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Supercilious —
- haughtily disdainful or contemptuous, as a person or a facial expression.
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ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour (485)
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Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Merrie Melodies short, the 1939 Old Glorystarring Porky Pig directed by Chuch Jones.
The flag of the United States has only 48 stars, as this short was made before Hawaii and Alaska were admitted to the Union (both in 1959). Also, this Pledge of Allegiance as recited by Porky does not yet include the phrase "under God" as that phrase was not added until 1954.
The staff of The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour staff thought we'd give a leg up to this old time troubadour. We found a clip of him playing recently and we thought we'd like to watch it with you -
We hope he makes it soon
We’ve selected another entry from the excellent reference book 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die, edited by Steven Jay Schneider. Today’s film is the 1989 documentary Roger & Me, directed by and starring Michael Moore (in his directorial debut).
Shot in 16mm with a minuscule crew, the film was partially funded by proceeds from church bingo games and by Moore selling his own home. Edward Asner was sent a letter requesting support and responded by sending a check; his name appears in the credits. The unnamed left-wing magazine in San Francisco that Moore goes to work for at the beginning of the film is Mother Jones. Moore worked for the magazine for three months in 1985 before being fired for putting his friend on the cover. He later sued the magazine for breach of contract and used part of the settlement money to help fund the film.
Roger & Me is classic degree-zero filmmaking. As Moore has stated elsewhere, “I didn’t want to make another ‘dying steeltown’ documentary with all the clichés about how horrible it is to be unemployed. I wanted images you don’t see on the six o’clock news.” When Moore decided to start a documentary about Flint, Michigan, and General Motors in the mid-1980s, he knew very little about the technical side of filmmaking (camera work, lighting, etc.). He met a fellow low-budget documentary filmmaker, Kevin Rafferty, who helped him learn this side of the director’s job on the project and served as one of the cinematographers.
This documentary exposes the reality of corporate downsizing and outsourcing. General Motors’ opening of facilities in Mexico and shuttering of its plants in Flint, Michigan, became emblematic of a trend during the mid-1980s, as employment across the Rust Belt declined. The increased use of automation - particularly Detroit’s Big Three implementing industrial robots - also contributed to the decline of the blue-collar factory worker. When GM initiated these changes, it was also consolidating its vehicle lines by sharing bodyshells, a practice that became known in the automobile industry as platform sharing.
Please find a comfortable chair, dim the lights, and join us here at The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour as we watch this still-pertinent documentary: Roger & Me.
According to the documentary Manufacturing Dissent, Michael Moore falsely implied that he could not get General Motors CEO Roger B. Smith to respond in front of a camera. The filmmakers claim that Moore actually had two interviews with Smith but chose to leave them out of the documentary to create the illusion that Smith refused to answer for his actions. Moore has denied these claims, saying that if he had consciously withheld such footage, General Motors would undoubtedly have used that fact to discredit him.
Demand Euphoria!
Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Merrie Melodies short, the 1939 Old Glorystarring Porky Pig directed by Chuch Jones.
The flag of the United States has only 48 stars, as this short was made before Hawaii and Alaska were admitted to the Union (both in 1959). Also, this Pledge of Allegiance as recited by Porky does not yet include the phrase "under God" as that phrase was not added until 1954.
The staff of The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour staff thought we'd give a leg up to this old time troubadour. We found a clip of him playing recently and we thought we'd like to watch it with you -
We hope he makes it soon
We’ve selected another entry from the excellent reference book 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die, edited by Steven Jay Schneider. Today’s film is the 1989 documentary Roger & Me, directed by and starring Michael Moore (in his directorial debut).
Shot in 16mm with a minuscule crew, the film was partially funded by proceeds from church bingo games and by Moore selling his own home. Edward Asner was sent a letter requesting support and responded by sending a check; his name appears in the credits. The unnamed left-wing magazine in San Francisco that Moore goes to work for at the beginning of the film is Mother Jones. Moore worked for the magazine for three months in 1985 before being fired for putting his friend on the cover. He later sued the magazine for breach of contract and used part of the settlement money to help fund the film.
Roger & Me is classic degree-zero filmmaking. As Moore has stated elsewhere, “I didn’t want to make another ‘dying steeltown’ documentary with all the clichés about how horrible it is to be unemployed. I wanted images you don’t see on the six o’clock news.” When Moore decided to start a documentary about Flint, Michigan, and General Motors in the mid-1980s, he knew very little about the technical side of filmmaking (camera work, lighting, etc.). He met a fellow low-budget documentary filmmaker, Kevin Rafferty, who helped him learn this side of the director’s job on the project and served as one of the cinematographers.
This documentary exposes the reality of corporate downsizing and outsourcing. General Motors’ opening of facilities in Mexico and shuttering of its plants in Flint, Michigan, became emblematic of a trend during the mid-1980s, as employment across the Rust Belt declined. The increased use of automation - particularly Detroit’s Big Three implementing industrial robots - also contributed to the decline of the blue-collar factory worker. When GM initiated these changes, it was also consolidating its vehicle lines by sharing bodyshells, a practice that became known in the automobile industry as platform sharing.
