Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Daffy Duck Looney Tunes cartoon, the 1963 The Million Hare, (co-starring Bugs Bunny and) directed by Robert McKimson.
Unlike most shorts featuring Bugs Bunny, his headshot does not appear in the opening titles. Also, this short does not have a "Bugs Bunny In" title card.
The staff of The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour fell upon this amazing cover version of Billy Joel's Scenes from an Italian Restaurant done by The Middle Aged Dad Jam Band -
And if you look in the background, Weird Al is lending a hand, playing the accordian.
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 1968 thiller, Targets, directed by Peter Bogdanovich in his theatrical directorial debut, and starring Tim O'Kelly, Boris Karloff, Nancy Hsueh, Bogdanovich, James Brown, Arthur Peterson, and Sandy Baron. The film was loosely inspired by Charles Whitman, a mass shooter who committed the Tower shooting at the University of Texas in 1966 and was unfortunately released shortly after the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy. The film was ultimately a box-office bomb. Despite its commercial failure, the film was well-received by critics. What will resonate with you after watching the film, in light of some many recent events, it’s difficult not to wonder how many Bobby Thompsons are out there right now, driving around with an arsenal in their trunks, ready to fire their first shots. So push away from the table, get comfortable and join us in watching Targets.
By the time this film was made, Boris Karloff was 80 years old and in very poor health, was suffering from both emphysema and rheumatoid arthritis, had only half of one lung (both the other half and the other lung had been removed due to cancer) and spent the time between takes in a wheelchair wearing an oxygen mask. He also wore braces on both legs and had difficulty walking or even standing up without his cane; the weakness of his legs is visible in some scenes in the film. Fortunately, Karloff lived long enough both to see the finished film and enjoy the well-deserved accolades that he received for his performance in it.
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