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Wednesday, November 6, 2019
Tuesday, November 5, 2019
Monday, November 4, 2019
Sunday, November 3, 2019
That should be our top priority!
November 3, 1954 -
Gojira premiered in Japan on this date 65 years ago (Godzilla: King of the Monsters debuted in America on April 26, 1956) :
With the ashes of World War II only recently cooled, Japan is plagued by a sudden wave of maritime disasters: Without warning, ships are exploding into flame and sinking beneath the waves. The few survivors are able to shed little light on the situation, as they quickly die from radiation and strange burns. (Hmmm, sound familiar) A group of investigators, including prominent paleontologist Dr. Yamane are sent to Odo Island to investigate. The natives warn that the ships are being destroyed by Gojira (Godzilla), a legendary monster. These claims are verified when a gigantic, dinosaur-like creature comes ashore and demolishes the native village. Dr. Yamane concludes that Godzilla is a prehistoric creature that has been awakened and mutated by atomic bomb tests. It's just the same conclusion you'd come to having just seen the ruins of a Japanese fishing village.
The military decides to use depth charges on the monster. However, the attack is unsuccessful, and Godzilla follows the ships back to Tokyo Bay. (Again, probably just what you would do - annoy a giant radioactive monster.) Coming ashore at night, Godzilla razes Tokyo. The destruction left in his wake is comparable to an atomic bomb. Military firepower proves useless against the monster. It is feared that Godzilla will continue to lay waste to the cities of Japan, and perhaps the entire world.
It is up to Emiko Yamane (Dr. Yamane’s daughter) to convince her former fiancé, Dr. Serizawa, to use his Oxygen Destroyer against Godzilla. Serizawa is skeptical; he fears that this terrible device might be more dangerous than the monster. However, he finally decides to make the ultimate sacrifice to rid the world of Godzilla.
So here in a nutshell, you have the greatest fever dream movie and a warning about nuclear proliferation.
(We take Godzilla very seriously in our home.)
With the ashes of World War II only recently cooled, Japan is plagued by a sudden wave of maritime disasters: Without warning, ships are exploding into flame and sinking beneath the waves. The few survivors are able to shed little light on the situation, as they quickly die from radiation and strange burns. (Hmmm, sound familiar) A group of investigators, including prominent paleontologist Dr. Yamane are sent to Odo Island to investigate. The natives warn that the ships are being destroyed by Gojira (Godzilla), a legendary monster. These claims are verified when a gigantic, dinosaur-like creature comes ashore and demolishes the native village. Dr. Yamane concludes that Godzilla is a prehistoric creature that has been awakened and mutated by atomic bomb tests. It's just the same conclusion you'd come to having just seen the ruins of a Japanese fishing village.
The military decides to use depth charges on the monster. However, the attack is unsuccessful, and Godzilla follows the ships back to Tokyo Bay. (Again, probably just what you would do - annoy a giant radioactive monster.) Coming ashore at night, Godzilla razes Tokyo. The destruction left in his wake is comparable to an atomic bomb. Military firepower proves useless against the monster. It is feared that Godzilla will continue to lay waste to the cities of Japan, and perhaps the entire world.
It is up to Emiko Yamane (Dr. Yamane’s daughter) to convince her former fiancé, Dr. Serizawa, to use his Oxygen Destroyer against Godzilla. Serizawa is skeptical; he fears that this terrible device might be more dangerous than the monster. However, he finally decides to make the ultimate sacrifice to rid the world of Godzilla.
So here in a nutshell, you have the greatest fever dream movie and a warning about nuclear proliferation.
(We take Godzilla very seriously in our home.)
Saturday, November 2, 2019
The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour (145)
Thank you for joining us today.
Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Bugs Bunny (and Elmer Fudd) Merrie Melodies cartoon, the 1947 Slick Hare, directed by Friz Freleng.
The song that the Carmen Miranda character sings to a excerpt from Conga Del Fuego Nuevo is nonsensical and includes three names that Miranda sung under when she was in the U.S.A., as well as the names of three popular varieties of Samba.
