An original musical comedy by Norman Panama and Melvin Frank
Based on characters created by Al Capp
Lyrics & music by Johnny Mercer & Gene de Paul
Daisy Mae is bent on capturing Li'l Abner for herself on the next Sadie Hawkins Day when the women make the running. However, things are not quite as simple as that. Daisy Mae has a rival for Abner's affections, Appassionata von Climax. She has engaged a professional aide to help her win the race. It is Evil Eye Fleagle who produces his own distraction for the men, Stupefyin' Jones. But, a cloud hangs over Dogpatch. The US Government want to use the town where they all live as a site for atomic bomb experiments. Dogpatch was chosen as nothing important or historical ever took place there.
The men-folk are taken away from the town for scientific experiments to make them handsome but they become completely uninterested in the opposite sex.
Eventually, the men are restored to their former selves, ugly but potent. Marryin' Sam meanwhile has unearthed some salient facts about the founder of the town, the sensible but cowardly Jubilation T. Cornpone, with a catalogue of his civil war disasters. This historical reference means the town can be saved and even though the Sadie Hawkins Day race doesn't turn out quite as planned (Earthquake McGoon catches Daisy and Appassionata von Climax gets Abner) by the end of the show Abner and Daisy Mae are married to each other, the ceremony being performed, of course, by Marryin' Sam.
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| Ron Vermette painting a fake cleavage on me. Now that's an image. | ---Jill (Holland) Paterson |
| During 'Li'l Abner', the Gladstone family went to a farm
& got a real baby pig for Lisa (MoonBeam McSwine) to carry during the
play. They kept the pig in their garage. The pig managed to
escape......Lisa, Amy and some other neighborhood kids searched the
neighborhood & surrounding areas trying to find the little creature.
They set out food & sat out on lawn chairs well into the night. They
also put out trails of food leading back to the garage.
I don't remember how long it was before the pig returned, but it finally did. We ended up not using that pig on stage because it squealed like crazy and it couldn't be seen from the audience! |
---Evelyn M. Holland |