Phil Harris and Dennis Day rode the popularity of Jack Benny on their own programs on NBC. In fact, for the first two years of its run, Harris' show immediately followed Benny's.

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.

LA350225 - Lum Wins Election [110]
 3.12 MB

LA350226 - Store Reopens [110]
 3.1 MB

LA350227 - Abner For A Boss [075]
 3.25 MB

LA350228 - Abner Buys 10 Cases Of Soap [075]
 3.25 MB

LA350301 - World's Wonder Soap [075]
 3.17 MB

LA350304 - Abner Trading Merchandise [075]
 3.14 MB

LA350305 - Divide All Merchandise [075]
 3.27 MB

LA350306 - Operating Store On Swap [075]
 3.22 MB

LA350307 - Abner A Decrepit Horse [075]
 3.37 MB

LA350308 - Circus Comes To Pine Ridge [075]
 3.37 MB

LA350311 - Most All Merchandise Gone [075]
 3.29 MB

LA350312 - Forecloses On Circus [075]
 3.4 MB

LA350313 - Lum and Abner in Partnership [027]
 4.86 MB

LA350314 - Lum And Abner's Circus [075]
 3.37 MB

LA350315 - Lum And Abner Hire Squire [075]
 3.36 MB

LA350318 - Squire's Freak Sideshow [075]
 3.34 MB

LA350319 - Circus Will Open Saturday [117]
 3.22 MB

LA350320 - Lum Gives Up Trapeze Act [075]
 3.32 MB

LA350321 - Going Into Cage With Lion [075]
 3.37 MB

LA350322 - Grand Opening Of Circus [075]
 3.37 MB

LA350325 - Lum And Abner Lose Money [075]
 3.28 MB

LA350326 - Buying Cheap Pair Of Glasses [075]
 3.23 MB

LA350327 - Circus To Move To Mena [075]
 3.24 MB

LA350328 - Circus, Big Business in Mena [183]
 3.12 MB

LA350329 - Storm Blows Down Circus Tent [075]
 3.23 MB

LA350401 - Circus Moves On To Belleville [075]
 3.2 MB

LA350402 - Lum Borrows $20000 [075]
 3.06 MB

LA350403 - Lum And Abner's Glasses Broken [075]
 3.07 MB

LA350404 - Lum Falls In Love With Zenora [075]
 3.24 MB

LA350405 - Lum To Travel With Circus [075]
 3.15 MB

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  • 11:00AM - 4:00PM
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