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Broadcast History:
From On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old Time Radio by John Dunning:
- Sept. 2, 1935-Feb. 25, 1938. Blue Network. 15m, weekdays at 7:30 through Nov. 1937; then Mondays-Wednesdays-Fridays. Horlick’s.
No known recordings are available for 1934. Scripts exist for some episodes as follows. Dates with no listings are missing episodes.
Book: Lum and Abner’s 1936 Family Almanac and Helpful Hints
January 1936
NLAS Scripts: The Case of the Pine Ridge Firebug!
- 360102. Lum resolves to be nicer to Abner in 1936
- 360103. Abner doesn’t like being treated nicely.
- 360106. Squire will get fire truck for city of Pine Ridge
- 360107. Fire Chief Cedric
- 360108. False Alarms
- 360109. Lum’s barn burns down
- 360110. Someone is setting fires all over Pine Ridge
- 360113. Squire selling fire insurance.
- 360114. Caleb Weehunt thinks Squire is setting fires
- 360115. Everyone is suspicious of Squire
- 360116. Fires break out while Squire is in jail
- 360117. Caleb is angry because Squire is in jail
- 360120. Lum and Abner hide from Caleb
- 360121. Squire gives everyone their insurance money back
- 360122. Grandpap nabs the firebug
- 360123. Firebug’s identity revealed
- 360124. Snake Hogan’s son has been setting fires
- 360127. Will Abner have to go to reform school?
- 360128. Lum will begin caring for Robert Hogan
- 360129. Robert gives Lum trouble
- 360130. Grandpap wants to arrest Robert
- 360131. Other kids can’t associate with Robert
February 1936
NLAS Scripts: Lum and Abner in New York
- 360203. Robert runs away to New York
- 360204. Lum nearly crazy from worrying about Robert
- 360205. Lum will travel to New York to look for Robert
- 360206. Dick Huddleston pays Lum’s expenses to New York
- 360207. Abner and Cedric end up on train with Lum
- 360210. Lum, Abner, and Cedric staying in New York hotel
- 360211. Lum’s pocket picked on the subway
- 360212. Cedric loses Lum and Abner’s last dime
- 360213. How will Lum and Abner pay for hotel room?
- 360214. Robert Hogan returns to Pine Ridge
- 360217. Everyone welcomes Lum and Abner back to Pine Ridge
- 360218. Squire will be sales promotion manager for Jot Em Down store
- 360219. Squire organizes corn-judging contest
- 360220. Lum and Abner mortgage store until contest is over
- 360221. Dick Huddleston says corn contest is crooked
- 360224. Justice of the Peace Lum must give accounting report to Quorum Court
- 360225. Lum is in trouble for borrowing money from Justice of the Peace account
- 360226. Mortgage on store is due Monday
- 360227. Lum will raise money by fighting Cyclone Gordon
- 360228.
March 1936
NLAS Scripts: Lum the Champeen
- 360302. Squire will become city treasurer if he talks Lum into fighting Cyclone
- 360303. Lum starts training for fight
- 360304. Cedric pretends Lum knocks him out
- 360305. Squire makes Lum think he can lift a piano by himself
- 360306. Lum picks a fight with Caleb Weehunt
- 360309. Lum writes nasty letter to Cyclone Gordon
- 360310. Squire hires Scrapiron Schmidt to be Lum’s sparring partner
- 360311. Lum learns that Squire is betting against him in fight
- 360312. Abner will broadcast blow-by-blow account of fight over party line
- 360313. Lum vs. Cyclone. Lum is the winner!
