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Sunday, August 31, 2025
Saturday, August 30, 2025
ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour (451)
Thank you for joining us today
Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Porky Pig Looney Tunes cartoon, the 1937 The Case of the Stuttering Pig, directed by Framk Tashlin.
The fourth wall is broken in this cartoon; the monster tells the audience not to interfere with his plan, particularly antagonizing "the guy in the third row." At the end of the short, when a theater chair gets thrown at the monster, it is revealed that the same "guy in the third row" threw it.
The staff at The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour has taken their annual vacay and I'm left holding down the fort. So, I though I'd share with you a back to school advice video:
John Oliver is not like your teachers - he will not lie to you about things.
We’ve selected another entry from the excellent reference book 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die, edited by Steven Jay Schneider. Today’s film is the 1979 love letter to NYC, Manhattan, directed by Woody Allen and starring Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Michael Murphy, Mariel Hemingway, Meryl Streep, and Anne Byrne. The film was one of Woody Allen's most successful and is often listed as one of the funniest movies. Strangely, Allen disliked his work in this film so much that he offered to direct another film for United Artists for free if they kept this one on the shelf for good. Allen later reportedly said, "I just thought to myself, 'At this point in my life, if this is the best I can do, they shouldn't give me money to make movies.'"
No one can avoid the elephant in the room while watching this film. For years after its release, Manhattan was hailed as one of the filmmaker's best, frankly and stylishly telling a story of modern New York life, revealing the embarrassing impulses of a neurotic man struggling through his own acknowledged sexual and romantic weaknesses. But one must confront the fact that the film is about Allen's fictional relationship with an underage girl. Unfortunately, at the time, the plot was seen as a strange quirk of the modern cosmopolitan arts milieu, and many critics remained unconcerned. It wouldn’t be for a few more years, in 1991, that details of Allen's personal life would begin to emerge. He married the much-younger Soon-Yi Previn in 1997, a woman who was once his stepdaughter. The details of their affair came to light during a messy divorce with Mia Farrow in 1992. That same year, Farrow's daughter Dylan accused Allen of sexual assault. The charges were dropped, but Dylan continued to repeat them for years. However, no matter how you feel about his personal life, watching Manhattan is going to dredge up a lot of real-world unpleasantness. That being said, join us here at The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour and please watch our feature this evening - Manhattan.
In a 2015 interview to promote her upcoming memoir, Mariel Hemingway spoke about how the role that earned her an Academy Award nomination was, in some ways, an uncomfortable experience. At the time of filming, she was a 16-year-old virgin who’d never even really made out with anybody. She worried about her kissing scene with Woody Allen for weeks, repeatedly asking how long the scene was going to be. She was scared and even asked her mother, "How do I make out?" When they finally shot it, Hemingway said Allen attacked her like she was a linebacker. After the first take, she ran over to the film's cinematographer, Gordon Willis, and asked, "I don’t have to do that again, do I?" But everybody just laughed. She also states in her memoir that, in other ways, the film enormously boosted her self-confidence. Hemingway details in her memoir that once she turned 18, Allen flew out to her parents' home in Idaho and repeatedly asked her to go to Paris with him. Hemingway told her parents that she didn’t know what the sleeping arrangement was going to be, and that she wasn’t sure if she was even going to have her own room. She wanted them to put their foot down, but they didn’t. In fact, though Allen was in his mid-forties at the time, they kept lightly encouraging her to go. Allen left Idaho via private jet the next morning after Hemingway informed him that, if she wasn’t getting her own room, she couldn’t go with him. She states in her memoir that she continued to "love him as a friend," and she stayed in touch with him for several years, including giving her opinion of rough cuts of later films.
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Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Porky Pig Looney Tunes cartoon, the 1937 The Case of the Stuttering Pig, directed by Framk Tashlin.
The fourth wall is broken in this cartoon; the monster tells the audience not to interfere with his plan, particularly antagonizing "the guy in the third row." At the end of the short, when a theater chair gets thrown at the monster, it is revealed that the same "guy in the third row" threw it.
The staff at The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour has taken their annual vacay and I'm left holding down the fort. So, I though I'd share with you a back to school advice video:
John Oliver is not like your teachers - he will not lie to you about things.
