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Broadcast History:
From On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old Time Radio by John Dunning:
- April 4, 1932-ca. May 19, 1933, NBC, 15m, mostly weekdays. Sustained.
- May 22, 1933-March 30, 1934, NBC, from WTAM, Cleveland. 15m, Mondays through Thursdays at 7:30, Fridays at 10:45. Ford Motors.
Listen: Friday Night Sociable
Dates with no listings are missing episodes.
January 1933
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February 1933
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- 330213
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March 1933
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- 330309
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- 330313
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- 330315
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- 330330
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April 1933
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- 330404
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- 330406
- 330407
- 330410
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- 330414
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May 1933
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- 330502
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- 330509
- 330510
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- 330515
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- 330522. Script synopsis in Jot ‘Em Down Journal, Spring 2006. Digging for buried treasure.
- 330523.
- 330524.
- 330525. Script synopsis in Jot ‘Em Down Journal, Spring 2006. Lum has a new car.
- 330526.
- 330529.
- 330530.
- 330531. Script synopsis in Jot ‘Em Down Journal, Spring 2006. Lum and Abner will open garage. Grandpap will run the store.
June 1933
- 330601. Script synopsis in Jot ‘Em Down Journal, Spring 2006. Pet goose named Norman.
- 330602.
- 330605.
- 330606. Script synopsis in Jot ‘Em Down Journal, Spring 2006. Lum will propose to Evalena.
- 330607. Script synopsis in Jot ‘Em Down Journal, Spring 2006. Evalena turned Lum down.
- 330608.
- 330609.
- 330612.
- 330613. Script synopsis in Jot ‘Em Down Journal, Spring 2006. Offer for free lubrication at Ford dealership.
- 330614.
- 330615.
- 330616.
- 330619.
- 330620.
- 330621. Script synopsis in Jot ‘Em Down Journal, Spring 2006. Lum and Abner hire Dan Davis to sell cars.
- 330622.
- 330623.
- 330626.
- 330627.
- 330628.
- 330629.
- 330630.
July 1933
- 330703. Script synopsis in Jot ‘Em Down Journal, Spring 2006. Graham McNamee interviews Lum and Abner for NBC.
- 330704. Script synopsis in Jot ‘Em Down Journal, Spring 2006. Widow and kids staying at Lum’s house, driving him crazy.
- 330705. Script synopsis in Jot ‘Em Down Journal, Spring 2006. Lum and Abner try to convince Widow that Lum’s house is haunted.
- 330706. Script synopsis in Jot ‘Em Down Journal, Spring 2006. Haunting plan didn’t work.
- 330707.
- 330710. Script synopsis in Jot ‘Em Down Journal, Spring 2006. The widow’s ex-husband threatens to kill anybody who gets between him and her.
- 330711. Script synopsis in Jot ‘Em Down Journal, Spring 2006.
- 330712.
- 330713. Script synopsis in Jot ‘Em Down Journal, Spring 2006. Abner gets rid of the widow’s ex.
- 330714.
- 330717. Script synopsis in Jot ‘Em Down Journal, Spring 2006. Widow’s family is quarantined with measles.
- 330718. Script synopsis in Jot ‘Em Down Journal, Spring 2006. Water analysis is back. Spring should be developed.
- 330719.
- 330720.
- 330721.
- 330724. Script synopsis in Jot ‘Em Down Journal, Spring 2006. Abner swaps a used car with a traveling show for a baby elephant and a lion.
- 330725.
- 330726.
- 330727.
- 330728. Listen: Lum and Abner’s “Friday Night Sociable”
- 330730. Date approximate. Listen: Lum and Abner are trying to capture an escaped lion
- 330731.
August 1933
- 330801.
- 330802.
- 330803.
- 330804.
- 330807. Script synopsis in Jot ‘Em Down Journal, Summer 2006. The store is in bad shape.
- 330808. Script synopsis in Jot ‘Em Down Journal, Summer 2006. Grandpap plans to sign farm over.
