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Tuesday, September 30, 2025
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Sunday, September 28, 2025
Saturday, September 27, 2025
ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour (456)
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 1938 Porky at the Crocadero, directed by Frank Tashlin.
Cryman Lumbago and His Boiled Kanadians is a play on Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians.
A few days ago, the anniversary of yet another launch of the Bullwinkle Show premiered, (The folk at Rocky and Bullwinkle kept launching the show under different named.) The staff of The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour love anything Jay Ward created, so please watch this mini doc about the show:
I don't think kids, (other than my alums at the asylum I was assigned to,) got it.
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 1980 war epic The Big Red One, written and directed by Samuel Fuller, and starring Lee Marvin, Mark Hamill, Robert Carradine, Bobby Di Cicco, Kelly Ward, Siegfried Rauch, and Stéphane Audran. Although the film opened to generally positive reviews, its release version was a far cry from Fuller’s original vision. His first rough cut ran nearly four hours, which he personally trimmed down to two. United Artists, however, insisted the runtime be reduced further, and the final theatrical release was cut to 113 minutes. Much of the movie was filmed in Israel, and Fuller later recalled how surreal it felt after shooting scenes with German soldiers and SS troops. The actors would remove their helmets, revealing yarmulkes underneath, or spend breaks in full Nazi uniform speaking Hebrew and reading the Torah.
In a documentary about the making of the film, Robert Carradine recounted the group’s first meeting with Lee Marvin. When Carradine, Mark Hamill, Bobby Di Cicco, and Kelly Ward climbed into a taxi with Marvin on their way to the shooting range, the veteran actor sat silently for a long moment before finally speaking: “Which one of you is Carradine?” Robert raised his hand. “I am,” he replied. Marvin’s answer: “Fuck you, Carradine.” Naturally, Carradine was puzzled, and some time later he asked Marvin why he’d singled him out like that. Marvin shrugged and said, “Because yours was the only name I recognized.” So, please join us here at The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour as we revisit this deeply personal film for Samuel Fuller -The Big Red One.
Samuel Fuller put the actors through a mini boot camp to prepare them for their roles. Lee Marvin, himself a former Marine, served as the drill instructor, paying close attention even to the smallest details -such as how to properly hold a rifle or change a magazine at the right moment - just as they would have done in real combat.
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Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Porky Pig Looney Tunes cartoon, the 1938 Porky at the Crocadero, directed by Frank Tashlin.
Cryman Lumbago and His Boiled Kanadians is a play on Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians.
A few days ago, the anniversary of yet another launch of the Bullwinkle Show premiered, (The folk at Rocky and Bullwinkle kept launching the show under different named.) The staff of The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour love anything Jay Ward created, so please watch this mini doc about the show:
I don't think kids, (other than my alums at the asylum I was assigned to,) got it.
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 1980 war epic The Big Red One, written and directed by Samuel Fuller, and starring Lee Marvin, Mark Hamill, Robert Carradine, Bobby Di Cicco, Kelly Ward, Siegfried Rauch, and Stéphane Audran. Although the film opened to generally positive reviews, its release version was a far cry from Fuller’s original vision. His first rough cut ran nearly four hours, which he personally trimmed down to two. United Artists, however, insisted the runtime be reduced further, and the final theatrical release was cut to 113 minutes. Much of the movie was filmed in Israel, and Fuller later recalled how surreal it felt after shooting scenes with German soldiers and SS troops. The actors would remove their helmets, revealing yarmulkes underneath, or spend breaks in full Nazi uniform speaking Hebrew and reading the Torah.
In a documentary about the making of the film, Robert Carradine recounted the group’s first meeting with Lee Marvin. When Carradine, Mark Hamill, Bobby Di Cicco, and Kelly Ward climbed into a taxi with Marvin on their way to the shooting range, the veteran actor sat silently for a long moment before finally speaking: “Which one of you is Carradine?” Robert raised his hand. “I am,” he replied. Marvin’s answer: “Fuck you, Carradine.” Naturally, Carradine was puzzled, and some time later he asked Marvin why he’d singled him out like that. Marvin shrugged and said, “Because yours was the only name I recognized.” So, please join us here at The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour as we revisit this deeply personal film for Samuel Fuller -The Big Red One.