- 360316. Lum basks in the glory of his fight
- 360317. Lum and Abner will print new issue of Pine Ridge News to tell about Lum’s fight
- 360318. Lum makes up crossword puzzle to go into newspaper
- 360319. Abner takes photographs for news, images in camera are upside down
- 360320. Lum learns that Cyclone Gordon faked being knocked out
- 360323. Abner obtains broken-down old horse for Pine Ridge Fire Department
- 360324. Abner traded groceries out of store to get horse
- 360325. Horse proves he can run after all
- 360326. Lum and Abner decide to enter their horse in the Kentucky Derby
- 360327. Lum and Abner will give out Walkin’ Weather Prophet Badges with Pine Ridge News
- 360330. Pine Ridge News ready to be offered to listeners
- 360331. Abner will be the jockey who rides horse in Kentucky Derby
April 1936
NLAS Scripts: At the Kentucky Derby
- 360401. Lum is exasperated by April Fool’s Day pranks
- 360402. Abner must lose 15 pounds before he can ride in Derby
- 360403. Lum has a hard time keeping Abner from sneaking snacks between meals
- 360406. Lum and Abner have battle of wits over Abner’s reducing diet
- 360407. Lum and Abner have to raise $425 to enter horse in Derby
- 360408. Horse is as fast as recent winners of Derby
- 360409. Lum and Abner will race their horse against Snake Hogan’s
- 360410. Lum gets run over by his own horse
- 360413. Lum convalesces at home
- 360414. Horse is lame from running over Lum
- 360415. Lum hangs out at store, pretending to be gravely ill
- 360416. Pine Ridge racing stables are a little short on cash
- 360417. Grandpap needs money to send to his injured son in Kansas City
- 360420. Why home is where the hearth is
- 360421. Lum and Abner will raise money by having Derby Sale in store
- 360422. Everyone in Prine Ridge must visit store to register for census
- 360423. Rumors fly that railroad will be built through Pine Ridge
- 360424. Lum, Abner, Squire, and Cedric leave for Kentucky in rented truck
- 360426. Special Broadcast. Listen: Waters Becomes Pine Ridge
- 360427. Truck breaks down outside Nashville, Tennessee
- 360428. Lum and Abner arrive in Louisville, Kentucky
- 360429. Colonel Buckingham wants to get his hands on Lum and Abner’s horse
- 360430. Lum and Abner almost enter their horse in a claiming race
May 1936
NLAS Scripts: The Perils of Lum
- 360501. Everyone prepares for tomorrow’s Kentucky Derby
- 360504. Horse was entered in wrong race, but whose fault was it?
- 360505. Lum and Abner return to Pine Ridge. Evalena has been dating a young stranger.
- 360506. Abner starts rumor that Lum is dating Widder Abernathy
- 360507. Widder starts planning her wedding to Lum
- 360508. Lum thinks Widder might not be so bad after all
- 360511. Wedding is set for Friday night
- 360512. Abner determined to stop wedding at any cost.
- 360513. Lum turns down date with Evalena to see Widder instead
- 360514. Justice of the Peace Lum marries Abner to Cedric
- 360515. Lum gets out of marrying Widder at the last minute
- 360518. Lum and Abner discuss wedding that came off without Lum
- 360519. Abner tells Evalena that Lum was hurt in automobile accident
- 360520. Lum disguises himself to get out of fake sick bed
- 360521. Evalena calls for ambulance to take Lum to hospital in Mena
- 360522. Lum accused of trying to defraud insurance company
- 360525. Dick Huddleston confers with Lum about predicament
- 360526. Evalena knew Lum was faking all along
- 360527. Lum and Abner discover old trunk in attic of Lum’s house
- 360528. Trunk rightfully belongs to descendants of Old Man Hempstead
- 360529. Abner and Grandpap try to open trunk with dynamite
June 1936
NLAS Scripts: The Mystery of the Old Trunk
- 360601. Lum and Abner finally get trunk open
- 360602. Lum will advertise to find the Hempstead heirs
- 360603. Professor Kobosky, genealogist, arrives in town (Similar episode: 470709)
- 360604. Telegram says there are no Hempstead heirs in Massachusetts (Similar episode: 470710)
- 360605. Everyone in town is related to Hempsteads (Similar episode: 470714)
- 360608. Cedric says family tree proves that Lum is his grandpa
