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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