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Lum and Abner was an American network radio comedy program created by Chester Lauck and Norris Goff that was produced from 1931 to 1954. Modeled on life in the small town of Waters, Arkansas , near where Lauck and Goff grew up, the show proved immensely popular.
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.. From left: Chester and Mrs. Lauck, Norris and Mrs. Goff in 1941.
In Mena, Chet met his future comedy partner Norris Goff. Though both began as blackface comics, they soon found success on Hot Springs, Arkansas radio station KTHS with a weekly rural comedy skit, basing their characters on acquaintances from Waters, Arkansas. This led to an NBC network radio series, broadcast first from Chicago, Illinois, in ...
He fails tremendously in this mission, and nearly gets everyone killed in doing so. However, he doesn't give up, but tries again, and finally succeeds in impressing her. His problems continue when his proposal, to be delivered to Geraldine by his partner Abner, is instead delivered to a very prone bachelorette, Widder Abernathy (Constance Purdy ...
Abner decides to build a chemistry lab in his own basement. Soon he develops a new improved formula for manufacturing synthetic rubber. His partner Lum Edwards wants them to go to Washington D.C. to present their work to Marshall. When the two men arrive in Washington, they have a hard time finding housing for their stay.
Abner Haynes, a member of the Kansas City Chiefs Hall of Fame, has died at age 86. Haynes, who was a running back who helped popularize the American Football League, died Thursday in Dallas.
Johnnyswim were guests on the November 17, 2012 broadcast of the live radio variety show A Prairie Home Companion. [9] They also appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on July 15, 2013. [ 10 ] Johnnyswim performed "Don't Let It Get You Down" from their fourth EP Heart Beats on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson on September 13, 2013.
The Boston Celtics and Dallas Mavericks pay tribute to NBA legend Jerry West before Game 3 of the NBA Finals on June 12, 2024. West died at 86.