We’ve selected another entry from the excellent reference book 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die, edited by Steven Jay Schneider. Today’s film is the 1979 love letter to NYC, Manhattan, directed by Woody Allen and starring Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Michael Murphy, Mariel Hemingway, Meryl Streep, and Anne Byrne. The film was one of Woody Allen's most successful and is often listed as one of the funniest movies. Strangely, Allen disliked his work in this film so much that he offered to direct another film for United Artists for free if they kept this one on the shelf for good. Allen later reportedly said, "I just thought to myself, 'At this point in my life, if this is the best I can do, they shouldn't give me money to make movies.'"
No one can avoid the elephant in the room while watching this film. For years after its release, Manhattan was hailed as one of the filmmaker's best, frankly and stylishly telling a story of modern New York life, revealing the embarrassing impulses of a neurotic man struggling through his own acknowledged sexual and romantic weaknesses. But one must confront the fact that the film is about Allen's fictional relationship with an underage girl. Unfortunately, at the time, the plot was seen as a strange quirk of the modern cosmopolitan arts milieu, and many critics remained unconcerned. It wouldn’t be for a few more years, in 1991, that details of Allen's personal life would begin to emerge. He married the much-younger Soon-Yi Previn in 1997, a woman who was once his stepdaughter. The details of their affair came to light during a messy divorce with Mia Farrow in 1992. That same year, Farrow's daughter Dylan accused Allen of sexual assault. The charges were dropped, but Dylan continued to repeat them for years. However, no matter how you feel about his personal life, watching Manhattan is going to dredge up a lot of real-world unpleasantness. That being said, join us here at The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour and please watch our feature this evening - Manhattan.
In a 2015 interview to promote her upcoming memoir, Mariel Hemingway spoke about how the role that earned her an Academy Award nomination was, in some ways, an uncomfortable experience. At the time of filming, she was a 16-year-old virgin who’d never even really made out with anybody. She worried about her kissing scene with Woody Allen for weeks, repeatedly asking how long the scene was going to be. She was scared and even asked her mother, "How do I make out?" When they finally shot it, Hemingway said Allen attacked her like she was a linebacker. After the first take, she ran over to the film's cinematographer, Gordon Willis, and asked, "I don’t have to do that again, do I?" But everybody just laughed. She also states in her memoir that, in other ways, the film enormously boosted her self-confidence. Hemingway details in her memoir that once she turned 18, Allen flew out to her parents' home in Idaho and repeatedly asked her to go to Paris with him. Hemingway told her parents that she didn’t know what the sleeping arrangement was going to be, and that she wasn’t sure if she was even going to have her own room. She wanted them to put their foot down, but they didn’t. In fact, though Allen was in his mid-forties at the time, they kept lightly encouraging her to go. Allen left Idaho via private jet the next morning after Hemingway informed him that, if she wasn’t getting her own room, she couldn’t go with him. She states in her memoir that she continued to "love him as a friend," and she stayed in touch with him for several years, including giving her opinion of rough cuts of later films.
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Friday, August 29, 2025
Thursday, August 28, 2025
Marriage is a wonderful institution,
but who wants to live in an institution?
Bunkies, your good Doctor highly endorses marriage. It's nice to have some to share the adventure of what we call life.
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Wednesday, August 27, 2025
Tuesday, August 26, 2025
Monday, August 25, 2025
Sunday, August 24, 2025
Saturday, August 23, 2025
ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour (450)
Thank you for joining us today
Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Porky Pig Looney Tunes cartoon, the 1937 Rover's Rival, directed by Bob Clampett and Chuck Jones. .
This is the first Looney Tunes short to feature The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down as the theme song and feature the end card with Porky Pig tearing through the drum to stutter "That's all Folks!", which would last all the way to 1946.
The staff at The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour has taken their annual vacay and I'm left holding down the fort. So I'm going to one of my fail safe choices: -
I've said this countless times - I believe Kathleen Madigan is truly a great comic, woefully underappreciated.
We’ve selected another entry from the excellent reference book 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die, edited by Steven Jay Schneider. Today’s film is the 1979 satirical comedy Being There, directed by Hal Ashby and starring Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Melvyn Douglas, and Jack Warden. The film opened to strong reviews and marked a much-needed boost to Peter Sellers’ career after a string of failures - aside from the Pink Panther franchise.