Samuel Fuller put the actors through a mini boot camp to prepare them for their roles. Lee Marvin, himself a former Marine, served as the drill instructor, paying close attention even to the smallest details -such as how to properly hold a rifle or change a magazine at the right moment - just as they would have done in real combat.
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Friday, September 26, 2025
While window shopping in the Village —
Mrs. Comedones turned to her husband, and answered -
No dear, none of them are your color.
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Thursday, September 25, 2025
It's not just for Air Force pilots -
Here's your free MBA (from ACME) - you may thank us later
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Wednesday, September 24, 2025
Tuesday, September 23, 2025
Monday, September 22, 2025
Rendezvous —
- an agreement between two or more persons to meet at a certain time and place.
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Sunday, September 21, 2025
Saturday, September 20, 2025
ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour (454)
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 1938 Porky's Poppa, directed by Bob Clampett and Chuck Jones.
This is the final short where Chuck Jones was an assistant director; eventually he would become an official director after Frank Tashlin's departure later in 1938.
The staff ofThe ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour was wondering what our old pal Jon Stewart might have say about the past couple of days. Well let's watch, shall we:
We are all at the point where we don't know should we be laughing hysterically or weeping uncontrollably.
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 dystopian sci-fi classic Mad Max, directed by George Miller and starring Mel Gibson, Joanne Samuel, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Steve Bisley, Tim Burns, and Roger Ward. Mad Max opened to mixed reviews but went on to earn more than $100 million worldwide and set a Guinness World Record for being one of the most profitable films. Mad Max had a shoestring budget of $1,419,674.84 (adjusted to 2022 dollars), and was shot in and around Melbourne. To raise money, George Miller continued working as an emergency room doctor. Because of the tight budget, decommissioned police cars were used in the film, and only Steve Bisley (Goose) wore genuine leather. The rest of the “leather-clad” police officers were stuck in vinyl outfits. The motorcycles - brand-new demonstration units - were donated by Kawasaki, and many of the bikers ended up keeping them after the shoot wrapped.
The original idea for Mad Max actually began with the tone of a documentary. One day, George Miller heard about a radio journalist who would follow emergency crews to car accidents and interview people about them. This sparked the thought that would evolve into Mad Max. The decision to set the story in the near future was partly due to budget constraints - it allowed filming in abandoned locations - and partly because the plot became so exaggerated it no longer made sense in a contemporary setting. Miller also wasn’t a fan of the modern Melbourne police uniforms and cars. By pushing the film into the “near future,” Miller and his team gained creative freedom to make the cars and uniforms more visually striking. So, please join us here at The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour as we revisit this scrappy, low-budget, leather-and-vinyl-clad thriller - Mad Max!
The film’s famous “get-out-of-jail-free card” moment was also a little in-joke on set. The biker gang in the film was an actual motorcycle club, the Vigilantes. Because of the low budget, they had to ride to set in costume every day - often with their prop weapons proudly on display. Since the production expected them to get pulled over by the real police, each gang member carried a letter from the filmmakers explaining the unusual circumstances and begging for law enforcement’s patience.
Demand Euphoria!
Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Porky Pig Looney Tunes cartoon, the 1938 Porky's Poppa, directed by Bob Clampett and Chuck Jones.
This is the final short where Chuck Jones was an assistant director; eventually he would become an official director after Frank Tashlin's departure later in 1938.
The staff ofThe ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour was wondering what our old pal Jon Stewart might have say about the past couple of days. Well let's watch, shall we:
We are all at the point where we don't know should we be laughing hysterically or weeping uncontrollably.
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 dystopian sci-fi classic Mad Max, directed by George Miller and starring Mel Gibson, Joanne Samuel, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Steve Bisley, Tim Burns, and Roger Ward. Mad Max opened to mixed reviews but went on to earn more than $100 million worldwide and set a Guinness World Record for being one of the most profitable films. Mad Max had a shoestring budget of $1,419,674.84 (adjusted to 2022 dollars), and was shot in and around Melbourne. To raise money, George Miller continued working as an emergency room doctor. Because of the tight budget, decommissioned police cars were used in the film, and only Steve Bisley (Goose) wore genuine leather. The rest of the “leather-clad” police officers were stuck in vinyl outfits. The motorcycles - brand-new demonstration units - were donated by Kawasaki, and many of the bikers ended up keeping them after the shoot wrapped.
