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Excitement at Abner's. Alabama had never thought of itself as big oil country until last January, when Standard of New Jersey's subsidiary, Humble Oil, brought in the state's first gusher on the cotton farm of Allen Moye. In short order, two other producing wells were brought in nearby. Last fortnight the fourth came in on L. G. Crosby's farm. Last week land could not be bought in the area for any price. There is talk that the new pool may reach far into Georgia on the east and Florida on the south...
...This is it," says a young man in a pink union suit, as the curtain closes on the first of three play lets. But, luckily it isn't. Following Sid Gorman's The Center, which seems an obtuse animation of an Abner Dean cartoon the poets enact two less murky and much more enjoyable play lets. The best of these and perhaps the only real theater of the evening, is Richard Eberhardt's The Visionary Farms...
...wonder if Al Capp realizes that his recent action [in marrying Li'l Abner to Daisy Mae] may force millions of red-blooded American boys to get married ? For years, Li'l Abner has been the bachelor's ideal. Now that he is married, only one course of action is open to us. Get hitched. Couldn't there be just one more miracle...
...uneasy about kidding America . . . The only thing for me to do seemed to be to change completely, hoping that in another year the air would clear." Actually, Capp also has a more practical reason: the marriage opens up a new wealth of material. Asks Capp: "Now how will Abner, who has never worked, support Daisy Mae? Will they have a family? Who will boss the household...
...time Li'l Abner fans have recovered from the shock of the marriage, Capp will have another surprise for them. Next fall, he plans to make Fearless Fosdick a separate comic strip and has already lined up papers in 30 cities...