I think this is just fabulous, a great tribute to musicals of he 40s and 50s. Stubby Kaye was great. Also remembered for his role as one of the duet singing narrators in Cat Ballou, along with Nat King Cole, we lost them both too early.
Nat "King" Cole and Stubby Kaye were TOO good as individuals or a duet. It would have been great to have seen them a few more times together. RIP fellows, you are missed.
I just auditioned for a production of Li’l Abner, and I’m so glad I did! The choreography, Kaye’s delivery, and the fun score make it a great hidden gem!
Unfortunately, "L'il Abner" is a pretty dated political satire. A lot of the 1950s political humor wouldn't mean much today. Maybe with a bit of updating of the political humor, it could be done.
@@redheadjedi2653 A lot of the political references will fly over the heads of a 21st Century audience. Also, Li'l Abner probably doesn't mean anything to most people under the age of 50.
@@dmnemaine Make that about 75. The musical opened on Broadway in 1956; the film was released in 1959. The long-lived comic strip itself ran from 1934 until 1977 - which was 44 years ago - and it had been in precipitous decline for several years prior to that. Al Capp, the cartoonist (and owner of the commercial rights to the strip, a rarity at the time) died in 1979, at 70.
@@sundevilpeg I'm 57, and it seemed to me like people of my generation were pretty aware of the L'l Abner comic strip. I don't think I'd push it back as far as 75. Kids growing up in the 80s were probably the first generation not to know what it was.
Stubby Kaye is one of those performers I feel is underappreciated these days. ("You kids....") Everything I ever saw him in was better for his being there. And this song is a hoot and a half.
I only heard this song for the first time the other day (here on RUclips) and now I find it's playing in my head all day long! Damn those catchy show tunes!
Lil' Abner is one of my favorite musicals. Great songs, funny plot and Edyie Adams, known at the time as Edith Adams. Peter Palmer was amazing as Abner. It was a terrific show, and Hollywood did a darned good job of filming it (for a change).
@@SovereignStatesman By Billie Hayes, in this film; WWW in an obscure Wizard of Oz production? In the 1939 film Wizard of Oz, the WWW was played by Margaret Hamilton, not in Li'l Abner.
Stubby Kaye was a tremendously underrated character actor. Those were the good old days, when choreography actually featured dancing. Absolutely great.
This song is most accurate to Robert E. Lee. "When Pres-ident Lincoln said, he was upholdin' the law; Who was it agreed with him, and stuck his foot in his craw?"
I can remember the Li'l Abner comic strip after the movie came out. Bemoaning the inaccuracies Abner sulked "Anyway, Dogpatch isn't in beautiful technicolor, it's in boring old black and white!"
At 1:11 the gal in daisy hat behind Marryin' Sam is actress Valerie Harper; at 2:30 at far right she's in the orange dress. And at 2:55 at far right at his elbow is actress Donna Douglas, future Elly Mae Clampett on tv series The Beverly Hillbillies.
Johnny Mercer is a top 5 lyricist of all time. And his collaborations with composer Gene DePaul were gold - Lil Abner and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.
tHanx for posting this, I remember seeing this YEARS ago on TV and loving it! I hadn't seen it since then and I had forgotten all about it. Now I think I'll make it my next rental from Netflix!
At 6 years old my folks took me to see the musical on Broadway I still remember it then I didn't realize the talent that I saw were greats or would be great in movies an TV in the coming years
I am a fan of Peter Palmer also. He attended University of Illinois on a football scholarship. Now retired in Florida. Check out his filmography on IMDb. He had a very beautiful baritone voice.
It has been on DVD for a few years. I initially bought a brand new VHS tape of this title and converted it to DVD. As this was a VHS-HiFi title the sound was great. Later, the DVD came out, and I bought that, too The flawed transfer from Turner is amusing because that is not present on either the 16mm print (extracted to 1.37:1) or the 35mm print (extracted to multi formats from 1.66:1 to 2.00:1 with 1.85:1 being preferred).
August 16, 2017 Dogpatch, USA -. In the face of mounting pressure to remove Confederate symbols from public places, a rally was held in the small mountain community of Dogpatch, USA. The rally was to preserve the statue of the towns founder and very favorite Confederate general, Jubilation T. Cornpone, lovingly known as ‘Ol’ Tattered and Tornpone.’
I had this going through my head but I was thinking it was "Inspiration T. Cornpone" - then I found this & I thought, "Right! It's Jubilation T. Cornpone, dummy!"
I wonder if they'll knock down that Confederate General statue. LoL In a series of tangents, I got to Li'l Abnor and Confederate General Jubilation T. Cornpone.
