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Lum and Abner was a popular radio comedy show created by Chester Lauck and Norris Goff, who played two hillbilly characters in a fictional Arkansas town. The show ran from 1931 to 1954 and spawned several films, a post office name change, and a live audience format.
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Goff and Lauck also guest starred as Lum and Abner on radio series such as Bing Crosby's Kraft Music Hall; Goff also made a handful of solo appearances, notably guesting as the father of Andy Devine in an episode of The Jack Benny Program. Goff reprised his role as Abner for seven films between 1940 and 1956. Unlike Lauck, who virtually retired ...
Pine Ridge was a fictional town in Arkansas featured in the radio comedy show Lum and Abner from 1932 to 1954. The show parodied rural life in the Depression and World War II era and featured Lum and Abner, Mousey Gray, Cedric Wehunt, and Squire Skimp.
Learn about the history and features of the Golden Age of Radio, also known as the old-time radio era, in the United States from the 1920s to the 1950s. Discover how radio became the dominant home entertainment medium and created various genres of shows, such as drama, comedy, music, sports and more.
Lum Edwards and Abner Peabody are two elderly men owning the Jot 'Em Down general store, which is the center of life in Pineridge, Arkansas. They try to lend a helping hand to their unfortunate town neighbors. An alcoholic, Wes Stillman, loses his daughter Effie Lou in a traffic accident, when she is hit by a passing car.
Chester "Chet" Lauck (February 9, 1902 – February 21, 1980) was a comic actor who played the character of Lum Edwards on the classic American radio comedy Lum and Abner. Early life and career [ edit ]
The six previous Lum and Abner features, produced independently in Hollywood, followed the radio format of Lum and Abner as residents of "Pine Ridge, Arkansas." Lum and Abner Abroad, however, was a European production, with filming and accommodations based in Yugoslavia. According to co-star Chester Lauck, the Yugoslavian crew was so ...