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51:55 "I _still_ can't get over the fact that that woman is married to a rabbit."
An _anthropomorphic_ rabbit who _appreciates_ her and makes her _laugh._
11:34 “Is he like packing…” 😂. I just read your comment as Shree was first seeing Jessica, and speculated on Roger’s.. ahem… Anyway. 😉
@@corralescoyote "Better lover than a driver, huh?" "You better believe it buster."
Also, "breeding like rabbits" is euphemism for constant sex.
This movie almost sent Bob Hoskins crazy. He admitted during later interviews he started to "see" and " hear "Roger Rabbit at the end of filming.
Whoa 😮
@@ShreeNation Hoskins trained his eyes to focus on something a few feet in front of him, rather than looking at the other end of the set. This is why he looks like he is making real eye contact with Roger.
The power of imagination...for a less stressful version, see the experiences of most actors who get to work with The Muppets
Who Framed Roger Rabbit may not have as robust a fanbase as Back to the Future, but at least one person (me) would argue that the 1988 film is the high point of Robert Zemeckis's career. And that's because of its incredibly seamless synthesis of live-action film and old-school, hand-drawn, cell-by-cell animation. It is genius and there was never, another adaptation with Real life actors and cartoon characters, that actually worked.
And it has my favorite quote in a movie: Jessica: "I am not bad. I am just drawn that way" which is the intention of the artist, never the character itself.
Two people (including me)...
Unfortunately this turned out to be probably the worst Roger Rabbit reaction ever :(
Love that quote 😍👏
Agreed. I think this might be his best work.
Along his career, he’s been unafraid to try super-new film techniques, like this movie, Forrest Gump (cameos of JFK, LBJ, Lennon, etc with Hanks), Death Becomes her (more unusual visual effects) and Polar Express (even though I never liked that one particularly)…✌️
They are weasels not dogs lmao
I think they're laughing hyenas
@@deepermind4884 No, hyenas were a previous group of lackeys that laughed themselves to death, as mentioned by the judge in the bar. The "idiot cousins".
Fun fact: Charles Fleischer, the man who voiced Roger, actually showed up to the set of the film every day wearing a rabbit costume to help with his character.
Now that's dedication 👏
Only if Jessica Rabbit was a REAL LIFE Woman..oops! She is Dolly Pardon 1988 version.😂❤❤YESSS!😂
But he was also Benny the Cab. How did he get into that character? 😄
He also was the sleep doctor in A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984), Ron the pharmacist in Bad Dreams (1988), Terry the mechanic/the old man in Back To The Future Part II (1989), The Reporter in Dick Tracy (1990), Tony in Straight Talk (1992), the cab driver in My Girl 2 (1994), Wally in Tales From The Crypt Demon Knight (1995), The Elf General in The Polar Express (2004), Bob Vaughn in Zodiac (2007), Elbows in Rango (2011) and numerous TV show appearance both as an actor and voices (for animated shows).
@@ShreeNation yes. There's another movie like this that happens to be one of my favorites from the '90s. It's called "Space Jam" from 1996 and stars the great basketball legend Michael Jordan. Hope you check it out soon.
11:40 "How does he get _this?"_
He _appreciates_ her. And he makes her _laugh._
That's wholesome af 😇😍
@@ShreeNation Plus, whereas real world humans look at Jessica for her surface-level hotness, Toons prefer personality & humor. This is why Roger is more successful than his wife, because Roger is actually funny, whereas Jessica is not.
The Dip is made from a mixture of paint thinners 😂😂😂😂
One of my favorite little details is that "The Merry-go-Round Broke Down" (the record Roger was playing in the bar, and the tune which Eddie queued up on the organ during the finale) is a real song, despite being adapted as (and remembered mainly for being) the title music for Looney Tunes.
If you analyze Betty Boop's opinion of Roger and Jessica, it's actually _Jessica_ who "married up", not Roger. He's a renowned A-list movie star, she's just a lowly nightclub singer -- because Toons are valued for how _funny_ they are, not what they look like.
There's a documentary about the making of this film, which reveals how they integrated the Toon characters with the actors on set: _every_ interaction between a Toon and something physical was achieved using puppetry or animatronics, with the Toons drawn directly on top to hide the mechanisms from view.
Awesome comments! 🫡
Wow, I'll definitely look into the behind the scenes, sounds fascinating 😍
The Merry-go-Round Broke Down was also occassionaly used by the Grateful Dead to tune their instruments before starting their concerts.
