Lum and Abner: Episode Transcripts
198 transcribed episodes of Lum and Abner, 1938–1942, in air-date order. Open one to read the transcript and play from any line, or listen to Lum and Abner free, live around the clock.
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- Christmas Story December 23, 1938 · 14:42
- Lum's New Year Resolution January 1, 1940 · 14:22
- Operating a Post Office January 3, 1940 · 13:52
- Escapes from Prison January 5, 1940 · 14:00
- Hides Out January 8, 1940 · 14:14
- Police Are Closing In January 10, 1940 · 14:01
- Found in Mexico -- Missouri January 12, 1940 · 13:52
- Answers Ad in Newspaper January 15, 1940 · 14:33
- Has Second Thoughts January 17, 1940 · 14:35
- Widder Beaumont's Telegram January 19, 1940 · 13:54
- to Be a Family Man January 22, 1940 · 15:03
- Quarantined in Cabins January 24, 1940 · 14:10
- Widder and Family Move In January 26, 1940 · 14:13
- Likes Widder and Kids January 29, 1940 · 14:24
- Widder Leaves Town January 31, 1940 · 14:30
- Mourns Loss of Widder February 2, 1940 · 13:26
- New Girl in Town February 5, 1940 · 13:54
- Standing up to Lizabeth February 7, 1940 · 14:34
- Men's Protective Association February 9, 1940 · 14:20
- Sos Men's Association February 12, 1940 · 14:12
- Women's Assoc. Formed February 14, 1940 · 14:22
- Women Lock Men out of Homes February 16, 1940 · 14:05
- Abner and Grandpap Unhappy February 19, 1940 · 14:09
- Women Want to Take Over February 21, 1940 · 14:03
- Election Will Be Held February 23, 1940 · 14:32
- Stir up Trouble Among Women February 26, 1940 · 13:15
- Women Gang up on Lum February 28, 1940 · 14:08
- Big Election Held March 1, 1940 · 14:10
- Bank Robbers in Pine Ridge March 4, 1940 · 14:16
- Capture of Bank Robbers March 6, 1940 · 14:24
- Lizabeth's Fame Grows March 8, 1940 · 14:33
- Movie About Lum and Abner March 11, 1940 · 13:28
- Movie to Be Shot on Location March 13, 1940 · 13:54
- Squire Skimp Rents Store March 15, 1940 · 13:44
- Learns of Renting Store March 18, 1940 · 12:23
- Movie Script Arrives March 20, 1940 · 13:49
- and New Deal with Squire March 22, 1940 · 13:35
- Chickens Come Home to Roost March 25, 1940 · 13:32
- Wants Old-Fashioned Store March 27, 1940 · 12:31
- Store Closes to Make Movie March 29, 1940 · 14:33
- (xx) Christmas Show December 25, 1940 · 14:11
- Reopen Store May 26, 1941 · 14:11
- Borrow $23.00 May 27, 1941 · 12:59
- Abner Buys Mr. Dilbeck May 29, 1941 · 14:25
- Memorial Day Ceremonies May 30, 1941 · 14:44
- Grandpap to Buy Mule June 2, 1941 · 14:38
- Cedric - Marketing Director June 3, 1941 · 14:32
- Marketing Scheme Backfires June 5, 1941 · 14:19
- Dress Dummy Like Woman June 9, 1941 · 14:17
- Abner's Rabbits Worth Money June 10, 1941 · 14:43
- Showdown with Lizabeth June 12, 1941 · 14:20
- Abner Stands up to Wife June 13, 1941 · 14:37
- The Value of Rabbits June 16, 1941 · 11:10
- Owe Taxes on Rabbits June 17, 1941 · 10:51
- Buying Property for Rabbits June 19, 1941 · 11:32
- Cedric Buys the Property June 20, 1941 · 11:34
- Discovery of Prof's Old Chemicals June 23, 1941 · 13:45
- Inventing A Way To Make Things Fall Sideways June 24, 1941 · 12:22
- Formula for Synthetic Gasoline June 26, 1941 · 11:13
- (xx) Special Routine For Alka-Seltzer August 19, 1941 · 10:40
- Operate Bank August 25, 1941 · 12:18
- Buys Bank Guard Uniform August 26, 1941 · 12:57
- Strange Box Left at Bank August 28, 1941 · 12:32
