From the desk of Charles Brown

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Persiflage

Light and slightly contemptuous mockery or banter.



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Soon to be a best seller

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The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour (179)

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Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Bugs Bunny Merrie Melodies cartoon, the 1951 Bunny Hugged, (featuring The Crusher) directed by Chuck Jones.


The short is essentially a re-working of Jones's 1948 short Rabbit Punch, substituting wrestling for boxing.


Before the start of our feature presentation ACME Eagle Hand Soap would like to bring you another funny video parody from Shirley Serban - this time, aimed to those who find self-quarantining burdensome.



Unfortunately this sentiment is not limited to dead Hollywood stars.


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 pencil taps during congressional hearings and suggestive dancing.

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 - The Man In Grey (1943) put both the Gainsborough melodramas and actor James Mason on the map. The film was a blockbuster in England at the time but almost unknown now (A large caveat with the film - one minor but important character in the film is played by a white child actor in blackface - so please note.) With that in mind, please join ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour in watching this little remembered but interesting film, The Man in Grey -

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James Mason was originally cast as Rokeby, but he took over the villain's part of the Marquis of Rohan, replacing Eric Portman.  Stewart Granger inherited the role of Rokeby.



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Remember what time your liquor store closes

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Word to the wise

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Just ... don't ask

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Overheard conversation

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Hiraeth

A Welsh word with no direct English translation that means something like: "A homesickness for a home to which you cannot return, a home which maybe never was; the nostalgia, the yearning, the grief for the lost places of your past."



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But not me

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The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour (178)

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 1951 Rabbit Every Monday, (featuring Yosemite Sam) directed by Friz Freleng.



This is one of a few Yosemite Sam vs Bugs Bunny cartoons where both win in the end.


Before the start of our feature presentation ACME Eagle Hand Soap would like to bring you this important PSA - curb side pick up for library books has started in Nashville.



While this only affects those of you in the Greater Nashville area, we here at ACME salute the fact that your rodents did not become cannibals and became literary rapping stars, instead.


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 hieroglyphics and Navajo Code Talkers.

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 - (I believe our second Marlene Dietrich title from the list,) is from the Hollywood Studios 'Golden Age', the 1939 Comedy Western classic, Destry Rides Again. The role of Frenchie, seemed an odd choice for the glamorous Dietrich to revive her faltering movie career and yet the against casting choice was exactly what succeeded for her. So why not sit back and relax (find the most comfortable seat) get a snack and a large beer or two and join The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour in watching this fun film, Destry Rides Again -



Una Merkel recalled filming the fight sequence: "Neither of us knew what we were doing. We just plunged in and punched and slapped and kicked for all we were worth. They never did call in the stunt girls. Marlene stepped on my feet with her French heels. The toenails never grew back. She was stronger than me. She was very powerful and I was very thin. Luckily, I have a remarkable constitution. I was bruised from head to foot when it was over. I looked like an old peach, green with brown spots. And I felt like one too. At the end of the scene Jimmy Stewart came in and dumped a whole bucket of water over us. He did it in long shot. Then he had to do it over for close-ups. Then Life Magazine wanted pictures so they did it over again. He dumped water on us for hours."


Before you go - Bunkies, Jimmy Fallon (not one of our favorite alter kockers) had on the other night, one of our favorite alter kockers, proving that he's not wasting his time during the pandemic.-



Once again, it's nice to see that 70 something year old millionaires are doing their part.



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Celebrate responsibly

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Is this trip necessary?

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This is not an appropriate Father's Day Gift

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The musings of a feckless 6 year old

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Yonic

In the shape of a vulva or a vagina. Analogous to "phallic", but much less widely known, for some reason.



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The Truth Must Be Told

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The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour (177)

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Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Bugs Bunny Merrie Melodies cartoon, the 1951 Hare We Go, directed by Robert McKimson.



Shortly after King Ferdinand kicks Christopher Columbus out of his palace, Bugs Bunny's first scene occurs and looks at Christopher Columbus's globe. Then, when he voices his frustration, as if cursing in Italian, Bugs asks why. Columbus tells Bugs that King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella do not believe that the Earth is round. Bugs then gets a baseball (before the sport was created) and tosses it. Ten seconds later, it arrives with marks and the names of world famous cities: Paris, France; Cairo, Egypt; Shanghai, China; London, England; Lima, Peru; Mumbai, India; Brooklyn, New York; and Hollywood, California.


