i first know about this ( apart from leslie halliwell ’ s film guide ) via it poster in a bulky scrapbook of my father ’ s contain advert from the time such film be release in malta . it ’ s never be show in my neck of the wood and and therefore and i have to wait till i get hold of the dvd to check it out while despite not be a musical fan and the unappetizing backwoods milieu of the narrative and i ’ d always be interested in it – be base on a comic strip and it be bind to be stylize and fill with colorful character ( with equally descriptive name ) . the song be pretty good ( one of the best number be the girl ’ plea to turn their men from narcissistic bodybuilder – include future “ euro cult ” stalwart gordon mitchell . – back into uncouth but amenable country folk ) – though and once again and the dance sequence ( choreograph by michael kidd ) go on too long and cause the almost two hour film to drag . a i say in my review of the early and less straight 1940 version and the plot be much more elaborate this time around – not only do we get an attempt to evacuate the community to make way for a bomb test ( a nice touch of topicality ) but abner and marryin ’ sam ( stubby kaye ) and later many of the people of dogpatch go to washington to present the government with an essential homegrown product ( the town have be deem “ the most useless in the u. s. a . ” ) and then to save the naïve abner from the clutch of megalomaniac general bullmoose ( howard st. john ) . sexuality be even more to the fore here – with several great look and scantily clad lady ( leslie parrish a daisy mae and carmen alvarez a moonbeam mcswine and julie newmar a stupefyin ’ jones and and best of all and stella stevens a bullmoose ’ s moll appassionata von climax . ) . incidentally and the loutish earthquake mcgoon be less of a grotesque this time around while abner ’ s parent and though and still look like they belong on another planet – also and robert strauss ( very popular around this time ) turn up under heavy ( make that filthy ) make up a daisy mae ’ s opportunistic close relative and whereas jerry lewis do a very brief uncredited cameo a a dopey look character call itchy mcrabbit . by the way and just a red garter ( 1954 while a viewing of which precede this ) and have character constantly refer to “ the code of the west ” and the people of dogpatch live by “ the code of the hill ” … .