The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour (53)

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Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with a Bugs Bunny Looney Tunes cartoon, the 1952 Robert McKimson directed, Rabbit's Kin :



This cartoon marks the debut of Pete Puma.
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February 3, 1959, was a tragic day for rock and roll music. Four lives were lost on that cold winter night near Clear Lake, Iowa: the lives of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, J. P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson, and Roger Peterson, the pilot that was supposed to take them to Fargo. Later, this day became known as “The Day the Music Died,” after the lyrics in Don McLean’s 1971 song American Pie. The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour wants to commemorate this date by asking you to join us in watching the episode that aired on February 3, 1999 of the VH1 series - Behind The Music: The Day The Music Died -



There seems to be some controversy about a specific detail concerning this tragic event. Stories conflict about the events that night before the flight. Everyone agrees there was a coin toss. But survivors still debate who was the person who barely missed getting on a plane ride to their death, all due to the luck of a coin flip. It seems that Waylon Jennings, Tommy Allsup and Dion all seem to claim that they gave up their seat on that fateful flight. Rather than wade into that thicket, The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour would like you to stick around and watch another documentary about the events of that evening -The History of the Winter Dance Party featuring Dion.



The "Winter Dance Party" tour did not stop. Waylon Jennings and Tommy Allsup continued performing for two more weeks, with Jennings taking Holly's place as lead singer. Bobby Vee & The Shadows (Bobby Vee, born Robert Thomas Velline, his older brother Bill and a hastily assembled group of schoolboys, who volunteered to play) performed in Fargo, ND on February 3rd, and Jimmy Clanton, Fabian & Frankie Avalon were substituted as the tour’s headliners. Frankie Sardo, Dion and The Belmonts, and The Crickets continued until the end of the tour.



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