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Sunday, October 31, 2021
Saturday, October 30, 2021
The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour (247)
Thank you for joining us today.
Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with 1964 Halloween episode of The Addams Family - Halloween with the Addams Family.
As Gomez would often place his lit cigars into his pocket, the prop department had lined the pockets of John Astin's jackets with asbestos.
ACME would like to wish everyone a Spooky Halloween with a special Drive-In double-feature tonight. The programming department has put together a double feature revolving around Universal Horror films from the 1940s, a very fun matchup indeed. Tonight we have the 1944 film House Of Frankenstein and the 1945 film, House of Dracula, both directed by Universal director Erle C. Kenton. So we would like you to relax (quick, find the most comfortable seat on the sofa,) get a snack (perhaps, some popcorn, or the kids trick or treat candy) and a beverage and join The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour in watching the first film in today's double feature, House Of Frankenstein.
Originally Kharis the mummy, another Universal "classic monster", was to be in the movie but was removed because of budget restrictions.
I'm guess we could all use a break, right about now. As you run into the kitchen and get a beverage refill or run into the bathroom and replenish the eco-system, we here at The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour want to watch the 1948 Porky Pig/ Sylvester Merrie Melodies cartoon, Claws For Alarm., diected by Chuck Jones.
This is the the second of three cartoons teaming Porky Pig and Sylvester (continuing his non-speaking role as Porky's cat) in a spooky setting where only Sylvester is aware of the danger the pair are in. The other two films in the series are Scaredy Cat and Jumpin' Jupiter.
Our second feature tonight is the 1945 film, House of Dracula, again directed by Erle C. Kenton who also directed a number of Abbott and Costello films. House of Dracula actually has the distinction of featuring four different actors in the role of the Frankenstein Monster. In addition to Glenn Strange, Boris Karloff plays the Monster in footage lifted from The Bride of Frankenstein and the climax uses scenes of both Lon Chaney Jr. and his stunt double, Eddie Parker, as the Monster from The Ghost of Frankenstein. So please join us here at The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour and sit back, get comfortable and enjoy watching our second feature this evening, House of Dracula.
Glenn Strange suffered greatly during the shooting of the scene in which the Frankenstein Monster is discovered in quicksand. After sitting for three hours in the makeup chair each morning, having his makeup applied by Jack P. Pierce, Strange would spend the rest of the day buried in cold liquid mud (which doubled for the quicksand). "Then everybody else went out for lunch," Strange recalled. "By the time they came back, I was so cold, I could barely feel my legs." Strange's co-star, Lon Chaney Jr., suggested that Strange use alcohol to keep himself warm. Throughout the day, Chaney passed a bottle of whiskey to Strange in between takes. By the end of the day, Strange recalled, he was so drunk he could barely dress himself after removing his monster makeup and costume.
Be careful out there though - you know what, - why not stay inside.
Demand Euphoria!
Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with 1964 Halloween episode of The Addams Family - Halloween with the Addams Family.
As Gomez would often place his lit cigars into his pocket, the prop department had lined the pockets of John Astin's jackets with asbestos.
ACME would like to wish everyone a Spooky Halloween with a special Drive-In double-feature tonight. The programming department has put together a double feature revolving around Universal Horror films from the 1940s, a very fun matchup indeed. Tonight we have the 1944 film House Of Frankenstein and the 1945 film, House of Dracula, both directed by Universal director Erle C. Kenton. So we would like you to relax (quick, find the most comfortable seat on the sofa,) get a snack (perhaps, some popcorn, or the kids trick or treat candy) and a beverage and join The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour in watching the first film in today's double feature, House Of Frankenstein.
Originally Kharis the mummy, another Universal "classic monster", was to be in the movie but was removed because of budget restrictions.
I'm guess we could all use a break, right about now. As you run into the kitchen and get a beverage refill or run into the bathroom and replenish the eco-system, we here at The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour want to watch the 1948 Porky Pig/ Sylvester Merrie Melodies cartoon, Claws For Alarm., diected by Chuck Jones.
This is the the second of three cartoons teaming Porky Pig and Sylvester (continuing his non-speaking role as Porky's cat) in a spooky setting where only Sylvester is aware of the danger the pair are in. The other two films in the series are Scaredy Cat and Jumpin' Jupiter.
Our second feature tonight is the 1945 film, House of Dracula, again directed by Erle C. Kenton who also directed a number of Abbott and Costello films. House of Dracula actually has the distinction of featuring four different actors in the role of the Frankenstein Monster. In addition to Glenn Strange, Boris Karloff plays the Monster in footage lifted from The Bride of Frankenstein and the climax uses scenes of both Lon Chaney Jr. and his stunt double, Eddie Parker, as the Monster from The Ghost of Frankenstein. So please join us here at The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour and sit back, get comfortable and enjoy watching our second feature this evening, House of Dracula.
