Bet you didn't realize

You could rent out that pumpkin as a studio apartment in Manhattan



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Just in time for the holiday

ACME is proud to once again show this important film



So remember to avoid any problems this Halloween - just stay at home with a big bag of ACME Zugnuts candy and watch TV.



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More traffic jams are caused by this

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Tears shed on a Tuesday afternoon

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Saudade —

- a deep emotional state of melancholic longing for a person or thing that is absent.



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Another mystery solved

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ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour (460)

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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's Hare Hunt, (co-starring a Prototype of Bugs Bunny,) directed by Ben Hardaway and Cal Dalton.



This cartoon introduces the well-known Groucho Marx line for the first time that would become one of Bugs Bunny's catchphrases. The exact wording, in this first appearance, is "'Course you know that this means war!" Bugs' rendering in this cartoon is a direct impression of Groucho, including dropping the trailing "r" of "war".


Long time viewers ofThe ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour know that we are in love with Supermarionation (especially when it is in colour - you know that is an expensive process because of the extra "U".) The staff has found a fun documentary - FILMED IN SUPERMARIONATION: The Behind the Scenes Story of Thunderbirds. We invite you to join us in watching it:



In case you didn't know - Supermarionation is a filming technique developed by Gerry Anderson and his peers, the name of which is a portmanteau of the words "Super", "Marionette", and "Animation".


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 1982 bio-pix epic, Ghandi, directed by Richard Attenborough and starring Ben Kingsley, Candice Bergen, Edward Fox, John Gielgud, Trevor Howard, John Mills, and Martin Sheen. The film was a commercial success, grossing $127.8 million on a $22 million budget and Gandhi received a leading eleven nominations at the 55th Academy Awards. Surprisingly, no studio was interested in financing this movie. Richard Attenborough said that most of the financing came from Joseph E. Levine, who agreed to finance in exchange for Attenborough directing A Bridge Too Far and a friend. The rest came from Attenborough and his wife Sheila Sim, who owned a share of the rights in Britain's longest-running play ,The Mousetrap, which they sold to fund the production of this movie.

So please, find a comfy chair and join us here at The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour as we watch this wonderful debut film - Ghandi



In 1962, Richard Attenborough received a phone call from an Indian civil servant called Motilai Kothari, who was working with the Indian High Commission in London. Kothari was a devout follower of Gandhi, and was convinced that Attenborough would be the perfect choice to make a movie about him. Attenborough read Louis Fischer's biography of the Indian statesman and agreed with Motilai, though it would take him twenty years to fulfill the dream. His first act was to meet with the then Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru, and his daughter, Indira Gandhi, as well as Lord Mountbatten, the last Viceroy of India. Nehru approved of his plan and promised to help support the production, but his death in 1964 was just one in a long line of setbacks.



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In case this needed to be explained

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Should be required viewing

Since many of our representatives are not working at the moment -



they have the time to watch



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The real reason for rising methane levels

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Another random thought on a Tuesday afternoon

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Saucier —

- a chef or cook who specializes in making sauces



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A primer every child should be issued

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ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour (459)

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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's Five & Ten, directed by Bob Clampett.



This cartoon uses the song Hooray for Hollywood, with one part of the lyrics changed from "Go out and try your luck, you might be Donald Duck" to "Go on and try your luck, you might be Daffy Duck", likely changed to avoid the mention of the Disney character. Coincidentally, the same thing happens in the short released prior to this one, A Star Is Hatched.


The staff of The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour and I caught an episode of Frasier the other night. We (or at least I) had forgotten how funny the show was. Here's a clip video, showing the brilliant comic timing of Kelsey Grammer and David Hyde Pierce:



They truly were a great comedy duo


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 1982 comedy Diner, directed by Barry Levinson (in his directorial debut) and starring Steve Guttenberg, Daniel Stern, Mickey Rourke, Paul Reiser, Kevin Bacon, Timothy Daly, and Ellen Barkin. MGM was initially disappointed that the film wasn’t more like Porky’s. Executives didn’t rave about it, didn’t want to release it, and even considered shelving it altogether. The studio didn’t prioritize the picture or know how to market it - until they learned that critic Pauline Kael had written a glowing review in The New Yorker. Suddenly, MGM rushed it into release.

Competition among the actors was most intense during the improvisation sessions, where each displayed different levels of skill. By his own admission, Kevin Bacon was the least adept. Tim Daly later said it was hardest to top Paul Reiser’s improvisational dexterity, calling him “the sharpest, fastest guy alive.” Bacon, meanwhile, said he was never very good at improvising, so he would just sit, listen, and grin - which turned out to be perfect for his character, whom he described as “a reactive sort of guy, someone on the outskirts.” So please, find a comfy chair and join us here at The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour as we watch this wonderful debut film - Diner.



Barry Levinson had the main actors arrive in Baltimore a week before filming began to get to know one another and build rapport. Predictably, the young male cast members went out to clubs and tried to meet women—sometimes spinning elaborate tales about what they were doing in town. Tim Daly claims he came up with the most popular one: that they were engineers working on a rotating rooftop restaurant.



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Who knew this was an actual problem

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Here's the next Homeland Security produced video-

Please enjoy this next video while waiting on the TSA line.



