#Li’l Abner

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Frank Frazetta tecknade Knallhatten

Frank Frazetta är kanske mest känd för sina fantasy-målningar av muskulösa barbarer och lättklädda kvinnor. Men han tecknade även hillbillies och lättklädda kvinnor för den tecknade serien Knallhatten (Li’l Abner). Och det började med Frankie the Biker.

Frank Frazetta är kanske mest känd för sina fantasy-målningar av muskulösa barbarer och lättklädda kvinnor. Men han tecknade även hillbillies och lättklädda kvinnor för den tecknade serien Knallhatten (Li’l Abner). Och det började med Frankie the Biker. Ett urval källor Söndagssidan med Li’l Abner tecknad av Frank Frazetta, från 8 januari 1956, publicerad lördag den 7:e. ©United…

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Li’l Abner Tattoo Transfers - art by Al Capp (1950)

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I’ve seen some people on here asking “who’s daisy mae, Taylor??”, unfortunately I couldn’t find the original post to reblog. HOWEVER.

My theory is that Taylor was referring to this daisy mae ⬇️

This is Daisy Mae Scragg. She’s from the AI Capp comic “Li’l Abner”.

It was later adapted into a musical, two movies and several animated features. For nearly the entirety of the series, Daisy Mae chases after Li’l Abner, who makes it clear he has no interest in her.

Every year in the comic, their town has a Sadie Hawkins Day race and the boys have to marry whichever girl who is the one to catch them. Every year, Daisy Mae tries to catch Li’l Abner but something always gets in her way.

Abner finally agreed to marry Daisy Mae later in the comics, but not because he loved her. It was because his favourite book character (Fearless Fosdick) got married and Li’l Abner promised to always follow in his footsteps and live his life through his example.

So in theory, when Taylor says “so long, Daisy Mae” I think she’s saying that she is finished chasing after a man who doesn’t actually want her. She picked the petals, he loves her not. She’s on her own, but she will be okay.

If this theory is true, it truly shows the depth in Taylor’s lyrics

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Al Kapp’s  Li’l Abner

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li’l abner 1936 panel |2023|

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Bf told me I was built like Li’l Abner as I stripped down for bed, and while I think he was flattering me I am euphoric nonetheless

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They don’t call Li’l Abner little ironically but because there’s something else that’s teeny weeny about him.

Woman's Home Companion   October  1949

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(Daisy Mae with Julie “Catwoman” Newmar in a breathtakingly sexy leotard)

Leslie Parrish as Daisy Mae wearing a ripped blue short skirt on Li’l Abner (1959)

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li’l abner was so real for “if i had my druthers, i’d druther have my druthers than do any work at all”

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Thinking of some of the random things my grandma taught me (mostly by example). I don’t follow all of them, of course, some just aren’t applicable, but:

store your matches in an airtight tin, so if they spontaneously combust they’ll also put themselves out (which stood me in good stead back when I kept wooden matches on hand for lighting candles)

moisturize every night before bed

how to make toast with a toasting fork in a wood stove

to pronounce creek as crick, and wash with an extra vowel or two - waosh or waoush

keep boxes and findings and notions from clothing you’re discarding and rubber bands and string and pins and safety pins and and and... they might be useful some day! (Yes she lived through the Great Depression - hoarding was just something you naturally did, for a lot of people of her generation.)

hang on to the Sunday Funnies, the kids (and eventually grandkids) will enjoy re-reading them (see also: why I was familiar with things like the earlier years of Li’l Abner despite being born only about a decade before the end of its run) - she had a couple big brown paper grocery bags full of nothing but the funny pages

be self-sufficient - grandpa was a park ranger half the year and a fur trapper the other half, she spent most of her life looking after herself while he was elsewhere

to be old gracefully and gratefully - gracefully because you accept that aging is a thing that happens to everyone and don’t fight it, and gratefully because you don’t know which day will be your last (she outlived two of her three children, her husband, plus so many siblings, cousins, friends, etc.)

take long walks regularly - their farm was a mile out of town, she used to walk in several times a week to visit friends and attend church, right up until grandpa had a stroke and the two of needed to be moved to a retirement home

one she never knew she taught me: you can still be in great shape physically, yet be completely lost in time mentally. And it’s sad for everyone who does remember.

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Söndagsseriens förminskning

Söndagsserien har genomgått en rejäl förminskning under åren, och sedan många år finns de inte ens kvar i min egen dagstidning (DN). Även dagstidningen i sig har samtidigt blivit mindre. Ett urval källor Prince Valiant från 60-, 70-, 80- och 90-talet, när söndagsserien blev allt mindre i amerikansk dagspress. ©KFS Helsidorna I början av 1900-talet blev tecknade serier på söndagssidor i…

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Lol, I was trying to figure out who Speak Now tour Taylor reminded me of. I think it was Daffy Duck “girlfriend” on Muscle Tussle. Someone brought up Daisy Mae from Li’l Abner. I didn’t realize that was a musical also. (youtu.)be/v6T7B8hcqyE Lol, interesting episodes.

of all the things i could possibly have expected to read today, "speak now taylor reminds me of daffy duck's girlfriend from 1953" would never, ever have been among them 😂

but look at her she's so cute

the daisy mae lyric in yoyok being this potential reference fascinates me and i want someone to ask her about it so badly (in the hypothetical world where she did press/print interviews for midnights)

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Bus Segregation Ended - Today In Southern History

13 November 1956  On this date in 1956… The U.S. Supreme Court struck down laws requiring racial segregation on public buses. Other Years: 1977 – The comic strip “Li’l Abner” by Al Capp appeared in newspapers for the last time. 1982 – The Vietnam Veterans Memorial was dedicated in Washington, DC.  1995 – Greg Maddox of the Atlanta Braves became the first major league pitcher to win four…

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The Admiral Was a Lady

In The Admiral Was a Lady, a post-World War II comedy, Wanda Hendrix (Prince of Foxes) stars as Jean Madison, a former WAVE (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) ensign taken under the wings of a rowdy group of former airmen, who affectionately dub her the “Admiral.” Handily directed by veteran filmmaker Albert S. Rogell (Li’l Abner), the film is bolstered by the crackling chemistry…

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Bizarre Bedrock Buddies: Looking Back at “Fred and Barney Meet the Shmoo”

Forse non sapevi che gli adorabili Shmoo uscirono dalla serie Li’l Abner dell’irriverente Al Capp per entrare anche in altri ambiti… http://www.afnews.info segnala: It’s the 45th Anniversary of this bizarrely titled Saturday Morning series. … Leggi il resto su: Read More  Sulla Wikipedia inglese scopri da cosa deriva il termine Shmoo.