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Sunday, July 12, 2026
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ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour (497)
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Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Looney Tunes short, the 1940 Slap Happy Pappy starring Porky Pig , directed by Bob Clampett.
"Eddie Cackler" is a parody of Eddie Cantor. The "boy wanted" sign and the five hatching eggs were references to all five of his children being girls, which was a running joke on his radio show. Then along comes a chicken resembling Bing Crosby, whose (then) four children were all boys. (Crosby later had a daughter and two more sons from his second marriage, long after this cartoon was made.)
The staff of The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour are getting ready for yours truly's birthday weekend. So we thought it would be great to catch an episode of Mythical Kitchen's Last Meal. Let's watch the episode featuring Hugh Jackman
If you haven't seen The Sheep Detective, we absolutely recommend 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 1991 drama My Own Private Idaho directed by Gus Van Sant and starring River Phoenix, Keanu Reeves, James Russo, William Richert, Rodney Harvey, Michael Parker, Flea, Chiara Caselli, and Udo Kier The film is considered a landmark film in new queer cinema, an early 1990s movement in queer-themed independent filmmaking.
This film was the result of three projects coming together. The first was a modern adaptation of Henry IV called Howling At The Moon, about street kids in Portland, written entirely in Shakespearean verse. The second was In A Blue Funk, about two Spanish cousins living on the streets of Las Vegas, who decide to go to Spain after seeing their last name on a Spanish map, and find out about themselves and their family. The third, titled My Own Private Idaho, and was about a hustler who gets picked up by a German auto parts salesman and "kept" at his house. Gus Van Sant had trouble finishing the scripts, so he merged them together.
While writing, Gus Van Sant was inspired by Stanley Kubrick. "I'd heard stories about Kubrick, how he'd always re-write his scripts into a different format. These were reading scripts, of course, not shooting scripts. But he'd write one version as a play, and another with, like, all the directions in a column down the middle of the page and the dialogue off to the sides. It made the project fun to work on, but confused the hell out of the studios. If it's not in twelve point courier font, they can't imagine it'll ever be a movie. I made sure to fix that by the final shooting draft, and everything was okay."
Van Sant was very pleased that his movie was being produced, and would be distributed by New Line Cinema, a major studio. He wanted the movie to have a wide release and "play in shopping malls." Just after production, New Line created Fine Line Features, its special "art house" label. This resulted in the movie having a very limited number of prints struck, and only playing in select art house theaters. Van Sant says he might as well have made the movie independently.
Please find a very comfortable chair, dim the lights, and join us here at The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour as we watch this important movie: My Own Private Idaho.
Gus Van Sant gave copies of John Rechy's novel City Of Night to River Phoenix and Keanu Reeves to help get them into the mindset of street hustlers. Keanu found the book very useful, and went on to read five other Rechy novels. River reportedly stopped reading after the first paragraph. "He had his own background to draw on," Van Sant later said. "I think River had an entire youth spent traveling with his family, no connections to society, no roots, no permanence. He crafted that character himself."
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"Eddie Cackler" is a parody of Eddie Cantor. The "boy wanted" sign and the five hatching eggs were references to all five of his children being girls, which was a running joke on his radio show. Then along comes a chicken resembling Bing Crosby, whose (then) four children were all boys. (Crosby later had a daughter and two more sons from his second marriage, long after this cartoon was made.)
The staff of The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour are getting ready for yours truly's birthday weekend. So we thought it would be great to catch an episode of Mythical Kitchen's Last Meal. Let's watch the episode featuring Hugh Jackman
If you haven't seen The Sheep Detective, we absolutely recommend 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 1991 drama My Own Private Idaho directed by Gus Van Sant and starring River Phoenix, Keanu Reeves, James Russo, William Richert, Rodney Harvey, Michael Parker, Flea, Chiara Caselli, and Udo Kier The film is considered a landmark film in new queer cinema, an early 1990s movement in queer-themed independent filmmaking.
This film was the result of three projects coming together. The first was a modern adaptation of Henry IV called Howling At The Moon, about street kids in Portland, written entirely in Shakespearean verse. The second was In A Blue Funk, about two Spanish cousins living on the streets of Las Vegas, who decide to go to Spain after seeing their last name on a Spanish map, and find out about themselves and their family. The third, titled My Own Private Idaho, and was about a hustler who gets picked up by a German auto parts salesman and "kept" at his house. Gus Van Sant had trouble finishing the scripts, so he merged them together.
