Monday, January 31, 2022
Mondegreen
A misunderstood or misinterpreted word or phrase resulting from a mishearing of the lyrics of a song.
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Sunday, January 30, 2022
Saturday, January 29, 2022
The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour (260)
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 1962 Bill of Hare (featuring the Tasmanian Devil,) directed by Robert McKimson.
Milt Franklyn completed the music for this short before his passing.
We here at ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour are getting ready to celebrate the Lunar New Year with everyone next week. We thought we'd share with you this fun overview of Chinese Food in America from the folks at Mental Floss -
So even though it may not be truly authenic, remember to order some 'Chinese food' next week to celebrate the new year (again).
We've picked another entry from the excellent reference book, 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die by Steven Jay Schneider. Today's choice is another classic 1956 Sci-Fi movie (and a brilliant allegory for the McCarthy Hysteria though denied by many involved with the production) Invasion Of The Body Snatchers, directed by Don Siegel, and starring Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter, King Donovan, and Carolyn Jones. The film, was considered at the time of it's release, a low-budget, B-movie, is now regarded as a leader in the horror film genre for the exploration of psychological terrors within us all. Kevin McCarthy and author Jack Finney have always denied the rumor that the story is a statement against McCarthyism and Communism; they just saw it as a thriller. Don Siegel, however, believes that the political references to Sen. Joseph McCarthy and totalitarianism are inescapable, even though he tried not to emphasize them. The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour would like you to join us in watching this classic sci-f film, Invasion of the Body Snatchers. So push away from the table, get comfortable and enjoy the film.
Director Don Siegel always said he intended the film as a psychological metaphor, not a political one. "There are real people who are essentially pods," he told interviewer Stuart Kaminsky in 1971. He was particularly proud of the scene towards the end in which Miles (Kevin McCarthy) kisses Becky (Dana Wynter) but senses from her nonresponsiveness that she's become a pod. "In my life, sad to say, I have kissed many pods," Siegel told Kaminsky.
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Friday, January 28, 2022
New Haven, CT, Janury 28, 1949, 5:37 pm
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Thursday, January 27, 2022
This one seems a little short
Today's Monsterpiece Theatre is an adaptation of the classic TV series about a little house and a little girl named Prairie
I believe the writers were on strike this week and Alister wrote the script.
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I believe the writers were on strike this week and Alister wrote the script.
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Wednesday, January 26, 2022
Tuesday, January 25, 2022
Monday, January 24, 2022
Sunday, January 23, 2022
Saturday, January 22, 2022
The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour (259)
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 1962 Wet Hare (featuring Blacque Jacque Shellacque,) directed by Robert McKimson.
This would be the final appearance of Blacque Jacque Shellacque.
Would you offer your throat to the wolf with the red roses? -
ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour remembers Marvin Lee Aday
We've picked another entry from the excellent reference book, 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die by Steven Jay Schneider. Today's choice is the 1956 Sci-Fi spectacular (think Shakespeare's The Tempest in space,) Forbidden Planet, directed by Fred McLeod Wilcox , and starring Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen, and Robby the Robot. This film marked one of the first times a science-fiction project had received a large budget. The genre had rarely been taken seriously by studio executives, and sci-fi films generally received the most meager of budgets. The critical success of this film convinced many in the film industry that well-funded science-fiction projects could be successful. This was the first mainstream film to have the music performed entirely by electronic instruments. The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour would like you to join (Brad and Janet) and all of us in watching this classic sci-f film, Forbidden Planet. So push away from the table, get comfortable and enjoy the film.
Forbidden Planet has been ranked as one of the seminal 1950s science fiction films by many critics and was nominated for an Academy Award for Special Effects, but lost to The Ten Commandments. Gene Roddenberry has been quoted as saying that this film was a major inspiration for Star Trek. Perhaps not accidentally, Warren Stevens, who plays "Doc" here, would later be a guest star in Star Trek: By Any Other Name, where the true shape of the alien Kelvans, like the Krell in this movie, was implied to be extremely non-humanoid but never shown. 1701, which is the serial number of the Starship Enterprise, allegedly comes from the clock mark 17:01 when the C57D enters orbit around Altair IV
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Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Looney Tunes Bugs Bunny cartoon, the 1962 Wet Hare (featuring Blacque Jacque Shellacque,) directed by Robert McKimson.
