This movie takes place in 1947 and all the cartoon characters represent those up to that point. The story is supposed to be a political satire on an actual historical event, but Disney washed out most of it. Have to take a step back to understand. Originally travel by horse-drawn vehicles was not much faster than on foot, and a lot more bone-jarring. (Cobblestone paving, although expensive, was a BIG improvement over dirt and mud.) With the development of railroads in the early 1800's came street railways, with horse-drawn vehicles, riding on smooth rails. By the end of the century, these street cars had been electrified - in other words, trolleys. This revolutionized traffic within populated areas and allowed the development of the "modern" city. Trolleys traveled roughly 10-15 times faster than carriages or on foot. So instead of taking an hour to get five miles to the downtown, the downtown could drawn on an area 100x greater. With this potential influx came all sorts of activities that required a big customer base - department stores, giant theaters for vaudeville and then movies, professional sports events like baseball games, restaurants which served a la carte. The problem is that the trolleys were all privately-owned, and therefore paid taxes and had to make a profit. In the 1930's, GM, Standard Oil, and one of the tire companies, set up holding companies in different cities to buy up the different trolley systems. Los Angeles had their well-known "red cars" as accurately depicted in the movie. The intent was to force the trolleys out of business so people would use buses, or better yet, individual autos. This is not fringe conspiracy theory - in the 1950's, this cartel was found guilty, but only fined $2,000 - basically one car's value. But by then the damage had been done. Robert Moses and other city planners of the 1930's deliberately used the new highway system to cut off the downtown area from impoverished minority areas, often called "coontown" as a pejorative insult, where those "crazy people" lived (in the film, Toontown). (Other examples of this racist development, overpasses were made too low to clear buses.) Hence Judge Doom's desire for a freeway, which around WWII, was unknown, along with its resulting urban sprawl. The downtown where people gathered because it was "the place to be" (as sung by Petula Clark - "Downtown" - in 1965) became the neglected abandoned "inner city." (In Back to the Future, the bustling 1955 downtown of even a small town like Hill Valley was replaced with marginal businesses, in favor of shopping malls.) A good book to discuss this is "The Geography of Nowhere" by James Kunstler, who begins it by saying Roger Rabbit is "based on a true story." Despite the happy ending in this film, in reality, Judge Doom's plan was put into place.
Wow thanks for that! What an extensive explanation of the correlation between the themes in this film and the real history of city planning and transportation at the time! I appreciate you laying this all out for me! I enjoy that there was a whole other layer to this film I wasn’t aware of!
Makes me think of a George Carlin bit, where he was talking about how "only a nation of un-enlightened half-wits could turn this beautiful American landscape into what it is today... a shopping mall. Mile after mile of mall after mall"
One might notice how Doom acts very theatrically throughout. A toon in human disguise, he has to constantly suppress his frantic toon impulses and adopt what to him must seem like very understated modes of expression. But there's always something that isn't quite right about him -- a strangely stilted way of talking, and sometimes maybe even a peculiar way of moving. Inside the disguise there is an evil toon that is constantly struggling to get out, and yet also constantly struggling to restrain himself enough to be passable as a human. But in the end he does release his true nature, and we learn how creepy a "funny" toon can really be.
You’re right there was definitely something off about him throughout the movie. I also noticed later in editing that when they are in the bar, after he tries to dip Roger, they spill the dip all over the floor and Doom quickly backs away so he doesn’t get it in his feet. I thought nothing if it at the time but in retrospect, he was a toon and would have melted!!
Walt Disney did live action/animation blending as early as the 1920s (check out The Alice Comedies) Roger Rabbit's such a huge technical achievement because it's so convincing, and the talent of the actors like Bob Hoskins are a big part that, and the directing. It's worth noting the inferior knock offs that came later like Ralph Bakshi's 'Cool World'...which is like a b-budget demented twin of Roger Rabbit with an M rating. Then there's Space Jam, which is big budget and well polished but also pretty bad.
I love WFRR. I lost count how many time I watched it way back in the 90s. "Shave and a haircut...... TWO BITSSSSS!!" The old guy collecting money for the Hill Valley clocktower in 2015 BTTF part II and as a young guy who cleaned Biff's car in 1955 did Roger's voice. Plus in 2015 there's a Roger Rabbit doll in the antique store. R.I.P. Bob Hoskins (Eddie Valiant)
There was a character mentioned during this scene 21:21, I think, when Judge Doom asked the barfly about Roger and he replied something about "Harvey" and had is arm up around an invisible person. In case you didn't get that one, "Harvey" (1950) was a popular, Academy Award winning comedy movie about a 6 ft. tall invisible rabbit! Maybe! Josephine Hull won a well deserved Best Supporting Actress award playing Jimmy Stewart's older sister, and she was very funny. It's a movie you might enjoy and was so popular back then that "Harvey" became kinda iconic, and Harvey was also referred to in "The Shawshank Redemption". Shawshank is one you should definitely do a react video too, if you haven't seen it yet. This was a most interesting movie alright! If you'd like to see Christopher Lloyd in his very first movie check out "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (1975) starring Jack Nicholson. Enjoyable video you did here Tara. ✌😎
I did end up cutting that little moment out of my TH-cam cut for time, but I do remember the man at the bar joking that Harvey was there and motioning to an empty seat! I did actually know that this was a reference to an old film about an invisible rabbit, although I have never seen it, I think it must have been a huge success because it’s something I just remember knowing about as a kid haha I should add it to my list!
@@TaraTunesIn be sure to bring tissues and to check if you don't suffer from anxiety, that particular movie doesn't hold its punches when depicting depressing or stress inducing moments.
Did some googling. Jessica Rabbit in real life would be 6′0″ in three inch heels (5′9″ without heels), have a 19.5 inch waist, 40FF chest, 38 inch hips, have a ridiculous waist-to-hip ratio of 0.53 The penguins at the club were from Mary Poppins
Hahaha wow!! She would probably break in half at the waist and fall over… good thing she was a cartoon!! I thought they might have been! Love those guys!!
Robert Zemeckis is doing a live action/2D show for HBO Max called Tooned Out about a guy who goes looney and starts to see cartoons. It was announced when HBO Max launched in 2019 but no official word about it since. Hopefully it won't be too much longer.
No film has mixed animation and live action this well, before or since. However, there were earlier films that mixed animation and live action (such as Mary Poppins, as you noted) and also later ones. Most notable among the later ones is Space Jam (the original 1996 version with Michael Jordan). Space Jam isn't the same sort of masterpiece that Who Framed Roger Rabbit is, but it's still fun.
I have heard of Space Jam as well but it’s not one I ever watched! I know it was a big hit among my friends as a kid though, so I should probably add it to the list!! Thanks!
There is a "making of" this movie out there somewhere, I remember seeing it when this came out. It was very interesting, seeing how they achieved all the tools interacting with the real physical things.
@@TaraTunesIn the one specific thing I remember about it was the penguin (I think) serving drinks in the club where the tray of drinks was real, was done with a metal pole that was bent like his arm so they just animated over the pole. I hope you get to see it somewhere. It *might* be on TH-cam, not sure.
@@zmarko that’s so awesome, I will be searching for it shortly! I love learning how they improvise things in movies!! I’m often surprised at how makeshift things are haha
One misconception about this movie was that Disney Animation was responsible for the animation. While they did start the project, and assist heavily on the production, it had been in development hell for years. When Spielberg and Zemekis took it over, they realised that Disney wasnt equipped to handle the style.of animation they had in mind.. which was a combination of Warner Brothers, MGM (Tex Avery) and Disney styles. Richard William's, a Canadian animation prodigy, had his small studio in England and has been doing commercials and movie title animation for years... and had been privately making his own elaborate feature film, the Thief and the Cobbler for over 20 years at that point. The roufhcut of that film got Williams in the door (the animation in it is mind blowing), and his experience with animation over live action (with a moving camera) cinched it. Most movies with animation had a non moving, locked down camera so the perspective of the action stayed the same. Richard told them to shoot it like a regular film and he'd figure out the perspective.. they said "won't that be a lot of work".. he said "yeah.. its gonna be a ton of work... but I'm not lazy.. this is what I do". It still blows my mind that a tiny indie studio beat out the behemoth that Is Disney Animation.
