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There are some people who don't like this kind of thing, just as there are some people who don't like Li'l Abner or corned beef and cabbage. Nevertheless, the Pops, by combining atmosphere with good music and low prices, has become--for better or for worse--a national institution. --lower case
...Capp is the creator of the "L'il Abner" cartoon strip, and is a frequent lecturer here...
Laughs and looks marked the Law School Forum on "Are Movies Better Than Ever?" at the Cambridge High and Latin School last night. A capacity crowd of over 1,500 saw and heard Al Capp, creator of L'il Abner, Bosley Crowther, New York Times movie editor, Faye Emerson, TV and movie star, and Spros Skouras, president of 20th Century Fox, alternately insult and kiss one another as they scored and praised the motion picture industry...
Capp and Miss Emerson maintained the negative. The brains behind L'il Abner took greatest offence at the advertising which comes out of Hollywood. He claimed that even A pictures, which differ from B pictures merely because they cost more money, can count on drawing a maximum audience of only 13 to 15 million...
...This leaves 40 million of us intellectually mature people, all fans of L'il Abner, who don't go to movies." Capp said the reason was that movies "seek the low level" of this small audience. He explained that he "wrote up" to his audience...