Forecloses on Circus

Originally Aired: March 12, 1935 In Lum & Abner #62, “Abner Forecloses on Circus,” the consequences of Pine Ridge’s most disastrous barter spree come crashing down. With his shelves bare and not a dime left, Abner faces the fact that the circus—his biggest debtor—is about to skip town without paying for hundreds of dollars’ worth of groceries and feed. Armed with a mortgage on the circus animals, Abner must race to the circus grounds to “foreclose” and take possession of lions, elephants, camels, and zebras—adding to his already unmanageable menagerie. Meanwhile, Lum and Dick Huddleston shake their heads as Abner’s law enforcement duties clash hilariously with his business blunders (and a talking parrot adds comic relief). A classic farce of rural commerce, creative debt collection, and the cost of trusting showfolk, this episode is a Pine Ridge original. Cast: Chester Lauck (Lum Edwards), Norris Goff (Abner Peabody), with supporting voices including Dick Huddleston and Cedric Tags: LumAndAbner, oldtimeradio, 1930scomedy, JotEmDownStore, PineRidge, radiohumor, vintagebroadcast, circusforeclosure, Horlicks, ruralcomedy, animalchaos, classicradio, vaudeville, barterblunder, lawmanabner, GoffAndLauck