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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