The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour (43)

Another page from the ACME Catalog -

Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with a Porky Pig/ Charlie Dog Looney Tunes cartoon, the 1949 Chuck Jones directed, Awful Orphan:



The dog's greeting "How do you do?" is a parody of a radio and movie character called The Mad Russian, played by character actor Bert Gordon.


Moved by images of young children in Africa dying of starvation, Bob Geldof organized with Midge Ure Band Aid, a "supergroup" of British musicians and singers which recorded the single Do They Know It’s Christmas in a London studio on November 25, 1984. The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour would like you to join us in watching the 2004 documentary Band Aid: The Song that Rocked the World in which Midge Ure and director Melissa FitzGerald look back at the story of the Band Aid famine relief single that Midge and Bob Geldorf co-wrote and produced, featuring contributions from the pop stars who took part. -


It became the fastest selling single in UK history and initial raised over 14 million dollars worldwide in funds for emergency aid to Ethiopia.



The video was directed by Nigel Dick, who had done some videos for The Boomtown Rats. He got the request to make the video on short notice, and had no idea what the song was going to be. He didn't have a budget either, so he simply set up two cameras - one outside and one inside - to capture the action. As the artists trickled in to record their parts, the director filmed them entering the building and then recording.



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