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 1949 Frigid Hare (featuring the Playboy Penguin,) directed by Chuck Jones.
This cartoon has been largely barred from TV showings because of complaints about its treatment of Inuit peoples, both in the (perceived) stereotypical way the hunter is drawn and when Bugs insults him by calling him a "big baboon" and an "Eskimo pie-head".
March 14, 1885 -
Fear not, the inmates in the programming department of The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour have been liberally washing themselves with ACME Eagle Hand Soap - If your eagle's hands are dirty, we'll wash them clean! and sanitized themselves for your protection. It's the 135 anniversary of the first performance of Arthur Sullivan and W.S. Giberts comic opera, The Mikado. The opera is one of the most frequently played musical theatre pieces in history. We could think of nothing better than watching the 1999 Mike Leigh film exploring the creation of the Victorian classic. (Mike Leigh was so frustrated with the continued relegation of his movies to art house cinemas instead of wide release that he joked that he would have cast Arnold Schwarzenegger as both Gilbert and Sullivan if his budget had permitted it.) So why not sit back and 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 this superb film, Topsy Turvy. -
Much of the six-month-long rehearsal process consisted of the cast discussing and doing detailed research on Victorian social and personal habits, speaking patterns, news events, and the mechanics of theatrical production during that era. Mike Leigh noticed during editing that one of the violinists in the foreground of a key scene was wearing a modern-day watch, which no one had caught during filming. It was digitally erased, at considerable expense.
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