Catalogue from Monument Company

Originally Aired: May 20, 1935

In Lum & Abner #111, “Catalogue from Monument Company,” Lum has a new plan for their self-funded town statue: skip the blacksmith and order a ready-made figure from a monument catalog—then just swap the faces and inscription. Abner flips through the pages, mistaking Venus de Milo for a “secondhand” bargain and Julius Caesar for a dress-wearing “sissy,” while Lum eyes the “Spirit of ’76” and tries to cast Abner as the piccolo player. Their grand design keeps running into one small problem: no hogs in the scene. Just as they scheme to replace a drummer with a concrete porker, Squire Skimp calls from Chicago—the hog market is flooded, feed and storage are piling up, and that long-distance call alone costs $18.36. With the statue dreams wobbling and the hog proceeds in doubt, the fellas decide to hold off… at least until the next brainstorm.

Cast:
Chester Lauck (Lum Edwards), Norris Goff (Abner Peabody), voices of supporting characters including Dick Huddleston and Squire Skimp

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