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Li’l Abner (Picture 1)
Li’l Abner cartoon images gallery 1. Li’l Abner cartoon pictures collection 1.
Li'l Abner is a satirical American comic strip that appeared in many newspapers in the United States, Canada and Europe, featuring a fictional clan of hillbillies in the impoverished town of Dogpatch, Kentucky. Written and drawn by Al Capp (1909–1979), the strip ran for 43 years, from August 13, 1934 through November 13, 1977. It was distributed by United Feature Syndicate. Read daily by scores of millions of people, the strip's characters and humor had a powerful cultural impact. I remember seeing it back in the very early 60s. I don't recall who all the characters were, and the actors that protrayed them, but got a kick out of Mammy Yocum. (sp?) Would like to know who played her character as well. Get those cogs and wheels circulating! Li'l Abner Yokum: The star of Capp's classic comic strip was hardly "little"; Abner was 6' 3" in his stockinged feet (if he wore stockings), and perpetually 19-years old. Li’l Abner (Picture 1). Li’l Abner cartoon images gallery 1. Li’l Abner cartoon pictures collection 1. A naïve, simple-minded and sweet-natured hillbilly boy, he lived in a ramshackle log cabin with his pint-sized parents. He inherited his strength from his irascible Mammy, and his brains from his less-than-brainy Pappy. Capp derived their family name "Yokum" by combining yokel with hokum. In Capp's satirical and often complex plots, Abner was a country bumpkin Candide—a paragon of innocence in a sardonically dark and cynical world. A priceless rube, Abner was so gullible that he could be tricked by a small child. The loutish Abner typically had no visible means of support, but sometimes earned his livelihood as a "crescent cutter" for the Little Wonder privy company, (later changed to "mattress tester" for the Stunned Ox mattress company.) Abner's main goal in life was evading the marital designs of Daisy Mae Scragg, the virtuous, voluptuous, barefoot Dogpatch damsel and scion of the Yokums' blood feud enemies—the Scraggs, her bloodthirsty, semi-evolved kinfolk. For 18 years, Abner slipped out of Daisy Mae's marital crosshairs time and again. When Capp finally gave in to reader pressure and allowed the couple to tie the knot, it was a major media event. It even made the cover of Life magazine on March 31, 1952—illustrating an article by Capp entitled "It's Hideously True!! The Creator of Li'l Abner Tells Why His Hero Is (SOB!) Wed!!" Li’l Abner (Picture 1). Li’l Abner cartoon images gallery 1. Li’l Abner cartoon pictures collection 1.
Li’l Abner cartoon images gallery 1. Li’l Abner cartoon pictures collection 1.
Li'l Abner is a satirical American comic strip that appeared in many newspapers in the United States, Canada and Europe, featuring a fictional clan of hillbillies in the impoverished town of Dogpatch, Kentucky. Written and drawn by Al Capp (1909–1979), the strip ran for 43 years, from August 13, 1934 through November 13, 1977. It was distributed by United Feature Syndicate. Read daily by scores of millions of people, the strip's characters and humor had a powerful cultural impact. I remember seeing it back in the very early 60s. I don't recall who all the characters were, and the actors that protrayed them, but got a kick out of Mammy Yocum. (sp?) Would like to know who played her character as well. Get those cogs and wheels circulating! Li'l Abner Yokum: The star of Capp's classic comic strip was hardly "little"; Abner was 6' 3" in his stockinged feet (if he wore stockings), and perpetually 19-years old. Li’l Abner (Picture 1). Li’l Abner cartoon images gallery 1. Li’l Abner cartoon pictures collection 1. A naïve, simple-minded and sweet-natured hillbilly boy, he lived in a ramshackle log cabin with his pint-sized parents. He inherited his strength from his irascible Mammy, and his brains from his less-than-brainy Pappy. Capp derived their family name "Yokum" by combining yokel with hokum. In Capp's satirical and often complex plots, Abner was a country bumpkin Candide—a paragon of innocence in a sardonically dark and cynical world. A priceless rube, Abner was so gullible that he could be tricked by a small child. The loutish Abner typically had no visible means of support, but sometimes earned his livelihood as a "crescent cutter" for the Little Wonder privy company, (later changed to "mattress tester" for the Stunned Ox mattress company.) Abner's main goal in life was evading the marital designs of Daisy Mae Scragg, the virtuous, voluptuous, barefoot Dogpatch damsel and scion of the Yokums' blood feud enemies—the Scraggs, her bloodthirsty, semi-evolved kinfolk. For 18 years, Abner slipped out of Daisy Mae's marital crosshairs time and again. When Capp finally gave in to reader pressure and allowed the couple to tie the knot, it was a major media event. It even made the cover of Life magazine on March 31, 1952—illustrating an article by Capp entitled "It's Hideously True!! The Creator of Li'l Abner Tells Why His Hero Is (SOB!) Wed!!" Li’l Abner (Picture 1). Li’l Abner cartoon images gallery 1. Li’l Abner cartoon pictures collection 1.
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