Before our feature presentation Bunkies, what would the holidays be without Pee Wee Herman's Christmas Special, (and it is so much more poignant that we lost Paul Reubens this past year).
The lighting apparatus used in Miss Yvonne's hair actually shorted and smoked during production and the crew had to intervene to remove the power pack from under her wardrobe and remove the wig which housed the lighting. (Remember to scream 'really loud' when the secret word 'YEAR' is said.)
In case you are still overwhelmed by the holidays (or haven't finished wrapping,) - ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour would like to share with you a set of classic holiday themed TV episodes.
Christmas With The Addams Family The Addams Family - . -
The Maharaja's gift 'flute' is a shehnai, a flared double reed woodwind. Traditional snake charmers use the pungi, a double tube woodwind with a bulbous air reservoir near the mouthpiece.
Christmas and the Hard Luck Kid That Girl -
Christopher Shea, the child-actor playing Tommy, is best known as the voice of Linus in A Charlie Brown Christmas, It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, and several other Peanuts specials. At the time this episode was broadcast, Shea was also a regular cast member in the short-lived Western series Shane.
Christmas and the Hard Luck Kid II The Mary Tyler Moore Show -
James L. Brooks, the writer of the That Girl episode,Christmas and the Hard-Luck Kid wrote a sequel (of sorts) for this The Mary Tyler Moore Show episode, the sitcom's first Christmas special.
Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas Community -
When you see the cast's reflection in the TV screen at the end of the episode, it's the real actors again, not their stop-motion versions.
Bob Has to Have His Tonsils Out, So He Spends Christmas ... The Bob Newhart Show -
When Bob returns to his room immediately following his surgery, you can see a gold chain around his neck under his hospital gown. This is an error in authenticity as patients are required to remove all jewelry before surgery.
As always, ACME wants you to join them in celebrating the holidays with your friends at The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour - the official soap of our nation's bald eagles. Remember if your bald eagle's talons are filthy, do we have a soap for you! It's nearly here - after all the shopping and planning. Why join The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour in watching this almost forgotten 1945 holiday film - The Cheaters, starring Joseph Schildkraut, Billie Burke, Eugene Pallette, and Ona Munson. Screwball comedy was not typical studio fare for Republic or even in vogue at the time. Nonetheless, there are echoes in The Cheaters of the classic My Man Godfrey due to the central character Mr. M. (Joseph Schildkraut), "the forgotten man" brought home for the holidays by the family's daughter, and by the casting of Eugene Pallette as the father trying to cope with this, a role similar to the one he had played in the earlier film. The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour would like you to join us in watching this fun movie, so push away from pile of gifts you are wrapping, if you can, get comfortable and enjoy the film.
Paramount originally acquired the rights as a vehicle for Carole Lombard and John Barrymore. After Lombard's and Barrymore's tragic deaths in 1942 the property was sold to Republic as a potential vehicle for Binnie Barnes. Joseph Schildkraut signed a contact with Republic Pictures for financial security in order to do the Marchand role originally intended for John Barrymore. In retrospect, Schildkraut characterized the decision as one of *the* major mistakes of his life.
The staff and management of The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour would like to wish you and yours the happiest and warmest of holiday seasons.
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