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The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour (175)

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Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Bugs Bunny Merrie Melodies cartoon, the 1950 Bushy Hare, directed by Robert McKimson. (The baby kangaroo is played by Hippety Hopper, in a cameo appearance.)


(Sorry but this does not have the original opening animation.)

Please note: While this is not part of the imfamous 'censored eleven' Looney Tunes title, this cartoon has not been seen on broadcast TV for almost 20 years on order of Warner Bros 'sensitivity' to Bugs' antagonist being an ethnic stereotype (in this case it is an Australian Aboriginal hunter).


Before the start of our feature presentation ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour would like bring you some straight presidential talk about the times we live in.



Big applause to Youtuber Robert Wayne for remembering this FDR fireside chat and how appropriate it was for these times.


We hope you are doing well with your self quarantines - the programming department of The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour have been vigorously scrubbing themselves with ACME Eagle Hand Soap - If your eagle's hands are dirty, we'll wash them clean! and sanitizing themselves for your protection. We are also engaged in social distancing - we are communicating with each other via Sumerian cuneiform and Pony Express.

We were having a hard time finding another film from the list of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die by Steven Jay Schneider, for today's feature that was on-line. We had to skip over a galaxy of films from the late 30s' and jump into the early 40s', (we'll do a little more research to see if we can find some of the films we had to skip over.) The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp is another fantastic film from the Powell, Pressburger stable. Shot during the height of World War II, the films civilized look at war and soldiers was considered unpatriotic and the film was at first banned, then reluctantly released in a shorter version. In the U.S., the film lost 50 minutes of its 163-minute running time; the entire flashback structure was replaced by a chronological story line. Only in 1983 was the film finally restored, and hailed as a masterpiece. But don't let me tell you, let's listen to a super fan, an older gentleman named Mr. Scorsese, tell you why it's worth watching this film:



So why not sit back and relax (find the most comfortable seat, the movie is good but a tad long - almost three hours) get a snack (or perhaps a little supper,) and a beverage or two and join The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour in watching this wonderful film, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp -



The filmmakers wanted Laurence Olivier to play Clive Candy, but he was prevented from being furloughed from the Navy by Prime Minister Winston Churchill, who didn't want the film to be made. Churchill didn't want to bolster the production with an actor and star of Olivier's caliber, as he felt the movie was critical of a type of British patriot. Olivier was allowed to take a leave from the Navy to make a film about William Shakespeare's patriotic King Henry V in Henry V. Roger Livesey was cast instead. A generation later he played Olivier's father, Billy Rice, in The Entertainer, though he was actually less than a year older than Olivier.


Before you go - another group of people proving that they haven't wasted their time during the quarantine -



The group, Couch Choir, formerly known as Pub Choir started in Brisbane in 2017, and was created by music teacher and event director Astrid Jorgensen. It turned into a phenomenon and every month had attracted hundreds of strangers to come together and learn low, medium and high harmonies to record a popular song. The pandemic caused them to turn their events home bound and thus was born, Couch Choir.



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So it's all because of some rotting plums?

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Seeking more guidelines on avoiding the Coronavirus?

While Zack David was very clear that this is a parody, his lyrics seem to contain more sage advice than much of the daily briefings coming out of Washington DC.



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These did not make it out of the prototype phase

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From a young man out in a field

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Kuchisabishii

(Japanese) When you’re not hungry, but you eat because your mouth is lonely



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My upcoming memoir

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The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour (174)

Thank you for joining us today.

Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Bugs Bunny Merrie Melodies cartoon, the 1950 Bunker Hill Bunny (featuring Yosemite Sam,) directed by Friz Freleng. (I'm a little confused if we've already seen this title already or not.)



Please note: in the past, the sequence involving Sam digging underground to ambush Bugs' fortress, only to end up in a dynamite shack that blows up when he lights a match to see, has been edited out in the past.


Before the start of our feature presentation ACME Eagle Hand Soap would like bring you some straight talk about social distancing.



Remember - take a tip from the late Karen Carpenter, no one wants to be close to you during this pandemic.


