. Cedric has insomnia but Abner has the cure. | |
| 08.09.1943 | lum and abner (0457) a scientific discussion |
+ Blue Network. Mary and Abner discuss atmospheric pressure and the boiling point of water. | |
| 08.05.1943 | lum and abner (0456) gaining custody of mary |
+ Blue Network. Lum starts for the Reformatory to get custody of Ellie, who is now known as Mary. | |
| 08.04.1943 | lum and abner (0455) who's mary's guardian |
+ Blue Network. The boys try to find out why Ellie Connors was sent to reform school. Who will be h... | |
| 08.03.1943 | lum and abner (0454) keeping mary entertained |
+ Blue Network. Ellie and Cedric spend some time together, and it's too much for Cedric! | |
| 08.02.1943 | lum and abner (0453) convinced ellie is mary |
+ Blue Network. Abner returns from his unexpected train trip. Everyone in town thinks Ellie is Lum'... | |
| 07.29.1943 | lum and abner (0452) ellie poses as lum's niece |
+ Program #454. Blue Network. Lum and Abner have taken Ellie to the county seat preparing to catch ... | |
| 07.28.1943 | lum and abner (0451) ellie will go to wisconsin |
+ Program #453. Blue Network. Plans are made for Ellie to live with Lum's aunt in Wisconsin. | |
| 07.27.1943 | lum and abner (0450) how to disguise ellie |
+ Program #452. Blue Network. The boys put together a new dress for Ellie. | |
| 07.26.1943 | lum and abner (0449) don't tell about ellie |
+ Program #451. Blue Network. Lum should tell the police that Ellie Connors is hiding in the store,... | |
| 07.22.1943 | lum and abner (0448) ellie connors escapes |
+ Program #450. Blue Network. A young girl comes to the store and asks for a job. She has recently ... | |
| 07.21.1943 | lum and abner (0447) old blue won't be drafted |
+ Program #449. Blue Network. After writing a letter to the army about "Old Blue," the dog is going... | |
| 07.20.1943 | lum and abner (0446) mousey and old blue at club |
+ Program #448. Blue Network. A meeting of The Golden Era Discussion Club is called to order with a... | |
| 07.19.1943 | lum and abner (0445) old blue to be drafted |
+ Program #447. Blue Network. Abner is afraid that his dog "Old Blue" is going to be drafted. | |
| 07.15.1943 | lum and abner (0444) treasury department honors |
+ Program #446. Blue Network. The government man arrives in Pine Ridge to present Lum and Abner wit... | |
| 07.14.1943 | lum and abner (0443) back to business |
+ Program #445. Blue Network. Lum and Abner get back to the business of selling war bonds...and an ... | |
| 07.13.1943 | lum and abner (0442) mabel melrose leaves town |
+ Program #444. Blue Network. Mabel Melrose has decided to leave Pine Ridge and return to Little Ro... | |
| 07.12.1943 | lum and abner (0441) truth about mousey's wound |
+ Program #443. Blue Network. Finally, the truth comes out about Mousey's war wound. | |
| 07.08.1943 | lum and abner (0440) how mousey was wounded | ||
| 07.07.1943 | lum and abner (0439) the secret diary |
+ Program #441. Blue Network. The secret diary of Mousey Gray. | |
| 07.06.1943 | lum and abner (0438) mousey's adventures |
+Program #440. Blue Network. Mousey gets all the news of Pine Ridge while he was in the army. | |
| 07.05.1943 | lum and abner (0437) mousey returns from the war |
+ Program #439. Blue Network. Grandpappy Spears has a new job to keep the wheels of industry turnin... | |
| 07.01.1943 | lum and abner (0436) lum tries proposing |
+ Program #438. Blue Network. Lum has finally decided to propose to Mabel Melrose, but Abner isn't ... | |
| 06.30.1943 | lum and abner (0435) lum studies correct grammar |
+ Program #437. Blue Network. Lum and Mabel plan to "purify the English language" by driving out th... | |
| 06.29.1943 | lum and abner (0434) lum and mabel, birdwatching |
+ Program #436. Blue Network. Lum and Mabel Melrose are out in the woods, interested in "the wild b... | |
| 06.28.1943 | lum and abner (0433) lum disgusted with art |
+ Program #435. Blue Network. Grandpappy Spears makes Lum feel foolish that his paintings didn't se... | |
| 06.24.1943 | lum and abner (0432) presiding over art sale |
+ Program #434. Blue Network. The art auction of the works of Mabel Melrose and Edwards Van Lum is ... | |
| 06.23.1943 | lum and abner (0431) instructions on exhibit | ||
| 06.22.1943 | lum and abner (0430) preparing for art exhibit |
+ Program #433. Blue Network. Lum goes down his check list of preparations for the art show and auc... | |
| 06.21.1943 | lum and abner (0429) lum to propose to mabel |
+ Program #432. Blue Network. Lum tries to explain his surrealistic painting...all too realisticall... | |
| 06.17.1943 | lum and abner (0428) lum paints war bond poster |
+ Program #431. Blue Network. Lum's thinking about proposing to Mabel Melrose. Abner tries to move ... | |
| 06.16.1943 | lum and abner (0427) trouble trying to paint |
+ Program #429. Blue Network. Grandpappy Spears decides to enter his surreal painting in the exhibi... | |
| 06.15.1943 | lum and abner (0426) war savings staff |
+ Program #428. Blue Network. After trying to explain surrealism to Abner, Lum decides that he's an... | |
| 06.14.1943 | lum and abner (0425) artist in the attic |
+ Program #427. Blue Network. Lum proposes an art exhibit for the benefit of war bond sales. | |
| 06.10.1943 | lum and abner (0424) mabel to move into attic |
+ Program #426. Blue Network. Abner is not too happy about his prospective tenant. Lum temporarily ... | |
| 06.09.1943 | lum and abner (0423) mabel, surrealist painter |
+ Program #425. Blue Network. Lum has found an attic for Mabel Melrose to live in...in Abner's hous... |
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