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Lum and Abner, the Glossary

Lum and Abner was an American network radio comedy program created by Chester Lauck and Norris Goff that was produced from 1931 to 1954.^[1]

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1931 radio programme debuts
1954 radio programme endings
Arkansas culture
Fictional characters from Arkansas
Fictional hillbillies

Alka-Seltzer

Alka-Seltzer is an effervescent antacid and pain reliever first marketed by the Dr. Miles Medicine Company of Elkhart, Indiana, United States.

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The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network that serves as the flagship property of the Disney Entertainment division of the Walt Disney Company.

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Audiobook

An audiobook (or a talking book) is a recording of a book or other work being read out loud.

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Blackface

Blackface is the practice of performers using burnt cork or theatrical makeup to portray a caricature of black people on stage or in entertainment.

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Blue Network

The Blue Network (previously known as the NBC Blue Network) was the on-air name of a now defunct American radio network, which broadcast from 1927 through 1945.

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Bobs Watson

Robert Ball Watson (November 16, 1930 – June 26, 1999), credited as Bobs Watson, was an American actor and Methodist minister.

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Cathy Lee Crosby

Cathy Lee Crosby (born December 2, 1944) is an American actress and former professional tennis player.

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CBS

CBS Broadcasting Inc., commonly shortened to CBS (an abbreviation of its original name, Columbia Broadcasting System), is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the CBS Entertainment Group division of Paramount Global and is one of the company's three flagship subsidiaries, along with namesake Paramount Pictures and MTV.

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Chester Lauck

Chester "Chet" Lauck (February 9, 1902 – February 21, 1980) was a comic actor who played the character of Lum Edwards on the classic American radio comedy Lum and Abner.

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Dallas McKennon

Dallas Raymond McKennon (July 19, 1919 – July 14, 2009), sometimes credited as Dal McKennon, was an American film, television and voice actor, who had a career lasting over 50 years.

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Dick Beals

Richard Beals (March 16, 1927 – May 29, 2012) was an American actor and radio performer, who performed many voices in his career, which spanned the period from the early 1950s into the 21st century.

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Double act

A double act (also known as a comedy duo) is a form of comedy originating in the British music hall tradition, and American vaudeville, in which two comedians perform together as a single act, often highlighting differences in their characters' personalities.

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Dreaming Out Loud (film)

Dreaming Out Loud is a 1940 American film based on the radio series Lum and Abner, directed by Harold Young starring Chester Lauck and Norris Goff.

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Film series

A film series or movie series (also referred to as a film franchise or movie franchise) is a collection of related films in succession that share the same fictional universe, or are marketed as a series.

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Frank Bresee

Frank Bresee (August 20, 1929 – June 5, 2018) was an American radio actor, radio historian, and board game designer.

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Fred Foy

Frederick William Foy (March 27, 1921December 22, 2010) was an American radio and television announcer and actor.

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Goin' to Town (1944 film)

Goin' to Town is a 1944 American comedy film directed by Leslie Goodwins from an original screenplay by Charles E. Roberts and Charles R. Marion, based upon the successful radio program Lum and Abner created by Chester Lauck and Norris Goff.

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Grandpa Jones

Louis Marshall Jones (October 20, 1913 – February 19, 1998), known professionally as Grandpa Jones, was an American banjo player and old time/country music singer.

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Hillbilly

Hillbilly is a term for people who dwell in rural, mountainous areas in the United States, primarily in the Appalachian region and Ozarks.

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Horlicks

Horlicks is a British sweet malted milk hot drink powder developed by founders James and William Horlick.

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Hot Springs, Arkansas

Hot Springs is a resort city in the state of Arkansas and the county seat of Garland County.

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House band

A house band is a group of musicians, often centrally organized by a band leader, who regularly play at an establishment.

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Huddleston Store and McKinzie Store

The Huddleston Store and McKinzie Store, also known as the Lum 'n' Abner Jot 'Em Down Store and Museum, are a historic museum property on Arkansas Highway 88 in Pine Ridge, Arkansas.

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Jerry Hausner

James Bernard Hausner (May 20, 1909 – April 1, 1993),DeLong, Thomas A. (1996).

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Joe Bevilacqua

Joseph K. Bevilacqua (born January 2, 1959) is an American actor, producer, director, author, dramatist, humorist, cartoonist, and documentarian.

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Jot Em Down, Texas

Jot Em Down is a small unincorporated community in Delta County, Texas, United States.

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Kay Linaker

Mary Katherine Linaker (July 19, 1913 – April 18, 2008) was an American actress and screenwriter who appeared in many B movies during the 1930s and 1940s, most notably ''Kitty Foyle'' (1940) starring Ginger Rogers.

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KFRC (610 AM)

KFRC (610 AM) was a radio station in San Francisco, California, United States, which made its first broadcast on Wednesday, September 24, 1924, from studios in the Hotel Whitcomb, at 1231 Market Street.

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KNX (AM)

KNX (1070 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in Los Angeles, California.

