The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour (199)

Thank you for joining us today.

Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Looney Tunes Bugs Bunny cartoon, the 1953 Bully for Bugs, directed by Chuck Jones.



The conception of this cartoon came about when Eddie Selzer randomly appeared in the writer’s office to announce that there were to be no bullfighting cartoons made because bullfights weren’t funny. Chuck Jones and Mike Maltese happened to witness this, and began making a bullfighting cartoon immediately.


Before the start of our feature presentation, ACME Eagle Hand Soap who like to join the BBC in wishing this cracky 80 year-old a very Happy Birthday -



Raised in Los Angeles, Terry Gilliam gave up his US citizenship in January 2006. As a result of renouncing his American citizenship, he is only permitted to spend 29 days a year in the United States, considerably less than the average U.K. Citizen.


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 Binary Codes and Caesar Cyphers.

The holiday season is once again upon us and with the month nearly being over, we here at Acme are proud to bring you the Thirteenth Annual Holiday Video Festival. This weekend could be the start of the holiday season for some people (most of the staff of ACME start working on the holidays well before Thanksgiving but after Halloween; we're not insane,) and you may be decorating the house today. Why not put The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour on in the background and watch this completely forgotten (at least to me) 1964 animated television special, the first produced by Rankin/Bass, Return to Oz:



The reason this animated special is not well remembered could be that the program was first televised on the same day that The Beatles made their first appearance on American television on The Ed Sullivan Show and two weeks after CBS's 1964 telecast of the 1939 film, The Wizard of Oz, with Judy Garland.


Since today's theme is Holiday Cartoons, The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour encourages you to keep watching

Santa's Workshop (1932) -



If you look closely a Mickey Mouse doll can be seen peeking out of the bag of toys as Santa Claus is saying goodbye.


The Night Before Christmas - Tom and Jerry (1941) -



This cartoon was originally titled Not Even a Mouse. This is the first time Tom rescues Jerry.


A Christmas Dream (1946) -



This film by Karel Zeman became the first to win the award for Best Animated Short at the first annual Cannes Film Festival.


Santa's Surprise - (1947) -



The character Little Audrey or Audrey Smith, introduced here, was one of the most popular characters used by Famous Studios and Harvey Comics. She starred in her own animated film series from 1948 to 1958.


Toys Will Be Toys (1949) -



This was one of the final Screen Song cartoons produced by Paramount, featuring the "bouncing ball" progression through the lyrics of Oh, You Beautiful Doll.


Remember to pace yourself we have a month of celebrating to do.



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