Red and Yellow Delivery Truck: Lum and Abner (December 11, 1941)

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“Red and Yellow Delivery Truck” is an episode of Lum and Abner, the old-time radio show, first broadcast December 11, 1941. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Lum Edwards, the head chef of the Pine Ridge Bakery, is discouraged after failing to win orders, but he wants to buy a red and yellow delivery truck for the business. Lum asks Abner to sign a check for the truck, but Abner refuses and tells Grandpa about it. Lum then gets secondhand pans and tries again with a new cake, while Grandpa and Abner sample it. The story continues in the Pine Ridge store, library and bakery, a small community setting. This episode of Lum and Abner aired on 1941-12-11 and features Chester Lauck, Norris Goff and Lurene Tuttle.

Pine Ridge, a small community with a store, library and bakery

Characters: Lum Edwards, Abner Peabody, Grandpa Lum, Cedric

Listen for: Lum's plan to buy the red and yellow delivery truck and Abner's refusal to sign the check

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.