What happens
Lum and Abner face a crisis in Pine Ridge after Irvin the lion escapes and keeps the townspeople indoors. Lum and Abner, stuck in their store, try to find a way to recapture the animal before the sheriff is called. They consider a bear trap and a book on trapping, then decide to lure Irvin back into his cage with canned dried beef. The series is Lum and Abner, first aired on November 24, 1941, on NBC, Mutual, CBS and ABC, with Chester Lauck, Norris Goff and Lurene Tuttle in the lead roles.
Pine Ridge, a small town, mainly the Jot-Em-Down store and the street outside it
Characters: Lum, Abner, Irvin, Mrs. Blevin, Cedric, Miss Frederic, Pappy Spears, Mose
Listen for: Lum and Abner's attempts to lure the lion back into its cage with canned dried beef, and the chaotic moment at the end when the cage is carried outside
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.