The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour (204)

Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Looney Tunes Bugs Bunny cartoon (featuring Rocky and Mugsy,) the 1954 Bugs and Thugs, directed by Friz Freleng.


(sorry for the quality of the video)

Near the end of the film, Bugs' office has a sign that says "-Member- Detective Guild, Local 839". Local 839 of the IATSE was the Animation Guild, whose members made the cartoon.


Before the start of our feature presentation, ACME Eagle Hand Soap you to join us in listening to a bunch of Aussie blokes send us all a socially distant gift during the holiday season.



Neil and his mates also played a wonderful cover of Fall at Your Feet on this past Christmas Eve.



This sounds just as good as they did some 30 years ago.


We hope you are doing well with your self quarantines - the programming department of The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour have been vigorously scrubbing themselves with ACME Eagle Hand Soap - If your eagle's hands are dirty, we'll wash them clean! and sanitizing themselves for your protection. We are also engaged in social distancing - we are communicating with each other via the Ave Maria code and Bellaso cipher. This is the last week we are going to communicate via secret code, starting in 2021, until we can meet all together; we'll just call each other

We've picked another entry from the excellent reference book, 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die by Steven Jay Schneider for today's feature. Today's choice is another Ealing Studios production, the 1949 comedy crime flick Whisky Galore (if you're talking about a drink that's been made in Scotland, Canada, or Japan, use the spelling without the e  - Whisky. When referring to drinks distilled in the United States or Ireland, use the e - whiskey), directed by the under appreciated film-maker, Alexander Mackendrick. So we would like you to relax (quick, find the most comfortable seat on the sofa,) get a snack (perhaps, some crisps,) and a beverage (what do you think we are going to drink tonight,) and join The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour in watching this classic film, Whisky Galore.



The story is based on a real-life incident that occurred in 1941 on the Hebridean island of Eriskay when the SS Politician ran aground. The tale of how a group of local Scottish islanders raided a shipwreck for its consignment of 24,000 cases of whisky quickly became legend. What's less well reported, however, was the fact that the ship was also carrying a sizeable amount of hard cash. According to official files recently released by the Home Office, there were nearly 290,000 ten shilling notes on board as well (the equivalent of several million pounds in today's currency) not all of which was ever recovered.



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