Today Monsterpiece Theatre is proud to present their version of the family drama, The Horse Whisperer -
Alister missed out on the opportunity to be a director.
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Thursday, March 31, 2022
Wednesday, March 30, 2022
Tuesday, March 29, 2022
Monday, March 28, 2022
Sunday, March 27, 2022
Saturday, March 26, 2022
The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour (268)
Thank you for joining us today
Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Looney Tunes Bugs Bunny cartoon, (featuring Yosemite Sam and Porky Pig,) the 1964 Dumb Patrol, directed by Gerry Chiniquy (a director of Friz Freleng's unit team). This was the last appearance Yosemite Sam and final time Porky Pig appears without Daffy Duck.
Though both Bugs Bunny and Porky Pig appear in the same short, unlike A Corny Concerto the two do not appear onscreen at the same time in this short; Porky only appears in a mere cameo at the beginning of this short, only to be quickly replaced by Bugs. This is the only time Porky Pig and Yosemite Sam appear in the same short, although the two do not appear onscreen at the same time
The staff ofThe ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour travels deep into the nether regions of the intraweb to bring you things you don't normally see. Today please join us in watching a rubber chicken sing the theme song to Godzilla.
We're not sure why this exists; it just does.
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 Sidney Lumet's 1957 courtroom drama, 12 Angry Men, starring Henry Fonda (who also produced the film with Reginald Rose), Lee J. Cobb, Ed Begley, E.G. Marshall, and Jack Warden. 12 Angry Men marked Sidney Lumet's directing debut. The story first existed as a teleplay on Studio One in 1954, two of the jurors, Joseph Sweeney, and George Voskovec reprised their roles for the film. The original television production was directed by Franklin J. Schaffner, who later won an Oscar for directing Patton. Aside from an opening montage inside the courthouse, the Judge's instructions to the jury and the final scene of the film, all of the action takes place within the confines of the Jury Room. The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour would like you to join us in watching this classic, 12 Angry Men. So push away from the table, get comfortable and enjoy the film.
Only two jurors are ever identified by name throughout the film: Juror #8, named Mr. Davis, and Juror #9, named Mr. McCardle. All but two are identified by job or profession: Juror #1, called "High School Football Coach", Juror #2, called "Bank Teller", Juror #3, called "Beck & Call" and "Owns Messenger Service", Juror #4, called "Stock Broker", Juror #6, called "Painter", Juror #7, called "Salesman", Juror #8, called "Architect", Juror #10, called "Garage Owner", Juror #11, called "Watch Maker", and Juror #12, called "Advertising Exec".
It's a victory when the weapons fall silent and people speak up. - Volodymyr Zelensky
Once again, please keep Ukraine in your thoughts
Demand Euphoria!
Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Looney Tunes Bugs Bunny cartoon, (featuring Yosemite Sam and Porky Pig,) the 1964 Dumb Patrol, directed by Gerry Chiniquy (a director of Friz Freleng's unit team). This was the last appearance Yosemite Sam and final time Porky Pig appears without Daffy Duck.
Though both Bugs Bunny and Porky Pig appear in the same short, unlike A Corny Concerto the two do not appear onscreen at the same time in this short; Porky only appears in a mere cameo at the beginning of this short, only to be quickly replaced by Bugs. This is the only time Porky Pig and Yosemite Sam appear in the same short, although the two do not appear onscreen at the same time
The staff ofThe ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour travels deep into the nether regions of the intraweb to bring you things you don't normally see. Today please join us in watching a rubber chicken sing the theme song to Godzilla.
We're not sure why this exists; it just does.
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 Sidney Lumet's 1957 courtroom drama, 12 Angry Men, starring Henry Fonda (who also produced the film with Reginald Rose), Lee J. Cobb, Ed Begley, E.G. Marshall, and Jack Warden. 12 Angry Men marked Sidney Lumet's directing debut. The story first existed as a teleplay on Studio One in 1954, two of the jurors, Joseph Sweeney, and George Voskovec reprised their roles for the film. The original television production was directed by Franklin J. Schaffner, who later won an Oscar for directing Patton. Aside from an opening montage inside the courthouse, the Judge's instructions to the jury and the final scene of the film, all of the action takes place within the confines of the Jury Room. The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour would like you to join us in watching this classic, 12 Angry Men. So push away from the table, get comfortable and enjoy the film.
Only two jurors are ever identified by name throughout the film: Juror #8, named Mr. Davis, and Juror #9, named Mr. McCardle. All but two are identified by job or profession: Juror #1, called "High School Football Coach", Juror #2, called "Bank Teller", Juror #3, called "Beck & Call" and "Owns Messenger Service", Juror #4, called "Stock Broker", Juror #6, called "Painter", Juror #7, called "Salesman", Juror #8, called "Architect", Juror #10, called "Garage Owner", Juror #11, called "Watch Maker", and Juror #12, called "Advertising Exec".
