Demand Euphoria!
Wednesday, August 31, 2022
Tuesday, August 30, 2022
Monday, August 29, 2022
Sunday, August 28, 2022
Saturday, August 27, 2022
The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour (291)
Thank you for joining us today
Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Daffy Duck Looney Tunes cartoon, the 1942 My Favorite Duck , (co-starring Porky Pig,) directed by Chuck Jones.
This short is the first Porky and Daffy in color. It is also the second Looney Tunes short in color, the first being, Old Glory.
Before the start of our feature presentation, ACME would like to answer the questions the youth of America wants to know - Why are there so many pigeons in New York:
Thomas P.F. Hoving, the former city parks commissioner and longtime director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art is credited with coining the epithet, “rats with wings,” when referring to pigeons.
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 1960 kitchen sink drama Saturday Night and Sunday Morning directed by Karel Reisz and starring Albert Finney, Shirley Anne Field, and Rachel Roberts. The film has been categorized also as one of the best Angry Young Men movies that came out of from England in the late 1950s and ’60s. For the first time in this film, the working classes were treated with respect, not condescension. This was Albert Finney's first starring role, although he had a bit in The Entertainer that same year. Over sixty years later, the film still packs an impressive punch. The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour would like you to join us in watching this impressive drama, Saturday Night and Sunday Morning. So push away from the table, get comfortable and enjoy the film.
The film had to go through some dialogue changes before release, mainly owing to the swear words in the original script. Although 'bastards', 'bloody', and 'bleedin' were allowed the censors refused to pass 'sod', 'christ' and 'bogger' (the latter being a script substitution for 'bugger'). The censors were not too keen on the scene in which Arthur wakes up on Sunday morning in bed with his mistress. It directly implies extra-marital sex, a notable first for British cinema.
British rock band the Arctic Monkeys were heavily influenced by this film. The title of their debut album Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not is a direct quote from the movie, and many of the songs were inspired by Albert Finney's character. Also the art design of the album was influenced by the realist images of British working class neighborhoods and night life in Saturday Night and Sunday Morning.
Demand Euphoria!
Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Daffy Duck Looney Tunes cartoon, the 1942 My Favorite Duck , (co-starring Porky Pig,) directed by Chuck Jones.
This short is the first Porky and Daffy in color. It is also the second Looney Tunes short in color, the first being, Old Glory.
Before the start of our feature presentation, ACME would like to answer the questions the youth of America wants to know - Why are there so many pigeons in New York:
Thomas P.F. Hoving, the former city parks commissioner and longtime director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art is credited with coining the epithet, “rats with wings,” when referring to pigeons.
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 1960 kitchen sink drama Saturday Night and Sunday Morning directed by Karel Reisz and starring Albert Finney, Shirley Anne Field, and Rachel Roberts. The film has been categorized also as one of the best Angry Young Men movies that came out of from England in the late 1950s and ’60s. For the first time in this film, the working classes were treated with respect, not condescension. This was Albert Finney's first starring role, although he had a bit in The Entertainer that same year. Over sixty years later, the film still packs an impressive punch. The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour would like you to join us in watching this impressive drama, Saturday Night and Sunday Morning. So push away from the table, get comfortable and enjoy the film.
The film had to go through some dialogue changes before release, mainly owing to the swear words in the original script. Although 'bastards', 'bloody', and 'bleedin' were allowed the censors refused to pass 'sod', 'christ' and 'bogger' (the latter being a script substitution for 'bugger'). The censors were not too keen on the scene in which Arthur wakes up on Sunday morning in bed with his mistress. It directly implies extra-marital sex, a notable first for British cinema.
British rock band the Arctic Monkeys were heavily influenced by this film. The title of their debut album Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not is a direct quote from the movie, and many of the songs were inspired by Albert Finney's character. Also the art design of the album was influenced by the realist images of British working class neighborhoods and night life in Saturday Night and Sunday Morning.
Demand Euphoria!
Friday, August 26, 2022
People laughed at Big Jim
But he parlayed his tips from Petey into a small fortune.
Demand Euphoria!
Thursday, August 25, 2022
For young men with hidden desires
Who does like the feeling of wood in their hands. Or the tap, tap, tap of your tool against leather.
Demand Euphoria!
Wednesday, August 24, 2022
Tuesday, August 23, 2022
Monday, August 22, 2022
Sunday, August 21, 2022
Saturday, August 20, 2022
The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour (290)
Thank you for joining us today
Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Daffy Duck Looney Tunes cartoon, the 1942 The Daffy Duckaroo , directed by Norman McCabe.
