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Jessica Rabbit is the "lucky girl" because cartoons value humor, not good looks. Jessica even says when Eddie asks what she sees in him, "He makes me laugh." IMO that explains a lot of the differences in reactions throughout the movie of toons vs humans, and why Roger Rabbit is so highly thought of in the toon world.
Also, cause Roger is a reasonably big name- as a toon he’s pretty much living the dream, while Jessica is singing at a toon review. Actually I have the headcanon that the reason Jessica starts cameoing in Rogers cartoons (tummy trouble etc.) was a compromise to help Roger keep his mind on his work.
@@battybuddy What you said about that headcanon? We call that an incentive; similar to what Scooby Snacks were meant to be viewed as, before some idiot misconceptualized them as a bribe.
Disney changed a ride with Jessica to make her more "kid friendly" It's funny and stupid because Jessica is the most level headed and moral person in the film. Its not her fault she looks like that, she was just drawn that way.
If you haven't yet then don't ever read the book. It completely throws a wrench in all of that.
@@Wesleech I absolutely love the voice actress for Jessica Rabbit. Kathleen Turner has a sultry voice. Romancing the Stone is also excellent.
Fun facts: This was shot in the UK, so the majority of the actors are English doing their best *American* accents.
-All of the on stage effects were done with either puppetry, animatronics or very slender actors.
-This was a joint production between Disney and Warner but you can see plenty of other companies toons.
-In this universe animated humans are on the low end of the social ladder. So Jessica married UP the ladder when she became Mrs Rabbit.
-The sub plot for this movie was from an unused second sequel to "Chinatown".
-They went out of their way to get as many of the original voice actors to reprise their famous toon character.
-Roger has an adverse reaction to the booze because alcohol is what animators used to clean their brushes.
-Rogers voice actor was on set, reciting his lines while wearing a homemade Roger Rabbit suit!
This film is an absolute marvel of old school animation.
Including the lead! Until I saw the behind-the-scenes stuff, I had no idea Bob Hoskins (Eddie Valiant) has a strong English accent.
@@StoryMing This was the first movie I ever saw Bob Hoskins in. Later I saw him in another film (can't remember which one unfortunately) and I remember thinking, "Wow. That guy does a really good English accent!".
@@taun856 He plays Smee in 'Hook'. But for years I had no idea it was the same actor.
Actually, very few of the actors were British. Basically, just Bob Hoskins as Eddie Valliant and Alan Tilvern as RK Maroon.
Everyone else was American, although some had been living and working in the UK for years, like Stubby Kaye as Marvin Acme, Richard LeParmentier as the police lieutenant, Lou Hirsch as Baby Herman and Morgan Deare as the gorilla doorman.
The actor that played barfly Angelo voices Daddy Pig on Peppa Pig XD
Fun fact: The voice actor for Betty Boop... Was actually the same voice actor as the original Betty Boop from the 1930's, Mae Questel. 50 years later. She also did the voice of Olive Oyl in the Popeye cartoons.
Amazing! ❤
Fun fact, she also did Popeye's voice for a few cartoons in the '40s when Jack Mercer got drafted into the army 😁
And she also plays Aunt Bethany in Christmas Vacation.
This was her last role before she passed away I heard (not positive).
Mae Questel acted in the final short of New York Stories, playing the Mother who's head floated over the sky.
As cynical as we have all become with the unlimited potential of CGI, I loved how your reaction was punctuated with “how did they *do* that?” Because that’s what we all said when it came out.
If it was a more recent movie, they would probably not have said it, but seeing it being a 1988, it is actually an amazing feat that they did with this movie.
to this day its still the most impressive animation vs real interactions ever done. absolutely incredible. not to mention the crossover that will literally never happen again with how greedy these companies are with their ip's now
That's the thing about modern day technology. Back then, they had to get creative and put in a lot of effort to make things look convincing. These days, not so much.
@@whatwhat98 I wouldn't even say that, I think it's more people are disconnected from CGI as it's easier to understand real life craftsmanship, and the blame also goes to Hollywood using it waaaay too much when it came around whilst also restraining the artists on how much they could work, making 2000's up into last decades CGI look shoddy in many movies.
Tech gotten better today so the artists can work less and refine it way more, that's for sure, but they had to get just as creative early days, which is really impressive once you know how and why. Mainly why cause the restraints you had with the tech itself wouldn't be logical unless you know how computers and software programs work.
Still not as impressive as this, mind you, but I think it's more the disconnection and how easy it is to pump out bad CGI when CGI can almost always look a decade or so into the future if the artists are given enough time and care.
CGI doesn’t top this yet
Fun fact: Gary K Wolf, the author of "Who Censored Roger Rabbit?", on which the film is loosely based, actually preferred the film over his own work, and wrote a sequel to the film, retconning his original book out of the story!
It's the same with the film, Forrest Gump. The film is far better than the book.
No way!! And here I was going to share a fun fact of my own; That because Eddie's brother had a T name, his initials end up - *HOLD YOUR BREATH!!* - T.V.
That shoe scene traumatized so many 80's kids.
And that's the toned-down version of this scene....
Me included
I’m 39 now and I still don’t like watching that part haha.
Not that I'm condoning the shoe scene but in a deleted part of the movie, the shoe accidentally hit a police officer while he was carrying Marvin Acnes body on a stretcher. That's why Judge Doom executed it. I guess they deleted it to make Dooms character seem more evil and for people to have complete empathy for the shoe
@@gamesmoney1025 The shoe still accidentally kicked the policeman in the balls whilst escaping. It's not as noticeable, but it's still there.
