What venture through Arkansas could be complete without a mentioning of Dogpatch? There are a couple references that leap to the front of the line: the mythical community created by cartoonist Al Capp that spawned the musical and movie of Li’l Abner and the theme park, Dogpatch USA ("Have A Heckuva Day at Dogpatch USA!"), which opened in Marble Falls, Arkansas (between Harrison and Jasper) to much fanfare, with a roar in 1968 (then closed with a whimper in October, 1993).
Yeah, yeah…. Get to the comics.
1. Mammy and Pappy Yokum; what were their full names?
2. What was "Kickapoo joy juice"?
3. Mammy or Pappy—Which one smoked a pipe?
4. Mammy and Pappy Yokum had two sons; name them [if you don’t at least get Abner, I’ll punch you right in the face]
5. What was sometimes called the "good night Irene punch"
6. Pappy was rarely seen working but, at least in theory, what was his occupation?
7. What beautiful Dogpatch damsel was hopelessly in love with Abner?
8. Did Daisy and Abner ever marry?
9. Who officiated?
10. Stubby Kaye portrayed Marryin’ Sam; with what famous singer did he join to perform the duet “The Ballad of Cat Ballou”?
11. Who was a parody of Chester Gould's famous detective Dick Tracy?
12. What American folk event made its debut on November 15, 1937
13. Who’s known as the world's biggest jinx?
14. When he concentrated, destructive rays emitted from his eyeballs. Who was he?
15. Complete the phrase: "What's good for ************** is good for everybody!"
16. Who was self-described as “the world's dirtiest wrassler”?
17. Dogpatch ‘s most famous son. Who was he?
18. Why were the Shmoos considered by some to be dangerous even though Shmoo believed that the only way to happiness was to bring happiness to others?
19. Who was Sadie Hawkins?
20. What Senator represented Dogpatch in Washington?
1. “Mammy”— Pansy Hunks Yokum; “Pappy”— Lucifer Ornamental Yokum
2. Alcohol [“heap big Indian firewater”] [Concocted in a large wooden vat by the inseparable cave-dwelling buddies Lonesome Polecat and Hairless Joe.]
3. Mammy was the feisty corncob pipe-smoking leader of the Yokum clan
4. Abner and Tiny
5. Mammy's right undercut
6. A turnip farmer
7. Daisy Mae Scraggs
8. The couple finally married in 1952, a fictional event that captured national attention and was a cover story for Life magazine
9. Marryin’ Sam
10. Nat King Cole
11. Fearless Fosdick [In 1952, the bumbling detective became the star of his own Fearless Fosdick TV show.]
12. The first annual Sadie Hawkins Day, a foot race in which all the unmarried women pursued the town's bachelors
13. Joe Btfsplk [Creator Al Capp pronounced Btfsplk with a "raspberries" sound, also known as a "Bronx cheer”.]
14. Evil-Eye Fleegle [An ordinary "whammy" could knock a grown man senseless. A "double whammy" could fell a skyscraper, leaving Evil-Eye exhausted. His dreaded "quadruple whammy" could melt a battleship but almost kill Fleegle himself.]
15. General Bullmoose
16. Earthquake McGoon
17. Civil war General Jubilation T. Cornpone, best known for "Cornpone's Retreat," "Cornpone's Disaster" and "Cornpone's Rout."
18. The lovable and selfless Shmoos ultimately brought misery to humankind because people with a limitless supply of self-sacrificing Shmoos stopped working and society began to break down
19. Sadie Hawkins was "the homeliest gal in the hills" who grew tired of waiting for the fellows to come a courtin'. Her father, Hekzebiah Hawkins, a prominent resident of Dogpatch, was even more worried about Sadie living at home for the rest of his life, so he decreed the first annual Sadie Hawkins Day, a foot race in which all the unmarried women pursued the town's bachelors, with matrimony the end result, Marryin' Sam’s big employment day ($2 weddings—but anything is negotiable)
20. Jack S. Phogbound
“He’s makin’ more racket than a skeleton throwing a fit on a tin roof.”
Numerous,
"That old woman had forty 'leven kids!"
Pandemonium,
“About then, all Hell broke loose!”
Awkward,
“He's so clumsy he'd trip if you dropped a hint.”
Worthless,
“That's about as useful as a trap door on a submarine.”
or
“That’s about as handy as a back pocket on a shirt.”
Tone deaf,
“He couldn't carry a tune in a bucket.”
Above-average height,
“He was so tall he could hunt geese with a rake.”
or
“She was so tall that if she fell down she’d be halfway home.”
Not fully informed but acting anyway [warning against],
“Now don't you go off all half- cocked.”
(A gun won’t fire unless it’s fully cocked.)
Advanced age,
“That widow-woman’s older than dirt.”
Grandparents,
“This is my Mamaw and Papaw.”
Meat juices after cooking,
“Don’t toss out the pot liquor (likker). I’ll need it when I make gravy.”
Response to a Pollyanna or day-dreamer,
"If wishes were horses, then beggars could ride."
Disheveled,
“You just look like all Hell!”
“What?”
“A flame’bout 35 inches high.”
“Is this food any good?”
“I was gonna feed it to the dogs but you can have it.”
“Lonely? Danby? Why he’s a mean, no-good, lowdown bushwhacker!”
“Well, there you see? No wonder he’s lonely”
“If that gun had gone off, it'd of blowed right up in my face”
“Now it wouldn't have done my finger a hell of a lot of good either, would it?”
“I wanted you to meet my daughter, Sheriff. She's a good cook, a mighty fine looking girl. Takes after her dear, departed mother”
“Mother died, huh?”
“Nope, she just departed”
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