The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour (175)

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 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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