Somehow, this movie is one of the most accurate depictions of the real life Streetcar Conspiracy, where automakers bought up public transit to increase demand for cars. That part was real.
True. The entire plot is kinda subversive for a Reagan-era movie: The main villain is a venture capitalist and corrupt politician trying to undermine public transportation to force people into private car ownership and his plan is utimately defeated and the disputed piece of land is given over to collective ownership by the indigenous population.
Living in Kansas city, the nationwide streetcar scandal is very very easily observable
@@Finkeren I think the funniest part about that is that all the traffic jam problems he thinks are going to be solved forever are just as bad if not worse with the freeway in place nowadays. lol
I love how when you recognize cartoon characters it brought inner child out of you
I mean, they're part of our lives. Since we were young.
@@fynnthefox9078 yes I don't know how my comment does not convey that
The term "knocking the lamp" is used by animators when something unprecedented is done in animation. It refers to the scene when Roger hits the lamp and he's constantly switching between light and shadow, making him incredibly difficult to animate.
They filmed this entire movie twice, once with foam and cardboard cutouts of the cartoons for the animators to reference, and once without them that the animators would draw over.
And what's more, it was done just because. He didn't need to knock the lamp, they could just not have done it at all and saved themselves lots of work. But they did it.
The foam cutouts we're also so the actors knew where they should be focusing, to avoid that "looking through the animated character" problem that you can get when acting against an imaginary actor.
@@fedos Something that a lot of CGI/Live-Action hybrids struggle with.
Christopher Lloyd not only played Fester in the Addams Family films and Judge Doom in this film, but also Doc in Back to the Future, also directed by Robert Zameckis, a role for which he is universally known.
And Jim from the TV show Taxi (OK, I'm old) and Commander Kruge from Star Trek III: The Search for Spock.
@@nsasupporter7557 that's right almost forgot about Dennis the menace thanks for the reminder 👍
@@marcbloom7462 Thank you. Its always interesting to see what people are remembered for, but Reverend Jim was just such a breakout role for Christopher Lloyd that it's sad that no one ever mentions him.
@@oscardiggs246 I have a program from a play I saw in 1960 (A Midsummer Night's Dream, a tour by the American Shakespeare Festival), and Christopher Lloyd is one of the apprentice-level actors, part of the ensemble playing a member of the fairy and human courts. He also appeared in a musical on Broadway in 1977, co-starring in Happy End with Meryl Streep.
@@marcbloom7462 th-cam.com/video/j-c4cd_Lm-Q/w-d-xo.html Jim was the best.
Harvey was a play about a guy who saw a life size rabbit. Jimmie Stewart played the man who saw the rabbit
And the movie came out after the events of the film. So it's likely Angelo saw the play.
Funny story I thought: so Disney and WB had an agreement on the film that whenever their characters shared the screen, they had to be pretty much 50/50. For the most part it's like that, but WB tried to be sneaky and have Porky get the last line with "That's All Folks!" only to have Disney sneak in and get Tinkerbell in there to be last. Gamesmanship all the way through.
Since WB didn't really have any creative control over the project and had merely loaned their characters to Touchstone, I think it would be slightly more accurate to say that the filmmakers were the ones who wanted to end the movie with Porky until Disney balked at that idea and a compromise was found by adding Tinkerbell.
Disney insisted that WB’s biggest characters could not be onscreen more than theirs, and WB said the same about Disney, so they decided the easiest solution was to always have the big characters onscreen simultaneously. That way neither would be onscreen more than the other, even after editing. Clever solution.
Not actually true. According to the behind-the-scenes feature, there were a *few* restrictions on how WB characters could be portrayed, but it wasn't *NEARLY* as restrictive as that.
@@HiddenWindshield Of course, Warner Bros did have a say in how their characters were depicted, but I don't believe they were involved beyond that, so they wouldn't have been the ones suggesting that the movie end with Porky Pig. I do know that WB had insisted that the Looney Tunes be drawn in a modern style, but Touchstone deliberately ignored that directive because they wanted the characters to look how they would have in cartoons from that era.
@@rocketdave719 I don't remember anything about ending with Porky vs. Tink, so I wasn't addressing that. I was just pointing out that the "required to have the exact same screen time" myth was false. Sorry if I didn't make that clear.
You two caught every detail and made every connection. And you had the proper awe of seeing Donald and Daffy together. Best reaction of this movie that I have seen. Thanks.
I have the headcanon that Donald and Daffy both got their start playing at the ink and paint club. After Disney and WB made them stars, they occasionally still do a show once in a while to sort of “give back” to the place they got their start.
Rest in peace mel blanc
@@battybuddy theres a deleted scene that backs that headcanon up:
Eddie starts snooping around backstage when the ducks come by; offstage, they're actually good friends, like how it is with pro wrestlers. Even planning out spots for their next show together and tuning an off-key piano (that Eddie is hiding in)
@@christopherwall2121 lol. I read an earlier script that had that part, as well as the “pigheaded” scene and a bit about Eddie’s trip back home with the pig head.
I had the headcanon before I read that script though.
Daffy and Donald are pretty much A list stars at this point, and since the Ink & Paint club would be a perfect place for cartoon directors looking to recruit (kind of like how Broadway actors try to get roles.) it makes sense to me.