At 0:05 note the dark-haired girl in the pink dress standing so she is partially blocking the base of the statue. I do believe that she is Beth Howland, many years before she played the ditzy but winsome waitress Vera on the long-running sitcom ALICE. I liked her on that show.
Cornpone did indeed have a son in the comic, who was even worse. The UN put him in charge of their Defense Against Outer Space invaders just to keep him out of trouble! But now that you mention it....
* A most significant performance decades ahead of its time before present day debating over southern states displaying such Civil War/Confederacy era memorabilia. ☺
* @@johndalton3180 ~> Those civil war re-enactments indeed celebration of being losers! In Chicago folks who celebrate being losers are called Cubs fans ... 😄
peter palmer is my kappa sigma brother, yes, Alpha Gamma chapter at 212 East Daniel and my room, 301, had been mine in 1970 thru 1973. His wife was the most beautiful face i have seen so far.
It's funny how they dressed the actors exactly like in the comic strip. Nowadays they would've tried to make it "realistic". I grew up reading Li'l Abner on the comics page. The costume designers didn't miss a thing!
He had a TV show, Shenanigans, which ran on Saturday mornings for one season in the '60s. I had to 'reverse-engineer' everything I wanted to know of the actor as I got older. Mr. Kaye, with his distinctive voice, was a force of nature. Cat Ballou (1965) is where I first picked-up the trail as he played a something of a Greek chorus member opposite Nat "King" Cole.
By the way the girl in the all orange dress and yellow hat standing behind Marrying Sam at the 1:00, is none other than Valerie Harper. You know of Mary Taylor Moore and Roda shows. It was this proformance that got her a S.A.G. Certificate. 🧐
Military training is essential, yes, to prevail Who fought his greatest battles while recounting them at the rail? Why, it was Jubilation T. Cornpone His learnin’ forlorn pone Jubilation T. Cornpone - Saw ign’rance as his might.
+Richard Wright He married one of Bruce Forsyth's Palladium hostesses, Angela Bracewell. They stayed married until he died. I saw him live once; Van Johnson's last appearance in The Music Man at the Adelphi. Stubby Kaye had enormous stage presence.
Lil Abner was one of my very favorites!
I think this is just fabulous, a great tribute to musicals of he 40s and 50s. Stubby Kaye was great. Also remembered for his role as one of the duet singing narrators in Cat Ballou, along with Nat King Cole, we lost them both too early.
Nat "King" Cole and Stubby Kaye were TOO good as individuals or a duet. It would have been great to have seen them a few more times together. RIP fellows, you are missed.
And him as Nicely Nicely in Guys and Dolls!
I've been singing the chorus of this every now and then my whole life.
John Strange me too! I introduced my husband to it accidentally when we started dating because I sing it frequently. Now he does too.
@@kmurphy3100 lol That's great, Kacey! True to form I was just thinking of this song earlier today myself. :)
So have I ! What’s the senators character name. Song sticks but not stubby Kaye’s role name.
@@michelleh8425 Marryin' Sam??
This song is an absolute delight: catchy tune, witty lyrics and very clever choreography.
Definitely the highlight of the film.
81 now, dementia;; don't remember when I saw it, but it never left me. It was a movie (on a stage set). Al Capp was 37 when I was born.
God Bless!
I still hope you're still kicking and here with us ❤️
I’m 83 & love this movie. Wish I could find it on DVD😂
I saw this movie in 1959 and this song has stayed in my memory all this time. And I remember most of the words... Amazing.
I just auditioned for a production of Li’l Abner, and I’m so glad I did! The choreography, Kaye’s delivery, and the fun score make it a great hidden gem!
How did it go over, miss?
Wow Broadway should do a revival show on Lil Abner but folks nowadays probably dont know about this lovable comic strip character.
Unfortunately, "L'il Abner" is a pretty dated political satire. A lot of the 1950s political humor wouldn't mean much today. Maybe with a bit of updating of the political humor, it could be done.
@@dmnemaine nah. How this country is right now is going to be one-sided. Just leave it as it is, it's better that way
@@redheadjedi2653 A lot of the political references will fly over the heads of a 21st Century audience. Also, Li'l Abner probably doesn't mean anything to most people under the age of 50.
@@dmnemaine Make that about 75. The musical opened on Broadway in 1956; the film was released in 1959. The long-lived comic strip itself ran from 1934 until 1977 - which was 44 years ago - and it had been in precipitous decline for several years prior to that. Al Capp, the cartoonist (and owner of the commercial rights to the strip, a rarity at the time) died in 1979, at 70.
