The bomb testing is cancelled and Dogpatch returns to its simple, happy life. All I wanted to do was download a album to my computer & place it in the same folder I have my other albums in. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in, Li'l Abner (Original Broadway Cast Recording), Vinyl, Soundtrack, Original recording, January 1, 1959, Johnny Mercer and the gang could not have done better. Great Abum but downloading it is not worth it !!! Gain full access to show guides, character breakdowns, auditions, monologues and more! When they return to Dogpatch, Daisy Mae and Earthquake proceed with their wedding. And the only why I can get it to play is by clicking on that short cut. The music; the characters and the ones who played the characters; the insane storyline - absolute perfection. But when Dogpatch is chosen for an atomic test site, and Daisy Mae is claimed in marriage by dirty wrestler Earthquake McGoon, Li’l Abner has to step up and fight for the things he doesn’t know he loves. In Dogpatch, U.S.A., it’s “A Typical Day” as bombshell Daisy Mae is trying to convince Li’l Abner Yokum to be her boyfriend. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the Enter key is pressed. This race is the only way anyone in the town can get married, and a prospective bride must catch a boy during the race in order to be hitched. Reviewed in the United States on August 27, 2013. Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. Earthquake happily allows Abner to marry Daisy Mae instead. A long, long time ago Cedar Crest High School never did musicals, this was the first and I was in it. I actually got to meet Leslie Parrish (Daisy Mae) when she traveled from California to help with a TV advertisement for our high school play of Li'l Abner. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. An unattractive government scientist arrives and upon taking one spoonful he is transformed into a tall beefcake of a man. The women of Dogpatch head to the factory in Washington where their husbands have been test subjects for the Yokumberry Tonic. Meanwhile, Daisy Mae finally manages to make Abner realise that she should be with him (“Namely You”). Daisy Mae’s trailer trash family, the Scraggs, decide to accept Earthquake’s $1 to allow him to be caught by Daisy Mae on Sadie Hawkins Day. The original production was praised for its acting talent onstage, although no formal revival has been made of the show, or London transfer. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. Guided and guarded by traveling preacher Marryin’ Sam, Li’l Abner travels to Washington, DC, where he tangles with a gaggle of goofy scientists, unscrupulous capitalist General Bullmoose, and scheming minx Appassionata Von Climax. The scientists reveal that while the potion makes men handsome, it also removes their romantic desire. What can I say, I had to buy it and it's not that bad. This CDR is decent - they didn't really do much in remastering, but it's still nice to have it. dogpatch, southern usa, washington dc, 1950s, College/University, Community Theatre, High School, Large Cast, Middle School. In Washington, Bullmoose realises he will not have to have Abner marry Apassionata and can instead use Fleagle’s evil eye to still Abner’s secret and then convince him to commit suicide. Some of the political lyrics are even now relevent. Mammy Yokum dreams of Bullmoose’s plot to kill Abner and asks Daisy Mae to head to Washington to save him. It’s a typical day in wretched and picturesque Dogpatch, USA, and the local yokels are up to their usual tricks: brewing moonshine, cuddling pigs, and collecting unemployment. Li’l Abner is based on the famous Al Capp comic strip and was a popular musical of the 1950s. Daisy Mae confesses to Abner that she has now agreed to marry Earthquake but would prefer to marry him. Norman Panama, Melvin Frank & Michael Kidd, St James' Theatre - Opened 15 Nov 1956, closed 12 Jul 1958, Cast: Stubby Kaye, Edith Adams, Peter Palmer, Stanley Simmonds, George Reeder, Ralph Linn, Marc Breaux, Howard St. John, Carmen Alvarez, Pat Creighton, Lillian D’Homan, Bonnie Evans, Hope Holiday and Dee Dee Wood, City Centre Encores - Opened 26 Mar 1998, closed 1 Jan 1970, What was your favourite production? Experience the suspense of a Cornpone Meeting, the romantic free-for-all that is the Sadie Hawkins Day race--where the girls put on their running shoes to catch themselves a groom--and the shenanigans that ensue when a snooty Washington, DC, engagement party is invaded by Hillbillies. Abner takes the tonic to Washington to make a case that there is something special about Dogpatch. The music; the characters and the ones who played the characters; the insane storyline - absolute perfection. Many attempts were made to musicalize the comic strip, but the deal was finally won by Paramount Pictures who wanted to turn the stage musical into a film. I was going to buy & download some other albums but this is NOT going to happen now!!! Many attempts were made to musicalize the comic strip, but the deal was finally won by Paramount Pictures who wanted to turn the stage musical into a film. Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2015, Since I did the title role, I KNOW IT WAS AND STILL IS TERRIFIC, Reviewed in the United States on October 30, 2017, Reviewed in the United States on September 13, 2014, Very good enjoyed listening to it after all these years, Reviewed in the United States on September 30, 2013. Some may not like the production, but that's because they don't understand that the production is pure entertainment - at its best. Li’l Abner is based on the famous Al Capp comic strip and was a popular musical of the 1950s.The show features music by Gene De Paul and lyrics by Johnny Mercer, along with a book by Norman Panama. He decides to have his voluptuous girlfriend Apasionata Von Climax catch Abner on Sadie Hawkins Day, and then kill Abner once they are married so Appasionata will inherit the formula.