Christina Hendricks has been called the real life Jessica Rabbit for years.
She definitely is 😍
Saw this as a child on the 80's at the theater, and my mind was blown at all the different cotton characters from different studios just interacting with one another. Of course it wasn't until rewatches over the years that I understood the more mature elements and themes at play. It's a genuinely good noir mystery story too, it's all there
I watched it on vhs as a kid in the 90s, and I loved the movie because it was so dark and strange. I envy you, not so many people can say that they watched this weird immortal classic on cinemas.
“Cotton Characters”?😅
@@chuumon95 Cartoon characters, it was a typo, fuck you, Lol
@@chuumon95 Typo bro, it was supposed to be "cartoon characters"
@@nedzed3663
Figured.
Donald Duck is the white one, the black is Daffy.
Thank you 😊
There was literally a legal negotiation between WB and Disney, stating neither duck could have more lines than the other.
@@rexmundi2986More than that, both Disney and Warner Brothers insisted that their characters get equal screen time. That was a collaboration we'd never seen before and will almost certainly never see again.
@@rexmundi2986it was the samething with the ending, if Porky Pig could end it then Tinker Bell could finish it off
100 important facts that everyone should know:
"The Dip" is not acid.. it's basically paint thinner. Because they use paint on 40's animation cels
9:19 "Oh, yeah. There are _two_ ducks."
Well, yes. One of them (Daffy) is from the _Looney Tunes_ universe that he shares with Bugs Bunny. The other (Donald) is from the _Disney_ universe that he shares with Mickey Mouse. I think this is the _only_ movie that brings the two together.
Shree: How do you kill a toon!?
me: hahhah...ha...oh no...
The bit that you missed is when Valiant says, "she's married to Roger Rabbit?"
And Betty Boop replies: "Yeah, what a lucky gal"
It's Roger who is the sexy one in the Toonverse.
Big name superstar dating a lounge singer, she isn't even funny! And they're absolutely twitterpated with each other.
$50 in 1947 is $740 today 😯
Whoa!
@@ShreeNation so, Valiant getting paid $50 now, $50 after for the pictures was like getting paid $1,500 today 😯
1. The first time I saw this was in the middle of the ocean. My ship (USS Tripoli LPH-10) was doing a Tiger Cruise. That's where crew members could bring "male only" family/friends to join us from Hawaii to San Diego. There were displays set up on the hanger bay. For entertainment there was an area to watch movies. This was one of them.
2. There had to be equal time for Disney and HB characters.
3. LOVE the adult inuendo😈
4. Christopher Lloyd as the heavy. 😎
5. One of the cartoon bullets is the voice of Pat Buttram. He played Mr. Haney on "Green Acres".
6. This was Mae Questel's/Betty Boop's third to last gig. Her last was" Christmas Vacation". (RIP)😇
7. To make it look more realistic they painted shadows into some scenes.
8. The tunnel going into Toon Town is the same one they use in "Back to the Future II".
9. Favorite character is Baby Herman.🤩
Nice, thank you for the info 😊
Shree: "That is the creepiest baby I've ever seen."
Counterpoint: You've watched "Eraserhead" on this channel, and that baby was way more disturbing. "They're not even sure it is a baby!"
The lead Toon characters (Roger and Jessica Rabbit, Baby Herman, and Judge Doom) were created for this movie, but many of the other Toons were pre-existing characters from classic 1930s and 40s cartoons. Cartoon fans were especially excited that the movie included characters from rival studios that never would have been allowed to share the screen: Walt Disney (Mickey and Minnie Mouse, Goofy, Donald Duck [the white duck], etc.), Warner Brothers Studios' Looney Tunes (Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck [the black duck], etc.) and even Fleischer Studios (Betty Boop [the black-and-white sexy lady]). But because this was seen as a "special" movie, they were able to work out the intellectual property rights for all these characters to share the screen. Another great reaction, thanks again Shree.
Great comments! Your point of bringing up the ‘toons from the different studios in the same film made me think of, say, Superman and Spider-Man maybe being in the same movie together. I’m not a Marvel or DC movies fan, so I don’t have a clue if anything like that has ever happened. ✌️
Thanks for watching 🙏😇
I love this movie, the mix of WB and Disney characters was amazing to see as a child, and Jessica Rabbit was an awakening for me. You asked what Roger has, some women like dangerous men, and laughing is dangerous for toons. Something noticing when I got older is how the toons interacted with the environment. Love your reaction as always
Thanks for watching 🙏
Leaving this ahead of the premiere in prediction of Shree's fascination with Jessica 😍
For more of the sultry voiced and beautiful Kathleen Turner - Body Heat (noir thriller), Romancing The Stone (adventure romance), Serial Mom (horror comedy), Undercover Blues (spy comedy), and VI Warshawski (hard-boiled detective)
Thanks for the recommendations 😍
Romancing The Stone (1984) was also directed by Robert Zemeckis & music by Alan Silvestri....in fact because that movie was such a big hit at the time, it convinced the studio heads at Universal to greenlight his passion movie project at the time, Back To The Future, the following year in 1985.