I think cartoon attractiveness has to do with humor. You're attractive as a cartoon if you're funny and Roger is the best of the best, so Jessica is seen to be lucky to marry him. To human eyes, human attributes are attractive but I suppose that Jessica wouldn't be a very popular cartoon in toon town because she isn't funny and looks more human. That's why she's popular at her job in the HUMAN showing. She's loyal to Roger because he respected and loved her before she became popular with humans. No one probably trusted her too because of how shes drawn. So she'd dump her career if it meant that her husband's name is cleared.
Aw that’s a great point!! I never considered that if toons consider comedy to be the most respectable thing, Jessica may not have been a very good catch at all to them! Almost like Roger was marrying down.. very interesting!!
Awesome reaction! Something that came to mind with the scene with Donald and Daffy Duck was how much of a mindblow it was to see a Disney character and a Loony Tunes character on screen together and interacting. It's not as unheard of now, because Disney owns so much now and can put just about anybody together and kids probably wouldn't bat an eye. When this came out, it was like a kid's imagination come-to-life. Oh and your expression at 29:10 was hilarious! lol
🤣🤣genuine shock at that woman’s face loll I can imagine how exciting it was to see al these characters come together!!! I found it remarkable even now!! Thanks for watching with me! I’m glad you enjoyed the video :)
@@TaraTunesIn One BIG part of the deal to be able to get the iconic characters from both studios was that none of the character from one studio could have more screen time than the other, so you always see them in pairs (Donald & Daffy), (Mickey & Bugs), (Porky & Tinkerbell). etc. [Tweety and Yosimite Sam were alone, but so were Fantasia character at the beginning and the Goofy movie playing at the theater.]
6:53 - THANK YOU for laughing at that line. I think the "dropped a piano on his head" is one of the most hysterical lines in the movie, and nobody seems to appreciate it. 😆
Live action and animated movies. 1977 Pete's Dragon. 1992 Cool World. 1996 Space Jam. 1995 Casper. 2003 Looney Tunes: Back In Action. There have been several movies that have combined live action and some type of animation. Casper would be considered CGI and not animation though.
Trivia: The tunnel to ToonTown is the same tunnel that Biff and Marty go through in Back to the Future II. It's been in several other films. The tunnel is on Vermont Canyon Rd. in Griffith Park in Los Angeles, CA., less than a mile from the location of the Bat Cave from the 1966 TV show.
Director Robert Zemeckis has publicly said there was never a Roger Rabbit sequel because some Disney executives hated the Jessica Rabbit character's representation of women. Political correctness killed Roger Rabbit's cinematic future.
Hi Tara really enjoyable reaction to a very fun movie although I haven't watched it in years, anyway the actor playing Eddie is British actor Bob Hoskins who has starred in some fantastic films such as Mermaids 1990 with Cher and Winona Ryder, Hook 1991 with Dustin Hoffman Robin Williams and Julia Roberts as Tinker Bell, Hook is the reimagining of the Peter Pan story but is a lot of fun to watch, he also starred in another animated film directed by Robert Zemeciks called A Christmas Carol it stars Jim Carrey Gary Oldman and Colin Firth, but that film is fully animated there is no live action in it at all, Bob Hoskins was a very versatile actor and starred in many different genres of films.
Thanks so much for the info!! I have seen Hook actually, I loved that movie as a child, but I didn’t put together that Eddie is the same actor as Smee!! This makes me love Bob Hoskins even more! I love that he was in so many whimsical and fun films :) I suppose I should check out Mermaids and A Christmas Carol! Thanks for watching!!
9:26 Good question - I agree w the fan theory that toons value being funny as the most attractive quality in another toon, not how 'beautiful ' they are. That's why he's so popular -- and why Betty Boop unexpectedly says to Eddie about Jessica Rabbit: "what a lucky girl!"
It's a real shame we'll likely never get another Roger Rabbit film, or another movie like this in general (and even if we did, it likely wouldn't be as good as this) due to how Disney is now. This film will go down in history as one of the greats.
There is a theory that the toon underneath the Judge Doom mask was former Maroon Cartoon star "The Pistol Packin' Possum", perhaps driven to insanity by jealousy that his spotlight got taken over by Roger Rabbit. Though the only credence to this theory is the fact the pistol is the same, and the Possum's eyes were also a shade of red. Plus there was only one Possum poster in RK Maroon's office, while there were several Roger/Baby Herman posters, implying the Roger/Herman duo became far more popular. But again, this is just a theory, and has not been confirmed by Spielberg, Zemeckis, Disney (and its subsidiary, Touchstone Pictures) or Warner Bros.
@@TaraTunesIn indeed it would, especially when you see just how many Roger Rabbit/Baby Herman posters there were in that office. In fact, I highly recommend a second watchthrough of this film just to catch all the easter eggs :D
@@k1productions87 oh I’m sure I will rewatch this one at some point, there was sooo much to look at and so much happening in the background, similar to the back to the future movies!
Actually, Warner Bros refused to let their cartoon characters appear under the Disney label - so, Disney released the movie through Touchstone Pictures (which Disney owned) in order to please Warner Bros.
Lovely reaction, Tara. Things to know: Everything Roger says is true. Everything. The whole buying up of the Redcar in order to shut it down actually happened at this time. Disney only agreed to allow their characters in this movie because they had been virtually bankrupted by the film Black Cauldron - incredibly expensive to produce and an utter flop (it's pretty bad). Popeye isn't in this because King Features refused to take part. There'll never be another Roger Rabbit.
In an ideal world, The Lego Movie franchise would be a place for mixing characters from different studios together again. It only has DC superheroes, but obviously Lego also has Marvel sets, and it would fit the theme of how kids mix together things that don't normally go together. I suspect that a line from The Lego Movie 2, "Marvel won't return my calls," suggests that they really wanted to. Curious that the first movie included some Star Wars stuff. Maybe that had already been arranged before Disney bought Star Wars.
Go watch an old Gene Kelly movie called"Anchors Away". I think it was the first live action movie to incorporate animation and live action elements. The Dance/actor Gene Kelly acted and danced alongside Jerry Mouse. That movie was done back in the 50's. I loved that there were cartoon characters across the whole spectrum of different franchises. If you are a fan of Christopher Lloyd go check out Star Trek II "The Wrath of Khan" he played a klingon.
If you like Christopher Lloyd as a villain, you might like to watch Star Trek III: The Search For Spock. It is, however, sort of the middle of a trilogy, as II, III and IV hang together.
Should check out Christopher Lloyd in a '70's TV series called Taxi if you want to see a completely different side of him as an actor, actually one of my favorites, but then, I did see the series when it aired. Watch the drivers test scene for an example th-cam.com/video/39k067hcgYY/w-d-xo.html
funny thing, the vaudeville act Eddy put on, a slight foreshadow came in back when they panned over his' brother's desk, the reveal they were kids of a circus clown.
Omg! I had no idea this was a book!! I looked it up immediately! That’s pretty cool!! I always wondered who was responsible for orphaning Bambi!!! That explains it 🤯
Great reaction, Jen's sister. One of my favourite films, cos it's absurdly silly, just like me. LOL. A little bit miffed that we didn't get a 'Great Scott' outta you at Christopher Lloyd's appearance.
