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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03.27.1942 | lum and abner (0172) detective mousey gray |
+ Blue Network. Mousey reports that "Operator XW9 is ready" to Fremont by way of Squire Skimp. Howe... | |
| 03.26.1942 | lum and abner (0171) harboring a criminal |
+ Blue Network. Lum and Cedric have disappeared. Abner is arrested for harboring a fugitive! + Ther... | |
| 03.24.1942 | lum and abner (0170) cedric escapes from jail |
+ Blue Network. Squire Skimp's lawyer has decided not to help defend Lum. Cedric has escaped from j... | |
| 03.23.1942 | lum and abner (0169) worry over going to jail |
+ Blue Network. The boys are sure that they're going to jail. Mousey quits his job at the store. | |
| 03.20.1942 | lum and abner (0168) lum running printing press |
+ Blue Network. Lum catches Abner and Cedric printing counterfeit $10 bills and tells them they may... | |
| 03.19.1942 | lum and abner (0167) abner and cedric to quit |
+ Blue Network. Now that they're rich, Abner and Cedric plan to stop working, become gypsies and tr... | |
| 03.17.1942 | lum and abner (0166) press prints money |
+ Blue Network. Cedric reveals the secret of his wealth...Diogenes' printing press...which turns ou... | |
| 03.16.1942 | lum and abner (0165) interrogating cedric |
+ Blue Network. If it's not the lantern, from where is Cedric getting all that money? That's exactl... | |
| 03.13.1942 | lum and abner (0164) half interest in store |
+ Blue Network. The boys give Cedric a half interest in the Jot 'Em Down Store in exchange for the ... | |
| 03.12.1942 | lum and abner (0163) lantern must be magical |
+ Blue Network. Lum is sure that Cedric's sudden wealth is due to Diogenes' modern lantern. The lam... | |
| 03.10.1942 | lum and abner (0162) cedric sudden money |
+ Blue Network. From where is Cedric getting all his money? + Diogenes Smith still hasn’t returne... | |
| 03.09.1942 | lum and abner (0161) wearing diogenes' clothes |
+ Blue Network. Lum is wearing Diogenes' suit. Cedric wants a new bicycle...he seems to have a lot ... | |
| 03.06.1942 | lum and abner (0160) lum and cedric in charge |
+ Blue Network. Diogenes has left Lum in charge of his pamphlet operation, but he seems to have tol... | |
| 03.05.1942 | lum and abner (0159) conversation with detective |
+ Blue Network. Diogenes seems quite upset to learn that Lum was talking to a detective. He announc... | |
| 03.03.1942 | lum and abner (0158) plate mysteriously returned |
+ Blue Network. Mousey has seen Diogenes late at night again. There are strange goings on! Cedric's... | |
| 03.02.1942 | lum and abner (0157) car license plate stolen |
+ Blue Network. Nobody has seen Cedric today, because he's been arrested and is in jail for driving... | |
| 02.27.1942 | lum and abner (0156) strange happenings at night |
+ Blue net origination, KARK, Little Rock syndication. Mousie reports that honest Diogenes has bee... | |
| 02.26.1942 | lum and abner (0155) mousey, airplane watcher |
+ Blue net origination, KARK, Little Rock syndication. Lum has been lying through his teeth to con... | |
| 02.24.1942 | lum and abner (0154) lum, air raid warden |
+ Blue net origination, KARK, Little Rock syndication. While the hunt for an honest man continues,... | |
| 02.23.1942 | lum and abner (0153) installing victory boxes |
+ Blue Network. The Jot 'Em Down Store now has "Victory Boxes." Lum describes his strange meeting i... | |
| 02.20.1942 | lum and abner (0152) lum on trip to ft smith |
+ Blue Network. Diogenes tells Lum to deliver the next batch of pamphlets to Fort Smith, but Lum he... | |
| 02.19.1942 | lum and abner (0151) lum is circulation manager |
+ Blue Network. Lum is heading for the county seat in his new position as circulation manager. Lum ... | |
| 02.17.1942 | lum and abner (0150) clock to war savings time |
+ Blue Network. War Savings Time has come to Pine Ridge, well, at least to the Jot 'Em Down Store! | |
| 02.16.1942 | lum and abner (0149) caught using lum's ideas |
+ Blue Network. Diogenes discovers that Lum has been writing the pamphlets that Abner claims to hav... | |
| 02.13.1942 | lum and abner (0148) lum to deliver pamphlets |
+ Blue net origination, KARK, Little Rock syndication. Abner is working on writing pamphlets for M... | |
