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The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour (212)

Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Looney Tunes Bugs Bunny cartoon, the 1955 Sahara Hare (featuring Yosemite Sam,) directed by Friz Freleng.




The beginning scene with Bugs mistakenly ending up at the Sahara Desert believing it was Miami Beach was reused footage taken from Frigid Hare. The gag with the panicked elephant using Sam to swat a wind-up mouse was also used in Acrobatty Bunny.


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's choice is Alfred Hitchcock 1951 psychological thriller film noir, based on the Patricia Highsmith's novel, Strangers on a Train. Hitchcock, wanting a big name to adapt first time novelist Highsmith story, approaching such luminaries as Thornton Wilder, John Steinbeck, and Dashiell Hammett to flesh out the treatment of the novel that he'd commissioned. But those three rejected him, as did several others. Hitchcock got the mystery novelist Raymond Chandler to write a draft of the screenplay, and then a second draft, but the two men disagreed on almost everything and had wildly different working styles. They parted ways acrimoniously. Three other people wrote the bulk of the screenplay, including his wife, Alma Reville. Warner Bros. wanted Chandler's name as a selling point, so his credit remained. So we would like you to relax (quick, find the most comfortable seat on the sofa,) get a snack (perhaps, some grilled cheese sandwich,) and a beverage (a Coke,) and join The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour in watching this very dark film, Strangers on a Train.




Hitchcock sped up the film to make it look like the merry-go-round was merry-go-rounding faster than it actually was, but it was a perilous stunt even at the slower speed. The carousel operator—not a professional stuntman—volunteered to be the one to crawl under it, and he really did have to crawl with a whirling carousel just inches from his head. "If the man had raised his head even slightly," said Hitchcock, "it would have gone from being a suspense film into a horror film."

A wonderful piece of trivia involves carol Burnetts association with the film. When Carol Burnett received her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the 1970s, she asked for the star to be placed at 6439 Hollywood Boulevard, in front of the Hollywood Pacific Theatre. Burnett had been an usher at that theater as a college freshman, when Strangers on a Train was playing, and was fired for advising patrons to wait for the next showing rather than enter the theater late and have the ending spoiled.



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Never stay for the opening of gifts

Young Lenny would never visit his aunt Myrtle for the holidays again.



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Miss Cora Granuloma & Mrs. Delilah Sebaceous

These Radcliffe College Business School Graduates are the heads of our R & D (Research and Development) department. They were personally responsible for the ACME Do It Yourself Tornado kit and ACME Hen Grenade. The ladies do enjoy their afternoon cocktails and the younger (male) interns have been advised not to visit their offices after 4 PM.



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This was just juvenile

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The rantings of a feckless 6 year old

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Assart

A plot of land that was deforested and primed for farming. For example: O'er yonder hill lies my assart. Tis a fine looking piece of assart you have there squire.



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This explains so much

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The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour (211)

ACME would like to wishes all of their friends and family a happy and healthy New Year!

Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Merrie Melodies Bugs Bunny cartoon (featuring Elmer Fudd and Daffy Duck,) the 1955 Beanstalk Bunny, directed by Chuck Jones.



Networks airing this cartoon usually cut the scene of Elmer sticking corks in his ears and trying to get Bugs and Daffy out of his head by smoking a cigarette (only for Bugs and Daffy to crawl through the cigarette to blow the match out).


In celebration of the Lunar New Year, today's episode of The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour is sponsored by Adidas:



Warning: Wearing Adidas sneakers during CNY can drive you bonkers.


Before the start of our feature presentation, ACME Eagle Hand Soap would like you to explain to kids about the need to wear masks -



Luke knows a thing or two about the wearing of masks.


We are in the middle of the Lunar New Year celebrations and we're sure you need a break from your family. Here at ACME, we can think of no better way to relax than watch a Jackie Chan comedy. The 1984 Wheels On Meals is one of the finest collaborations between “the three brothers” Jackie Chan, Yuen Biao and Sammo Hung, who together made some of the 80s’ finest action films like this, Project A and Dragons Forever. (All three of the main stars were seen in Bruce Lee's Enter the Dragon. Jackie played a guard who got beaten by Bruce in the underground hideout, Sammo played Bruce's opponent in the opening of the movie, and Biao played a tournament fighter). The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour would like you to join us in watching Wheels On Meals. So push away from the table, get comfortable and enjoy the film.



There have been many rumors as to what happened during the filming of the big fight scene with Jackie Chan and Benny Urquidez, ranging from the film makers threatening to fire Urquidez for hitting Jackie too hard, or that the two actors did not get along. While they were somewhat competitive during rehearsals and filming for the fight, they respected each other and at the end of filming, gave each other a big hug.



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Don't talk to strangers

Bertha Gulch never had that fantasy again about participating in a ménage à trois after meeting those accountants from Price Waterhouse at the Tulsa airport.



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Miss Vita Wange

Vita Wange is the head of our billing services department. She personally handles the Wile E. Coyote account. Here she is seen enjoying her favorite past time; purchasing firearms involved in famous deadly gun cleaning accidents.



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Yes, they were high when they designed it

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Overheard from across the fence

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Contronym

A word with two meanings having opposite meanings. Also known as contranym or autoantonym.



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Perhaps, this was not the best Valentine's gift

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The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour (210)

ACME would like to wishes all of their friends and family a happy and healthy New Year!

Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Merrie Melodies Bugs Bunny cartoon, the 1954 Baby Buggy Bunny, directed by Chuck Jones.



Ant Hill Harry's tattoo reads "Maisie Singapore 1932". If we assume the cartoon's release date of 1954 to also be the date in which the story occurs, and since Ant Hill Harry's age in the TV alert is given as 35, this means he would have been 13 years old when the tattoo was inked. On the same assumption, if not paroled before then, he will be released in 2053, at the age of 134.


In celebration of the Lunar New Year, today's episode of The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour is sponsored by BMW:



As the world eagerly waits for his next feature, Hong Kong auteur Wong Kar-Wai created this visually stunning and almost meaningless commercial for the German auto giant.


Here is a surveillance photo of some of our staff braving the cold to work on the progamming of this week's film:

(Don't ask which midtown bar they stumbled out of.)


We are just starting the Lunar New Year celebrations and we're sure you may already need a break from your family. Here at ACME, we can think of no better way to relax than watching a comedy about trying to get home. The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour would like you to join us in watching comedy actor Xu Zheng as a disgruntled businessman in this timely lunar new year movie. A road movie much like the Steven Martin and John Candy film Planes, Trains and Automobiles, two unlikely accomplices find themselves making their way home during the busiest time of the year in China, Chunyun. So push away from the table, get comfortable and enjoy the film.



Director Yip Waiman delves deep into the Spring Festival phenomenon, and actors Xu Zheng and Wang Baoqiang shine as comic geniuses.The story is typically heartwarming, as Xu Zheng’s character Li finds himself getting drawn into zany adventures with Wang Baoqiang’s first time flyer Niu Geng, which eventually help to draw out his own ideas of what is important to him in his life.



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Never take a sponge bath in the living room

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Mrs. Eleanor Stadff

Eleanor Stadff was one of the brightest minds of her graduating class of Harvard Law 1953. She is the head of our legal department. After a short snifter (or two) of Formaldehyde, she definitively turned down defending the former president during his current impeachment.



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OMG, just don't try the 'wind up' button

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A young man out standing in a field

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Pandiculation

The act of stretching oneself and yawning, especially upon waking. It helps to reboot your brain’s sensation and also restores complete muscle function.



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Yes, that is where the 'artifical flavoring' comes from

 

 

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The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour (209)

Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Looney Tunes Bugs Bunny cartoon, the 1954 Lumber Jack-Rabbit (released in 3-D), directed by Chuck Jones.



Chuck Jones left Warner Brothers for four months over the production of this cartoon, which he felt was unsatisfactory. He went to Disney for those months, and worked on Sleeping Beauty, but eventually realized that, although he thought Walt Disney was an excellent producer, the company was not right for him. A famous meeting occurred when Disney told Jones "We can work out something for you" and Jones responded "Well, you have one job here that I want, and that's yours!" to which Disney said "I'm sorry, it's filled." It was the only time Jones left the company in a career that lasted over 25 years, until Jones was "let go" with the animation department in 1962.


Before the start of our feature presentation, ACME Eagle Hand Soap would like you to share with a talk with everybody's favorite dirty uncle from 2019 -



I know John has been quoted as saying he doesn't really miss making films but I hope he can get back to it soon.


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's choice is Billy Wilder's nearly forgotten 1951 very cynical film noir follow up to his very dark film noir Sunset Boulevard, Ace in the Hole (AKA The Big Carnival) starring Kirk Douglas and Jan Sterling. Not surprisingly for Wilder, at the time of the film's release, critics found the film, too dark and cold. Billy Wilder was known to tell of a (possibly apocryphal) incident that occurred not long after the film’s release and its scathing reviews. Wilder witnessed a car accident in which a man was run over right in front of him. As Wilder got out of his car to check on the victim, a newspaper cameraman took a picture of the scene. Wilder told the cameraman to call an ambulance, but he replied, “I’ve got to get to the Los Angeles Times. I’ve got a picture that I’ve got to deliver.” Wilder said, “You put that in a movie, the critics think you’re exaggerating.” So we would like you to relax (quick, find the most comfortable seat on the sofa,) get a snack (perhaps, some tamales,) and a beverage (a shot of whiskey,) and join The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour in watching this very dark film, Ace in the Hole.



Paramount Studios, without Billy Wilder's permission, changed the film's title to The Big Carnival in an effort to increase the box office take of the film. It didn't work. On top of that, Wilder's next picture, Stalag 17, was a hit and he expected a share of the picture's profits. The studio's accountants told him that since this picture lost money, the money it lost would be subtracted from the profits of Stalag 17. Billy Wilder later admitted that it had a negative impact on his career...while also citing it as one of the best films he ever made.



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Look away

Edwina Vesicles would never drive to the old farm with her cousin, her cousin's odd friend Burt and his dog Shakes again.

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Mrs. Edwina Johnson

Mrs. Johnson is the head of our Public Relations department. She used to personally answer all of our mail inquiries after a late afternoon scotch and soda. After several dozen people who wrote in were found brutally vivisected, Mrs. Johnson's staff decided to answer those letters themselves.



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It lasted a week

News in the Nude.

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The detritus along the way

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Borborygmus

The rumbling or gurgling sound caused in intestines and stomach by moving fluid or gas.



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