I had another interesting thought you might like. In the book, Rogers photographer/artist is a woman named Carol Masters, and from the description I imagined her as looking a little like Janine from Ghostbuster. Given the time, if Carol were in the movie, she’d be ink & paint department, which for Roger Rabbit would be the equivalent of make up and such…
So imagine Amy Potts giving Roger colors a touch up, Roger says how she’s outdone herself, and she smiles, patting his head, and says “go make ‘em laugh, Roger”
It's amazing they got so many characters! Still the only time Disney and WB characters interact (legally). It's incredible that we were able to get Betty Boop on screen with her actual voice actress as well! Even in 2022 the methods they use to produce the real life and cartoon interactions is really impressive. So much attention to detail. I watched this movie 100s of times back in the 90s when i was young.
I believe one of the biggest deals they had to cut was that no one company's character could get more screen time than the other company's & they couldn't one up each other
I'm still annoyed they couldn't get Tom and Jerry sadly, or Popeye.
@@TequilaToothpick At one point, there was going to be a scene at Marvin Acme's funeral that had a bunch more character cameos - Popeye and Bluto would get into a brawl while bearing the casket, Foghorn Leghorn gave a long rambling eulogy, and at the end, Casper the Friendly Ghost rose out of the cemetery ground and scared everyone away 😆
From what I've heard, Paramount, Universal, and MGM were only willing to offer the rights to one character each, so they chose Betty Boop, Woody Woodpecker, and Droopy, respectively.
@@TequilaToothpick They also did get the rights to Felix the Cat, but they had gotten permission a little too late into production. But you can see his likeness etched into the keystone atop the tunnel entrance to Toon Town.
@@jbwarner8626 That's interesting thanks. Betty Boop is a highlight so glad she appeared. Foghorn got to appear at the end even though I'm sure he didn't appear in cartoons until after the year the movie is set in.
No one connects Doom backing up in the bar from the dip. Well done. The amount of work that went into mixing the live action and animation on this is INSANE. It holds up extremely well to this day. No other film has come close to this level of believable integration. From shadows, matching shading and lighting tones. Even animating the moving lights on Roger to match Eddy. Building ridiculous contraptions to move real world elements around that would then be animated over. Puppeteering guns on strings from overhead and then animating to match them. Ridiculous amounts of matte painting and Bob Hoskins doing pretty much all of his own stunts and acting against no one for a significant amount of the film. This one is truly groundbreaking technically, and is also a hell of a good movie.
I’ve seen many reactions where that connection was made…
I made that connection when I got a little older. I first saw this movie when I was a little kid
Cool World is the bootleg version of this movie....
The only time I feel it slightly becomes visible that an animated character isn't really "there" is when Eddie and Roger are handcuffed together at the sink, and you can see Bob Hoskins slightly moving his wrist (he wore a stiffened handcuff so he could puppet the other end to illustrate where Roger's hand is moving) as Roger moves. It's still incredible. And the scene when he gets thrown out of the club- I saw a clip of him throwing himself into the trash many times to get it right. Everyone worked so hard on this movie and they created a magic trick that still amazes me.
@ScientificallyStupid yeah... I just rewatched that and you can see it move a little bit off.
I love all the behind the scenes stuff on this. Bob deserves an Oscar for believable intera ting with cartoons LONG before modern VFX was even a thing. For so much of the movie he was a lone. Throwing himself around empty black rooms. Hanging onto green poles. Etc. The imagination it must have taken and the zanny cartoon physicality. I can't imagine anyone else in the role, though.
Roger dating Jessica is basically like a heart throb celebrity that could have any woman they want dating a burn victim because they truly love them. Everyone thinks Roger is the lucky one, but in toon world since Jessica has no humor or funny gags she is considered like, deformed. Roger being a laugh a minute is one of the hottest beings in toon town
"Only when it was funny" wasn't sarcasm, it's Toon physics. They follow different physical laws, consistently.
But the thing is Roger isn’t even all that funny of a Cartoon Character made by Disney since Goofy is obviously the real funniest Disney Cartoon Character who is way too Popular than Roger which I understand why Goofy wasn’t the one who could have gotten with Jessica instead of Roger. Also, it’s still forever unknown if Jessica actually dated Goofy once before since she did say she thinks Roger is better than Goofy which makes it seem like they was together before till Jessica broke up with Goofy & left the poor guy for a Rabbit who is not Popular enough to get a Hot Woman like Jessica. It’s so weird to me that l’ll never understand why she would leave Goofy just like that who I truly feel really bad & sorry for that deserves better honestly
What are you talking about? She had the boobie trap!lol
@@emmanuelharris6445 Roger was created by _Who Censored Roger Rabbit_ author Gary Wolfe. However, Roger's costar Baby Herman, buxom Toon human wife Jessica, personal vehicle Benny the Taxicab, and villains the Toon Patrol weasels & Baron Von Rotten/Judge Doom were presumably made primarily for this relationship pairing a detective murder mystery whodunit plot with a love letter to classic animation.
@@myphone4590: Fact Central Cityopolis!
I always say that it's difficult to convey just how mind-blowing this movie was at the time it came out, but it's cool how much you guys seem to really appreciate the integration of live action and animation, not to mention the unprecedented mixing of Disney and Warner Brothers characters. Sadly, some people today don't even know who Daffy Duck or Betty Boop are.
I was pleasantly surprised by how many of the non-Disney characters they recognized. And seeing them get excited and wonder how some of the more technical aspects were accomplished was very fun!
This movie was historic because it was the first time in history four iconic characters interacted & shared the screen together from two of the biggest animation studios of all time, Disney & Warner Bros (Mickey & Donald from Disney/Bugs & Daffy from Warners)
Hanna Barbera was invited to join in, but they declined.
I'm sure you guys would enjoy watching the "making of" for this movie. It's almost more mind blowing to see how the effects were accomplished than the end product.
