The last Li'l Abner cartoon produced by Columbia's Screen Gems animation studio, known only to exist as a B&W print. Directed by Howard Swift. Released 1st December 1944.
I remember Lil Abner being in the paper when I was a kid. I also remember Gasoline Alley, and Pogo, Winthrop, Peanuts, and Dick Tracy, Dagwood, Marmaduke, and The Family Circus (But when I was a kid I thought of it as the Family Circle, because it was always a single-panel circle in the daily paper, only big and in color on Sundays) And then there was Doonesbury... I never read the boring ones, like Mary Worth, or Rex Morgan MD, but occasionally I read Dondi, and Gordo, though I don't remember much more than the names. I remember the Shmoo, though. Seems like from the Nixon era. Maybe I remember it because they cooked themselves for people, or maybe because it sounds like "Shmow", and I remember the Shmow from the Three Stooges. Funny was important to me when I was a kid, probably because the world around me was anything but, what with Vietnam, and Watergate, men on the moon, and a mean abusive father... I thought Kickapoo Joy Juice was funny, until I learned about the Kickapoo Nation. I always thought drunks were funny, which might be one reason why I became one. After twenty-some years of being drunk, guess what, it wasn't funny anymore. The Pittsburgh Press went away, like so many other things. Nothing is as it used to be anymore. Well, except for some old oaks, and some old buildings, old cars maybe... But nothing is as it should be, and folks should ought to take notice of that fact way more than they do. But they don't.
I don't know if U remember Beetle Bailey, Andy Capp, The Phantom and Laurel Canyon (I think that was the name of it, LOL!), but all of those were pretty cool as well,...although the last one was too soap opera-ish for my taste. It always seems as if someone was sobbing in the strip on Sundays so I never read the stories. :-)
I used to read it during the 1970's just before Capp retired the strip when I was a kid, These days I'm more into the 1930's-1940's reprints of the strip published by IDW, which for me was when Lil Abner was really at it's best. I also recently picked up an issue of Tip Top Comics #104 (1945) at a garage sale that had a story with the Sadie Hawkins Day Race in it which was always memorable and unforgettable as an annual event.
After watching this cartoon, I can see why Al Capp considered Mammy Yokum his favorite character to draw. I can tell just by looking at her that she's a "No Nonsense" girl. No wonder she's the head of her family.
Nice animation in this cartoon. This and Sadie Hawkins Day were the funniest in the series. Wish they made more Lil Abner cartoons. LOL when they blew up Dog Patch.
This is the final Columbia Pictures-Screen Gems “L’il Abner” cartoon in Technicolor that was based on a popular & famous hillbilly-themed newspaper comic strip created by Al Capp & United Features syndicate inc., New York City, NY. Also, the last animated screen appearances of Lonesome Polecat, Hairless Joe, Mammy Yokum, Daisy Mae & Li’l Abner. The theme for this cartoon was used later for many Screen Gems “Phanties”, “The Fox & The Crow”, “Flippy” & “Color Rhapsody” classic theatrical cartoons @ 0:01.
0:04 "erm.. not quite in Technicolour, Sorry, Our preservationists got lazy that day". A very fine funny cartoon, full of fast paced animation, clear premise, gags and characterizations, and a whole lot of nuttiness and fun). Though it makes me curious as to what it could have been like in color (particularly how they handled the colour of the liquid at the beginning (1:35). P.S. 4:59 I never thought I would see an old hillbilly woman with a corrosive sprayer chase a tank driven by knights that is firing munitions at her (I love cartoons!).
Hard to believe Lil Abner was a huge cultural phenomenon in his day, a staple of comics and Americana for decades, and then just sort of went poof. I used to read them in the front page of the Sunday funnies during the 50s and they continued on and on. Mammy Yokum, the real star of this toon was the strongest character of all, literally and figuratively. But now, I doubt the strip, and especially these cartoons, are on many people's radar at all.
Same. Lil Abner even started one of the earliest made-up animal collectathon crazes in the world when it introduced the Shmoo, decades before Trolls, Care Bears and Pokemon came about. Such a big phenomenon just disappeared. What a shame.
The cartoon business was cutthroat back then. Newspaper 'toonists could get filthy rich. Their habit was to get newcomers to do all the work, pay em nothing, and work em like dogs. Then, the noobs after a while would get good, create their own characters, and make it big.. then they would exploit noobs themselves. Tradition!