Keep in mind all the FX here are 100% analog. No computers. They shot this movie twice... once with puppet and paper stand ins, and once with "nothing".. this was not only for eyelines but also for shading references... since every single frame of animation had to have shadows and lighting added (again, painted by hand). Bob Hoslins (Eddie) had to use his imagination while acting to nothing so much in this movie he started to hallucinate toons.
@@TaraTunesIn there are several great docs about it on TH-cam.. but heres a quick before and after for the Toontown sequence. th-cam.com/video/u_VnHAy1Vdc/w-d-xo.html
15:11 "How the hell did _you_ get in here?" "Through the mail slot." "Anybody know you're here?" "Nobody. Not a _soul_ except, uh..." _"Who?"_ "Well, you see, I didn't know where your _office_ was." 🤔 You couldn't look in the phone book?
One of Charlie Fleischer's (Roger, Herman and Benny) earliest acting gigs was a recurring character on the 1970's sitcom WELCOME BACK, KOTTER, playing Carvelli, the antagonist rival of the other students.
38:34 "I have not seen another film, except for _Mary Poppins,_ that melds together live action and animation..." You may want to check out _Bedknobs and Broomsticks._ 🤔 And the original _Pete's Dragon._
Great reaction. There is another movie with Michael Jordan in it called "Space Jam". If you have not see that you might have fun doing a reaction. Humans and toons together like this was.
8:51 "Man! _That's_ probably the sexiest cartoon character, ever." You may want to look up _Cool World_ from 1992. It's not quite as popular, but that's not saying a whole lot.
1. 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. To make it as realistic as possible they sometimes had to hand paint the shadows. 4. One of the cartoon bullets is the voice of Pat Buttram. He played Mr. Haney on Green Acres. 5. The tunnel going to toon town is the same one used at the end of Back to the Future II. 6. This was Mae Questel's/Betty Boop third to last gig. Her last was Christmas Vacation. (RIP) 7. "One too many edibles man" 🤣 8. Favorite character is the Baby🤣
Ah I remember seeing this film when I was little and to this day I'm still wondering how they managed to get a load of different cartoons like Disney ones WB ones and a whole lot more I've probably never seen another film like this accept for one called space jam. Hi Tara hope you had a good Easter I saw the egg at 20:12 glad you enjoyed the movie sorry I saw it late I had computer issues and feeling a bit ill but luckily I still managed to see the new vid.😊👍
I’m so glad you were able to come by and watch it and I hope you feel better soon!! Good eye on the Easter egg!! I really liked this one and I do think it’s one of a kind, you’re right, there will probably never be another film like it!
HeyTara, so glad you watched this classic and took us along for the ride. The more you watch Rodger Rabbit, the more you realize just how incredible and mind blowing the effects work is. You notice all the little things they do to help fully immerse these cartoons in the 3D world. They specifically focused on highlights and shadows to match any cartoons were in with reality. A dude hands Roger a real glass of alcohol. Jessica Rabbit physically touches Eddie and *moves his coat* and *slides his necktie*. I mean this movie is simply a master class in animation and lighting technique.
I agree it was pretty incredible the way they melded reality and cartoon! I did comment on it during the scene in the bar when Donald and Daffy are having a piano concert/fist fight - Donald shoots a cartoon cannon and blows a real hole in the piano and it made me start watching for moments when real and animated are seamlessly intertwined! I had to cut the comment because if time :( but it’s in the full-length reaction on Patreon :)
Holy crap the bed, batman! I saw the movie when it came out, I've rewatched it once or twice in the last 35 years, but now I've watched and rewatched different reactions. Joanna Cassidy deserves a lifetime Academy award for her performance in this film. She absolutely inhabits this world, her character's humanity, and her love for Eddy Valiant. The story is so finely crafted, and the performances by the humans are immaculate. Rewatch this movie and pay attention to Joanna's performance. Incredible.
@@TaraTunesIn Hope you get a chance to see some of the behind the scenes featurettes. It’s a technical marvel Zemeckis pulled off here. And to think he’d pick _Back to the Future_ right off where he left it the following year is insane. He was unstoppable in the 80s. (I also highly recommend _Romancing the Stone_ with Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner.)
Among the many references, when Roger is entertaining in the bar, and at the end when Eddie puts on that musical number, the name of the song (as seen on the machine) is "The Merry-go-round Broke Down" -- which is, in fact, the track name for the Looney Tunes title theme song. (The other well-known theme song, used for Merry Melodies, is called "Merrily We Roll Along")
8:37 "Oh, _she_ knows what she's doing." Oh, yeah. Like they say in showbiz, always leave them wanting more. Jessica is _extraordinarily_ good at that.
The voice actor for Betty Boop in the 30s and 40s reprised the role--you can also see her in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, where she recites the Pledge of Allegiance and sings the National Anthem.
I watched this movie when I was a kid and I didn't understand how come Roger thought his wife had an affair on by just playing patty cake with Marvin Acme. But patty cake is like sex to a cartoon. But she really does love her husband Roger but she was trying to save his life. . A cool known fact is that the voice actress who played Jessica Rabbit is the same actress that played in the TV show Friends who played Chandler Bings cross dressing gay Father. Another fun fact is that the voice actress who played Betty Boop in this movie is the real actress who played the actual original Betty Boop. So incase your wondering how ij the world did they get that voice just perfect for Betty Boop is because they brought in the original actress to play her...
Hey Ashley! Thanks for the comment! I, too was briefly confused by the patty cake thing but after seeing Roger’s reaction I put together what that means for toons haha Thanks for the fun facts! I knew I recognized Jessica’s voice! Thanks for watching with me!
@@TaraTunesIn your welcome! I enjoyed it as well. I'm a huge movie fantastic. Well really my obsession goes to no only movies but music and books as well. My husband and I are huge movie collectors. We collect both new and very old movies. We literally also have 1000s of vhs taps movies that are rare and hard to find. One guy was so impressed with our collection he wrote a artical.and story about us. Lol And we also collect laser disc's. Remember those? Well our collection was already very large when my husband Justin and I met when I was 16. But later when we got married it grew and grew. Now 17 years later it is massive. So I do enjoy telling people about movies both new and old they may of not seen yet. Especially movies from my childhood and teen years. Do you by chance consider requested movies here in yoir comments of your TH-cam videos? I'm new to your channel. Do I don't know what kinds of movies you like or if yiu greatly missed out on alot of 80's and 90's or early 2000's films... But yes I look forward to visiting you channel again. Do you post up a video once a week?
@@ashleyshayday1526 that’s awesome! Thanks for telling me about your collection! I welcome any movie suggestions in the comments! I can’t guarantee I will watch them but I keep a list of suggestions for inspiration in the future! I am currently posting every 2 weeks as I get the channel started. I hope to move to weekly posts once I can hire on an editor or get some better equipment! :)
Why would a Toon want to kill every other Toon? Answer: Because he wasn't as funny or popular as all the other Toons, and he wanted to eliminate them all so that he would be the only Toon people would notice and love.
Watching your reaction to this movie Tara was simply captivating. It's like you became a little girl again. Your eyes just filled with such wonder, just as my eyes did when I saw this movie back in 1988. Thanks for watching and giving us your joy.
Thanks for watching with me, and for your lovely comment :) Honestly, I love watching these lighthearted films! It’s fun to open my mind and really experience it for the first time, it allows me to feel like a kid!! :) I’m so glad you enjoyed the video!
