Thursday, January 31, 2019
Wednesday, January 30, 2019
Glow in the Dark Toilet Paper
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Tuesday, January 29, 2019
Monday, January 28, 2019
Sunday, January 27, 2019
Saturday, January 26, 2019
The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour (104)
Thank you for joining us today
Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Bugs Bunny Looney Tunes cartoon,
co-starring Cecil Turtle, the 1941 Tex Avery directed, Tortoise Beats Hare, (This cartoon has first appearance of Cecil
Turtle.):
This was Tex Avery's 54th cartoon and Bugs Bunny's seventh appearance. This cartoon short is, of course, a take off of the Aesop fable The Tortoise and the Hare. But even more directly, it is Avery's parody of the 1934 Disney Silly Symphony, The Tortoise and the Hare. Interestingly, Max Hare from the earlier Disney film is often cited as one of the inspirations behind Bugs Bunny.
The BBC broadcast the Alan Yentob documentary on David Bowie called Cracked Actor on this date in 1975. The documentary was filmed after the end of the Ziggy Stardust tour and his tour supporting the release of the Diamond Dogs LP. The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour always looks for an excuse to celebrate anything about David Bowie, so why not find your spot on the sofa, get comfortable and watch this interesting documentary.
Among the TV audience was British director Nicolas Roeg, at the time planning an adaptation of Walter Tevis’s novel The Man Who Fell To Earth.
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This was Tex Avery's 54th cartoon and Bugs Bunny's seventh appearance. This cartoon short is, of course, a take off of the Aesop fable The Tortoise and the Hare. But even more directly, it is Avery's parody of the 1934 Disney Silly Symphony, The Tortoise and the Hare. Interestingly, Max Hare from the earlier Disney film is often cited as one of the inspirations behind Bugs Bunny.
The BBC broadcast the Alan Yentob documentary on David Bowie called Cracked Actor on this date in 1975. The documentary was filmed after the end of the Ziggy Stardust tour and his tour supporting the release of the Diamond Dogs LP. The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour always looks for an excuse to celebrate anything about David Bowie, so why not find your spot on the sofa, get comfortable and watch this interesting documentary.
Among the TV audience was British director Nicolas Roeg, at the time planning an adaptation of Walter Tevis’s novel The Man Who Fell To Earth.
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Friday, January 25, 2019
Thursday, January 24, 2019
Proof Aztec Secret does not work!
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Wednesday, January 23, 2019
Know what the secret ingredient is?
(the clay is made from the blood of non-virginal sacrificial victims. It won't appease Volcano gods, won't deep clean your pores)
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Tuesday, January 22, 2019
Monday, January 21, 2019
Autotomy
the casting off of a part of the body (e.g. the tail of a lizard) by an animal under threat.
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Sunday, January 20, 2019
Saturday, January 19, 2019
The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour (103)
Thank you for joining us today
Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Bugs Bunny Looney Tunes cartoon,
co-starring Wile E. Coyote, in the first match-up with Bugs, the 1952 Chuck Jones directed Operation: Rabbit, (which premiered on this date.):
This was the second cartoon to feature Wile E. Coyote (following 1949’s Fast and Furry-ous), and the first in which he is identified by his full name. It is also the first in which the Coyote speaks.
The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour would like to celebrate the birthday of Robert Palmer with a concert of his from London in 1991, at the top of his career. So why don't we all sit back (quick, find the most comfortable seat on the sofa,) get a snack and a beverage and give listen to this Robert Palmer concert
Robert Palmer won two Grammy Awards - 1986 Best Male Rock Vocalist (Addicted To Love) & 1988 Best Male Rock Vocalist (Simply Irresistible). He also won MTV's Best Male Video Award for 1986 (Addicted To Love) and was winner of the Rolling Stone Magazine's 1990 Readers Poll for the category Best Dressed Rock Star.
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This was the second cartoon to feature Wile E. Coyote (following 1949’s Fast and Furry-ous), and the first in which he is identified by his full name. It is also the first in which the Coyote speaks.
The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour would like to celebrate the birthday of Robert Palmer with a concert of his from London in 1991, at the top of his career. So why don't we all sit back (quick, find the most comfortable seat on the sofa,) get a snack and a beverage and give listen to this Robert Palmer concert
Robert Palmer won two Grammy Awards - 1986 Best Male Rock Vocalist (Addicted To Love) & 1988 Best Male Rock Vocalist (Simply Irresistible). He also won MTV's Best Male Video Award for 1986 (Addicted To Love) and was winner of the Rolling Stone Magazine's 1990 Readers Poll for the category Best Dressed Rock Star.
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Friday, January 18, 2019
Thursday, January 17, 2019
Tonight you're mine, completely
January 17, 1996 -
David Bowie, Tom Donahue, The Jefferson Airplane, Gladys Knight And The Pips, Little Willie John, Pink Floyd, Pete Seeger, The Shirelles and The Velvet Underground were all inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on this date.
