The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour (181)

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 The Rabbit Fire, (featuring Daffy Duck and Elmer Fudd in the first in the 'hunting trilogy') directed by Chuck Jones.



The film marks a significant change in Daffy's style, away from the "screwball" and toward the "foil" for Bugs' jokes. However this is the only one of the hunting trilogy where they attempt to work together to rid themselves of Elmer.

Before the start of our feature presentation ACME Eagle Hand Soap would like to bring you another parody song from Shirley Serban during this pandemic - Stay Away.



Unfortunately the world doesn't want us at this time and I'm not sure that I blame them.


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 mandatory pantless zoom meetings and drone-o-grams.

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 under-appreciated 1945 Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger romantic comedy, I Know Where I'm Going!, the directors actually were trying to direct a different film at time but the cameras (Technicolor cameras) weren't available.. Please join ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour in watching this neglected hit, I Know Where I'm Going! -



The movie was originally meant to star Deborah Kerr and James Mason but Kerr could not get out of her contract with MGM, so they cast Wendy Hiller. James Mason was originally cast as Torquil, but declined when told he would have to "live rough" in the islands. Ironically, Roger Livesey never went to the islands because he was in a West End show at the time. A double was used for long shots and all close-ups are shot in the studio. Mason has always contended that it was Michael Powell's reluctance to pay the expenses of Mason's wife on the location shoot.




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