On This Day, September 3: Lum and Abner Serial Arcs and BBC Drama
This report documents the historical provenance, broadcast scheduling, commercial sponsorship, credited cast, production personnel, alternate circulating titles, serial story metadata declarations, and pure narrative synopses…
September 3 Update
This report documents the historical provenance, broadcast scheduling, commercial sponsorship, credited cast, production personnel, alternate circulating titles, serial story metadata declarations, and pure narrative synopses for broadcasts transmitting on September 3 across rustic Arkansas country store comedy serials spanning four distinct multi-episode storylines, modern British insurance fraud dramas, and wartime swing music broadcasts, Chester Lauck and Norris Goff in Lum and Abner for Horlick's Malted Milk and Alka-Seltzer (1935, 1942, 1945, 1946), Double Bill on BBC Radio 4 (1969), and The Feeling Is Mutual (1935–1969):
1. Broadcasts
| Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story Arc Metadata | Story Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Stockholders Want Money Back with Chester Lauck and Norris Goff" | NBC Blue (WJZ) 1935-09-03 7:30 PM EDST |
Horlick's Corp. Horlick's Malted Milk |
Chester Lauck (Lum) | Norris Goff (Abner) | ["Comedy", "Sitcom", "Lum And Abner", "Chester Lauck", "Horlicks"] |
{"title": "The Down Town Store", "part": 18, "total_parts": 60} |
Pine Ridge investors storm the Jot 'Em Down Store demanding cash refunds after discovering the partners spent the incorporation funds on livestock feed. |
| "The Handy Folding Cot with Chester Lauck and Norris Goff" | Blue Network 1942-09-03 8:15 PM EWT |
Miles Laboratories Alka-Seltzer & Vitamins |
Chester Lauck (Lum) | Norris Goff (Abner) | ["Comedy", "Sitcom", "Lum And Abner", "Chester Lauck", "Alka Seltzer"] |
{"title": "Pine Ridge Inventions", "part": 12, "total_parts": 30} |
Abner tests Lum's spring-loaded portable camping cot inside the store with disastrous mechanical results. |
| "Lum Has Great New Idea with Chester Lauck and Norris Goff" | Blue Network 1945-09-03 8:15 PM EWT |
Miles Laboratories Alka-Seltzer & Vitamins |
Chester Lauck (Lum) | Norris Goff (Abner) | ["Comedy", "Sitcom", "Lum And Abner", "Chester Lauck", "Alka Seltzer"] |
{"title": "Pine Ridge Post-War Plans", "part": 1, "total_parts": 20} |
Lum outlines an ambitious post-war commercial expansion scheme to sell modern kitchen gadgets to Pine Ridge homemakers. |
| "Bloodhound Follows Lum with Chester Lauck and Norris Goff" | ABC (WJZ) 1946-09-03 8:15 PM EDT |
Miles Laboratories Alka-Seltzer & Vitamins |
Chester Lauck (Lum) | Norris Goff (Abner) | ["Comedy", "Sitcom", "Lum And Abner", "Chester Lauck", "Alka Seltzer"] |
{"title": "The Pine Ridge Detective Agency", "part": 8, "total_parts": 25} |
Lum borrows a retired county bloodhound to track a missing pie only to find the hound relentless in pursuing him around town. |
| "Compensating Error by J.C. Wilsher with BBC Radio 4" | BBC Radio 4 1969-09-03 |
Sustaining British Drama |
BBC Drama Repertory | J.C. Wilsher (Author) | ["Drama", "Mystery", "Double Bill", "BBC Radio 4", "JC Wilsher"] |
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An insurance investigator uncovers a subtle accounting manipulation engineered to mask massive corporate embezzlement. |
| "Where or When with Mutual Studio Orchestra" | Mutual (WOR) 1945-09-03 8:30 PM EWT |
Sustaining Musical Variety |
Mutual Orchestra | Mutual Vocal Cast | ["Music", "Pop", "Feeling Is Mutual", "Mutual", "VJ Day"] |
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The Mutual studio orchestra and vocalists perform popular romantic standards headlined by Where or When on V-J Day. |