Once again, ACME would like to wish everyone a Horrific Halloween with another special Drive-In double-feature tonight. The programming department has put together a double feature revolving around alien invasions, a very current topic indeed. Tonight we have the 1957 film Enemy From Space (AKA Quatermass 2, purportedly the first film to denote that it was a sequal in the title,) and the 1951 film, The Man from Planet X. So we would like you to relax (quick, find the most comfortable seat on the sofa,) get a snack (perhaps, some popcorn,) and a beverage and join The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour in watching the first film in today's double feature, Enemy From Space.
In between takes Brian Donlevy's toupee was accidentally blown off by the aeroplane engine wind machines used during the film's climax.
I'm guessing that we could all use a break, right about know. As you run into the kitchen and get a beverage refill or run into the bathroom and replenish the eco-system, we here at The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour want to watch the the 1930 Fleischer Studios Bosco cartoon, Swing You Sinners!
This is one of the most surreal pre-code cartoons ever made, even for the Fleischer Brothers, who were pretty out there sometimes.
Our second feature tonight is the 1951 film, The Man from Planet X. So please join us here at The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour and sit back, get comfortable and enjoy watching our second feature this evening.
Filmed in six days, director Edgar G. Ulmer did rewrites, designed the moon and spaceship and glass paintings to expedite the production and cut down on expenses.
Demand Euphoria!
Friday, November 1, 2019
It's that time of year
OK kids, PNC bank has reported that there is a less than 1% decrease in the price of the items needed for the 12 days of Christmas. In the 36th year of their survey, PNC has found that the 12 items come out to a grand total of $38,993.59, a $101.34 decrease from last year. Several items of this year's CPI did increase do to the cost increases for the price of gold, the geese-a-laying, wage increases for the Lords-a-Leaping, pipers piping and drummers drumming. (I did not know this but you do not get any bargains by purchases these item online; buying all 12 items from the comfort of your living room would cost you $42,258.91, ($3,265.32 more than in-store purchases.) an increase of 1.01% from last years on-line total of $41,165.95.
These prices are, of course, just for one verse of the song. If you add up the total cost of all the items from the entire song (what PNC Wealth Management calls “The True Cost of Christmas”) it would surmount $170,298.03, down a little more than $310 from last year!
So it stands to reason that today's holiday theme is - The Twelve Days Of Cristmas
The 12 Days Of Christmas Ray Conniff -
Yet Another Partridge in a Pear Tree: Brian Sibley -
Christmas Countdown Frank Kelly-
The Twelve Days of Yaksmas -
The 12 Gifts of Christmas Allan Sherman -
Creature Comforts Merry Christmas Everybody! -
Demand Euphoria!
OK kids, PNC bank has reported that there is a less than 1% decrease in the price of the items needed for the 12 days of Christmas. In the 36th year of their survey, PNC has found that the 12 items come out to a grand total of $38,993.59, a $101.34 decrease from last year. Several items of this year's CPI did increase do to the cost increases for the price of gold, the geese-a-laying, wage increases for the Lords-a-Leaping, pipers piping and drummers drumming. (I did not know this but you do not get any bargains by purchases these item online; buying all 12 items from the comfort of your living room would cost you $42,258.91, ($3,265.32 more than in-store purchases.) an increase of 1.01% from last years on-line total of $41,165.95.
These prices are, of course, just for one verse of the song. If you add up the total cost of all the items from the entire song (what PNC Wealth Management calls “The True Cost of Christmas”) it would surmount $170,298.03, down a little more than $310 from last year!
So it stands to reason that today's holiday theme is - The Twelve Days Of Cristmas
The 12 Days Of Christmas Ray Conniff -
Yet Another Partridge in a Pear Tree: Brian Sibley -
Christmas Countdown Frank Kelly-
The Twelve Days of Yaksmas -
The 12 Gifts of Christmas Allan Sherman -
Creature Comforts Merry Christmas Everybody! -
Demand Euphoria!
Be careful
Some poor unfortunate souls haven't made it home yet from their Halloween parties.
Demand Euphoria!
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