To me Lil A is the quintessence of the Sunday funnies, and at the same time it was the first time I ever felt such an entire world, so complete, self sufficient, and there before me week after week. Of course if you want to know them really you have to read the old reprints, but I don't know if I would want to. It's just there, that world, (probably falsified by memory), I am not sure it should be brought into my present. Dick Tracy or Little Orphan Annie did not effect me nearly as much
Man, they sure don't make cartoons like this anymore. As a kid I saw a few from this series on TV, but they were few and far between. Lil Abner strip was super popular during WW2, thus the many war connotations. I agree with previous comment about the voice acting. They didn't develop the characters as they should've. Harry Cohn at Columbia was a skinflint, for sure!
Disney procured the Muppets, Lucasfilm properties, Marvel, the pink panther rights, etc. I wish they would get the licenses for Pogo, lil' Abner, and Asterix! I hate to say it, but I'd like to know more about them. A real 'powerhouse' company will be the only ones capable of ressurecting these lost forgotten gems. Art is pure and innocent and never dies as long as someone talks about it and remembers the entity.
Sadly, while I agree for Pogo (awesome comic, all in all) they'd have to be extra selective with Li'l Abner (remove all the bits from when Al Capp went extra-political... dude was bonkers there and then. Seriously, accusing the quckin' BEATLES of being soviet agents?) and Asterix (Uderzo, in his last works, went kinda sorta racist - "Asterix and the falling sky" is a poorly disguised tirade against manga - and sexist - "The rose and the gladius" goes all over the woman stereotypes, and not in a good way)
@@kacmac2340 Disney had procured dePatie/Freleng. Every armchair cartoonologist should know that was the creators of all the wonderful Pink Panther cartoons we as kids back in the 70's watched and loved every Saturday morning. Don't forget, this also entails 'The Blue Racer, Hoot Kloot, The Inspector, The Dogfather, Fatso & Banjo, Misterjaws, Roland & Ratfink, The Ant and the Aardvark, and Crazylegs Crane. I don't know what there intent may be, but perhaps if any Disney personnel on here knows please reply. Very curious. Thanks.
@@tweettweetjones1262 Ok, but I have a question. What are you think about these crossovers and what crossover idea it's better "Asterix meets Li'l Abner" or "Asterix and Smurfs"?
For Colulmbia's buedgets, these cartoons were well animated. The drawbacks are in the soundtracks, however. While the scores are beautiful, they are overproduced for the subject. This series would have benefitted more for a Hillbilly combo to better fit the subject. Music has everything to do with creating atmosphere. The other drawback is the voices. They are not distinctive enough to convey the character's personalities.
So many people don't realize that the color copy of the cartoon no longer exists but the black and white copy remains which is why a black and white cartoon states it's in "technicolor".
Maybe she was thinking about her parents were so right about him and she should marry the rice man and kind gentleman who love her and getting married.
Capp had a bad stomach from over eating of borst, I beleave,as well as losing a leg as a boy under a streetcar.Also had real legal trouble.H had a real nasty side to him, took on his mentor Fisher..Have a fond spot for his wonderful strip.
I love how it says "In Technicolor", yet its black and white
The original color printing of the cartoon no longer exists. Only the black and white print exists.
I remember Lil Abner being in the paper when I was a kid. I also remember Gasoline Alley, and Pogo, Winthrop, Peanuts, and Dick Tracy, Dagwood, Marmaduke, and The Family Circus (But when I was a kid I thought of it as the Family Circle, because it was always a single-panel circle in the daily paper, only big and in color on Sundays) And then there was Doonesbury... I never read the boring ones, like Mary Worth, or Rex Morgan MD, but occasionally I read Dondi, and Gordo, though I don't remember much more than the names. I remember the Shmoo, though. Seems like from the Nixon era. Maybe I remember it because they cooked themselves for people, or maybe because it sounds like "Shmow", and I remember the Shmow from the Three Stooges. Funny was important to me when I was a kid, probably because the world around me was anything but, what with Vietnam, and Watergate, men on the moon, and a mean abusive father... I thought Kickapoo Joy Juice was funny, until I learned about the Kickapoo Nation. I always thought drunks were funny, which might be one reason why I became one. After twenty-some years of being drunk, guess what, it wasn't funny anymore. The Pittsburgh Press went away, like so many other things. Nothing is as it used to be anymore. Well, except for some old oaks, and some old buildings, old cars maybe... But nothing is as it should be, and folks should ought to take notice of that fact way more than they do. But they don't.
I don't know if U remember Beetle Bailey, Andy Capp, The Phantom and Laurel Canyon (I think that was the name of it, LOL!), but all of those were pretty cool as well,...although the last one was too soap opera-ish for my taste. It always seems as if someone was sobbing in the strip on Sundays so I never read the stories. :-)
I used to read it during the 1970's just before Capp retired the strip when I was a kid, These days I'm more into the 1930's-1940's reprints of the strip published by IDW, which for me was when Lil Abner was really at it's best.
