Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with the 1956 Friz Freleng directed, Yankee Dood-It :
this was the third and final cartoons to be underwritten by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (read CIA.)
The Pre Fab Four, The Monkees, released a couple of things, as well as their eponymously named series. Besides the theatrical film Head, the group released the equally bizarre TV special, 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee. With their original producers, Bob Rafelson and Bert Schnieder no longer around, having left after the film, Head, the band instead were left in the (questionably) capable hands of producer Jack Good, creator of the ABC show Shindig!, one of many mid-60s musical variety shows known for not lasting anywhere near as long as Soul Train or American Bandstand. The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour wants you to have a good laugh tonight (well, at least a laugh.) So grab a bowl of popcorn, pull up a chair, and join us in watching this blast from the 60s.
The program marked the Monkees’ final appearance as a quartet until 1986. Peter Tork quit The Monkees immediately after completing this special.
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