The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour (165)

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 Which is Witch, directed by Friz Freleng. (While not part of the infamous Censored 11, this cartoon is rarely, if ever shown on TV due to it's negative stereotypes.)



When Dr. Spots appears in the crocodile-skin outfit and Bugs says Spots has the "New Look", Bugs is referring to the late 40's fashion initiated by designer Christian Dior. Bugs even contorts his face to resemble Dior's then-famous face.


Before the start of our feature presentation ACME Eagle Hand Soap would like you to watch the important PSA - Germs and You -



Remember, use ACME Eagle Hand Soap frequently or or else a giant talking bar of soap will appear in your bedroom one night and no one will ever hear from you again.


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 santizing themselves for your protection. We are also engaged in social distancing - we are communicating with each other via messenger pigeons and secret couriers. We have been re-reading an excellent reference book, 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die by Steven Jay Schneider. This time what jumped out at us was an almost completely forgotten silent film from 1928. The Docks of New York was one of the last films of the silent era. Previewed by the New York City press during the same week that saw the fanfare opening of Al Jolson’s The Singing Fool, the follow up film to The Jazz Singer. We could think of nothing better than watching catching this classic pre-Marlene Dietrich Josef von Sternberg film. 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, Docks of New York. -



'Sugar' Steve tries to light Mae's cigarette from the same match he used to light Bill's and his own cigarettes while she is mending Bill's shirt. Mae blows out the match and says, "What are you trying to do, bring me more bad luck?" He must light a new match for her cigarette. At the time, "three on a match" was considered bad luck. Soldiers during the Crimea War believed that if three soldiers lit their cigarettes from the same match, one of the three would be killed, or alternately the third soldier to use the match would be shot. The superstition persisted with soldiers through World War II.



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