We hope you are doing well with your self quarantines - the programming department of The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour have been vigorously scrubbing themselves with ACME Eagle Hand Soap - If your eagle's hands are dirty, we'll wash them clean! and sanitizing themselves for your protection. We are also engaged in social distancing - we are communicating with each other via message sticks and Silk and Wax (don't ask).

We've were sitting around, observing the correct social distancing spacing, and we realized that we haven't actually listened to some music together recently. Today is the anniversary of the release of the 1969 Who rock classic, Tommy. A surprising fact we learned while researching for tonight's show - The album got The Who out of a financial mess. After a legal battle with their manager, Shel Talmy, and some bad business deals in England, they were facing bankruptcy if it didn't sell.

So why not sit back and relax (some 'em if you got 'em,) and get a snack (perhaps, a pint and some crisps,) and join The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour in listening to this superb album, Tommy -



In the run-up to the creation of the album Tommy, Pete Townshend would talk about the notion of a rock opera to anyone who would listen. That included Rolling Stone magazine founder Jann Wenner, who spoke with the guitarist at length in the summer of 1968 about the Who’s next project. "The package I hope is going to be called Deaf, Dumb and Blind Boy, he said. "It's a story about a kid that's born deaf, dumb and blind and what happens to him throughout his life. The deaf, dumb and blind boy is played by the Who, the musical entity...But what it's really all about is the fact that because the boy is 'D, D & B,' he's seeing things basically as vibrations which we translate as music. That's really what we want to do: create this feeling that when you listen to the music you can actually become aware of the boy, and aware of what he is all about, because we are creating him as we play."


Your friends at ACME want to remind you:

If you listen closely -  by using ACME Eagle Hand Soap, you can actually hear the death screams of germs and bacteria while washing!



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I'm glad Andy keeps busy -

While I'm not sure I would drink any of these, it's good to see that he has a hobby.



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Another bedtime story

As read by James Corden





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Just couldn't compete with Colon Blow

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The musings of a feckless 6 year old

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Crepuscular

Of or relating to twilight.



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The Administration helps explain things to your kids

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The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour (173)

Thank you for joining us today.

Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Bugs Bunny Merrie Melodies cartoon, the 1950 Hillbilly Hare, directed by Robert McKimson.



Please note: in the past, this cartoon has been heavily edited in the past. Among the scenes that have been edited were: The scene where Hillbilly #1 unties his rifle barrel, gets blasted in the face, was cut, as well as, the scene where Bugs meets up with Hillbilly #2, and Bugs reverses the gun barrel so that the second hillbilly is blown up was cut.


Before the start of our feature presentation ACME Eagle Hand Soap would like bring you some straight facts about COVID - 19 with Dr. Fauci.



Remember - even Dr. Fauci needs to be reminded to wash his hands.


The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour would like to celebrate the anniversary the passing of Chesney Henry Baker Jr., an inductee of both Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame and the Down Beat magazine Jazz Hall of Fame, in May of 1988. Baker's tragic and ignominious death, seems incongruous for someone whose initial career had begun so spectacularly. Today we would like to look about at the career and life of Chet Baker by asking you to sit back (quick, find the most comfortable seat on the sofa,) get a snack and a beverage and join The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour in watching this 1988 documentary by noted photographer Bruce Weber - Let's Get Lost.



Four months before the film's release in September 1988, Baker died under mysterious circumstances in a fall from his hotel room window in Amsterdam. It's been variously speculated his death was an accident, suicide or revenge by drug dealers to whom he owed money.

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Have some fun this Quarantini time

In case you haven't had a chance to catch John Krasinski's utterly charming Pandemic home project Some Good News - pour yourself a cocktail, pull up a chair and watch -



You would be hard pressed to find Guy Fieri and Martha Stewart on the same program.



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Explaining the virus to your kids

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A memorial lamp with the actual skull of your dead cat

The perfect gift for that creepy someone in your life

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It's worth repeating

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Zoolatry

the worship of animals.



