The ACME Catapult Team had a very fun and exicitng weekend at the Rainbow Casino FALL BALL FLING last weekend.  The weather was sunny and hot, but we had a very successful Charity Shoot on Saturday, hurling about a dozen old appliances at an old pickup truck.  We hit it twice, and raised $500.00 for a local chaity.  Sunday we switched over to 8 pound bowling balls, and we were flinging them over the tree line into a neighboring field.  The crowd loved it, and we were very pleased with the best 1846 foot mark we achieved!  We took first place and the trophy is awesome!  We will post a full story and photos up on our history page soon.  Thanks to Myra, Bob Carbo and all the friendly people of Wisconsin.

The ACME Catapult team has been very busy preparing for our hectic hurling season.  Please come visit us at these great events:

FALL BALL FLING - Rainbow Casino, Nekossa WI. - Saturday, October 6th &  Sunday, October 7th.  Hurling old appliances and lots and lots of bowling balls.  http://www.rbcwin.com/

PUNKIN CHUCKIN CONTEST- Morton IL. - Saturday, October 20th & Sunday, October 21st. http://www.mortonchamber.org/index.php?section=1
Special thanks to Ackerman Farms for donating special “hurling” pumpkins for us to use at the Morton Punkin Contest.  Please visit http://www.ackermanfarms.com/ for more information on their fun activities.
PUMPKIN BASH - Mauston, WI. - Saturday, October 27th & Sunday, October 28th.  Hurling great big ornamental pupkins and carved Jack-O-Lanterns!  http://maustonpumpkinbash.com/events.htm

April 2007: Rocketboom is a popular Internet daily vlog (video-blog) which is presented in the format of a newscast, usually with a comedic slant. Rocketboom offers oddities and assorted animations, reports on robotics, unveils digital delights, samples vlog excerpts and explores emerging social movements. The thrust of Rocketboom is very much allied with Internet culture and personalities. The vlog’s success has been noted by CBS Evening News, Wired News and other publications. BusinessWeek labeled it “the most popular site of its kind on the Net.”

ACME Catapult is honored to have had a short clip from our Appliance Tossing video featured on the April 10th broadcast of Rocketboom. View the April 10th broadcast by clicking here. Thanks Rocketboom!

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January 2007: The TV show Country Fried Home Videos on the CMT channel is airing a short ACME Catapult video clip in the third episode of the season. Our video clip appears in Episode number 203 which first aired on February 16th. Be sure to check it out as they will be airing the episode many times in February and March! Click here to see all the show times for Episode 203. Click here to view a still photo gallery from Episode 203, which includes a snapshot of the ACME Catapult set and ready to toss a stove (slide 20 of 31).

December, 2006: Download, print, and proudly display this full color 4-page 2007 wall calendar featuring the ACME Catapult in action! Click here to download the 904KB PDF file.

October 2006: The Acme Catapult team was invited to be part of the first annual Mauston Pumpkin Bash held at the Red Ridge Ranch riding stable just outside of Mauston Wisconsin. We only had a 500 foot pasture to throw in, so we dialed the release in for high “lobs”. The spectators really enjoyed the long hang time and you could see the large ornamental pumpkin going 600 feet in the air from anywhere on the grounds!

It was a fun weekend, and we want to thank all the kind people at the City of Mauston room tax committee, Red Ridge Ranch and at the Best Western Park Oasis for their hospitality. Hope to see you all again next year!!

The Acme Team behind our pile of “ammo”.
(photo credit: Doug D)

October 2006: The 10th annual Morton Punkin Chuckin event was a big success, in spite of being shortened due to wet weather. We were happy with our 1696 foot best throw, considering that we were set up flat this year and had less than ideal pumpkins.

Many friends stopped by to see us this year, including Northwestern student Jina and two of her friends, and our friends from the Newell Produce Distribution Center (SuperValu Food Chain). We really enjoy seeing our friends from past events. See you next year!!!

Monday, August 15, 2005: Exciting news from the ACME Catapult team. We spent the weekend in Wisconsin, filming a segment for the new ABC show “My Kind of Town”. The episode our machine will appear in was originally scheduled to be aired in three weeks or so, but it appears they were so happy with the outcome that they are moving it up to this next Sunday, August 21st. You will not see any of the ACME Team, only the catapult, with Andy, the son of a Mt Horeb WI resident, operating the trigger. We had a great time, and the catapult worked perfectly. We hurled many items, including a clothes dryer, garden tools, old clothes, and a lawn tractor…which was spectacular!

The ACME Catapult is ready to go as the sun sets on a small farm in Wisconsin.
(photo credit: Doug D)

ACME Catapult hurls a clothes dryer for the “My Kind of Town” TV Show.
(photo credit: Doug D)

October 9, 2003: After working all summer, we finally made our appearance on the Tonight Show on October 9, 2003. We were “disguised” as the Sears Catapult Team and threw old appliances to promote the “Toss Your Hog” theme for Sears energy saving month. What a great experience! We had a blast in Hollywood and got to meet Jay Leno, and Dolly Parton came out during the show and fired the ACME Catapult! Hats off to the stage crew…they were great. We want to thank Marlene Tsareff for putting the whole event together.

Group Photo, Tonight Show backlot
(photo credit: Patty D)

Commercial Break, Tonight Show backlot
(photo credit: Patty D)