- 360609. Lum thinks all the Hempsteads should get together and celebrate (Similar episode: 470715)
- 360610. Lum announces that mysterious box will be opened on Friday (Similar episode: 470716)
- 360611. Lum and Abner get store ready for big crowd coming tomorrow
- 360612. Box contains only an envelope from Old Man Hempstead (Similar episode: 470717)
- 360615. Envelope contains some sort of formula (Similar episode: 470721)
- 360616. Professor Kobosky exposed as a fraud, Lum is sole owner of formula (Similar episode: 470722)
- 360617. Lum and Abner form Ed’ards and Peabody Chemical Company to manufacture formula (Similar episode: 470723)
- 360618. Lum and Abner want to buy ingredients to mix Hempstead chemical formula
- 360619. Lum and Abner give chemical company assets to Grandpap
- 360622. Lum and Abner will ask city council for money to start factory (Similar episode: 470724)
- 360623. Lum makes Cedric a partner in the store for $25 (Similar episode: 470748)
- 360624. Lum and Abner prepare to mix first batch of Hemstead formula (Similar episode: 470729)
- 360625. Cedric drinks formula, thinking it is grape soda (Similar episode: 470730)
- 360626. Doc Miller has discovered what formula is for (Similar episode: 470731)
- 360629. Hempstead formula should make good moth spray (Similar episode: 470804)
- 360630. Formula colors everyone’s clothing purple (Similar episode: 470805)
July 1936
NLAS Scripts: The Great Bicycle Race
- 360701. Hempstead formula makes terrific insecticide for potato beetles (Similar episode: 470806)
- 360702. Lum and Abner argue over presidency of chemical company (Similar episode: 470807)
- 360703. Hempstead formula good for getting rid of boll weevils (Similar episode: 470811)
- 360706. Polk County Cotton Growers Association orders 600 gallons of formula (Similar episode: 470812)
- 360707.
- 360708. Grandpap opens bicycle rental agency
- 360709. Abner buys barrels for formula (Similar episode: 470813)
- 360710. Grandpap will promote Pine Ridge’s Six Day Bicycle Race
- 360713. Lum and Abner will have a contest to give away two bicycles every day
- 360714. Lum and Abner get entered in six day bicycle race
- 360715. Lum tries to get Cedric to take his place in race
- 360716. Squire thinks MacMillan boys should represent Pine Ridge in race
- 360717. Lum beats MacMillan boys in trial race
- 360720. The big race begins
- 360721. Lum and Abner are in second place in race
- 360722. Four of the six teams have now withdrawn from race
- 360723. Grandpap isn’t going to have prize money to pay the winners
- 360724. Lum and Abner win bicycle race just as they are about to quit
- 360727. Lum tells Grandpap he doesn’t owe them anything for winning the race
- 360728. Lum wants to build the first skyscraper in Pine Ridge
- 360729. Squire wants to be representative for Hempstead formula
- 360730. Lum decides a 20-story building is too much to fill up
- 360731. No one else wants skyscraper in Pine Ridge
August 1936
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- 360813. Lum and Abner make arrangements to sell Hempstead formula for $15,000
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- 360824. Lum and Abner form Demopublican Party to run Lum for president of USA
- 360825. Lum’s local opponent withdraws from presidential race
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September 1936
- 360901. Campaign manager Squire comes up with ideas for Lum’s campaign
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- 360909. Lum orders uniforms for Pine Ridge Silver Cornet Band
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October 1936
NLAS Scripts: Lum for President
- 361001. Squire wants Candidate Lum to be shot to Mars from a cannon
- 361002. Newspaper headlines announce Lum’s upcoming flight
- 361005. Accident happens to cannon, flight to Mars called off
- 361006. Lum and Abner are trapped in cave-in at old silver mine
- 361007. Wildcat is trapped in mine shaft with Lum and Abner
- 361008. Old Blue returns home; Dick Huddleston organizes searching party
- 361009. Lum and Abner and searchers are all ready to give up
- 361012. Old Blue leads Dick and Cedric to collapsed mine shaft.
