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Happy Thanksgiving! Here is a collection of all our Thanksgiving comic strips! 2013 Cartoonist: Donnie Pitchford!Original 1946 script: Roswell B. Rogers!Audio credits:1946 narrator: Gene Baker!Lum: Chet Lauck!Abner: Tuffy Goff!Our 2021 announcer is Dr. Joe Oliver!1946 music: Ralph Waldo Emerson II!2013 music: Marc Ridgeway! Click to listen! 2015 Cartoonist/voices: Donnie PitchfordAudio credits:Our 2021 announcer is Dr. Joe Oliver!Music: Marc Ridgeway!Geraldine’sContinue reading “Lum and Abner Thanksgiving Comics!”

“THAT’S THAT!” Chapter 14 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 and Cedric Weehunt!Jackson Herod as Snake Hogan! Here is our audio production:Continue reading “New “Lum and Abner” Comic Strip #589!”

I was contacted by a young lady named Emma Bayer who wrote, “I am in the eleventh grade and a member of Girl Scout Troop 2966. I am currently working on my Gold Award Project. The Gold Award is the most prestigious award in scouting. The goal is to help fix a problem and makeContinue reading “Lum and Abner benefit senior pets!”

FREE! Lum and Abner fans: The Jot ‘Em Down Journal #120, June 2004, is available again to read (PDF) and/or hear (MP3)! Cover photo: The Bashful Bachelor movie still from 1942.“In Memory of Troy Boyd” by Donnie Pitchford.“In Memory of Mary Anna Waterman” by Tim Hollis.“Hold That Lion, or 1933 Revisited” by Randal Hall.“Lum andContinue reading ““The Jot ‘Em Down Journal” #120”

“THAT’S THAT!” Chapter 13 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!Tim Hollis as Lum Edwards and Cedric Weehunt!Donnie Pitchford as Squire Skimp and Mousey Gray! Here is our audio production: Previous strip! <–Click for–> Next strip!Continue reading “New “Lum and Abner” Comic Strip #588!”

FREE! Lum and Abner fans: The Jot ‘Em Down Journal #119, April 2004, is available again to read (PDF) and/or hear (MP3)! Cover photo: Goin’ to Town movie still from 1944.“In Memory of Eloise Plaster” by Tim Hollis.“70 Years of Lum and Abner” by Tim Hollis.“Lum and Abner in Goin’ to Town“ by Tim Hollis.“TheContinue reading ““The Jot ‘Em Down Journal” #119”

“Are Lum and Abner on vacation?” Well, not really! On Friday, November 4, 2022 we ran Lum and Abner #77 from 2012.As a result, we are caught up to where the reruns started a couple of years ago! Some readers missed the announcement that was included on that post. Strips #1 though 77 were originallyContinue reading ““No daily rerun?””

“THAT’S THAT!” Chapter 12 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 Mousey Gray and Squire Skimp!Tim Hollis as Cedric Weehunt! Here is our audio production: Previous strip! <–Click for–> Next strip! Return to theContinue reading “New “Lum and Abner” Comic Strip #587!”

Click here to subscribe for FREE! “Let’s ‘Lect Lum!” – Chapter 12 – Conclusion This is our final daily rerun! Cartoonist: Donnie Pitchford!Elements of this story based on the 1936 Lum and Abner programs written and performed by Chester “Chet” Lauck and Norris “Tuffy” Goff!Audio credits:Announcer: Dr. Joe Oliver!Music by Marc Ridgeway!Character voices: Donnie Pitchford! Please ignoreContinue reading ““Lum and Abner” – Rerun #77″

Click here to subscribe for FREE! “Let’s ‘Lect Lum!” – Chapter 11 Cartoonist: Donnie Pitchford!Elements of this story based on the 1936 Lum and Abner programs written and performed by Chester “Chet” Lauck and Norris “Tuffy” Goff!Audio credits:Announcer: Dr. Joe Oliver!Music by Marc Ridgeway!Character voices: Donnie Pitchford! Please ignore the URL for the old NLAS website andContinue reading ““Lum and Abner” – Rerun #76″