This was the first black-and-white Looney Tunes short to open with the "bulls-eye" titles similar to the ones in Merrie Melodies but (usually) with thicker rings. This would continue for the rest of the black-and-white Looney Tunes shorts up to Puss n' Booty.
Before the start of our feature presentation, ACME would like you to join us in watching a bunch of actors cracking themselves up when things go wrong -
It's great to know that Carol Burnett is still with us
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 1960 horror classic Eyes Without a Face (Les Yeus Sans Visage) directed by Georges Franju and starring Pierre Brasseur, Alida Valli, and Édith Scob. (Unfortunately, I could not find the film posted with subtitles but please stick with it. You'll get the gist of it and the visuals are stunning, but not too gory.) Although the film passed through the European censors, the film's release in Europe was controversial nevertheless. . The initial release of the film was met with negative reactions from film critics. An English film critic for The Spectator was nearly fired for writing it a positive review, while the general critical reaction had been poor. One French critic stated the film was "in a minor genre and quite unworthy of his [director Georges Franju] abilities." Franju responded by saying that the film was his attempt to get the minor genre to be taken seriously. The film was initially released in the US in an edited version titled The Horror Chamber of Dr. Faustus - an odd title considering there's no one named Dr. Faustus in the film. The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour would like you to join us in watching this classic drama, Eyes Without A Face. So push away from the table, get comfortable and enjoy the film.
The Jean Redon novel that served as the basis for Eyes Without a Face was even more unsettling than the movie. Franju and his producer, Jules Borkon, knew that they were facing potential censorship problems with this picture, so they recruited the prestigious screenwriting team of Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac to give the story a much-needed sense of humanity. Boileau and Narcejac, who had already written screenplays for Henri-Georges Clouzot's Diabolique and Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo, transformed a tawdry pulp fiction into a cautionary tale about a scientist trying to play God as well as a psychological melodrama propelled by a father's all-consuming guilt over his daughter's condition.
In 1984 Billy Idol released the single Eyes Without a Face from the album Rebel Yell. The song features background vocals by Idol's then-girlfriend Perri Lister who sings in the chorus the phrase "les yeux sans visage" which is the French translation for "eyes without a face" and the original French title of this film.
Demand Euphoria!
Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Daffy Duck Looney Tunes cartoon, the 1942 The Daffy Duckaroo , directed by Norman McCabe.
This was the first black-and-white Looney Tunes short to open with the "bulls-eye" titles similar to the ones in Merrie Melodies but (usually) with thicker rings. This would continue for the rest of the black-and-white Looney Tunes shorts up to Puss n' Booty.
Before the start of our feature presentation, ACME would like you to join us in watching a bunch of actors cracking themselves up when things go wrong -
It's great to know that Carol Burnett is still with us
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 1960 horror classic Eyes Without a Face (Les Yeus Sans Visage) directed by Georges Franju and starring Pierre Brasseur, Alida Valli, and Édith Scob. (Unfortunately, I could not find the film posted with subtitles but please stick with it. You'll get the gist of it and the visuals are stunning, but not too gory.) Although the film passed through the European censors, the film's release in Europe was controversial nevertheless. . The initial release of the film was met with negative reactions from film critics. An English film critic for The Spectator was nearly fired for writing it a positive review, while the general critical reaction had been poor. One French critic stated the film was "in a minor genre and quite unworthy of his [director Georges Franju] abilities." Franju responded by saying that the film was his attempt to get the minor genre to be taken seriously. The film was initially released in the US in an edited version titled The Horror Chamber of Dr. Faustus - an odd title considering there's no one named Dr. Faustus in the film. The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour would like you to join us in watching this classic drama, Eyes Without A Face. So push away from the table, get comfortable and enjoy the film.
The Jean Redon novel that served as the basis for Eyes Without a Face was even more unsettling than the movie. Franju and his producer, Jules Borkon, knew that they were facing potential censorship problems with this picture, so they recruited the prestigious screenwriting team of Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac to give the story a much-needed sense of humanity. Boileau and Narcejac, who had already written screenplays for Henri-Georges Clouzot's Diabolique and Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo, transformed a tawdry pulp fiction into a cautionary tale about a scientist trying to play God as well as a psychological melodrama propelled by a father's all-consuming guilt over his daughter's condition.