The original idea for Mad Max actually began with the tone of a documentary. One day, George Miller heard about a radio journalist who would follow emergency crews to car accidents and interview people about them. This sparked the thought that would evolve into Mad Max. The decision to set the story in the near future was partly due to budget constraints - it allowed filming in abandoned locations - and partly because the plot became so exaggerated it no longer made sense in a contemporary setting. Miller also wasn’t a fan of the modern Melbourne police uniforms and cars. By pushing the film into the “near future,” Miller and his team gained creative freedom to make the cars and uniforms more visually striking. So, please join us here at The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour as we revisit this scrappy, low-budget, leather-and-vinyl-clad thriller - Mad Max!
The film’s famous “get-out-of-jail-free card” moment was also a little in-joke on set. The biker gang in the film was an actual motorcycle club, the Vigilantes. Because of the low budget, they had to ride to set in costume every day - often with their prop weapons proudly on display. Since the production expected them to get pulled over by the real police, each gang member carried a letter from the filmmakers explaining the unusual circumstances and begging for law enforcement’s patience.
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Friday, September 19, 2025
Wednesday, September 17, 2025
Remember, simple, convenient, and practical
And you can change the disk in 2.4 seconds!
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Tuesday, September 16, 2025
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Sunday, September 14, 2025
Saturday, September 13, 2025
ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour (453)
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 Hero Agency, directed by Bob Clampett.
Bob Clampett and members of his animation unit (Chuck Jones, Lu Guarnier, Robert "Bobe" Cannon, John Carey and Ernest Gee), appear as statues placed together to form a human picket fence.
The staff ofThe ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour is back from their summer vacations (I can not attest to whether or not they are happy about that fact.) Monty Python is never far from our thoughts We happily quote from them, time and again. This time we were excited to see an early precursor of Python, At Last the 1948 Show, starring Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Marty Feldman, and Aimi MacDonald floating around the intraweb. We thought we'd love to watch the first episode with you:
The series featured sketches and gags which the Monty Python team would go on to adopt, including the Hearing Aid and Contact Lens Show performed on Flying Circus, the Four Yorkshiremen routine and the Bookshop sketch ("Darles Chickens by Edmund Wells"), both of which were first done by the Pythons on Flying Circus record albums, as well as the line "And now for something completely different..." used in Flying Circus.
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 musical comedy The Muppet Movie, directed by James Frawley and starring the voices and puppetry talents of Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Richard Hunt, and Dave Goelz. The human cast features Charles Durning and Austin Pendleton, along with a dazzling array of cameos from Hollywood stars too numerous to count, including Orson Welles, Steve Martin, and Mel Brooks. The Muppet Movie serves as a whimsical origin story, chronicling how Kermit the Frog first sets out on his journey from a Florida swamp to Hollywood, meeting the rest of the Muppet gang along the way. The road trip narrative provides a loose but charming framework for musical numbers, comedy sketches, and the signature mix of sweetness and satire that made the Muppets a cultural phenomenon.
Upon its release, the film received glowing reviews from critics and audiences alike, praised for its clever writing, heartfelt performances, and infectious soundtrack, highlighted by Paul Williams and Kenneth Ascher’s Oscar-nominated song Rainbow Connection. For decades, the film stood as the highest-grossing puppet-based feature, a record it held until The Muppets (2011) brought the franchise back to the big screen. In recognition of its enduring cultural and historical significance, The Muppet Movie was selected in 2009 by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Film Registry. Please join us here at The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour and watch this fun family movie - The Muppet Movie.
The closing reprise of Rainbow Connection featured a crowd of more than 250 Muppet characters, virtually every Muppet that had been created up to that point in time. According to Jim Henson archivist Karen Falk: "One hundred thirty-seven puppeteers were enlisted from the Puppeteers of America (along with the regular Muppet performers) to perform every Muppet extant. Prior to the day-long filming of the shot, Henson gave the enthusiastic participants a lesson in the art of cinematic puppetry. Amazingly, it did take just one day." The Muppet Show Fan Club newsletter answered the question of "How did they do it?" The response was "There are 250 puppets in the last shot of the film, and they're all moving. How? One hundred fifty puppeteers in a six foot deep, 17-foot wide pit, that's how. They were recruited through the Los Angeles Guild of The Puppeteers of America and almost every puppeteer west of the Rockies reported for pit duty.".
