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“Lum and Abner” Comic Strip #773

New story! – chapter 2! Previous strip! <–Click for–> Next strip! Credits: Click the linked names to learn more!Cartoonist: Donnie Pitchford!Audio cast in order of appearance:Dr. Joe Oliver: Announcer!Marc Ridgeway: composer/musician!“Singin’” Sam Brown: Dick Huddleston!Tim Hollis: Lum!Donnie Pitchford: Mr. Cabiness, Squire! Our sponsor of the week:Hendle Rumbaut!Hendle asks you to consider…

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Happy 4th and 250th!

Happy 4th of July!

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“Lum and Abner” Comic Strip #772

New story! – chapter 1! Previous strip! <–Click for–> Next strip! Credits: Click the linked names to learn more!Cartoonist: Donnie Pitchford!Audio cast in order of appearance:Dr. Joe Oliver: Announcer!Marc Ridgeway: composer/musician!“Singin’” Sam Brown: Dick Huddleston!Tim Hollis: Lum!Donnie Pitchford: Abner! Our sponsor of the week:Our sponsor of the week isRobert Garrison!Robert recommends…

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“Lum and Abner” Comic Strip #771

“Rockabilly Cedric!” – chapter 22! Previous strip! <–Click for–> Next strip! Credits: Click the linked names to learn more!Cartoonist: Donnie Pitchford!Audio cast in order of appearance:Dr. Joe Oliver: Announcer!Marc Ridgeway: composer/musician (except for Mousey’s “baryfoam ukylele”)!“Singin’” Sam Brown: Dick Huddleston!Tim Hollis: Lum & Cedric!Donnie Pitchford: Abner & Mousey! Our sponsor of…

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“Lum and Abner” Comic Strip #770

“Rockabilly Cedric!” – chapter 21! Previous strip! <–Click for–> Next strip! Credits: Click the linked names to learn more!Cartoonist: Donnie Pitchford!Audio cast in order of appearance:Dr. Joe Oliver: Announcer!Marc Ridgeway: composer/musician!“Singin’” Sam Brown: Dick Huddleston!Donnie Pitchford: Abner & Mousey!Tim Hollis: Phinus, Lum, & Cedric! Our sponsor of the week:Sam Brown, in memoryof…

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“Lum and Abner” Comic Strip #769 - Beginning our 16th year!

“Rockabilly Cedric!” – chapter 20! Previous strip! <–Click for–> Next strip! Credits: Click the linked names to learn more!Cartoonist: Donnie Pitchford!Audio cast in order of appearance:Dr. Joe Oliver: Announcer!Marc Ridgeway: composer/musician!“Singin’” Sam Brown: Dick Huddleston!Donnie Pitchford: Abner & Mousey!Tim Hollis: Lum & Cedric! Our sponsor of the week:Lum and Abner…

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“Lum and Abner” Comic Strip #768 Concluding our 15th year!

“Rockabilly Cedric!” – chapter 19! Previous strip! <–Click for–> Next strip! Credits: Click the linked names to learn more!Cartoonist: Donnie Pitchford!Audio cast in order of appearance:Dr. Joe Oliver: Announcer & Travelin’ Joe!Marc Ridgeway: composer/musician (except for Cedric’s awful band)!“Singin’” Sam Brown: Dick Huddleston!Purple Planet Music: background music!Michael Hingson: Mike…

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“Lum and Abner” Comic Strip #767

“Rockabilly Cedric!” – chapter 18! Previous strip! <–Click for–> Next strip! Credits: Click the linked names to learn more!Cartoonist: Donnie Pitchford!Audio cast in order of appearance:Dr. Joe Oliver: Announcer!Marc Ridgeway: composer/musician!“Singin’” Sam Brown: Dick Huddleston!Tim Hollis: Lum & Cedric!Donnie Pitchford: Abner & Mousey!Al Bohl: Phillip Samuel! Our sponsor of the week isRetro…

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“Lum and Abner” Comic Strip #766

“Rockabilly Cedric!” – chapter 17! Previous strip! <–Click for–> Next strip! Credits: Click the linked names to learn more!Cartoonist: Donnie Pitchford!Audio cast in order of appearance:Dr. Joe Oliver: Announcer!Marc Ridgeway: composer/musician!“Singin’” Sam Brown: Dick Huddleston!Purple Planet Music: background music!Donnie Pitchford: Abner & Mousey!Tim Hollis: Lum & Cedric!Al Bohl: Phillip…