- 361013. Grandpap and Cedric help Dick dig through mine shaft
- 361014. Dick and Cedric finally reach Lum and Abner
- 361015. Mine cave-in revitalizes Lum’s presidential campaign
- 361016. Lum will give nationwide radio address on Tuesday
- 361019. Lum explains his campaign promises to Abner
- 361020. Lum gives stirring speech over county seat radio station
- 361021. Great response to Lum’s campaign speech.
- 361022. Lum works out plans for Demopublican platform
- 361023. Lum leaves on campaign tour through midwest
- 361026. Lum will make radio speech from Cincinnati tomorrow night
- 361027.
- 361028. There was an assassination attempt on Lum during speech last night
- 361029. Campaign manager Squire walks out on Lum
- 361030. Candidate Lum’s checking account overdrawn by $300
November 1936
NLAS Scripts: The Diary of Evalena Schultz
- 361102. Ballots arrive, Lum’s name is not on them
- 361103. Lum withdraws from presidential race before he has a chance to lose
- 361104. Lum and Abner wax philosophical about presidential election
- 361105. Lum and Abner will reveal big secret to their listeners tomorrow night
- 361106. Lum and Abner announce that 1937 edition of their almanac is ready
- 361109. Lum and Abner will begin mailing almanacs tomorrow morning
- 361110. Lum finds out Abner reprinted Evalena’s diary in the almanac
- 361111. Evalena wants to see a copy of the almanac
- 361112. Evalena’s brother Tom arrives to see Lum
- 361113. Evalena is mad
- 361116. Lum patches things up with Evalena
- 361117. Lum happily announces upcoming wedding to Evalena
- 361118. Lum will get Evalena’s papa indebted to him
- 361119. Squire has an idea to operate roulette wheel in feed room
- 361120. Abner signs on as partner in Pine Ridge Amusement Company
- 361123. Evalena’s father won’t agree to wedding, but accepts Lum’s house
- 361124. Mr. Schultz will evict Lum on Monday
- 361125. Abner gets his first profit from Squire’s gambling debt
- 361126. Abner surprises Lum with a Thanksgiving dinner
- 361127. Lum writes letter telling Mr. Schultz what he thinks of him
- 361130. Lum has to turn his house over to the Schultzes
December 1936
NLAS Scripts: A-Haunting We Will Go
- 361201. Lum and Grandpap learn of Squire and Snake’s gambling joint
- 361202. Lum learns that Abner is part of Pine Ridge Amusement Company
- 361203. Abner finally catches on
- 361204. Grandpap arrests Lum, Abner, Squire, and Snake
- 361207. The trial begins
- 361208. Abner is found guilty
- 361209. Abner is fined $85, Lum is forced out of his home
- 361210. Abner and Grandpap will haunt Lum’s house to get rid of Tom
- 361211. Abner and Grandpap plan their ghostly doings
- 361214. The phantoms of Pine Ridge will use kite as ghost
- 361215. Tom wants Lum to take his house back
- 361216. Abner is frightened by his own hauntings
- 361217. Lum saw ghost, too
- 361218. Lum buys his house back for $50
- 361221. Abner and Evalena go Christmas shopping
- 361222. Lum thinks Abner is having an affair with Evalena
- 361223. Elizabeth thinks Abner is giving her a dog for Christmas
- 361224. Lum gives his dog, Old Lead, to Evalena
- 361225. Annual Christmas Story
- 361228. Lum and Abner bothered by people exchanging Christmas gifts
- 361229. Lum figures out Jot Em Down Store made $7 profit in 1936
- 361230. Lum and Abner decide to call it even for this year
- 361231. Reminiscing on New Year’s Eve