I'm very impressed that anyone your age would pick up on so many of the 1940s references. While I'd love to see you react to some classic movies of that time, I doubt they would pull in the number of views as you're used to. But I hope you might give them a chance for your own enjoyment. Makes me happy to know those films are still being appreciated and haven't faded away.
A modern Follow up could be Chinatown, it's set at the same time and deals with LA's water issues. For a real Film Noir, the Maltese Falcon can't be beat.
Fun fact: They made an accidental joke for Spain. Here the offensive/slang name for bouncers is "gorila" (gorilla). A bouncer Who is an actual gorilla was really funny for spanish viewers.
The scene in the bar when the drunk says “Say hello Harvey” is reference to a James Stewart movie called “Harvey” about a six ft invisible rabbit. Definitely a good one to check out. If you look on TH-cam there’s behind the scenes footage of “Who Framed Roger Rabbit”. Very interesting how they do a lot of this stuff. They were able to get the rights to the Disney characters as long as they had the same amount of screen time as the other cartoons which is why when you see Mickey you see Bugs Bunny and when you saw Donald you saw Daffy.
They say that one of the most difficult scenes in this movie was the one with Jessica's performance, where she first appears (the trick was to make her dress sparkle, while in the following scenes it is mat red)
Touchstone Pictures was a subsidiary of Walt Disney Studios at the time. And the production partnered with Warner Bros. as well. That's how the rights were handled. The tricky part was ensuring that all major characters of one studio had equal screentime and lines as their counterparts from the other studio. Best way to do that was to simply pair them. Hence the Donald and Daffy piano duet and the Mickey and Bugs skydiving.
This film is a masterpiece. To this day, it impresses me how they blended live action and cartoons. It all feels so "real". I have been watching this since I was a child and it never fails to make me smile.
Wow, you guys really got it! I loved watching it with you. The idea of Toon Town is from the towns for People of Color known as Dark Towns (as in the tune Dark Town Strutter's Ball). The club that Jessica performs at is like the clubs where POC performed but could not be the audience, most famous today is the Cotton Club in Harlem in NYC.
Yes, the club is basically the Toon version of the Cotton Club, with the segregation of Toons only performers putting on a show for only humans.
I believe that once the idea was created for this movie... it took 6-7 years to draw out with that old of technology. It took a LONG time to make. The cartoony/darkness aspect really makes this unique. I'm glad you two enjoyed it. It's a classic that everyone should see. Great review!
When the bar customer decides not to betray Roger Rabbit to Judge Doom, he pretends that Harvey, the invisible rabbit, is next to him. This is a reference to the eponymous film Harvey with James Stewart.
Strange, though, the amount of suspense they were able to wring from a relatively minor character faking us out like that. That character paid off nicely.
LOVE THIS MOVIE!!
Before Bob Hoskins played Eddie Valiant, Harrison Ford, Kevin Costner, Michael Douglas, Tom Hanks, John Travolta, Bruce Willis, Richard Gere, Charlie Sheen, Emilio Estevez, Tom Selleck, Jeff Bridges, Nick Nolte, Kurt Russell, Sylvester Stallone, Matthew Broderick, Sean Penn, Kevin Spacey, William Hurt, Mickey Rourke, Christopher Walken, Robin Williams, Eddie Murphy, and Robert DeNiro were considered.
Judge Doom was considered to be played by David Bowie, Tim Curry, Peter O'Toole and Eddie Deezan.
The film was a box office and critical success,making $330 million dollars against a $50 million dollar budget.
It won Best Visual Effects, Best Sound Editing, Best Film Editing and a Lifetime Achievement Award for Animation by Richard Williams.
I could see Harrison ford in this but they did a amazing job👍👍🔥🔥
Id kill to see an eddie murphy in his prime do this
Eddie Deezan with his shrill voice, to me, would have been a dead giveaway that Doom would have been evil.
My favorite growing up. Had it on VHS watched it a million times. As I got older I still love this movie. I almost got Psycho Weasel tattoo when he dies and hugs the harp haha. Classic movie.
This movie is a true cinematic singularity-- not only did they get to use both Disney and Warner Brothers characters, no other film equals the combination of practical and animated effects. The noir elements are so fresh-- if you do a little historical research, you'll find yourself wandering down some interesting alleyways... dare I say... RABBITHOLES?! LoL
I really enjoyed your reaction to this family favorite! Keep doing what you do-- I'm here for it!
This movie is majestic mountain of ingenuity, talent, and dedication. When this came out, if you told us that it was made by actual sorcery, we may well have believed you. Even though it would be a much easier feat today, it’s still highly revered by modern special effects artists. And what’s more, it’s tons of fun to watch, and to see others experience it like this.
Big respect to ya'll for being the only reactors I've seen who appreciate how immense it is for Donald, Daffy, Mickey and Bugs to be sharing the same screen. 😤👍
Aw man, I love seeing new folks watching and reacting to classics.
It was so much fun to see how much they enjoyed this. And it IS a classic- there's a reason why the dog in my avatar photo's middle name was "Zemeckis".
AHH The Bar scene where the guy says he "saw" a rabbit Refers to the 1950 movie "Harvey" starring Jimmy Stewart! It centers on a man whose best friend is a Pooka named Harvey, a 6 ft 3+1⁄2 inch tall white invisible rabbit. 😉
I'm glad you guys enjoyed this. It was definitely ahead of its time when it comes to production values. Side note: I'm not 100 % sure, but I think that outline of Roger Rabbit in the busted window can still be found in Disneyworld
You're both adorable. I love your reactions at this classic. I saw this in theaters around 14/15 years old, and my uncle got an early copy not long after and i watched it the entire summer. The Daffy/Donald scene is my favorite thing ever. Richard Williams was the animation Director. He died a year or two ago. He was very meticulous about making sure the animation was the highest quality. He didn't like "lazy" animators. SUBBED
The bit where Jessica Rabbit directly interacts with Marvin Acme and Eddie Valiant during her song was done by a real person doing her movements for real and the animator masking that person by drawing Jessica over the top of that person. If you look very carefully Jessica’s usually spindly wrists and hands grow into human-sized proportions whilst actions such as her shaking Marvin’s cheeks happen.
