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Abner and Cedric to Quit

Lum and Abner · March 19, 1942 · 11 min · 2,241 words

The transcript of “Abner and Cedric to Quit”, an episode of Lum and Abner first broadcast March 19, 1942. 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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And then he said, I believe that's our ring. I know, he's law, I believe you're right. No, see. Hello, John, I'm down, Storm. This is love and Abner. Let's see what's going on down in Pine Ridge.

Abner has learned the secret of Cedric's sudden wealth. With the eight of the keys, Dogeny Smith dropped in Cedric's car, Cedric took Abner back to the feed room and showed him how the printing press turned out, not pamphlets, but crisp, new $10.

He's sure that it is some magic power that enables him to do this. And after Abner tried the printing press with the same results, he was sure that he too possessed this magic power. As we look in on the little community today, we find these two big financiers in the Jotam down store pouring over the mail order catalog.

Let's see, uh, tennis racket. And we got a tennis racket wrote down on the water bank subject, or Mr. Wehong? Here's one. We still done that, Mr. P. Marnie. Oh, got a half dozen sorted sizes, don't you, re-clay?

Yeah, yeah, good. Right after my football pants there. Oh, yeah, yeah, here it is, here it is. Yeah, let's see. All right, dogies. Here's a picture in the catalog, some shoes I'd love to get.

For my woman, Elizabeth. Oh, white ones are sliced up nice and high. She could wear them for Sunday, be awful, perdy. Which ones do you mean there? Yeah, these right here, not there. Only trouble with them.

They got a pair of roller skates, fast-known to bottom. but I reckon she could take a hammer and knock them things over there. You think it looks good, then? Oh, yeah, awful, pretty. We're going to get you to order me here, then, too.

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