While writing, Gus Van Sant was inspired by Stanley Kubrick. "I'd heard stories about Kubrick, how he'd always re-write his scripts into a different format. These were reading scripts, of course, not shooting scripts. But he'd write one version as a play, and another with, like, all the directions in a column down the middle of the page and the dialogue off to the sides. It made the project fun to work on, but confused the hell out of the studios. If it's not in twelve point courier font, they can't imagine it'll ever be a movie. I made sure to fix that by the final shooting draft, and everything was okay."
Van Sant was very pleased that his movie was being produced, and would be distributed by New Line Cinema, a major studio. He wanted the movie to have a wide release and "play in shopping malls." Just after production, New Line created Fine Line Features, its special "art house" label. This resulted in the movie having a very limited number of prints struck, and only playing in select art house theaters. Van Sant says he might as well have made the movie independently.
Please find a very comfortable chair, dim the lights, and join us here at The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour as we watch this important movie: My Own Private Idaho.
Gus Van Sant gave copies of John Rechy's novel City Of Night to River Phoenix and Keanu Reeves to help get them into the mindset of street hustlers. Keanu found the book very useful, and went on to read five other Rechy novels. River reportedly stopped reading after the first paragraph. "He had his own background to draw on," Van Sant later said. "I think River had an entire youth spent traveling with his family, no connections to society, no roots, no permanence. He crafted that character himself."
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Friday, July 10, 2026
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ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour (496)
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Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Looney Tunes short, the 1940 Pilgrim Porky starring Porky Pig , directed by Bob Clampett.
This cartoon seldom airs on American television ever since Nickelodeon has stopped airing the Looney Tunes cartoons due to the prominent scenes of the black chef and Indian stereotyping that would be deemed offensive to modern audiences.
The staff of The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour are away celebration the 4th. Before they all went on their merry ways. they left this very silly song parody by There I Ruined It (and no, the song isn't ruined.)
I wonder if Fleetwood Mac originally considered this version?
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 1991 martial arts drama Once Upon a Time in China directed by Tsui Hark and starring Jet Li, Yuen Biao, Jacky Cheung, Rosamund Kwan, and Kent Cheng. The film is the first installment in the Once Upon a Time in China film series.
Wong Fei-hung was a famous practitioner of hung gar kung fu, although the techniques Jet Li uses are mostly of the long fist method and tai chi.
Please find a very comfortable chair, dim the lights, and join us here at the ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour as we watch action packed movie: Once Upon a Time in China .
The film started out as a proposed new film to star Jackie Chan, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, and Yuen Biao. Jackie would have played Wong, (which he'd previously played in Drunken Master), Sammo would have played Butcher Wing (as he did in The Magnificent Butcher), and Yuen would be Leung Foon. This idea fell through, with only Yuen Biao making it into the finished film. This is the only film to feature Jet Li and Yuen Biao together.
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Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Looney Tunes short, the 1940 Pilgrim Porky starring Porky Pig , directed by Bob Clampett.
This cartoon seldom airs on American television ever since Nickelodeon has stopped airing the Looney Tunes cartoons due to the prominent scenes of the black chef and Indian stereotyping that would be deemed offensive to modern audiences.
The staff of The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour are away celebration the 4th. Before they all went on their merry ways. they left this very silly song parody by There I Ruined It (and no, the song isn't ruined.)
I wonder if Fleetwood Mac originally considered this version?
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 1991 martial arts drama Once Upon a Time in China directed by Tsui Hark and starring Jet Li, Yuen Biao, Jacky Cheung, Rosamund Kwan, and Kent Cheng. The film is the first installment in the Once Upon a Time in China film series.
Wong Fei-hung was a famous practitioner of hung gar kung fu, although the techniques Jet Li uses are mostly of the long fist method and tai chi.
Please find a very comfortable chair, dim the lights, and join us here at the ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour as we watch action packed movie: Once Upon a Time in China .
The film started out as a proposed new film to star Jackie Chan, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, and Yuen Biao. Jackie would have played Wong, (which he'd previously played in Drunken Master), Sammo would have played Butcher Wing (as he did in The Magnificent Butcher), and Yuen would be Leung Foon. This idea fell through, with only Yuen Biao making it into the finished film. This is the only film to feature Jet Li and Yuen Biao together.
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Ulu —
— the traditional, curved all-purpose knife used by indigenous Arctic populations
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Sunday, June 28, 2026
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ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour (495)
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Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Looney Tunes short, the 1940 Ali-Baba Boundstarring Porky Pig , directed by Bob Clampett.
When Porky is singing "The Girlfriend of the Whirling Dervish", they neglected to speed up Mel Blanc's voice, giving us a hint at what his natural Porky voice sounds like.