In the original draft of the movie, The Dip was originally called The Final Solution. Yes, I am being serious.
Betty's "Yeah, what a lucky girl" line never made sense to me when I was younger. I always thought it was because Roger was famous, or was well known for being a good guy in tough times. Now though; think about how Roger describes what he views to be his mission in life when he's in Eddie's office: "My whole purpose in life is to make! PEOPLE! LAUGH!" Look at the toons working in the studio and the club; hell, look at Toontown itself! Almost every toon there is overtly geared towards comedy; Jessica is something of an anomaly on that front, if she's ever funny it tends to be more subtle and dry humor than most toons. She only raises her voice a few times and most often it's when her or Roger's lives are in immediate danger, while most toons have that as their default tone or when they're excited. The only exceptions I can think of are Baby Herman off camera and Benny the cab.
Now I can't help but think that Betty considers Jessica lucky because, at this point in time and given the stigma toons deal with (Roger's line about toons not getting any justice these days); the funny and more animated toons are the ones who get steady work or have the best chances to move up in the world. For all we know, it could even be what toons look for in romantic partners. Hell Jessica blatantly admits that she loves Roger because he makes her laugh. Betty probably feels Jessica is lucky for 2 big reasons: 1) Roger is one of the funnier toons out there and thus has the best chances in the entertainment business; and 2) Jessica isn't funny and while her clear beauty works in her favor with humans, Roger doesn't seem to react to her appearance as much as he reacts to her presence and behavior. He doesn't care if she's funny at all; he cares about her full stop.
I saw this several times in theaters as a kid. To this day, still the best animation/live action mixed movie I've witnessed. It still holds up to this day. Such an amazing landmark of a film and is credited as starting the Disney's animation 'renaissance' thru the 90's.
It's always great to see peoples first reaction to Jessica Rabbit! Really glad you both liked this movie. You should watch the cartoon shorts as well, and the Making-Of specials to see all the things they did to make the movie happen.
A lot of the cartoon/real-life interactions were achieved with wires, puppetry, stuff like that. Giving the actors something to focus on helps tremendously, because the eyes can give it away.
This wasn't the first time animation and live action was combined. Animators were doing that way back from the very beginning, in the 1920's with the Fleischer Brother's Koko the clown (pre-Betty Boop), who was a tiny character who jumped out of a real inkwell and created chaos in the real art studio and sometimes in the world outside. Walt Disney also made a series of Alice cartoons where a live girl interacted with characters in a cartoon world. Look for these on TH-cam, you can immediately tell the huge leap they made with Roger.
Also, Mickey Mouse dancing with Gene Kelly.
@@marcbloom7462 Oh, sure, there are actually tons of examples. There was Mary Poppins, Pete's Dragon, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, old TV ads even, with animated mascots flying around the breakfast table.
That was actually Jerry the mouse (of Tom and Jerry) dancing with Gene Kelly, and that used a process called rotoscoping which was invented in the 1920s, and used for some of the Koko the Clown animation (that I mentioned before).
Despite all that, Roger always stands out for the complete bonding of the two worlds.
Fun fact: While this movie has nearly every cartoon character, there were still more that were cut due to rights or budget issues. These included Tom and Jerry, Chip and Dale, Popeye, Bluto, Olive, Andy Panda, Superman, Felix the Cat, Elmer Fudd, Casper the Friendly Ghost, Catnip and Herman, Little Audrey, Little Lulu, Tubby the Tuba, Heckle and Jeckle, Baby Huey, Dick Tracy, Screwy Squirrel, and Mighty the Mouse.
Despite this though, Roger Rabbit's producer, Steven Spielberg would later produce another live action/cartoon hybrid movie, Casper (1995).
Definitely one of my top ten favourite movies!!
The villain, Roger & Jessica were original characters for the movie.
There is another movie that tried to have real and cartoon actors interaction called 'Cool World' starring a young Brad Pitt.
It's not as good and the execution isnt as advanced as this movie for time, ( im guessing because of budget ) & it's alittle more mature themed.
Bob Hoskins is amazing in 'Hook' with Robin Williams & Dustin Hoffman.
Definitely check that one out.
And then we have the movie that may not be named, Mario Bros where he played Mario.
On money in the 1940's:
- Pay for a Private in the army during WW2 was $50 per month, plus $50 per month combat pay.
- Paratroopers received an extra $50 per month for being paratroopers.
- Pay for steel workers on the Empire State Building and Chrysler Building in NYC, the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, and all workers on the Hoover Dam project in the late 1930's was $1 per day, 6 days per week.
What a classic. And yes, that scene with mr doom. Was incredible scary for me as a child! I remember that scene of his eyes popping out, and him melting. That scared me when I was a kid
The movie theatre scene was filmed at an old cinema near whee i lived. It had all the original features of that area. The film company paid for it be cleaned and renovated. We went to see the film at that very cinema as they had special showings it was magical. I like many other feel totaly in love with Jessica Rabbit. Many years later i saw a limited edition figerine of her but it was quite expensive. My husband said he would buy it for me and I flatly refused at the price. He then coluded with the girls at work to buy it and store it for Christmas.