Demand Euphoria!
Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Porky Pig Looney Tunes cartoon, the 1937 Porky's Hero Agency, directed by Bob Clampett.
Bob Clampett and members of his animation unit (Chuck Jones, Lu Guarnier, Robert "Bobe" Cannon, John Carey and Ernest Gee), appear as statues placed together to form a human picket fence.
The staff ofThe ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour is back from their summer vacations (I can not attest to whether or not they are happy about that fact.) Monty Python is never far from our thoughts We happily quote from them, time and again. This time we were excited to see an early precursor of Python, At Last the 1948 Show, starring Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Marty Feldman, and Aimi MacDonald floating around the intraweb. We thought we'd love to watch the first episode with you:
The series featured sketches and gags which the Monty Python team would go on to adopt, including the Hearing Aid and Contact Lens Show performed on Flying Circus, the Four Yorkshiremen routine and the Bookshop sketch ("Darles Chickens by Edmund Wells"), both of which were first done by the Pythons on Flying Circus record albums, as well as the line "And now for something completely different..." used in Flying Circus.
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 musical comedy The Muppet Movie, directed by James Frawley and starring the voices and puppetry talents of Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Richard Hunt, and Dave Goelz. The human cast features Charles Durning and Austin Pendleton, along with a dazzling array of cameos from Hollywood stars too numerous to count, including Orson Welles, Steve Martin, and Mel Brooks. The Muppet Movie serves as a whimsical origin story, chronicling how Kermit the Frog first sets out on his journey from a Florida swamp to Hollywood, meeting the rest of the Muppet gang along the way. The road trip narrative provides a loose but charming framework for musical numbers, comedy sketches, and the signature mix of sweetness and satire that made the Muppets a cultural phenomenon.
Upon its release, the film received glowing reviews from critics and audiences alike, praised for its clever writing, heartfelt performances, and infectious soundtrack, highlighted by Paul Williams and Kenneth Ascher’s Oscar-nominated song Rainbow Connection. For decades, the film stood as the highest-grossing puppet-based feature, a record it held until The Muppets (2011) brought the franchise back to the big screen. In recognition of its enduring cultural and historical significance, The Muppet Movie was selected in 2009 by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Film Registry. Please join us here at The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour and watch this fun family movie - The Muppet Movie.
The closing reprise of Rainbow Connection featured a crowd of more than 250 Muppet characters, virtually every Muppet that had been created up to that point in time. According to Jim Henson archivist Karen Falk: "One hundred thirty-seven puppeteers were enlisted from the Puppeteers of America (along with the regular Muppet performers) to perform every Muppet extant. Prior to the day-long filming of the shot, Henson gave the enthusiastic participants a lesson in the art of cinematic puppetry. Amazingly, it did take just one day." The Muppet Show Fan Club newsletter answered the question of "How did they do it?" The response was "There are 250 puppets in the last shot of the film, and they're all moving. How? One hundred fifty puppeteers in a six foot deep, 17-foot wide pit, that's how. They were recruited through the Los Angeles Guild of The Puppeteers of America and almost every puppeteer west of the Rockies reported for pit duty.".
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Friday, September 12, 2025
Remember, your mom used to lick her fingers,-
and think, thank God that's chocolate
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Thursday, September 11, 2025
Bunkies, before Waze existed -
You had to know how to read maps!
What are maps you may ask? Go ask you grandparents, you young whippersnapper. And get off my damn lawn!
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Wednesday, September 10, 2025
Tuesday, September 9, 2025
Monday, September 8, 2025
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Saturday, September 6, 2025
ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour (452)
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 Double Trouble, directed by Frank Tashlin.
The newspaper detailing Killer's escape from prison mentions that the events of the short take place in Porkysville, on the "Thoid of Octember". Leon Schlesinger is listed as the paper's writer.