This movie's a masterpiece ^_^ I think it's great that the voice of Betty Boop was the original actress. This was the last time she appeared as Betty Boop. I'm always blown away by the effect of one of the weasels splashing water at Valiant. Even the motion of the light swinging at Roger's interaction. Bloody clever movie
7:45 To put things into perspective, Who Framed Roger Rabbit is set in 1947. Adjusted for inflation, $100 in 1947 would be equivalent to approximately $1,380 in 2024.
Yeah, she actually 'borrowed' a LOT from the place she works for him.
- She's married to Roger Rabbit?
- What a lucky girl!
- What do you find attractive about him?
- He makes me laugh...
If you think about it, cartoons, in essence, are about having fun. So if the cartoon makes other cartoon laugh (it's like impressing a chef with a perfect dish when you think about it) - you know, it's special. And cartoons don't care about looks, only what they can do and how you make them feel, and if you fit - you must hit.
Ah makes sense! 👏
34:19 It's seltzer water not alcohol. Spraying someone with seltzer water is an old timey gag. 38:20 That is Tweety Bird who was the nemesis of Sylvester the cat. Another live action/animation movie with a bit more of an adult theme is "Cool World" staring Brad Pitt and Kim Basinger.
Thanks for the recommendation 🙏
Harvey was an invisible rabbit in a movie with jimmy steward called HARVEY.
And it was a famous Pulitzer winning play before that in 1945
@@mattx449 yes my uncle told me that when i first saw the movie but i have never had the pleasure of seeing it performed on the stage i wish i had
@@mattx449I saw a revival of it on Broadway about 6 or 7 years ago, with Jim Parsons in the Jimmy Stewart role.
Donald Duck is Disney and Daffy is Looney Toons
All four of the major cartoon studios were represented in this film, Warner Bros, Disney, and a very few of the Walter Lantz / universal, and Hanna-Barbera.
And Fleischer
Watch the 1981 " Heavy Metal " animated movie .
There are a few others like this, but the one I think of most is Cool World. The cast is way better than it has a right to (Kim Basinger, Brad Pitt, Gabriel Byrne), the animation and sets are bizarre, and the story is insane 🙃
I'm not bad...I'm just drawn that way 😮
@@e.d.2096 love Jessica 😍 Instant icon!
Such a fun film.
Not the first one to try a mix of live and animation but one of the most popular films who did this.
For the role of Judge Doom, Tim Curry was at first considered, but they let him after his audition because he was: 'too terrifying' 😂
In the end they settled for Christopher Llyod who had already worked with director Robert Zemeckis and the company of Steven Spielberg, Amblin Entertainement for Back to the Future.
Lloyd was truly scary as Judge Doom and his role is a bit like the one he played in Star Trek 3 where he is a ruthless Klingon Commander.
Of course, Jessica Rabbit is the animated image anyone thinks about when you talk about sexy animated women.
To quote her: "I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way."
Too terrifying, now that audition I wanna see! 😍 Thanks for the info!
"let this man have one kiss"
Wellllll
I mean, it never was supposed to be a kids movie. It was a film noire murder mystery, with Toons as a fantasy gimmick. I remember that my parents didn't take me to the movies to see it, back then. They also didn't want me to have the VHS. There's a reason that Disney labelled this movie "Touchstone" , a Disney company that was created to produce more mature movies. Not family movies.
Notes:
- The cowboy is Yosemite Sam; the black duck is Daffy Duck (from Looney Tunes) and the white duck is Donald Duck (from Disney), and the black-and-white woman waitressing is Betty Boop, a cartoon from the 1920s
- Those are weasels, not Dobermans
- By cartoon logic, Jessica is the one who's "marrying up"; Roger is a huge star, while Jessica is a nightclub singer
- Eddie sprays the studio head with seltzer water (a common gag in cartoons from the time)
- In real life, there was a "streetcar conspiracy" in which companies from the road vehicle industry (like GM, Firestone Tires, etc) bought up and dismantled Pacific Electric; in the 1970s there was an inquiry, and the companies were fined 1 dollar each.
