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Abner To Buy A Lion

Description

Cedric attempts to get approved for a library card. Meanwhile, Squire Skimp receives a request from Abner to purchase a lion that will be given to Lum!

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. In 1936, Waters changed its name to "Pine Ridge" after the show's fictional town.

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Cast & Crew

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Chester A. Lauck

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Fri Nov 14 1941 Fri Nov 14

Comedy Soap Opera

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