• Li'l Abner was a satirical American comic strip that appeared in multiple newspapers in the United States, Canada, and Europe. It featured a fictional...
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  • Li'l Abner is a 1956 musical with a book by Norman Panama and Melvin Frank, music by Gene De Paul, and lyrics by Johnny Mercer. Based on the comic strip...
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  • Li'l Abner, a satirical American comic strip Li'l Abner may also refer to: Li'l Abner (1940 film), a 1940 film based on the comic strip Li'l Abner (musical)...
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  • Li'l Abner is a 1959 musical comedy film based on the comic strip of the same name created by Al Capp and the successful Broadway musical of the same name...
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  • Al Capp (section Li'l Abner)
    American cartoonist and humorist best known for the satirical comic strip Li'l Abner, which he created in 1934 and continued writing and (with help from assistants)...
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    Li'l Abner is a 1940 film based on the comic strip Li'l Abner created by Al Capp. The three most recognizable names associated with the film are Buster...
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  • Kickapoo Joy Juice (category Li'l Abner)
    Company. The name was introduced in Li'l Abner, a comic strip that ran from 1934 through 1977. Although Li'l Abner's Kickapoo Joy Juice was an alcoholic...
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    Sadie Hawkins Day (category Li'l Abner)
    event and pseudo-holiday originated by Al Capp's hillbilly comic strip Li'l Abner (1934–1977). The annual comic strip storyline inspired real-world Sadie...
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  • Fearless Fosdick (category Li'l Abner characters)
    Li'l Abner (1934–1977). Fearless Fosdick made his debut in an August 1942 Li'l Abner Sunday sequence, as the unflappable comic book idol of Abner (and...
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    September 21, 2021) was an American actor best known for his portrayal of Li'l Abner, alongside Edie Adams, both on Broadway and on film. Palmer was born on...
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    Sadie Hawkins dance (category Li'l Abner)
    primarily a United States event. The Sadie Hawkins dance is named after the Li'l Abner comic strip character Sadie Hawkins, created by cartoonist Al Capp. In...
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    Stupefyin' Jones (a three-minute cameo) in the Broadway production of Li'l Abner. She stayed with the production for its entire run from November 1956...
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  • Li'l Abner is an album by Shelly Manne and His Friends, recorded in 1957 for Contemporary Records. The album was recorded at Contemporary's studio, Los...
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  • Dogpatch (category Li'l Abner)
    strip Li'l Abner (1934–1977). The inhabitants of Dogpatch were mostly lazy hillbillies, who usually wanted nothing to do with progress. Li'l Abner's backwater...
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  • Shmoo (category Li'l Abner characters)
    Al Capp (1909–1979); the character first appeared in the comic strip Li'l Abner on August 31, 1948. The character created a fad that lasted into the 1950s...
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  • Works name was taken from the "Skonk Oil" factory in the comic strip Li'l Abner. Derived from the Lockheed use of the term, the designation "skunk works"...
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    Dogpatch USA (category Li'l Abner)
    an area known today as Marble Falls. It was based on the comic strip Li'l Abner, created by cartoonist Al Capp and set in a fictional village called Dogpatch...
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  • Joe Btfsplk (category Li'l Abner characters)
    Joe Btfsplk is a character in the satirical comic strip Li'l Abner by cartoonist Al Capp. The hapless Btfsplk means well, but he is "the world's worst...
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    stage actress, best known for her comic portrayals of Witchiepoo and Li'l Abner's Mammy Yokum. Hayes was born in Du Quoin, Illinois, on August 5, 1924...
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    Appalachian Humor in Li'l Abner". Studies in American Humor. 3 (8): 4–20. Arnold, Edwin T (1997). "Abner Unpinned: Al Capp's 'Li'l Abner,' 1940–1955". Appalachian...
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    dancer on Broadway, making her debut as a replacement in the musical Li'l Abner. She is best remembered for her role as Rhoda Morgenstern on The Mary...
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  • theatre actor. He was perhaps best known for playing "Earthquake McGoon" in Li'l Abner, both in the Broadway play and in the 1959 film. Hoffman was born in Maryland...
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  • Hollywood and within six months, he was offered the role of Li'l Abner in the 1978 TV special Li'l Abner in Dogpatch Today. During his short career, Burns starred...
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    Day. Howland can be seen dancing and singing in the chorus of the movie Li'l Abner (1959) as Clem's wife, alongside future television star Valerie Harper...
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    strip, Li'l Folks. However, United Features Syndicate pointed out that that name was too similar to other strips such as Little Folks and Li'l Abner. Thus...
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    roles of Nicely-Nicely Johnson in Guys and Dolls and Marryin' Sam in Li'l Abner, introducing two show-stopping numbers of the era: "Sit Down, You're Rockin'...
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    Shirley MacLaine. This was followed by a bit part in the musical comedy Li'l Abner (1959) and the role of a secretary in the comedy/romance Lover Come Back...
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  • the strip; however, the name Li'l Folks was too close to the names of two other comics of the time: Al Capp's Li'l Abner and a strip titled Little Folks...
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  • frequently combined eye dialect with pronunciation spelling in his comic strip Li'l Abner. Examples include lissen, aristocratick, mountin [mountain], correkt,...
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    serial Terry and the Pirates and was given the lead in the 1940 film Li'l Abner. However, he is perhaps most remembered for his role as Bud Searcy in...
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