Cedric Brings Stove to Use: Lum and Abner (December 4, 1941)

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“Cedric Brings Stove to Use” is an episode of Lum and Abner, the old-time radio show, first broadcast December 4, 1941. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Lum and Abner plan to open a bakery in the Pine Ridge general store, and Lum sets up a cook stove right beside the front door so customers can watch him cook. Cedric is sent to fetch the stove from his place, but he forgets it and has to make a return trip. Meanwhile Grandpap Spears sits at the library table with the almanac, reading out facts to anyone nearby. The episode is part of the Lum and Abner series, first broadcast on December 4, 1941, starring Chester Lauck, Norris Goff and Lurene Tuttle.

The Jot-Em-Down store in Pine Ridge

Characters: Lum Edwards, Abner Peabody, Grandpappy Spears, Cedric, Doc Miller, Mose Moots, Aunt Charity

Listen for: Cedric arriving with the stove and the store's new bakery plans

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.