The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour (143)

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 1947 Rabbit Transit directed by Friz Freleng. (This is Bugs' final encounter with Cecil Turtle.)



Cecil and Bugs had previously raced each other in 1941's Tortoise Beats Hare and 1943's Tortoise Wins by a Hare. Unlike Tortoise Wins by a Hare, this cartoon presumes that Bugs and Cecil have never met before now.


The programming staff at the home office of The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour was encouraged (forced by threats of physical violence) to program more kaiju films. So they thought that they would put together a double feature of Gamera films (created in 1965 by the Daiei Motion Picture Company in Japan, to rival the success of Toho Studio) - the 1965 Gamera - The Giant Monster, (the start of the series,) and the 1969 Gamera vs. Guiron, released directly to American television that year as Attack of the Monsters. So we would like you to relax (quick, find the most comfortable seat on the sofa,) get a snack (perhaps, some popcorn,) and a beverage and join The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour in watching the first film in today's double feature, Gamera - The Giant Monster.



This is the only film in the Gamera series that was filmed in black and white. In fact, this was the final kaiju movie to be filmed in black and white.


I'm guessing that we could all use a break, right about know. As you run into the kitchen and get a beverage refill or run into the bathroom and replenish the eco-system, we here at The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour want to watch the the 1951 Looney Tunes Daffy Duck/ Porky Pig cartoon, The Prized Pest.



Look for this; When sitting on a chair in the den, Daffy is shown reading a Bugs Bunny comic book.


Our second feature tonight the 1969 Gamera film, Attack of the Monsters, the Americanized version of the Japanese film, Gamera vs Guiron. So please join us here at The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour and sit back, get comfortable and enjoy watching our second feature this evening.



Despite being for kids, the monster action is filled with blood and gore (Guiron chops up Space Gyaos, Zigra slices Gamera open, Zedus gets his tongue ripped out etc), though none of the monsters in the series have red blood and are mostly various pastel colors



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