Long time viewers of The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour knows that we here love video clip mash-ups and the music of Steely Dan. Well it appears that a retired British engineer, Pete Roberts, has combined clips from classic movie dancers with Steely Dan songs, making it appear as though they were made for each other.
By all means, please check out his YouTube site to enjoy some of his other videos
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 war epic, Apocalypse Now, directed by Francis Ford Coppola. The screenplay, co-written by Coppola, John Milius, and Michael Herr, was loosely inspired by Joseph Conrad’s 1899 novella Heart of Darkness. The film stars Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Martin Sheen, Frederic Forrest, Albert Hall, Sam Bottoms, Larry Fishburne, and Dennis Hopper. In the late 1970s, emboldened by the critical success of his two Godfather films, Francis Ford Coppola famously spent an enormous amount of time and money in the jungles of Southeast Asia to bring to life his vision of the hell of war and the lost meaning of glory through a journey into the abyss.
Coppola shot nearly 200 hours of footage, which took him nearly three years to edit. During the final edit, it became apparent that Martin Sheen would need to record several additional narrative voice-overs. However, Sheen was unavailable, so Coppola turned to Sheen’s brother, Joe Estevez, whose voice sounded nearly identical, to perform the new narration. Estevez had also served as a stand-in when Sheen suffered a heart attack during the shoot in 1976. He was not credited for either his stand-in work or his voice-over performances. Please join us here at The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour and watch this true classic of the cinema - Apocalypse Now.
An early scene in which Captain Willard is alone in his hotel room was completely unscripted. Martin Sheen told the crew to simply let the cameras roll. At the time, Sheen was genuinely drunk. He punched a real glass mirror, cutting his thumb, then began sobbing and even tried to attack director Francis Ford Coppola. The crew was so disturbed that they wanted to stop filming, but Sheen insisted they keep going. Struggling with alcoholism and his own personal issues, Sheen became so consumed by both the scene and his inner turmoil that he shattered the mirror. He believed that continuing to film would help him confront his problems.
Demand Euphoria!
Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Porky Pig Looney Tunes cartoon, the 1937 Porky's Double Trouble, directed by Frank Tashlin.
The newspaper detailing Killer's escape from prison mentions that the events of the short take place in Porkysville, on the "Thoid of Octember". Leon Schlesinger is listed as the paper's writer.
Long time viewers of The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour knows that we here love video clip mash-ups and the music of Steely Dan. Well it appears that a retired British engineer, Pete Roberts, has combined clips from classic movie dancers with Steely Dan songs, making it appear as though they were made for each other.
By all means, please check out his YouTube site to enjoy some of his other videos
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 war epic, Apocalypse Now, directed by Francis Ford Coppola. The screenplay, co-written by Coppola, John Milius, and Michael Herr, was loosely inspired by Joseph Conrad’s 1899 novella Heart of Darkness. The film stars Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Martin Sheen, Frederic Forrest, Albert Hall, Sam Bottoms, Larry Fishburne, and Dennis Hopper. In the late 1970s, emboldened by the critical success of his two Godfather films, Francis Ford Coppola famously spent an enormous amount of time and money in the jungles of Southeast Asia to bring to life his vision of the hell of war and the lost meaning of glory through a journey into the abyss.
Coppola shot nearly 200 hours of footage, which took him nearly three years to edit. During the final edit, it became apparent that Martin Sheen would need to record several additional narrative voice-overs. However, Sheen was unavailable, so Coppola turned to Sheen’s brother, Joe Estevez, whose voice sounded nearly identical, to perform the new narration. Estevez had also served as a stand-in when Sheen suffered a heart attack during the shoot in 1976. He was not credited for either his stand-in work or his voice-over performances. Please join us here at The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour and watch this true classic of the cinema - Apocalypse Now.
An early scene in which Captain Willard is alone in his hotel room was completely unscripted. Martin Sheen told the crew to simply let the cameras roll. At the time, Sheen was genuinely drunk. He punched a real glass mirror, cutting his thumb, then began sobbing and even tried to attack director Francis Ford Coppola. The crew was so disturbed that they wanted to stop filming, but Sheen insisted they keep going. Struggling with alcoholism and his own personal issues, Sheen became so consumed by both the scene and his inner turmoil that he shattered the mirror. He believed that continuing to film would help him confront his problems.
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