@@sundevilpeg I'm 57, and it seemed to me like people of my generation were pretty aware of the L'l Abner comic strip. I don't think I'd push it back as far as 75. Kids growing up in the 80s were probably the first generation not to know what it was.
Wow, Beth Howland and Valerie Harper were in this! Amazing dancing from them and the rest. Love this movie❤
me tooo btw I'm ten
Donna Douglass from The Beverly Hillbillies is in the chorus as well.
Stubby Kaye is one of those performers I feel is underappreciated these days. ("You kids....") Everything I ever saw him in was better for his being there. And this song is a hoot and a half.
Went and saw this musical when I was super little and this chorus has been haunting me my entire life. Literally thought I had made this up 😂
Same with me. In the back of my head for decades. I finally searched it and... BAM! I SEE why I remembered it so vividly!
I wish Stubby Kaye had been cast as Marcellus in The Music Man. He would have been perfect for the role. Imagine him singing and dancing "Shipoopi!"
The women in this number are spectacular!
njpete987
Yep. Tight, toned bodies, great legs, cuties all around.
@@robertromero8692 Aren't all show dancers/choristers like that though, these days too>? All gorgeous and toned?
@@terryperring104 Pretty much, but there's something about this particular group of women that's extremely appealing.
@@RobertR3750 They have a cheerful vigour
@@terryperring104 Perky, sweet.....
I only heard this song for the first time the other day (here on RUclips) and now I find it's playing in my head all day long! Damn those catchy show tunes!
I remember this movie as a kid(I'm now 64) I loved it then and remember the songs
Me too! (60).
Essie Deas Me too ( 60 yrs young now). It is still one of my favorite. I wish they would bring the whole movie to UTUBE.
I found myself singing this song so had to find it here. (I'm 63)
I love these musicals! I grew up on this music. Lil' Abner was one of my personal favorite shows. Happy music!
Lil' Abner is one of my favorite musicals. Great songs, funny plot and Edyie Adams, known at the time as Edith Adams. Peter Palmer was amazing as Abner. It was a terrific show, and Hollywood did a darned good job of filming it (for a change).
"...who swept the back of his horse"
I lose it every time - hilarious line
I worked the military for over 30 years and I swore I met a few relatives of J T Cornpone a few times!
Stubby was the ultimate showman!! great in EVERYTHING!!
* He also hosted Saturday morning TV kiddy game show Shenanigans! 😃
The only Confederate statue that should stand forever.
LOL
EXACTLY and thank you!
@@don0533 It's just a joke
Lmao
Was he real?
@@eddiebills6569 No, Lil' Abner was a comic strip. Ever meet someone with "Cornpone" as a last name?
2:52- At Stubby's left (our right) is Donna Douglas, AKA Ellie Mae Clampett.
wow I never noticed. Valerie Harper shows up in another part too. what a cast.
Pansy Yokum was played by the Wicked Witch of the West.
@@SovereignStatesman By Billie Hayes, in this film; WWW in an obscure Wizard of Oz production? In the 1939 film Wizard of Oz, the WWW was played by Margaret Hamilton, not in Li'l Abner.
@@JudgeJulieLit I think he means Witchee Poo of Saturday morning fame.
@@nunyabizness1342 Thank you; that allusion I did not know.
It's a shame this film is never...ever seen on TV. It would allow people to discover it.
I saw it streaming on Amazon Prime.
This is one of the most insane songs I have ever heard/seen.
This is one Confederate monument that isn't going to be taken down anytime soon.
Haha!
This song makes me happy to tears.
Who is the dark hair woman in the cut-off bib's and yellow bow? Anyone know? She is at Sam's right on the 2:40 time line mark...
I got the part of marryin Sam in our high school rendition of this. I can't wait! I absolutely love this song!
Stubby Kaye was a tremendously underrated character actor. Those were the good old days, when choreography actually featured dancing. Absolutely great.
I will say that I love this number but the choreography is hardly dancing.
This song is most accurate to Robert E. Lee.
"When Pres-ident Lincoln said, he was upholdin' the law;
Who was it agreed with him, and stuck his foot in his craw?"
Thank you for sharing. It was nice to see Stubby Kaye again!
I can remember the Li'l Abner comic strip after the movie came out. Bemoaning the inaccuracies Abner sulked "Anyway, Dogpatch isn't in beautiful technicolor, it's in boring old black and white!"
At 1:11 the gal in daisy hat behind Marryin' Sam is actress Valerie Harper; at 2:30 at far right she's in the orange dress. And at 2:55 at far right at his elbow is actress Donna Douglas, future Elly Mae Clampett on tv series The Beverly Hillbillies.
