1953

Broadcast History:

From On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old Time Radio by John Dunning:

• Feb. 16-May 15, 1953, ABC. 15m, weekdays.
• Nov. 9, 1953-May 7, 1954. Syndicated with “Abner” doing recorded commercials for local sponsors.

Dates with no listings are missing episodes.

February 1953

• 530216 L&A have Grand Reopening of Jot ‘Em Down Store
• 530217 Abner bought something at an auction… but what is it?
• 530218 Squire tells L&A they have a shortwave transceiver.
• 530219 L&A will start their own radio station with shortwave
• 530220 Cedric tries to hear L&A over his radio at home
• 530223 New radio station will be VPR, Voice of Pine Ridge
• 530224 Lum sets up VPR station mgt.
• 530225 L&A argue over mgt. positions
• 530226 Cedric auditions to be radio announcer
• 530227 All sponsors buy same hour on VPR

March 1953

• 530302 VPR presents its 1st show, Love Comes To Gilbert the Boy Trapper. Sponsors cancel.
• 530303 Mose Moots sponsors Thankee Fer The Information
• 530304 VPR presents The Court of Human Beings
• 530305 New VPR daytime soap opera: Life Faces The Sufferin’ Jensens.
• 530306 L&A rehearse Mose’s new show, Princess of Pine Ridge
• 530309 Mose wants to know ratings of PR Princess show
• 530310 Widder Abernathy becomes princess; wants Lum as her prize. 
• 530311 Lum will pawn off Widder on someone else
• 530312 Mose Moots wants Edwards/Abernathy wedding broadcast on radio
• 530313 Grandpappy Spears interviewed on VPR
• 530316 Lum accidentally marries the Widder to Cedric
• 530317 Lum knows marriage isn’t legal, but he isn’t telling
• 530318 Lum tries to keep lawyer from talking to Widder
• 530319 VPR gets call from FCC
• 530320 FCC man (Howard McNear) tells L&A their station is illegal
• 530323 L&A worry about going to jail
• 530324
• 530325
• 530326
• 530327
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• 530331

April 1953

• 530401
• 530402 Lum is tired of faking a broken leg
• 530403 Squire finds out Lum’s leg isn’t really broken
• 530407 Squire suggests Hindu bone healer for Lum
• 530408 Prince Ali Kush will stay at Abner’s house & eat glass
• 530409 How Abner & Grandpap scared the Prince away
• 530410 Lum confesses everything about his fake broken leg
• 530413 Jot ‘Em Down Store prepares to celebrate it’s 40th anniversary
• 530414 Cedric & Abner wash labels off store’s canned goods
• 530415 L&A having a big sale on surprise cans
• 530416 Grandpap is able to guess what is in surprise cans
• 530417 Grandpap sells tips on guessing cans
• 530420 L&A try to figure out Grandpap’s secret
• 530421 L&A create plan to fool Grandpap
• 530422 L&A give unlabeled canned goods to charity.
• 530423 Abner spoils Lum’s date with Miss Fredericks
• 530424 Lum decides to put library in store.
• 530427 L&A start running library in store
• 530428 Cedric can’t get library card because he owns no property
• 530429 Cedric living in tent on store’s property
• 530430 Squire buys property in front of store from Cedric

May 1953

• 530501 L&A get their piece of property back from Squire Skimp.
• 530504 Library book makes Lum decide to become a chef
• 530505 L&A remodel store for PR Bakery
• 530506 Lum gets to work & invents Prune Bread
• 530507 Lum tries to sell Prune Bread to Hudson Bros. store in Mena
• 530508 Abner & Grandpap sample delicious bakery products
• 530511 Abner & Grandpap wrap bread, including special load containing locket
• 530512 Locket found by Lulu Watts, champion weightlifter
• 530513 Lum wants Abner to talk Lulu out of marrying him
• 530514 Knuckles Stroats will fight Lum for Lulu
• 530515 Final show of 13-wk series. L&A say goodbye to listeners again.

November 1953

• 531109
• 531110
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• 531120
• 531123
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• 531125
• 531126 Thanksgiving in PR
• 531127
• 531130

December 1953

• 531201
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• 531221
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• 531223
• 531224 Everyone helps decorate Christmas tree for party at school house
• 531225 Annual Christmas Story
• 531228 Lum explains details of mule naming contest
• 531229 Women want Lum to be judge in beauty contest
• 531230 Lum will get Frank Foster to be judge
• 531231

1950 < > 1954