People keep on commenting that they're weasels. I'm pretty sure they're supposed to be laughing hyenas.
@@deepermind4884 Hyenas are grey, with black spots; these are solid brown
@@lukebarber9511 Yeah, I see online they were called the weasels, but weasels don't make a laughing sound & hyenas do, so the laughing shtick makes much more sense if they're hyenas, no matter what color they made them.
@@deepermind4884 Well, nether animal talks with gangster accents, wears clothes, drives cars, or knows how to use firearms... also, their wiseguy demeanor always struck me as being more weasel-like
@@lukebarber9511 But y'know what is realistic? Elephants do like peanuts, & a brain that's been hit on the head a few thousand times wouldn't know the difference between a weasel & a hyena. What the hell does Roger know, he's got permanent head trauma.
Movie has several things going on at once. The overall theme is a classic gritty "film noir" (dark film) of the mid-century era, the hard-boiled hard-drinking private eye, the mysterious fem fatale who may or may not be the villain. Jessica wears her hair in a style attributed to Veronica Lake, covering one eye.
Film is also about the conspiracy by GM, Goodyear and Standard Oil to set up holding companies in different cities and buy up the trolley lines, with the express purpose of putting them out of business. (In America, unlike the rest of the world, rail transportation, both trains and trolleys, were privately owned, having to make a profit.
This is not some wild-eyed conspiracy. The three were convicted of this in the early '50's and fined $2,000, too little too late.
The biggest system served the Los Angeles area, Pacific Electric, which operated the beloved "red cars," on over 1,000 miles of track.
The effect of dismantling the trolley car systems was to drive traffic to either buses or more likely private autos. And to accommodate this, limited access freeways were built cutting prosperous downtowns into smaller segments and forcing the move to suburban developments and malls. Meanwhile, it was not suspicious in the least these freeways cut across neighborhoods of marginalized people, sometimes referred to as the pejorative of "Toontown" with a "C," where "those crazy people live. This movie has generated a lot of discussion, both pro and con, on this topic. Just search on CZcams for "Roger Rabbit" and "trolleys."
Interesting, thanks for letting me know!
Only someone who made a monster hit like Back to the Future would ever be allowed to make a movie like Roger Rabbit. Its production was enormously complicated and it had a lot of delays. The animators were obliged to accommodate moving cameras and changing light sources - things hand-drawn animators normally avoid. To get Disney and Warner Brothers to share screen-time was a huge negotiation between rival production companies. I have to wonder if the lawyers worked as hard as the animators. (I suspect the lawyers were better paid.)
Fun Fact: The destruction of L.A.'s light rail system in favor of freeways was a long-dormant subject for a sequel to Chinatown.
I'm just scratching the surface here, but Roger Rabbit was a very complicated and difficult production. Here's a documentary about it: czcams.com/video/sJ1cf00rq1w/video.html
Thank you 🙏
Shave and a haircut, two bits . . . For more musical numbers with Bob Hoskins - the original Pennies from Heaven (rather great) and for grittier gangster action The Long Good Friday (also great). We had some unexpected movie magic in Finland also just now as Mel Gibson visited a restaurant in Porvoo (a lovely Xmas town so a bit early perhaps, but he was completely charming and friendly, I hear) and Ewan McGregor was with family in Helsinki City's classic amusement park. Our movie industry is small-time, but the talent is recognized very well these days. Our Midnight Sun Film Festival in Lapland is also well liked by many film-makers.
Wow! Do recommend me some good Finnish movies sometime 😍
You did recognize Christopher Lloyd
Fun fact: goofy actually was accused of being a spy back then no bs
Whaaaaaat
lol frfr 😂
@@ShreeNationYep. There's also Goofy's "How To" series that had Goofy try to be various odd jobs/do various activities.
Odd fact...
You know how old school disney hides adult content in their movies? Well in this one, when Jessica gets flung out of the cab, for a split second, you can tell she goes commando.
Which got digitally removed in later home video releases
There is also the graffiti on the out of order bathroom wall that says "for a good time call Alice in Wonderland."
@@88wildcat I'm sure Jervis Tetch had a time with that. XD
"She's Roger Rabbit's WIFE?"
Me: I need to get out more, I could do ok.
Same
Amazing movie that still holds up today. It messed us up when we were kids.
