The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour (78)

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Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Claude the Cat/ Bert and Hubie Looney Tunes cartoon, the 1950 Chuck Jones classic, Feed The Kitty:



The cartoon originally was going to have had one more scene at the end. As Claude the cat floats via balloon to "Cat Heaven," the mice are shown inside the house, in front of the fireplace, roasting cheese clumps (shaped like marshmallows) on toothpicks. Claude is seen through the window, blissfully drifting skyward.


On July 27, 1940, Bugs Bunny's first cartoon short Wild Hare, directed by Tex Avery, premiered. As of January 2013, he has appeared in more films than any other cartoon character. More than 175 films, to be exact. Here at The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour, we love all of Bugs Bunny cartoons. So we thought we'd all watch a couple of documentaries about Bugs. This absolutely requires a comfortable seat and a few bags of popcorn.





Bugs’ name came from his animator. In 1938, Ben “Bugs” Hardaway was redesigning a new rabbit character. A fellow employee casually referred to the drawing as “Bug’s Bunny” (which was written above the illustration) and the name stuck ever since.


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