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Just in time for the (Non) Grad in your life

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The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour (172)

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 1950 8 Ball Bunny (featuring the 'Playboy' Penguin,) directed by Chuck Jones.



Please note: in the past, the part where Bugs and Playboy are captured by South American natives is edited to remove the part where one of the natives runs to warn the group of "bwana" Humphrey Bogart coming and the group scattering. The scene was replaced with a frozen shot of Bogart's feet while the sound of the group muttering and fleeing was heard.


Before the start of our feature presentation ACME Eagle Hand Soap would like to salute all name brand products in their fight against COVID - 19



Remember - we hate our product, but you should still buy our product.


We hope you are doing well with your self quarantines - the programming department of The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour have been vigorously scrubbing themselves with ACME Eagle Hand Soap - If your eagle's hands are dirty, we'll wash them clean! and sanitizing themselves for your protection. We are also engaged in social distancing - we are communicating with each other via invisible ink and secret messaging through BBC Radio One.

We've were sitting around, observing the correct social distancing spacing, celebrating Star War's Day (May the Fourth) and were thinking about the fantastic career of Alec Guinness. Someone remembered a wonderful yet almost forgotten film of his from the 50s and we immediately decided that we had to show that one. The Man In The White Suit (1951) - another very funny comedy from Ealing Studio, directed by Alexander Mackendrick. (We're thinking, perhaps in the Fall, we do an Ealing Studio film festival.) So why not sit back and relax (quick, move some of the furniture out of the way, should you be so moved to dance along,) get a snack (perhaps, some potato crisps,) and a cuppa and join The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour in watching this superb film, The Man In The White Suit -



Alec Guinness performed the stunt of climbing down the side of the mansion. He was convinced by a technician, that the piano wire holding him up would not break, since only piano wire with kinks in it would be prone to breaking. As he got to about four feet from the ground, the wire did in fact break.

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Remember this is only a guide,

(when you drink is between you and your god.)

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Please continue to support our Front Line Workers

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Even at this price, there just wasn't a desire for them

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Sage words at day's end

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Woopie

An affluent retired person able to pursue an active lifestyle (from the initials of well-off older person.)



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New Hobby for stay at home pet owners

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The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour (171)

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 1950 What's Up, Doc? directed by Robert McKimson.



In this short, he recounts his life story to a reporter from Disassociated Press. Bugs talks about his birth, his rise to fame, the slow years, and when famous Vaudeville performer Elmer Fudd chooses him to be part of his act. Eventually the duo comes upon their classic formula of Hunter vs. Hare.


Before the start of our feature presentation ACME Eagle Hand Soap would like to salute one of the important people taking carry of the home front on the fight against COVID - 19 - the moms and dads stuck at home with their kids -



Take the great advice: Remembering that 'we might not have it all together, but together we have it all'.


We hope you are doing well with your self quarantines - the programming department of The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour have been vigorously scrubbing themselves with ACME Eagle Hand Soap - If your eagle's hands are dirty, we'll wash them clean! and sanitizing themselves for your protection. We are also engaged in social distancing - we are communicating with each other via drum beats and yodelling.

We've picked another entry from the excellent reference book, 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die by Steven Jay Schneider for today's feature. Today choice - Swing Time - The sixth of RKO's Fred Astaire -Ginger Rogers pairings of the 1930s. Directed by George Stevens, Swing Time is often considered one of their best pairings, rivaled only possibly by Top Hat. So why not sit back and relax (quick, move some of the furniture out of the way, should you be so moved to dance along,) get a snack (perhaps, some potato chips,) and a beverage and join The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour in watching this superb film, Swing Time. -



Fred Astaire always insisted that his dance routines be filmed in one continuous camera shot, showing the dancer(s) from head to foot. However, in the Never Gonna Dance number, there is an obvious moment when Astaire and Rogers reach the tops of their respective winding staircases that the camera shot changes quickly to reflect the fact that the filming camera had to be brought upstairs to shoot the close-up finale of the dance number.




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Still life (for the time being)

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