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.

LA350717 - Lum's Life Miserable [075]
 3.46 MB

LA350718 - Lum Has Had It [075]
 3.43 MB

LA350719 - Lum Has Teamed Up With Squire [075]
 3.09 MB

LA350722 - Selling Shares In Silver Mine [075]
 3.25 MB

LA350723 - Pine Ridge Goes High Society [075]
 3.28 MB

LA350724 - Proper Etiquette [075]
 3.2 MB

LA350725 - First Families Of Pine Ridge [075]
 3.27 MB

LA350726 - Song [075]
 3.23 MB

LA350729 - Abner Hates High Society [075]
 3.32 MB

LA350730 - Plot For Jot 'em Down Store [075]
 3.3 MB

LA350731 - Sells Jot 'em Down Store [075]
 3.08 MB

LA350801 - Abner Has Not Been Seen [075]
 3.34 MB

LA350802 - Reason Why Abner Disappeared [075]
 3.24 MB

LA350805 - Abner The Biggest Society Man [075]
 3.24 MB

LA350806 - Dick Worries About Mine [076]
 3.36 MB

LA350807 - Dixie Belle And Mary Jane [076]
 3.35 MB

LA350808 - Tired Of High Society [076]
 3.36 MB

LA350809 - Selling Jot 'em Down Store [076]
 3.35 MB

LA350812 - The Rolling Grocery Store [076]
 3.32 MB

LA350813 - Caleb's Rolling Grocery [076]
 3.3 MB

LA350814 - Squire To Trade Mine Stock [076]
 3.39 MB

LA350815 - Inspecting The Rolling Store [076]
 3.39 MB

LA350816 - Abner Gets Rolling Grocery [076]
 3.35 MB

LA350819 - Cedric Loads Merchandise [076]
 3.29 MB

LA350820 - Squire Goes To Arizona [076]
 3.36 MB

LA350821 - Store's First Day On The Road [076]
 3.34 MB

LA350822 - Rolling Store Makes Profit [076]
 3.11 MB

LA350823 - End of Contest To Name Grocery Store [400]
 3.1 MB

LA350826 - Stockholders Dissatisfied [076]
 3.19 MB

LA350827 - Lum Proud Owner Of Mine [076]
 2.83 MB

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