It's a victory when the weapons fall silent and people speak up. - Volodymyr Zelensky
Once again, please keep Ukraine in your thoughts
Demand Euphoria!
Friday, March 25, 2022
Once his Hollywood career was over
Robbie was reduced to turning tricks for science geeks in a french maid's outfit.
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Thursday, March 24, 2022
Dedicated to truth, justice and ... the alphabet
Today Monsterpiece Theatre is proud to present their version of the gritty police drama, ABCD Blue -
Alister is correct - a singing cop show? Who would come up with that stuff?
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Alister is correct - a singing cop show? Who would come up with that stuff?
Demand Euphoria!
Wednesday, March 23, 2022
Tuesday, March 22, 2022
Monday, March 21, 2022
Sunday, March 20, 2022
Saturday, March 19, 2022
The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour (267)
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 1963 Transylvania 6-5000, directed by Chuck Jones. This was the last original Bugs Bunny short Jones made for Warner Bros. Cartoons, before leaving the studio to work at MGM.
This is one of the few Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts which Mel Blanc isn't the only voice actor to be credited in the short.
Please join The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour in watching some deleted scenes from Star Wars featuring Cary Grant.
The amount of effect that went into this by it's creator, Fabrice Mathieu, is incredible.
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 1957 romantic confection, An Affair to Remember by Leo McCarey, (the film Meg Ryan's character obsesses about in Sleepless in Seattle,) which is a remake of his 1939 film, A Love Affair. The films stars Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr. Deborah Kerr plays Terry McKay, previously played by Irene Dunne in Love Affair. Both were directed by Leo McCarey. The year before this film was made, Kerr played Anna Leonowens in The King and I, also a role that had previously been played by Irene Dunne in the black-and-white classic Anna and the King of Siam. After you watch the film, you'll always think of An Affair to Remember when you see the Empire State Building in person. The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour would like you to join us in watching this classic, An Affair to Remember. So push away from the table, get comfortable and enjoy the film.
Cary Grant, who had started smoking in 1911, gave up his 3 pack a day cigarette habit during filming. Cary Grant's wife, Betsy Drake, had him visiting a hypnotist to help him quit smoking. She also packed him a hamper full of health food for his lunch, though he often finished it before starting filming because without cigarettes he was hungry all the time.
Before you go - once again, please keep Ukraine in your thoughts
I suspect this will become a collector's item, once it goes on sale.
Demand Euphoria!
Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Merrie Melodies Bugs Bunny cartoon, the 1963 Transylvania 6-5000, directed by Chuck Jones. This was the last original Bugs Bunny short Jones made for Warner Bros. Cartoons, before leaving the studio to work at MGM.
This is one of the few Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts which Mel Blanc isn't the only voice actor to be credited in the short.
Please join The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour in watching some deleted scenes from Star Wars featuring Cary Grant.
The amount of effect that went into this by it's creator, Fabrice Mathieu, is incredible.
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 1957 romantic confection, An Affair to Remember by Leo McCarey, (the film Meg Ryan's character obsesses about in Sleepless in Seattle,) which is a remake of his 1939 film, A Love Affair. The films stars Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr. Deborah Kerr plays Terry McKay, previously played by Irene Dunne in Love Affair. Both were directed by Leo McCarey. The year before this film was made, Kerr played Anna Leonowens in The King and I, also a role that had previously been played by Irene Dunne in the black-and-white classic Anna and the King of Siam. After you watch the film, you'll always think of An Affair to Remember when you see the Empire State Building in person. The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour would like you to join us in watching this classic, An Affair to Remember. So push away from the table, get comfortable and enjoy the film.
Cary Grant, who had started smoking in 1911, gave up his 3 pack a day cigarette habit during filming. Cary Grant's wife, Betsy Drake, had him visiting a hypnotist to help him quit smoking. She also packed him a hamper full of health food for his lunch, though he often finished it before starting filming because without cigarettes he was hungry all the time.
Before you go - once again, please keep Ukraine in your thoughts
I suspect this will become a collector's item, once it goes on sale.
Demand Euphoria!
Friday, March 18, 2022
Life is hard
Vampira, unfortunately realized how tough it is to live in a world with freaks like this
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Thursday, March 17, 2022
May you live to see a thousand reasons to rejoice ...
Monsterpiece Theatre is proud to present their version of the classic musical, Fiddler on the Roof -
Oy gevalt, four fiddlers on the roof is three too many! (And who knew Alister was Jewish?)
