Look for it

The woman looking into the window on the right hand side.

Perfect!



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The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour (50)

Another page from the ACME Catalog -

Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with a Dodsworth the Cat Looney Tunes cartoon, the 1952 Robert McKimson directed, Kiddin' The Kitten :



The voice of Dodsworth was character actor Sheldon Leonard, who went on to produce The Danny Thomas Show, The Andy Griffith Show and The Dick Van Dyke Show.


On January 12, 1959, Berry Gordy, Jr., auto worker and sometimes song writer, borrowed $800 from his family's loan fund to start his own record label, called Tamla. A little more that a year later, Tamla and Motown was incorporated into Motown Record Corporation. The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour would like to celebrate the birth of Motown by sharing a great show that highlighted the "Motown sound." On December 29, 1964, American International Pictures released the groundbreaking special, The T.A.M.I. Show (which stands for either, Teenage Awards Music International and Teen Age Music International). So kids, move the coffee table away from the TV and get ready to dance your pants off.

(Kid's, some of you have realized that this show is a rebroadcast.  Yes this was shown on our first episode of The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour. Today is the one year anniversary of the series. Thanks for all of the private notes of congratulation.)



Of the 12 acts in the movie, seven went on to become members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, including the Rolling Stones, the Beach Boys, Chuck Berry and the Supremes. The standout performance, of course, was James Brown. From his grand entrance to the famous cape routine and beyond, he delivers a full concert's worth of excitement in only 18 minutes.



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When will these guys get it right

Once again bunkies, you have to put an odd number of olives in a martini. Otherwise it is extremely bad luck.

I've found the test for a true friend: The correct measure of vermouth for a martini - pour out a half shot glass of vermouth. Have a friend drink it. Then have them breathe into your martini glass. Pour your perfectly chilled and shaken gin into it. The perfect bone dry martini.

Now, find your true friend.



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There are no hard times for good ideas

Harry Gordon Selfridge was born on January 11, 1864. Though American-born, he is best known as the founder of the British store Selfridge and Co., Ltd (think Macy's, for those of you unfamiliar with the store). He receives little or no attention here in the United States. His name does not appear in any textbooks, he is not honored with any holidays, his image does not appear on any currency, and his biography has never aired on A&E (though it has aired on PBS). And yet Mr. Selfridge's philosophy has had more impact on western civilization than a dozen Aristotles.

His great maxim is uttered carelessly by a million voices every day, is enshrined in the halls of commerce and government alike, and has permeated our culture to the point where it has become a cliche. Like most successful ideas, we can hardly imagine that his concept was ever new or controversial; we must strain our imaginations to conceive a world unilluminated by his wisdom.



It was Mr. Selfridge's philosophy that "the customer is always right" and "give the lady what she wants" (this phrase might more have to do with the fact that Selfridge, a widower at the time, carried on scandalous affairs with Isadora Duncan, Anna Pavlova and not one but both silent film stars, The Dolly Sisters, simultaneously.)

This was an unorthodox, even heretical proclamation to the ears of nineteenth century merchants, who had been operating--like their parents and grandparents and scores of generations before them--under the assumption that the customer was an idiot who didn't know his ass from a hole in the ground.



Prior to widespread acceptance of Mr. Selfridge's theory, exchanges between merchant and customer often went something like this:

Customer: This is a terrible shirt. There's no hole for my head, the arms are too long, and it barely comes down over my shoulders.

Merchant: That's because it's a pair of pants, you jackass.

After the revelation of consumer infallibility, however, the same exchange was more likely to go something like this:

Customer: This is a terrible shirt. There's no hole for my head, the arms are too long, and it barely comes down over my shoulders.

Merchant: You're absolutely right, of course. Thank you for bringing it to my attention. You can rest assured we'll have our seamstresses taken out and shot.



Consumer infallibility changed the face of commerce because instead of producing goods and then trying to force them upon the public, merchants began appraising the public's needs and trying to provide products and services that met them. Merchants became less inclined to insult, spit at, or strike their customers, and more inclined to take them out to dinner.



This shift dovetailed nicely with the growth of political pluralism, which saw governments becoming more responsive to their electorates based on the premise that "the voter is always right." (It has been argued, however, that whether they are made love to or raped, most electorates still end up screwed.)



Mr. Selfridge's birthday should be celebrated throughout western civilization as a holiday of emancipation, no less significant than the signing of the Magna Carta, the drafting of the U.S. Constitution, or the invention of two-ply toilet paper.



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A quick question:

Remember when we were young, and we couldn't wait to get older.  We could do what we want, whenever we wanted.

How's that working out for you?



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The finest steel has to go through the hottest fire.

It's the birthday of the 37th President of the United States, Richard Milhous Nixon, (born in Yorba Linda, California) on this date in 1913. He had a childhood full of tragedy and disappointment.



When Nixon was 12, his older brother had a vision of young Dick's future and got a headache that turned out to be meningitis. He died a month later. Nixon said that he cried for weeks afterward. A few years later, Nixon's other brother caught tuberculosis and spent five years in a cut-rate sanitarium before he died. The cost of his treatment drained the family's resources, and Nixon had to turn down a partial scholarship to Harvard. He did get a full scholarship to Duke Law School, but he had to live in a one-room shotgun shack with no plumbing or electricity. He was forced to shave in the women's room of the Duke University library and bathe in a local bird bath.

Nixon's luck only began to change when he decided to join the military during World War II. Although raised a Quaker - morals never seemed to stand in his way. Nixon was interested in politics, and he knew that military service would look good on his résumé. One of the many things he learned in the military (besides compiling lists of his enemies) was that he was a fantastic cheat at poker. By the end of the war, he had earned almost $10,000. When he got back to civilian life, he used that money to fund his first political campaign.



He managed to win his first election for Congress, and he served as vice president under Dwight Eisenhower. Eisenhower suffered from heart problems and Nixon would try to entertain the ailing President by jumping out from behind the furniture shooting, "Boo" or "Oh My God, the Communists have begun bombing New Haven". Nixon was defeated for the presidency by John F. Kennedy in 1960 due in part to a perceived lack of personal hygiene. Then, in 1962, he lost a campaign for governor of California, and suddenly it seemed like his career was over. But just six years later, he was elected president of the United States.



His policies as president were surprisingly liberal by today's standards. He began arms control agreements with the Soviet Union and eased relations with China. He established the Environmental Protection Agency, expanded Social Security and state welfare programs, and he tried to create a national health insurance system.



The Watergate investigations eventually forced Nixon to resign in 1974. At his last meeting with his Cabinet in 1974, Nixon burst into tears.



He told them, "Always give your best, never get discouraged, never be petty. Always remember, others may hate you, but those who hate you don't win unless you hate them, and then you destroy yourself."



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Dementophobia -

The fear of of insanity or becoming insane







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