Stupid Potato

Transcripts › Lum and Abner

The Various Sales Methods

Lum and Abner · October 2, 1941 · 10 min · 2,048 words

The transcript of “The Various Sales Methods”, an episode of Lum and Abner first broadcast October 2, 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.

Machine transcript (may contain errors).

Transcript

I agree with him. I believe that's our ring. I know his mom. I believe you're right. Oh, see. Hello, Johnum Downstorm. This is Roman Abner. Let's see what's going on down in Pine Ridge. Well, Lum is still trying to bring the sales method of their Johnum Downstorm up to date by studying the book they recently purchased on modern salesmanship.

However, he's having a difficult time trying to teach Abner the underlying principles. As we're looking on the little community today, we find the old fellows down at their Jotam Down store discussing the results of their efforts.

Granny's lacking in understanding, Abner. We've had this book for two days now, and our business ain't increased a bit. Well, that advertised me and said that feller and Clinton Highway increased his business 72% in two days long.

I know it. I know it. And if anything, our business has fallen off. You ain't been reading that book back, had you. Of course not. Maybe we ain't given enough time yet, Abner. One thing we had enough customers to work it on. Well, I've been trying out that cherry greeting and all that on everybody

comes in. But they all start backing off like their species of me. Well, I believe you've been overdoing that, Abner. Like Yisti, when you greeted Mamie C. Strink, whenever she come in here, slapped her on the back hard enough to mount an ocabreath out of her. I I don't think we order slap women folks on the back when you greet them.

Well that looks like customers never said what time. Well I think that's caring things too further though. I believe by the time we get through reading a whole book our sales will start picking up.

Read the full transcript with Potato Plus

41 more paragraphs, about 9 more minutes of the episode. Potato Plus is every episode on demand from any moment, every transcript in full and unlimited transcript search, for $5 a month.

Potato Plus opens soon: join the list

All Lum and Abner transcripts · Search every transcript · The archive