Monday, April 30, 2018
Sunday, April 29, 2018
Saturday, April 28, 2018
The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour (65)
Another page from the ACME Catalog -
Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with a Tweety/ Sylvester Looney Tunes cartoon, the 1960 Friz Freleng directed, Trip For Tat:
The cartoon is mostly made up of footage from previous cartoons: Tweety's S.O.S., Tree Cornered Tweety, Tweet Tweet Tweety, and A Pizza Tweety Pie.
As we're sure you know, April is National Poetry Month. The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour wanted to close out the month with an acknowledgement of the celebrations. So get yourself comfortable on your couch (or comfy chair, of bed; ACME doesn't judge where you tune in to join us) and watch this 2010 dramatic and deeply moving film from Korea, Poetry. (Don't forget to grab your ACME brand tissues.)
The director, Chang-dong Lee wrote the lead character specifically for Jeong-hie Yun, a major star of Korean cinema from the 1960s and 1970s. Yun later expressed satisfaction with how the role differed from what she typically played in the past: "I've always had the desire to show people different aspects of my acting and (Lee) provided me with every opportunity to do just that." Prior to Poetry, the last film Yun appeared in was Manmubang (Two Flags) from 1994.
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Friday, April 27, 2018
Thursday, April 26, 2018
Wednesday, April 25, 2018
Tuesday, April 24, 2018
Monday, April 23, 2018
Any word you want; he came up with many of them
Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.
Today is believed to be the birthday of William Shakespeare, born in Stratford-on-Avon, England (1564). He was a playwright and poet, and is considered to be the most influential and perhaps the greatest writer in the English language.
His tragedies have been celebrated for centuries. For example, there’s the Tragedy of Julius Caesar, in which a Roman general thinks he’d like to be emperor, other people disagree, and everyone dies in the end. There is the Tragedy of Macbeth, in which a Scottish Thane thinks he’d like to be king, other people disagree, and everyone dies in the end. There is the Tragedy of Richard III, in which a hunch-backed noble thinks he'd like to be king, other people disagree, and everyone dies in the end. There is even the Tragedy of Hamlet, in which a young prince thinks and everyone ends in mincemeat.
(That last is naturally set in Denmark, where the relationship between thinking and dying has been most famously chronicled by Soren Kierkegaard, who called life itself the sickness unto death. He was a very happy fella.)
He gave us many beloved plays, including Romeo and Juliet (1594), A Midsummer Night's Dream (1595), Gay Boys in Bondage (1601), Othello (1604), and King Lear (1605). Only a few scattered facts are known about his life. He was born and raised in the picturesque market town of Stratford-on-Avon, surrounded by woodlands. His father was a glover and a leather merchant; he and his wife had eight children including William, but three of them died in childbirth. William probably left grammar school when he was thirteen years old, but continued to study on his own.
He went to London around 1588 to pursue his career in drama (or to sleep with actresses or men who dresses like women) and by 1592 he was a well-known actor. He joined an acting troupe in 1594 and wrote many plays for the group while continuing to act. Scholars believe that he usually played the part of the first character that came on stage, but that in Hamlet he played the ghost.
Some scholars have suggested that Shakespeare couldn't have written the plays attributed to him because he had no formal education. A group of scientists recently plugged all his plays into a computer and tried to compare his work to other writers of his day, such as Francis Bacon, Christopher Marlowe, and the Earl of Oxford. The only writer they found who frequently used words and phrases similar to Shakespeare's was Queen Elizabeth I, and although Shakespeare had been seen in women's clothing several times, the Queen was eventually ruled out as well.
Shakespeare used one of the largest vocabularies of any English writer, almost 30,000 words, and he was the first writer to invent or record many of our most common turns of phrase, including foul play, as luck would have it, your own flesh and blood, too much of a good thing, good riddance, in one fell swoop, so is your mother, play fast and loose, up your nose with a rubber hose, d'oh, that's what she said and in the twinkling of an eye.
Shakespeare wrote a lot of other plays and died in the end—on April 23, 1616. His accomplishments are all the more remarkable when you consider that he died on the same day he’d been born.
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His tragedies have been celebrated for centuries. For example, there’s the Tragedy of Julius Caesar, in which a Roman general thinks he’d like to be emperor, other people disagree, and everyone dies in the end. There is the Tragedy of Macbeth, in which a Scottish Thane thinks he’d like to be king, other people disagree, and everyone dies in the end. There is the Tragedy of Richard III, in which a hunch-backed noble thinks he'd like to be king, other people disagree, and everyone dies in the end. There is even the Tragedy of Hamlet, in which a young prince thinks and everyone ends in mincemeat.
(That last is naturally set in Denmark, where the relationship between thinking and dying has been most famously chronicled by Soren Kierkegaard, who called life itself the sickness unto death. He was a very happy fella.)
He gave us many beloved plays, including Romeo and Juliet (1594), A Midsummer Night's Dream (1595), Gay Boys in Bondage (1601), Othello (1604), and King Lear (1605). Only a few scattered facts are known about his life. He was born and raised in the picturesque market town of Stratford-on-Avon, surrounded by woodlands. His father was a glover and a leather merchant; he and his wife had eight children including William, but three of them died in childbirth. William probably left grammar school when he was thirteen years old, but continued to study on his own.
He went to London around 1588 to pursue his career in drama (or to sleep with actresses or men who dresses like women) and by 1592 he was a well-known actor. He joined an acting troupe in 1594 and wrote many plays for the group while continuing to act. Scholars believe that he usually played the part of the first character that came on stage, but that in Hamlet he played the ghost.
