Lum and abner episodes

Lum and abner comic strip national lum and abner society. It was set in the ficitional town of pine ridge, arkansas where the titular lum and abner operated the jot em. Starring chester lauck as columbus lum edwards and norris goff as abner peabody, this series ran from 1931 through 1950 with a variety of sponsors, networks, and formats. In zagreb, yugoslavia, the two involve themselves in the disappearance of an american reporter, who is engaged to a local ballerina in paris, france, a thief and his femme fatale coconspirator plot to use lum and abner as pawns to smuggle a valuable figurine out of the. This library consists of popular oldtime radio programs, including vintage comedy, mystery, detective, adventure and suspense programs such as the jack benny show. First, a story about a local who rubs rocks on his face to polish them for sale.

None of the production staff for the six previous lum and abner films returned for this film. In order to make their dream a reality, theyll need to find an appropriate building in town, a piano and someone to play it, plus a projector and someone to operate it. Chester lauck, once a professional cartoonist, sketches the figure as goff looks on, offering suggestions and criticism. Here you may read and listen to a new comic strip every week. Kyle cage, daron mcdaniel, jackson herod, donnie pitchford.

Lum and abner was an american network radio comedy program created by chester lauck and norris goff that was aired from 1931 to 1954. Lum n abner lum and abner was an american network radio comedy program created by chester lauck and norris goff that was aired from 1931 to 1954. Modeled on life in the small town of waters, arkansas. This is the home page of the lum and abner comic strip by donnie pitchford. The boys from pine ridge visit europe and try to help a yugoslavian ballerina find her american lover, become involved with french jewel thieves, and take on posh society in monte carlo. Lum n abner lose all their hired help to squire skimp. Podcasts city news podcast horticultural hotline lets talk traffic milam county judge report lum and abner favorite hymns favorite christmas songs. Here are 36 serialized episodes from the winter of 1943. Lum and abner vol 3 on brando classic old time radio. You can find more episodes in the ear benders section.

The team broadcast more than 5,000 shows, of which over 1,630 episodes exist today. Old time radio shows from radio spirits that have been digitally remastered and are available in cassette, cd, and dvd formats. Their promotions of war effort causes during world war ii were especially successful. Buy vintage golden oldtime radio shows for trade and sale. Creating lum and abner scharacters norris abner goff and chester lum lauck always create new characters for their program on paper before attempting to put them on the air. The characters of lum and abner were created by chester lauck and norris goff. The following article was recreated for the internet from the above magazine. It was created by chester lauck and norris tuffy goff, who also played the main characters lauck played lum. Lum and abner was an american radio comedy that aired from 1931 to 1954. Lum and abner, my alltime favorite radio show, i listen to them almost daily, take them along with me through my work day. At the present time we have over 20,000 episodes of downloadable material available to you, for free. Lum and abner vol 3 brando classic old time radio featuring a free mp3 podcast of oldtime radio for you to download and enjoy featuring jack benny the shadow. Part of our over 12000 show library of old time radio. Ive heard all the episodes more times than i can remember, but there are so many they dont get old.

Second, lum goes on a trip to get custody of ellie. Lum to start print shop 051242, press to print store bills 051442, abner sleeping on the job 051542, oxford overnight writers 051842, more money in publishing 051942, contribute to the uso 052142, jewels on squires property 052242, property deal goes sour 052542, phantom authors manuscript 052642, abner. Lum and abner moved into an nbc summer berth july 27, 1931 and aired nationally from may 22, 1933 through may 7, 1954. This is the archives choices page of the lum and abner comic strip by donnie pitchford, characters created by chester lauck and norris goff. Lum and abner was an american radio comedy series that aired from 1931 to 1954 note with a hiatus that lasted from april 1950 until february 1953. Lum and abner abroad 1956 ten years after the film series ended, by which point lum and abner had long left radio, a seventh film was released. The history of lum and abner lum and abner was an american network radio comedy program created by chester lauck and norris goff that was aired from 1931 to 1954. Lauck and goff, childhood friends, modeled the show around small town life in waters, arkansas. Overview of lum and abner abroad, 1956, directed by james v. Lum and abner was an american network radio comedy program created by chester lauck and norris goff that aired from 1931 to 1954. We offer 3 different ways for you to listen to our old time radio shows so that no matter what device you are using pc, laptop, android phone, iphone, ipad, kindle, tablet, etc. Play all episodes part 3 the lion cage circus opens tomorrow circus losing money abners eyeglasses circus going to mena the circus is making a. Listen to classic lum and abner radio shows in mp3 format for free. Modeled on life in the small town of waters, arkansas, near where lauck and goff grew up, the show proved immensely popular.