The staff of The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour was discussing comedy series that don't seem to get much attention. We came upon this clip from SCTV and it sent us down a rabbit hole of watching a bunch of episode. We'd like to you to watch the clip that sent us down that road:
If you have a chance, check out some episodes on YouTube. (Also, Catherine O'Hara is sorely missed.)
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 1991 Taiwanese epic drama A Brighter Summer Day directed by Edward Yang and starring Chang Chen, Lisa Yang, Chang Kuo-Chu, and Elaine Jin. The English title for the film comes from a line in Elvis Presley's song Are You Lonesome Tonight? Elvis sings the line, "Does your memory stray to a bright summer day," but the characters in the film mishear it as "a brighter summer day."
Chen Chang, who plays Xiao Si'r (or Little Four) and Kuo-Chu Chang, who plays his father, are real-life father and son. The actor's own name is also used for the full name of the character of Xiao Si'r (or Little Four).
The film features more than 100 amateur actors in different roles. The director spent a full year training and rehearsing with his largely nonprofessional cast before filming began..
Please find a very comfortable chair (the film is almost 4 hours long,) dim the lights, and join us here at the ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour as we watch this thought absorbing drama: A Brighter Summer Day.
People in the film speak various dialects, as they or their parents came to Taiwan from different provinces of Mainland China. For example, Wang, a friend of Xiao Si'r's family, speaks Shanghainese.
Demand Euphoria!
Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Looney Tunes short, the 1940 Ali-Baba Boundstarring Porky Pig , directed by Bob Clampett.
When Porky is singing "The Girlfriend of the Whirling Dervish", they neglected to speed up Mel Blanc's voice, giving us a hint at what his natural Porky voice sounds like.
The staff of The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour was discussing comedy series that don't seem to get much attention. We came upon this clip from SCTV and it sent us down a rabbit hole of watching a bunch of episode. We'd like to you to watch the clip that sent us down that road:
If you have a chance, check out some episodes on YouTube. (Also, Catherine O'Hara is sorely missed.)
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 1991 Taiwanese epic drama A Brighter Summer Day directed by Edward Yang and starring Chang Chen, Lisa Yang, Chang Kuo-Chu, and Elaine Jin. The English title for the film comes from a line in Elvis Presley's song Are You Lonesome Tonight? Elvis sings the line, "Does your memory stray to a bright summer day," but the characters in the film mishear it as "a brighter summer day."
Chen Chang, who plays Xiao Si'r (or Little Four) and Kuo-Chu Chang, who plays his father, are real-life father and son. The actor's own name is also used for the full name of the character of Xiao Si'r (or Little Four).
The film features more than 100 amateur actors in different roles. The director spent a full year training and rehearsing with his largely nonprofessional cast before filming began..
Please find a very comfortable chair (the film is almost 4 hours long,) dim the lights, and join us here at the ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour as we watch this thought absorbing drama: A Brighter Summer Day.
People in the film speak various dialects, as they or their parents came to Taiwan from different provinces of Mainland China. For example, Wang, a friend of Xiao Si'r's family, speaks Shanghainese.
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Typhoon —
A tropical cyclone in the western Pacific Ocean or northern Indian Ocean, having sustained winds of at least 64 knots (a little more than 73.5 mph.)
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Sunday, June 21, 2026
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ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour (494)
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Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Looney Tunes short, the 1940 Porky's Last Standstarring Porky Pig and Daffy Duck, directed by Bob Clampett.
The title refers to the last stand of General George Armstrong Custer and the 7th Cavalry at the Battle of the Little Big Horn in 1876.
The staff of The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour was searching for something a little different today. I think they found it with this thoughtful conversation between Conan O'Brien and John Stewart :
I believe we're all glad that they are still around.
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 1991 drama La Belle Noiseuse (The Beautiful Troublemaker), directed by Jacques Rivette and starring Michel Piccoli, Jane Birkin and Emmanuelle Béart.
The film is based on the short story The Unknown Masterpiece written by nineteenth-century french novelist Honoré de Balzac.
Emmanuelle Béart had mentioned in interviews that the character Marianne in La Belle Noiseuse remains the most physically and emotionally taxing role she has ever taken in her long career. She has be quoted as saying, "It's funny, I had always sworn to myself never to play naked in the cinema, because I find that there is an overdose on the way in which the female body is exploited. And then Jacques arrived. He told me: 'You are going to play naked.' And it was exciting to exploit that nudity. Because it's a real woman playing. And the look of Jacques, that of Michel too, because for me they are inseparable, helped me a lot. But it's true that when you find yourself naked in front of the camera, it's very difficult. I had a few seconds of real discomfort. I wasn't hurt, just paralyzed. I was very scared. I was unable to move. I no longer had a shell. And then I gradually relaxed. The team was small and I never feared the gaze of people on set. Little by little, I took real physical pleasure in giving something. My body became active. Of course, there were moments of total refusal. I felt like an object. I wanted to escape this image of woman-object. But I especially wanted to transform the image of the model. I wanted this painting to be done in pairs. Between this woman and this painter, there is a clash of two gazes. She looks at him and provokes him. And she doesn't want to let go."
