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Lum and Abner

Lum and Abner

Broadcast History: 26 April 1931 to 7 May 1954
Theme Tune: Eleanor, by Jessie L Deppen. Evalena, by Sybil Chism Bock. Down on the Old Part Line, by Ralph and Elsie Mae Emerson

This comedy, that spanned over 23 years on the air, was centered around Lum Edwards and Abner Peabody, played by Chester Lauck and Norris "Tuffy" Goff, co-owners of the Jot'em Down Store in Pine Ridge, Arkansas. It was a "hillbilly" show and Pine Ridge was was based on the real life little town Waters, Arkansas. The Jot'em Down Store was based on a typical general store that was actually owned by a real life Dick Huddleston in Waters, Arkansas and Goff's father actually owned a wholesale grocery business in the larger town of Mena, which supplied products to the Huddleston store.

LA530224 - Lum Sets Up VPR Management [364]
 2.68 MB

LA530225 - Lum and Abner Argue Over Management Positions [364]
 2.78 MB

LA530226 - Cedric Auditions for Announcer [364]
 2.86 MB

LA530227 - Selling Time on the Station [364]
 2.81 MB

LA530302 - First Show, Gilbert the Boy Trapper [364]
 2.62 MB

LA530303 - Thank You for the Information [364]
 2.69 MB

LA530304 - The Court of Human Bein's [364]
 2.63 MB

LA530305 - Life Faces the Sufferin' Jensens [364]
 2.66 MB

LA530306 - Lum and Abner Rehearse New Show with Cedric [364]
 2.76 MB

LA530309 - Lum and Abner Conduct A Ratings Poll [364]
 2.68 MB

LA530310 - Another Episode Of Pine Ridge Princess [364]
 3 MB

LA530311 - Trying To Get Shut Of Widder Abernathy [364]
 2.72 MB

LA530312 - Lum Thinks He Can Get Out Of The Wedding [364]
 3.07 MB

LA530313 - Grandpap Is Interviewed On Vpr [364]
 2.67 MB

LA530316 - Lum Accidentally Marries The Widder To Cedric [371
 2.42 MB

LA530317 - Lum Knows Marriage Isn't Legal, But He Isn't Telli
 2.42 MB

LA530318 - Lum and Abner Try to Keep Widder's Lawyer Busy [36
 2.16 MB

LA530319 - VPR is Doing Great [365]
 2.61 MB

LA530320 - VPR Gets A Visitor [365]
 2.64 MB

LA530323 - Lum and Abner Worry About Their Fate [365]
 2.6 MB

LA530402 - Lum is Tired of His Faking a Broken Leg [365]
 2.64 MB

LA530403 - Lum Thinks Squire Knows About His Leg [365]
 2.74 MB

LA530406 - Squire Recommends A Bone Healer [371]
 2.68 MB

LA530407 - Squire Suggests Hindy Bone Healer For Lum [371]
 2.74 MB

LA530408 - Prince Ali Kush Will Stay At Abner's House and Eat Glass [000]
 2.72 MB

LA530409 - How Abner and Grandpap Scared The Prince Away [000]
 2.67 MB

LA530410 - Lum Confesses Everything About His Fake Broken Leg [000]
 2.7 MB

LA530413 - Lum and Abner Deal With Canned Goods Problem [366]
 2.68 MB

LA530414 - The Surprise Cans Sale [366]
 2.61 MB

LA530415 - Grandpap Knows What's In The Cans [366]
 2.47 MB

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