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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
06.14.1935	lum and abner (0130) ladies' uplift league	+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. The Ladies Uplift League forces the cancellation of the movi...
06.13.1935	lum and abner (0129) squire spreads rumors	+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. Squire Skimp tells the head of the Pine Ridge Ladies Uplift L...
06.12.1935	lum and abner (0128) lum and abner's free matinee	+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. "The Texas Kid" is going to be the first feature at the Pine...
06.11.1935	lum and abner (0127) dick to help lum and abner	+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. Plans for the opening of the theatre on Saturday night are u...
06.10.1935	lum and abner (0126) lum and abner lose to squire	+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. Squire Skimp makes Lum and Abner an offer for a one third in...
06.07.1935	lum and abner (0125) squire's plans rival theatre	+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. Squire Skimp has hired Grandpappy Spears, Ezra Seastrunk and ...
06.06.1935	lum and abner (0124) squire to start rival theatre	+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. Squire Skimp has threatened to open his own movie theatre, s...
06.05.1935	lum and abner (0123) squire wants to be partner	+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. Selecting a picture for the opening show. How about Mickey M...
06.04.1935	lum and abner (0122) picture show costs begin	+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. Preparations for the picture show continue...at great expens...
06.03.1935	lum and abner (0121) argue over name for theatre	+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. What to name the new movie theatre? About about "The Pine Ri...
05.31.1935	lum and abner (0120) lum and abner hire grandpap	+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. Music is needed for the new theatre (are they going to be sh...
05.30.1935	lum and abner (0119) cotton warehouse for theatre	+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. Remodling of the cotton warehouse has begun. The back of the...
05.29.1935	lum and abner (0118) how to operate a picture show	+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. Plans for the new motion picture show continue, including an...
05.28.1935	lum and abner (0117) lum returns	+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. Lum has returned from a trip to Kansas City with plans to op...
05.27.1935	lum and abner (0116) lum missing all weekend	+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. The statue turned out to be only six inches tall! Lum has di...
05.24.1935	lum and abner (0115) disaster strikes at unveiling	+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk (last time: Lum and Abner Photo premium). Lum rehearses his s...
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...
04.02.1935	lum and abner (0077) lum borrows 200 dollars	+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. Lum borrows $200 so the show can go on. The system cue has b...
04.01.1935	lum and abner (0076) circus moves on to belleville	+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. The circus has lost over $100 and is moving to Belleville......
03.29.1935	lum and abner (0075) storm blows down circus tent	+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. Bad news from the county seat! The circus tent has been blown...
03.28.1935	lum and abner (0074) circus big business in mena	+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. The spectacles are a big help..or are they? The circus has do...
03.27.1935	lum and abner (0073) circus to move to mena	+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. Lum goes to chase the spectacle vendor from the circus, and ...
03.26.1935	lum and abner (0072) buying cheap pair of glasses	+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. Lum and Abner make plans to move the circus. Abner has purcha...
03.25.1935	lum and abner (0071) lum and abner lose money	+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. The opening day at the circus was not exactly a success! The...
03.22.1935	lum and abner (0070) grand opening of circus	+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. The circus is to open tomorrow and Squire Skimp has some bad ...
03.21.1935	lum and abner (0069) going into cage with lion	+ Sponsored by: Horlick's Malted Milk. Abner the lion tamer...with the help of a plate of glass! Th...

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Lum and Abner is my fave so no one knows what the heck I am on about

Don

LUM & ABNER vol 7

Mike

Two of my favorites.

Ron

J.Carrol Naish is So so talented... Wish I had half his vocal chops

john

I really enjoy this old radio show. In my opinion it's a lot like a radio version of The Andy Griffith Show. It's about two old men that run a store in a very small town in Arkansas. It's a comedy serial and each episode is only about 13 minutes long. There is not a laugh track which is another reason I enjoy it.

J Middleton

I love Lum and Abner.

Joel

Lum and Abner, my all-time favorite radio show, I listen to them almost daily, take them along with me through my work day. I've heard all the episodes more times than I can remember, but there are so many they don't get old. The humor always holds up, to me anyway. I've tried to like Fibber McGee, and I know they have a huge fan base, but it never clicked with me. It's good there's so much to choose from, and like.

Randy

LUM & ABNER WERE VERY FUNNY AND VERY TALENTED LOVE THE SHOW

Steven

I love that shows very funny

Steven

My favorite Lum n Abner

John

That's funny, I've always considered Lum n Abner a comedy, the same as Amos n Andy.

John

Lum and Abner Christmas specials recommend to hear in Christmas.

Ludy

I recommend Lum and Abner's annual Christmas story to hear in Christmas holidays

Scott

Life with Luigi is a great comedy

John

Love this show

Douglas

in 1948 Life With Luigi premiered on CBS Radio. J. Carrol Naish stars as earnest Italian immigrant Luigi Basco -- proud of the Old Country, yet eager to become an American. Tell us whether your favorite character is hard working Luigi Basco or Luigi's landlord Pasquale played by Alan Reed.

Mike

Lum and Abner was the first OTR show I remember ever listening to. It must have been about 1980. It was played on WPFB-AM in the evenings and I immediately became a fan. I have been listening to OTR ever since but I would have to say Lum & Abner remain my all-time favorite.

Jim

It features all of the existing programs from the series, as well interviews, special programs, etc., and the sound is great! Also has the early 1950s unsold television pilot that can be watched using players such as Windows Media Player that plays MPEG video files. Lum and Abner was broadcast by KTHS-Hot Springs Arkansas in 1931, then in the same year, by the NBC Mutual and CBS radio networks until 1954. Lum was played by Chester Lauck and Abner by Norris Golf.

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