RIP Bob Hoskins. The voice of Roger was in Back to the Future 2. He is the guy that Biff pays to get rid of the manure. Kathleen Turner voices Jessica. The voice of Betty Boop is the old woman from Christmas Vacation.
"Why would you leave a fuckin rabbit in charge of your baby?!" Had me laughing a good five minutes. 😂😂😂😂❤❤❤❤ Subscribed.
Haha thank you, glad you enjoyed 😄🙏
@@ShreeNation you are so funny! I love it.
39:59 Just a reminder: toons aren't injured by physical trauma. As RK Maroon says at the beginning, “He’s a toon. You can drop anything you want on his head, he’ll shake it off.”
Hi Shree, what I know of Bob Hoskins is he was a British Actor, his first big film part was in the War film (Zulu Dawn) in 1979. He is best known for portraying a London Cockney Crime Boss, in the 1980 Crime/Thriller film (The Long Good Friday). His role in this film & the role of George (a Gangster/Driver) of the Prostitute, Simone in the 1986 Crime/Noir film (Mona Lisa).
But also for his co-star roles in the 1991 Family/Adventure film (Hook), as Mr. Smee, Nikita Khrushchev (the commissar in overall charge of the defence of Stalingrad), in the 2001 film, (Enemy At The Gates).
I remember going to see this movie in the local theater with my family when it came out. It was good, it was fun! I was 11 at the time, my sister was 10...and all of us loved it. It had something for everyone. My parents loved the adult jokes; my sis and I loved it because it had so much stuff from the cartoons we enjoyed watching
since her appearance, jessica rabbit has been on many beauty charts, and no one cares that she's not real! to be honest, i think she deserves her own movie. 😍💞❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
She definitely does😍 I'd love to see her adventures!
@@ShreeNation You can see more of Jessica (and Roger) in some short toons made to play before other movies. Tummy Trouble, Roller Coaster Rabbit, and Trail Mix-Up. A Roger Rabbit sequel was planned for many years. Zemeckis said recently that modern Disney does not have the guts to make a film with a shapely female like Jessica. These days the women have to look androgynous.
😄👍 That ending scene, beginning at 50:35 is a miracle we'll never see the likes of again. Five different major movie studios cooperating with one another. Disney (Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck etc), Warner Brothers (Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck etc), Paramount (Betty Boop, Koko The Clown etc), MGM (Droopy Dog) and Universal (Woody Woodpecker). The legal wrangling that went on behind the scenes of this film to make that happen was easily as much work as all the animation and special effects. 🤠👍
Some more notes/observations:
- "Monkey Suit" is slang for a tuxedo/mess dress
- the irresistible knock Judge Doom performs is "Shave and a Haircut"
- Robot Chicken made a sketch speculating on what Roger and Jessica's offspring would look like: czcams.com/video/cWPf8HSrB-A/video.html
The movie was a lawyer free for all between the studios; an example is that supposedly Mickey and Bugs Bunny say the same number of words on screen.
Roger Rabbit, Jessica Rabbit, Baby Herman & Benny the Cab were made for this movie.
The movie has toons from Disney, Looney Tunes, Tex Avery toons & the company that owns Woody Woodpecker & his roster.
Daffy is the black duck & Donald is the white duck. The cowboy is Yosemite Sam. Those are weasels, not dogs.
I would say the singing sword has the voice of Frank Sinatra & the look of Dean Martin.
This is actually based on a book & there are some differences between them, like in the movie it's cartoons while in the book it was comic strips characters like Blondie & Dagwood, Hägar the Horrible and Beetle Bailey.
The author actually prefered the movie over his book & when he wrote a sequel it was based on the movie.
There where many scrapped ideas for a sequel, plus a prequel were Roger Rabbit was a soldier in WWII & Jessica Rabbit was a farmer's daughter. They both marry & try their luck in Hollywood.
The role of Judge Doom was originally intended for Christopher Lee, but he turned it down.
Tim Curry was pretty close to play the role until Christopher Lloyd was cast.
Jack Nicholson, Sylvester Stallone & Robert Redford were considered for the role of Eddie Valiant before Bob Hoskins got cast.
In case you didn't know, Harvey is a movie about an imaginary giant, invisible rabbit, starring James Stewart.
This movie will always have a special place in my heart because it was the first movie I saw in a theater... When I was just a wee lad of 4 years... 😂
Haha aww 🥰
38:22 And here we are again. Mickey Mouse from Disney and Bugs Bunny from Looney Tunes, brought together as they appear in _no_ other movie.