This would be the final appearance of Blacque Jacque Shellacque.
Would you offer your throat to the wolf with the red roses? -
ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour remembers Marvin Lee Aday
We've picked another entry from the excellent reference book, 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die by Steven Jay Schneider. Today's choice is the 1956 Sci-Fi spectacular (think Shakespeare's The Tempest in space,) Forbidden Planet, directed by Fred McLeod Wilcox , and starring Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen, and Robby the Robot. This film marked one of the first times a science-fiction project had received a large budget. The genre had rarely been taken seriously by studio executives, and sci-fi films generally received the most meager of budgets. The critical success of this film convinced many in the film industry that well-funded science-fiction projects could be successful. This was the first mainstream film to have the music performed entirely by electronic instruments. The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour would like you to join (Brad and Janet) and all of us in watching this classic sci-f film, Forbidden Planet. So push away from the table, get comfortable and enjoy the film.
Forbidden Planet has been ranked as one of the seminal 1950s science fiction films by many critics and was nominated for an Academy Award for Special Effects, but lost to The Ten Commandments. Gene Roddenberry has been quoted as saying that this film was a major inspiration for Star Trek. Perhaps not accidentally, Warren Stevens, who plays "Doc" here, would later be a guest star in Star Trek: By Any Other Name, where the true shape of the alien Kelvans, like the Krell in this movie, was implied to be extremely non-humanoid but never shown. 1701, which is the serial number of the Starship Enterprise, allegedly comes from the clock mark 17:01 when the C57D enters orbit around Altair IV
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Friday, January 21, 2022
Thursday, January 20, 2022
That's where the money is.
Today Monsterpiece Theatre is an adaptation of the classic 1959 British New Wave of kitchen-sink-drama, Room At The Top.
Please note: no monsters were injured in the making of this episode
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(Oops, sorry earlier readers saw the wrong embedded video.)
Wednesday, January 19, 2022
Tuesday, January 18, 2022
Monday, January 17, 2022
Flummery
- praise or other polite speech or behavior that is not sincere and does not really mean anything
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Sunday, January 16, 2022
Saturday, January 15, 2022
The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour (258)
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 1961 Prince Violent (Later renamed Prince Varmint for television broadcasts), (featuring Yosemite Sam,) directed by Friz Freleng (co-directed by Hawley Pratt).
This was Arthur Davis's final credit as an animator for Warner Bros. cartoons during the original theatrical era. He had left the studio by June 1960, demanding he be released from his contract because fellow animator Phil Monroe had been promoted as supervisor of the commercials unit instead of him.
Before the start of our feature presentation, ACME Eagle Hand Soap who like you to join us in listening once again to the rantings of our favorite elderly Jewish man -
If you haven't already, please find the time to check out Lewis Black's Rantcast podcast.
We've picked another entry from the excellent reference book, 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die by Steven Jay Schneider. Today's choice is the 1956 Japanese anti-war film directed by Kon Ichikawa, (based on a children's novel of the same name written by Michio Takeyama,) The Burmese Harp (Biruma no Tategoto). The film was one of the first films to show the effects of World War II on Japanese soldiers from their perspective. The film went on to become a huge success in Japan and throughout the world, The Burmese Harp was nominated for an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. Astute viewers may recognize many of the cues present in The Burmese Harp's soundtrack, as composer Akira Ifukube adapted Godzilla's requiem theme into several pieces heard throughout the film. The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour would like you to join us in watching this classic (but solemn seen) film, The Burmese Harp. So push away from the table, get comfortable and enjoy the film.