Jerzy Kosinski's novel Being There, first published in 1971, inspired Sellers to begin an eight-year campaign to bring the story to the screen. Unfortunately, his career was at its lowest point in 1972, and no studio would seriously consider the proposal. Undaunted, Sellers approached Hal Ashby, his first choice as director. Sellers’ character, Chance, is a distinctly surreal hero: a man who drifts through life utterly ignorant of the perils of the modern world. Instead of being destroyed by them, he is lifted up by sheer luck and serendipity. Interestingly, Sellers despised the outtakes shown at the end of the film and repeatedly asked the producers to remove them from the version submitted to Cannes. While audiences loved the bloopers, Sellers became convinced that they cost him the Academy Award. He felt the outtakes undermined his performance and ruined the film’s carefully crafted mood. So join us here at the ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour. Sit back, get comfortable, and enjoy tonight’s feature presentation: Being There.
Nathan Lane, an admirer of Peter Sellers and the film, once approached Stephen Sondheim with the idea of adapting it into a stage musical. Sondheim, himself an avowed film buff, found the idea intriguing but doubted it could succeed, since the main character, Chance, is essentially a cipher and an observer - and audiences would not accept him suddenly bursting into song.
Demand Euphoria!
Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Porky Pig Looney Tunes cartoon, the 1937 Rover's Rival, directed by Bob Clampett and Chuck Jones. .
This is the first Looney Tunes short to feature The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down as the theme song and feature the end card with Porky Pig tearing through the drum to stutter "That's all Folks!", which would last all the way to 1946.
The staff at The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour has taken their annual vacay and I'm left holding down the fort. So I'm going to one of my fail safe choices: -
I've said this countless times - I believe Kathleen Madigan is truly a great comic, woefully underappreciated.
We’ve selected another entry from the excellent reference book 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die, edited by Steven Jay Schneider. Today’s film is the 1979 satirical comedy Being There, directed by Hal Ashby and starring Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Melvyn Douglas, and Jack Warden. The film opened to strong reviews and marked a much-needed boost to Peter Sellers’ career after a string of failures - aside from the Pink Panther franchise.
Jerzy Kosinski's novel Being There, first published in 1971, inspired Sellers to begin an eight-year campaign to bring the story to the screen. Unfortunately, his career was at its lowest point in 1972, and no studio would seriously consider the proposal. Undaunted, Sellers approached Hal Ashby, his first choice as director. Sellers’ character, Chance, is a distinctly surreal hero: a man who drifts through life utterly ignorant of the perils of the modern world. Instead of being destroyed by them, he is lifted up by sheer luck and serendipity. Interestingly, Sellers despised the outtakes shown at the end of the film and repeatedly asked the producers to remove them from the version submitted to Cannes. While audiences loved the bloopers, Sellers became convinced that they cost him the Academy Award. He felt the outtakes undermined his performance and ruined the film’s carefully crafted mood. So join us here at the ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour. Sit back, get comfortable, and enjoy tonight’s feature presentation: Being There.
Nathan Lane, an admirer of Peter Sellers and the film, once approached Stephen Sondheim with the idea of adapting it into a stage musical. Sondheim, himself an avowed film buff, found the idea intriguing but doubted it could succeed, since the main character, Chance, is essentially a cipher and an observer - and audiences would not accept him suddenly bursting into song.
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Friday, August 22, 2025
Thursday, August 21, 2025
And remember bunkies -
Drinking soup from a cup, with handles, is acceptable.
Not from a bowl. Know your soup containers!
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Wednesday, August 20, 2025
Tuesday, August 19, 2025
Monday, August 18, 2025
Rendezvous -
- an agreement between two or more persons to meet at a certain time and place.
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Sunday, August 17, 2025
Saturday, August 16, 2025
ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour (449)
Thank you for joining us today
Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Porky Pig Looney Tunes cartoon, the 1937 Porky's Garden, directed by Tex Avery. .
It is the last Looney Tune to end with the regular "That's all Folks!" script end card sequence until 1946
The staff at The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour all needed a good laugh and we came upon this clip: -
As the years go on, we miss the comedy of Jon more and more.