Dragnet dragnet, the brainchild of jack webb, may very well be the most wellremembered, and the best, radio police drama series. Lum and abner aspire to open a moving picture theater in pine ridge. With chester lauck, norris goff, jill alis, lila audres. Chester chet lauck and findley norris tuffy goff, two young comedians from mena polk county, created the characters when they. Kern, with chester lauck, norris goff, jill alis, at turner classic movies. He was an actor and writer, known for the bashful bachelor 1942, lum and abner abroad 1956 and two weeks to live 1943.

Modeled on life in the small town of waters, arkansas, near. The series initially took the form of a comedic soap opera. Lum and abner online using any of the 3 radio players below. The two men grew up in mena, arkansas and attended the university of arkansas together. Had lum and abner abroad been picked up as a series, the three shorts would have constituted three individual episodes of the series. Lum and abner 1670 episodes on 6 mp3 dvds old time radio. Jul 20, 2017 lum and abner was an american network radio comedy program created by chester lauck and norris goff that was aired from 1931 to 1954. Complete with an excited announcer, band music leading up to the shows introduction, and full of extended fake applause and canned laughter after almost every line. Lum and abner can be quickly described as the hillbilly version of amos n andy. From september, 1949 through february 1957, dragnet s 30 minute shows, broadcast on nbc, brought to radio true police stories in a lowkey, documentary. The lum and abner show was fifteen minutes that took us to back to the feeling of a rural america before. From 1931 to 1955, the lum and abner radio show brought the town of pine ridge montgomery county, into the homes of millions of listeners across the country. Enjoy 5 new episodes each week new episodes on monday. During world war ii, armed forces radio took lum and abner around the world.

Their names are chester lauck and norris goff, but few people, even in hollywood where they live, call them by those names. As the series was not picked up, they were instead hastily strung together and released as a feature film. Without the whiskers, wrinkles and grey hair, theyre still lum n abner to everyone. Chester lauck was born on february 9, 1902 in allene, arkansas, usa as chester h. Davenport of toledo, ohiobut, he sure looks a lot like our old friend grandpappy spears of pine ridge. And, thats just one of the problems facing the proprietors of the jot em down store in this collection. Lum and abner was the first network program broadcast from radio city in new york in 1933, the first to do a marathon charity broadcast, and the first to make a transatlantic simulcast, with lauck in london and goff in chicago. Coming up next week letter will become incriminating evidence 19350628 abner and grandpap break into squires house 19350701 abner arrested for breaking entering 19350702. Belated report on the black pelican 071442, ghost in abners house 071542, elizabeth and pearl return 071642, who will keep the baby. He died on february 21, 1980 in hot springs, arkansas. Many of the fictional residents of pine ridge were inspired by the actual residents of the small town and the surrounding area, but only the many voices of. The siamese twins of the air have never been separated in 31 years tune in mon.

The series ran for 20 years, like amos n andy, mostly as a 15 minute show, with. First, lum leaves for a secret trip and abner tries to school mary about atmospheric pressure. Part of our over 12,000 show library of old time radio. Here is a sample of the online episodes currently available at the old time radio fan. The radio spirits content library consists of more than 60,000 classic radio shows. Pictures in the lum and abner museum show all the participants the governor greeting lum, abner, and the real life counterparts of granpappy spears, cedric wehunt, dick huddleston, etc. In 1936, waters changed its name to pine ridge after the shows fictional town. Slight graphic and textual changes have been made to fit this format better.