Please find a very comfortable chair (the film is almost 4 hours long,) dim the lights, and join us here at The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour as we watch this thought provoking drama: La Belle Noiseuse. (Bunkies, ask your folks if you're allowed to watch the film - it's chock-a-block with female nudity.)
The frank and extensive nudity Emmanuelle Béart did in this film seemed to extract a heavy toll on her, so much that she admitted in an interview that, ever since the release of this film back in 1991, she had been able to draw the courage to view La Belle Noiseuse in its entirety only once, which was hinted to be at the time of its premiere back in 1991 Cannes Film Festival.
Demand Euphoria!
Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Looney Tunes short, the 1940 Porky's Last Standstarring Porky Pig and Daffy Duck, directed by Bob Clampett.
The title refers to the last stand of General George Armstrong Custer and the 7th Cavalry at the Battle of the Little Big Horn in 1876.
The staff of The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour was searching for something a little different today. I think they found it with this thoughtful conversation between Conan O'Brien and John Stewart :
I believe we're all glad that they are still around.
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 1991 drama La Belle Noiseuse (The Beautiful Troublemaker), directed by Jacques Rivette and starring Michel Piccoli, Jane Birkin and Emmanuelle Béart.
The film is based on the short story The Unknown Masterpiece written by nineteenth-century french novelist Honoré de Balzac.
Emmanuelle Béart had mentioned in interviews that the character Marianne in La Belle Noiseuse remains the most physically and emotionally taxing role she has ever taken in her long career. She has be quoted as saying, "It's funny, I had always sworn to myself never to play naked in the cinema, because I find that there is an overdose on the way in which the female body is exploited. And then Jacques arrived. He told me: 'You are going to play naked.' And it was exciting to exploit that nudity. Because it's a real woman playing. And the look of Jacques, that of Michel too, because for me they are inseparable, helped me a lot. But it's true that when you find yourself naked in front of the camera, it's very difficult. I had a few seconds of real discomfort. I wasn't hurt, just paralyzed. I was very scared. I was unable to move. I no longer had a shell. And then I gradually relaxed. The team was small and I never feared the gaze of people on set. Little by little, I took real physical pleasure in giving something. My body became active. Of course, there were moments of total refusal. I felt like an object. I wanted to escape this image of woman-object. But I especially wanted to transform the image of the model. I wanted this painting to be done in pairs. Between this woman and this painter, there is a clash of two gazes. She looks at him and provokes him. And she doesn't want to let go."
Please find a very comfortable chair (the film is almost 4 hours long,) dim the lights, and join us here at The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour as we watch this thought provoking drama: La Belle Noiseuse. (Bunkies, ask your folks if you're allowed to watch the film - it's chock-a-block with female nudity.)
The frank and extensive nudity Emmanuelle Béart did in this film seemed to extract a heavy toll on her, so much that she admitted in an interview that, ever since the release of this film back in 1991, she had been able to draw the courage to view La Belle Noiseuse in its entirety only once, which was hinted to be at the time of its premiere back in 1991 Cannes Film Festival.
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Friday, June 19, 2026
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Turducken —
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ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour (493)
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Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Looney Tunes short, the 1939 The Film Fanstarring Porky Pig directed by Bob Clampett.
In the scene where a duckling shoots a big wad of gum at "Sterling," a duck resembling Daffy Duck can be seen in the audience. It is likely not him, however, as this duck has a white stomach, something Daffy noticeably lacks.
The staff of The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour love Patton Oswald. He is one of the funniest comics working today. So imagine our joy when we found a brand new special of his on YouTube. So pull up a chair and join us in watching; Tea & Scotch: -
Reading some of the viewer comments and we came upon a brilliant concept - make Patton next year's Oscar host.
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 1990 drama Reversal of Fortune, directed by Barbet Schroeder and starring Glenn Close, Jeremy Irons, Ron Silver, Annabella Sciorra, Christine Baranski, Fisher Stevens, and Uta Hagen (in her final screen appearance). Kathleen Turner turned down the role of Sunny von Bülow.
(A point of information: Martha "Sunny" von Bülow died on December 6, 2008, at the age of 76. She spent the last 28 years of her life in a coma. Eleven years later, Claus von Bülow passed away in March 2019.)
