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Wants to Open a Nursery

Lum and Abner · September 19, 1941 · 10 min · 2,035 words

The transcript of “Wants to Open a Nursery”, an episode of Lum and Abner first broadcast September 19, 1941. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). Lum and Abner plays Lum and Abner free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.

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I agree with you, I believe that's our ring. I know, Mr. Long, I believe you're right. No, see. Hello, John, I'm down the store. This is Lamin' Abner. And now, let's see what's going on down in Pine Ridge.

Well, Lamin' Abner's bank is now a thing of the past. Only the wire enclosure, partitioned off for the bank, remains as mute evidence of the great financial institution that so recently held their interest. As we're looking on the little community today, Today we find the two old fellows still trying to decide what to do with the partition.

Listen. Well, of course I thought we'd make some money out of the banker and never would have went into it. Well, I did too. We used talking around here about how rich all them banking fellows were, dressing up, wearing Sunday suits every day, and big fine automobile and everything.

Yeah, I reckon it was a mistake. Looks like every time we go into a business where we think we're going to get rich, we wind up losing money. Yes, sir. I'm, I believe, this store here is the only thing that me and you has ever went into together that we ever made any money out of.

Yeah. Of course, we never will get rich, but we're always managed to make a living out of it. Yeah, yeah, we live. Me. Looks like the grass is always greenish in the other pasture. Yeah.

Where are we the Horrors, man? Huh. Yeah, what was that you said about grass? Oh, no, I just said the grass and the other pasture always looks the greenest. Well, how come you to get it off on there?

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