Alfred Gerald Caplin ( September 28, 1909 – November 5, 1979 ), better known as Al Capp, was an American cartoonist and humorist best known for the satirical comic strip Li ' l Abner.

!," a self-portrait by Al Capp, excerpted from theApril 16 – 17, 1951 Li ' l Abner strips.

Alfred G. Caplin eventually became " Al Capp " because the syndicate felt the original would not fit in a cartoon frame.

Al Capp drew his own autobiography, the 34-page Al Capp by Li ' l Abner ( 1946 ), distributed to returning WWII amputee veterans.

In 1946 Capp created a special full-color comic book, Al Capp by Li ' l Abner, to be distributed by the Red Cross to encourage the thousands of amputee veterans returning from the war.

( Siegel and Shuster had earlier poked fun at Capp in a Superman story in Action Comics # 55, December 1942, in which a cartoonist named " Al Hatt " invents a comic strip featuring the hillbilly " Tiny Rufe.

According to one anecdote ( from Al Capp Remembered, 1994 ), Capp and his brother Elliot ducked out of a dull party at Capp's home — leaving Walt Kelly alone to fend for himself entertaining a group of Argentine envoys who didn't speak English.

As Li ' l Abner reached its peak years, and following the success of the Shmoos and other high moments in his work, Al Capp achieved a public profile that is still unparalleled in his profession, and arguably exceeded the fame of his strip.

Between 1952 and 1972, he hosted at least five television shows – three different talk shows called The Al Capp Show ( 1952 and 1968 ) and Al Capp ( 1971 –' 72 ), Al Capp's America ( a live " chalk talk ," with Capp providing a barbed commentary while sketching cartoons, 1954 ), and a CBS game show called Anyone Can Win ( 1953 ).

In 1970, he was the subject of a provocative NBC documentary called This Is Al Capp.

His contentious public persona during this period was captured on a late sixties comedy LP called Al Capp On Campus.

Al Capp, an inductee into the National Cartoon Museum ( formerly the International Museum of Cartoon Art ), is one of only 31 artists selected to their Hall of Fame.

The Texans made themselves a comforting break on the opening kickoff when Denver's Al Carmichael was jarred loose from the ball when Dave Grayson, the speedy halfback, hit him and Guard Al Reynolds claimed it for Dallas.

Al Qaeda claimed responsibility for the Ghriba synagogue bombing.

He even sold news-media outlets tapes that he claimed showed an Al Qaeda training camp in action.

* A new terrorist organisation, Al Qanoon, claimed responsibility for an earlier suicide bomb attack aimed at the US consulate in Karachi in Pakistan.

Several residents at the time claimed to have seen Al Capone in the town at one point during Prohibition.

* Al Aronowitz ( 1928 – 2005 ), rock journalist who claimed that Bob Dylan wrote his famous " Mr. Tambourine Man " in Aronowitz's former Berkeley Heights home.

MCA Records president Al Bergamo listened to the album prior to release and claimed that it was " anti-parent ", although he never cited a specific lyric that led him to that conclusion.

Although Alberti is usually considered the father of polyalphabetic cipher, it has been claimed that polyalphabetic ciphers may have been developed by the Arab cryptologist Al Kindi 600 years before Alberti. Johannes Trithemius, in a book published after his death, invented a progressive key polyalphabetic cipher called the Trithemius cipher.

Although named Al Mahdi by his father, Mohammed never claimed to be the Mahdi ( the Promised One ), although he was regarded as such by some of his followers.

Siwi viewers complained to Al-Jazeera after Ibrahim Nasreddin, an Egyptian expert on African affairs, claimed on Al Jazeera's File ( Al Milaff ) program that Israel was forming ties with Siwa.

Ali Hassan al-Majid is thought to have been born in 1941 in al-Awja near Tikrit, though he claimed in court that he was born three years later in 1944 .< ref name =" Al jazeera obit ">

Johnny Torrio and his lieutenant, Al " Scarface " Capone, moved to the South side of Chicago, absorbed the territory and pushed the Southside O ' Donnells ( an Irish group of brothers that held a piece of the Southside and claimed it as their turf ) out of the way.

* Al Capp always claimed to have effectively created the miniskirt, when he first put one on Daisy Mae in 1934.

