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LI'L ABNER {LIL ABNER} (RADIO)
Summary
One in this comedy series based on Al Capp's comic strip about the hillbilly characters living in the village of Dogpatch. In this episode, Mr. Ricketts is hoping that his wife will sue him for divorce since he cannot afford to divorce her. He thinks that she, like all of the other married women in town, will become jealous of a new arrival in town named Mata Hari, who has an extremely seductive nature. Meanwhile, due to the poor state of relations between the men and women of Dogpatch, Li'l Abner visits the sexy Mata Hari hoping to convince her to leave town. However, he finds it hard to stick to the subject at hand.
Details
- NETWORK: NBC
- DATE: March 22, 1939 6:45 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:14:34
- COLOR/B&W: N/A
- CATALOG ID: R:9122
- GENRE: Radio - Comedy
- SUBJECT HEADING: Comedy
- SERIES RUN: NBC - Radio series, 1939-1940
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Wayne Wright … Producer
- Ted MacMurray … Director
- Al Capp … Based on the comic strip by
- Charles Gussman … Writer
- Durward Kirby … Announcer
- John Hodiak … Cast, Li'l Abner
- Hazel Dopheide … Cast, Mammy Yokum
- Clarence Hartzell … Cast, Pappy Yokum
- John Goldsworthy … Cast, Ricketts