Remember, learn to sing these songs - or else.



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For God's sake - please keep your pets caged

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Advice for the day

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Roundabout —

- circuitous or indirect.



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Are you having a problem falling asleep?

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ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour (458)

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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's Phoney Express, (co-starring Daffy Duck,) directed by Cal Howard and Cal Dalton. (Please note - this short is rarely aired today due to Native American stereotyping.)



This is the first cartoon that was directed by Cal Dalton and Cal Howard, as Friz Freleng had left Warner Bros. at the time to work at MGM. Howard would only direct two more cartoons after this (Katnip Kollege and A-Lad-In Bagdad) before moving to Fleischer Studios. He was replaced by Ben Hardaway, while Dalton would remain as co-director until Freleng returned in 1940.


The staff of The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour and I stumbled upon this clip from about 30 years ago that it still quite relevant today as it was then:



I truly fear that the sarcasm will go right over the heads of those who need to see this


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 1981 Neo-noir drama Body Heat, directed by Lawrence Kasdan and starring William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, Richard Crenna, Ted Danson, J. A. Preston, and Mickey Rourke. This was the directorial debut of Lawrence Kasdan. Prior to this film, Kasdan had written Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back and Raiders of the Lost Ark for George Lucas, and was in the process of writing Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi. Kasdan was unaware for many years that Lucas had acted as a guarantor to Ladd Company studio head Alan Ladd Jr., offering his own fee as collateral in case Kasdan went over budget, thereby covering any potential overages.

This was Kathleen Turner’s film debut. At the time, she was compared to 1940s film-noir icon Lauren Bacall because of her performance in Body Heat. Other Bacall/Turner parallels include the fact that Bacall’s debut film, To Have and Have Not, has been called one of the most sensational debuts in film history and made her a star. Likewise, Turner’s debut in this film - playing a character similar to Bacall’s - has also been hailed as one of the most sensational in cinema history and launched her to stardom. So please, find a comfy chair and join us here at The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour as we watch this steamy classic  - Body Heat.



Almost unbelievably, Kathleen Turner was initially turned down for an audition because she had no film credits. She later said, “All I knew was that the role of Matty Walker was the best part written for a woman in so many years. I tried to get an audition, but I had no film experience and was unable to get one.” About four months later, Turner was in Los Angeles pursuing a role in another picture when, with the part still uncast, she was finally granted an audition. She recalled, “They gave me a copy of the script, and I immediately wanted it. After that reading, they set up a screen test [with William Hurt]. I’d never tested for a film before, and it was pretty scary… walking into a studio, having makeup men and everybody turn you into their idea of what Matty should be.”



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These could be a new life philosophies -

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Hidden Dangers

Most people don't realize that,



everyday activities can cause nuclear fusion. Be careful!



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Sketchy ways to save money during this lockdown -

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More utterances from a feckless 6 year old -

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Rumper —

- the hind part of the body of an animal .



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Now being handed out by ICE agents

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ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour (457)

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Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Porky Pig Looney Tunes cartoon, the 1938 What Price Porky, (co-starring Daffy Duck,)directed by Bob Clamplett Tashlin.



This is also the first time Bob Clampett directed a short without Chuck Jones or any assistant directors with him; he would continue directing shorts at Warner Bros. Cartoons until his departure in 1945.


The staff ofThe ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour and I have made no secret of our love of Craig Ferguson. (Curious what his take is on the whole late show hosts kerfuffle.) When we saw that there was a recent comedy special, we had to have you join us in watching it:



I'm sure he's not interested but I believe there will be a job available in June on CBS.


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 1981 war drama Gallipoli, directed by Peter Weir and starring Mel Gibson and Mark Lee. With a budget of $2.8 million, it was the most expensive Australian film produced at the time. Gallipoli received extensive international promotion and distribution, helping to elevate both the global reputation of the Australian film industry and the standing of later Australian New Wave films. It also launched the international career of actor Mel Gibson. The movie was originally set to be produced by the South Australian Film Corporation, the original team behind the project. However, they withdrew their support due to creative differences with the script. Even so, parts of the film were still shot in South Australia. The Gallipoli Peninsula was recreated at Port Lincoln, while the market sequence was filmed at a local fish market.

The result is a stunning work, widely acclaimed and rightfully regarded today as one of Australia’s all-time best films. It is many things at once: a historical account of a military campaign, a personal drama about two young men’s friendship, and a powerful commentary on the futility of war. So please join us here at The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour as we revisit this film - Gallipoli.



Upon its release, the film was given only a limited run in the U.S., marketed as an arthouse title due to the novelty of an Australian-made feature being screened there. It had a modest release in the U.K. in December 1982, where it received excellent reviews and strong word of mouth, leading to a better-than-expected box office. In the U.K., Gallipoli was released on video (VHS and Betamax) in 1983 - a full year before its video release in Australia, where it enjoyed a lengthy theatrical run, including a re-release. This was largely because the video rental market in Australia was not as developed as in the U.K.



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Some may have thought 42 was the answer —

But this is the answer to so much more

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Thank goodness for Realemon juice -

It's saves everyone from that messy squeezing



Never mind that it doesn't taste like real lemon juice. Are you planning on sullying the name of your sainted grandmother.



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