Acme Hour - 5/4/01 (1am)

[Jon Cooke]

Theme: Wackyland / Cartoons with live action footage

"The Cat That Hated People" (MGM)
"Porky in Wackyland" - B&W
"The Adventures of Popeye" - redrawn
"Senor Droopy" (MGM)
"How Green Is My Spinach?" (Popeye)
"You Ought To Be in Pictures" - computer colorized

[Dave Mackey]

Since this was NOT posted in What Aired Today, I can reply!

You know, I saw the last four of those, and I couldn't for the life of me figure out what was the thread. I guess my brain just shut down last night.

BTW, that computer colorized "You Ought To Be In Pictures" was a very nicely done one, particularly on the live-action footage. I can see why Ladd's gang didn't want to touch that one!

[PorkyandDaffy]

What was the theme here? First they started by showing THE CAT THAT HATED PEOPLE and PORKY IN WACKYLAND, both which have the main character traveling to a strange land and encoutering bizarre creatures, but the theme fizzled out with the last 4 cartoons, which seemed random.

[Jack]

The last cartoons had live action footage.

It was a Wackyland-Live action theme. They should have shown "Dough For The Do Do".



Jack:D