Old time radio show series available at RUSC Old Time Radio
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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
SOUND EFFECTS: (over the years) Betty Boyle, Monty Fraser (NBC). Harry Essman, David Light (CBS). Lum & Abner - 1931-1954 This comedy, that spanned over 23 years on the air, was centered around Lum Edwards and Abner Peabody, played by Chester Lauck and Norris Goff, co-owners of the Jot'em Down Store in Pine Ridge, Arkansas. It was a "hillbilly" show and the Jot'em Down Store was based on a general store owned by Goff's father in Waters, Arkansas.
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