However, a Clinton State Department official had stated that a money manager for Bin Laden had claimed that Bin Laden had, indeed, invested in Al Shifa.

He has also claimed to be influenced by " Bryson, Barry, Twain, Elton, Wodehouse, Adams, Vonnegut, John Irving, Arthur Conan Doyle, Jack Handey, Al Franken, that sort of thing.

Al Libi was a key source the George W. Bush Presidency had claimed established that Iraq had provided training to al-Qaeda in Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction.

Al Sharpton has claimed that such churches focus on personal morality issues while ignoring social justice.

In September 2002 an aide to Wakil Ahmad Muttawakil, the Foreign Minister of the Taliban, claimed he had been sent prior to 9 / 11 to warn the U. S. government of an impending attack and to persuade them to take military action against Al Qaeda's presence in Afghanistan.

Al Jazeera claimed that some lawyers disagreed with Ghannouchi's claim to power, interpreting the constitution differently, in particular referring to Article 57.

He was also the first public figure to imply that Vice President Al Gore claimed to have invented the Internet.

Unable to regain control of the then pro-Syrian dominated official Kataeb Party, he founded a new party, Al qaida al Kataebiya, which claimed to be the true successor to the old Kataeb Party founded by his father.

The homeless man was played by Al Waxman, who had been the star of the 1970s sitcom King of Kensington, although the producers claimed that they did not intend for the homeless man to be seen as the same character.

Executive producer Al Jean has compared Bob's character to that of Wile E. Coyote, noting that both are intelligent, yet always foiled by what they perceive as an inferior intellect.

Happiness always, Al Bahr Temple, August 15, 1958 ".

agent who always takes any risks and sometimes get hot-headed when he gets to a fight with Al Loy.

To his family, Fisher was always called " Sonny Boy ", a nickname derived from the song of the same name in Al Jolson's film The Singing Fool ( 1928 ).

Later on in the scene, Paulie would look out the window and see their enemies the " Al Dente Brothers " who would dangerously throw food like eggs, jelly-filled donuts, and meatballs at Tony and his lackey ; this scene would always been taken as a dramatic attack.

The new force was named Al Jeish al Arabi ( the Arab Army ) but was always known officially in English as the Arab Legion.

In conversation with Donald Frankos he would sadly reminisce about the violent and turbulent days in the 1920s and 1930s while he was most active in robbing banks and would always tell fellow convicts that in his opinion, during the days of Al Capone and Charles Lucania, better known as Lucky Luciano, the criminal underworld was the bloodiest.

The Arabic definite article al is not always included, but if it is included, it may then be perceived as incorrect to say " the al Jazira " ( two definite articles ), except where the al is treated as part of the brand name: " the Al Jazeera TV channel ".

After a five years residence in Pisa he returned to Florence, where he married Anna, daughter of the senator and marquis Scipione Capponi, and withdrew to a small villa at " Al Filicaja " ( he always referred to Al Filicaja with the former name of " Figline "), 60 km.

Pickard would always arrange for the produced LSD to be transported to the Denver, Colorado or Boulder, Colorado area to be mailed or picked up so that Petaluma Al would never know where the laboratory was located.

Jerry's is why he's not Al Pacino and the grass is always greener and it looks like somebody else's life worked out tons better, but he'd be the first to say this is what's meant for me.

" Al Barr commented " We've always said we're like The Ramones or AC / DC with what we do ; if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Al hates his job, loses it several times throughout the series, yet always ends up coming back to it.

The ringleader was always rubber-faced, mouthy Harry, with Jimmy and Al enthusiastically following his lead.

* Uncle Al: Marty ’ s wild-living maternal Uncle who always seems to be in the doghouse with his sister.

Al Rantel is a Hall of Fame Broadcaster and should always be recognized as that.

Al Ahly's home kit, since the club's founding, has always been the familiar red shirt with white shorts.

A & M president Al Cafaro stated: " We've always thought Janet was an A & M artist ... And we would love to sign her if she is available.

Executive producer Al Jean has compared Bob's character to that of Wile E. Coyote, noting that both are intelligent, yet always foiled by what they perceive as an inferior intellect.

Instead, he renounces Al Pratt, blowing up his home and the records of his adventures and claiming to have always been abandoned by him, while Gog will be always at his side.

The cautious, insecure, brighter Al always bears the brunt of Tim's jokes and constant put-downs.