Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Looney Tunes Bugs Bunny cartoon, the 1959 Baton Bunny, directed by Chuck Jones and Abe Levitow.
This cartoon features a special opening credit: "The Warner Bros. Symphony Orchestra playing 'Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna' by Franz von Suppé". In 1959, Warner Bros. disbanded its longtime 70-piece studio orchestra, famed for its distinctive brass-heavy sound. Director and classical music-lover Chuck Jones made this short in part as a final showcase for the ensemble that had served him so well throughout his career at the studio.
Before the start of our feature presentation, ACME Eagle Hand Soap would like you to join us in watching two men awkwardly express real emotions and love for each other on television-
God bless John Mulaney on his journey and God bless Anna Marie Tendler on moving past this.
The staff has the day off to be with their family on this day. Before they raced out the door, someone remembered that we haven't shown a concert in a year. Given that this is the anniversary week of his passing in 2003, we (I) thought we should watch a concert of his. There is a 1982 concert from October 1, of that year, at the New Jersay Capital Theatre that seems perfect to take our minds off this day. The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour would like you to join us in watching Warren Zevon this evening. So push away from the table, get comfortable and enjoy the show.
Warren Zevon's work has often been praised by well-known musicians, including Jackson Browne, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, and Neil Young. His best-known compositions include Werewolves of London, Lawyers, Guns and Money, Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner and Mohammed's Radio. Other well-known songs written by Zevon have been recorded by other artists, including Poor Poor Pitiful Me (a top 40 hit by Linda Ronstadt), Accidentally Like a Martyr, Carmelita, and Hasten Down the Wind.
(Warren belongs in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but I'm not going to get into that this evening.)
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