If anyone was gonna turn out to be a toon, it'd definitely be Christopher Lloyd.
Dooms 'Freeway' plan is based on an actual conspiracy, where tire companies were buying out the roads and trolleys so people would have to use regular cars and buy more tires, but part of it was that they weren't expecting families to have more than one vehicle.
Also i like how Eddies song and dance doesn't come out of nowhere, during the pan over of his desk, we see a picture of him and his brother with their dad as clowns for the Ringling Bros circus.(which if you think about it is the closest a human can get to being a toon)
Lot of fun stuff about this movie.
This movie was the last project that Mel Blanc did the voices for the Looney Tunes.
Bob Hoskins’ son didn’t speak to him for two weeks because he thought his father worked with bugs bunny and didn’t introduce him.
The ‘Dip’ they refer to is essentially film dissolver, based on the ingredients listed.
When WB and Disney did this movie together, they made a deal that each of their popular characters would not outshine each other. That’s why Mickey and Bugs, as well as Donald and Daffy, have the same screen time and number of lines.
The toon villain is really known as Baron Von Ruthless, a toon gold in color that perfected disguises and played villains, earning the nickname ‘Toon of a Thousand Faces’. One day on set, the toon suffered a concussion and believed he was a real villain and began committing crimes.
Love this movie so much; I could go on with fun stuff. ❤
Her joy at seeing all the characters together, is pretty much a 1 to 1 reflection of everyone at the time. I remember being that excited and happy :)
I'm so glad you enjoyed this masterpiece do much, and I was superhappy to re-visit the film together with you! Your reaction is both child-like sincere AND thoughtful! Thanks guys, loveya!
I love this movie. I remember seeing it in the theater. And yes the judge doom scene totally gave me nightmares. Great reaction! 🙂
I'm so glad you guys watched this and loved it. There's a bunch of behind the scenes on how they did it, if that's of interest to you.
Anyone that reacts to this movie and gets all the cartoon references like you guys do deserves a sub. This is the most sleeper movie of all time. You earned this one! Keep it up 😂👍🤘
One of the greatest movies of all time!!!! So happy you reacted to it ❤❤❤❤❤
I like this movie and I seen it when I was little and it's my favorite movie from my childhood and it's a good movie but not funny about this movie and it's still a good movie but not funny about this movie and do you agree with me about what I say right
Such a fun movie and great reaction guys. So much fun watching with new viewers, glad you were able to catch so many of the cartoon cameos. The invisible Rabbit, Harvey, was from the 1950 comedy movie with Jimmy Stewart.
Whenever I watch this movie. I think how cool would it be to share a world with live toons...
This movie is so awesome. The level of details they put in everything, from the mysteries of Christopher Loyd's character, to whom he actually "WAS" in the movie can actually be found if you look into all the little details.
I like this movie and I seen it when I was little and it's my favorite movie from my childhood and it's a good movie but not funny about this movie and it's still a good movie but not funny about this movie and do you agree with me about what I say
I love how while there is hints of him being a toon all along, like you said stepping back from it in the bar, putting on a glove i also makes sense that if it can erase toons, it's probably not safe to put your hand in so you don't think it.
Watched it on cinema when i was a kid amazed how good it holds up after all these years :D
Really loved your reaction! One of my all-time faves.
There was no movie before like this. And no movie since. Tells you how insane the effort was they put into this.
The ingredients that make up the dip are basically the ingredients for paint thinner or ink remover
And to save money animation studios would use them to wipe cells they didn't need anymore. Some older characters have no original cells left because all of them were erased with what is basically dip.
@@wendyheatherwood such a shame
this movie was so ahead of its time. classic movie that will never get old, this and cool world were awesome 👌
Not just ahead of its time, it's one of a kind as they don't have the skilled animators available to do it anymore (or the studios willing to share the rights & take a risk). The amount of effort that went into getting it all just right, with the shadows & reflections.... Amazing.
@@nsasupporter7557 Not in the same league as this, not in terms of interactivity with the environment & methods used to achieve it.
I think most people already mentioned all of the things about this film. It's pretty incredible what they were able to do with this film. It's a well deserved classic film. Watched it a billion times when I was a kid. 🥰🥰🥰🥰
This is the greatest crossover ever created. I always had a big smile on my face when I watched this as a kid.
The plot was taken from the movie "chinatown" with jack Nicholson, in fact, they offered the part of eddie to him. The characters of rogger rabbit, Doom, and others, came from the book of the same title.
Jessica's car is the same model and color as Evelyn's in "Chinatown. "
I saw your reaction to Roger rabbit and immediately looked for your channel and subscribed because I love your reaction but also this is one of my favorite movies of all time, and to see other people discovering it and admiring the animation and how good it is even after over 30 years is something to see and I love when other people get into it and admire it for the classic that it is and your reactions are so wholesome and adorable and I’m here for it
Remember this was a kids film, god I love Jessica I remember watching it when I was little always loved her more as I got older haha
“Say hello… Harvey” Is a reference to a 1950’s film where a man saw an invisible rabbit. It’s literally called “Harvey”
it just shows you how much effort was put into this movie.
You got the message real early what kind of character Eddie is, just from his first ten seconds on screen. Disdain for toons, an alcoholic, and covets booze more than defense (he was using his gun holster to hold the bottle.
It's subtle, yet not how the entire story is an allegory of racism inthe same period, with toons taking up the role of minority races at the time. You can see this most in the bar and lounge Eddie goes in, the ink and paint club. Notice there's not a single toon patron, and not a single human employee.
