Al Capp veterans returning from the war. Capp was also involved with the Sister Kenny Foundation, which pioneered new treatments for polio in the 1940s. Serving in his capacity as honorary chairman, Capp made public appearances on its behalf for years, contributed free artwork for its annual fund-raising appeals, and entertained crippled and paraplegic children in children's hospitals with inspirational pep talks, humorous stories and sketches. In 1940, an RKO movie adaptation starred Granville Owen (later known as Jeff York) as Li'l Abner, with Buster Keaton taking the role of Lonesome Polecat, and featuring a title song with lyrics by Milton Berle.
Lou and Andy open it, much to the surprise of Lou. Also, after watching a short film about poor children, Lou is very moved and sad from the film, but Andy remarks that it was boring. As part of Red Nose Day 2007 Andy and Lou appeared alongside Brian Potter from Phoenix Nights and The Proclaimers in a special version of "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)". The video was later released as a fund raising single for Comic Relief. This reached the number one spot in the UK singles charts and was on "Now 66". For Comic Relief 2015, Lou appeared with Stephen