The DLCU (Disney-Looney Cinematic Universe) 😃
It’s funny hearing you call them “dogs” when they’re literally referred to as Weasels not 2 minutes beforehand.
Honestly, I'd love to live in a world with Toons. I feel like I'd feel right at home.
It has Looney Toons and Disney both!!
And MGM... and Fleicher.
I saw this when I came out. I was about 15, so just the right age to enjoy the risque humor and also to remember all the cartoon characters of the past, but also young enough to enjoy the sheer silliness of it all. I grew watching a lot of those crazy things. For example, the dog running the elevator was called Droopy and he had his own cartoons.
Oh and Doom's minions weren't dogs, they were weasels.
A lot of people miss this but the “Shave and Haircut” joke is an old gag from classic cartoons and Hollywood shorts. If you have ever watched The Three Stooges, Tom and Jerry, Looney Tunes, or any old Fleischer Brothers or Disney cartoons, sometimes characters will knock on a door or wall three times and there will inexplicably be two phantom knocks back.
Interesting, thanks for the info 😍
There are three animated short films starring Roger Rabbit.
There's probably a list of all the animated references on the internet, and there is a lot!
Steven Spielberg convence Disney & Warner Bros to include Mickey mouse & Bugs Bunny on the same scene. The studios want them to have the same time script of the two voice actors.
Roger, Jessica Rabbit, Baby Herman and the car,were made up for this movie.
They say a movie like this, with figures from several franchises owned by different media companied, couldn't be made today with everyone holding so tight onto their protected characters.
But at the rate Disney is buying up others, there's only a matter of time before they can make a crappy remake ... and a bunch of even worse sequels, a never ending TV show, expensive merchandise, an ice show, a couple of more theme parks, etc. etc...
Does anyone else feel the darkness creeping in?
Great reaction though. Keep it up!
Thank you, and yes the franchises are not doing it for me anymore. I watch a lot of original films from smaller studios now, like A24.
Ah, Jessica Rabbit. Perfectly voiced by the legendary Kathleen Turner.
"This would be a nightmare". You're not wrong.
14:30 The movie is based on the book "Who Censored Roger Rabbit?". Loosely based since the movie has a very different plot from the book; for one, the book was set in the then-present day of 1981. The only characters from the book are Roger Rabbit, Eddie Valiant, Baby Herman, and Jessica Rabbit. The author of the book was inspired by commercials featuring animated mascots interacting with humans and his love for hard-boiled detective stories. The freeway plot was originally for the unmade sequel to "The Two Jakes".
Interesting, thank you 🙏
It's a great film, and the only time that the Disney cartoon characters interacted with the Warner brothers looney tunes characters. A landmark for various reasons, including that and the filmmaking process that made it look like the tunes were interacting with live actors and objects. A few years after this premiered in the mid 90's, Disneyland opened a Toontown section where you could visit Mickeys house or go on a Roger Rabbit themed ride called "Roger Rabbit's Cartoon spin". Your ride car was Benny the Cab and you rode through set pieces from the film. Also the wait line had you walking through the back alleys of this film. (There were other rides too but the relevant one was cartoon spin.) Fun stuff!
16:07, you could say it was a safe landing.
We miss you Bob Hoskins
When I was a teenager I took my little sister to see this in the theater.
Daffy Duck is the black duck. (Warner Bros.)
The cowboy with the burning biscuits is Yosemite Sam (Warner Bros.)
The black and white Betty Boop character was voiced by the original Betty Boop voice actor from the 1930s.
The movie is based on a book called "Who Censored Roger Rabbit"
The ingredients listed for "The Dip" is paint-thinner.
Judge Doom's henchmen are weasel, not dogs. In America to call someone a weasel is an old-timey insult for a shifty, scheming fellow who will do anything or betray anyone to escape harm.
"I would have gotten here earlier, but I had to shake the weasels." -sounds like something 'SHE' said, doesn't it?
I think that was seltzer water he sprayed into Maroon's mouth.
50:15 If you go frame by frame, you will see the silhouette of The Roadrunner in the train, followed by Wile E. Coyote. Same thing happened in the tall Toon Town building.
The bathroom wall in Toon Town says, "For a Good Time, call Allyson Wonderland"
Eddie Valiant was played by Bob Hoskins, a British actor with a thick cockney accent.
Benny the cab was a physical car with the driver in the very back. This way Eddie could ride in it. The cartoon car was drawn over the top of it, and the spare tire hid the driver in the rear. In some "impossible" shots Benny was 100% toon and Eddie was also animated by hand inside him.
