Lum and Abner was an American radio comedy which was on the air as a first-run network program from 1932 to 1954. Comedy is the use of humor in the performing arts. ... A radio network is a network system which distributes radio programming to multiple radio stations. ... 1932 is a leap year starting on a Friday. ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The show was set in the fictional Pine Ridge, Arkansas, which was based on the town of Waters, Arkansas and some of its residents. The stars of the show were Chester Lauck and Norris Goff, who had known each other since childhood and attended the University of Arkansas together. Pine Ridge, Arkansas, was the fictional setting for the radio program Lum and Abner, which ran for 13 weeks every year from 1932 to 1954 on WNBC. It was based on the town of Waters, Arkansas, and some of its residents. ... Chester Chet Lauck, (9 February 1902 _ 21 February 1980), played the character Lum Eddards on the classic American radio comedy Lum and Abner. ... Norris Goff (May 30, 1906 – June 7, 1978) was an American comedian in radio and film best known for his portrayal of Abner Peabody on the rural comedy Lum and Abner. ... University of Arkansas The University of Arkansas, also known as the U. of A., or simply The Hill, is a public coeducational land-grant university system, and the main campus is located in Fayetteville in the state of Arkansas, USA. Founded as Arkansas Industrial University in 1871 (Arkansas is renowned...

The two performed locally and had established a blackface act which led to an audition at radio station KTHS in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Prior to the audition the two men decided to change their act and portray two hillbillies since there were already an overabundance of blackface acts at the time. After only a few shows in Hot Springs they were picked up nationally by the NBC Radio Network as a two-week replacement series named "Lum and Abner". The show was sponsored by Quaker Oats and ended up lasting until 1932. Lauck and Goff performed several different characters on the show and modeled many of them after real life residents of the town of Waters, Arkansas. This reproduction of a 1900 minstrel show poster, originally published by the Strobridge Litho Co. ... Hot Springs is a city located in Garland County, Arkansas in the United States of America. ... Hillbilly is a pejorative nickname for people who dwell in remote, rural, mountainous areas. ... The National Broadcasting Company or NBC is an American television broadcasting company based in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... Quaker Oats Company makes many types and flavors of oatmeal. ... 1932 is a leap year starting on a Friday. ...

After the Quaker Oats contract expired the two returned to Mena and continued to broadcast over Dallas, Texas stations WBAP and WFAA. In 1933 Ford Motor Company became their sponsor for approximately a year before Horlick's Malted Milk Company came on board. Aerial view of Dallas City nickname: Big D Location Location in the state of Texas Government Counties Dallas County Collin County Denton County Kaufman County Rockwall County Mayor Laura Miller Physical characteristics Area      Land      Water 385. ... WBAP is an AM radio station in the Dallas Fort Worth Metroplex following a talk format. ... WFAA is the ABC affiliate serving the Dallas/Fort Worth DMA with its transmitter located in the Cedar Hill. ... 1933 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Ford Motor Company (often referred to simply as Ford; sometimes nicknamed FoMoCo), NYSE: F is an automobile maker founded by Henry Ford in Dearborn, Michigan, and incorporated on June 16, 1903. ...

The Horlick's company took a great interest in the show and produced a number of premium items including almanacs and fictional newspapers from Pine Ridge. In 1936, for the Arkansas Centennial celebration Lauck and Goff proposed that the name of Waters, Arkansas be changed to Pine Ridge, Arkansas. 1936 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Pine Ridge, Arkansas was the setting for the radio program Lum and Abner (http://en. ...

In 1938 the Postum Company took over and sponsored the show for two years and then Miles Labs, the makers of Alka-Seltzer, took over for eight years. 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Alka-Seltzer is a brand name owned by the German Bayer Corporation for a line of medications sold over the counter and taken by means of rapidly dissolving tablets that form an effervescent solution in water. ...

During the 1940s "Lum and Abner" starred in several motion pictures built around their radio characters. In 1948 the show changed from a 15-minute "comedic soap opera" to a 30-minute self-contained show. New writers were added as well as an orchestra and a live audience. Many listeners were unhappy with the show and it changed back to its original format in 1953. // Events and trends The 1940s were seen as a transition period between the radical 1930s and the conservative 1950s, which also leads the period to be divided in two halves: The first half of the decade was dominated by World War II, the widest and most destructive armed conflict in... For other uses see film (disambiguation) Film refers to the celluliod media on which movies are printed Film — also called movies, the cinema, the silver screen, moving pictures, photoplays, picture shows, flicks, or motion pictures, — is a field that encompasses motion pictures as an art form or as part of... 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... The first TIME cover devoted to soap operas: Dated January 12, 1976, Bill Hayes and Susan Seaforth Hayes of Days of Our Lives are featured with the headline Soap Operas: Sex and suffering in the afternoon. A soap opera is an ongoing, episodic work of fiction, usually broadcast on television... 1953 is a common year starting on Thursday. ...

The show went off the air in 1954 due to competition from television and the failing health of Goff. In total "Lum and Abner" broadcast over 5,000 shows and spun-off seven motion pictures. The final "Lum and Abner" film was released in 1956. 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The town of Pine Ridge still focuses on the memory of "Lum and Abner" and is the location of the Lum and Abner Museum. The museum features a replica of the legendary "Jot 'em Down Store" which was the central setting of the radio programs.

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External links

• The Internet OTR Digest (Email Old-Time Radio Discussion list)
• National Lum & Abner Society home page
• The Lum and Abner Discussion Phorum
• ( Lum and ABner Programs)
• ( Yahoo Lum and Abner fan group)