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Les Tremayne

Lester Tremayne (16 April 1913 – 19 December 2003) was a British actor.

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Lone Ranger

The Lone Ranger is a fictional masked former Texas Ranger who fought outlaws in the American Old West with his Native American friend Tonto. Lum and Abner and Lone Ranger are 1930s American radio programs, 1940s American radio programs, 1950s American radio programs, 1954 radio programme endings, ABC radio programs, Mutual Broadcasting System programs and NBC Blue Network radio programs.

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Louise Currie

Louise Currie (born Louise Gunter; April 7, 1913 – September 8, 2013) was an American film actress, active from 1940 into the early 1950s.

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Lum and Abner Abroad

Lum and Abner Abroad is a 1956 European comedy film directed by James V. Kern and written by Carl Herzinger.

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Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time

Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time is a role-playing video game developed by AlphaDream and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS handheld game console in late 2005.

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Mary Lee Robb

Mary Lee Robb Cline (February 15, 1926, – August 28, 2006) was a radio actress during the 1940s and 1950s.

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Mike Curtis (writer)

Mike Curtis (born 1953) is an American writer who scripts the Dick Tracy comic strip, with Joe Staton as artist.

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Mulberry, Surry County, North Carolina

Mulberry is an unincorporated community in Surry County, North Carolina.

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Mutual Broadcasting System

The Mutual Broadcasting System (commonly referred to simply as Mutual; sometimes referred to as MBS, Mutual Radio or the Mutual Radio Network) was an American commercial radio network in operation from 1934 to 1999.

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National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic value".

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NBC

The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the NBC Entertainment division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast.

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Norris Goff

Norris Goff (May 30, 1906 – June 7, 1978) was an American comedian in radio and film best known for his portrayal of Abner Peabody on the rural comedy Lum and Abner.

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Parley Baer

Parley Edward Baer (August 5, 1914 – November 22, 2002) was an American actor in radio and later in television and film.

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Pine Ridge (Lum and Abner)

Pine Ridge, Arkansas, was the fictional setting for the radio program Lum and Abner, which ran for 13 weeks every year from 1932 to 1954 on WNBC. Lum and Abner and Pine Ridge (Lum and Abner) are American comedy radio programs.

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Pine Ridge, Arkansas

Pine Ridge is an unincorporated community in Oden Township, Montgomery County, Arkansas, United States.

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Pine Ridge, Oklahoma

Pine Ridge is an unincorporated community in Hale Township, Caddo County, Oklahoma, United States.

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Postum

Postum is a powdered roasted grain beverage popular as a coffee substitute.

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Quaker Oats Company

The Quaker Oats Company, known as Quaker, is an American food conglomerate based in Chicago, Illinois.

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Rhoda Williams

Rhoda Elaine Williams (July 19, 1930 – March 8, 2006) was an American actress who voiced Drizella Tremaine in Walt Disney's Cinderella.

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Robert T. Smith

Robert Tharp (R.T.) Smith (February 23, 1918 – August 21, 1995) was an American World War II fighter pilot and ace, credited with 8.7, 8.9 or 9 Japanese aircraft while fighting with the American Volunteer Group (Flying Tigers).

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Robie Lester

Robie Lester (March 23, 1925 – June 14, 2005) was an American actress, author, singer and voice artist.

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Sam Edwards

Sam George Edwards (May 26, 1915 – July 28, 2004) was an American actor.

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Sigma Chi

Sigma Chi (ΣΧ) International Fraternity is one of the largest of North American social fraternities.

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So This Is Washington

So This Is Washington is a 1943 American film directed by Ray McCarey starring Chester Lauck.

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Soap opera

A soap opera, daytime drama, or soap for short, is typically a long-running radio or television serial, frequently characterized by melodrama, ensemble casts, and sentimentality.

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Straight man

The straight man is a stock character in a comedy performance, especially a double act, sketch comedy, or farce.

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String band

A string band is an old-time music or jazz ensemble made up mainly or solely of string instruments.

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Television film

A television film, alternatively known as a television movie, made-for-TV film/movie, telefilm, telemovie or TV film/movie, is a feature-length film that is produced and originally distributed by or to a television network, in contrast to theatrical films made for initial showing in movie theaters, and direct-to-video films made for initial release on home video formats.

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Television pilot

A television pilot (also known as a pilot or a pilot episode and sometimes marketed as a tele-movie) in United Kingdom and United States television, is a standalone episode of a television series that is used to sell a show to a television network or other distributor.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lum_and_Abner

Also known as National Lum and Abner Society, The National Lum and Abner Society.

, Sam Edwards, Sigma Chi, So This Is Washington, Soap opera, Straight man, String band, Television film, Television pilot, The Bashful Bachelor, Two Weeks to Live, University of Arkansas, WBAP (AM), Wendell Niles, WFAA, WGN (AM), Willard Waterman, WLW, Yugoslavia.

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See also

1931 radio programme debuts

1954 radio programme endings

Arkansas culture

Fictional characters from Arkansas

Fictional hillbillies

References