Glenn Strange suffered greatly during the shooting of the scene in which the Frankenstein Monster is discovered in quicksand. After sitting for three hours in the makeup chair each morning, having his makeup applied by Jack P. Pierce, Strange would spend the rest of the day buried in cold liquid mud (which doubled for the quicksand). "Then everybody else went out for lunch," Strange recalled. "By the time they came back, I was so cold, I could barely feel my legs." Strange's co-star, Lon Chaney Jr., suggested that Strange use alcohol to keep himself warm. Throughout the day, Chaney passed a bottle of whiskey to Strange in between takes. By the end of the day, Strange recalled, he was so drunk he could barely dress himself after removing his monster makeup and costume.
Be careful out there though - you know what, - why not stay inside.
Demand Euphoria!
Friday, October 29, 2021
It was all fun and games,
until they 'accidentally' summoned Beelzebub, Lord of the Flies.
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Thursday, October 28, 2021
Brush up your Shakespeare
I believe Grover makes a great Shylock.
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Wednesday, October 27, 2021
Tuesday, October 26, 2021
Monday, October 25, 2021
Happy St. Crispen's Day
... He that shall live this day, and see old age, Will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbours, And say “To-morrow is Saint Crispian.” Then will he strip his sleeve and show his scars, And say “These wounds I had on Crispin's day.
It's Saints Crispin and Crispinian Day. They are the patron saints of cobblers, tanners and leather workers. So remember, if you're walking through the West Village this morning and come upon a gimlet-eyed Leather Queen walking home, wish him a Happy St. Crispin's Day!
October 25, 1928 -
Carl Theodor Dreyer silent masterpiece The Passion of Joan of Arc starring the amazing Marie Falconetti, premiered in Paris on this date.
After completing the original cut of the film, director Carl Theodor Dreyer learned that the entire master print had been accidentally destroyed. With no ability to re-shoot, Dreyer re-edited the entire film from footage he had originally rejected.
October 25, 1957 -
One of Frank Sinatra's best movie performances, Pal Joey was released on this date.
Billy Wilder was the original choice to direct, with Mae West and Marlon Brando in the lead roles. He discussed it with Columbia studio head Harry Cohn over lunch one day. Not only did Cohn turn down him as director, but he later sent Wilder a bill for their lunch.
October 25, 1957 -
The greatest 50s Drive-in movie, The Amazing Colossal Man, opened in NYC on this date.
American International Pictures released this in a double feature with Cat Girl.
October 25, 1965 -
Jean-Luc Godard's take on Sci-Fi Film Noir, Alphaville, opened in NYC on this date.
Several times during the film, Natasha nods her head "No", but says "Yes!" This isn't a mistake. Her character has been programmed reversed symbolism, where the meaning of words are reversed.
October 25, 1967 -
The Lerner and Loewe take on the the Arthurian legend, Camelot, starring Richard Harris, Vanessa Redgrave and Franco Nero, premiered on this date.
In later years, Richard Harris bought the rights to the stage version of Camelot for $1 million, revamped the musical, and took it on tour. It made him a very rich man.
October 25, 1971 -
The PBS children's show The Electric Company premiered on this date.
Love of Chair was a parody of the long running TV soap opera Love of Life. Ken Roberts, who narrated the Love of Chair episodes, served as the original announcer on Love of Life, and on many other early radio and TV soap operas. Each Love of Chair episode ends with Roberts asking, "And what about Naomi?" He's referring to Naomi Foner, an associate producer of the show during its first two seasons. She is an Oscar-nominated screenwriter (for Running on Empty), and the mother of actors Jake Gyllenhaal and Maggie Gyllenhaal.
October 25, 1975 -
Quite arguably the funniest episode ever broadcast on network TV, The Mary Tyler Moore Show - Chuckles Bites the Dust first aired on this date.
Influential comedy writer Danny Simon used to read this script to his classes as an example of excellent writing.
October 25, 1978 -
The independently produced horror film Halloween, directed by John Carpenter and starring Donald Pleasence and Jamie Lee Curtis, premiered in the US on this date.
John Carpenter considered the hiring of Jamie Lee Curtis as the ultimate tribute to Alfred Hitchcock who had given her mother, Janet Leigh, legendary status in Psycho. During the same period, Universal studio producers and director Richard Franklin were trying to enroll Jamie Lee in the new production of Psycho 2.
October 25, 1982 -
Bob Newhart's second successful-sitcom Newhart, premiered on CBS-TV on this date.
Larry (William Sanderson), Darryl (Tony Papenfuss) and Darryl (John Voldstad) were supposed to be one-time characters, but the studio audience's reaction to their introduction was so spontaneous the producers decided to make them regular characters.
Word of the Day
Today in History -
It's 1415, as it has been often said, times were hard - the only way to tell who the king was in England was looking for the person with the least amount of crap on him. The wastrel son of a usurping King led a ragtag army into another sovereign nation on this date.
After giving a stirring speech, the outnumbered army beats the far superior and well fortified army and wins the decisive Battle of Agincourt on this day. More than one hundred years later, either William Shakespeare or a bunch of other people wrote a slew of Henry plays
It's now 1854, this time. The British want to maintain their naval superiority of the globe and continue to enjoy the fruits of sodomy on the open seas. The Russian Tsar (or Czar, as most monarchs are to busy to get a proper education, so they could barely figure out what type of monarch they are) decided that the Russian naval needed to get into a little of those high seas hijinks, began moving his army towards Turkey, hoping for a Russian port in the black sea. Thus, buggery is one of the underlying causes of The Crimean War.
