Lum and Abner – Page 120 – Retro Radio Podcast

Retro OTRDiary 20 Interview: Donnie Pitchford, Part 3 (retro521)

By Keith March 22, 2016Comedy, Lum and Abner, Retro Original

In this installment of my combined interview and glimpse at the 1935 season of Lum and Abner, Donnie Pitchford offers some background on the introduction of bandleader, Opie Cates as…

Retro OTRDiary 20 Interview: Donnie Pitchford, Part 3 (retro521)

By Keith March 21, 2016Comedy, Lum and Abner, Retro Original

In this installment of my combined interview and glimpse at the 1935 season of Lum and Abner, Donnie Pitchford offers some background on the introduction of bandleader, Opie Cates as…

Retrro OTRDiary 19 Interview Donnie Pitchford Part 2. (retro519)

By Keith March 13, 2016Comedy, Documentary and Interview, Lum and Abner, Retro Original

In the style of a Retro OTRDiary, to stand in for where the usual installment of Lum and Abner is missing, I present another mashed together collection of classic clips…

Lum and Abner – Lum Writes A Newspaper Column. 490306 (RetroExtra)

By Keith March 6, 2016Comedy, Lum and Abner

Tasked with writing a newspaper column, Lum tries to find his old typewriter. What will he write about? He does his best to do a gossip column to report on…

Lum and Abner – Who Called Lum. 490227

By Keith February 27, 2016Comedy, Lum and Abner

New actors are on hand for the first time. Andy Devine is Mose Moots, and Opie Cates is himself to both lead the band, and add his own slow talking…

Retro OTRDiary 18 Interview with Donnie Pitchford (retro516)

By Keith February 23, 2016Comedy, Lum and Abner, Retro Original

Part of a longer interview I had with uncle Donnie Pitchford, President of the National Lum and Abner Society. The show is a series of clips. I talk with Donnie…

Lum and Abner – The Golden Fleece Finance Company. 490220

By Keith February 20, 2016Comedy, Lum and Abner

A letter arrives to let Lum know of his prestigious position at the convention of the Great Horned Owls convention in Leavenworth. How will honest Lum react to raise the…

Lum and Abner – Lum Wants To Make A Valentine For Rowena. 490213

By Keith February 13, 2016Comedy, Lum and Abner

The romancing of Miss Rowena continues when Lum sets out to do something special for her for Valentines day. To save money on a store bought card, Lum decides to…

Lum and Abner – Finding An Abandoned Baby At The Bus Depot. 490206 (RetroExtra)

By Keith February 6, 2016Comedy, Lum and Abner

Leaving Abner to himself in the bus depot, he listens to the announcements of arrivals and departures. The announcements done similar to those in Jack Benny's train station episodes. After…

Lum and Abner – Ben Shows How to Put up a Pup Tent; Abner’s Worthless Building Burns. 480730

By Keith August 4, 2015Comedy, Lum and Abner

Abner completes the deal to swap his house and 80 acres of land to Squire for a worthless building at the county seat. Its the worst skinning of his life,…