The film was originally slated to shoot in three-strip color, but director Kon Ichikawa worried that the huge camera might break down on location and he would not be able to have it fixed, so he shot in black-and-white. In 1985, Ichikawa himself remade the film in color. The new Burmese Harp, financed by Fuji TV after Toho turned it down. It did well enough to become the top-grossing Japanese film of 1985, but didn't repeat the international success of the original.
Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Looney Tunes Bugs Bunny cartoon, the 1961 Prince Violent (Later renamed Prince Varmint for television broadcasts), (featuring Yosemite Sam,) directed by Friz Freleng (co-directed by Hawley Pratt).
This was Arthur Davis's final credit as an animator for Warner Bros. cartoons during the original theatrical era. He had left the studio by June 1960, demanding he be released from his contract because fellow animator Phil Monroe had been promoted as supervisor of the commercials unit instead of him.
Before the start of our feature presentation, ACME Eagle Hand Soap who like you to join us in listening once again to the rantings of our favorite elderly Jewish man -
If you haven't already, please find the time to check out Lewis Black's Rantcast podcast.
We've picked another entry from the excellent reference book, 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die by Steven Jay Schneider. Today's choice is the 1956 Japanese anti-war film directed by Kon Ichikawa, (based on a children's novel of the same name written by Michio Takeyama,) The Burmese Harp (Biruma no Tategoto). The film was one of the first films to show the effects of World War II on Japanese soldiers from their perspective. The film went on to become a huge success in Japan and throughout the world, The Burmese Harp was nominated for an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. Astute viewers may recognize many of the cues present in The Burmese Harp's soundtrack, as composer Akira Ifukube adapted Godzilla's requiem theme into several pieces heard throughout the film. The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour would like you to join us in watching this classic (but solemn seen) film, The Burmese Harp. So push away from the table, get comfortable and enjoy the film.
The film was originally slated to shoot in three-strip color, but director Kon Ichikawa worried that the huge camera might break down on location and he would not be able to have it fixed, so he shot in black-and-white. In 1985, Ichikawa himself remade the film in color. The new Burmese Harp, financed by Fuji TV after Toho turned it down. It did well enough to become the top-grossing Japanese film of 1985, but didn't repeat the international success of the original.
Friday, January 14, 2022
Thursday, January 13, 2022
Whadda ya hear! Whadda ya say!
Today we're laughing in the face of danger with an episode of Monsterpiece Theatre that's an adaptation of the classic 1930s ganster film, Monsters With Dirty Faces.
Perhaps Officer Grover can join the Adam's administration and help clean up crime in the city?
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Perhaps Officer Grover can join the Adam's administration and help clean up crime in the city?
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Wednesday, January 12, 2022
Tuesday, January 11, 2022
Monday, January 10, 2022
Sunday, January 9, 2022
Saturday, January 8, 2022
The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour (257)
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 1961 Compressed Hare, (featuring Wile E Coyote,) directed by Chuck Jones (co-directed by Maurice Noble).
The sound effect in the background when all the metal objects are drawn to the magnet is the old civil defense siren. At the time this cartoon was made, the Cold War was in full swing. These sirens were tested once every month, usually on a Friday morning, and school children then participated in "drop drills" in the classroom.
Before the start of our feature presentation, ACME Eagle Hand Soap who like you to join us in listening to an incredible re-imagining of a Radiohead classic
If you have the time jump down There I Ruined It rabbit hole for more incredible mashups
We've picked another entry from the excellent reference book, 1,001 Movies You Must See Before You Die by Steven Jay Schneider. Today's choice is the a biblical epic directed by Cecil B. DeMille, the 1956 classic The Ten Commandments, starring Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Anne Baxter, Edward G. Robinson, Yvonne De Carlo, Debra Paget, John Derek, Cedric Hardwicke, Nina Foch, Martha Scott, Judith Anderson, Vincent Price and (literally) a cast of thousands. The film is a sort-of remark of DeMille's 1923 silent version. While the film as generally well received, it was not all well reviewed. Time referred to the film as "in some respects the most vulgar movie ever made." Network television has aired the film in prime time during the Passover/Easter season every year since 1973. The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour would like you to join us in watching this epic film, The Ten Commandments. So push away from the table, get comfortable and enjoy the film.