- Speculating Box Contents August 29, 1941 · 12:21
- Box Contains Diamonds September 1, 1941 · 12:36
- Dealing with Stolen Jewels September 2, 1941 · 12:28
- Anxiously Waiting for Reply September 4, 1941 · 11:18
- to Marry Rich Widow September 5, 1941 · 11:31
- Practicing Jujitsu Holds September 8, 1941 · 10:58
- Mrs. Barrington's Letter September 9, 1941 · 11:18
- Jewels Missing From Box September 11, 1941 · 11:15
- Bank Has No Charter September 16, 1941 · 10:08
- Mohammed to the Mountain September 18, 1941 · 10:37
- Wants to Open a Nursery September 19, 1941 · 10:33
- Book on Modern Salesmanship September 29, 1941 · 10:55
- Salesmanship Book Arrives September 30, 1941 · 11:12
- The Various Sales Methods October 2, 1941 · 10:19
- Getting Rid of Sales Book October 3, 1941 · 10:44
- The Correspondence Course October 6, 1941 · 10:51
- The New Adding Machine October 7, 1941 · 11:07
- New Teacher Miss Fredericks October 9, 1941 · 10:46
- Lum's Broken Leg October 10, 1941 · 10:29
- Collect Accident Insurance October 13, 1941 · 10:28
- Trouble with Deception October 14, 1941 · 10:55
- Miss Fredericks Dating October 16, 1941 · 10:35
- Abner Bandages Wrong Leg October 17, 1941 · 10:07
- Getting Answer from Course October 20, 1941 · 10:27
- Lum's Fake Broken Leg October 21, 1941 · 10:12
- Squire Helps Lum Out October 23, 1941 · 11:34
- Hindu Prince Ali Kush October 27, 1941 · 11:19
- Big Show at Schoolhouse October 28, 1941 · 11:13
- Prince to Heal Lum's Leg October 30, 1941 · 11:21
- Squire Wants Lum To Help Swindle the Town October 31, 1941 · 11:37
- Squire Cheating Prince November 3, 1941 · 11:17
- Prince Beats Squire Up November 4, 1941 · 11:04
- Abner Wrecks Lum's Date November 7, 1941 · 11:51
- Puts Library in Store November 10, 1941 · 11:13
- Cedric Delivers Books November 11, 1941 · 11:19
- New York Library and Lions November 13, 1941 · 11:29
- Abner to Buy a Lion November 14, 1941 · 11:42
- Ervin the Lion Is Loose November 17, 1941 · 12:02
- The Basics of Lion Taming November 20, 1941 · 11:21
- Ervin the Lion Escapes November 21, 1941 · 11:11
- Setting a Trap for Ervin November 24, 1941 · 11:40
- Lum, Big Game Hunter November 25, 1941 · 11:37
- Capturing Mountain Lion November 27, 1941 · 11:26
- Ervin Located and Adopted November 28, 1941 · 11:34
- The Story of Pinky Winky December 1, 1941 · 10:22
- to Open a Bakery December 2, 1941 · 11:53
- Cedric Brings Stove to Use December 4, 1941 · 11:52
- Putting up the Stove Pipe December 5, 1941 · 11:23
- Invents Prune Bread December 8, 1941 · 10:36
- To Mena for Bread Orders December 9, 1941 · 10:43
- Red and Yellow Delivery Truck December 11, 1941 · 11:04
- Miss Fredericks Locket Lost December 12, 1941 · 11:13
- Locket Found by Gussie December 15, 1941 · 11:16
- Forced to Marry Gussie December 16, 1941 · 11:04
- Mousey Gray Is Mad at Lum December 18, 1941 · 11:12
- Mousey Knocks Lum Out December 22, 1941 · 11:26
- Mousey Beats up Snake Hogan December 23, 1941 · 11:09
- Mousey the Prizefighter December 26, 1941 · 13:22
- Carnival Performer Iron Ike December 29, 1941 · 12:10
- Squire Mousey's Manager December 30, 1941 · 11:51
- Buys Mousey's Contract January 1, 1942 · 12:04
- Mousey's vs Iron Ike January 2, 1942 · 11:02
- Marketing Lucky Loaf Bread January 5, 1942 · 11:28
- Store and Bakery to Abner January 6, 1942 · 11:36
- Wants Store-Bakery Back January 8, 1942 · 11:46
- Mousey Loses His Last Fight January 9, 1942 · 11:08