In 1984 Billy Idol released the single Eyes Without a Face from the album Rebel Yell. The song features background vocals by Idol's then-girlfriend Perri Lister who sings in the chorus the phrase "les yeux sans visage" which is the French translation for "eyes without a face" and the original French title of this film.
Demand Euphoria!
Friday, August 19, 2022
Thursday, August 18, 2022
Games can be a lot of fun ...
Until you lose an election. Remember bunkies, it was true then, it true now - Take the results well!
Demand Euphoria!
Wednesday, August 17, 2022
Tuesday, August 16, 2022
Monday, August 15, 2022
Ennui
-A feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest.
Demand Euphoria!
Sunday, August 14, 2022
Saturday, August 13, 2022
The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour (289)
Thank you for joining us today
Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Daffy Duck Looney Tunes cartoon, the 1942 The Impatient Patient , directed by Norman McCabe.
The initial soft chanting of the name Chloe, and the opening swampland setting, are a reference to the 1927 song Chloe (Song of the Swamp), written by Gus Kahn and Neil Moret
Before the start of our feature presentation, ACME would like you to join us in listening to a recently released Tiny Desk Concert from NPR - Regina Spektor
Who wouldn't want to listen to someone who has listed her influences as David Bowie, Billie Holiday and Frédéric Chopin.
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 a remake of Yasujiro Ozu's 1934 silent classic A Story of Floating Weeds directed by Yasujiro Ozu and the amazing cinematographer Kazuo Miyagawa, the 1959 drama, Floating Weeds (Ukigusa), starring Ganjiro Nakamura, Machiko Kyo, and Ayako Wakao. The film is one of the few Ozu shot in color. Ozu has one of the most consistent and immediately identifiable visual styles in all of cinema: low, sometimes floor-level camera placement, static camera setups, various red objects arranged as decorative elements within shots, doors and windows employed to break up the space visually with internal frames, and characters facing the camera directly during dialogue exchanges. Film critics regularly list the film as Ozu's greatest. The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour would like you to join us in watching this classic drama, Floating Weeds. So push away from the table, get comfortable and enjoy the film.
Cinematographer Kazuo Miyagawa had fond memories of working on the film: 'I'll never forget that, from the first day on, he knew the names of everybody on the set - fifty people in the crew, people he'd never worked with. He'd written their names down, I learned later. But everyone was impressed and became devoted to him. Every single day working on this film was extremely pleasurable and enriching. In each of Ozu's films you can sniff his personality. He was pure, gentle, light-hearted, a fine individual.'
Demand Euphoria!
Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Daffy Duck Looney Tunes cartoon, the 1942 The Impatient Patient , directed by Norman McCabe.
The initial soft chanting of the name Chloe, and the opening swampland setting, are a reference to the 1927 song Chloe (Song of the Swamp), written by Gus Kahn and Neil Moret
Before the start of our feature presentation, ACME would like you to join us in listening to a recently released Tiny Desk Concert from NPR - Regina Spektor
Who wouldn't want to listen to someone who has listed her influences as David Bowie, Billie Holiday and Frédéric Chopin.
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 a remake of Yasujiro Ozu's 1934 silent classic A Story of Floating Weeds directed by Yasujiro Ozu and the amazing cinematographer Kazuo Miyagawa, the 1959 drama, Floating Weeds (Ukigusa), starring Ganjiro Nakamura, Machiko Kyo, and Ayako Wakao. The film is one of the few Ozu shot in color. Ozu has one of the most consistent and immediately identifiable visual styles in all of cinema: low, sometimes floor-level camera placement, static camera setups, various red objects arranged as decorative elements within shots, doors and windows employed to break up the space visually with internal frames, and characters facing the camera directly during dialogue exchanges. Film critics regularly list the film as Ozu's greatest. The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour would like you to join us in watching this classic drama, Floating Weeds. So push away from the table, get comfortable and enjoy the film.
Cinematographer Kazuo Miyagawa had fond memories of working on the film: 'I'll never forget that, from the first day on, he knew the names of everybody on the set - fifty people in the crew, people he'd never worked with. He'd written their names down, I learned later. But everyone was impressed and became devoted to him. Every single day working on this film was extremely pleasurable and enriching. In each of Ozu's films you can sniff his personality. He was pure, gentle, light-hearted, a fine individual.'
Demand Euphoria!
Friday, August 12, 2022
Bogey, did you hear the latest about Dorothy Lamour?
Humphrey Bogart really liked Peter Lorre, but he found him a bit of a gossip.
Demand Euphoria!
