Word: maes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...even than their sponsors had expected. Last week Pittsburgh's Mayor David L. Lawrence carelessly announced that "everybody" was invited to his youngest daughter's wedding. To his amazement almost everybody came; cops had to clear a lane through mobs of curious housewives to get Daughter Anna Mae and her husband out of the church...
...Mae Went, after several weeks on the road with Ring Twice Tonight, changed its title to Come...
...Mae West, the iceman's unattainable ideal, was back on stage after a year's layoff. In her new play, Ring Twice Tonight, she opened in Long Beach, Calif., then rumbled northward, hoped to last all the way to Broadway. Her role: an undercover agent for the FBI. Supporting cast: two maids and 15 men. Covering her added attractions: two negligees (one at a time)-one in orange and dove grey, the other just lacy orange, backed with white satin here & there, and here & there...
...discussed it with Sinatra and friends. Charlie Ross, president of Barton Music Co., agreed to publish the song. Songsmith Sammy Stept (Don't Sit under the Apple Tree, etc.) wrote the music. Capp promised to draw the radio characters straight if they in turn would treat "Daisy Mae" and "Li'l Abner" as real people. Radio, which often lives in a comic-strip world, did not have to change pace...
Fans of the Li'l Abner comic strip last week recognized the unmistakable face of Frank Sinatra. He promised Daisy Mae Scragg that he would sing her song: Li'l Abner, Don't Marry That Girl. Objective: to prevent Abner Yokum from marrying Lena the Hyena from Lower Slobbovia. To Abner readers it was no more unusual than most of Creator Al Capp's fantasies -until Sinatra last week actually sang the song on his Wednesday night show...