The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour (262)

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 Looney Tunes Bugs Bunny cartoon, the 1963 Devil's Feud Cake, (featuring Yosemite Sam,) directed by Friz Freleng.



A common fan rumor is that when this cartoon was shown in the movie theaters in 1963, the Devil greeted Yosemite Sam by asking, "Well, who in Hell are you?", and that for TV airings, both domestic and international, the line was changed to, "What the Devil is your name?" This rumor has since been proven false, as the "What the Devil" line has shown to exist on 35mm theatrical prints of this cartoon.


In celebration of the Lunar New Year, The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour would like to share with you Apple's annual Chinese New Year's short film - The Comeback:



Director Zhang Meng and director of photography Luo Dong shot this film for Apple, a heartwarming Chinese New Year film, entirely on an iPhone 13 Pro, making use of the smartphone’s three cameras (without any additional lenses).



So you you can make a film like this with your iPhone (as long as you have a multinational corporation with deep pockets to back you.)


Another facet of the Lunar New Year celebration, is about traditions. The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour would like to start a tradition with your family by watching one of the crowning achievement of the Second Golden Era of Chinese Cinema, the animation classic, Da Nao Tian Gong (sometimes known in English as Uproar in Heaven) based on the Legend of The Monkey King. Once again, if you can't watch this today, please put it on a list of films you much watch.



The Wan Brothers are credited with establishing the Chinese animation industry and had produced the first ever Chinese feature film, Princess Iron Fan, in 1941. It had originally been intended to animate this story in the early 1940's, but both World War II and the subsequent Civil War between the Communist and Nationalist forces delayed this project. It was launched shortly after Wan Laiming took over management of the Shanghai Animation Film Studio in 1954 and brought his three brothers onto the project in 1963. Not only did the film receive praise within China, but it received kudos from the international film community as well. Unfortunately, it was also the last great animated feature to come from China for many years as it, and the Shanghai Animation Studio, fell victim to the Cultural Revolution the year after it was released.



Demand Euphoria!