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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.

LA451218 - Impressing the Talberts [380]
 3.11 MB

LA451219 - Make Store Receipts Better [379]
 3.15 MB

LA451220 - Lum and Abner Robbed [380]
 3.14 MB

LA451224 - Trapped in Burning Store! [380]
 2.94 MB

LA451226 - Lum and Abner Escaped Fire [380]
 2.91 MB

LA451227 - Can't Collect Insurance [380]
 3.07 MB

LA451231 - Search Hills for Robbers [380]
 2.71 MB

LA460101 - Old-Style Dollar Bills [379]
 2.76 MB

LA460102 - Burn Robbers' Tent [379]
 2.89 MB

LA460103 - The Newspaper Article [381]
 2.72 MB

LA460107 - Collect $1,500 Reward Money [381]
 3.13 MB

LA460108 - Everyone Wants Reward Money [381]
 3.03 MB

LA460109 - Partnership Insurance [381]
 3.13 MB

LA460110 - Physical Exam for Insurance [381]
 3.13 MB

LA460114 - Trying to Collect Insurance [381]
 3.14 MB

LA460115 - Abner Is up to Something [381]
 3.09 MB

LA460116 - Abner Is Packing a Pistol [381]
 3.1 MB

LA460117 - Abner Even More Suspicious [381]
 3.07 MB

LA460121 - An Eagle Eye on Each Other [383]
 3.12 MB

LA460122 - Trying to Poison the Other [383]
 3.07 MB

LA460123 - Settle Thing with a Duel [383]
 3.12 MB

LA460124 - Explaining Rules of Dueling [383]
 3.15 MB

LA460128 - Infuriates the Governer [383]
 3.14 MB

LA460129 - Upset How City Is Run [383]
 3.15 MB

LA460130 - Will Elect New Mayor [383]
 3.15 MB

LA460131 - Lum Will Be Political Boss [383]
 3.2 MB

LA460204 - The New Broom Party [384]
 3.07 MB

LA460205 - Skeleton Bay [384]
 3.05 MB

LA460206 - Squire's Political Party [384]
 3.08 MB

LA460207 - Abner Vs Ezra for Mayor [384]
 3.04 MB

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