- 330809. Script synopsis in Jot ‘Em Down Journal, Summer 2006. Lum prepares Grandpap’s deed.
- 330810. Script synopsis in Jot ‘Em Down Journal, Summer 2006. Grandpap has Squire redo deed.
- 330811.
- 330814. Script synopsis in Jot ‘Em Down Journal, Summer 2006. Easterners try to kick Grandpap off land.
- 330815. Script synopsis in Jot ‘Em Down Journal, Summer 2006. Lum suggests diverting a creek.
- 330816. Script synopsis in Jot ‘Em Down Journal, Summer 2006. Lum plans to buy Dillard place.
- 330817. Script synopsis in Jot ‘Em Down Journal, Summer 2006. Mentions guests for Friday Night Sociable.
- 330818.
- 330821. Script synopsis in Jot ‘Em Down Journal, Summer 2006. Lum finds 1905 statute.
- 330822. Script synopsis in Jot ‘Em Down Journal, Summer 2006. Lum has proposed to Evalena.
- 330823. Script synopsis in Jot ‘Em Down Journal, Summer 2006. Criminals are tried.
- 330824. Script synopsis in Jot ‘Em Down Journal, Summer 2006. Mentions guests for Friday Night Sociable.
- 330825.
- 330828.
- 330829.
- 330830.
- 330831.
September 1933
- 330901.
- 330904. Script synopsis in Jot ‘Em Down Journal, Summer 2006. Evalena goes out with Frank Foster.
- 330905.
- 330906. Script synopsis in Jot ‘Em Down Journal, Summer 2006. Developers are building a dam.
- 330907.
- 330908.
- 330911. Script synopsis in Jot ‘Em Down Journal, Summer 2006. Dam broke.
- 330912.
- 330913.
- 330914.
- 330915.
- 330918.
- 330919.
- 330920.
- 330921. Script synopsis in Jot ‘Em Down Journal, Summer 2006. Lum bought haunted diamond.
- 330922.
- 330925.
- 330926.
- 330927.
- 330928.
- 330929.
October 1933
- 331002. Script synopsis in Jot ‘Em Down Journal, Summer 2006. Evalena’s aunt wants to plan wedding.
- 331003.
- 331004.
- 331005.
- 331006.
- 331009.
- 331010.
- 331011. Script synopsis in Jot ‘Em Down Journal, Summer 2006. Arrival in Washington.
- 331012. Script synopsis in Jot ‘Em Down Journal, Summer 2006. Talking with congressman.
- 331013. Script in Jot ‘Em Down Journal, October 2003. Lum and Evalena’s (almost) wedding.
- 331016. Script synopsis in Jot ‘Em Down Journal, Summer 2006. Arrive back in Pine Ridge.
- 331017. Script synopsis in Jot ‘Em Down Journal, Summer 2006. Lum will write play for Sociable.
- 331018.
- 331019.
- 331020.
- 331023.
- 331024.
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November 1933
Pine Ridge News: November 1933
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December 1933
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- 331207. Script in Lum & Abner: Rural America and the Golden Age of Radio. Abner is running for sheriff. Lum gives Abner pointers on how to be a politician.
- 331208
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- 331212. Script in Lum & Abner: Rural America and the Golden Age of Radio. Lum explains campaign finances to Abner.
- 331213. Script in Lum & Abner: Rural America and the Golden Age of Radio. Publicity for Abner’s campaign features Lum more than Abner.
- 331214. Script in Lum & Abner: Rural America and the Golden Age of Radio. Abner’s competition, Butch Dolan, gets aggressive.
- 331215.
- 331218. Script in Lum & Abner: Rural America and the Golden Age of Radio. Abner decides he won’t withdraw from campaign.
- 331219.
- 331220. Script in Lum & Abner: Rural America and the Golden Age of Radio. Abner finds a little girl who was kidnapped.
- 331221.
- 331222.
- 331225. First Annual Christmas Show
- 331226.
- 331227. Script in Lum & Abner: Rural America and the Golden Age of Radio. Financial status of the store.
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