Li'l Abner
9 January 2009
In the regular classroom, NOT in the Library Media Room.
Final Film of the Semester
9 January 2009
In the regular classroom, NOT in the Library Media Room.
Final Film of the Semester
Li'l Abner 
was one of the most famous cartoon strips in American history, lasting for nearly forty years. Set in an imaginary hillbilly region called Dogpatch, the strip, created by Al Capp, was a satire on contemporary American issues, including politics and sex.
The fictional Sadie Hawkins Day, annually celebrated by the cartoon characters in November, when a woman was allowed to compel marriage from the man of her dreams if she caught him, soon became part of the American cultural furniture, as did many of the characters and even the vocabulary of the strip.
The film musical adaptation, in 1959, is noteworthy mainly for its frontal staging, theatrical production design, and energetic athletic dancing, based on Michael Kidd's original Broadway choreography. Curiously, the Broadway show's biggest hit ("Love in a Home") was omitted in the film version and replaced with a banal love duet near the end.
The film musical adaptation, in 1959, is noteworthy mainly for its frontal staging, theatrical production design, and energetic athletic dancing, based on Michael Kidd's original Broadway choreography. Curiously, the Broadway show's biggest hit ("Love in a Home") was omitted in the film version and replaced with a banal love duet near the end.
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