693 Performances Movie was made in 1959 Synopsis Al Capp's world famous characters have been placed in an upbeat musical extravaganza. It is a satisfying mixture of hillbilly nonsense and sharp, critical humor that appeals to the sophisticated theatregoer as well as the child within us all. There is the homely Scragg family and Marryin' Sam, as well as Earthquake McGoon, Daisy Mae, Li'l Abner and Mammy Yokum. It only takes a moment to see that leisure time is at the heart of the local economy and drinking Kickapoo Joy Juice, fishing and the popular Sadie Hawkins Day Dance are the favorite pastimes for Dogpatch's citizens.
Consternation abounds among the townsfolk.
If they are to be evacuated, Dogpatch's annual Sadie Hawkins Day Dance will be cancelled. And that means that Daisy Mae won't have a chance to catch her sweetheart Li'l Abner in what is the only way that boy can join girl in Dogpatch. The potion is sped off to Washington for further testing, and it looks like Dogpatch and its way of life will be saved. The communal sigh of relief doesn't last long before things take another twist. If Abner won't sell it to him, Bullmoose will get it some other way, namely in the form of his shapely girlfriend Appasionata Von Climax.