Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with an early Bugs Bunny Looney Tunes cartoon, the 1940 Virgil Ross directed, A Wild Hare, (This cartoon solidified the personalities of Bugs and Elmer Fudd and became the blueprint for their future encounters.):
The producers' reaction to the gag of Bugs responding to a hunter pointing a gun at him with a confident casual remark, "What's up, Doc?" was so favorable that they decided to make that a standard element of future films featuring the character. There are at least two conflicting stories as to who came up with the "What's up, Doc?" line. Tex Avery claimed that he based the line on an expression used by his friends in Texas. However, Mel Blanc claimed that it was an ad-lib that he came up with while recording the dialogue.
The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour would like to celebrate the Epiphany with one of the most significant debuts of an LP (that wasn't recognized at the time.) On January 5, 1973, Bruce Springsteen released his debut album, Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J., upon an unsuspecting world. Today we would like you to join us in giving the album another listen
Recorded in a single week the album only sold about 25,000 copies in the first year of its release. Both Blinded By The Light and Spirit In The Night were released as singles but neither made a dent in the charts. Manfred Mann's Earth Band later released a version of Blinded By The Light on their album The Roaring Silence, which reached No.1 on the US charts in 1977.
Keeping the tradition of getting one more gift during Little Christmas, The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour has found a Fan-made (bootleg) copy of a Novenber 22, 2009 concert that Bruce and the group played Greetings form Asbury Park in it's entirety. Grab another beer (or cocktail), claim a seat on the sofa and enjoy:
Bruce Springsteen closed his Working on a Dream tour by playing Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J. in its entirety. "This was the miracle," he told the crowd. "This was the record that took us from way below zero to ... one." The performance was dedicated to former manager Mike Appel, who bullied John Hammond's secretary into giving his client an audition, and was in attendance. It was the last concert Clarence Clemons played with the E Street Band, before his death on June 18, 2011.
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