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Monday, July 20, 2009

Mammy Yokum


Too bad my cyber stalkers are not very well edumacated!

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Mammy, born Pansy Hunks, was the pint-sized, highly principalled, cornpipe smoking leader of the Yokum clan. Her lethal right undercut, sometimes called the "good night Irene punch" helped her uphold law, order and decency. She seemed the toughest character and kept up the integrity of the strip. Her mantra was "good is better than evil because it's nicer". MAMMY YOKUM, born Pansy Hunks, was the pint-sized, highly principled, corncob pipe-smoking leader of both the Yokum clan and the town of Dogpatch. She married Lucifer Ornamental Yokum (Pappy Yokum) in 1902. They produced two strapping sons twice their own size: Li'l Abner, the long-running strip's namesake, and Tiny, who was rediscovered in 1954, 15 and a half "yars" after his birth. Mammy's lethal right undercut, sometimes called the "good night Irene punch" helped her uphold law, order and decency. She was consistently the toughest character and the one most imbued with integrity throughout "Li'l Abner." Her most famous mantra was "good is better than evil because it's nicer." On his retirement creator Al Capp proclaimed Mammy to be his own favorite character.
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