1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 It’s summer time, and I want to present a couple of summer-themed and summer-adjacent radio shows.&amp;nbsp; We’ll start off with real American politician, writer, and newspaper publisher Will Rogers, Jr playing a fictional Will Rogers, Jr who runs the fictional small-town newspaper, the “Illyria Weekly Gazette.”&amp;nbsp; What else says summer more than a county fair, with lots of people partaking in various competitions?&amp;nbsp; Well, this year, the ladies of Illyria have decided not to participate.&amp;nbsp; Whither the jams, jellies, and pickles?&amp;nbsp; Then, I finally get around to presenting “Lum and Abner.”&amp;nbsp; The show was created by, and stars, Chester Lauck as Lum and Norris Goff as Abner, the owners of the financially disastrous Jot ‘Em Down general store.&amp;nbsp; The show was a 15-minute continuing serial, a comedy soap opera.&amp;nbsp; In both of tonight’s episodes, the boys are planning vacations. Episodes Rogers of the Gazette October 22, 1953 “Eula Horner and the County Fair” 2:27 Lum and Abner September 8, 1942 “Back to Nature” aka “Vacation” 34:10 July 19, 1945 “Store Closed for Vacation” 46:17 The Chronic Rift Network http://chronicriftnetwork.libsyn.com <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/27180762/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/87A93A/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/content/154282707