According to Hollywood lore, while filming the orgy sequence that precedes Moses' descent from Mount Horeb with the two stone tablets on which the Ten Commandments are engraved, producer and director Cecil B. DeMille was perched on top of a ladder delivering his customarily long-winded directions through a megaphone to the hundreds of extras involved in the scene. After droning on to the extras for several minutes, DeMille was distracted by one young woman who was talking to another woman standing next to her. DeMille stopped his speech and directed everyone's attention to the young woman. "Here", DeMille said, "we have a young woman whose conversation with her friend is apparently more important than listening to her instructions from her director while we are all engaged in making motion picture history. Perhaps the young woman would care to enlighten us all, and tell us what the devil is so important that it cannot wait until after we make this shot." After an embarrassed pause, the young woman spoke up and boldly confessed, "I was just saying to my friend here, 'I wonder when that bald-headed old fart is gonna call 'Lunch!'" Nonplussed, DeMille stared at the woman for a moment, paused, then lifted his megaphone and shouted, "Lunch!"
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Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Merrie Melodies Bugs Bunny cartoon, the 1961 Compressed Hare, (featuring Wile E Coyote,) directed by Chuck Jones (co-directed by Maurice Noble).
The sound effect in the background when all the metal objects are drawn to the magnet is the old civil defense siren. At the time this cartoon was made, the Cold War was in full swing. These sirens were tested once every month, usually on a Friday morning, and school children then participated in "drop drills" in the classroom.
Before the start of our feature presentation, ACME Eagle Hand Soap who like you to join us in listening to an incredible re-imagining of a Radiohead classic
If you have the time jump down There I Ruined It rabbit hole for more incredible mashups
We've picked another entry from the excellent reference book, 1,001 Movies You Must See Before You Die by Steven Jay Schneider. Today's choice is the a biblical epic directed by Cecil B. DeMille, the 1956 classic The Ten Commandments, starring Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Anne Baxter, Edward G. Robinson, Yvonne De Carlo, Debra Paget, John Derek, Cedric Hardwicke, Nina Foch, Martha Scott, Judith Anderson, Vincent Price and (literally) a cast of thousands. The film is a sort-of remark of DeMille's 1923 silent version. While the film as generally well received, it was not all well reviewed. Time referred to the film as "in some respects the most vulgar movie ever made." Network television has aired the film in prime time during the Passover/Easter season every year since 1973. The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour would like you to join us in watching this epic film, The Ten Commandments. So push away from the table, get comfortable and enjoy the film.
According to Hollywood lore, while filming the orgy sequence that precedes Moses' descent from Mount Horeb with the two stone tablets on which the Ten Commandments are engraved, producer and director Cecil B. DeMille was perched on top of a ladder delivering his customarily long-winded directions through a megaphone to the hundreds of extras involved in the scene. After droning on to the extras for several minutes, DeMille was distracted by one young woman who was talking to another woman standing next to her. DeMille stopped his speech and directed everyone's attention to the young woman. "Here", DeMille said, "we have a young woman whose conversation with her friend is apparently more important than listening to her instructions from her director while we are all engaged in making motion picture history. Perhaps the young woman would care to enlighten us all, and tell us what the devil is so important that it cannot wait until after we make this shot." After an embarrassed pause, the young woman spoke up and boldly confessed, "I was just saying to my friend here, 'I wonder when that bald-headed old fart is gonna call 'Lunch!'" Nonplussed, DeMille stared at the woman for a moment, paused, then lifted his megaphone and shouted, "Lunch!"
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Friday, January 7, 2022
He spent the better part of a day,
trying to get the toothpaste back into that tube.
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Thursday, January 6, 2022
Earnest! EARNEST! I felt like TRASH!
Today's episode of Monsterpiece Theatre is an adaptation of Spaulding Gray's theatrical monologue, Monster In A Box (if they can just get it together.)
