Lum and Abner (old-time radio): every episode, 1931-1954

Lum and Abner is an old-time radio comedy series that aired on NBC, Mutual, CBS, ABC from 1931 to 1954, starring Chester Lauck, Norris Goff, Lurene Tuttle. Stupid Potato carries 197 episodes, listed here in the order they first aired, each with its air date. Every episode is free to listen to, as a podcast, a new episode on its schedule: no sign-up, no app.

Series: Lum and Abner
Network: NBC, Mutual, CBS, ABC
Years aired: 1931-1954
Stars: Chester Lauck, Norris Goff, Lurene Tuttle
Genre: Comedy
Episodes on Stupid Potato: 197
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Episode list (197)

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

About Lum and Abner

When did Lum and Abner air?

Lum and Abner aired on NBC, Mutual, CBS, ABC from 1931 to 1954.

Who starred in Lum and Abner?

Lum and Abner starred Chester Lauck, Norris Goff, Lurene Tuttle.

How many episodes of Lum and Abner can I listen to?

Stupid Potato has 197 episodes of Lum and Abner, from 1931 to 1954, in the order they first aired; 5 play on this page right now, and the rest come out in the podcast on its schedule.

Where can I listen to Lum and Abner free?

Lum and Abner plays free on Stupid Potato at https://stupidpotato.com/lum-and-abner/, as a podcast, a new episode on its schedule. There is no sign-up and no app, and no modern ads.

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Episode list (197)

Lum's New Year Resolution

Operating a Post Office

Escapes from Prison

Hides Out

Police Are Closing In

Found in Mexico -- Missouri

Answers Ad in Newspaper

Has Second Thoughts

Widder Beaumont's Telegram

to Be a Family Man

Quarantined in Cabins

Widder and Family Move In

Likes Widder and Kids

Widder Leaves Town

Mourns Loss of Widder

New Girl in Town

Standing up to Lizabeth

Men's Protective Association

Sos Men's Association

Women's Assoc. Formed

Women Lock Men out of Homes

Abner and Grandpap Unhappy

Women Want to Take Over

Election Will Be Held

Stir up Trouble Among Women

Women Gang up on Lum

Big Election Held

Bank Robbers in Pine Ridge

Capture of Bank Robbers

Lizabeth's Fame Grows

Movie About Lum and Abner

Movie to Be Shot on Location

Squire Skimp Rents Store

Learns of Renting Store

Movie Script Arrives

and New Deal with Squire

Chickens Come Home to Roost

Wants Old-Fashioned Store

Store Closes to Make Movie

Lum and Abner (xx) Christmas Show

Reopen Store

Borrow $23.00

Abner Buys Mr. Dilbeck

Memorial Day Ceremonies

Grandpap to Buy Mule

Cedric - Marketing Director

Marketing Scheme Backfires

Dress Dummy Like Woman

Abner's Rabbits Worth Money

Showdown with Lizabeth

Abner Stands up to Wife

The Value of Rabbits

Owe Taxes on Rabbits

Buying Property for Rabbits

Cedric Buys the Property

Discovery of Prof's Old Chemicals

Inventing A Way To Make Things Fall Sideways

Formula for Synthetic Gasoline

Lum and Abner (xx) Special Routine For Alka-Seltzer

Operate Bank

Buys Bank Guard Uniform

Strange Box Left at Bank

Speculating Box Contents

Box Contains Diamonds

Dealing with Stolen Jewels

Anxiously Waiting for Reply

to Marry Rich Widow

Practicing Jujitsu Holds

Mrs. Barrington's Letter

Jewels Missing From Box

Bank Has No Charter

Mohammed to the Mountain

Wants to Open a Nursery

Book on Modern Salesmanship

Salesmanship Book Arrives

The Various Sales Methods

Getting Rid of Sales Book

The Correspondence Course