Jeremy Irons, Glenn Close, and Christine Baranski previously appeared in the Broadway production of The Real Thing, directed by Mike Nichols in 1984. All three won Tony Awards for their performances: Irons and Close for leading roles, and Baranski for a supporting role. In the play, Irons and Close portrayed lovers. They later played brother and sister in the film The House of the Spirits.
Jeremy Irons has said that the most challenging part of playing Claus von Bülow was perfecting his voice. He admitted in an interview that the production was already halfway through filming when he finally found the right voice. As a result, the first half of the film had to be dubbed in post-production for consistency. In some scenes (particularly his exchanges with Ron Silver), this dubbing is very noticeable.
Please find a comfortable chair, dim the lights, and join us here at The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour as we watch this disturbing drama: Reversal of Fortune.
Harvard law professor and attorney Alan Dershowitz also served on the defense team in what may have been the most highly publicized murder case of the 20th century: the 1995 trial of movie star and former professional football player O.J. Simpson, who was accused of the June 12, 1994, murders of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ron Goldman. Dershowitz was one of more than half a dozen prominent defense attorneys assembled by Johnnie Cochran for Simpson’s defense. The others included F. Lee Bailey and Robert Kardashian. Simpson was acquitted on October 3, 1995, after an 11-month trial.
A brief aside: Dershowitz appears prominently in the Epstein files, having served as an attorney for Jeffrey Epstein. The House Oversight Committee has requested that Dershowitz testify as part of its investigation into the federal government's handling of the Epstein files. The interview is tentatively scheduled for 10:00 a.m. on July 9.
Demand Euphoria!
Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Looney Tunes short, the 1939 The Film Fanstarring Porky Pig directed by Bob Clampett.
In the scene where a duckling shoots a big wad of gum at "Sterling," a duck resembling Daffy Duck can be seen in the audience. It is likely not him, however, as this duck has a white stomach, something Daffy noticeably lacks.
The staff of The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour love Patton Oswald. He is one of the funniest comics working today. So imagine our joy when we found a brand new special of his on YouTube. So pull up a chair and join us in watching; Tea & Scotch: -
Reading some of the viewer comments and we came upon a brilliant concept - make Patton next year's Oscar host.
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 1990 drama Reversal of Fortune, directed by Barbet Schroeder and starring Glenn Close, Jeremy Irons, Ron Silver, Annabella Sciorra, Christine Baranski, Fisher Stevens, and Uta Hagen (in her final screen appearance). Kathleen Turner turned down the role of Sunny von Bülow.
(A point of information: Martha "Sunny" von Bülow died on December 6, 2008, at the age of 76. She spent the last 28 years of her life in a coma. Eleven years later, Claus von Bülow passed away in March 2019.)
Jeremy Irons, Glenn Close, and Christine Baranski previously appeared in the Broadway production of The Real Thing, directed by Mike Nichols in 1984. All three won Tony Awards for their performances: Irons and Close for leading roles, and Baranski for a supporting role. In the play, Irons and Close portrayed lovers. They later played brother and sister in the film The House of the Spirits.
Jeremy Irons has said that the most challenging part of playing Claus von Bülow was perfecting his voice. He admitted in an interview that the production was already halfway through filming when he finally found the right voice. As a result, the first half of the film had to be dubbed in post-production for consistency. In some scenes (particularly his exchanges with Ron Silver), this dubbing is very noticeable.
Please find a comfortable chair, dim the lights, and join us here at The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour as we watch this disturbing drama: Reversal of Fortune.
Harvard law professor and attorney Alan Dershowitz also served on the defense team in what may have been the most highly publicized murder case of the 20th century: the 1995 trial of movie star and former professional football player O.J. Simpson, who was accused of the June 12, 1994, murders of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ron Goldman. Dershowitz was one of more than half a dozen prominent defense attorneys assembled by Johnnie Cochran for Simpson’s defense. The others included F. Lee Bailey and Robert Kardashian. Simpson was acquitted on October 3, 1995, after an 11-month trial.
A brief aside: Dershowitz appears prominently in the Epstein files, having served as an attorney for Jeffrey Epstein. The House Oversight Committee has requested that Dershowitz testify as part of its investigation into the federal government's handling of the Epstein files. The interview is tentatively scheduled for 10:00 a.m. on July 9.
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ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour (492)
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Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Looney Tunes short, the 1939 Porky the Giant Killerstarring Porky Pig directed by Ben Hardaway and Cal Dalton.
When the baby giant slams Porky into the drum, the word PIG can be seen spelled in the blocks just before he hits it.