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Oy gevalt, four fiddlers on the roof is three too many! (And who knew Alister was Jewish?)
Demand Euphoria!
Wednesday, March 16, 2022
Tuesday, March 15, 2022
Monday, March 14, 2022
Sunday, March 13, 2022
Saturday, March 12, 2022
The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour (266)
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 1963 Mad as a Mars Hare, (featuring Marvin the Martian in his final appearance during the Golden Age of American Animation,) directed by Chuck Jones and Maurice Noble.
Please note: although Elmer Fudd does not appear in this cartoon (he has been retired from theatrical cartoons the previous year in Crows' Feat), he is mentioned by Bugs Bunny at the end of this cartoon, when he speaks to the audience about how Elmer and all the hunters back on Earth are going to be in for a big surprise due to his Neanderthal form when Bugs gets back to Earth.
Please join The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour in watching nine people play a sad song on their ukuleles - even though ukes are suppose to be the happiest instruments in the world.
You will be excused if you can't get rid of that smile of recognition, off your face for a while.
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 somewhat forgotten 1957 anti-war masterpiece, Paths of Glory by Stanley Kubrick. Based upon the controversial, semi-fictional 1935 novel of the same name by Humphrey Cobb, the film stars Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker, Adolphe Menjou, and George Macready. Because of its harsh portrait of the French army, the film was initially banned in France, Germany, Spain and Switzerland. While this film is considered by many critics as one of Kubrick best films, the film did not win any significant American awards at the time of its release. The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour would like you to join us in watching this classic from Kubrick, Paths of Glory. So push away from the table, get comfortable and enjoy the film.
For box office reasons, Stanley Kubrick intended to impose a happy ending. After several draft scripts he changed his mind and restored the novel's original ending. Producer James B. Harris then had to inform studio executive Max E. Youngstein and risk rejection of the change. Harris managed by simply having the entire final script delivered without a memo of the changes, on the assumption that nobody in the studio would actually read it.
Before you go - once again, please keep Ukraine in your thoughts
I'm not sure if this is just whistling past a graveyard or the modern version of Nearer my God to Thee:
But it's oddly moving none the less
Demand Euphoria!
Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Merrie Melodies Bugs Bunny cartoon, the 1963 Mad as a Mars Hare, (featuring Marvin the Martian in his final appearance during the Golden Age of American Animation,) directed by Chuck Jones and Maurice Noble.
Please note: although Elmer Fudd does not appear in this cartoon (he has been retired from theatrical cartoons the previous year in Crows' Feat), he is mentioned by Bugs Bunny at the end of this cartoon, when he speaks to the audience about how Elmer and all the hunters back on Earth are going to be in for a big surprise due to his Neanderthal form when Bugs gets back to Earth.
Please join The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour in watching nine people play a sad song on their ukuleles - even though ukes are suppose to be the happiest instruments in the world.
You will be excused if you can't get rid of that smile of recognition, off your face for a while.
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 somewhat forgotten 1957 anti-war masterpiece, Paths of Glory by Stanley Kubrick. Based upon the controversial, semi-fictional 1935 novel of the same name by Humphrey Cobb, the film stars Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker, Adolphe Menjou, and George Macready. Because of its harsh portrait of the French army, the film was initially banned in France, Germany, Spain and Switzerland. While this film is considered by many critics as one of Kubrick best films, the film did not win any significant American awards at the time of its release. The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour would like you to join us in watching this classic from Kubrick, Paths of Glory. So push away from the table, get comfortable and enjoy the film.
For box office reasons, Stanley Kubrick intended to impose a happy ending. After several draft scripts he changed his mind and restored the novel's original ending. Producer James B. Harris then had to inform studio executive Max E. Youngstein and risk rejection of the change. Harris managed by simply having the entire final script delivered without a memo of the changes, on the assumption that nobody in the studio would actually read it.
Before you go - once again, please keep Ukraine in your thoughts
But it's oddly moving none the less
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Friday, March 11, 2022
March 11, 1945, 4:32 pm EST
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Thursday, March 10, 2022
Good authors too who once knew better words ...
Monsterpiece Theatre is proud to present their version of the very popular Cole Porter musical, Anyone's Nose -
Remember to stay tuned for next weeks version of the classic family drama, A Nose Grows in Brooklyn. (And yes, bless you Alister.)
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Remember to stay tuned for next weeks version of the classic family drama, A Nose Grows in Brooklyn. (And yes, bless you Alister.)
Demand Euphoria!
Wednesday, March 9, 2022
Tuesday, March 8, 2022
Monday, March 7, 2022
Sunday, March 6, 2022
Saturday, March 5, 2022
The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour (265)
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 1963 The Unmentionables, (featuring Rocky and Mugsy in their final appearance,) directed by Friz Freleng.