Thursday, August 11, 2022
A long-lost Betwitched episode
Esmerelda sends Darren into an alternate universe where he becomes a socially awkward teen. Hilarity ensues
Demand Euphoria!
Wednesday, August 10, 2022
Tuesday, August 9, 2022
Monday, August 8, 2022
Sunday, August 7, 2022
Saturday, August 6, 2022
The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour (288)
Thank you for joining us today
Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Daffy Duck Merrie Melodies cartoon, the 1942 Daffy's Southern Exposure , directed by Norman McCabe.
This is the first Daffy Duck short to be directed by Norman McCabe and the first short Norman McCabe directed to not feature Porky Pig.
Before the start of our feature presentation, ACME would like to take a moment to remember Nichelle Nickols:
Discovered by Duke Ellington in her mid-teens, she toured with both Ellington and Lionel Hampton as a lead singer and dancer. Decades later, in 1992, she went back to her singing roots, starring in a dramatic one-woman musical show called Reflections, in which she became 12 separate song legends. She was also able to use her singing skills several times 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 Howard Hawks directed and produced 1959 western, Rio Bravo, starring John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson, Angie Dickinson, Walter Brennan, and Ward Bond. It’s Howard Hawks' plan that Rio Bravo as an answer to High Noon, a film he admired for its craft but despised for its story. John Wayne was openly critical of High Noon, going so far as to call it “Un-American.” More than a half-century later, both productions are generally regarded as classics. In 2014, Rio Bravo was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour would like you to join us in watching this classic western, Rio Bravo. So push away from the table, get comfortable and enjoy the film.
Howard Hawks always wanted someone who would connect with teenagers to play Colorado. Reportedly, his first choice was Elvis Presley, who was enthusiastic about the opportunity. Unfortunately, Presley's manager, Colonel Tom Parker, wanted too much money and top billing. Neither Hawks nor John Wayne would have any of it, so the search continued. Hawks did not want to cast Ricky Nelson, whom he considered to be both too young and too lightweight, and deliberately gave him the fewest possible number of lines for a third-billed star. However, he later admitted that having Nelson's name on the poster had probably added $2 million to the film's box office performance.
Demand Euphoria!
Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Daffy Duck Merrie Melodies cartoon, the 1942 Daffy's Southern Exposure , directed by Norman McCabe.
This is the first Daffy Duck short to be directed by Norman McCabe and the first short Norman McCabe directed to not feature Porky Pig.
Before the start of our feature presentation, ACME would like to take a moment to remember Nichelle Nickols:
Discovered by Duke Ellington in her mid-teens, she toured with both Ellington and Lionel Hampton as a lead singer and dancer. Decades later, in 1992, she went back to her singing roots, starring in a dramatic one-woman musical show called Reflections, in which she became 12 separate song legends. She was also able to use her singing skills several times 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 Howard Hawks directed and produced 1959 western, Rio Bravo, starring John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson, Angie Dickinson, Walter Brennan, and Ward Bond. It’s Howard Hawks' plan that Rio Bravo as an answer to High Noon, a film he admired for its craft but despised for its story. John Wayne was openly critical of High Noon, going so far as to call it “Un-American.” More than a half-century later, both productions are generally regarded as classics. In 2014, Rio Bravo was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour would like you to join us in watching this classic western, Rio Bravo. So push away from the table, get comfortable and enjoy the film.
Howard Hawks always wanted someone who would connect with teenagers to play Colorado. Reportedly, his first choice was Elvis Presley, who was enthusiastic about the opportunity. Unfortunately, Presley's manager, Colonel Tom Parker, wanted too much money and top billing. Neither Hawks nor John Wayne would have any of it, so the search continued. Hawks did not want to cast Ricky Nelson, whom he considered to be both too young and too lightweight, and deliberately gave him the fewest possible number of lines for a third-billed star. However, he later admitted that having Nelson's name on the poster had probably added $2 million to the film's box office performance.
Demand Euphoria!
Friday, August 5, 2022
Ah, sweet mysteries of life ...
Eythra Leipzig had the best day in her life on the back of that bike
Demand Euphoria!
Thursday, August 4, 2022
Only one returned home
Orville secretly hated his friends and plotted their untimely demise for years.
Bunkies, never ask your friends to carry your lunch, never be happy, never be different - Or else!
Kids, remember to get you Monkeypox vaccination before you decide to go bicycle riding.
Demand Euphoria!
Wednesday, August 3, 2022
Tuesday, August 2, 2022
Monday, August 1, 2022
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)