@@TaraTunesIn I'm sure you do. we were all blown away when this movie came out. Hey to build your channel, why don't you do a cross-channel movie watch with your sis and amazing reactor, Jen. I watch her stuff all the time.
other animation, live mixes Gurty the dinosaur Alice Comedies anchors aweigh Pete's Dragon (1977 film) bedknobs and broomsticks The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle Space Jam Space Jam 2 Looney Tunes Back in Action Detective Pikachu Marry Poppins Returns the three caballeros saludos amigos Tom and Jerry Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers movie (coming soon) Smurfs Tron Garfield Caspier Woody Wood Pecker Yogi Bear enchanted scooby doo Stewart little Cool World pixels out of jimmy's head Grow Up, Timmy Turner! dora and the lost city of gold the incredible mr. limpet and on the some what racist side Heavy Traffic Song of the South '
Oh wow!! Thanks so much that is an enormous amount of movie suggestions!! Some I have seen, most I have not! I’ll definitely be checking some of these out! Thank you!
💜 Have you seen GalaxyQuest, Jurassic Park, Ghostbusters 1&2, The Sixth Sense, Twister, Volcano, Dante’s Peak, Batman and Robin. Cool World is another movie like Roger Rabbit, but nowhere near caliber of Roger Rabbit.
Oh wow so many suggestions here!! I have seen about half of these: Jurassic Park (probably one of my all-time favs), the sixth sense, Dante’s peak, and Twister- all amazing movies!!! BUT I have not seen GalaxyQuest, Ghostbusters, Volcano, Batman and Robin OR Cool World! since the ones from your list that I have seen, I LOVED, I will definitely check out the others!! Thanks so much for the suggestions!!
Greetings from New Jersey. I remember seeing this one. My sister took me to see it. It was the summer of 88 and the year I started 4th grade (Man, I’m Old….LoL). This is indeed a classic and still memorize the dialogue from beginning to end. And yes, I do remember kind of having a crush on Jessica Rabbit, which is still weird. LoL. Glad you finally got to see this one. And May I just say; how absolutely gorgeous and lovely you get in every one of your reactions so far. Keep up the great work 🥰🥰🥰❤️❤️❤️
Yea!! I was going to suggest this one to you. So glad you did it, very fun. Hey, check out Dick Tracy from 1990. It feels very much like a comic book but it’s live action. They went all out on makeup to make a lot of the mobsters look cartoonish, it’s awesome. It stars Warren Beatty as Dick Tracy along with Al Pacino, Dustin Hoffman, Madonna, Mandy Patinkin (from Princess Bride, the Spaniard), Dick VanDyke, Cathrine O’Hara and so many more.
Remove the COPYRIGHT from the film and I'd like and subscribe. It's too distracting. Your sis doesn't do it and her vids are top notch on all levels. Might want to do a consult. Good luck!
Every channel and video is copyrighted differently. I use the copyright stamp to avoid having to edit and re-edit a thousand times since I have a fairly new channel and, unlike Jen, I do not have an editor yet. Those who do like and subscribe don’t seem to mind too much. Thanks for the comment though!
Very fun reaction! 👍 And very astute observation with how the toons in universe value laughter so much that in their minds' Roger Rabbit is the most desirable spouse. Kinda gives some insight into Judge Doom's motivations. He wasn't attractive or alluring to the humans like Jessica and wasn't funny enough for the toons...So he was miserable. So miserable that genociding all of the other toons would give him revenge and make the human population just as miserable as he is.
@@jarrodnewman0514 Yes, of course! I LOVE Mary Poppins! And I know there were some other films that combined animation and live action before this one as well, but I felt like this film just made it look very real! Maybe it was just the difference between Mary Poppins having the people enter an animated world (like when Eddie goes to Toon Town) vs having animated characters existing in the real world that made it look so different? I imagine both films were considered groundbreaking for their time, but I do see your point considering Mary Poppins was decades earlier!
Great choice for Easter! The Jim Henson company (famous for the muppets) made fantastic films around the 80’s. There is an unofficial trilogy of movies I’m suggesting to all the reaction channels I watch everyday, the first two are famous films and the third is a hidden gem. The Neverending story (1979), Labyrinth (1986) and the secret hidden gem, Mirror Mask (2005). While technically The Dark Crystal (1982) could be considered in the same style, using puppets to create magic worlds can be a lot for a young person to enjoy during our modern age of cgi. These first 3 are more like ‘Alice in Wonderland’ stories, while The Dark Crystal (1982) is deep sci-fi and a little slow to follow but super cool to watch.
Hi there! Thanks for these suggestions! Unfortunately, I have already seen the movies you mentioned! I watched the Never Ending Story a lot as a kid, although I may do a rewatch of it sometime as I can hardly remember it! The Labyrinth and Mirrormask I saw as an adult, both good, but also very strange movies!! I have never seen the Dark Crystal. It may be something I visit on the channel down the line! Thanks for watching! :)
This was definitely on of my favorite movie as a kid, we had the vhs 📼 the movie was funny and and then scary when the judge brought out the Dip thing got dark.
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This movie takes place in 1947 and all the cartoon characters represent those up to that point.
The story is supposed to be a political satire on an actual historical event, but Disney washed out most of it. Have to take a step back to understand.
Originally travel by horse-drawn vehicles was not much faster than on foot, and a lot more bone-jarring. (Cobblestone paving, although expensive, was a BIG improvement over dirt and mud.) With the development of railroads in the early 1800's came street railways, with horse-drawn vehicles, riding on smooth rails. By the end of the century, these street cars had been electrified - in other words, trolleys.
This revolutionized traffic within populated areas and allowed the development of the "modern" city. Trolleys traveled roughly 10-15 times faster than carriages or on foot. So instead of taking an hour to get five miles to the downtown, the downtown could drawn on an area 100x greater. With this potential influx came all sorts of activities that required a big customer base - department stores, giant theaters for vaudeville and then movies, professional sports events like baseball games, restaurants which served a la carte.
The problem is that the trolleys were all privately-owned, and therefore paid taxes and had to make a profit. In the 1930's, GM, Standard Oil, and one of the tire companies, set up holding companies in different cities to buy up the different trolley systems. Los Angeles had their well-known "red cars" as accurately depicted in the movie. The intent was to force the trolleys out of business so people would use buses, or better yet, individual autos.
This is not fringe conspiracy theory - in the 1950's, this cartel was found guilty, but only fined $2,000 - basically one car's value. But by then the damage had been done. Robert Moses and other city planners of the 1930's deliberately used the new highway system to cut off the downtown area from impoverished minority areas, often called "coontown" as a pejorative insult, where those "crazy people" lived (in the film, Toontown). (Other examples of this racist development, overpasses were made too low to clear buses.)
Hence Judge Doom's desire for a freeway, which around WWII, was unknown, along with its resulting urban sprawl. The downtown where people gathered because it was "the place to be" (as sung by Petula Clark - "Downtown" - in 1965) became the neglected abandoned "inner city." (In Back to the Future, the bustling 1955 downtown of even a small town like Hill Valley was replaced with marginal businesses, in favor of shopping malls.)
A good book to discuss this is "The Geography of Nowhere" by James Kunstler, who begins it by saying Roger Rabbit is "based on a true story." Despite the happy ending in this film, in reality, Judge Doom's plan was put into place.
Wow thanks for that! What an extensive explanation of the correlation between the themes in this film and the real history of city planning and transportation at the time! I appreciate you laying this all out for me! I enjoy that there was a whole other layer to this film I wasn’t aware of!
Oh wow. So dark, but very interesting!
Makes me think of a George Carlin bit, where he was talking about how "only a nation of un-enlightened half-wits could turn this beautiful American landscape into what it is today... a shopping mall. Mile after mile of mall after mall"
One might notice how Doom acts very theatrically throughout. A toon in human disguise, he has to constantly suppress his frantic toon impulses and adopt what to him must seem like very understated modes of expression. But there's always something that isn't quite right about him -- a strangely stilted way of talking, and sometimes maybe even a peculiar way of moving. Inside the disguise there is an evil toon that is constantly struggling to get out, and yet also constantly struggling to restrain himself enough to be passable as a human. But in the end he does release his true nature, and we learn how creepy a "funny" toon can really be.
