Broadcast History:
From On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old Time Radio by John Dunning:
- Sept. 29, 1941-Oct. 2, 1947, Blue Network/ABC. 15m, Mondays-Tuesdays-Thursdays-Fridays at 6:30, 1941-42, then Mondays through Thursday at 8:15, 1942-45; at 8, 1945-1947. Miles Laboratories and Alka Seltzer.
- Oct. 6, 1947-Sept. 24, 1948, CBS. 15m, weekdays at 5:45. Alka-Seltzer.
Dates with no listings are missing episodes.
January 1947
- 470101
- 470102
- 470106 Lum orders oysters
- 470107 Poor little oysters
- 470108 Restaurants want Lumburger recipe
- 470109 1894 telegram from Grover Cleveland
- 470113 Tipping Grandpap
- 470114 Doc’s Telegram
- 470115 Grandpap hired as Lum’s secretary
- 470116 Abner fills Grandpap’s former shoes as telegram delivery boy
- 470120 Lum being crushed by own success
- 470121 No one willing to be first to eat oysters
- 470122 Grandpap finds pearl in oyster
- 470123 L&A, Squire & Grandpap all claim pearl
- 470127 Squire sues L&A for pearl ownership
- 470128 Grandpap also wants to sue L&A
- 470129 Squire offers to buy pearl for $800
- 470130 L&A go to Mena; get pearl appraised
February 1947
- 470203 Lum hires lawyer Wallford
- 470204 Pearl is missing
- 470205 Judge of Human Nature
- 470206
- 470210
- 470211
- 470212 Possession is 9/10ths of the law
- 470213 Abner takes the witness stand
- 470217 Doc Withers testimony drives Judge stark raving mad crazy
- 470218 Cedric is star witness for both Squire & Grandpap
- 470219 Cedric’s testimony makes Lum sound like a criminal
- 470220 L&A on trial because of pearl in oyster
- 470224 At trial, lawyer is more interested in horses
- 470225 Lum takes witness stand; makes total mess of it
- 470226 Trial postponed for preliminary hearing on Lum’s bribery charge
- 470227 Doc Withers tries to treat Lum for nervous breakdown
March 1947
- 470303
- 470304 L&A discuss Superman; trial verdict in
- 470305 Lum feels bad about winning trial
- 470306 L&A divide pearl money with Squire & Grandpap
- 470310 Grandpap gets threatening phone call
- 470311 Mysterious voice on party line threatens Squire Skimp
- 470312 Lum worried about mysterious voice on party line.
- 470313 Abner hires Cedric to carry a gun; Lum thinks Abner is the Voice.
- 470317 The Voice predicts more disaster for PR citizens
- 470318 The Voice calls again; Doc Withers is upset over something
- 470319 Doc changes name to Ben Withers and gives up his practice
- 470320 Ben prepares to leave town
- 470324 L&A monitor party line; listen for calls from the voice.
- 470325 L&A disconnect town’s phone system
- 470326 Squire conducts town meeting to discuss the voice
- 470327 L&A decide the voice is ghost of former Pine Ridge horse thief
- 470331 Ben Withers sets trap to catch ghost
April 1947
- 470401 Everyone gathered in Jot ‘Em Down store waiting for Ben to produce ghost
- 470402 Ben tells how he caught the voice
- 470403 Voice needs protection from lynch mob
- 470407 Abner waiting on present from Pearl; Ben Withers planning to leave town.
- 470408 Abner’s present arrives, but what is it?
- 470409 L&A find out present is a shortwave transceiver.
- 470410 Ben Withers appointed constable of PR
- 470414 Abner’s Short Wave Receiver
- 470415 Transmitting Troubles
- 470416
- 470417
- 470421 Lum appoints officers of new VPR radio station.
- 470422 Abner tricked into making Lum prez of VPR
- 470423 Cedric learns to be a radio announcer
- 470424 L&A’s 16th anniversary; Hollywood stars surprise them in middle of show!
- 470428 Everyone sells same hour of advertising on VPR
- 470429 VPR broadcasts Love Comes To Gilbert the Boy Trapper, sponsors cancel show
- 470430 Thank You for the Info
May 1947
- 470501 Court of Human Beings
- 470505
- 470506
- 470507 L&A attempt to find out VPR’s ratings.