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Who knew Alister was a dramaturge?
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Who knew Alister was a dramaturge?
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Wednesday, January 5, 2022
Tuesday, January 4, 2022
Monday, January 3, 2022
Sunday, January 2, 2022
Saturday, January 1, 2022
Ring out the old, ring in the new
Life has no remote, so wake up and change it.
Now that we have your attention -
Let us all welcome the new year. Full of things that have never been.
- from your friends at ACME, celebrating over 100 year in business.
Thank you for joining us today (sorry for the delay in posting)
Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Looney Tunes Bugs Bunny cartoon, the 1961 The Abominable Snow Rabbit, (featuring Daffy Duck,) directed by Chuck Jones (co-directed by Maurice Noble).
This cartoon marks the debut of Hugo the Abominable Snowman, a parody of Lennie from John Steinbeck's novel Of Mice and Men.
Before the start of our feature presentation, ACME Eagle Hand Soap who like you to join us in watching the always moving video TCM creates at the end of the year to memorialize some of the people that they would like to remember whom have passed in 2021
Of course they could not possible mention everyone and since last week when this first aired, several other notable people passed away including the much beloved Betty White. I'm sure that they would have included her in their very touching tribute.
We've picked another entry from the excellent reference book, 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die by Steven Jay Schneider. Today's choice is the only film directed by Charles Laughton, the 1955 classic film noir, Night of the Hunter, starring Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, and Lillian Gish. The picture has become a cult classic since its release, and is widely regarded by film critics and historians and modern filmmakers as one of the most important pictures of the 1950s. Preacher's "LOVE" and "HATE" tattoos have become a well-known cultural reference and are often imitated or parodied in films and television. The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour would like you to join us in watching this exciting movie, Night of the Hunter. So push away from the table, get comfortable and enjoy the film.
So disappointed was he by the poor reception of this film on its initial release both critically and commercially, Charles Laughton vowed never to direct a film again, and he never did. Laughton himself said that he much preferred directing in the theatre "There, you could constantly change and amend the production--adding lines, changing lighting and sets--but with film once it was done it could never be changed." Laughton was planning to direct another film after Night of the Hunter, a screen adaptation of Norman Mailer's novel,The Naked and the Dead.
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Let us all welcome the new year. Full of things that have never been.
Thank you for joining us today (sorry for the delay in posting)
Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Looney Tunes Bugs Bunny cartoon, the 1961 The Abominable Snow Rabbit, (featuring Daffy Duck,) directed by Chuck Jones (co-directed by Maurice Noble).
This cartoon marks the debut of Hugo the Abominable Snowman, a parody of Lennie from John Steinbeck's novel Of Mice and Men.
Before the start of our feature presentation, ACME Eagle Hand Soap who like you to join us in watching the always moving video TCM creates at the end of the year to memorialize some of the people that they would like to remember whom have passed in 2021
Of course they could not possible mention everyone and since last week when this first aired, several other notable people passed away including the much beloved Betty White. I'm sure that they would have included her in their very touching tribute.
We've picked another entry from the excellent reference book, 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die by Steven Jay Schneider. Today's choice is the only film directed by Charles Laughton, the 1955 classic film noir, Night of the Hunter, starring Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, and Lillian Gish. The picture has become a cult classic since its release, and is widely regarded by film critics and historians and modern filmmakers as one of the most important pictures of the 1950s. Preacher's "LOVE" and "HATE" tattoos have become a well-known cultural reference and are often imitated or parodied in films and television. The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour would like you to join us in watching this exciting movie, Night of the Hunter. So push away from the table, get comfortable and enjoy the film.
So disappointed was he by the poor reception of this film on its initial release both critically and commercially, Charles Laughton vowed never to direct a film again, and he never did. Laughton himself said that he much preferred directing in the theatre "There, you could constantly change and amend the production--adding lines, changing lighting and sets--but with film once it was done it could never be changed." Laughton was planning to direct another film after Night of the Hunter, a screen adaptation of Norman Mailer's novel,The Naked and the Dead.
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