This is the only cartoon where both Bugs Bunny and the gangster duo Rocky and Mugsy lose in the end. This is also one of a few cartoons in which Bugs Bunny has less dialogue than any other character.
The very talented producers Aaron Brink (ABX) and Steve Reidell (STV SLV), together as the Hood Internet, have been creating musical mash-ups since 2007. Please join The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio hour is watching their latest release - an amazing half-hour megamix of 600 songs from 1990-1999. (Try to see how many of the songs you can identify.)
You will be excused if you can't get rid of that smile of recognition, on your face for a while.
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 brilliant 1957 adaptation of William Shakespeare's tragedy, Macbeth by Akira Kurosawa - Throne of Blood (Kumonosu Jo). The film, starring Toshiro Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, and Takashi Shimura, re-imagines the Scottish play set in feudal Japan. While not a direct translation of the Shakespearean classic, Throne Of Blood works as great adaptation of Macbeth as well as a standalone samuraï film. The film is one of Toshiro Mifune's best roles in a Kurosawa film. With the exception of perhaps Tajomaru in Rashomon and Kikuchiyo in Seven Samurai, Mifune literally sears the scene with his presence. Kurosawa once said of Mifune, "The ordinary Japanese actor might need ten feet of film to get across an impression; Mifune needed only three." What makes Throne of Blood such a remarkable Shakespeare adaptation is the film’s use of disturbing imagery and sound rather than language to get across the great Shakespearean themes of the play. The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour would like you to join us in watching this classic from Kurosawa, Throne of Blood. So push away from the table, get comfortable and enjoy the film.
Kurosawa’s insistence on realism reached ridiculous heights - the volley of arrows that rain down on the samurai at the conclusion of the film, included real shafts shot by expert archers. Toshiro Mifune’s frantic arm waves at the arrows stuck in the wood around him also signaled to the archers which way he would move next: a safety measure concocted to reduce the probability of him being skewered for real.
Demand Euphoria!
Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Merrie Melodies Bugs Bunny cartoon, the 1963 The Unmentionables, (featuring Rocky and Mugsy in their final appearance,) directed by Friz Freleng.
This is the only cartoon where both Bugs Bunny and the gangster duo Rocky and Mugsy lose in the end. This is also one of a few cartoons in which Bugs Bunny has less dialogue than any other character.
The very talented producers Aaron Brink (ABX) and Steve Reidell (STV SLV), together as the Hood Internet, have been creating musical mash-ups since 2007. Please join The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio hour is watching their latest release - an amazing half-hour megamix of 600 songs from 1990-1999. (Try to see how many of the songs you can identify.)
You will be excused if you can't get rid of that smile of recognition, on your face for a while.
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 brilliant 1957 adaptation of William Shakespeare's tragedy, Macbeth by Akira Kurosawa - Throne of Blood (Kumonosu Jo). The film, starring Toshiro Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, and Takashi Shimura, re-imagines the Scottish play set in feudal Japan. While not a direct translation of the Shakespearean classic, Throne Of Blood works as great adaptation of Macbeth as well as a standalone samuraï film. The film is one of Toshiro Mifune's best roles in a Kurosawa film. With the exception of perhaps Tajomaru in Rashomon and Kikuchiyo in Seven Samurai, Mifune literally sears the scene with his presence. Kurosawa once said of Mifune, "The ordinary Japanese actor might need ten feet of film to get across an impression; Mifune needed only three." What makes Throne of Blood such a remarkable Shakespeare adaptation is the film’s use of disturbing imagery and sound rather than language to get across the great Shakespearean themes of the play. The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour would like you to join us in watching this classic from Kurosawa, Throne of Blood. So push away from the table, get comfortable and enjoy the film.
Kurosawa’s insistence on realism reached ridiculous heights - the volley of arrows that rain down on the samurai at the conclusion of the film, included real shafts shot by expert archers. Toshiro Mifune’s frantic arm waves at the arrows stuck in the wood around him also signaled to the archers which way he would move next: a safety measure concocted to reduce the probability of him being skewered for real.
Demand Euphoria!
Friday, March 4, 2022
Brett Sommers had an epiphany
She did not have to be in San Francisco to eat Rice-a-Roni.
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Thursday, March 3, 2022
We're not odd, we're just over-expressive....
Today's Monsterpiece Theatre is an realistic adaption of the classic E. M. Forster novel, Howards End -
I hope you were able to deal with the frank depiction of Howard's End.
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I hope you were able to deal with the frank depiction of Howard's End.
Demand Euphoria!
Wednesday, March 2, 2022
Tuesday, March 1, 2022
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