Abner's Rabbits Worth Money: Lum and Abner (June 10, 1941)

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“Abner's Rabbits Worth Money” is an episode of Lum and Abner, the old-time radio show, first broadcast June 10, 1941. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Abner Peabody dresses a store dummy in women's clothes, and Sister Simpson sees him with his arms around it and reports to his wife Elizabeth that he is carrying on with another woman. Elizabeth refuses to listen to him, and Abner and Cedric plan to bring her to the store to prove the misunderstanding. Meanwhile Lum and Abner take in a farm journal advertisement promising large profits from pedigree rabbits, and Lum is soon forced to face the consequences. This is an episode of the Lum and Abner radio series, first aired on June 10, 1941, starring Chester Lauck, Norris Goff and Lurene Tuttle.

Pine Ridge, a small rural community with a general store

Characters: Abner Peabody, Lum Edwards, Cedric, Elizabeth Peabody, Sister Simpson, Ms. Bates, Charlie Dealbeck, Doc

Listen for: Abner's attempt to explain the dummy in women's clothes to Elizabeth, and the rabbit-raising advertisement Lum reads aloud

Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.