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“Lum and Abner” Comic Strip #765

“Rockabilly Cedric!” – chapter 16! Previous strip! <–Click for–> Next strip! Credits: Click the linked names to learn more!Cartoonist: Donnie Pitchford!Audio cast in order of appearance:Dr. Joe Oliver: Announcer & Travelin’ Joe!Marc Ridgeway: composer/musician (except for Cedric’s awful band)!“Singin’” Sam Brown: Dick Huddleston!Purple Planet Music: background music!Tim Hollis: Lum &…

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“Lum and Abner” Comic Strip #764

“Rockabilly Cedric!” – chapter 15! Previous strip! <–Click for–> Next strip! Credits: Click the linked names to learn more!Cartoonist: Donnie Pitchford!Audio cast in order of appearance:Dr. Joe Oliver: Announcer!Marc Ridgeway: composer/musician!“Singin’” Sam Brown: Dick Huddleston!Donnie Pitchford: Abner & Mousey!Tim Hollis: Lum & Cedric!Daffy, Donald, and Doodles: Ducks! Our sponsor of the…

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I'm on Saturday Night live!

Okay, I’m not on the NBC-TV show!Saturday evening I’ll be the guest of Walden and Patriciaon a live edition of their Yesterday USA showwhich is available by clicking here!We’ll be talking all things Lum and Abner,focusing on the recent95th anniversary of the radio showand the90th anniversary of Pine Ridge!Join us! 7:30 p.m. Pacific8:30 p.m. Mountain9:30 p.m. Central10:30 p.m. Eastern (Don’t…

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Lum and Abner Anniversaries!

95 years ago today, Lum and Abner debuted on radio! We don’t have a recording of that, but 90 years ago today, Waters, Arkansas became Pine Ridge! Click below to listen to the historic 1936 name-change ceremony broadcast by NBC Radio! Hear Chet Lauck and Tuffy Goff, plus the only known recordings of the real Dick Huddleston and Cling Wilhite of Pine Ridge! Thought to be lost, this recording was…

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“Lum and Abner” Comic Strip #762

“Rockabilly Cedric!” – chapter 14! Previous strip! <–Click for–> Next strip! Credits: Click the linked names to learn more!Cartoonist: Donnie Pitchford!Audio cast in order of appearance:Dr. Joe Oliver: Announcer!Marc Ridgeway: composer/musician (except for Cedric’s backup band)!“Singin’” Sam Brown: Dick Huddleston!Tim Hollis: Lum & Cedric!Donnie Pitchford: Abner & Mousey! Our sponsor of the…

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“Lum and Abner” Comic Strip #761

“Rockabilly Cedric!” – chapter 13! Previous strip! <–Click for–> Next strip! Credits: Click the linked names to learn more!Cartoonist: Donnie Pitchford!Audio cast in order of appearance:Dr. Joe Oliver: Announcer!Marc Ridgeway: composer/musician (except for Cedric’s backup band)!“Singin’” Sam Brown: Dick Huddleston!Tim Hollis: Lum!Donnie Pitchford: Abner & Squire! Our sponsor of the week, Brian…

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“Lum and Abner” Comic Strip #760

“Rockabilly Cedric!” – chapter 12! Previous strip! <–Click for–> Next strip! Credits: Click the linked names to learn more!Cartoonist: Donnie Pitchford!Audio cast in order of appearance:Dr. Joe Oliver: Announcer!Marc Ridgeway: composer/musician (except for Cedric’s backup band)!“Singin’” Sam Brown: Dick Huddleston!Tim Hollis: Lum!Donnie Pitchford: Abner & Mousey! Our sponsor of the week:the…

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“Lum and Abner” Comic Strip

HAPPY EASTER! Howdy, folks! Lum and Abner #760 will arrive on Monday, April 6, 2026!Meanwhile, allow me to wish everyone a most Blessed Easter!Let’s see what’s going on down in Pine Ridge… The above illustration by artist Wendell Kling was originally published in Lum and Abner’s 1937 Family Almanac, a premium offered by their sponsor, Horlick’s Malted Milk. Previous strip! <–Click for–> Next…

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