Show Plot Li'l Abner

Authors: Written by Norman Panama and Melvin Frank, music by Gene de Paul, lyrics by Johnny Mercer

Time Period: 1956 (mid-1950s atomic age)

Setting: Dogpatch, U.S.A. (a poor, backward Appalachian mountain village) and Washington, DC

Summary:

Based on the classic comic strip characters created by Al Capp. Set in 1956, the plot follows the quirky mountain folk of Dogpatch, U.S.A. as they fight government relocation and face the annual Sadie Hawkins Day race.