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Li'l Abner 
Actors : Peter Palmer (III), Leslie Parrish, Stubby Kaye, Howard St. John, Julie Newmar
Director : Melvin Frank
Studio : Paramount
by Paramount
Release Date : 2005-04-19
Publisher : Paramount
Availability : Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Number of Items : 1
EAN : 9781415709177
UPC : 097360590845
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 55 reviews)
List Price : $9.98
Our Price : $4.50
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LI’L ABNER, the beloved cartoon strip from Al Capp, takes place in the hillbilly town of Dogpatch, which is deemed the most useless community in America. When the city is chosen as a test site for A-bombs, its colorful citizens take up the good fight, with lots of fun and merriment. |
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Americancivilwar.com |
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This is one movie musical that doesn't bother adapting its stage presentation for the big screen: Li'l Abner cheerfully uses brightly colored, patently fake backdrops and stage sets for its mythical setting. And why not? A movie musical based on a cartoon strip is about as far from reality as you can get. Al Capp's legendary comic about the hillbilly denizens of Dogpatch was brought to Broadway by the estimable comedy team Melvin Frank and Norman Panama, who also produced the movie. Along with sampling Capp's world (the pursuit of noncommittal Abner by Daisy Mae on Sadie Hawkins Day is a major plot device), the movie is a goofy record of 1950s attitudes and concerns--in fact, Dogpatch is threatened with destruction when the government wants to use it as an atomic test site. The actors' Broadway delivery has a deadening effect after a while, and some of the makeup is downright weird (think the Whos in the live-action Grinch). Gene de Paul's music is unmemorable, but Johnny Mercer's lyrics provide considerable fun, and the athletic dances are based on Michael Kidd's stage choreography. Plus, the movie honors Capp's eye for impossibly bodacious women by casting Julie Newmar as Stupefyin' Jones and Stella Stevens (her first movie role) as Appassionata Von Climax. --Robert Horton |
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Singin' & Dancin' in Dogpatch |
Musical: From Broadway to Hollywood
Shadow Watcher
Nobody Drowns in Mineral Lake
Al Capp's classic comic strip about the bizarre residents of the hillbilly town of Dogpatch was brought to life in this delightful 1959 musical, adapted from the Broadway stage hit.
Lyricist Johnny Mercer and composer Gene de Paul contributed many bouncy tunes that were sung by Peter Palmer as Abner, Leslie Parrish as Daisy Mae and the incomparable, show-stopping Stubby Kaye as Marryin' Sam.
The plot has the U.S. Government naming Dogpatch as the most useless community in America, thus choosing it to serve as ground zero for A-bomb testing. To save their town, the residents must find a reason that makes Dogpatch "necessary," and what they come up with gets the folks, particularly Abner, in worse trouble than before.
The climax of the movie revolves around Dogpatch's annual "Sadie Hawkins Day" race.
Melvin Frank directed the musical-comedy, which features some clever, energetic dance numbers and co-stars Howard St. John, Julie Newmar and Stella Stevens.
Michael B. Druxman, author of ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD (available December 2008) |
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amusingly political |
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There are a couple of songs that are catchy sung by Stubby Kaye. The story is exagerated sexist, but funny. |
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Lil Abner |
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Fun movie for the whole Family. Key word FAMILY. Everyone from 8 to 80 will enjoy this movie. |
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I'd druther this musical!! |
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Al Capp could not have asked for more when his satirical masterpiece of a cartoon strip was turned into a musical. The songs are great fun the characters well cast and the satire is still apt now."The Country's In The Very Best of Hands" goes one song that still resonates now. My kids love this and so do I. More entertaining and in it's own way just as much of a social comment as 'Cabaret" or Chicago. Only lots more fun.Buy it!! |
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Nostalgic entertainment |
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Great for a trip back to my childhood when I couldn't wait to read the daily installment of Lil Abner and see what the residents of Dogpatch were up to. Great fun for the whole family. |
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