Warner Bros. had special demands for the use of their lead toons (Bugs Bunny & Daffy Duck). They needed equal screen time as Disney's lead toons (Mickey Mouse & Donald Duck). This is why they were in scenes together.
Jessica Rabbit was voiced by Kathleen Turner; uncredited.
This was the last time Mel Blanc voiced Bugs Bunny and the other Warner toons.
To see more of Bob Hoskins doing physical comedy see "Heart Condition" with a very young Denzel Washington.
Thank you for the info 😍🙏
37:25 "Mind the step, sir."
Hey, Droopy.
The Tunnel to Toon Town is the same Tunnel from Back to the Future 2.
Wow 😲
it did spin of shorts and specials
you can also see space am 1 and 2 or Looney Tunes back in action or rescore rangers
other choices, cool world, Mary Poppins, Mary Poppins returns, bedknobs and broomsticks, Rocky and Bulwinkle.
11:42 whilst humans value looks, toons don't. For toons, the most attractive feature is the ability to make other's laugh.
Betty says Jessica is lucky because Roger is one of the most comedic toons. Jessica, on the other hand, is not that funny, so she is seen by toons as less attractive.
It helps if you know cartoons. This movie was packed with old famous cartoon characters from many old studios, not just Warner Bros. You think the special effects were impressive, the hurdles they had to jump to get Mickey Mouse and Bugs Bunny (along with their duck counterparts) in one movie! The little frumpy dog running the elevator was Droopy from the MGM cartoons, and Betty Boop was the star of the old Fleischer Bros cartoons. There were other cameos planned, but some fell through because of legal issues.
The cartoon leads however were created for the story. There was no Jessica, Roger Rabbit or Baby Herman in cartoon history. As in the movie, they were stars of the fictional Maroon Cartoons.
The little yellow bird was a Looney Toons character named Tweety. Tweety would usually be menaced by Sylvester the cat, but in his earliest cartoons he (actually a boy bird) displayed a sadistic streak just as we see here.
The whole idea of bestiality in cartoons is confusing anyway. It's not always clear what is or isn't actually an animal. Mickey Mouse has a dog named Pluto who is simply a dog, lives in a doghouse, barks, chews on bones, digs in the ground and does dog-like things. Mickey's friend Goofy is a tall humanoid dog who has the appearance of a dog but is often depicted holding down jobs, driving in traffic, and in Goof Troop is a single father raising a kid on his own.
Thanks for the info 😇🙏
The judge’s henchmen are not dogs, they’re weasels.
@@deepermind4884 They’re referred to several times as weasels. In the US, weasel is a term to describe sneaky, slippery people.
@@oneironaut420 I'm American, I know. It's just that the whole "laughing" schtick suggested to me that they were hyenas. Hyenas make a sound that sounds like hysterical laughter. Apparently I'm wrong, though; they were weasels.
44:02 the straitjacket weasel who says 'time to kill the rabbit' is most likely referencing the 1957 Looney Tunes short What's Opera, Doc?, where Elmer Fudd plays Wagner's hero Siegfried who is on a hunt for rabbits and he chants "Kill the wabbit! Kill the wabbit! Kill the wabbit!"
46:35 yes, it is a Sinatra sword!
Roger Rabbit is my favourite childhood movie, and one of my all time favourites too! Nowadays I appreciate the absolutely insane detail and work that went into this, and it's a shame to know that because of IP and licensing issues there will never be something like this again.
Incidentally, I strongly suggest you check out a 1954 Looney Tunes short called Duck Amuck starring Daffy Duck - the black feathered duck you see on the duelling piano scene with Donald. Duck Amuck is a brilliant take on animation and its conventions, and it has a surprise ending too.
Will do, thank you 🙏
The tunnel to ToonTown is the same one they used in Back to the Future 2
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This was a children's movie in the 80s
26:54 "Okay. So those dogs were _sniffing..._ in the right _place."_
Weasels, Shree. Those are weasels.
Ah gotcha!
I was ten when I first saw this movie. Jessica Rabbit quickly found her way into my fantasy file.
Four years later, _another_ animated/live-action blended movie called _Cool World_ came along that quickly introduced an animated character named Holli Would to my fantasy file as well.
Since then, Jessica Rabbit and Holli Would have had a tendency to be introduced _together_ in projects that cross canons, and so, when I saw you reacting to this movie, I was initially inclined to recommend _Cool World_ as well. But I've had occasion to look it up.