Look for Beth Howland in there too.
@@dmnemaine At 2:01 third from left, in berry hued dress and hair bows.
Johnny Mercer is a top 5 lyricist of all time. And his collaborations with composer Gene DePaul were gold - Lil Abner and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.
even men like myself who generally do not like to sit through musicals...LOVE THIS MUSICAL!
Just heard this song for the first time on the radio yesterday - hilarious! Will have to find the film now
Unlike many other songs about Confederate generals. This aged well
My first musical ever seen... at the RKO Keith's in downtown Dayton... early 1960's. I was hooked!
how come noone really rembers this unsung hero!!
tHanx for posting this, I remember seeing this YEARS ago on TV and loving it! I hadn't seen it since then and I had forgotten all about it. Now I think I'll make it my next rental from Netflix!
Jubilation T. Cornpone was one of the many characters created by the late Al Capp. Those characters also included Lil Abner, Daisy Mae.
"You BETTER fire that chauffeur!" That General Bullmoose...when he's right, he's RIGHT!
Does General Bullmoose remind anybody of a certain president who shall remain nameless?
That adorable dancer playing "Zsa Zsa" (asks Stubby Kaye questions at the top of the song) is Dolores Starr, a Broadway and Hollywood dancer.
but who is the brunette in the blue dress?
+Robert Viagas
Thank you for sharing that. She didn't receive credit for her role in the film for some unknown reason and she deserves a mention.
Bea Marie Busch. She went on to be a Carol Burnett dancer
Wasn't she also in Oklahoma?
Thanks. I was scouring the comments hoping someone knew who she was. Amazing dancer. Incredible legs too.
Great tune ..Kaye is the best in the business ..
This song has been going though my mind....finlly worke out the name
GREAT
Do young folks today know who Lil Abner, Daisy Mae, Sadie Hawkins day is? Every year our school had a Sadie Hawkins day dance. fun times.
At 6 years old my folks took me to see the musical on Broadway I still remember it then I didn't realize the talent that I saw were greats or would be great in movies an TV in the coming years
Usually a musical is pretty watchable this seems to be one of them.
Still love this in 2020!!!!!
I am a fan of Peter Palmer also. He attended University of Illinois on a football scholarship. Now retired in Florida. Check out his filmography on IMDb. He had a very beautiful baritone voice.
My favorite song in Lil Abner.
Most of the dancers were not in the credits in this movie ,But does anyone know who the cute redhead girl in the dark blue pants is..?
One of the best movies of all time.
Good film. They never put this on telly or DVD. Hard to get it now. Would love it.
It has been on DVD for a few years.
I initially bought a brand new VHS tape of this title and converted it to DVD. As this was a VHS-HiFi title the sound was great.
Later, the DVD came out, and I bought that, too
The flawed transfer from Turner is amusing because that is not present on either the 16mm print (extracted to 1.37:1) or the 35mm print (extracted to multi formats from 1.66:1 to 2.00:1 with 1.85:1 being preferred).
Jersey Pooh ^ I rented the DVD from Netflix a few years ago.
Amazon has it
I saw it on television in the late 1960s
August 16, 2017
Dogpatch, USA -. In the face of mounting pressure to remove Confederate symbols from public places, a rally was held in the small mountain community of Dogpatch, USA. The rally was to preserve the statue of the towns founder and very favorite Confederate general, Jubilation T. Cornpone, lovingly known as ‘Ol’ Tattered and Tornpone.’
I had this going through my head but I was thinking it was "Inspiration T. Cornpone" - then I found this & I thought, "Right! It's Jubilation T. Cornpone, dummy!"
Some dam fine lyrics in there!
You can see Valerie Harper, Beth Howland, and Donna Douglass in the chorus.
I was in this play in high school it was so fun I miss it
I wonder if they'll knock down that Confederate General statue. LoL In a series of tangents, I got to Li'l Abnor and Confederate General Jubilation T. Cornpone.
A tribute ringing with irony.
Sommer57 even more so now.
At 0:05 note the dark-haired girl in the pink dress standing so she is partially blocking the base of the statue. I do believe that she is Beth Howland, many years before she played the ditzy but winsome waitress Vera on the long-running sitcom ALICE. I liked her on that show.
Jubilation T. Cornpone - great great grandfather of Jefferson Beauregard Sessions ???
Cornpone did indeed have a son in the comic, who was even worse. The UN put him in charge of their Defense Against Outer Space invaders just to keep him out of trouble!
But now that you mention it....
Is the guy Marvin Acme from Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Nicely Nicely Johnson from Guys and Dolls?
