The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour (144)

Thank you for joining us today.

Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Bugs Bunny (and Elmer Fudd) Looney Tunes cartoon, the 1947 Easter Yeggs, directed by Robert McKimson.



The Easter Rabbit's despondent voice and his therefore ironic catch phrase, "Keep Smiling!", are a takeoff of a character created by Mel Blanc for George Burns and Gracie Allen's radio show during the 1940s; Mel's character was called "The Happy Postman".


ACME would like to wish everyone a Spooky Halloween with a special Drive-In double-feature tonight. The programming department has put together a double feature revolving around nuclear holocaust, a very fun topic indeed. Tonight we have the 1951 film Unknown World and the 1958 Italian co-produced film, The Day the Sky Exploded, co-directed by Italian horror master Mario Bava. 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, Unknown World.



There seems to be some inspiration for this film taken from Jules Verne's Journey to the Center of the Earth. Both feature an underground sea, in both the entrance to the Earth is close to the top of the Earth (Iceland in Verne's novel and Alaska in this film) and the escape from underground is unexpected and amazingly rapid.


I'm guess 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 1956 John Sutherland produced (and CIA funded) cartoon, Destination Earth.



Kids remember,by introducing the American way of life on Mars, we can be sure that the quasi-communist Oggs days are numbered.


Our second feature tonight is the 1958 film, The Day the Sky Exploded, known as the first Italian science fiction film. 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. The Day the Sky Exploded.



The voice of the American astronaut character, John McLaren is provided by Shane Rimmer, Canadian actor better known for voicing Scott Tracey of the English series Thunderbirds.



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