You’re right there was definitely something off about him throughout the movie. I also noticed later in editing that when they are in the bar, after he tries to dip Roger, they spill the dip all over the floor and Doom quickly backs away so he doesn’t get it in his feet. I thought nothing if it at the time but in retrospect, he was a toon and would have melted!!
Yeah Judge Doom speaking and dressing like it's the 1890s and not the 1940s is a hint to him being a toon.
one other thing, nearly ever time he's on screen his little cape is flapping in a wind.
@@fireblast133 Yes, even when he's indoors - another little hint at his Toon nature
@@andco53 that's the other thing, there's only like one scene he's fully on screen outdoors, every other scene is either in toontown or indoors.
Walt Disney did live action/animation blending as early as the 1920s (check out The Alice Comedies) Roger Rabbit's such a huge technical achievement because it's so convincing, and the talent of the actors like Bob Hoskins are a big part that, and the directing. It's worth noting the inferior knock offs that came later like Ralph Bakshi's 'Cool World'...which is like a b-budget demented twin of Roger Rabbit with an M rating. Then there's Space Jam, which is big budget and well polished but also pretty bad.
I do really appreciate Bob Hoskins talent in this movie!!! He did an amazing job!!
I love WFRR. I lost count how many time I watched it way back in the 90s.
"Shave and a haircut...... TWO BITSSSSS!!"
The old guy collecting money for the Hill Valley clocktower in 2015 BTTF part II and as a young guy who cleaned Biff's car in 1955 did Roger's voice. Plus in 2015 there's a Roger Rabbit doll in the antique store.
R.I.P. Bob Hoskins (Eddie Valiant)
Oh wow cool!! I love that they did little things to connect the films! How fun!!
Bob Hoskins MADE this film!! He was so amazing :):)
There was a character mentioned during this scene 21:21, I think, when Judge Doom asked the barfly about Roger and he replied something about "Harvey" and had is arm up around an invisible person. In case you didn't get that one, "Harvey" (1950) was a popular, Academy Award winning comedy movie about a 6 ft. tall invisible rabbit! Maybe! Josephine Hull won a well deserved Best Supporting Actress award playing Jimmy Stewart's older sister, and she was very funny. It's a movie you might enjoy and was so popular back then that "Harvey" became kinda iconic, and Harvey was also referred to in "The Shawshank Redemption". Shawshank is one you should definitely do a react video too, if you haven't seen it yet.
This was a most interesting movie alright! If you'd like to see Christopher Lloyd in his very first movie check out "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (1975) starring Jack Nicholson. Enjoyable video you did here Tara. ✌😎
I did end up cutting that little moment out of my TH-cam cut for time, but I do remember the man at the bar joking that Harvey was there and motioning to an empty seat! I did actually know that this was a reference to an old film about an invisible rabbit, although I have never seen it, I think it must have been a huge success because it’s something I just remember knowing about as a kid haha
I should add it to my list!
I also love Christopher Lloyd so I think I will definitely check out One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest! Thanks so much for the suggestions!!
@@TaraTunesIn be sure to bring tissues and to check if you don't suffer from anxiety, that particular movie doesn't hold its punches when depicting depressing or stress inducing moments.
Did some googling. Jessica Rabbit in real life would be 6′0″ in three inch heels (5′9″ without heels), have a 19.5 inch waist, 40FF chest, 38 inch hips, have a ridiculous waist-to-hip ratio of 0.53
The penguins at the club were from Mary Poppins
Hahaha wow!! She would probably break in half at the waist and fall over… good thing she was a cartoon!!
I thought they might have been! Love those guys!!
Robert Zemeckis is doing a live action/2D show for HBO Max called Tooned Out about a guy who goes looney and starts to see cartoons. It was announced when HBO Max launched in 2019 but no official word about it since. Hopefully it won't be too much longer.
Oh cool!! I’m excited for that!!
No film has mixed animation and live action this well, before or since. However, there were earlier films that mixed animation and live action (such as Mary Poppins, as you noted) and also later ones. Most notable among the later ones is Space Jam (the original 1996 version with Michael Jordan). Space Jam isn't the same sort of masterpiece that Who Framed Roger Rabbit is, but it's still fun.
I have heard of Space Jam as well but it’s not one I ever watched! I know it was a big hit among my friends as a kid though, so I should probably add it to the list!! Thanks!
There is a "making of" this movie out there somewhere, I remember seeing it when this came out. It was very interesting, seeing how they achieved all the tools interacting with the real physical things.
I will have to look it up!! I would be very interested to see how they did it!!
@@TaraTunesIn the one specific thing I remember about it was the penguin (I think) serving drinks in the club where the tray of drinks was real, was done with a metal pole that was bent like his arm so they just animated over the pole. I hope you get to see it somewhere. It *might* be on TH-cam, not sure.
@@TaraTunesIn found it in case you (or anyone else) care to check it out sometime. th-cam.com/video/ty4xkdBbnOk/w-d-xo.html
@@zmarko that’s so awesome, I will be searching for it shortly! I love learning how they improvise things in movies!! I’m often surprised at how makeshift things are haha
@@TaraTunesIn th-cam.com/video/8wp1egTASxI/w-d-xo.html brain candy movie 😂
One misconception about this movie was that Disney Animation was responsible for the animation. While they did start the project, and assist heavily on the production, it had been in development hell for years. When Spielberg and Zemekis took it over, they realised that Disney wasnt equipped to handle the style.of animation they had in mind.. which was a combination of Warner Brothers, MGM (Tex Avery) and Disney styles.
Richard William's, a Canadian animation prodigy, had his small studio in England and has been doing commercials and movie title animation for years... and had been privately making his own elaborate feature film, the Thief and the Cobbler for over 20 years at that point. The roufhcut of that film got Williams in the door (the animation in it is mind blowing), and his experience with animation over live action (with a moving camera) cinched it.
Most movies with animation had a non moving, locked down camera so the perspective of the action stayed the same. Richard told them to shoot it like a regular film and he'd figure out the perspective.. they said "won't that be a lot of work".. he said "yeah.. its gonna be a ton of work... but I'm not lazy.. this is what I do".
It still blows my mind that a tiny indie studio beat out the behemoth that Is Disney Animation.
I agree that’s pretty impressive! I guess hard work pays off!
I think cartoon attractiveness has to do with humor. You're attractive as a cartoon if you're funny and Roger is the best of the best, so Jessica is seen to be lucky to marry him.
To human eyes, human attributes are attractive but I suppose that Jessica wouldn't be a very popular cartoon in toon town because she isn't funny and looks more human. That's why she's popular at her job in the HUMAN showing.
She's loyal to Roger because he respected and loved her before she became popular with humans. No one probably trusted her too because of how shes drawn. So she'd dump her career if it meant that her husband's name is cleared.
Aw that’s a great point!! I never considered that if toons consider comedy to be the most respectable thing, Jessica may not have been a very good catch at all to them! Almost like Roger was marrying down.. very interesting!!
@@TaraTunesIn yeah that's why Betty said "she's a lucky gall" when the detective was like "SHES married to ROGER?"
Awesome reaction! Something that came to mind with the scene with Donald and Daffy Duck was how much of a mindblow it was to see a Disney character and a Loony Tunes character on screen together and interacting. It's not as unheard of now, because Disney owns so much now and can put just about anybody together and kids probably wouldn't bat an eye. When this came out, it was like a kid's imagination come-to-life.
