Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Bugs Bunny Looney Tunes cartoon from 1943, the Chuck Jones directed, Super-Rabbit, ("Look! Up in the sky! It's a boid!" "Nah, it ain't a boid, it's a dive bomba!" "NO! It's SUPER RABBIT!"):
The United States Marine Corps were so glad that Bugs Bunny decided to become a Marine in this film that they insisted that the character be officially inducted into the force as a private, which was done, complete with dogtags. The character was regularly promoted until Bugs was officially "discharged" at the end of World War II as a Master Sergeant.
Yesterday was Arbor Day in most of the United States. Arbor Day was first proposed in 1872 by J. Sterling Morton in Nebraska City, Nebraska. It was estimated that more than one million trees were planted in Nebraska on the first Arbor Day. The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour could think of no better way to celebrate this holiday than asking you to join us in watching Vittorio de Sica's masterful 1970 film about the onset of the Holocaust in Italy, The Garden of the Finzi-Continis. So get your antipasti plate together, grab a nice bottle of Montepulcano, find the most comfortable place on the couch and enjoy this evening's entertainment.
Nine people, including the original novel's author, worked on the screenplay (including Vittorio De Sica and Franco Brussati) but only two men, Ugo Pirro and Vittorio Bonicelli, were allowed to take credit and be nominated for the Oscar for Best Screenplay Based On Material From Another Medium.
Alright, the programmers here at ACME want to keep the good time going, so they are quickly deciding on a special 'Double Feature' tonight . Please use this opportunity as a bathroom break. While you're gone, we're going to watch this short.
Today is the anniversary of the birth of Walter Lantz, animator, film producer, director and probably best known for his creation, Woody Woodpecker. Mel Blanc supplied Woody's voice for the first three cartoons.
Welcome back to The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour. As mention on our other site, today is the anniversary of the release of Godzilla, King of the Monsters, the American version of the original Gojira. Our staff would like to tip their hat to the illustrious brand by asking you to join us in watching another Godzilla film, Invasion of the Astro-Monsters (A.K.A Monster Zero, ) originally released in Japan in 1965. This film marks the very first appearance of an alien race in a Godzilla film. So grab another beverage, if you finished the wine and join The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour in watching this fine motion picture.
Mothra was slated to appear in this film, but for budgetary reasons, she was dropped from the film, as were all references to her in the original script. Special effects director Eiji Tsuburaya was asked if Godzilla could do a "shê" pose, a reference to a pose a character in a very popular 1960s Japanese comic struck when he was surprised. Having already given Godzilla a more humorous and playful side, Eiji agreed, cleverly incorporating the pose into a "victory dance" for the monster. However, director Ishirô Honda was not impressed. After some debating, it was ultimately left in the final print.
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