Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Porky Pig Looney Tunes cartoon, the 1936 Milk and Money, directed by Tex Avery.
At the door of MR. & MRS. D. ONNE AND FAMILY, Porky leaves three bottles of milk, saying "Mister, Missus, and family" as he sets them down, the last one having a quintuple baby nipple on it. This is a joke on the quintuplets born to a Canadian couple named Dionne who were in the news continually for years.
Before the start of our feature presentation, the staff of The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour wants to watch with you, a fun clip with John Mulaney
Hey, everybody finds John funny
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 1975 musical The Rocky Horror Picture Show), directed by Jim Sharman, and starring Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick, Patricia Quinn, Richard O'Brien, Little Nell. and Meat Loaf. At this point, most of you bunkies know The Rocky Horror Picture Show so just push away from the table, get ready to dance around and join us in watching The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
When this movie first opened, it had a traditional release, with afternoon and early evening screenings. It bombed. Meat Loaf said he attended an opening week performance with writer and director Jim Sharman in the Midwest, and the theater was empty except for them. Midnight screenings became popular in the mid-1970s, and word of mouth began to spread that the midnight audience might enjoy this movie. It began showing at midnight in a few cities, and became so popular that it has been shown continuously in movie theaters since 1975, making it the longest theatrical run in history. The Museum Lichtspiele cinema in Munich, Germany has screened the movie every week since June 24, 1977, offering special "RHPS-Kits" to enable celebrations during the show. The kits contain a biscuit (for the toast), rice, a whistle, a candle (for There's a Light), and a sheet of paper with instructions for the Time Warp.
Demand Euphoria!
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