The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour (274)

Thank you for joining us today, in this delayed addition

Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Daffy Duck Merrie Melodies cartoon, the 1938 Daffy Duck & Egghead (co-starring Egghead, a prototype Elmer Fudd,) directed by Tex Avery.



(Sorry, I could only find a colorized version.) Daffy would sing his own variation of The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down again, albeit with different lyrics, in Boobs in the Woods.



Before our feature presentation,The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour would like you to join us in watching - When PBS Titans Meet -





Both, in their way, had their je-m'en-foutiste attitude


We've picked another entry from the excellent reference book, 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die by Steven Jay Schneider. Today's film is the classical New York noir - The Sweet Smell of Success directed by Alexander Mackendrick, starring Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Susan Harrison, and Martin Milner, and written by Clifford Odets, Ernest Lehman, and Alexander Mackendrick. The character of J. J. Hunsecker is based on larger-than-life columnist Walter Winchell and the film is generally believed to one of the first to refer to blacklisting. Upon its release, Sweet Smell of Success was rejected by critics and audiences, who disliked seeing the popular actors in such unsympathetic roles. And yet the years have proven that these were both Burt Lancaster and Tony Curtis' best roles.The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour would like you to join us in taking a bite out of this cookie full of arsenic, The Sweet Smell of Success. So push away from the table, get comfortable and enjoy the film.



The production company Hecht-Hill-Lancaster purchased the film rights in 1955 and initially considered Frank Sinatra, and then Orson Welles for the lead. Welles had ended his self-imposed exile from Hollywood and was looking to take on as many roles as possible to help finance films he wanted to make in Europe.



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With the blinding shock of recognition

Mrs. Elmira Pthiridae realized that's all there is.

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You didn't reallize how tough planning party's are

Remember you have to find only the good things. (And the whitest kids in town.)



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Perhaps a little more description would help.

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Word on the street

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Omnilegent

Reading or having read everything.



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Ripped from today's headlines

The searing tale of an Arborist gone wrong!

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The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour (273)

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Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with the first appearance of Daffy Duck in a Looney Tunes cartoon, the 1937 Porky's Duck Hunt (co-starring Porky Pig,) directed by Tex Avery.



The cartoon is also notable for the fact that it is the first cartoon in which Mel Blanc voices both Porky and Daffy. Originally scheduled to voice of Daffy, Blanc won the part of Porky earlier that year. Joe Dougherty, who was Porky's original voice actor, was fired following the cartoon Porky's Romance because he could not control his stutter.

Since we are beginning our review of Daffy Duck on the ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour, let's take a moment to review his career -



Should this come up in conversation - Daffy's middle name is Sheldon, but he prefers Armando because he thinks it's cooler. But he has also say that his middle name was Dumas and has been referred to as Daffy Horatio Tiberius Duck.


Before our feature presention,The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour would like you to join us in watching a fun compilation of Star Trek Red Alerts -



John DiMarco created a compilation showing us that when you hear the alert, things are going to get serious on Star Trek.


We've picked another entry from the excellent reference book, 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die by Steven Jay Schneider. Today's film is the only sequel to win the Palme d'Or after the original was also a winner - the 1956 second part of The Apu Trilogy (Martin Scorsese, James Ivory, Elia Kazan and Wes Anderson, all claim to have been influenced by the trilogy), Aparajito (The Unvanquished) directed by Satyajit Ray, starring Pinaki Sengupta, Smaran Ghosal, Kanu Banerjee, Karuna Banerjee, and Ramani Ranjan Sengupta. Aparajito picks up where the first film leaves off, with Apu and his family having moved away from the country to live in the bustling holy city of Varanasi (then known as Benares). The film was nearly lost when a fire in a London film lab severely damaged the original negative. Intensive work by the Academy Film Archive and The Criterion Collection were able to restore the film. The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour would like you to join us in watching this beautiful film, Aparajito. So push away from the table, get comfortable and enjoy the film.



