Kickapoo Juice

Kickapoo Juice

December 1, 1944 Theatrical Series Lil' Abner

Studio
Columbia Pictures Corporation

Synopsis

Li'l Abner shows Daisy Mae his latest sculpture featuring the "happy bachelors", Hairless Joe and Lonesome Polecat, who are in their cave making and drinking the moonshine "Kickapoo Juice". So Mammy resolves to get them off the Juice and happily married. After a prolonged chase as Hairless and Polecat try to save the Kickapoo Juice from Mammy's wrath, the last jug of Juice falls to earth with an explosion turns half of Dogpatch into the Grand Canyon.

Mammy ropes up the bachelors and calls for "Marryin' Sam". Abner's latest sculpture shows Hairless and Polecat with their brides and children. But as the iris closes in, the ex-bachelors' sculpted noses glow an intoxicated red.

Characters

Lil' Abner, Mammy Yokum, Daisy Mae, Hairless Joe, Lonesome Polecat, Marryin' Sam

Credits

Directing

Director
Howard Swift

Producing

Producer
Dave Fleischer

Writing

Writer
Sam Cobean

Animation

Animator
Volus Jones, Grant Simmons

Music

Music
Eddie Kilfeather

Production notes

The color version of this cartoon is lost, but a black and white version does exist.

This cartoon was edited for TV.

The last of only five animated Lil' Abner cartoons. Cartoonist Al Capp, who created the comic strip, was reportedly unhappy with how Columbia had simplified his strip's characters and situations. This series follows the adventures of Lil' Abner and his hillbilly friends. The cartoon is based on Al Capp's famous comic strip.