It typical British fashion, on the morning of October 25, 1854, the English were winning the Battle of Balaclava (not Baklava, the delicious Greek pastry wars, to be described at a future date, but the goofy hat war with the ear flaps) when Lord Cardigan (yes, of sweater fame) received his order to attack the Russians fortifications.
Unfortunately for the Light Brigade, the Russian army was also on the other side of the valley that they were charging towards. The brigade was decimated by the heavy Russian guns, suffering 40 percent casualties.
It was later revealed that the order was the result of Alfred Lord Tennyson needing a new hit poem and not intentional.
October 25, 1881 -
Pablo Diego JosĂ© Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno MarĂa de los Remedios Cipriano de la SantĂsima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso, the Spanish-born doodler and noted womanizer (considered the most influential artist of the 20th century) was born on this date.
I wonder if his paintings are still worth anything?
October 25, 1920 -
On a fine October day in 1920, King Alexander of Greece (cousin of my favorite Greek itinerant sailor - Philippos) was walking in the gardens of the royal palace in Athens. The young monarch was walking with his favorite dog when they were attacked by a pair of wild monkeys (once again, I can't make this stuff up.) Alexander attempted to drive the monkeys away from his dog but was bit during the scuffle.
The incident proved fatal for both parties. King Alexander suffered an infection and died from sepsis on this date and the monkey was destroyed when the Greek people sought revenge for the regicide. His father, the former King Constantine I (Philip's uncle) was called back into service to be king until his disastrous actions in the Greco-Turkish War.
Winston Churchill said, 'It is perhaps no exaggeration to remark that a quarter of a million people died from this monkey bite.'
Once again, sometimes it stinks to be the king.
October 25, 1931 -
In every home there is a heartbreak
This story is truly not for the faint of heart.
Elena Hoyos, a pretty and vivacious 21 year old Cuban-American girl died from tuberculosis in Florida on this date. While this is sad, it wouldn't be noteworthy other than for her middle aged neighbor with a strange infatuation with Elena. Carl Tanzler (also known as Carl von Cosel), German-born radiologist became obsessed with his young neighbor. Not only did Mr. Tanzler attempted to treat and cure Hoyos with a variety of medicines, as well as x-ray and electrical equipment, that were brought to the Hoyos' home but Tanzler showered Hoyos with gifts of jewelry and clothing, and allegedly professed his love to her.
In April, 1933, Tanzler removed Hoyos' body from the mausoleum, carted it through the cemetery after dark on a toy wagon, and transported it to his home. Carl, with a little help from some home embalming, lived with Hoyos' corpse until October, 1940, when Elena's sister Florinda heard rumors of Tanzler (now known as Von Cosel) sleeping with the disinterred body of her sister, and confronted Tanzler at his home, where Hoyos' body was eventually discovered. Von Cosel was not charged with a crime because the statute of limitations on grave robbing had expired. Elena Hoyos was eventually buried at a secret location. Von Cosel, separated from his love, used a death mask to create a life-sized dummy of her, and lived with it until his death in 1952.
(This story is even more disturbing then you think, I've left some of the very unsavory details out for those readers with a more delicate nature.)
October 25, 1938 -
The Archbishop of Dubuque, the Most Reverend Francis J.L. Beckman, denounces the newfangled Swing music
-- the latest craze -- as nothing more than "a degenerated musical system... turned loose to gnaw away the moral fiber of young people" on this date.
Its cannibalistic rhythms are said to lead one down the "primrose path to Hell."
October 25, 1955 -
Sadako Sasaki was a Japanese girl who lived near Hiroshima, Japan. She was only two years old when the atom bomb was dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. As she grew up, Sadako was a strong, courageous and athletic girl. In 1954, at age eleven, she became dizzy and fell to the ground. Sadako was diagnosed with leukemia, the "atom bomb disease".
While in the hospital, a friend gave her a golden paper crane and retold the story about the paper cranes (one who folded 1,000 cranes was granted a wish.) She may or may not have completed her goal in August of 1955, reports vary, and continued to fold cranes.
During her time in the hospital her condition progressively worsened. Around mid-October her left leg became swollen and turned purple. After her family urged her to eat something, Sadako requested tea on rice and remarked "It's good." Those were her last words. With her family around her, Sadako died on the morning of October 25, 1955 at the age of 12.
October 25, 1957 -
In chair number four of the barber shop at the Park Sheraton hotel in Manhattan, Mafia don Albert Anastasia, the Lord High Executioner of Murder Inc., was shot five times by the Gallo Brothers, under orders from Carlo Gambino.
The barber shop is now a Starbucks - such are the vagaries of life.
October 25, 1983 -
In order to maintain an uninterrupted supply of nutmeg to satisfy global demand, the United States of America invaded the Caribbean island of Grenada.
The invasion was rationalized as a rescue mission for the American medical students at the local school. A good friend of mine was at the school at the time and was widely quoted in the media.
