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Lum and Abner – The 16Th Anniversary on the Radio. 470424

August 22, 20227 Comments
Lum and Abner in a Publicity Photo. 5x6. In this black and white publicity photo, two men, Lum and Abner, are posing together in a studio. They are dressed in suits and ties, with Abner on the left wearing a hat and holding a cane, while Lum on the right has his hands in his pockets. They are smiling at the camera with a friendly and approachable demeanor, creating a sense of warmth and familiarity. The photo has a vintage feel, reflecting the era in which they were popular radio personalities.

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Lum is busy selling advertising time on the Voice of Pine Ridge when Abner enters with news. He has been making advertising sales as well. Now it’s time to figure out what programming the new sponsors want.

What’ll it be, dramatic, mystery, musical, or something else? Mose Moots wants the program that he’s paying for to be about a Northwest Mounted Barber. Ben Withers sold some air time as well. Can he help figure out what format to program?

What kind of local talent might be rounded up? Mose keeps changing his mind about his show, and now wants the show to be a live remote from his shop. Cedric enters after selling air ime to his dad’s black smith shop. Suddenly, complications in the time slots are exposed.

Note: Through the show, the cast seem a little distracted, and the flow in the action is a little disrupted. Though we don’t exactly learn why, the title, and the opening statements from the next show will fill you in.

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Last updated on August 26, 2022

7 Comments

  1. Donnie Pitchford
    August 24, 2022,

    A reader of the “Lum and Abner” comic strip asked today if this was available! What a coincidence! I sent him to this page.

  2. Donnie Pitchford
    August 24, 2022,

    I realized that the recording above is actually the rehearsal for the anniversary show. It also came from the NLAS collection of transcription discs, very likely dubbed from tape to tape and eventually digitized by someone at some point. Try this link for the actual live broadcast which is where several celebrity friends barge into the studio and disrupt everything completely!
    https://www.dropbox.com/s/ccqhxc3kt27feem/LUMandABNER_16th-Anniversary-1947.mp3?dl=0

    • Keith
      August 25, 2022,

      Thanks for that update about this episode. I’ll check out your link as well.

      • Donnie Pitchford
        August 25, 2022,

        Let me know what you think. The audio on my PC is down so I didn’t listen to the recording above until a reader told me it didn’t seem like what he expected. I then checked it on my cell phone.

        • Keith
          August 26, 2022,

          Yeah, it looks like I do have the wrong audio poste my file name is correct, but somehow the audio and it is all wrong. working on getting it fixed at the moment. Stay tuned.d

        • Keith
          August 26, 2022,

          OK, the file has now been updated. it plays correctly with the on-site player, but if anyone has downloaded the episode you want to delete your file and re-download it. The script is the same as episode that I have posted next. but in this one there are interruptions as they sell the same time slots.

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