Some scholars have suggested that Shakespeare couldn't have written the plays attributed to him because he had no formal education. A group of scientists recently plugged all his plays into a computer and tried to compare his work to other writers of his day, such as Francis Bacon, Christopher Marlowe, and the Earl of Oxford. The only writer they found who frequently used words and phrases similar to Shakespeare's was Queen Elizabeth I, and although Shakespeare had been seen in women's clothing several times, the Queen was eventually ruled out as well.
Shakespeare used one of the largest vocabularies of any English writer, almost 30,000 words, and he was the first writer to invent or record many of our most common turns of phrase, including foul play, as luck would have it, your own flesh and blood, too much of a good thing, good riddance, in one fell swoop, so is your mother, play fast and loose, up your nose with a rubber hose, d'oh, that's what she said and in the twinkling of an eye.
Shakespeare wrote a lot of other plays and died in the end—on April 23, 1616. His accomplishments are all the more remarkable when you consider that he died on the same day he’d been born.
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Sunday, April 22, 2018
Saturday, April 21, 2018
The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour (64)
Another page from the ACME Catalog -
Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with the Goofy Gophers (Mac and Tosh) Looney Tunes cartoon, the 1955 Friz Freleng directed, Lumber Jerks:
This is the last Friz Freleng's Goofy Gophers cartoon, the next two, Gopher Broke and Tease for Two, were directed by Robert McKimson.
On April 22, 1969, The Who performed their new work Tommy for the first time. The concert, which took place in Bolton, England was a full month before the groundbreaking double album was released. But the new album presented a challenge as to how to present it in their live show. By the time they rolled into Bolton that evening, the decision was made to present Tommy as a whole, rather than just mixing some of the songs into a regular set. The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour wanted to show you that show but it wasn't recorded. So to commemorate the event, please join us in watching a 1989 concert in Los Angeles of the album with many special guest stars performing along with The Who. So don't shout, ACME won't fiddle about while you're watching the show.
Just seven years after wrapping up one of rock's first farewell tours, The Who returned to the stage in 1989 to perform in tribute to the 20th anniversary of their classic album.
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Before you go - check out this Billboard article about the 25 songs you to listen to on this Record Store Day.
Friday, April 20, 2018
Thursday, April 19, 2018
Wednesday, April 18, 2018
Take heart:
On May 19, 1996, Kermit the Frog gave the commencement address at Southampton College's graduation ceremony after being awarded an honorary doctorate in Amphibious Letters for his contributions to environmental awareness and education.
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Tuesday, April 17, 2018
Monday, April 16, 2018
Dikigorosophobia -
Fear or abnormal dislike of lawyers
Dedicated to Michael Cohen, (a lawyer with just a few select clients.)
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Dedicated to Michael Cohen, (a lawyer with just a few select clients.)
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Sunday, April 15, 2018
Saturday, April 14, 2018
The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour (63)
Another page from the ACME Catalog -
Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with the 1956 Friz Freleng directed, Yankee Dood-It :
this was the third and final cartoons to be underwritten by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (read CIA.)
The Pre Fab Four, The Monkees, released a couple of things, as well as their eponymously named series. Besides the theatrical film Head, the group released the equally bizarre TV special, 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee. With their original producers, Bob Rafelson and Bert Schnieder no longer around, having left after the film, Head, the band instead were left in the (questionably) capable hands of producer Jack Good, creator of the ABC show Shindig!, one of many mid-60s musical variety shows known for not lasting anywhere near as long as Soul Train or American Bandstand. The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour wants you to have a good laugh tonight (well, at least a laugh.) So grab a bowl of popcorn, pull up a chair, and join us in watching this blast from the 60s.
The program marked the Monkees’ final appearance as a quartet until 1986. Peter Tork quit The Monkees immediately after completing this special.
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Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with the 1956 Friz Freleng directed, Yankee Dood-It :
this was the third and final cartoons to be underwritten by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (read CIA.)
The Pre Fab Four, The Monkees, released a couple of things, as well as their eponymously named series. Besides the theatrical film Head, the group released the equally bizarre TV special, 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee. With their original producers, Bob Rafelson and Bert Schnieder no longer around, having left after the film, Head, the band instead were left in the (questionably) capable hands of producer Jack Good, creator of the ABC show Shindig!, one of many mid-60s musical variety shows known for not lasting anywhere near as long as Soul Train or American Bandstand. The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour wants you to have a good laugh tonight (well, at least a laugh.) So grab a bowl of popcorn, pull up a chair, and join us in watching this blast from the 60s.
The program marked the Monkees’ final appearance as a quartet until 1986. Peter Tork quit The Monkees immediately after completing this special.
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Friday, April 13, 2018
Thursday, April 12, 2018
Wednesday, April 11, 2018
Tuesday, April 10, 2018
Monday, April 9, 2018
Sunday, April 8, 2018
Saturday, April 7, 2018
The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour (62)
Another page from the ACME Catalog -
I don't have any funny comments to make about this cartoon. It's a somewhat dark cartoon with not that happy an ending.
Here's a film I bet you've never heard of - William Friedkin first theatrical film Good Times, starring Sonny and Cher. The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour wants you to have a good laugh tonight (well, at least a laugh.) So grab a bowl of popcorn, pull up a chair, and join us in watching this blast from the 60s.
The little kid-cowboy Sonny and Cher meet on the street is actor Peter Robbins who's voice will be instantly recognizable as the original Charlie Brown.
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Friday, April 6, 2018
Thursday, April 5, 2018
Wednesday, April 4, 2018
Tuesday, April 3, 2018
Monday, April 2, 2018
Sunday, April 1, 2018
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