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[[Image:Phoanie_Joanie_Lil_Abner.png|frame|right|alt=Joanie Phoanie from Li'l Abner, 1967|Wow Mr. Capp, tell us how you really feel.]]Parody of folksinger Joan Baez from Al Capp's ''L'il Abner'' comic strip, introduced in late 1966. It turned into an incident when Baez called him out on it, and Capp denied it. | [[Image:Phoanie_Joanie_Lil_Abner.png|frame|right|alt=Joanie Phoanie from Li'l Abner, 1967|Wow Mr. Capp, tell us how you really feel.]]Parody of folksinger Joan Baez from Al Capp's ''L'il Abner'' comic strip, introduced in late 1966. It turned into an incident when Baez called him out on it, and Capp denied it. | ||
| − | Phoanie loves them dirty Reds, the Viet Cong, and badmouthing capitalism while playing for $10,000 a show. She adopts Abner and Daisy Mae's son Honest Abe, and hires Abner and Daisy Mae as servants to take care of him. But when he | + | Phoanie loves them dirty Reds, the Viet Cong, and badmouthing capitalism while playing for $10,000 a show. She adopts Abner and Daisy Mae's son Honest Abe, and hires Abner and Daisy Mae as servants to take care of him. But when he and his folks proudly sing "My Country Tis of Thee," she un-adopts Abe, and kicks them all out. |
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
Revision as of 11:35, 4 April 2019
Wow Mr. Capp, tell us how you really feel.
Parody of folksinger Joan Baez from Al Capp's L'il Abner comic strip, introduced in late 1966. It turned into an incident when Baez called him out on it, and Capp denied it.
Phoanie loves them dirty Reds, the Viet Cong, and badmouthing capitalism while playing for $10,000 a show. She adopts Abner and Daisy Mae's son Honest Abe, and hires Abner and Daisy Mae as servants to take care of him. But when he and his folks proudly sing "My Country Tis of Thee," she un-adopts Abe, and kicks them all out.
See also
Other Al Capp spoofs:
- Hawg McCall, spoof of Elvis Presley
- The Beasties (Li'l Abner), a spoof of the Beatles
- Freddie McGurgle, a spoof of Frank Sinatra
- Loverboynik, a spoof of Liberace
External Links
- http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,843312,00.html
- https://www.upi.com/News_Photos/view/upi/e996a74356c9d1bbd1fa03301cb649f4/Al-Capp-denies-his-character-Joanie-Phoanie-looks-like-Joan-Baez/
- https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog_posts/9540900-remember-joanie-phoanie
- https://books.google.com/books?id=aVYEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA30#v=onepage&q&f=false
- https://www.loc.gov/item/2010651376/
