LUM AND ABNER Old Time Radio Shows - 1710 MP3s on DVD +FREE OFFER OTR

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Lum and Abner Old Time Radio Shows Lum and Abner , an American radio comedy which aired as a network program from 1932 to 1954, became an American institution in its low-keyed, arch rural wit. The shows was one of a series of 15-minute serial comedies that dotted American radio at its height as America 's number one home entertainment. The show starred an elderly mustached and bearded Chester Lauck (as Columbus "Lum" Edwards) and Norris Goff (as Abner Peabody), as the co-owners of the Jot 'em Down Store – one of the only places in town to procure groceries, gas and other odds and ends – in the then-fictional town of Pine Ridge, Arkansas (the store was based on a real-life general store owned by Goff's father in Waters, Arkansas). The pair was always stumbling upon moneymaking ideas only to get fleeced by nemesis Squire Skimp, before finding one or another way to redeem themselves. Lum and Abner played the hillbilly theme with deceptive cleverness: the hillbillies just knew the slickers were going to get theirs sooner or later and either didn't mind or know more than they let on that the slickers getting theirs was a matter of fortunate circumstance. Lauck and Goff had known each other since childhood and attended the University of Arkansas together. They performed locally and established a blackface act which led to an audition at radio station KTHS in Hot Springs , Arkansas . Prior to the audition, the two men decided to change their act and portray two hillbillies, since there were already an overabundance of blackface acts at the time. After only a few shows in Hot Springs , they were picked up nationally by NBC in Chicago and Lum and Abner , sponsored by Quaker Oats, ran until 1932 before broadcasting nationally. Lauck and Goff performed several different characters in the show, modeling many of them after real-life residents of Waters, Arkansas . The show became so wildly popular that in 1936 an act of Congress changed the name of Waters to Pine Ridge. In 1948, the show changed from a 15-minute "comedic soap opera" to a 30-minute self-contained show. New writers were added, along with an orchestra and a live audience. The problem was that many listeners were unhappy with the change and in 1953, Lauck and Goff changed the format back to it’s original. The show went off the air in 1954 due to competition from television and the failing health of Goff. Together, the team broadcast more than 5,000 shows and over 1700 episodes still exist today. Chester and Norris later starred in seven Lum and Abner films, and lived quite well off their fledgling enterprise until their deaths in 1980 and 1978, respectively. The town of Pine Ridge has never forgotten the comedic pair that made the town famous enough to provoke an official town name change. The town is host to the Lum and Abner Museum . Adjacent to the Museum is a replica of the legendary "Jot 'em Down Store," the central setting of the radio programs. And Lum and Abner are one of the more popular swaps among old-time radio fans. # # # FIRST BROADCAST: 26th April 1931 LAST BROADCAST: 7th May 1954 CAST: Chester Lauck, Norris Goff, Jerry Hausner, Frank Graham, Lurene Tuttle, Francis X Bushman, Clarence Hartzel, Elmore Vincent, Zasu Pitts, Andy Devine, Cliff Arquette, Francis "Dink" Trout, Opie Cates. ANNOUNCERS: Charles Lyon, Del Sharbutt, Gene Hamilton, Carlton Brickett, Lou Crosby, Gene Baker, Forrest Owen, Wendell Niles, Bill Ewing ORGANISTS: Sybil Chism Bock, Ralph Emerson, Elsie Mae Emerson WRITERS: Roz Rogers, Betty Boyle, Jay Sommers, Hugh Wedlock, Howard Snyder. THEMES: Eleanor, by Jessie L Deppen. Evalena, by Sybil Chism Bock. Down on the Old Part Line, by Ralph and Elsie Mae Emerson. ORCHESTRA: Felix Mills, Opie Cates PRODUCER: Larry Berns SPONSORS: Quaker Oats, Ford Motor Company, Horlick's Malted Milk, Postum Cereal, Alka-Seltzer, Frigidaire. SOUND EFFECTS: Betty Boyle, Monty Fraser (NBC). Harry Essman, David Light (CBS). Lum & Abner - 1931-1954 1710 Episodes in MP3 format ship on a single D V D with paperless labeling 100% Guaranteed to play on your DVD -enabled PC or your money back Over 450 hours of play Listen while you commute! Transfer to your smartphone or MP3 player and listen anywhere Wholesome entertainment for the whole family The radio episodes on this disc are recorded as digital audio files commonly known as "MP3's" and require a computer or MP3 player (like your smartphone) to play them. The type of DVD referred to in this listing is a computer disc used to store and transport these files to you. We put many of our titles on DVD because they're able to store 7x the data as a CD and provide the most episodes for your dollar! 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