Who Is the New Deputy: Lum and Abner (February 9, 1942)

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“Who Is the New Deputy” is an episode of Lum and Abner, the old-time radio show, first broadcast February 9, 1942. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Lum and Abner, the residents of Pine Ridge, have a $10,000 contest on their minds, and the townsfolk are wary of one another. Lum and Abner's checker game is interrupted by Abner's suspicion that Mose is a deputy passing reports on him to Dodge. Abner grumbles about being watched and having to choose his words carefully. Cedric, a store clerk, arrives looking for Mr. Dodge, and Abner, eager to win the contest, speaks with him. The transcript breaks off before the episode's plot fully unfolds. The series aired on NBC, Mutual, CBS and ABC, and the lead actors are Chester Lauck, Norris Goff and Lurene Tuttle.

Pine Ridge

Characters: Lum, Abner, Cedric, Mose, Mr. Dodge, Grandpa

Listen for: Abner's suspicion that Mose is a deputy reporting on him, and the $10,000 contest.

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.