- Is Lum Destitute January 12, 1942 · 12:45
- Farm and Needlework Weekly January 13, 1942 · 11:52
- Mousey as Delivery Boy January 15, 1942 · 11:48
- Fakes Nervous Breakdown January 16, 1942 · 11:01
- Ownership Papers to Store January 19, 1942 · 12:36
- to Break into Store January 20, 1942 · 11:40
- Uncle Henry Lunsford's Jail January 22, 1942 · 11:33
- to Try Himself in Court January 23, 1942 · 11:33
- Sets His Own Bail January 26, 1942 · 11:32
- Ownership Paper to Trial January 27, 1942 · 11:41
- Drops Case Against Lum January 29, 1942 · 11:20
- To Be Ventriloquists January 30, 1942 · 11:36
- Filling out Income Tax Form February 2, 1942 · 12:20
- An Honest Man February 3, 1942 · 11:39
- $10,000 to Most Honest Man February 5, 1942 · 12:07
- Long-Overdue Grocery Bill February 6, 1942 · 11:32
- Who Is the New Deputy February 9, 1942 · 11:50
- Cedric May Be Deputy February 10, 1942 · 11:02
- Pamphlets on Honesty February 12, 1942 · 12:11
- to Deliver Pamphlets February 13, 1942 · 12:10
- Caught Using Lum's Ideas February 16, 1942 · 11:57
- Clock to War Savings Time February 17, 1942 · 11:19
- Is Circulation Manager February 19, 1942 · 14:49
- on Trip to Ft Smith February 20, 1942 · 11:31
- Installing Victory Boxes February 23, 1942 · 11:40
- the Air Raid Warden February 24, 1942 · 11:23
- Mousey, Airplane Watcher February 26, 1942 · 11:22
- Strange Happenings At Night February 27, 1942 · 11:10
- Cedric's License Plates Stolen March 2, 1942 · 11:28
- Plate Mysteriously Returned March 3, 1942 · 11:56
- Conversation with Detective March 5, 1942 · 13:27
- Wearing Diogenes' Clothes March 9, 1942 · 11:39
- Cedric Sudden Money March 10, 1942 · 11:24
- Lantern Must Be Magical March 12, 1942 · 11:39
- Half-Interest in Store March 13, 1942 · 11:03
- Interrogating Cedric March 16, 1942 · 11:31
- Press Prints Money March 17, 1942 · 11:16
- Abner and Cedric to Quit March 19, 1942 · 11:43
- Running Printing Press March 20, 1942 · 11:13
- Worry over Going to Jail March 23, 1942 · 11:32
- Cedric Escapes from Jail March 24, 1942 · 11:15
- Harboring a Criminal March 26, 1942 · 11:35
- Detective Mousey Gray March 27, 1942 · 10:52
- Brings Back Diogenes March 30, 1942 · 11:11
- Diogenes Leaves $10,000 March 31, 1942 · 11:00
- Ways to Spend the Money April 2, 1942 · 11:22
- RKO Studios Premiere April 3, 1942 · 12:01
- Committees for Premiere April 6, 1942 · 12:01
- Lum's Premiere Speech April 7, 1942 · 11:33
- Need for Projectionist April 9, 1942 · 12:18
- Movie-The Bashful Bachelor April 10, 1942 · 11:18
- Prize for Best Suggestion April 13, 1942 · 11:27
- Ulysses Wants Toll Bridge April 14, 1942 · 10:49
- How to Spend $10,000 April 16, 1942 · 11:19
- Wonderful World Apartments April 17, 1942 · 11:16
- Grandpap Is Ready to Move April 20, 1942 · 11:32
- Mousey Wants Mother to Move April 21, 1942 · 14:40
- Cedric Can't Get Apartment April 23, 1942 · 11:27
- Cedric Living in Tent April 24, 1942 · 11:35
- Squire Knows Contractor April 27, 1942 · 11:43
- Build Apartments for Free April 28, 1942 · 11:13
- Cedric to Remove Tent April 30, 1942 · 11:31
- Apartment Idea Bad May 4, 1942 · 11:09
- Gets Check from Squire May 5, 1942 · 11:43
- Discuss Car Pooling May 7, 1942 · 11:34
- Build Old Folks' Home May 8, 1942 · 11:26
- $10,000 in War Bonds May 11, 1942 · 11:23
- to Start Print Shop May 12, 1942 · 11:18
- Press to Print Store Bills May 14, 1942 · 11:54