We’ve selected another entry from the excellent reference book 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die, edited by Steven Jay Schneider. Today’s film is the 1979 comedy Breaking Away, directed by Peter Yates and starring Dennis Christopher, Dennis Quaid, Daniel Stern (in his film debut), Jackie Earle Haley, Barbara Barrie, Paul Dooley, and Robyn Douglass. Upon its release, reviews from critics were mostly positive, and over time Breaking Away has frequently been cited as one of the most charming films ever made.
The movie isn’t about the plot, nor is it solely about the characters - it’s about the moments. One of those moments, perhaps the greatest in the film, comes when Dave (Dennis Christopher) and his father, Ray (the brilliant Paul Dooley), finally have a heartfelt talk on a park bench. Ray used to cut limestone in the quarry, the very rock that built the university he had once hoped his son would attend. While talking about Dave’s uncertain future, Dave comments that he’s a “cutter,” a nickname he and his friends have adopted because they hang out at the quarry and have decided not to pursue higher education. Ray looks at him and says, “You’re not a cutter. I’m a cutter.” In the film, the term “Cutters” is used to represent Bloomington, Indiana townies who work cutting rock in the local limestone quarries. The production team chose this name because the actual local nicknames (“stoners” or “stonies”) risked being misinterpreted as drug references by audiences unfamiliar with the area. So join us here at the ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour. Sit back, get comfortable, and enjoy tonight’s feature presentation: Breaking Away.
According to Indiana University’s Office of Communications and Marketing, the Little 500 bicycle race began in 1951 as a fundraiser to provide scholarship money for working students. The race was created by the late Howard S. “Howdy” Wilcox, who modeled it after the Indianapolis 500, which his father had won in 1919. He was inspired by a bicycle race he witnessed in which students rode around a dormitory while several women leaned out of windows, cheering them on.
Demand Euphoria!
Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Porky Pig Looney Tunes cartoon, the 1937 Porky's Garden, directed by Tex Avery. .
It is the last Looney Tune to end with the regular "That's all Folks!" script end card sequence until 1946
The staff at The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour all needed a good laugh and we came upon this clip: -
As the years go on, we miss the comedy of Jon more and more.
We’ve selected another entry from the excellent reference book 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die, edited by Steven Jay Schneider. Today’s film is the 1979 comedy Breaking Away, directed by Peter Yates and starring Dennis Christopher, Dennis Quaid, Daniel Stern (in his film debut), Jackie Earle Haley, Barbara Barrie, Paul Dooley, and Robyn Douglass. Upon its release, reviews from critics were mostly positive, and over time Breaking Away has frequently been cited as one of the most charming films ever made.
The movie isn’t about the plot, nor is it solely about the characters - it’s about the moments. One of those moments, perhaps the greatest in the film, comes when Dave (Dennis Christopher) and his father, Ray (the brilliant Paul Dooley), finally have a heartfelt talk on a park bench. Ray used to cut limestone in the quarry, the very rock that built the university he had once hoped his son would attend. While talking about Dave’s uncertain future, Dave comments that he’s a “cutter,” a nickname he and his friends have adopted because they hang out at the quarry and have decided not to pursue higher education. Ray looks at him and says, “You’re not a cutter. I’m a cutter.” In the film, the term “Cutters” is used to represent Bloomington, Indiana townies who work cutting rock in the local limestone quarries. The production team chose this name because the actual local nicknames (“stoners” or “stonies”) risked being misinterpreted as drug references by audiences unfamiliar with the area. So join us here at the ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour. Sit back, get comfortable, and enjoy tonight’s feature presentation: Breaking Away.
According to Indiana University’s Office of Communications and Marketing, the Little 500 bicycle race began in 1951 as a fundraiser to provide scholarship money for working students. The race was created by the late Howard S. “Howdy” Wilcox, who modeled it after the Indianapolis 500, which his father had won in 1919. He was inspired by a bicycle race he witnessed in which students rode around a dormitory while several women leaned out of windows, cheering them on.
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Friday, August 15, 2025
In case you visit your grandparents this summer -
Carry this instructional sheet with you. It may come in handy.
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Thursday, August 14, 2025
Wednesday, August 13, 2025
Tuesday, August 12, 2025
Monday, August 11, 2025
Sunday, August 10, 2025
Saturday, August 9, 2025
ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour (448)
Thank you for joining us today
Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Porky Pig Looney Tunes cartoon, the 1937 Get Rich Quick Porky, (co-starring in his last appearance Gabby Goat,) directed by Bob Clampett and Charles Jones. .