The critical acclaim this movie received encouraged Ray to make another sequel in 1959, Apur Sansar (The World of Apu), which was equally well received, and thus concluded one of the most critically acclaimed movie trilogies of all time, as Roger Ebert later pointed out-"The three films ... swept the top prizes at Cannes, Venice and London, and created a new cinema for India - whose prolific film industry had traditionally stayed within the narrow confines of swashbuckling musical romances. Never before had one man had such a decisive impact on the films of his culture."


Before you go - While we keep Ukraine in our thoughts -



The world needs to turn a watchful eye toward the country and people of Moldova, neighbor of Ukraine.



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We are so ignorant that it is comic

Albert Einstein on his first visit to the US found Americans were 'thick in the head'.

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Billy used to be the dirtiest boy in town

But with the help of the nightly ministering of a middle aged man who dresses in a bar of ACME Eagle hand soap outfit, not only is he now the cleanest - Billy's also the happiest. Remember to ask at your local ACME supermarket, if Soapy can come join you tonight!



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Blunt and to the point

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More rantings of a feckless six year old

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Carker

A whining, troublesome child.



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Just in time for Easter

Holiday Special:
Read the book,
See the movie,
Eat the cast!

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The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour (271)

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Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Looney Tunes Bugs Bunny cartoon, the 1964 False Hare , directed by Robert McKimson. This cartoon was the last production completed by the original Warner Bros. Cartoons studio, and is also well-known for being the last Bugs Bunny cartoon released during the Golden Age of American animation. The next theatrical Bugs Bunny short, Box-Office Bunny, would be released in 1991.



Foghorn Leghorn makes a cameo appearance. This is also his last appearance in the original Warner Bros. Cartoons. This was also the last Warner Bros. cartoon short to use the That's All, Folks! ending theme. (Starting next week we'll begin reviewing the career of Daffy Duck.)


Before our feature presentation,The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour would like you to join us in watching our favorite ukulele band play an old time classic -



We thought it was a great cover - we hope you do as well?.


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 a tough one for us. Given the world situation, we weren't sure if showing a Russian film was appropriate, but the film is older than I am, so we're hoping no offense will be taken (because none is being given.) Today's film is the only Russian Palme d'Or winner (a favorite of both Francis Ford Coppola and Martin Scorsese,) - the 1957 anti-war film, The Cranes Are Flying (Letyat zhuravli) directed by Mikhail Kalatozov, starring Aleksey Batalov and Tatiana Samoilova. For those of you not familiar with today's film, The Cranes Are Flying is a remarkable film for its amazing cinematography, direction, and editing - the hand held camerawork and crane shots are still amazing to see. However, it’s the acting that really makes it the masterpiece it is. Tatyana Samoylova plays the lead role, Veronika, with such sensitivity and feeling. Be prepared to weep at her moving final scene. The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour would like you to join us in watching this beautiful film, The Cranes Are Flying. So push away from the table, get comfortable and enjoy the film.



With the death of Stalin in 1953, the "cult of personality" that had infused many Soviet movies during his rule began to relax. When the film was released in the Soviet Union, it caused a sensation amongst audiences weaned on propaganda fare. For the first time, audiences were able to weep at the pain of losing millions of their population in the war. It was also the first time that subjects like draft dodging, war profiteering and the black market had been expressed on film.


Before you go - Pink Floyd (or what remains of the lumbering giant) reformed to release a benefit song for the people of Ukraine - Hey Hey Rise Up. The song features the back-up vocals from Ukrainian singer Andriy Khlyvnyuk of the band Boombox.



The song helps people keep the Ukrainian cause in the front and center of their thoughts.



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Frank pondered long and hard

And on this date, one year later, he still couldn't figure out why he recorded Something Stupid with Nancy.



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Kids, if you don't play safely

You'll be forced to watch this short film again

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Sometimes the truth hurts

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A young man out standing in his field

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Macarism

The practice of making others happy through praise and felicitation.



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Here's a hobby for the kids

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The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour (270)

Thank you for joining us today - (sorry for the delay in posting and the abbreviated nature of today's radio hour. I'm still on the road.)

Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Looney Tunes Bugs Bunny cartoon, (featuring Daffy Duck,) the 1964 The Iceman Ducketh, directed by Phil Monroe and Maurice Noble. It was the last Warner Bros. theatrical cartoon featuring Bugs and Daffy together until Box-Office Bunny in 1991, and the last that Chuck Jones worked on, though he was fired at an early stage of production and replaced by Phil Monroe



Much like the cartoon Woolen Under Where, Chuck Jones was fired during production of this cartoon. Although unlike Woolen Under Where, Jones did not manage to contribute anything to the cartoon (in Woolen Under Where Jones contributed as the screenwriter, along with receiving onscreen credit as such).


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 1958 western, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, directed by directed by John Sturges from a screenplay written by novelist Leon Uris, starring Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Rhonda Fleming, Jo Van Fleet, and John Ireland. The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour would like you to join us in watching this classic, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. So push away from the table, get comfortable and enjoy the film.



Kirk Douglas and Burt Lancaster had worked together in the 1947 film, I Walk Alone, and often saw each other at various Hollywood functions. But, as Douglas recounted in his autobiography, The Ragman's Son, they didn't become friends until this movie, which lead to some pretty loose-and-easy moments on the set. For instance, they couldn't focus during a scene in which an unarmed Lancaster is surrounded by several men in a saloon, only to be rescued by Douglas, who steals another man's gun and tosses it to Lancaster. "We go out on the porch", Douglas wrote, "and Burt says to me, 'Thanks, Doc'. I was supposed to say, 'Forget it.' When I came to 'Forget it', the ridiculousness of the scene, our great bravery, our machismo, made us howl. We did the scene over and over. It just made us laugh harder." They were finally laughing so much, an angry John Sturges had to send them home for the day.



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The photograph is not out of focus

It's the hairspray fumes. Don't light a match!

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Depending on the kindness of strangers

In the farewell episode of Monsterpiece Theatre, Alister renames the series, American Monster Classics. Whomever they are, are proud to present their version of the classic Broadway drama, A Streetcar Named Desire. -



We should now admit that Grover is one of the worlds greatest actor of our time.



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Proofreading was not a managerial requirement

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The rantings of a feckless 6 year old

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Podsnappery

An attitude toward life marked by complacency and a refusal to recognize unpleasant facts.



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This is not for the amateur cook

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The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour (269)

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Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Merrie Melodies Bugs Bunny cartoon, (featuring the Tasmanian Devil,) the 1964 Dr. Devil and Mr. Hare, directed by Robert McKimson. This is the final appearance of Taz in the Golden age of American animation as well as Bugs' final appearance in a Merrie Melodies cartoon.



Character parodies include a Sigmund Freud-ish psychiatrist, Frankenstein's monster, and the doctor tv series stars of the era. But although a wide, international range of animals is seen in the opening, as they escape Taz, the setting appears to be Polynesian-esque, given the tiki like design of the 'hospital.'


Before our feature presention,The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour would like you to join us in watching our favorite seven foot tall clown -



Why do the best clowns sing the saddest songs?.


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 1958 sci-fi film, The Incredible Shrinking Man directed by Jack Arnold based on Richard Matheson's 1956 novel The Shrinking Man, starring Grant Williams, and Randy Stuart. The Incredible Shrinking Man is often referred to by modern critics as one of the best science-fiction films ever made. Seen as either an allegory for fears of the atomic age, or an expression of 1950s males' concerns over female empowerment. Here's a great bar bet - while Orson Welles was working on Touch of Evil at Universal, he did the narration for the trailer for this film. The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour would like you to join us in watching this classic, The Incredible Shrinking Man. So push away from the table, get comfortable and enjoy the film.



The special effects technicians were able to create giant drops of water by filling up condoms and dropping them. Several of the gigantic props (the scissors, nails, and mousetrap for example) were part of the Universal Studio tour for several years.



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It was painfully obvious to everyone,

Gene and Fred had way too much coffee that day.

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