Oh and your expression at 29:10 was hilarious! lol
🤣🤣genuine shock at that woman’s face loll
I can imagine how exciting it was to see al these characters come together!!! I found it remarkable even now!!
Thanks for watching with me! I’m glad you enjoyed the video :)
@@TaraTunesIn One BIG part of the deal to be able to get the iconic characters from both studios was that none of the character from one studio could have more screen time than the other, so you always see them in pairs (Donald & Daffy), (Mickey & Bugs), (Porky & Tinkerbell). etc. [Tweety and Yosimite Sam were alone, but so were Fantasia character at the beginning and the Goofy movie playing at the theater.]
6:53 - THANK YOU for laughing at that line. I think the "dropped a piano on his head" is one of the most hysterical lines in the movie, and nobody seems to appreciate it. 😆
Hahah I’m glad you appreciated that line as well!! It was funny and sad at the same time but I couldn’t help but find it funny!
I agree, it's a brilliant line - and delivered perfectly.
It's hilarious, and Delores plays it amazingly straight and delivers it perfectly. The perfect blend of dark comedy and tragedy.
@@lauraw2526 In the making-of video, the director expresses amazement at her ability to say that straight.
Live action and animated movies. 1977 Pete's Dragon. 1992 Cool World. 1996 Space Jam. 1995 Casper. 2003 Looney Tunes: Back In Action. There have been several movies that have combined live action and some type of animation. Casper would be considered CGI and not animation though.
Trivia: The tunnel to ToonTown is the same tunnel that Biff and Marty go through in Back to the Future II. It's been in several other films. The tunnel is on Vermont Canyon Rd. in Griffith Park in Los Angeles, CA., less than a mile from the location of the Bat Cave from the 1966 TV show.
Director Robert Zemeckis has publicly said there was never a Roger Rabbit sequel because some Disney executives hated the Jessica Rabbit character's representation of women. Political correctness killed Roger Rabbit's cinematic future.
Hi Tara really enjoyable reaction to a very fun movie although I haven't watched it in years, anyway the actor playing Eddie is British actor Bob Hoskins who has starred in some fantastic films such as Mermaids 1990 with Cher and Winona Ryder, Hook 1991 with Dustin Hoffman Robin Williams and Julia Roberts as Tinker Bell, Hook is the reimagining of the Peter Pan story but is a lot of fun to watch, he also starred in another animated film directed by Robert Zemeciks called A Christmas Carol it stars Jim Carrey Gary Oldman and Colin Firth, but that film is fully animated there is no live action in it at all, Bob Hoskins was a very versatile actor and starred in many different genres of films.
Thanks so much for the info!! I have seen Hook actually, I loved that movie as a child, but I didn’t put together that Eddie is the same actor as Smee!! This makes me love Bob Hoskins even more! I love that he was in so many whimsical and fun films :) I suppose I should check out Mermaids and A Christmas Carol!
Thanks for watching!!
9:26 Good question - I agree w the fan theory that toons value being funny as the most attractive quality in another toon, not how 'beautiful ' they are. That's why he's so popular -- and why Betty Boop unexpectedly says to Eddie about Jessica Rabbit: "what a lucky girl!"
I agree!
It's a real shame we'll likely never get another Roger Rabbit film, or another movie like this in general (and even if we did, it likely wouldn't be as good as this) due to how Disney is now. This film will go down in history as one of the greats.
I agree! This movie was truly one of a kind :)
There is a theory that the toon underneath the Judge Doom mask was former Maroon Cartoon star "The Pistol Packin' Possum", perhaps driven to insanity by jealousy that his spotlight got taken over by Roger Rabbit. Though the only credence to this theory is the fact the pistol is the same, and the Possum's eyes were also a shade of red. Plus there was only one Possum poster in RK Maroon's office, while there were several Roger/Baby Herman posters, implying the Roger/Herman duo became far more popular.
But again, this is just a theory, and has not been confirmed by Spielberg, Zemeckis, Disney (and its subsidiary, Touchstone Pictures) or Warner Bros.
Still an interesting theory!! Would certainly explain some things!!!
@@TaraTunesIn indeed it would, especially when you see just how many Roger Rabbit/Baby Herman posters there were in that office. In fact, I highly recommend a second watchthrough of this film just to catch all the easter eggs :D
@@k1productions87 oh I’m sure I will rewatch this one at some point, there was sooo much to look at and so much happening in the background, similar to the back to the future movies!
@@TaraTunesIn oh I dare say it is an even greater degree in this movie. But appropriate, since they were both by Robert Zemeckis :D
07:25
He isn't looking at anything. Just the power of a good actor.
Actually, Warner Bros refused to let their cartoon characters appear under the Disney label - so, Disney released the movie through Touchstone Pictures (which Disney owned) in order to please Warner Bros.
Ahhh crafty!
@@TaraTunesIn Also because this movie isn't quite squeaky clean as Disney prefers their movies to be. Alcohol, tobacco, death, sexual innuendos.
Lovely reaction, Tara.
Things to know: Everything Roger says is true. Everything.
The whole buying up of the Redcar in order to shut it down actually happened at this time.
Disney only agreed to allow their characters in this movie because they had been virtually bankrupted by the film Black Cauldron - incredibly expensive to produce and an utter flop (it's pretty bad). Popeye isn't in this because King Features refused to take part.
There'll never be another Roger Rabbit.
Hi Steve! Thanks for sharing! I love these tidbits!! Knowing this stuff always makes the movie experience richer!!
Agreed, Disney will never allow something like this again.
In an ideal world, The Lego Movie franchise would be a place for mixing characters from different studios together again. It only has DC superheroes, but obviously Lego also has Marvel sets, and it would fit the theme of how kids mix together things that don't normally go together. I suspect that a line from The Lego Movie 2, "Marvel won't return my calls," suggests that they really wanted to. Curious that the first movie included some Star Wars stuff. Maybe that had already been arranged before Disney bought Star Wars.
I tried to find the Easter egg but, I couldn't lol 😅
Fun fact: the tunnel at 28:02 is the same tunnel from Back to the Future part two. It’s in Griffith Park in Hollywood.
Ohhhh yeah!!!! Good call!!! I didn’t notice that! :):) I love that!
Go watch an old Gene Kelly movie called"Anchors Away". I think it was the first live action movie to incorporate animation and live action elements. The Dance/actor Gene Kelly acted and danced alongside Jerry Mouse. That movie was done back in the 50's. I loved that there were cartoon characters across the whole spectrum of different franchises. If you are a fan of Christopher Lloyd go check out Star Trek II "The Wrath of Khan" he played a klingon.
Oh cool thanks!! I should definitely check both of those out!
If you like Christopher Lloyd as a villain, you might like to watch Star Trek III: The Search For Spock. It is, however, sort of the middle of a trilogy, as II, III and IV hang together.
Cool!! I haven’t seen any of the Star Trek Movies, so that’s a great suggestion! Thank you!
This movie will always have a special place in my heart.
Should check out Christopher Lloyd in a '70's TV series called Taxi if you want to see a completely different side of him as an actor, actually one of my favorites, but then, I did see the series when it aired. Watch the drivers test scene for an example th-cam.com/video/39k067hcgYY/w-d-xo.html
🤣🤣Soooo funny!!!! Thanks for sharing this with me!!!
Just do a TH-cam search for making of roger rabbit. Very difficult to make for the time at least to make it believable without CGI!!
I will do that!! I am very interested to see how they pulled this off and made it look so real!! Pre-CG effects are so amazing!!
funny thing, the vaudeville act Eddy put on, a slight foreshadow came in back when they panned over his' brother's desk, the reveal they were kids of a circus clown.
Yes!! I did notice it looked like they had a lot of fun together!
Something to think about: In that world, toons have to be 'drawn' into existence by a human. So who 'drew' Jessica, and for what reason?
