ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour (467)

Happy Holidays to us all

Before our feature presentation, The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour would like to start the evening with a holiday favorite the 1948 Disney short, Once Upon a Wintertime, directed by Hamilton Luske.



The scene where Joe skates a pair of hearts struck by an arrow on the ice represented Melody Time in the finale segment of Wonderful World of Animation.


Before the start of our feature presentation, we thought that we'd watch one of our favorite musicians, performing on NPR's tiny desk top concert:



listening to David Byrnes play is never a bad waste of time.


Happy Holidays! ACME wants you to join them in celebrating the holidays with your friends at The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour - the official soap of our nation's bald eagles. Remember if your bald eagle's talons are filthy, do we have a soap for you! So why not join us in watching the Pink Panther holiday special, the 1978 Christmas special, A Very Pink Christmas, directed by Bill Perez and voiced by, Mel Blanc, and Clarence Nash.



You must laugh at the previous credit - all the characters are in silent.


I once shook hands with Pat Boone and my whole right side sobered up.

Today's Holiday Theme is A Dean Martin's Christmas (Dean died on Christmas day in 1995.)



As we mentioned yesterday, Frank wasn't the only member of the Rat Pack to sing carols -


Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer -



Because Gene Autry's reputation was that of a Western star, he didn't feel suited to sing a Christmas song. The songs writer Johnny Marks, however, was determined to change Autry's mind (even though he'd never met him). He enlisted an unknown singer named Al Cernik to record a demo in the style of Autry and shipped it to the star in California. After a long wait - and some prodding from his wife - Autry agreed to record the tune.


Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow! -



This was written by the lyricist Sammy Cahn and the Broadway songwriter Jule Styne in 1945. It was first recorded by Vaughn Monroe, and has since become a standard.


I'll be home for Christmas -



The song was written by Walter Kent (music) and James Kimball "Kim" Gannon (words). Though Kent and Gannon collaborated on other songs, none reached the same level of popularity as I'll Be Home for Christmas.


Silver Bells -



This song was originally sung by Bob Hope and Marilyn Maxwell in The Lemon Drop Kid. The following year Bing Crosby, together with Carol Richards recorded the first recorded version.


I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm -



This was written in 1934 by Richard B. Smith and Felix Bernard. The lyricist Richard Smith served as an editor of a newspaper before taking up a career in music. The composer Felix Bernard, who was born in Brooklyn, New York, played the piano with popular orchestras and was also a tap dancer and writer of musical comedies for Vaudeville. He later became a composer and though this proved his greatest success, he also earned a steady income writing songs for Al Jolson and Eddie Cantor on radio shows.


What the hell I'm starting to feel the bourbon, let's watch an entire episode of The Dean Martin Christmas Show -



If people want to think I get drunk and stay out all night, let 'em. That's how I got here, you know

Demand Euphoria.