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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.

LA440403 - Lost Treasure Expedition Co [288]
 2.52 MB

LA440404 - Cedric's Stenographer [289]
 2.48 MB

LA440405 - Expedition to Tennessee [288]
 2.57 MB

LA440406 - Trip to Tennessee [290]
 2.67 MB

LA440410 - Spend Night in Motel Room [290]
 2.68 MB

LA440411 - Car Breaks Down [291]
 2.4 MB

LA440412 - Lecture-The Evils of Wealth [291]
 2.66 MB

LA440413 - Digging for Treasure [291]
 2.46 MB

LA440417 - Treasure Hunters Broke [291]
 2.67 MB

LA440418 - Pawn Pinball Machine [291]
 2.63 MB

LA440419 - No Questioms from Grandpap [291]
 3.16 MB

LA440420 - Lum Will Give Speech [293]
 2.57 MB

LA440424 - Mysterious Package Arrives [293]
 2.49 MB

LA440425 - Can't Open Package [293]
 2.64 MB

LA440426 - Using Worthless Old Coins [293]
 2.56 MB

LA440427 - Squire Wants Treasure Co [294]
 2.67 MB

LA440501 - Lum Decides to Open Museum [294]
 2.68 MB

LA440502 - Label Items in the Museum [343]
 2.6 MB

LA440503 - Cedric Latest Date [343]
 2.62 MB

LA440504 - Lum Wants to Hire a Woman [343]
 2.76 MB

LA440508 - Lum's Boring Museum Lecture [343]
 2.48 MB

LA440509 - Stuffed Owl Disappears [343]
 2.61 MB

LA440510 - Mystery of the Stuffed Owl [343]
 2.53 MB

LA440511 - Is the Owl Alive or Not [295]
 2.51 MB

LA440515 - Visit to Convalescent Lum [295]
 2.67 MB

LA440516 - Abner Was Once a King [295]
 2.66 MB

LA440517 - Phinus Peabody to Visit [295]
 2.57 MB

LA440518 - Phinus's Eccentricities [296]
 2.61 MB

LA440522 - Tell Elizabeth About Phinus [296]
 2.58 MB

LA440523 - Abner's Weird Behavior [296]
 2.52 MB

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  • 11:00AM - 4:00PM
  • 11:00AM - 4:00PM
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