This cartoon was originally contracted to be directed by Ub Iwerks, but Iwerks left the studio during the production of Porky's Badtime Story and before this cartoon started production, leaving Bob Clampett to finish Porky's Badtime Story and direct this short in its entirety. Subsequently, Iwerks had no involvement with this short.
The staff at The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour were arguing about there favorite version of the song Hallelejah. And our old friend came out with his own version: -
He completed a lovely version but he didn't help the answer. I'm not sure if I like Leonard's over Jeff because of my age.
We’ve selected another entry from the excellent reference book 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die, edited by Steven Jay Schneider. Today’s film is the 1979 controversial comedy Monty Python's Life of Brian, directed by Terry Jones and starring Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin. Upon its release, reviews from critics were mostly positive, and over time Life of Brian has frequently been cited as a strong contender for the title of "greatest comedy film of all time."
Originally financed by EMI, the project was dropped just days before production began, as the company considered the script blasphemous. In response, musician and former Beatle George Harrison, along with his business partner Denis O’Brien, stepped in to save the film. Through their newly formed company, HandMade Films, they raised the £4 million needed - Harrison famously mortgaging his London home and office building to do so. When asked why, he simply replied, “Because I want to go see it.” Eric Idle later quipped that it was the most anyone had ever paid for a cinema ticket. So join us here at the ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour. Sit back, get comfortable, and enjoy tonight’s feature presentation: Monty Python’s Life of Brian.
After the first take of the scene where a nude Brian addresses the crowd from his window, actor/writer/director Terry Jones pulled Graham Chapman aside and said, "I think we can see that you're not Jewish," referring to Chapman being uncircumcised. It was corrected in subsequent takes with a rubber band.
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Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Porky Pig Looney Tunes cartoon, the 1937 Get Rich Quick Porky, (co-starring in his last appearance Gabby Goat,) directed by Bob Clampett and Charles Jones. .
This cartoon was originally contracted to be directed by Ub Iwerks, but Iwerks left the studio during the production of Porky's Badtime Story and before this cartoon started production, leaving Bob Clampett to finish Porky's Badtime Story and direct this short in its entirety. Subsequently, Iwerks had no involvement with this short.
The staff at The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour were arguing about there favorite version of the song Hallelejah. And our old friend came out with his own version: -
He completed a lovely version but he didn't help the answer. I'm not sure if I like Leonard's over Jeff because of my age.
We’ve selected another entry from the excellent reference book 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die, edited by Steven Jay Schneider. Today’s film is the 1979 controversial comedy Monty Python's Life of Brian, directed by Terry Jones and starring Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin. Upon its release, reviews from critics were mostly positive, and over time Life of Brian has frequently been cited as a strong contender for the title of "greatest comedy film of all time."
Originally financed by EMI, the project was dropped just days before production began, as the company considered the script blasphemous. In response, musician and former Beatle George Harrison, along with his business partner Denis O’Brien, stepped in to save the film. Through their newly formed company, HandMade Films, they raised the £4 million needed - Harrison famously mortgaging his London home and office building to do so. When asked why, he simply replied, “Because I want to go see it.” Eric Idle later quipped that it was the most anyone had ever paid for a cinema ticket. So join us here at the ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour. Sit back, get comfortable, and enjoy tonight’s feature presentation: Monty Python’s Life of Brian.
After the first take of the scene where a nude Brian addresses the crowd from his window, actor/writer/director Terry Jones pulled Graham Chapman aside and said, "I think we can see that you're not Jewish," referring to Chapman being uncircumcised. It was corrected in subsequent takes with a rubber band.
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Friday, August 8, 2025
Things are tough all over -
Vincent was told that he was out of Château Haut-Brion 1961
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Thursday, August 7, 2025
Wednesday, August 6, 2025
Tuesday, August 5, 2025
Monday, August 4, 2025
Sunday, August 3, 2025
Saturday, August 2, 2025
ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour (447)
Thank you for joining us today
Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Porky Pig Looney Tunes cartoon, the 1937 Porky's Railroad, directed by Frank Tashlin .
