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“THAT’S THAT!” Chapter 18 Click here to subscribe for FREE! Click the blue names to learn more!Cartoonist: Donnie Pitchford!Audio cast in order of appearance:Dr. Joe Oliver, announcer and Brother Franklyn! Marc Ridgeway, composer/musician! “Singin’” Sam Brown as Dick Huddleston!Donnie Pitchford as Squire Skimp and Mousey Gray!Tim Hollis as Lum Edwards and Cedric Weehunt! Here is our audio production: ClickContinue reading “New “Lum and Abner” Comic Strip #595!”

FREE! Lum and Abner fans: The Jot ‘Em Down Journal #126, Fall 2005, is available again to read (PDF) and/or hear (MP3)! Cover photo: Frances Langford with Lum and Abner in the 1940 film Dreaming Out Loud.“Remembering Frances Langford (1913-2005)“ by Tim Hollis.“70 Years of Lum and Abner” by Tim Hollis. “Lum and Abner’s DeadContinue reading ““The Jot ‘Em Down Journal” #126”

Merry Christmas 2022! Click here to subscribe for FREE! Click the blue names to learn more!Cartoonist: Donnie Pitchford!Audio cast in order of appearance:Dr. Joe Oliver, announcer! Marc Ridgeway, composer/musician! “Singin’” Sam Brown as Dick Huddleston! Here is our audio production: Previous strip! <–Click for–> Next strip! Return to the Archives page CLICK HERE to read more Lum and Abner Christmas comicsContinue reading “New “Lum and Abner” Christmas Comic Strip #594!”

For some reason, the link to Part 2 was not live in the subscription version.Apologies! Our sixth Christmas comic strip! The illustrations this time were produced in 1988 for a fun, imaginary book called Lum and Abner’s Christmas 1988 Wish Book! If you’ve never heard of “The Wish Book,” ask a grandparent or other personContinue reading “Lum and Abner Christmas Part 2!”

Merry Christmas! Here is a collection of all our Christmas comic strips! This first Christmas strip was originally published in 2011 and is based on the classic script first performed by Chester Lauck and Norris Goff in 1933. The painting is called “Foller th’ East Star” and is adapted from an intaglio print I didContinue reading “Lum and Abner Christmas Part 1!”

FREE! Lum and Abner fans: The Jot ‘Em Down Journal #125, Summer 2005, is available again to read (PDF) and/or hear (MP3)! Cover photo: Kay Linaker (Kate Phillips) and the NLAS Ossifers at the 20th NLAS Convention in Mena, Arkansas, 2005.“70 Years of Lum and Abner” by Tim Hollis.“Lum and Abner’s Dead Sea Scrolls” PartContinue reading ““The Jot ‘Em Down Journal” #125”

“THAT’S THAT!” Chapter 17 Click here to subscribe for FREE! Click the blue names to learn more!Cartoonist: Donnie Pitchford!Audio cast in order of appearance:Dr. Joe Oliver, announcer! Marc Ridgeway, composer/musician! “Singin’” Sam Brown as Dick Huddleston!Donnie Pitchford as Squire Skimp and Mousey Gray!Tim Hollis as Lum Edwards! Here is our audio production: Previous strip! <–Click for–> Next strip! Return to theContinue reading “New “Lum and Abner” Comic Strip #593!”

Many thanks to Connecticut talk show host Geno Cuddy for inviting me to discuss Lum and Abner on his December 16, 2022 program! Here is the YouTube version of the program:

From Geno Cuddy: “Tomorrow, Friday, December 16th, GENO IN THE EVENING is live again, this time I will be talking with my good friend, cartoonist and old time radio historian Donnie Pitchford about the popular radio and film comedy team of Lum and Abner.“ 2:00 p.m. Eastern!1:00 p.m. Central!12:00 p.m. Mountain!11:00 a.m. Pacific! “As alwaysContinue reading ““Geno in the Evening” – Lum and Abner”

FREE! Lum and Abner fans: The Jot ‘Em Down Journal #124, Spring 2005, is available again to read (PDF) and/or hear (MP3)! Cover photo: Norris Goff & Chet Lauck sampling Horlick’s Tablets in a 1935 publicity photo.“The Return of The Pine Ridge News” by Randal Hall & Tim Hollis.“70 Years of Lum and Abner” byContinue reading ““The Jot ‘Em Down Journal” #124”