- 470508 Queen for an Hour; Widder Abernathy wants Lum as her prize
- 470512 Lum tries to arrange romance between Ben Withers & Widder Abernathy
- 470513 Lum finds out Widder must claim her prize within 2 wks or offer is cancelled.
- 470514 Sponsor Mose Moots wants wedding helf tomorrow.
- 470515 Abner & Ben Withers in disc jockey show, Peabody’s Platter Party
- 470519 At rehearsal, Lum marries Cedric to Widder
- 470520
- 470521 Widder hires lawyer to see if wedding is legal.
- 470522 L&A try to keep lawyer from talking to Widder
- 470526 Lum will try new act for radio: will become hypnotist
- 470527 Lum hypnotizes Abner into doing all work around store
- 470528 Lum causes Squire and Cedric to switch personalities
- 470529
June 1947
- 470602
- 470603
- 470604
- 470605
- 470609
- 470610
- 470611
- 470612
- 470616
- 470617
- 470618
- 470619
- 470623
- 470624
- 470625
- 470626
- 470630
July 1947
- 470701
- 470702
- 470703
- 470707
- 470708 L&A attempt to open box belonging to Hempstead heirs.
- 470709
- 470710 Lum has mysterious box that must be opened by Hempstead heirs
- 470714 Genealogist proves everyone in town is related to Hempsteads
- 470715 Lum thinks genealogist, Prof. Crenshaw, should be run out of town
- 470716 Mysterious box will be opened tomorrow night
- 470717 Box contains envelope promising fabulous riches
- 470721 Envelope contains secret formula
- 470722 Ben Withers arrests Prof Crenshaw for fraud
- 470723 L&A form Ed’ards & Peabody Chemical Co. to market Hempstead formula
- 470724 Ed’ards & Peabody Chemical Co. has total assets of $13
- 470728 L&A sell interest in Jot ‘Em Down Store to Cedric for $25
- 470729 Cedric starts trying to run things at store; Lum buys chemicals to mix formula
- 470730 Cedric accidently drinks bottle of formula
- 470731 L&A still trying to figure out what formula is for
August 1947
- 470804 Formula dyes clothes purple by accident
- 470805 Hempstead formula makes great insect spray
- 470806 Formula great for killing potato bugs
- 470807 L&A & Cedric elect officers of chemical co.
- 470811 Potato bug formula may save cotton crop from boll weevils
- 470812 Polk Co. Cotton Growers’ Assoc. orders 6000 gallons of formula
- 470813 Ben Withers orders 200 barrels for formula, barrels full of sauerkraut.
- 470814 Lum gives Abner 3 hrs. to get rid of kraut
- 470818 Chemical co. in Little Rock interested in buying formula
- 470819 L&A gave formula to wrong man
- 470820 Imposter located in Squire’s office; Miss Emaline is leaving PR
- 470821 Imposter didn’t get formula after all
- 470825
- 470826
- 470827
- 470828
September 1947
- 470901
- 470902
- 470903
- 470904
- 470908
- 470909
- 470910
- 470911
- 470915
- 470916
- 470917
- 470918
- 470922 Wedding ceremony of Abner’s daughter Little Pearl
- 470923
- 470924
- 470925
- 470929
- 470930
October 1947
- 471001
- 471002 Lum tries new psychology to improve business.
- 471003
- 471006
- 471007
- 471008
- 471009
- 471010
- 471013
- 471014
- 471015
- 471016
- 471017
- 471020
- 471021
- 471022
- 471023
- 471024
- 471027
- 471028
- 471029
- 471030
- 471031
November 1947
- 471103
- 471104
- 471105
- 471106
- 471107
- 471110
- 471111
- 471112
- 471113 PR celebrates Abner Peabody Day.
- 471114 Lum has trouble starting the PR Navy.
- 471117
- 471118
- 471119
- 471120
- 471121
- 471124
- 471125
- 471126
- 471127
- 471128
December 1947
- 471201 Ben Withers enters Abner in Mt. Ida rodeo.
- 471202
- 471203
- 471204
- 471205
- 471208
- 471209
- 471210
- 471211
- 471212
- 471215
- 471216 470203 Lum hires lawyer Wallford
- 471217
- 471218
- 471219
- 471222 Lum tells everyone not to buy him any Christmas presents
- 471223
- 471224
- 471225 Annual Christmas Story
- 471226
- 471229
- 471230
- 471231