October 25, 1991 -
On the way back from a Huey Lewis concert, rock promoter Bill Graham was killed when his helicopter hits high-voltage power lines in Vallejo, California on this date.
So, he died because he had to listen to Hip To Be Square.
And so it goes
October 25, 1928 -
Carl Theodor Dreyer silent masterpiece The Passion of Joan of Arc starring the amazing Marie Falconetti, premiered in Paris on this date.
After completing the original cut of the film, director Carl Theodor Dreyer learned that the entire master print had been accidentally destroyed. With no ability to re-shoot, Dreyer re-edited the entire film from footage he had originally rejected.
October 25, 1957 -
One of Frank Sinatra's best movie performances, Pal Joey was released on this date.
Billy Wilder was the original choice to direct, with Mae West and Marlon Brando in the lead roles. He discussed it with Columbia studio head Harry Cohn over lunch one day. Not only did Cohn turn down him as director, but he later sent Wilder a bill for their lunch.
October 25, 1957 -
The greatest 50s Drive-in movie, The Amazing Colossal Man, opened in NYC on this date.
American International Pictures released this in a double feature with Cat Girl.
October 25, 1965 -
Jean-Luc Godard's take on Sci-Fi Film Noir, Alphaville, opened in NYC on this date.
Several times during the film, Natasha nods her head "No", but says "Yes!" This isn't a mistake. Her character has been programmed reversed symbolism, where the meaning of words are reversed.
October 25, 1967 -
The Lerner and Loewe take on the the Arthurian legend, Camelot, starring Richard Harris, Vanessa Redgrave and Franco Nero, premiered on this date.
In later years, Richard Harris bought the rights to the stage version of Camelot for $1 million, revamped the musical, and took it on tour. It made him a very rich man.
October 25, 1971 -
The PBS children's show The Electric Company premiered on this date.
Love of Chair was a parody of the long running TV soap opera Love of Life. Ken Roberts, who narrated the Love of Chair episodes, served as the original announcer on Love of Life, and on many other early radio and TV soap operas. Each Love of Chair episode ends with Roberts asking, "And what about Naomi?" He's referring to Naomi Foner, an associate producer of the show during its first two seasons. She is an Oscar-nominated screenwriter (for Running on Empty), and the mother of actors Jake Gyllenhaal and Maggie Gyllenhaal.
October 25, 1975 -
Quite arguably the funniest episode ever broadcast on network TV, The Mary Tyler Moore Show - Chuckles Bites the Dust first aired on this date.
Influential comedy writer Danny Simon used to read this script to his classes as an example of excellent writing.
October 25, 1978 -
The independently produced horror film Halloween, directed by John Carpenter and starring Donald Pleasence and Jamie Lee Curtis, premiered in the US on this date.
John Carpenter considered the hiring of Jamie Lee Curtis as the ultimate tribute to Alfred Hitchcock who had given her mother, Janet Leigh, legendary status in Psycho. During the same period, Universal studio producers and director Richard Franklin were trying to enroll Jamie Lee in the new production of Psycho 2.
October 25, 1982 -
Bob Newhart's second successful-sitcom Newhart, premiered on CBS-TV on this date.
Larry (William Sanderson), Darryl (Tony Papenfuss) and Darryl (John Voldstad) were supposed to be one-time characters, but the studio audience's reaction to their introduction was so spontaneous the producers decided to make them regular characters.
Word of the Day
Today in History -
It's 1415, as it has been often said, times were hard - the only way to tell who the king was in England was looking for the person with the least amount of crap on him. The wastrel son of a usurping King led a ragtag army into another sovereign nation on this date.
After giving a stirring speech, the outnumbered army beats the far superior and well fortified army and wins the decisive Battle of Agincourt on this day. More than one hundred years later, either William Shakespeare or a bunch of other people wrote a slew of Henry plays
It's now 1854, this time. The British want to maintain their naval superiority of the globe and continue to enjoy the fruits of sodomy on the open seas. The Russian Tsar (or Czar, as most monarchs are to busy to get a proper education, so they could barely figure out what type of monarch they are) decided that the Russian naval needed to get into a little of those high seas hijinks, began moving his army towards Turkey, hoping for a Russian port in the black sea. Thus, buggery is one of the underlying causes of The Crimean War.
It typical British fashion, on the morning of October 25, 1854, the English were winning the Battle of Balaclava (not Baklava, the delicious Greek pastry wars, to be described at a future date, but the goofy hat war with the ear flaps) when Lord Cardigan (yes, of sweater fame) received his order to attack the Russians fortifications.
Unfortunately for the Light Brigade, the Russian army was also on the other side of the valley that they were charging towards. The brigade was decimated by the heavy Russian guns, suffering 40 percent casualties.
It was later revealed that the order was the result of Alfred Lord Tennyson needing a new hit poem and not intentional.
October 25, 1881 -
Pablo Diego JosĂ© Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno MarĂa de los Remedios Cipriano de la SantĂsima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso, the Spanish-born doodler and noted womanizer (considered the most influential artist of the 20th century) was born on this date.
I wonder if his paintings are still worth anything?