Gerry Goffin and Carole King (1990 inductees) were a husband and wife songwriting team who worked were signed to Don Kirshner's Aldon music, which along with the Brill building, was the center of the songwriting universe in the early '60s. Kirshner assigned them to write a song for The Shirelles as a follow-up song to "Tonight's The Night." King came up with the music, and Goffin, excited about writing for The Shirelles, quickly came up with the lyrics. Kirshner loved the song, and recognizing that he had something new and different, decided to use it to get in the door at Columbia Records, so he offered it to Columbia for Johnny Mathis, but their label head Mitch Miller politely declined, which Kirshner later said was "The best thing he ever did for me."
Back at Aldon Music, Tony Orlando wanted to record the song, but Kirshner, taking a cue from what he learned when he offered it to Mathis, explained that it was a girl's lyric, and that no teenage boy would say these words. So finally, the song went to The Shirelles, where it was intended all along.
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David Bowie, Tom Donahue, The Jefferson Airplane, Gladys Knight And The Pips, Little Willie John, Pink Floyd, Pete Seeger, The Shirelles and The Velvet Underground were all inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on this date.
Gerry Goffin and Carole King (1990 inductees) were a husband and wife songwriting team who worked were signed to Don Kirshner's Aldon music, which along with the Brill building, was the center of the songwriting universe in the early '60s. Kirshner assigned them to write a song for The Shirelles as a follow-up song to "Tonight's The Night." King came up with the music, and Goffin, excited about writing for The Shirelles, quickly came up with the lyrics. Kirshner loved the song, and recognizing that he had something new and different, decided to use it to get in the door at Columbia Records, so he offered it to Columbia for Johnny Mathis, but their label head Mitch Miller politely declined, which Kirshner later said was "The best thing he ever did for me."
Back at Aldon Music, Tony Orlando wanted to record the song, but Kirshner, taking a cue from what he learned when he offered it to Mathis, explained that it was a girl's lyric, and that no teenage boy would say these words. So finally, the song went to The Shirelles, where it was intended all along.
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Wednesday, January 16, 2019
When a pencil and calendar aren't enough
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Tuesday, January 15, 2019
Monday, January 14, 2019
Sunday, January 13, 2019
Saturday, January 12, 2019
The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour (102)
Thank you for joining us today
Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Bugs Bunny Looney Tunes cartoon, (co-starring Elmer Fudd,) the 1941 Chuck Jones directed, Elmer's Pet Rabbit, (This cartoon has first appearance of Bugs Bunny's name.):
There are at least three allusions to movie stars. A sign in the shop window mentions Rabbit Taylor, a reference to Robert Taylor. Bugs Bunny does a brief imitation of Katharine Hepburn. Later, he quotes Groucho Marx. (Of course, you know this means war!)
It's hard to believe but 50 years ago today, Led Zeppelin released their eponymously named debut album, Led Zeppelin, which shouldn't be a surprise as all their albums are called, Led Zeppelin (but that's another story ....) The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour would like to celebrate the release of one of the most significant debuts of an LP (that once again wasn't recognized at the time.) So why don't we all sit back and give this head banging classic another listen
When Led Zeppelin was first released, Rolling Stone - less than two years old at the time - gave the album a poor review. Although the writer, John Mendelsohn, admitted that Jimmy Page was an “extraordinary proficient blues guitarist,” he also called him “a very limited producer and a writer of weak, unimaginative songs.” But by 2003, they’d changed their tune, placing the LP at No. 29 in their top 500 albums of all time.
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Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Bugs Bunny Looney Tunes cartoon, (co-starring Elmer Fudd,) the 1941 Chuck Jones directed, Elmer's Pet Rabbit, (This cartoon has first appearance of Bugs Bunny's name.):
There are at least three allusions to movie stars. A sign in the shop window mentions Rabbit Taylor, a reference to Robert Taylor. Bugs Bunny does a brief imitation of Katharine Hepburn. Later, he quotes Groucho Marx. (Of course, you know this means war!)
It's hard to believe but 50 years ago today, Led Zeppelin released their eponymously named debut album, Led Zeppelin, which shouldn't be a surprise as all their albums are called, Led Zeppelin (but that's another story ....) The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour would like to celebrate the release of one of the most significant debuts of an LP (that once again wasn't recognized at the time.) So why don't we all sit back and give this head banging classic another listen
When Led Zeppelin was first released, Rolling Stone - less than two years old at the time - gave the album a poor review. Although the writer, John Mendelsohn, admitted that Jimmy Page was an “extraordinary proficient blues guitarist,” he also called him “a very limited producer and a writer of weak, unimaginative songs.” But by 2003, they’d changed their tune, placing the LP at No. 29 in their top 500 albums of all time.