The staff of The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour love to trawl the intraweb. We want you to watch the following video, without us telling you anything about it. We found the video on the wonderful website - Nag on the Lake -
This could be the strangest music video we've ever seen but we like 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 1990 comedy-drama Archangel, directed by Guy Maddin and starring Kyle McCulloch, Michael Gottli, David Falkenburg, Michael O'Sullivan, Margaret Anne MacLeod, Ari Cohen, Sarah Neville, Kathy Marykuca, Victor Cowie, Robert Lougheed, and Stephen Snyd
The film is like no other (except, of course, for any other Guy Maddin film). Archangel is a weird, wild, and extraordinary movie that is both a melodrama and a deadpan parody of silent-film style. With striking black-and-white cinematography and stylized set design, Maddin’s second feature (following his startling debut Tales from the Gimli Hospital) is a tale of obsessive love.
The plot is almost too crazy to describe. In 1919, one-legged Canadian soldier Lt. John Boles arrives in the northern Russian town of Archangel, where Bolsheviks, White Russians, and German Huns converge during World War I. When Boles encounters a local woman named Veronkha, he faints and becomes convinced that she is his dead wife, Iris. But Veronkha is already married to Philbin, who also suffers from amnesia and relives their wedding night over and over without remembering anything that follows. What ensues is a twisted love triangle fueled by infatuation, as each person forgets who it is they truly love.
Please find a comfortable chair, dim the lights, and join us here at The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour as we watch this very odd yet amusing film: Archangel.
In the original script, Boles' false leg was lost before he arrived at the cottage in Archangel and was to be replaced by a harpoon. The harpoon would then be thrown at the life-size statue of the Holy Virgin outside the cottage, piercing its eye. None of this made it into the final film, although the large "One-Eyed Virgin" statue does appear.
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Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Looney Tunes short, the 1939 Porky the Giant Killerstarring Porky Pig directed by Ben Hardaway and Cal Dalton.
When the baby giant slams Porky into the drum, the word PIG can be seen spelled in the blocks just before he hits it.
The staff of The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour love to trawl the intraweb. We want you to watch the following video, without us telling you anything about it. We found the video on the wonderful website - Nag on the Lake -
This could be the strangest music video we've ever seen but we like 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 1990 comedy-drama Archangel, directed by Guy Maddin and starring Kyle McCulloch, Michael Gottli, David Falkenburg, Michael O'Sullivan, Margaret Anne MacLeod, Ari Cohen, Sarah Neville, Kathy Marykuca, Victor Cowie, Robert Lougheed, and Stephen Snyd
The film is like no other (except, of course, for any other Guy Maddin film). Archangel is a weird, wild, and extraordinary movie that is both a melodrama and a deadpan parody of silent-film style. With striking black-and-white cinematography and stylized set design, Maddin’s second feature (following his startling debut Tales from the Gimli Hospital) is a tale of obsessive love.
The plot is almost too crazy to describe. In 1919, one-legged Canadian soldier Lt. John Boles arrives in the northern Russian town of Archangel, where Bolsheviks, White Russians, and German Huns converge during World War I. When Boles encounters a local woman named Veronkha, he faints and becomes convinced that she is his dead wife, Iris. But Veronkha is already married to Philbin, who also suffers from amnesia and relives their wedding night over and over without remembering anything that follows. What ensues is a twisted love triangle fueled by infatuation, as each person forgets who it is they truly love.
Please find a comfortable chair, dim the lights, and join us here at The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour as we watch this very odd yet amusing film: Archangel.
In the original script, Boles' false leg was lost before he arrived at the cottage in Archangel and was to be replaced by a harpoon. The harpoon would then be thrown at the life-size statue of the Holy Virgin outside the cottage, piercing its eye. None of this made it into the final film, although the large "One-Eyed Virgin" statue does appear.
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ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour (491)
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Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Looney Tunes short, the 1939 Pied Piper Porky starring Porky Pig directed by Bob Clampett.
The humor in this short is more adult in nature, as cartoons were shown in a cinema to a variety of audiences. There are inside jokes that the grown ups would have appreciated, plus plenty of slapstick to amuse the kids.
The staff of The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour are getting ready for the start of summer Fridays. As you well know we love mash-up videos. so here's an unlikely pair for the wonderful Bill McClintock - Donna Summer and The Police
Bill has one of the most limber minds on the Intraweb.
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 1990 drama Henry Portrait of a Serial Killer directed by John McNaughton and starring Michael Rooker, Tom Towles, and Tracy Arnold.
