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...original citizens of Dogpatch-Li'l Abner Yokum, his unbathed parents, and that delectable hill filly, Daisy Mae Scragg -are human enough to have their own poor but burning ambitions and prejudices. They are also so incredibly innocent that they can be duped by a child. The man or woman who does not gain some sense of superiority from their gullibility probably does not exist; and millions of red-blooded young men have clenched their fists with exasperation at Abner's failure to respond to the lovesick Daisy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Die Monstersinger | 11/6/1950 | See Source »

...Although Yokum's Moon is just under the horison, the Outing Club plans to stage a "Sadle Hawkins Race" at its First Annual Picnic, Dogpatch Style" from 3 to 8 p.m. tomorrow at Cabot Reservation, two miles north of Waltham...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Outing Club Goes Out On Picnic Tomorrow | 5/7/1949 | See Source »

Peacefully Chatting. But on Easter Sunday-a brooding day in which fog and bituminous smoke pressed down on Clover Fork, Yokum, Catron's Creek and all the hills and hollers-history caught up with Ambrose Metcalfe. He drove into the shabby settlement of Lejunior with his wife and baby, stopped and climbed out, belligerently intent on investigating a parked automobile in which he had seen a bootlegger named Ford Sizemore and a café operator, Art Jackson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: KENTUCKY: New Grave in Harlan County | 5/2/1949 | See Source »

...Abner, Fleegle's evil eye is usually thwarted by the overpowering goodness of Mammy Yokum's counter-whammy. But in all its meetings the Security Council has not been able to find an antidote for the Russian basilisk. This week, true to his promise, Gromyko double-vetoed the motion on Czechoslovakia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UNITED NATIONS: Double Whammy | 5/31/1948 | See Source »

Fans of the Li'l Abner comic strip last week recognized the unmistakable face of Frank Sinatra. He promised Daisy Mae Scragg that he would sing her song: Li'l Abner, Don't Marry That Girl. Objective: to prevent Abner Yokum from marrying Lena the Hyena from Lower Slobbovia. To Abner readers it was no more unusual than most of Creator Al Capp's fantasies -until Sinatra last week actually sang the song on his Wednesday night show...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Daisy Mae's Friends | 5/27/1946 | See Source »

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