Please find a comfortable chair, dim the lights, and join us here at The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour as we watch this still-pertinent documentary: Roger & Me.
According to the documentary Manufacturing Dissent, Michael Moore falsely implied that he could not get General Motors CEO Roger B. Smith to respond in front of a camera. The filmmakers claim that Moore actually had two interviews with Smith but chose to leave them out of the documentary to create the illusion that Smith refused to answer for his actions. Moore has denied these claims, saying that if he had consciously withheld such footage, General Motors would undoubtedly have used that fact to discredit him.
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Stylite —
- one of a class of solitary ascetics who lived on the top of high pillars or columns
Not to be confused with The Stylistics - a 70s R&B group that sang mainly in Philadelphia and not on the top of high pillars or columns.
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Sunday, April 12, 2026
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ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour (484)
Thank you for joining us today
Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Looney Tunes cartoon, the 1939 Scalp Troublestarring Porky Pig and Daffy Duck directed by Bob Clampett . This short seldom airs any more on television due to heavy Native American stereotyping.
Friz Freleng remade this short five years later as the color Merrie Melodie Slightly Daffy and reused some of the animation and gags.
This past week was a very tense week for everyone in the world. The staff of The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour staff desperately needed a laugh. We found a clip from Nick Offerman's 2014 comedy special, American Ham. And we thought we'd like to watch it with you -
It's amazing how pertinent his comedy still is
We’ve selected another entry from the excellent reference book 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die, edited by Steven Jay Schneider. Today’s film is the 1989 comedy-drama The Unbelievable Truth, directed by Hal Hartley (in his directorial debut) and starring Adrienne Shelly, Robert Burke, Christopher Cooke, Julia McNeal, Gary Sauer, Mark Bailey, David Healy, Katherine Mayfield, Edie Falco, and Matt Malloy.
The Unbelievable Truth is a comedy of errors surrounding a beautiful, college-bound girl disturbingly preoccupied with the threat of nuclear destruction. Nevertheless, she falls in love with a handsome ex-con who is rumored to have murdered, many years before, the father of his high school sweetheart. The film was made on a shoestring budget and shot in just 11 days. It was a modest financial success and was critically well received. It won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance and also screened at Cannes.
Hal Hartley’s early films were important in creating a cinematic identity for Long Island during a time when indie film on the East Coast was largely centered around New York City, thanks to figures like Spike Lee and Jim Jarmusch (to whom Hartley was frequently compared early in his career). Long Island has long been considered the unofficial sixth borough of New York City, and Hartley plays on that connection. The number of independent films produced and given theatrical distribution from 1990 to the end of the century was extraordinary; Hartley stands as one of the few meaningfully independent filmmakers of his era.
Please find a comfortable chair, dim the lights, and join us here at The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour as we watch this thought-provoking comedy: The Unbelievable Truth.
This film marked the feature debut of Adrienne Shelly, who played the teenager Audry, though she was 22 at the time.
Demand Euphoria!
Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Looney Tunes cartoon, the 1939 Scalp Troublestarring Porky Pig and Daffy Duck directed by Bob Clampett . This short seldom airs any more on television due to heavy Native American stereotyping.
Friz Freleng remade this short five years later as the color Merrie Melodie Slightly Daffy and reused some of the animation and gags.
This past week was a very tense week for everyone in the world. The staff of The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour staff desperately needed a laugh. We found a clip from Nick Offerman's 2014 comedy special, American Ham. And we thought we'd like to watch it with you -
It's amazing how pertinent his comedy still is
We’ve selected another entry from the excellent reference book 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die, edited by Steven Jay Schneider. Today’s film is the 1989 comedy-drama The Unbelievable Truth, directed by Hal Hartley (in his directorial debut) and starring Adrienne Shelly, Robert Burke, Christopher Cooke, Julia McNeal, Gary Sauer, Mark Bailey, David Healy, Katherine Mayfield, Edie Falco, and Matt Malloy.
The Unbelievable Truth is a comedy of errors surrounding a beautiful, college-bound girl disturbingly preoccupied with the threat of nuclear destruction. Nevertheless, she falls in love with a handsome ex-con who is rumored to have murdered, many years before, the father of his high school sweetheart. The film was made on a shoestring budget and shot in just 11 days. It was a modest financial success and was critically well received. It won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance and also screened at Cannes.
Hal Hartley’s early films were important in creating a cinematic identity for Long Island during a time when indie film on the East Coast was largely centered around New York City, thanks to figures like Spike Lee and Jim Jarmusch (to whom Hartley was frequently compared early in his career). Long Island has long been considered the unofficial sixth borough of New York City, and Hartley plays on that connection. The number of independent films produced and given theatrical distribution from 1990 to the end of the century was extraordinary; Hartley stands as one of the few meaningfully independent filmmakers of his era.
Please find a comfortable chair, dim the lights, and join us here at The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour as we watch this thought-provoking comedy: The Unbelievable Truth.
This film marked the feature debut of Adrienne Shelly, who played the teenager Audry, though she was 22 at the time.