Yes! Stubby Kaye is his name :)
That's right.
+Munchausen45 Wow! He aged nicely.
That young lady in the short blue dress is so hot.
Bea Marie Busch.
Who is the lovely young brunette with the long ponytail and blue outfit in the front?
Bea Marie Busch. RIP
Dancer on Carol Burnett.
@@Marybgreat Not much about her on the internet :(
@@PapagenoMF She danced with everyone.
Elvis, Girls, Girls, Girls. Sunshine boys, Thorn birds, Blackbird.
* A most significant performance decades ahead of its time before present day debating over southern states displaying such Civil War/Confederacy era memorabilia. ☺
I agree. A great satire on the fly over hicks who still want to celebrate the Confederacy.
* @@johndalton3180 ~> Those civil war re-enactments indeed celebration of being losers! In Chicago folks who celebrate being losers are called Cubs fans ... 😄
peter palmer is my kappa sigma brother, yes, Alpha Gamma chapter at 212 East Daniel and my room, 301, had been mine in 1970 thru 1973. His wife was the most beautiful face i have seen so far.
Revival for Broadway.
I'M GONNA NAME MY FIRST CHILD JUBILATION T. CORNPONE.....EVEN IF IT'S A GHYRLL.
It's funny how they dressed the actors exactly like in the comic strip. Nowadays they would've tried to make it "realistic". I grew up reading Li'l Abner on the comics page. The costume designers didn't miss a thing!
Who is watching this in 2020?
R.I.P. Valerie Harper.
What point does she appear? In mins/secs?
@@terryperring104 Orange dress, white hat, and pigtails to the right of the screen at 0:54 and throughout.
@@SarahKayeRen Ah cheers
Learn something new every day. Thank you.
Also Beth Howland and Donna Douglass.
Excellent
Where are they now ?
stubby kaye also star in a dr who episode as a American baseball manger in,1988 call delta and the baddermen
My mom always used to say Jubilation T Cornpone and I had no idea what it was until I just now searched it
Stubby Kaye was a great performer.
He had a TV show, Shenanigans, which ran on Saturday mornings for one season in the '60s. I had to 'reverse-engineer' everything I wanted to know of the actor as I got older. Mr. Kaye, with his distinctive voice, was a force of nature. Cat Ballou (1965) is where I first picked-up the trail as he played a something of a Greek chorus member opposite Nat "King" Cole.
By the way the girl in the all orange dress and yellow hat standing behind Marrying Sam at the 1:00, is none other than Valerie Harper.
You know of Mary Taylor Moore and Roda shows.
It was this proformance that got her a S.A.G. Certificate. 🧐
Certified banger
Heard it on the radio and there is NO WAY you can work out what they're singing in the title unless you know!
Real southern heritage.
...word is Michael Flatley is doing the remake...will play L'il Abner...
Thirty years from now, THIS will be how Trump will be remembered among the surviving members of his base:
Yup. These are tomorrows Trump supporters.
You are so correct
I love this movie.
The girl beside stubby was Scarlett I played her in 2010
The lead singer looks & sounds a little like he could've been the model for the character of Peter Griffin on Family Guy.
Stubby Kaye.
Did Jubilation T. Cornpone graduate from West Point?
Military training is essential, yes, to prevail
Who fought his greatest battles while recounting them at the rail?
Why, it was Jubilation T. Cornpone
His learnin’ forlorn pone
Jubilation T. Cornpone -
Saw ign’rance as his might.
In real life they tore his f******statue down but it seems like he really saved the day😮
I'm here because of Joe Bob Briggs.
We need General Cornpone's voice in the monuments debate.
This is actual documentary footage of the founding of the Tea Party.
This movie was made in 1959. Women were not supposed to be hardbodies back then. These girls obviously did not get the memo.
love this
Aunt Ja'mama made plenty $$$ selling Pancakes 🥞🥞🥞
During Intermission.
Jamaica Dispersion?
That's Valerie Harper in the orange dress on the right.
Is michael Kidd in this?
Don't do them like that that any more sadly.
Sure they do!
In CGI.
I love stuby kaye in this and guys and dolls
+Richard Wright He married one of Bruce Forsyth's Palladium hostesses, Angela Bracewell. They stayed married until he died. I saw him live once; Van Johnson's last appearance in The Music Man at the Adelphi. Stubby Kaye had enormous stage presence.
How about putting Jubilation T Cornpone on the $3.00 bill?
Too late. Alfred E. Neuman already achieved that honor.THIS IS NOT LEGAL TENDERNOR WILL TENDERIZER HELP IT
Nah, that honor should fall to Obama.