Lum and Abner: Operating a Post Office (1940)

Lum and Abner: Old-Time Radio Comedy · Oct 21, 2026 · 13m

Lum and Abner have been under investigation for running a post office without government authorization, so they have given up the service and Van Packerspiers is again the only postmaster in Pine Ridge. At the Jot 'Em Down store, Lum and Abner talk over the trouble and what it has cost them. Lum, who has an eye on the postmaster job, announces that he will pull some strings to get it, which leads to a muddled argument over what political strings and pulling them actually mean. Abner takes the idea literally and is wary of being tied up in other people's business. The talk turns to…