The rating for _Who Framed Roger Rabbit_ on Rotten Tomatoes is 96%. The rating for _Cool World_ is 4%.
Now I knew that _Cool World_ was not quite as popular as _Roger Rabbit,_ but I had no _idea._ Now I'm not so sure whether to recommend it or not. I mean, it could well be that the only reason _I_ like it so much is that Holli Would is so frickin' _hot._ 🤷♂
Haha, ratings don't matter to me. In fact, 4% has actually piqued my interest 😮😁
You: "A toon doesn't die."
Judge Doom: "Allow me to introduce myself."
Also, you're often trying to apply real world logic to a world of toons and assume they would act like humans. XD
First off, LOVE - the - hair 😊
And Second, Christopher Lloyd being in this one got me a little terrified with those cartoon made crazy eyes 😳 This time I end up creeped out often.
Yes, my parents are from India.
A 50-year-old baby, sentient buildings, cars that drive cars; and the most fantastical thing in this whole story is the idea that the United States would allow a socialist paradise, owned by the workers, to exist for any length of time - laws be damned
"Leprosy Jessica" Made me spit out my coke
HELLO Beautiful!!🥰35 years later and this Masterpiece is still the most Perfect blending of Animation and Live-Action! I've been waiting to share this with You for so long, and it's going to be so much FUN!😂
Recommendation: "Romancing the Stone"💎a Classic Adventure by this Same Director (Robert Zemeckis), Co-Starring Kathleen Turner - The Voice of 'Jessica Rabbit' Herself😜and in Her Prime too!👌
Thanks for the recommendation, and i agree, the animation work on this film is insane! See you soon 😍✌️
Making of Who Framed Roger Rabbit. czcams.com/play/PLBl8b1yEH9Ped9AWMFx6Vli4puzXqo3po.html
There's a lot of differences between the movie and the book it was based on but one thing the book leaned heavily into is that the toons are second class citizens. The movie retains many references to this, the toon being ghettoized in Toon Town which they don't actually own, Roger's director being more concerned for the fridge than his star, toons working and performing in a club that they aren't allowed to patronize, working for peanuts, Roger's statement that there is no justice for toons.
The Ink & Paint Club's policy of only letting Toons onto the premises as entertainers and employees, not as customers, is a reference to numerous "segregated" venues during the mid-twentieth century, such as Harlem's Cotton Club. The venue was located in an African-American neighborhood, the performers and staff were African-American, and the shows often had pandering jungle themes, but only white people were allowed in as customers. The racial segregation between humans and toons was much more prominent in the novel the film is based on, with Jessica suffering from self-loathing issues and trying to suppress her toon traits, and there being bars that would only serve either humans or toons.
This was always one of my favorites from my 90's childhood!😉🤣
13:07 _"Ohhh._ Je- He caught Jessica... cheating."
🤨Well, no. That's the kind of thing that makes Roger's reaction so puzzling. At first, it looks like "playing patty-cake" is a euphemism for something dirty. But then we see the photos and it becomes clear that it's _literal._ Maybe, if they had brought in a few more people, they could've played something like Ring Around the Rosy or Duck Duck Goose. 🤷♂
Daffy is the black one. Donald is the white one.
Back when I was a kid in the 60's the cartoons were always more adult driven and we were not aware of anything wrong with it. We were innocent so it was all just fun. It wasn't until meddling adults MADE it a deal that everyone got so oversensitive about it which has ruined the concept of it.
Funny, you keep bringing up Looney Tunes, as this was a Disney movie, not a WB one. They did get to use Looney Tunes characters, but Warner also said Daffy Duck and Bugs Bunny can't have less screentime than Donald and Mickey, so they show up in scenes together. As for this being a series, that's a no. They did make a Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers movie, which is in a way a spiritual successor to this (even has Roger make a cameo), but it's completely different.
There's another movie like this one. It answers at least one of your questions you had about "actions" in this movie. Cool World (1992) with Brad Pitt and Kim Basinger.
Thanks for the recommendation ☺️
You're going to love it.
15:47 "Oh. I _remember..._ this character. Can't recall their name. 😄Heh. I'm sorry."
That's Yosemite Sam. He _hates_ that rabbit!
21:59 "Yeah. _This_ guy... couldn't kill anybody."
You say that sarcastically, Shree, but he really couldn't. Roger Rabbit was originally written to make people _laugh._ That's his _purpose._
24:57 "Do you mean to tell me that you could've taken your hand out of that cuff at _any time?"_
"No. Not at _any_ time. Only when it was _funny."_
See?