Unusually for the time, Porky Pig is depicted as a full-grown adult in this cartoon, with a noticeably larger waistline. This may be because the cartoon predates many of the Porky shorts in which Mel Blanc did not originally voice the character, such as Porky's Duck Hunt. Interestingly, Porky is still voiced by Mel Blanc here, though it's possible that Joe Dougherty - the original voice of Porky - may have recorded the early lines before Blanc took over and re-recorded them.
The staff at The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour were taking about their favorite TV shows that no one seems to talk about anymore. We all agreed that we loved The Craig Fergeson Show and are very surprised that it isn't remembered as fondly as it should be. So, before the start of our feature presentation, we would like to watch with you a random episode of The Craig Ferguson Show that illustrates the wacky brilliance of his show: -
And you know why he did it - because he's an American!
We’ve selected another entry from the excellent reference book 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die, edited by Steven Jay Schneider. Today’s film is the 1979 Australian period drama My Brilliant Career, directed by Gillian Armstrong and starring Judy Davis, Sam Neill, and Wendy Hughes. The film is based on the novel of the same name, written by Miles Franklin. Ms. Franklin was only sixteen years old when she wrote the novel, though she was about twenty-one when it was first published in 1901. Set in rural Australia at the turn of the 20th century, the film follows Sybylla Melvyn, a spirited and ambitious young woman who dreams of literary fame and refuses to conform to the limited expectations placed upon women of her era. My Brilliant Career is widely seen as career-making for both its director, Gillian Armstrong, and its star, Judy Davis. Some viewers are surprisingly divided over the film’s unromantic ending, but at its heart, Judy Davis’ character had to remain true to her own ambitions. So join us here at The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour. Sit back, get comfortable, and enjoy tonight’s feature presentation: My Brilliant Career.
Because of the literary controversy that surrounded the publication of My Brilliant Career, and the degree to which it upset her family, author Miles Franklin stipulated that the book could not be republished until ten years after her death. Franklin passed away in 1954, and in 1965 the book became available once again to a new generation. It was at that time that producer Margaret Fink, then a designer in Sydney, first discovered it.
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Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Porky Pig Looney Tunes cartoon, the 1937 Porky's Railroad, directed by Frank Tashlin .
Unusually for the time, Porky Pig is depicted as a full-grown adult in this cartoon, with a noticeably larger waistline. This may be because the cartoon predates many of the Porky shorts in which Mel Blanc did not originally voice the character, such as Porky's Duck Hunt. Interestingly, Porky is still voiced by Mel Blanc here, though it's possible that Joe Dougherty - the original voice of Porky - may have recorded the early lines before Blanc took over and re-recorded them.
The staff at The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour were taking about their favorite TV shows that no one seems to talk about anymore. We all agreed that we loved The Craig Fergeson Show and are very surprised that it isn't remembered as fondly as it should be. So, before the start of our feature presentation, we would like to watch with you a random episode of The Craig Ferguson Show that illustrates the wacky brilliance of his show: -
And you know why he did it - because he's an American!
We’ve selected another entry from the excellent reference book 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die, edited by Steven Jay Schneider. Today’s film is the 1979 Australian period drama My Brilliant Career, directed by Gillian Armstrong and starring Judy Davis, Sam Neill, and Wendy Hughes. The film is based on the novel of the same name, written by Miles Franklin. Ms. Franklin was only sixteen years old when she wrote the novel, though she was about twenty-one when it was first published in 1901. Set in rural Australia at the turn of the 20th century, the film follows Sybylla Melvyn, a spirited and ambitious young woman who dreams of literary fame and refuses to conform to the limited expectations placed upon women of her era. My Brilliant Career is widely seen as career-making for both its director, Gillian Armstrong, and its star, Judy Davis. Some viewers are surprisingly divided over the film’s unromantic ending, but at its heart, Judy Davis’ character had to remain true to her own ambitions. So join us here at The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour. Sit back, get comfortable, and enjoy tonight’s feature presentation: My Brilliant Career.
Because of the literary controversy that surrounded the publication of My Brilliant Career, and the degree to which it upset her family, author Miles Franklin stipulated that the book could not be republished until ten years after her death. Franklin passed away in 1954, and in 1965 the book became available once again to a new generation. It was at that time that producer Margaret Fink, then a designer in Sydney, first discovered it.
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Friday, August 1, 2025
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