The film was shot in 1985 but had difficulty finding a film distributor. It premiered at the Chicago International Film Festival in 1986 and played at other festivals throughout the late 1980s. Following successful showings during which it attracted both controversy and positive critical attention, the film was rated X by the MPAA, further increasing its reputation for controversy. It was subsequently picked up for a limited release in 1990 in an unrated version.
Although the MPAA initially gave the film an X rating, this movie, along with Peter Greenaway's The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover, and Pedro Almodóvar's Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!, were the main reasons for the creation of the NC-17 rating (an adults-only film, which is non-pornographic).
Please find a comfortable chair, dim the lights, and join us here at the ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour as we watch this horror movie: Henry Portrait of a Serial Killer.
Michael Rooker remained in character for the duration of the shoot, even off-set. He didn't associate or socialize with any of the cast or crew during the month-long shoot, and John McNaughton made sure Rooker was the only person on set to have a private dressing room. According to Costume Designer Patricia Hart, she and Rooker would travel to the set together each day, and she never knew from one minute to the next if she was talking to Michael or to Henry, as sometimes he would speak about his childhood and background, not as Michael Rooker, but as Henry. Indeed, so in-character did Rooker remain, that during the shoot, his wife discovered she was pregnant, but she waited until filming had stopped before she told him
Demand Euphoria!
Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Looney Tunes short, the 1939 Pied Piper Porky starring Porky Pig directed by Bob Clampett.
The humor in this short is more adult in nature, as cartoons were shown in a cinema to a variety of audiences. There are inside jokes that the grown ups would have appreciated, plus plenty of slapstick to amuse the kids.
The staff of The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour are getting ready for the start of summer Fridays. As you well know we love mash-up videos. so here's an unlikely pair for the wonderful Bill McClintock - Donna Summer and The Police
Bill has one of the most limber minds on the Intraweb.
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 1990 drama Henry Portrait of a Serial Killer directed by John McNaughton and starring Michael Rooker, Tom Towles, and Tracy Arnold.
The film was shot in 1985 but had difficulty finding a film distributor. It premiered at the Chicago International Film Festival in 1986 and played at other festivals throughout the late 1980s. Following successful showings during which it attracted both controversy and positive critical attention, the film was rated X by the MPAA, further increasing its reputation for controversy. It was subsequently picked up for a limited release in 1990 in an unrated version.
Although the MPAA initially gave the film an X rating, this movie, along with Peter Greenaway's The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover, and Pedro Almodóvar's Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!, were the main reasons for the creation of the NC-17 rating (an adults-only film, which is non-pornographic).
Please find a comfortable chair, dim the lights, and join us here at the ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour as we watch this horror movie: Henry Portrait of a Serial Killer.
Michael Rooker remained in character for the duration of the shoot, even off-set. He didn't associate or socialize with any of the cast or crew during the month-long shoot, and John McNaughton made sure Rooker was the only person on set to have a private dressing room. According to Costume Designer Patricia Hart, she and Rooker would travel to the set together each day, and she never knew from one minute to the next if she was talking to Michael or to Henry, as sometimes he would speak about his childhood and background, not as Michael Rooker, but as Henry. Indeed, so in-character did Rooker remain, that during the shoot, his wife discovered she was pregnant, but she waited until filming had stopped before she told him
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Telekinesis —
the supposed ability to move objects at a distance by mental power or other nonphysical means
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ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour (490)
Thank you for joining us today
Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Looney Tunes short, the 1939 Naughty Neighbors starring Porky Pig (and co-starring Petunia Pig,) directed by Bob Clampett.
This is the final appearance of Petunia Pig in the Golden Age of American Animation.
The staff of The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour are all away, celebrating the Memorial Day weekend. Before they left, they all decided the best thing would could watch, is a guy, eating a bunch of chicken wings.
Colin Jost was a good guest
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 1987 drama Babette's Feast directed by Gabriel Axel and starring Stéphane Audran, Birgitte Federspiel, and Bodil Kjer.
The role of Babette was originally offered to Catherine Deneuve. She was interested in the part but dithered about accepting it. When Gabriel Axel offered the part to Stéphane Audran, he used Deneuve's interest to coax her into making a quick decision. Audran responded within two hours of reading the screenplay. (And Deneuve ultimately turned down the offer.)
Please find a comfortable chair, dim the lights, and join us here at the ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour as we watch this oddly moving food movie: Babett's Feast.
The seven-course menu in the film consisted of:
"Potage à la Tortue" (turtle soup) served with Amontillado sherry.
"Blinis Demidoff" (buckwheat pancakes with caviar and sour cream) served with Veuve Cliquot Champagne.
"Cailles en Sarcophage" (quail in puff pastry shell with foie gras and truffle sauce) served with Clos de Vougeot Pinot Noir.
An endive salad.