That’s actually a really interesting point!!! I didn’t think of that at all!
I wonder who drew judge doom!!
My understanding is that according to the book, Judge Doom is the hunter who shot Bambi's Mother!
Omg! I had no idea this was a book!! I looked it up immediately! That’s pretty cool!! I always wondered who was responsible for orphaning Bambi!!! That explains it 🤯
That was a bit tricky, the task, not the clue.
I Hope you and your sister Jen have a wonderful Easter 🇨🇦😄🌹
Thanks Sean! Happy Easter to you as well! 🐣
Great reaction, Jen's sister. One of my favourite films, cos it's absurdly silly, just like me. LOL. A little bit miffed that we didn't get a 'Great Scott' outta you at Christopher Lloyd's appearance.
Thanks Chris! I’m glad you enjoyed the reaction!! This movie was so much fun!
Toontown looks like something out of a child's nightmare.
😂 totally!!
Great reaction as always 🐰
im not bad, i'm just drawn that way
Keep in mind all the FX here are 100% analog. No computers. They shot this movie twice... once with puppet and paper stand ins, and once with "nothing".. this was not only for eyelines but also for shading references... since every single frame of animation had to have shadows and lighting added (again, painted by hand). Bob Hoslins (Eddie) had to use his imagination while acting to nothing so much in this movie he started to hallucinate toons.
Yes!!! This is why I said I would love to see the behind the scenes!
@@TaraTunesIn there are several great docs about it on TH-cam.. but heres a quick before and after for the Toontown sequence. th-cam.com/video/u_VnHAy1Vdc/w-d-xo.html
If you really want different check out Christopher Lloyd in the old sitcom Taxi.
th-cam.com/video/xL6LINvPnBA/w-d-xo.html
Awesome, I will!
Happy Easter Tara, This Is One Of Robert Zemeckis Masterpieces Ever Made, You Have A Great Easter Sweetie 🥰
Thanks Corey! Happy Easter!! 🐣
@@TaraTunesIn 🥰
25:50 Eddie Valiant: "What's up, doc?"
Bugs Bunny: "Hey. That's _my_ line."
Daffy Duck: "You're _dethpicable!"_
This movie is 1988
Wouldn’t it be Tara _Toons_ In for this reaction? 😉
😂😂 So right. So right. 😂😂
15:11 "How the hell did _you_ get in here?"
"Through the mail slot."
"Anybody know you're here?"
"Nobody. Not a _soul_ except, uh..."
_"Who?"_
"Well, you see, I didn't know where your _office_ was."
🤔 You couldn't look in the phone book?
One of Charlie Fleischer's (Roger, Herman and Benny) earliest acting gigs was a recurring character on the 1970's sitcom WELCOME BACK, KOTTER, playing Carvelli, the antagonist rival of the other students.
38:34 "I have not seen another film, except for _Mary Poppins,_ that melds together live action and animation..."
You may want to check out _Bedknobs and Broomsticks._ 🤔 And the original _Pete's Dragon._
Great reaction. There is another movie with Michael Jordan in it called "Space Jam". If you have not see that you might have fun doing a reaction. Humans and toons together like this was.
Thanks Paul! I have heard of space jam, and will probably do it on the channel eventually!
Thanks Paul! I have heard of space jam, and will probably do it on the channel eventually!
8:51 "Man! _That's_ probably the sexiest cartoon character, ever."
You may want to look up _Cool World_ from 1992. It's not quite as popular, but that's not saying a whole lot.
If you like this watch: "Broomsticks & Bedknobs" or "Pete's Dragon"
1. 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. To make it as realistic as possible they sometimes had to hand paint the shadows.
4. One of the cartoon bullets is the voice of Pat Buttram. He played Mr. Haney on Green Acres.
5. The tunnel going to toon town is the same one used at the end of Back to the Future II.
6. This was Mae Questel's/Betty Boop third to last gig. Her last was Christmas Vacation. (RIP)
7. "One too many edibles man" 🤣
8. Favorite character is the Baby🤣
Ah I remember seeing this film when I was little and to this day I'm still wondering how they managed to get a load of different cartoons like Disney ones WB ones and a whole lot more I've probably never seen another film like this accept for one called space jam. Hi Tara hope you had a good Easter I saw the egg at 20:12 glad you enjoyed the movie sorry I saw it late I had computer issues and feeling a bit ill but luckily I still managed to see the new vid.😊👍
I’m so glad you were able to come by and watch it and I hope you feel better soon!! Good eye on the Easter egg!! I really liked this one and I do think it’s one of a kind, you’re right, there will probably never be another film like it!
Wow, I haven't watched this movie in a looooooooong time!
I’m so glad you decided to watch it again with me!!!
Cool World starring Brad Pitt ..and Monkey Bone starring Brenden Frazier. both worth watching if you liked this
HeyTara, so glad you watched this classic and took us along for the ride.
The more you watch Rodger Rabbit, the more you realize just how incredible and mind blowing the effects work is. You notice all the little things they do to help fully immerse these cartoons in the 3D world. They specifically focused on highlights and shadows to match any cartoons were in with reality. A dude hands Roger a real glass of alcohol. Jessica Rabbit physically touches Eddie and *moves his coat* and *slides his necktie*. I mean this movie is simply a master class in animation and lighting technique.
I agree it was pretty incredible the way they melded reality and cartoon! I did comment on it during the scene in the bar when Donald and Daffy are having a piano concert/fist fight - Donald shoots a cartoon cannon and blows a real hole in the piano and it made me start watching for moments when real and animated are seamlessly intertwined! I had to cut the comment because if time :( but it’s in the full-length reaction on Patreon :)
Holy crap the bed, batman! I saw the movie when it came out, I've rewatched it once or twice in the last 35 years, but now I've watched and rewatched different reactions. Joanna Cassidy deserves a lifetime Academy award for her performance in this film. She absolutely inhabits this world, her character's humanity, and her love for Eddy Valiant. The story is so finely crafted, and the performances by the humans are immaculate. Rewatch this movie and pay attention to Joanna's performance. Incredible.
The film's incredible isn't it. And they don't short change you on the film noir aspect either cos it's a legitimately solid mystery they unravel.
I agree!!! It’s like a real whodunnit but with a whimsical twist!! I loved it!!
@@TaraTunesIn
Hope you get a chance to see some of the behind the scenes featurettes. It’s a technical marvel Zemeckis pulled off here. And to think he’d pick _Back to the Future_ right off where he left it the following year is insane. He was unstoppable in the 80s. (I also highly recommend _Romancing the Stone_ with Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner.)
Among the many references, when Roger is entertaining in the bar, and at the end when Eddie puts on that musical number, the name of the song (as seen on the machine) is "The Merry-go-round Broke Down" -- which is, in fact, the track name for the Looney Tunes title theme song.
(The other well-known theme song, used for Merry Melodies, is called "Merrily We Roll Along")
8:37 "Oh, _she_ knows what she's doing."
Oh, yeah. Like they say in showbiz, always leave them wanting more. Jessica is _extraordinarily_ good at that.
The voice actor for Betty Boop in the 30s and 40s reprised the role--you can also see her in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, where she recites the Pledge of Allegiance and sings the National Anthem.
I watched this movie when I was a kid and I didn't understand how come Roger thought his wife had an affair on by just playing patty cake with Marvin Acme.
But patty cake is like sex to a cartoon.
But she really does love her husband Roger but she was trying to save his life. .
A cool known fact is that the voice actress who played Jessica Rabbit is the same actress that played in the TV show Friends who played Chandler Bings cross dressing gay Father.
Another fun fact is that the voice actress who played Betty Boop in this movie is the real actress who played the actual original Betty Boop. So incase your wondering how ij the world did they get that voice just perfect for Betty Boop is because they brought in the original actress to play her...