| 02.12.1942 | lum and abner (0147) pamphlets on honesty |
+ Blue Network. Lum is writing pamphlets for Diogenes Smith, but Abner gets the job as Diogenes' as... | |
| 02.10.1942 | lum and abner (0146) cedric may be deputy |
+ Blue Network. Lum and Abner suspect Cedric is really one of Diogenes' deputies. The boys plan to ... | |
| 02.09.1942 | lum and abner (0145) who is the new deputy |
+ Blue Network. Who are the five citizens of Pine Ridge appointed to be the deputies of Diogenes Sm... | |
| 02.06.1942 | lum and abner (0144) long overdue grocery bill |
+ Blue Network. Diogenes plans to use the store's feed room for his printing press. The town has ch... | |
| 02.05.1942 | lum and abner (0143) 10,000 dollars to most honest man |
+ Blue net origination, KARK, Little Rock syndication. Diogenes has announced that he's going to a... | |
| 02.03.1942 | lum and abner (0142) an honest man |
+ Blue net origination, KARK, Little Rock syndication. A strange character named Diogenes Smith ha... | |
| 02.02.1942 | lum and abner (0141) filling out income tax form |
+ Blue net origination, KARK, Little Rock syndication. The boys are figuring out their income tax,... | |
| 01.30.1942 | lum and abner (0140) to be ventriloquists |
+ Blue net origination, KARK, Little Rock syndication. While Lum tries to balance the store's book... | |
| 01.29.1942 | lum and abner (0139) drops case against lum |
+ Blue Network. The end of the case against Lum Edwards. + Judge Drops Case Against Lum. | |
| 01.27.1942 | lum and abner (0138) ownership paper to trial |
+ Blue Network. The trail of Lum Edwards, Justice Lum Edwards presiding. +Today is the day of the b... | |
| 01.26.1942 | lum and abner (0137) lum sets his own bail |
+ Blue Network. As Justice Of The Peace, Lum is going to have to try his own case. To start with, h... | |
| 01.23.1942 | lum and abner (0136) lum to try himself in court |
+ Blue Network. Lum gets a jail haircut. Uncle Henry is certainly a tough jailer! +Lum is still in... | |
| 01.22.1942 | lum and abner (0135) uncle henry lunsford's jail |
+ Blue Network. Lum is in jail, and Uncle Henry is a tough jailer! +The bridge between the old fell... | |
| 01.20.1942 | lum and abner (0134) lum to break into store |
+ Blue Network. Squire Skimp suggests that Lum steal the bill of sale at midnight, then tells Abner... | |
| 01.19.1942 | lum and abner (0133) ownership papers to store |
+ Blue Network. Grandpappy Spears tries to get Lum and Abner back together again. + Even Lum’s ... | |
| 01.16.1942 | lum and abner (0132) lum fakes nervous breakdown |
+ Blue Network. Lum decides to have a nervous breakdown to gain Abner's sympathy. | |
| 01.15.1942 | lum and abner (0131) mousey as delivery boy |
+ Blue Network. Cedric is quitting his job as delivery boy. Lum gets Mousey to ask Abner for the jo... | |
| 01.13.1942 | lum and abner (0130) farm and needlework weekly |
+ Blue net origination, KARK, Little Rock syndication. Lum is now selling magazines to support him... | |
| 01.12.1942 | lum and abner (0129) is lum destitute |
+ Blue net origination, KARK, Little Rock syndication. Abner almost decides to take Lum back into ... | |
| 01.09.1942 | lum and abner (0128) mousey loses his last fight |
+ Blue net origination, KARK, Little Rock syndication. Mousie vs. Iron Ike. The fight has been fou... | |
| 01.08.1942 | lum and abner (0127) lum wants store bakery back |
+ Blue net origination, KARK, Little Rock syndication. Abner tells Lum he's no longer part owner o... | |
| 01.06.1942 | lum and abner (0126) store and bakery to abner |
+ Blue net origination, KARK, Little Rock syndication. Lum's bakery business is being neglected wh... | |
| 01.05.1942 | lum and abner (0125) marketing lucky loaf bread |
+ Blue net origination, KARK, Little Rock syndication. Mousie is planning to fight Iron Ike again,... | |
| 01.02.1942 | lum and abner (0124) mousey's vs iron ike |
+ Blue net origination, KARK, Little Rock syndication. Even though he has the Mumps, Mousie shows ... | |
| 01.01.1942 | lum and abner (0123) lum buys mousey's contract |
+ Blue net origination, KARK, Little Rock syndication. Mousie's contract has been sold by the Squi... |
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