I also recently picked up an issue of Tip Top Comics #104 (1945) at a garage sale that had a story with the Sadie Hawkins Day Race in it which was always memorable and unforgettable as an annual event.
After watching this cartoon, I can see why Al Capp considered Mammy Yokum his favorite character to draw. I can tell just by looking at her that she's a "No Nonsense" girl. No wonder she's the head of her family.
And the whole town
Abner is such a himbo
He's such a Momma's Boy.
Don't forget idiot.
She running so fast as the wind.
She must be the runner racer champion 🏆🎖🥇.
Kickapoo Juice? No sucha thing. It war Kickapoo JOY Juice! Dang it!
is a mountain dew rip off i tried it in galveston once
@@buzzkill9991 In Tennessee & other Southern States it's MOONSHINE.
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Nice animation in this cartoon.
This and Sadie Hawkins Day were the funniest in the series.
Wish they made more Lil Abner cartoons.
LOL when they blew up Dog Patch.
This is the final
Columbia Pictures-Screen Gems
“L’il Abner” cartoon in Technicolor
that was based on a popular & famous hillbilly-themed newspaper comic strip created by Al Capp & United Features syndicate inc., New York City, NY.
Also, the last animated screen appearances of Lonesome Polecat, Hairless Joe, Mammy Yokum, Daisy Mae & Li’l Abner.
The theme for this cartoon was used later for many Screen Gems “Phanties”, “The Fox & The Crow”, “Flippy” & “Color Rhapsody” classic theatrical cartoons @ 0:01.
Super picture & clean audio, too!
@@jamieimai9328 you said it!
Keep up the great work & Happy Thanksgiving 🦃🍽🍁!
@@jamieimai9328 Lonesome Joe breaks the 4th wall @ 2:22.
Mammy was somethin else all right. Her pronouncements generally ended with "Ah has spoke!" and that was it!
Like the way Lonesome Polecat is just another character, not a cliche Native.
the only Li'l Abner short to not have its own theme.
0:04 "erm.. not quite in Technicolour, Sorry, Our preservationists got lazy that day".
A very fine funny cartoon, full of fast paced animation, clear premise, gags and characterizations, and a whole lot of nuttiness and fun).
Though it makes me curious as to what it could have been like in color (particularly how they handled the colour of the liquid at the beginning (1:35).
P.S. 4:59 I never thought I would see an old hillbilly woman with a corrosive sprayer chase a tank driven by knights that is firing munitions at her (I love cartoons!).
If that stuff does that to a tank, imagine what it does to someone's innards.
Thank you very much for this!!
Lol, that shit must've been the same recipe as Phil Cassidy's boomshine.
❤packed full of energy❤
Hard to believe Lil Abner was a huge cultural phenomenon in his day, a staple of comics and Americana for decades, and then just sort of went poof. I used to read them in the front page of the Sunday funnies during the 50s and they continued on and on. Mammy Yokum, the real star of this toon was the strongest character of all, literally and figuratively. But now, I doubt the strip, and especially these cartoons, are on many people's radar at all.
Same. Lil Abner even started one of the earliest made-up animal collectathon crazes in the world when it introduced the Shmoo, decades before Trolls, Care Bears and Pokemon came about. Such a big phenomenon just disappeared. What a shame.
I wish there were shmoos in these li’l abner cartoons.
That it looked very interesting and very fascinating to see that
🧐🙄😬😱🥺🥺☝️😆😆😆 Little Abner 😆😆😆💯💯💯😂😂
mountain dew is an ol'timey name for hooch or moonshine, so it kind of makes sense.
How about Kickapoo Joy Juice?
Lançamento nos EUA: primeiro de dezembro de 1944. Layout: Clark Watson.
That it is a crazy juices drinking.
It looked so danger with all explosions and bomb sounds.
The cartoon business was cutthroat back then. Newspaper 'toonists could get filthy rich. Their habit was to get newcomers to do all the work, pay em nothing, and work em like dogs. Then, the noobs after a while would get good, create their own characters, and make it big.. then they would exploit noobs themselves. Tradition!
I happen to have a copy of this cartoon in color. On a video tape sitting around the house somewhere...lol
To me Lil A is the quintessence of the Sunday funnies, and at the same time it was the first time I ever felt such an entire world, so complete, self sufficient, and there before me week after week. Of course if you want to know them really you have to read the old reprints, but I don't know if I would want to. It's just there, that world, (probably falsified by memory), I am not sure it should be brought into my present. Dick Tracy or Little Orphan Annie did not effect me nearly as much
Have one also.Sure its in color,but would have to spend hours hunting down all the stuff to hook up my old vcr to watch it.