October 25, 1920 -
On a fine October day in 1920, King Alexander of Greece (cousin of my favorite Greek itinerant sailor - Philippos) was walking in the gardens of the royal palace in Athens. The young monarch was walking with his favorite dog when they were attacked by a pair of wild monkeys (once again, I can't make this stuff up.) Alexander attempted to drive the monkeys away from his dog but was bit during the scuffle.
The incident proved fatal for both parties. King Alexander suffered an infection and died from sepsis on this date and the monkey was destroyed when the Greek people sought revenge for the regicide. His father, the former King Constantine I (Philip's uncle) was called back into service to be king until his disastrous actions in the Greco-Turkish War.
Winston Churchill said, 'It is perhaps no exaggeration to remark that a quarter of a million people died from this monkey bite.'
Once again, sometimes it stinks to be the king.
October 25, 1931 -
In every home there is a heartbreak
This story is truly not for the faint of heart.
Elena Hoyos, a pretty and vivacious 21 year old Cuban-American girl died from tuberculosis in Florida on this date. While this is sad, it wouldn't be noteworthy other than for her middle aged neighbor with a strange infatuation with Elena. Carl Tanzler (also known as Carl von Cosel), German-born radiologist became obsessed with his young neighbor. Not only did Mr. Tanzler attempted to treat and cure Hoyos with a variety of medicines, as well as x-ray and electrical equipment, that were brought to the Hoyos' home but Tanzler showered Hoyos with gifts of jewelry and clothing, and allegedly professed his love to her.
In April, 1933, Tanzler removed Hoyos' body from the mausoleum, carted it through the cemetery after dark on a toy wagon, and transported it to his home. Carl, with a little help from some home embalming, lived with Hoyos' corpse until October, 1940, when Elena's sister Florinda heard rumors of Tanzler (now known as Von Cosel) sleeping with the disinterred body of her sister, and confronted Tanzler at his home, where Hoyos' body was eventually discovered. Von Cosel was not charged with a crime because the statute of limitations on grave robbing had expired. Elena Hoyos was eventually buried at a secret location. Von Cosel, separated from his love, used a death mask to create a life-sized dummy of her, and lived with it until his death in 1952.
(This story is even more disturbing then you think, I've left some of the very unsavory details out for those readers with a more delicate nature.)
October 25, 1938 -
The Archbishop of Dubuque, the Most Reverend Francis J.L. Beckman, denounces the newfangled Swing music
Its cannibalistic rhythms are said to lead one down the "primrose path to Hell."
October 25, 1955 -
Sadako Sasaki was a Japanese girl who lived near Hiroshima, Japan. She was only two years old when the atom bomb was dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. As she grew up, Sadako was a strong, courageous and athletic girl. In 1954, at age eleven, she became dizzy and fell to the ground. Sadako was diagnosed with leukemia, the "atom bomb disease".
During her time in the hospital her condition progressively worsened. Around mid-October her left leg became swollen and turned purple. After her family urged her to eat something, Sadako requested tea on rice and remarked "It's good." Those were her last words. With her family around her, Sadako died on the morning of October 25, 1955 at the age of 12.
October 25, 1957 -
In chair number four of the barber shop at the Park Sheraton hotel in Manhattan, Mafia don Albert Anastasia, the Lord High Executioner of Murder Inc., was shot five times by the Gallo Brothers, under orders from Carlo Gambino.
October 25, 1983 -
In order to maintain an uninterrupted supply of nutmeg to satisfy global demand, the United States of America invaded the Caribbean island of Grenada.
The invasion was rationalized as a rescue mission for the American medical students at the local school. A good friend of mine was at the school at the time and was widely quoted in the media.
October 25, 1991 -
On the way back from a Huey Lewis concert, rock promoter Bill Graham was killed when his helicopter hits high-voltage power lines in Vallejo, California on this date.
So, he died because he had to listen to Hip To Be Square.
And so it goes
Sunday, October 24, 2021
Saturday, October 23, 2021
The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour (246)
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 1959 A Witch's Tangled Hare, (featuring Witch Hazel,) directed by Abe Levitow.
The cartoon makes many references to various plays by William Shakespeare: Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, and As You Like It.
Before the start of our feature presentation, ACME Eagle Hand Soap would like to share with you a group of middle-aged British Ukelele players covering a 48 year old Kinks song -
They may seek him here, they may seek him there, but if he keeps pulling on his frilly nylon panties, he may be arrested.
We've picked a more light-heated entry from the excellent reference book, 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die by Steven Jay Schneider. Today's choice is Frank Tashlin's 1955 comedy, Artist and Models, starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis (in their 14th pairing), Shirley MacLaine, Dorothy Malone, Eva Gabor, and Anita Ekberg. Artists and Models was director Frank Tashlin's first film with Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis. He made one more film with the team, Hollywood or Bust (which was their last film together), and then made six more films with Lewis starring and producing. Tashlin became a good friend of Jerry Lewis and somewhat of a mentor to his early directorial career. The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour would like you to join us in watching this funny film, Artist and Models. So push away from the table, get comfortable and enjoy the film.