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Friday, January 11, 2019
Wednesday, January 9, 2019
Up in the air, junior birdmen!
January 10, 1911 -
The first photo was taken from a flying airplane, (a Curtiss Hydroplane,)
by Major Erickson (the pilot was Charles Kenny Hamilton,) over San Diego on this date.
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The first photo was taken from a flying airplane, (a Curtiss Hydroplane,)
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Defeat doesn't finish a man, quit does
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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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.
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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Tuesday, January 8, 2019
Monday, January 7, 2019
Sunday, January 6, 2019
Saturday, January 5, 2019
The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour (101)
Welcome back my friends to the show that almost never ends, (it's the start of our third season.)
Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with an early Bugs Bunny Looney Tunes cartoon, the 1940 Virgil Ross directed, A Wild Hare, (This cartoon solidified the personalities of Bugs and Elmer Fudd and became the blueprint for their future encounters.):
The producers' reaction to the gag of Bugs responding to a hunter pointing a gun at him with a confident casual remark, "What's up, Doc?" was so favorable that they decided to make that a standard element of future films featuring the character. There are at least two conflicting stories as to who came up with the "What's up, Doc?" line. Tex Avery claimed that he based the line on an expression used by his friends in Texas. However, Mel Blanc claimed that it was an ad-lib that he came up with while recording the dialogue.
The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour would like to celebrate the Epiphany with one of the most significant debuts of an LP (that wasn't recognized at the time.) On January 5, 1973, Bruce Springsteen released his debut album, Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J., upon an unsuspecting world. Today we would like you to join us in giving the album another listen
Recorded in a single week the album only sold about 25,000 copies in the first year of its release. Both Blinded By The Light and Spirit In The Night were released as singles but neither made a dent in the charts. Manfred Mann's Earth Band later released a version of Blinded By The Light on their album The Roaring Silence, which reached No.1 on the US charts in 1977.
Keeping the tradition of getting one more gift during Little Christmas, The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour has found a Fan-made (bootleg) copy of a Novenber 22, 2009 concert that Bruce and the group played Greetings form Asbury Park in it's entirety. Grab another beer (or cocktail), claim a seat on the sofa and enjoy:
Bruce Springsteen closed his Working on a Dream tour by playing Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J. in its entirety. "This was the miracle," he told the crowd. "This was the record that took us from way below zero to ... one." The performance was dedicated to former manager Mike Appel, who bullied John Hammond's secretary into giving his client an audition, and was in attendance. It was the last concert Clarence Clemons played with the E Street Band, before his death on June 18, 2011.
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Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with an early Bugs Bunny Looney Tunes cartoon, the 1940 Virgil Ross directed, A Wild Hare, (This cartoon solidified the personalities of Bugs and Elmer Fudd and became the blueprint for their future encounters.):
The producers' reaction to the gag of Bugs responding to a hunter pointing a gun at him with a confident casual remark, "What's up, Doc?" was so favorable that they decided to make that a standard element of future films featuring the character. There are at least two conflicting stories as to who came up with the "What's up, Doc?" line. Tex Avery claimed that he based the line on an expression used by his friends in Texas. However, Mel Blanc claimed that it was an ad-lib that he came up with while recording the dialogue.
The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour would like to celebrate the Epiphany with one of the most significant debuts of an LP (that wasn't recognized at the time.) On January 5, 1973, Bruce Springsteen released his debut album, Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J., upon an unsuspecting world. Today we would like you to join us in giving the album another listen
Recorded in a single week the album only sold about 25,000 copies in the first year of its release. Both Blinded By The Light and Spirit In The Night were released as singles but neither made a dent in the charts. Manfred Mann's Earth Band later released a version of Blinded By The Light on their album The Roaring Silence, which reached No.1 on the US charts in 1977.
Keeping the tradition of getting one more gift during Little Christmas, The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour has found a Fan-made (bootleg) copy of a Novenber 22, 2009 concert that Bruce and the group played Greetings form Asbury Park in it's entirety. Grab another beer (or cocktail), claim a seat on the sofa and enjoy:
Bruce Springsteen closed his Working on a Dream tour by playing Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J. in its entirety. "This was the miracle," he told the crowd. "This was the record that took us from way below zero to ... one." The performance was dedicated to former manager Mike Appel, who bullied John Hammond's secretary into giving his client an audition, and was in attendance. It was the last concert Clarence Clemons played with the E Street Band, before his death on June 18, 2011.
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Friday, January 4, 2019
Thursday, January 3, 2019
Wednesday, January 2, 2019
I think this one is worth a watch
Here a look back at last year's films that I think you might enjoy: a review of the films of 2018 done with Lego figures.
I think some of the films improve a great deal, done with legos.
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I think some of the films improve a great deal, done with legos.
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Tuesday, January 1, 2019
Once again, a word from our sponsor
May you and your family have a Happy and Brighter New Year.
from your friends at ACME.
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