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.

LA430610 - Mabel to Move into Attic [248]
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LA430614 - Artist in the Attic [248]
 2.77 MB

LA430615 - War Savings Staff [161]
 3.83 MB

LA430616 - Trouble Trying to Paint [248]
 2.79 MB

LA430617 - Lum Paints War Bond Poster [248]
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LA430621 - Lum to Propose to Mabel [248]
 2.75 MB

LA430622 - Preparing for Art Exhibit [251]
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LA430623 - Instructions on Exhibit [251]
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LA430624 - Presiding over Art Sale [252]
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LA430628 - Lum Disgusted with Art [252]
 2.73 MB

LA430629 - Lum and Mabel, Birdwatching [252]
 2.62 MB

LA430630 - Lum Studies Correct Grammar [252]
 2.71 MB

LA430701 - Lum Tries Proposing [252]
 2.72 MB

LA430705 - Mousey Returns from the War [252]
 2.61 MB

LA430706 - Mousey's Adventures [481]
 2.81 MB

LA430707 - Mousey's Secret War Diary [256]
 2.81 MB

LA430708 - How Mousey Was Wounded [256]
 2.68 MB

LA430712 - Truth About Mousey's Wound [256]
 2.71 MB

LA430713 - Mabel Melrose Leaves Town [256]
 2.66 MB

LA430714 - Back to Business [256]
 2.68 MB

LA430715 - Treasure Department Honors [256]
 2.76 MB

LA430719 - Old Blue to Be Drafted [256]
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LA430720 - Mousey and Old Blue at Club [256]
 2.66 MB

LA430721 - Old Blue Won't Be Drafted [258]
 2.61 MB

LA430722 - Ellie Connors Escapes [257]
 2.91 MB

LA430726 - Don't Tell About Ellie [257]
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LA430727 - How to Disguise Ellie [257]
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LA430728 - Ellie Will Go to Wisconsin [257]
 2.76 MB

LA430729 - Ellie Poses as Lum's Niece [257]
 2.71 MB

LA430802 - Convinced Ellie Is Mary [258]
 2.8 MB

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