An anti-comic book attitude is all over the movie because director and co-writer Frank Tashlin hated them. During his career, Tashlin wrote newspaper comics and children's books, and directed some Looney Tunes cartoons, all of which were held in more esteem than comic books at the time. He said that as a cartoonist he had done some hack work to make money, but that things had gotten worse in the comic book era. Tashlin reportedly saw this film as his chance to slam the shoddy, cheap comics that had made a mockery of cartooning. He even admitted to a newspaper that the movie would express his feelings about comic books, that the only good comic books on the market were "the historical classics" (which at the time meant adaptation of classic books in comics form), and that he didn't see why kids wanted to read comics when "Treasure Island is so much better." To further push his attitude toward comic books, of the only two characters who read comics in the movie, one was 'a simpleton' and the other was homicidal because of it.
Demand Euphoria!
Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Looney Tunes Bugs Bunny cartoon, the 1959 A Witch's Tangled Hare, (featuring Witch Hazel,) directed by Abe Levitow.
The cartoon makes many references to various plays by William Shakespeare: Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, and As You Like It.
Before the start of our feature presentation, ACME Eagle Hand Soap would like to share with you a group of middle-aged British Ukelele players covering a 48 year old Kinks song -
They may seek him here, they may seek him there, but if he keeps pulling on his frilly nylon panties, he may be arrested.
We've picked a more light-heated entry from the excellent reference book, 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die by Steven Jay Schneider. Today's choice is Frank Tashlin's 1955 comedy, Artist and Models, starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis (in their 14th pairing), Shirley MacLaine, Dorothy Malone, Eva Gabor, and Anita Ekberg. Artists and Models was director Frank Tashlin's first film with Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis. He made one more film with the team, Hollywood or Bust (which was their last film together), and then made six more films with Lewis starring and producing. Tashlin became a good friend of Jerry Lewis and somewhat of a mentor to his early directorial career. The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour would like you to join us in watching this funny film, Artist and Models. So push away from the table, get comfortable and enjoy the film.
An anti-comic book attitude is all over the movie because director and co-writer Frank Tashlin hated them. During his career, Tashlin wrote newspaper comics and children's books, and directed some Looney Tunes cartoons, all of which were held in more esteem than comic books at the time. He said that as a cartoonist he had done some hack work to make money, but that things had gotten worse in the comic book era. Tashlin reportedly saw this film as his chance to slam the shoddy, cheap comics that had made a mockery of cartooning. He even admitted to a newspaper that the movie would express his feelings about comic books, that the only good comic books on the market were "the historical classics" (which at the time meant adaptation of classic books in comics form), and that he didn't see why kids wanted to read comics when "Treasure Island is so much better." To further push his attitude toward comic books, of the only two characters who read comics in the movie, one was 'a simpleton' and the other was homicidal because of it.
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Friday, October 22, 2021
Vitus suddenly remembers that Carbon Monoxide is poisonous,
but after his serve, he promptly forgot.
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Thursday, October 21, 2021
Darn fine plates!
In today's episode of Monsterpiece Theatre even Alister Cookie get into the act with the presentation of Twin Beaks.
Hey, it made about as much sense as Twin Peaks did.
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Hey, it made about as much sense as Twin Peaks did.
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Wednesday, October 20, 2021
Tuesday, October 19, 2021
Monday, October 18, 2021
Sunday, October 17, 2021
Saturday, October 16, 2021
The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour (245)
Thank you for joining us today
Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Merrie Melodies Bugs Bunny cartoon, the 1959 Bonanza Bunny, directed by Robert McKimson.
The gag where Blacque Jacque Shellacque opens fire on Bugs and then moves to reveal his own wanted poster is used in an earlier cartoon called Drip-Along Daffy where Nasty Canasta also tries to shoot Daffy Duck, then moving to show his own wanted poster.
Before the start of our feature presentation, ACME Eagle Hand Soap would like to share with you what happens when the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry -
There is nothing worse than being crushed my an escaping inflatable Moon.
We've picked a difficult entry from the excellent reference book, 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die by Steven Jay Schneider. Today's choice is from the great Carl Th. Dreyer - the 1955 religious drama, Ordet, starring Henrik Malberg, Emil Hass Christensen, Cay Kristiansen, and Preben Lerdorff Rye. Ordet was the only film by Dreyer to be a financial success. Selected by the Vatican in the "religion" category of its list of 45 "great films," the film is a deeply religious one but don't be put off by that. The ending is one of the most surprising and unusual in the history of cinema - one you will ponder long after the film is over. The film might seem slow paced but The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour would like you to urge you to watch this wonderful film, Ordet. So get as comfortable as you can without falling asleep and enjoy the film.
The film consists of only 114 shots, each shot averaging at over a minute. There are only 3 close-up shots in the entire film.
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Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Merrie Melodies Bugs Bunny cartoon, the 1959 Bonanza Bunny, directed by Robert McKimson.
The gag where Blacque Jacque Shellacque opens fire on Bugs and then moves to reveal his own wanted poster is used in an earlier cartoon called Drip-Along Daffy where Nasty Canasta also tries to shoot Daffy Duck, then moving to show his own wanted poster.
