Al Capp's backwoods hero, Li'l Abner, appeared in only 5 animated shorts, all produced by Columbia during Screen Gems' 1st go-round as a theatrical brand, and all in 1944. The first, "Kickapoo Juice", offers the origins of the oddball moonshine, which apparently was created by Hairless Joe and the Native American Lonesome Polecat.
Unfortunately, the black & white print is all that's available right now. Too bad no one's willing to take a chance today.
Rating: B-.
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They once pout out a tape of Li'l Abner cartoons in the late 80's, sadly they were redrawn/colorized cartoons as the originals for many of these Technicolor cartoons were lost over time, but it was the best Columbia could do.
So I understand. I had "Sadie Hawkins Day", but that was deleted by YouTube, and the only print left has no sound, which sucks. No actors are given screen credit, and that also bites.
Many cartoons in the 1940's never credited voice actors on-screen (aside from Mel). It was just not something studios thought was necessary.
True indeed, but how did historians and others eventually find out?
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