Before the start of our feature presentation ACME Eagle Hand Soap would like to bring you this important PSA - So, don't put strange things in your mouth.



Even if it wasn't during the time of COVID-19, Wonder Woman's words ring true!


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 flaming arrows and Pig Latin.

June 15, 1979 -
Jeff Stein's documentary about The Who, The Kids Are Alright, premiered in New York City, on this date. The Kids Are Alright highlights the Who’s fifteen-year career, from silent footage at London’s Scene Club in 1965 to the final concert with Keith Moon at Shepperton Film Studios in 1978. So why not sit back and relax (find the most comfortable seat) get a snack (smoke 'em if you got 'em,) and a lager or two and join The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour in watching and listening to this documentary, The Kids Are Alright -



Director Jeff Stein had to talk The Who into performing live again for the new footage shot for the film in 1977 and '78 (The '77 footage ended up not being used except for very brief excerpts). The band conceded, but after turning in an unsatisfactory performance of their show closer Won't Get Fooled Again at the second filming, Stein had to coax a very reluctant Pete Townshend into going back out to perform a more "definitive" version of the song so they'd have a better end to the film.


Before you go - Bunkies, you've been cooped up in your house for a while now, is this happening to you?-



Remember, only YOU know how to avoid the munchies!



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Remember, take only under medical supervision.

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The Government Guidelines for re-opening

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The grape flavor didn't just taste 'right'

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Helping explain the world situation to your kids

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Oenophiles

Lovers of wine. Not to be confused with an "alcoholics".



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An earlier work, now eerily appropriate

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The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour (176)

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 Rabbit of Seville, directed by Chuck Jones and written by Michael Maltese.



A signboard lists the opera's featured cast as Eduardo Selzeri, Michele Maltese and Carlo Jonzi, references to Edward Selzer, Michael Maltese and Chuck Jones, their names appear in Italian dialect, and are then transferred to English.



We could go without showing the Woody Woodpecker classic take of Rossini's opera, the 1944 cartoon The Barber of Seville. This is the first Woody Woodpecker "cartune" to use the famous "Woody pops out of a log" opening title animated by Emery Hawkins.


Before the start of our feature presentation ACME would like to bring you this important PSA - Even the stars encourage everyone to #StayAtHome



I'm absolutely positive I couldn't do my makeup any better than Julia Louis-Dreyfus did.


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 Esperanto telegrams and lemon juice secret messages.

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 a chance to look backwards into the 30s to find a film we had to skip over last week. Sons of the Desert (1933), often considered Laurel and Hardy's funniest films, is one such must-see film. This film was released in Britain under an alternative title: Fraternally Yours, showcases the boys at their finest. An interesting aside, the film’s comic take on marital strife mirrored the far more serious domestic problems that Laurel, Hardy, co-star Charley Chase, and director William A. Seiter were experiencing at the time. So why not sit back and relax (find the most comfortable seat) get a snack (and your fez,) and a beverage or two and join The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour in watching this very funny film, Sons of the Desert -



According to studio publicity releases, scenes had to be reshot frequently because director and crew would often break up in laughter over the stars' antics. The story went on to assert that Stan Laurel's expression in the scene with Charley Chase was so funny "that it completely upset the equanimity of Hardy, and it was several minutes before the latter was able to regain his composure." According to film historian Richard W. Bann (a specialist on the films produced by Hal Roach Studios), Hal Roach recalled in 1979 how often such things happened on set. "I was never upset that it was costing me money," he said. "I was upset that we couldn't use some of the funniest scenes we saw every day," the ones that were ruined by cast or crew members breaking up.


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



Thom Yorke debuts a brand new song, Plasticine Figures, on The Tonight Show, a few weeks ago. Psst, Radiohead has been weekly streaming several of their archived live performances on-live on Youtube - check it out.



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Remember, these people are professionals

(You may have to try this under supervisor, at home.)

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Nowhere to run, ain't got nowhere to go

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Early Mobile Phones

(People kept tripping over the very long extension cords.)

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Some thoughts from Lucy Van Pelt

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Eisenbahnscheinbewegung

The false sensation of movement when, looking out from a stationary train, you see another train depart,  (created by author Ben Schott.)



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