The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour (125)

Thank you for joining us today.

Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Bugs Bunny Looney Tunes cartoon, the 1944 Chuck Jones directed, Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears



The cartoon marks the first appearance of Jones' dysfunctional version of the Three Bears, and of course is a parody of the old fairy tale, Goldilocks and the Three Bears.


Summer is fast approaching and The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour staff is starting to think about summer. Not that any of them are going to be allowed to take a vacation, but that are THINKING about summer. Summertime always gets us thinking about outdoor concerts. On June 15, 1986, a two-week, six-city, all-star tour to raise money for Amnesty International ended with a celebratory 11-hour concert at Giants Stadium. The concert featured the likes Bob Geldof, Bryan Adams, Jackson Browne, Joan Baez, Lou Reed, Peter Gabriel, The Police, and, U2 among others, and had a potential audience in the millions, broadcasted on MTV and radio stations across the United States.

The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour would like to honor the anniversary of the concert by playing two sets: one by U2, and the other, The Police. So grab a couple your favorite beverages, alcoholic or not, find a comfy seat and join us in watching some of the performances from The Conspiracy of Hope closing night - let's start with U2's set.



The tour was in honor of Amnesty International, the human-rights organization's 25th anniversary, and to give it a higher profile in the United States; it succeeded on both scores. The Conspiracy of Hope tour was not just a fund-raising event. Amnesty International, which works to free political prisoners, hoped to recruit ''freedom writers,'' who would send a letter a month on behalf of a prisoner. On the way in, concertgoers were handed postcards addressed to heads of state, urging the release of six political prisoners. Thousands of postcards were filled out and they were ultimately delivered to embassies.


I'm guess we could all use a break, right about know. So you can run into the kitchen and get a beverage refill or run into the bathroom and replenish the eco-system, while we watch another somewhat bear-related short, the 1935 Ub Iwerks Studio, The Three Bears -



Carl Stalling was the musical director for the Ub Iwerks Studio, (previous he worked at Disney Studio,) until it shut down in 1936. He then went on to his long association (the music director for 22 years) with Looney Tunes at the Warner Brothers Studio.


Our second look today at the last night of The Conspiracy of Hope tour is the Police. So please join us here at The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour and sit back, relax and enjoy listening to this second set from the concert.



At Giants Stadium in New Jersey that evening in 1986, The Police headlined the last concert on the Conspiracy of Hope tour, which as we mentioned, benefited Amnesty International. They had plans to record an album, but scrap them after drummer Stewart Copeland was injured in a polo match. This was the last time the Police performed together publicly until the trio toured again in 2007.



Demand Euphoria!