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ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour (483)
Thank you for joining us today
Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Porky Pig Looney Tunes cartoon, the 1939 Looney Tunes Polar Pals directed by Bob Clampett
When Porky Pig takes a shower, he uses a towel marked Grand Hotel, the title of a 1932 MGM movie
We are in the middle of Passover and Easter is almost upon us. The staff of The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour is either still digesting Aunt Sadie's leaden Matza Balls or taking meticulous notes about where they are going to hide the Easter eggs, (they don't want a repeat of the 2008 missing eggs disaster - don't ask.) We figured why not get a bit of religious instruction from our old pal Robin Williams -
It's hard to believe that he's been gone for these 12 years. (We can only imagine what he'd have to say about our fearless leader.)
We’ve selected another entry from the excellent reference book 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die, edited by Steven Jay Schneider. Today’s film is the 1989 comedy-drama Do the Right Thing, directed by Spike Lee and starring Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Richard Edson, Giancarlo Esposito, Spike Lee, Bill Nunn, John Turturro, John Savage, Martin Lawrence, and Rosie Perez. The film was a major critical and commercial success, grossing $37.3 million worldwide against a production budget of $6.2 million. Spike Lee became the first person of color to be nominated for both Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay at the Academy Awards.
During the 1990 Oscar ceremony, while announcing the Best Picture nominees, Kim Basinger caused controversy when she departed from her scripted remarks and said, “We’ve got five great films here, and they’re great for one reason: because they tell the truth. But there is one film missing from this list that deserves to be on it because, ironically, it might tell the biggest truth of all—and that’s Do the Right Thing.” Spike Lee later thanked her in a 2019 episode of the podcast Unspooled.
Please find a comfortable chair, dim the lights, and join us here at the ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour as we watch this thought provoking movie: Do the Right Thing.
According to Spike Lee, the casting of Rosie Perez came about during a birthday party he was hosting at a club in Los Angeles. When the R&B song Da Butt by Experience Unlimited from Lee’s previous film School Daze started playing, a spontaneous “butt contest” broke out. Lee noticed Perez dancing on top of a speaker and told her to come down, fearing she might fall and injure herself - and that he might be sued. Security eventually had to step in to get her down, after which she unleashed a stream of profanity at Lee. He was struck by her voice and soon discovered that they were both from the same part of Brooklyn. On the spot, he offered her the role of Mookie’s girlfriend, deciding the character would be Puerto Rican.
Perez, however, has told the story differently in interviews. She claims that Lee himself started the contest to see which Black woman had the biggest butt. She also said she initially thought Lee was hitting on her and ignored him, not realizing until later that he was offering her a role in one of his films.
Demand Euphoria!
When Porky Pig takes a shower, he uses a towel marked Grand Hotel, the title of a 1932 MGM movie
We are in the middle of Passover and Easter is almost upon us. The staff of The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour is either still digesting Aunt Sadie's leaden Matza Balls or taking meticulous notes about where they are going to hide the Easter eggs, (they don't want a repeat of the 2008 missing eggs disaster - don't ask.) We figured why not get a bit of religious instruction from our old pal Robin Williams -
It's hard to believe that he's been gone for these 12 years. (We can only imagine what he'd have to say about our fearless leader.)
We’ve selected another entry from the excellent reference book 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die, edited by Steven Jay Schneider. Today’s film is the 1989 comedy-drama Do the Right Thing, directed by Spike Lee and starring Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Richard Edson, Giancarlo Esposito, Spike Lee, Bill Nunn, John Turturro, John Savage, Martin Lawrence, and Rosie Perez. The film was a major critical and commercial success, grossing $37.3 million worldwide against a production budget of $6.2 million. Spike Lee became the first person of color to be nominated for both Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay at the Academy Awards.
During the 1990 Oscar ceremony, while announcing the Best Picture nominees, Kim Basinger caused controversy when she departed from her scripted remarks and said, “We’ve got five great films here, and they’re great for one reason: because they tell the truth. But there is one film missing from this list that deserves to be on it because, ironically, it might tell the biggest truth of all—and that’s Do the Right Thing.” Spike Lee later thanked her in a 2019 episode of the podcast Unspooled.
Please find a comfortable chair, dim the lights, and join us here at the ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour as we watch this thought provoking movie: Do the Right Thing.
According to Spike Lee, the casting of Rosie Perez came about during a birthday party he was hosting at a club in Los Angeles. When the R&B song Da Butt by Experience Unlimited from Lee’s previous film School Daze started playing, a spontaneous “butt contest” broke out. Lee noticed Perez dancing on top of a speaker and told her to come down, fearing she might fall and injure herself - and that he might be sued. Security eventually had to step in to get her down, after which she unleashed a stream of profanity at Lee. He was struck by her voice and soon discovered that they were both from the same part of Brooklyn. On the spot, he offered her the role of Mookie’s girlfriend, deciding the character would be Puerto Rican.
Perez, however, has told the story differently in interviews. She claims that Lee himself started the contest to see which Black woman had the biggest butt. She also said she initially thought Lee was hitting on her and ignored him, not realizing until later that he was offering her a role in one of his films.
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