Man, they sure don't make cartoons like this anymore. As a kid I saw a few from this series on TV, but they were few and far between. Lil Abner strip was super popular during WW2, thus the many war connotations. I agree with previous comment about the voice acting. They didn't develop the characters as they should've. Harry Cohn at Columbia was a skinflint, for sure!
What kind of juices with danger stuff is in there 💫
The first Lil Abner live action film got released in 1940. How funny.
There was a couple of live action lil abner films
LOL!
4:25 Mammy Yokum cant handle her liquor!
That was me when I first tried hard liquor!
That ain't liquor that's a sespool of toxic who knows what else
Disney procured the Muppets, Lucasfilm properties, Marvel, the pink panther rights, etc. I wish they would get the licenses for Pogo, lil' Abner, and Asterix! I hate to say it, but I'd like to know more about them. A real 'powerhouse' company will be the only ones capable of ressurecting these lost forgotten gems. Art is pure and innocent and never dies as long as someone talks about it and remembers the entity.
Sadly, while I agree for Pogo (awesome comic, all in all) they'd have to be extra selective with Li'l Abner (remove all the bits from when Al Capp went extra-political... dude was bonkers there and then. Seriously, accusing the quckin' BEATLES of being soviet agents?) and Asterix (Uderzo, in his last works, went kinda sorta racist - "Asterix and the falling sky" is a poorly disguised tirade against manga - and sexist - "The rose and the gladius" goes all over the woman stereotypes, and not in a good way)
Seriously, Disney it's actual owner of Pink Panther?!
@@kacmac2340 Disney had procured dePatie/Freleng. Every armchair cartoonologist should know that was the creators of all the wonderful Pink Panther cartoons we as kids back in the 70's watched and loved every Saturday morning. Don't forget, this also entails 'The Blue Racer, Hoot Kloot, The Inspector, The Dogfather, Fatso & Banjo, Misterjaws, Roland & Ratfink, The Ant and the Aardvark, and Crazylegs Crane. I don't know what there intent may be, but perhaps if any Disney personnel on here knows please reply. Very curious. Thanks.
@@tweettweetjones1262 Ok, but I have a question. What are you think about these crossovers and what crossover idea it's better "Asterix meets Li'l Abner" or "Asterix and Smurfs"?
@@kacmac2340 'Asterix meets the Smurfs' crossover would be cool!
For Colulmbia's buedgets, these cartoons were well animated. The drawbacks are in the soundtracks, however. While the scores are beautiful, they are overproduced for the subject. This series would have benefitted more for a Hillbilly combo to better fit the subject. Music has everything to do with creating atmosphere. The other drawback is the voices. They are not distinctive enough to convey the character's personalities.
lonesome polecat reminds me of nathan explosion of Metalocalypse
well nathan explosion might be native american but his parents are white he might have been adopted
They drink that stuff?
Chugging is more like it
WTF? this is supposed to be in Technicolor and it is in Black & White
And Grey.
What's she upset about? If it's because of the 2 in the statue, it's ridiculous as they have their own rights.
Was a young Tex Avery involved in this?
LOL in TECHNICOLOR but I don't see any color!?
Expect black, white and grey.
So many people don't realize that the color copy of the cartoon no longer exists but the black and white copy remains which is why a black and white cartoon states it's in "technicolor".
In Technicolor says the black & white cartoon. Ah well I love black and white.
It was originally made in Color,but the original print is lost.
Real close to popeye and his spinach hmmmmmm
They should make New movie
Animated or Live-Action?
@@kacmac2340 live action starting chris pratt as lil abner and reese witherspoon as daisy mae
@@buzzkill9991 Supermodel Kate Upton has the ideal figure to be Daisy Mae.
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Oh shit so this what my name means
Maybe she was thinking about her parents were so right about him and she should marry the rice man and kind gentleman who love her and getting married.
The original MGTOW.
LOL TRUE!!!!
Why is she so sad and crying?
she never scored with lil abner he'll never scored with her
@@buzzkill9991 you could be right about there
@@buzzkill9991 Why does she want to score with Lil' Abner? It's not just for his good looks, is it? Wouldn't that be shallow of her?
Y este kien es
Tiene mi nombre :/
Siento raro ver mi nombre en una caricatura vieja xdxd
Funny😂
Capp had a bad stomach from over eating of borst, I beleave,as well as losing a leg as a boy under a streetcar.Also had real legal trouble.H had a real nasty side to him, took on his mentor Fisher..Have a fond spot for his wonderful strip.
Oh, his mentor Fisher, the one who drew fake Capp panels with nudity to get him canceled by the FCC and such? Capp was on the right side there.
What a crappy cartoon.
It's better than the cartoons that on TV.
He's right