Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Looney Tunes short, the 1939 Naughty Neighbors starring Porky Pig (and co-starring Petunia Pig,) directed by Bob Clampett.
This is the final appearance of Petunia Pig in the Golden Age of American Animation.
The staff of The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour are all away, celebrating the Memorial Day weekend. Before they left, they all decided the best thing would could watch, is a guy, eating a bunch of chicken wings.
Colin Jost was a good guest
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 1987 drama Babette's Feast directed by Gabriel Axel and starring Stéphane Audran, Birgitte Federspiel, and Bodil Kjer.
The role of Babette was originally offered to Catherine Deneuve. She was interested in the part but dithered about accepting it. When Gabriel Axel offered the part to Stéphane Audran, he used Deneuve's interest to coax her into making a quick decision. Audran responded within two hours of reading the screenplay. (And Deneuve ultimately turned down the offer.)
Please find a comfortable chair, dim the lights, and join us here at the ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour as we watch this oddly moving food movie: Babett's Feast.
The seven-course menu in the film consisted of:
"Potage à la Tortue" (turtle soup) served with Amontillado sherry.
"Blinis Demidoff" (buckwheat pancakes with caviar and sour cream) served with Veuve Cliquot Champagne.
"Cailles en Sarcophage" (quail in puff pastry shell with foie gras and truffle sauce) served with Clos de Vougeot Pinot Noir.
An endive salad.
"Savarin au Rhum avec des Figues et Fruit Glacée" (rum sponge cake with figs and candied cherries) served with Champagne.
Assorted cheeses and fruits served with Sauternes.
Coffee with vieux marc Grande Champagne cognac.
Demand Euphoria!