So many chekov's guns. The ink, the paper, the pictures on the desk, the portable holes, the mallet in the desk.
How Eddie was calmer and nicer to Betty Boop than most other toons, because you see on his brother's desk later a Betty Boop doll....he's nice to her cause she was his brother's favorite.
How Doom's cloak seems to billow in a nonexistant wind, how he's very careful with his wording, how he falls just into uncanny valley, that he used a long rubber glove for the dip despite it being harmless to people, all showing what he is but it's just in the background enough that it doesn't hit you until the reveal.
Bumping the lamp, as others have explained.
The fact a lot of what I mentioned above falls heavily into 'show, don't tell', which makes it all the more impactful.
Turpentine, Acetone, and Benzine....the Dip is made of various paint thinners.
I could go on....
oh, and if you want bullets with personalities, look up Mista in Jojo's Bizarre Adventure. He literally has a power that summons little tiny spirits to ride his bullets and redirect them midair.
Your delight is delightful! ^_^ As is your thorough appreciation for the technical tour de force this movie was. What superb talent!
This movie did damage to Bob's mental state. He had to pretend to see cartoon characters for over a year of shooting. Towards the end he started to actually see them. He said that doing this movie was the hardest and worst moments he ever had as a actor and would never do a sequal no matter how much Disney offered.
I absolutely adore how much this movie leans into the physical properties and traits of cartoons. Roger drinking liquor, the reverse psychology Valiant pulls in the bar, Roger getting out of the handcuffs ONLY when it was funny to do so, the weasels laughing themselves to death. So so good.
You guys really get it. Glad you recognised Betty Boop. The Penguins are from Mary Poppins.
Many of the original voice actors for the classic cartoon characters were still alive at the time and returned for this movie. Since they were all elderly this was the last time for most of them but they couldn't have gone out on a higher note than this
Richard Williams who was the animator in charge told them to move the cameras however they wanted the scenes to be shot and he and his crew of animators would add in all the different animated characters. He absolutely refused to let them restrict the camera angles for the animation. There are several videos on TH-cam about the making of Roger Rabbit that you might want to check out if you have not already seen them.
I really loved your reactions to the cartoon human interaction. Some folks pretend it’s not a big deal but at the time this idea was revolutionary and a huge undertaking.
I was in Jr High when this came out. I remember it being all over the entertainment news because the fact that they managed to get permission from all those different cartoon studios to use their branding and characters was a big deal. It was like our favorite actors finally being allowed to work together. What we always wanted to see. Daffy Duck and Donald. Porky, Minnie Mouse and Betty Boop?! We were beside ourselves with excitement to watch this at the theater. I don’t think we’ve seen anything like this since then. Nothing that I can think of.
You think animation was hard. This is the only time ever that Disney, Looney Toons. we’re in the same movie sharing screen time with the original voice actors. That collaboration was the hardest part.
First, I absolutely LOVE your reaction to this National Treasure of Cinema! I have ALWAYS regarded this as the single greatest film of ALL TIME!!! Your love of old-school cartoons really shows here! I call this a National Treasure because you will probably never see instances like this again.....Donald & Daffy on screen together, Mickey & Bugs on screen together, and all of the greatest cartoons ever assembled into one film! We should be SO BLESSED that Spielberg did whatever it took to work with Disney, Warner Bros., MGM, and the many other cartoon factions in Hollywood to bring this precious film to life. And props to Zemeckis for taking a timeout between Back to the Future and it's sequels to craft this masterpiece of filmmaking!
And for the record, yes, Judge Doom's unveiling at the end gave me many nightmares in my childhood.
Man I wore out the VHS for this when I was a kid, it was my favorite movie growing up :)
This film was groundbreaking when it first came out & still to this day is an absolute marvel to behold.
It was the first time Disney, Warner Bros., Fleischer Studios, King Features Syndicate, Felix the Cat Productions, Turner Entertainment, and Universal Pictures/Walter Lantz Productions characters all appeared together in the same feature.
Also, stipulations on how those characters were portrayed; for example, Disney's Donald Duck and Warner Bros.' Daffy Duck appear as equally talented dueling pianists, and Mickey Mouse and Bugs Bunny also share a scene.
Fun Fact: Mae Questel, who voice Betty Boop between 1931 & 1938 in more than 50 animated shorts; along with Olive Oyl from 1933, reprised her role as Betty Boop for one last time in Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Mae Questel final non voice role was the iconic Aunt Bethany in National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation.
IIRC, there's a video about how they did the scene where Eddie tries to get out of the cuffs with the hacksaw. A point someone in the video makes is that they made the toons interact with the environment as much as possible in order to make it feel real, which is why it holds up more than 30 years later. I think the Chip & Dale movies is meant to be a spiritual sequel to Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
I loved this movie when I was a kid, I recently watched it after not seeing it for about 25 years and it held up so well, I couldn't believe it. It's so cool to see kids watching and appreciating movies like this, because not only do they not make them like this anymore, Roger Rabbit is truly one of a kind. Not a single computer effect in the entire movie, all hand drawn animation composited with real footage.
Back when this movie originally came out, there were a lot of articles in comic book mags like Comic magazine and Comic Zone News all about the production. The animator did another film called The Thief, I think, and it was just as amazing as the animation in this. Also, they made a couple Roger Rabbit shirts that played in front of a couple movies in the 80s. Great video!
