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Broadcast History:
From On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old Time Radio by John Dunning:
- Feb. 28, 1938-March 29, 1940. CBS. 15m, Mondays-Wednesdays-Fridays at 6:45 until Sept. 1938, then at 7:15. Postum.
Dates with no listings are missing episodes.
January 1940
- 400101. Listen: Lum makes a New Year’s resolution to be nicer to Abner during 1940
- 400103. Listen: Lum and Abner are arrested for operating a post office in their store
- 400105. Listen: Lum escapes from prison and returns to Pine Ridge
- 400108. Listen: Lum hides out under store
- 400110. Listen: Abner and Grandpap scare Lum away by pretending the police are closing in
- 400112. Listen: Lum is found in Mexico, Missouri
- 400115. Listen: Lum answers ad put in newspaper by rich widow
- 400117. Listen: Lum begins to have second thoughts about answering ad
- 400119. Listen: Telegram arrives from Widder Beaumont
- 400122. Listen: Lum will have to be a family man if he marries Widder Beaumont
- 400124. Listen: Widder Beaumont and her kids are quarantined in tourist cabins
- 400126. Listen: Widder and family move into Lum’s house
- 400129. Listen: Lum decides Widder and kids aren’t so bad after all
- 400131. Listen: Squire Skimp uses threats to run Widder out of town
February 1940
- 400202. Listen: Lum mourns the loss of the Widder Beaumont
- 400205. Listen: New girl in town makes Lum forget about Widder Beaumont
- 400207. Listen: Abner decides he should stand up to ‘Lizabeth
- 400209. Listen: Squire Skimp leads formation of Men’s Protective Association
- 400212. Listen: SOS for Men’s Protective Association
- 400214. Listen: Lum receives comic valentine
- 400216. Listen: Women lock men out of homes
- 400219. Listen: Abner and Grandpap discouraged
- 400221. Listen: Women want political offices
- 400223. Listen: Election will be held
- 400226. Listen: Lum has idea to stir up trouble among women
- 400228. Listen: Women gang up on Lum
March 1940
- 400301. Listen: Big election held
- 400304. Listen: Bank robbers headed for Pine Ridge
- 400306. Listen: Capture of bank robbers
- 400308. Listen: Lizabeth’s fame grows
- 400311. Listen: Movie about Lum and Abner
- 400313. Listen: Movie will be shot on location
- 400315. Listen: Squire Skimp rents Jot ‘Em Down Store
- 400318. Listen: Lum learns about Abner renting store to Squire
- 400320. Listen: Movie script arrives
- 400322. Listen: Lum makes a new deal with Squire
- 400325. Listen: Chickens come home to roost
- 400327. Listen: Old-fashioned store
- 400329. Listen: Jot ‘Em Down Store closes to make movie
Series off the air until May 26, 1941.
- 401225. Special broadcast. Listen: Annual Christmas Story.
