Something for the weekend. Jubilation T. Cornpone (1956) from the musical Li’l Abner, sung by Stubby Kaye. In his prime, Al Capp was the premier American cartoonist. Nothing was sacred to him, and his usually hilarious cartoons held up sometimes gentle and sometimes savage mirrors to the foibles of mid-twentieth century America. It says something good about the country that his daily strips in newspapers enjoyed such broad popularity.
Jubilation T. Cornpone
- Donald R. McClarey
Donald R. McClarey
Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 43 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.
From Cornpone to Corn Pop….if Al Capp were alive today what would his comic strip be like. I haven’t read Trudeau’s Doonesbury in decades.