Pete Kelly's Blues (a treat) and Lum and Abner

If Pete Kelly's Blues weren't enough of a treat for you, we have a little something extra for you this week on the OTR Express.

PKB should be a great start because it was a Jack Webb production.  Now, if you know nothing else about Jack Webb, know that he was meticulous.  He not only starred in the Dragnet series, he created it, directed it and generally was the end-all, be-all on all decisions.  Would the audience have known if the sound effects man used a different kind of shoe to make the sound effects than the LAPD wore?  No, but Webb would. 

Webb brought the same eye for detail to his other series, one of them being Pete Kelly's Blues, set in Kansas City of the roaring '20's.  Kansas City may seem boring now, but back then it was a quite a place, and had a jazz and blues scene and style all its own.

Following PKB, we lighten it up with a little comedy from our favorite Arkansas duo - Lum and Abner. 

I'm not sure if my favorites Lum and Abner quote is "Aigh grannies" or "Aigh doggies". Either way, great comedy.  Enjoy