Radio broadcasting was the cheapest form of entertainment, and it provided the public with far better entertainment than most people were accustomed to. As a result, its popularity grew rapidly in the late 1920s and early 1930s, and by 1934, 60 percent of the nation's households had radios.

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.

LA410610 - Abners Rabbits Worth Money [479]
 2.56 MB

LA410612 - Showdown With Lizabeth [441]
 2.46 MB

LA410613 - Abner Stands Up To Wife [441]
 2.51 MB

LA410616 - The Value of Rabbits [371]
 2.54 MB

LA410617 - Owe Taxes On Rabbits [441]
 2.49 MB

LA410619 - Buying Property For Rabbits [441]
 2.64 MB

LA410620 - Cedric Buys The Property [441]
 2.65 MB

LA410623 - Boys Discover Nitro [441]
 3.15 MB

LA410624 - Lum Tries to Make Things Fall Sideways [441]
 2.83 MB

LA410625 - Formula for Synthetic Gasoline [441]
 2.57 MB

LA410630 - Synthetic Gasoline -- Date Approximate [441]
 2.57 MB

LA410819 - Special Routine For Alka Seltzer [441]
 2.45 MB

LA410825 - Auctioning Store Fixtures [167]
 2.82 MB

LA410826 - Baby's Father Shows Up [167]
 2.97 MB

LA410828 - Strange Box Left at Bank [168]
 2.87 MB

LA410829 - Speculating Box Contents [168]
 2.83 MB

LA410901 - Box Contains Diamonds [168]
 2.9 MB

LA410902 - Dealing with Stolen Jewels [168]
 2.87 MB

LA410904 - Anxiously Waiting for Reply [168]
 2.59 MB

LA410905 - Lum to Marry Rich Widow [168]
 2.64 MB

LA410908 - Practicing Jujitsu Holds [168]
 2.51 MB

LA410909 - Mrs Barrington's Letter [168]
 2.59 MB

LA410910 - Jewels Missing from Box [441]
 2.58 MB

LA410911 - Jewels Missing From Box [076]
 2.44 MB

LA410912 - Everything Squared Away [076]
 2.45 MB

LA410915 - Lum And Board Of Directors [161]
 2.39 MB

LA410916 - Bank Has No Charter [076]
 2.42 MB

LA410918 - Mohammed To The Mountain [076]
 2.43 MB

LA410919 - Lum Wants To Open A Nursery [076]
 2.25 MB

LA410922 - Phone Call [441]
 2.38 MB

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