"Savarin au Rhum avec des Figues et Fruit Glacée" (rum sponge cake with figs and candied cherries) served with Champagne.
Assorted cheeses and fruits served with Sauternes.
Coffee with vieux marc Grande Champagne cognac.
Demand Euphoria!
Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Looney Tunes short, the 1939 Naughty Neighbors starring Porky Pig (and co-starring Petunia Pig,) directed by Bob Clampett.
This is the final appearance of Petunia Pig in the Golden Age of American Animation.
The staff of The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour are all away, celebrating the Memorial Day weekend. Before they left, they all decided the best thing would could watch, is a guy, eating a bunch of chicken wings.
Colin Jost was a good guest
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 1987 drama Babette's Feast directed by Gabriel Axel and starring Stéphane Audran, Birgitte Federspiel, and Bodil Kjer.
The role of Babette was originally offered to Catherine Deneuve. She was interested in the part but dithered about accepting it. When Gabriel Axel offered the part to Stéphane Audran, he used Deneuve's interest to coax her into making a quick decision. Audran responded within two hours of reading the screenplay. (And Deneuve ultimately turned down the offer.)
Please find a comfortable chair, dim the lights, and join us here at the ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour as we watch this oddly moving food movie: Babett's Feast.
The seven-course menu in the film consisted of:
"Potage à la Tortue" (turtle soup) served with Amontillado sherry.
"Blinis Demidoff" (buckwheat pancakes with caviar and sour cream) served with Veuve Cliquot Champagne.
"Cailles en Sarcophage" (quail in puff pastry shell with foie gras and truffle sauce) served with Clos de Vougeot Pinot Noir.
An endive salad.
"Savarin au Rhum avec des Figues et Fruit Glacée" (rum sponge cake with figs and candied cherries) served with Champagne.
Assorted cheeses and fruits served with Sauternes.
Coffee with vieux marc Grande Champagne cognac.
Demand Euphoria!
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ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour (489)
Thank you for joining us today 
Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Looney Tunes short, the 1939 Jeepers Creepers starring Porky Pig , directed by Bob Clampett.
This animated short was digitally colored by Warner Bros. in 1990.
The staff of The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour, would likes to give a special birthday shout out to an old codger, who's been around this planet of our and celebrated the planet's bio-diversity more than many of us have had a hot meal-
Happy 100th birthday David Attenborough
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 1989 comedy-drama Trust directed by Hal Hartley (in the second film of his Long Island trilogy,) and starring Adrienne Shelly, Martin Donovan, Merritt Nelson, Edie Falco, and John MacKay.
Trust has the stark, no-frills look of a small-budget, grimly serious independent production, which only serves to make its deadpan hilarity all the more jarring and amusing. Everyone speaks with a rapid-fire intensity, as though each character is determined to cram the most information, or the greatest threat, into a listener’s limited attention span.
Please find a comfortable chair, dim the lights, and join us here at the ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour as we watch this black comedy: Trust.
In an interview, Hal Hartley once explained that he made the movie on the spur of the moment because he wanted to work with Adrienne Shelly again immediately after making The Unbelievable Truth, so he had very little money and very little time. The movie was shot in 11 days. The reason he could do that, he said, was because so much of the direction was implied in the dialogue. The dialogue pretty much told the actors what to do.
Demand Euphoria!
Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Looney Tunes short, the 1939 Jeepers Creepers starring Porky Pig , directed by Bob Clampett.
This animated short was digitally colored by Warner Bros. in 1990.
The staff of The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour, would likes to give a special birthday shout out to an old codger, who's been around this planet of our and celebrated the planet's bio-diversity more than many of us have had a hot meal-
Happy 100th birthday David Attenborough
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 1989 comedy-drama Trust directed by Hal Hartley (in the second film of his Long Island trilogy,) and starring Adrienne Shelly, Martin Donovan, Merritt Nelson, Edie Falco, and John MacKay.
Trust has the stark, no-frills look of a small-budget, grimly serious independent production, which only serves to make its deadpan hilarity all the more jarring and amusing. Everyone speaks with a rapid-fire intensity, as though each character is determined to cram the most information, or the greatest threat, into a listener’s limited attention span.
Please find a comfortable chair, dim the lights, and join us here at the ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour as we watch this black comedy: Trust.
In an interview, Hal Hartley once explained that he made the movie on the spur of the moment because he wanted to work with Adrienne Shelly again immediately after making The Unbelievable Truth, so he had very little money and very little time. The movie was shot in 11 days. The reason he could do that, he said, was because so much of the direction was implied in the dialogue. The dialogue pretty much told the actors what to do.
Demand Euphoria!
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