Before the start of our feature presentation, ACME Eagle Hand Soap would like to share with you what happens when the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry -
There is nothing worse than being crushed my an escaping inflatable Moon.
We've picked a difficult entry from the excellent reference book, 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die by Steven Jay Schneider. Today's choice is from the great Carl Th. Dreyer - the 1955 religious drama, Ordet, starring Henrik Malberg, Emil Hass Christensen, Cay Kristiansen, and Preben Lerdorff Rye. Ordet was the only film by Dreyer to be a financial success. Selected by the Vatican in the "religion" category of its list of 45 "great films," the film is a deeply religious one but don't be put off by that. The ending is one of the most surprising and unusual in the history of cinema - one you will ponder long after the film is over. The film might seem slow paced but The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour would like you to urge you to watch this wonderful film, Ordet. So get as comfortable as you can without falling asleep and enjoy the film.
The film consists of only 114 shots, each shot averaging at over a minute. There are only 3 close-up shots in the entire film.
Demand Euphoria!
Friday, October 15, 2021
Mr. Jiménez realized that he was a moral nihilist,
so he got rid of his religious beliefs.
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Thursday, October 14, 2021
The truth is, you always hear him ring the second time...
Today, Monsterpiece Theatre is proud to present their searing film noir adaptation of The Postman Always Rings Twice.
Remember - Monsterpiece Theatre - home of classy drama (note the spelling.)
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Remember - Monsterpiece Theatre - home of classy drama (note the spelling.)
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Wednesday, October 13, 2021
Tuesday, October 12, 2021
Monday, October 11, 2021
Sunday, October 10, 2021
Saturday, October 9, 2021
The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour (244)
Thank you for joining us today
Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Merrie Melodies Bugs Bunny cartoon, the 1959 Wild and Woolly Hare (featuring Yosemite Sam), directed by Friz Freleng.
After many years of deliberately miscast villain roles, this cartoon marks the first time since High Diving Hare that Yosemite Sam returns to his original cowboy roots as seen in his earliest cartoons such as Hare Trigger and Bugs Bunny Rides Again.
Before the start of our feature presentation, ACME Eagle Hand Soap who like you to join us in watching someone who has taken celebrating Halloween a little too seriously -
Anyway, Happy (early) Halloween.
We've picked another fantastic entry from the excellent reference book, 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die by Steven Jay Schneider. Today's choice is the directorial debut of the great Satyajit Ray - the 1955 family drama, Pather Panchali, starring Subir Banerjee, Kanu Banerjee and Karuna Banerjee. The film burst Satyajit Ray onto the international film scene, which is amazing if you consider that on the first day of the shoot, the director had never directed, the cameraman had never shot a scene, the children in the leading roles hadn't been tested and the soundtrack was composed by a then obscure sitarist (the great Ravi Shankar). The films has consisted appeared on various Ten Best Films of All Time list since it appears on the 1962 Sight & Sound survey. The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour would like you to join us in watching this wonderful film, Pather Panchali. So push away from the table, get comfortable and enjoy the film.
Because of all the many delays in this film's nearly three-year production, director Satyajit Ray became increasingly apprehensive that some event might occur to prevent his finishing it. In fact, he attributed his success in that regard to three miraculous occurrences (or rather non-occurrences), referring to his cast by their character names: "One, Apu's voice did not break. Two, Durga did not grow up. Three, Indir Thakrun did not die."
Demand Euphoria!
Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Merrie Melodies Bugs Bunny cartoon, the 1959 Wild and Woolly Hare (featuring Yosemite Sam), directed by Friz Freleng.
After many years of deliberately miscast villain roles, this cartoon marks the first time since High Diving Hare that Yosemite Sam returns to his original cowboy roots as seen in his earliest cartoons such as Hare Trigger and Bugs Bunny Rides Again.
Before the start of our feature presentation, ACME Eagle Hand Soap who like you to join us in watching someone who has taken celebrating Halloween a little too seriously -
Anyway, Happy (early) Halloween.
We've picked another fantastic entry from the excellent reference book, 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die by Steven Jay Schneider. Today's choice is the directorial debut of the great Satyajit Ray - the 1955 family drama, Pather Panchali, starring Subir Banerjee, Kanu Banerjee and Karuna Banerjee. The film burst Satyajit Ray onto the international film scene, which is amazing if you consider that on the first day of the shoot, the director had never directed, the cameraman had never shot a scene, the children in the leading roles hadn't been tested and the soundtrack was composed by a then obscure sitarist (the great Ravi Shankar). The films has consisted appeared on various Ten Best Films of All Time list since it appears on the 1962 Sight & Sound survey. The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour would like you to join us in watching this wonderful film, Pather Panchali. So push away from the table, get comfortable and enjoy the film.
Because of all the many delays in this film's nearly three-year production, director Satyajit Ray became increasingly apprehensive that some event might occur to prevent his finishing it. In fact, he attributed his success in that regard to three miraculous occurrences (or rather non-occurrences), referring to his cast by their character names: "One, Apu's voice did not break. Two, Durga did not grow up. Three, Indir Thakrun did not die."
Demand Euphoria!
