Music by Gene de Paul; Book by Norman Panama,
Melvin Frank; Lyrics by Johnny Mercer

Daisy Mae is bent on capturing L'il Abner for herself on the next Sadie Hawkins Day when the women make the running. However, things are not quite as simple as that. Daisy Mae has a rival for Abner's affections, Appassionata von Climax. She has engaged a professional aide to help her win the race. It is Evil Eye Fleagle who produces his own distraction for the men, Stupefyin' Jones. But, a cloud hangs over Dogpatch. The US Government want to use the town where they all live as a site for atomic bomb experiments. The men-folk are taken away from the town for scientific experiments to make them handsome but they become completely uninterested in the opposite sex. Eventually, the men are restored to their former selves, ugly but potent. Marryin' Sam meanwhile has unearthed some salient facts about the founder of the town, the sensible but cowardly Jubilation T. Cornpone, with a catalogue of his civil war disasters. This historical reference means the town can be saved and even though the Sadie Hawkins Day race doesn't turn out quite as planned by the end of the show Abner and Daisy Mae are married to each other, the ceremony being performed, of course, by Marryin Sam.

The Cast of Li’l Abner (1984)

Li’l Abner -Brian Hoxie
Daisy Mae - Linda M. de Villier
Marryin’ Sam - Ron Taylor
Mammy Yokum - Charlotte Darwin
Pappy Yokum - Craig Millard
General Bullmoose - Jack E. Thomas
Earthquake McGoon - Mike Mancuso
Senator Fogbound - Robby Merritt
Evil Eye Fleagle - Sean Norris
Dr. Finsdale - Tim Kunze
Mayor Dogmeat - Bill “Doc” Lewis
Appassionata Von Climax - Laura Shivar
Hairless Joe - Jeffrey Lane
Dr. Schliefitz - Jeffrey Lane
Lonesome Polecat - Daniel E. Brunn
Cedric Softwicke - Daniel E. Brunn
Dr. Krogmeyer - John Whitley
Available Jones - Michael Murfitt
Stupefyin’ Jones - Sue Nobers
Moonbeam McSwine - Renee Hoxie
Colonel - Bill Van Slyke
Government Man - Sonny Cooke
Secretary - Sonny Cooke
The Scraggs - Vincent Washington, Alexandre Goncalves, Orlando Stephens, and Don King
The Wives - Renee Hoxie, Leslie Bailey, Paula Scarpino, Emily Peacock, Debbie Joyner, Laura Smith, Serena Hunt, and Lori Stava
Dogpatchers - Joanna Davenport, Anne Barnes, Crystal Sasser, Carmen Lopez, Wendy Brown, and Margaret Lynch

L'il Abner (1998)	L'il Abner (1998)	L'il Abner (1998)
Goldsboro News-Argus Review (1984)	L'il Abner (1998)	L'il Abner (1998)
L'il Abner (1998)	Playbill (1984)	L'il Abner (1984)

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