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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