Friday, October 8, 2021
Every the Rich and Famous have problems (cont'd)
The day Sammy found out being friends with Sinatra didn't solve all his problems.
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Thursday, October 7, 2021
Death is not worse pain than an empty life.
Today Monsterpiece Theatre is proud to present the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical - The King and I.
Short but so what! Roger Ebert found Grover's performance the best portrayal of the King of Siam (now Thailand).
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Short but so what! Roger Ebert found Grover's performance the best portrayal of the King of Siam (now Thailand).
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Wednesday, October 6, 2021
Tuesday, October 5, 2021
Monday, October 4, 2021
Sunday, October 3, 2021
Saturday, October 2, 2021
The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour (243)
Thank you for joining us today
Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Merrie Melodies Bugs Bunny cartoon, the 1959 Backwoods Bunny, directed by Robert McKimson.
The first of two appearances by Elvis and Pappy Buzzard. They would later appear in a Foghorn Leghorn cartoon, The Dixie Fryer.
Before the start of our feature presentation, ACME Eagle Hand Soap would like to present (in our opinion) one of the greatest Rick Roll events ever seen - Hallujah - Death Metal Edition featuring Leonard Cohen (Oktoberfest style) -
Before you go, make sure you check out Straight Outta Compton - Oktoberfest Edition
We've picked another fantastic entry from the excellent reference book, 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die by Steven Jay Schneider. Today's choice is yet another film by the great European master Max Ophüls - the 1955 romantic drama, Lola Montès, starring Martine Carol, Peter Ustinov, Oskar Werner, and Anton Walbrook. The film was the most expensive movie made in Europe up to that time and unfortunately, did not do well in the box office during its original release. The films complex narrative structure seemed the reason and the studio had the film, shortened and re-edited. Ophüls spent the last three years of his life fighting the studio to restore the film to it's original structure.
As we have seen with other films from this list, while American critics mostly panned the movie, the French New Wave critics championed this film and the director as proof of their politique des auteurs. Andrew Sarris wrote "Lola Montès is in my unhumble opinion the greatest film of all time." He introduced the restoration at the New York Film Festival in 2008. He later decided that the greatest movie of all time is The Earrings of Madame De..., by the same Director, Max Ophüls. The film was restored twice - once in 1968 and again in 2008. We are going to see the 2008 restoration from The Criterion Collection. The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour would like you to join us in watching this film, Lola Montès. So push away from the table, get comfortable and enjoy the film.
Director Max Ophüls surrounded Martine Carol (Lola Montès) with a solid cast, headed by Anton Walbrook as King Ludwig I, Oskar Werner as a student revolutionary, and Peter Ustinov as the Ring Master. He shot this movie in Germany, Austria, and France in three different versions, French, German, and English (Ustinov wrote the English-language dialogue). Then he worked with three different editors, each in his own room, on the three different versions.
Demand Euphoria!
Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Merrie Melodies Bugs Bunny cartoon, the 1959 Backwoods Bunny, directed by Robert McKimson.
The first of two appearances by Elvis and Pappy Buzzard. They would later appear in a Foghorn Leghorn cartoon, The Dixie Fryer.
Before the start of our feature presentation, ACME Eagle Hand Soap would like to present (in our opinion) one of the greatest Rick Roll events ever seen - Hallujah - Death Metal Edition featuring Leonard Cohen (Oktoberfest style) -
Before you go, make sure you check out Straight Outta Compton - Oktoberfest Edition
We've picked another fantastic entry from the excellent reference book, 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die by Steven Jay Schneider. Today's choice is yet another film by the great European master Max Ophüls - the 1955 romantic drama, Lola Montès, starring Martine Carol, Peter Ustinov, Oskar Werner, and Anton Walbrook. The film was the most expensive movie made in Europe up to that time and unfortunately, did not do well in the box office during its original release. The films complex narrative structure seemed the reason and the studio had the film, shortened and re-edited. Ophüls spent the last three years of his life fighting the studio to restore the film to it's original structure.
As we have seen with other films from this list, while American critics mostly panned the movie, the French New Wave critics championed this film and the director as proof of their politique des auteurs. Andrew Sarris wrote "Lola Montès is in my unhumble opinion the greatest film of all time." He introduced the restoration at the New York Film Festival in 2008. He later decided that the greatest movie of all time is The Earrings of Madame De..., by the same Director, Max Ophüls. The film was restored twice - once in 1968 and again in 2008. We are going to see the 2008 restoration from The Criterion Collection. The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour would like you to join us in watching this film, Lola Montès. So push away from the table, get comfortable and enjoy the film.
Director Max Ophüls surrounded Martine Carol (Lola Montès) with a solid cast, headed by Anton Walbrook as King Ludwig I, Oskar Werner as a student revolutionary, and Peter Ustinov as the Ring Master. He shot this movie in Germany, Austria, and France in three different versions, French, German, and English (Ustinov wrote the English-language dialogue). Then he worked with three different editors, each in his own room, on the three different versions.
Demand Euphoria!
Friday, October 1, 2021
Even the rich and famous have problems
Audrey realized, too late, that she should have brought a jacket with her.
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