This movie is unbelievable and it still breaks ground after over 30 years Robert Zemeckis is a goddamn genius
(01) Doom's Identity:
The subject of Doom's Identity is open for debate, as the film doesn't come out and say it, but here's the thing: there are a total of four separate movie posters adorning the walls of RK Maroon's office. Three of them ("The Little Injun that Could", "Herman's Shermans" and "The Wet Nurse") are advertisements for Baby Herman/Roger Rabbit shorts, while the fourth is for a short entitled "Pistol Packin' Possum". The poster features a titular possum who has red irises, dresses in a black fedora not unlike Doom's and wields a gun not dissimilar to the one that Doom used to kill RK Maroon.
When you compound this with the fact that said poster is staged very prominently right over Valiant's head when Maroon forces him into a chair, and that Valiant avoids getting shot by catching the reflection of Doom's gun in the glass case of that same poster, then the suggestion is pretty strong that the film makers are trying to point in that direction.
If true, then that would suggest that the Possum was a former actor working at Maroon Studios who's career in cartoon shorts got derailed by the popularity of Roger Rabbit, which would mean he'd have no compunction about framing Roger or killing Maroon. It also tracks that whoever killed Maroon would have to be compact enough to fit comfortably behind the curtain of the window in Maroon's office, which the possum is.
So, while it is true that Doom's identity was established as Baron Von Rotten in "Roger Rabbit: The Resurrection of Doom", a 1989 "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" tie-in comic written by Bob Foster, I personally don't think that this was the film's original intention.
(02) Jessica's musical number:
There actually was a credited performance model for that one sequence named Betsy Brantley, whom the animator's most likely roto-scoped over as a way to achieve the final product. There's a production blooper at the end of the song when Jessica's hand slides down Valiant's tie as she pulls away from him. The tips of the Performance model's gloved fingers are visible right as her hand leaves the frame.
The Judge is tied to the toon that killed Valiant’s brother early in the movie. They mention that he became a judge after spreading a lot of “Simoleons” around toontown. And they mentioned that Valiant & Valiant were investigating someone who had just robbed the bank of toontown.
Also, the Cloverleaf symbol is a freeway on-ramp/off-ramp cloverleaf.
This movie came out when I was 9 or 10 and though as an adult I realize how dark it is, I loved it so much, I made my dad take me a second time, maybe even a third, I can't remember, then watched the heck out of that VHS tape lol. I'm almost 44 now, and even with all the new tech available this movie more than holds up with its blend of live action and animation. As far as I'm concerned, it's the gold standard, and an absolute classic movie.
I love watching reactions by you two! You have such joy and wonder when you watch these. Seriously, one of the top reactors on TH-cam
I'm so happy to see people are still watching this movie, and seeing you two catch every detail brought a wide smile to my face. Keep up the good work!
This movie is great. Always a fun watch. So glad u guys enjoyed it. So I heard that when they were coming up for this movie and wanted to put in the disney characters they made the deal that whatever disney character they wanted to use needed to have the same screen time as the other cartoon characters. Which is why Donald and daffy have a scene together and bugs and mickey have a scene together.
I can’t tell you how much I enjoyed this video!! Seeing Roger Rabbit when it was released was a huge part of why I decided to become an animator. It felt so good to see you truly appreciate and understand all the hard work that went into making this landmark film. You’re awesome!!
This commentary made me smile over and over,you're reactions were adorably..........thanks
Man I LOVE seeing the enthusiasm when people love the toons and are surprised to see them! So many more were supposed to appear...Tom & Jerry, Popeye and Bluto, Rocky & Bullwinkle, Casper, Superman, Dick Tracy and more. Also Judge Doom was actually Pistol Packin Possum shown on a poster in Maroon's office. Red Eyes and the long pistol used to shoot Maroon.
I was 5 when this was released and my father took me to it 6 times. Bought me the VHS and I watched is just about every day after school for years. I still watch it once or twice a year to this day. Also, Toontown exist, at least in my mind. One of my all time favorite films. Great reaction and glad you liked it. Oh, and another thing, a lot of the Disney toons, Mickey, Daffy, Donald, etc, are the first and only time these toons have starred in the same production ever. Again, one of the best films imo.
Great movie to react to. Thanks much.
You two are adorable together and she seems like such a sweetie.
This was my absolute favorite movie to watch as a kid and still is. You're reactions reminded me so much of my awe for this film as a kid.
You may have looked this up already, but just in case. Touchstone Pictures, which made Roger Rabbit, was a division of Disney, so they had no issue getting the Disney characters. A lot of lawyers and negotiation were involved in getting the rights to the Warner Bros and Tex Avery characters. You may have noticed in several scenes that comparable characters (Mickey Mouse and Bugs Bunny, Donald and Daffy Duck) appeared together. It was carefully contracted out that those characters had to have the exact same amount of screen time and the exact same number of lines for both studios to agree on the appearances. When this film was made in 1988, most of the original character voice actors were still alive and were able to reprise their famous roles. A movie like this probably could never be made like this again!
Some classic animation studios refused to participate, thinking the premise was doomed to failure. That was the reason why characters like Felix the Cat and Popeye (both owned by Paramount) did not appear though they were originally included in the script. There were a lot of board room regrets after the opening weekend of this film.
Another "fun" fact, when this film was released in the summer of 1988, it held the record for longest credits roll of any film made. In the years that followed that record has been broken many times as more movies depend on multiple CGI effects companies. The current record holders are the extended edition of the Lord of the Rings films.
Love this movie, and love yalls reaction to it. Great thoughtful commentary and pure joy pointing out the cartoons. Great vid!
The behind the scenes documentary on how this movie was done, is great. A movie will never be done like this ever again.
Well, the recent Chip & Dale movie pay homage to Roger Rabbit cinematography. Sort of.