Hey Ashley! Thanks for the comment! I, too was briefly confused by the patty cake thing but after seeing Roger’s reaction I put together what that means for toons haha
Thanks for the fun facts! I knew I recognized Jessica’s voice!
Thanks for watching with me!
@@TaraTunesIn your welcome! I enjoyed it as well.
I'm a huge movie fantastic.
Well really my obsession goes to no only movies but music and books as well.
My husband and I are huge movie collectors.
We collect both new and very old movies.
We literally also have 1000s of vhs taps movies that are rare and hard to find.
One guy was so impressed with our collection he wrote a artical.and story about us. Lol
And we also collect laser disc's. Remember those?
Well our collection was already very large when my husband Justin and I met when I was 16.
But later when we got married it grew and grew.
Now 17 years later it is massive.
So I do enjoy telling people about movies both new and old they may of not seen yet. Especially movies from my childhood and teen years.
Do you by chance consider requested movies here in yoir comments of your TH-cam videos?
I'm new to your channel.
Do I don't know what kinds of movies you like or if yiu greatly missed out on alot of 80's and 90's or early 2000's films...
But yes I look forward to visiting you channel again.
Do you post up a video once a week?
@@ashleyshayday1526 that’s awesome! Thanks for telling me about your collection!
I welcome any movie suggestions in the comments! I can’t guarantee I will watch them but I keep a list of suggestions for inspiration in the future! I am currently posting every 2 weeks as I get the channel started. I hope to move to weekly posts once I can hire on an editor or get some better equipment! :)
Bugs Bunny and Mickey Mouse together in the same scene..THAT was amazing!
and Dolores is hot, but Jessica is from another universe.(literally!).
Just watching this now, so I'm either late for this Easter, or early for the next. I'll let you decide Tara :)
As far as I know, you're the only one to predict that "patty-cake" might be literal.
Do you like that production company Touchstone?
I suppose I do like a number of their films!
@@TaraTunesIn It's owned by Disney by the way. When you watch a film that's produced by Touchstone, they're all Disney movies.
Fun Fact: Kathleen Turner did the voice of Jessica Rabbit
Need HOWARD THE DUCK and SMOKET AND THE BSNDIT 1+2
Why would a Toon want to kill every other Toon?
Answer: Because he wasn't as funny or popular as all the other Toons, and he wanted to eliminate them all so that he would be the only Toon people would notice and love.
Best wholesome moment: No matter how much of a sourpus Eddie was, he couldn't hate on Betty Boop.
So true!!!
This film is so great, and I love watching people reacting to it! I wish I could watch it for the first time again!
He likes Betty Boop, because she was his brother's favorite toon.
I was today years old when I learnt this film had the scavenger's character in it...
Watching your reaction to this movie Tara was simply captivating. It's like you became a little girl again. Your eyes just filled with such wonder, just as my eyes did when I saw this movie back in 1988. Thanks for watching and giving us your joy.
Thanks for watching with me, and for your lovely comment :)
Honestly, I love watching these lighthearted films! It’s fun to open my mind and really experience it for the first time, it allows me to feel like a kid!! :) I’m so glad you enjoyed the video!
@@TaraTunesIn I'm sure you do. we were all blown away when this movie came out. Hey to build your channel, why don't you do a cross-channel movie watch with your sis and amazing reactor, Jen. I watch her stuff all the time.
Judge Doom. Aka Pistol Packing Possum.
18:57 "I'm not bad. I'm just _drawn_ that way."
There's the _meme._
We know what Jessica meant when she said she'll bake Roger a carrot cake. 😏
other animation, live mixes
Gurty the dinosaur
Alice Comedies
anchors aweigh
Pete's Dragon (1977 film)
bedknobs and broomsticks
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle
Space Jam
Space Jam 2
Looney Tunes Back in Action
Detective Pikachu
Marry Poppins Returns
the three caballeros
saludos amigos
Tom and Jerry
Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers movie (coming soon)
Smurfs
Tron
Garfield
Caspier
Woody Wood Pecker
Yogi Bear
enchanted
scooby doo
Stewart little
Cool World
pixels
out of jimmy's head
Grow Up, Timmy Turner!
dora and the lost city of gold
the incredible mr. limpet
and on the some what racist side
Heavy Traffic
Song of the South
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Oh wow!! Thanks so much that is an enormous amount of movie suggestions!! Some I have seen, most I have not! I’ll definitely be checking some of these out! Thank you!
Big Fat Liar and Midnight Madness are very underrated movies
💜 Have you seen GalaxyQuest, Jurassic Park, Ghostbusters 1&2, The Sixth Sense, Twister, Volcano, Dante’s Peak, Batman and Robin.
Cool World is another movie like Roger Rabbit, but nowhere near caliber of Roger Rabbit.
Oh wow so many suggestions here!! I have seen about half of these: Jurassic Park (probably one of my all-time favs), the sixth sense, Dante’s peak, and Twister- all amazing movies!!! BUT I have not seen GalaxyQuest, Ghostbusters, Volcano, Batman and Robin OR Cool World!
since the ones from your list that I have seen, I LOVED, I will definitely check out the others!! Thanks so much for the suggestions!!
Can toon guns kill toons?
Elmer Fudd: No...
Foreshadowing:
Shoes come in pairs.
Shoes can be brothers.
Ie., Judge Doom killed
that shoe's brother,
just like he killed
Eddie's brother.
Ohhhhhh very astute!!!! I hadn’t thought of that!!
See Tara it didn't take long to see a movie you did pop up, that I've seen too! 😁
Greetings from New Jersey. I remember seeing this one. My sister took me to see it. It was the summer of 88 and the year I started 4th grade (Man, I’m Old….LoL). This is indeed a classic and still memorize the dialogue from beginning to end. And yes, I do remember kind of having a crush on Jessica Rabbit, which is still weird. LoL. Glad you finally got to see this one. And May I just say; how absolutely gorgeous and lovely you get in every one of your reactions so far. Keep up the great work 🥰🥰🥰❤️❤️❤️
Thank you Joe! You’re too kind! ☺️
Yea!! I was going to suggest this one to you. So glad you did it, very fun.
Hey, check out Dick Tracy from 1990. It feels very much like a comic book but it’s live action. They went all out on makeup to make a lot of the mobsters look cartoonish, it’s awesome. It stars Warren Beatty as Dick Tracy along with Al Pacino, Dustin Hoffman, Madonna, Mandy Patinkin (from Princess Bride, the Spaniard), Dick VanDyke, Cathrine O’Hara and so many more.
Oh wow!!! I’ve never even heard of it but there are so many big names!! I e definitely added it to my “check it out!” List!!
Thank you!
Remove the COPYRIGHT from the film and I'd like and subscribe. It's too distracting. Your sis doesn't do it and her vids are top notch on all levels. Might want to do a consult. Good luck!
Every channel and video is copyrighted differently.
I use the copyright stamp to avoid having to edit and re-edit a thousand times since I have a fairly new channel and, unlike Jen, I do not have an editor yet.
Those who do like and subscribe don’t seem to mind too much.
Thanks for the comment though!
Bob Hoskins eventually began to hallucinate the cartoon characters when filming wrapped up
Oh wow
Maybe I would too if I had been immersed in a cartoon world for so long!! 😂
You should watch CLUE for some young Christopher Lloyd and classic humor. Great reaction.
Ohhh that sounds good! I love the game and a good mystery, and I LOVE Christopher Lloyd!! Great suggestion!!
If you’ve never seen them a couple other Robert Zemeckis film to react to are Forrest Gump, Castaway, The Polar Express & Disney’s A Christmas Carol.
Hey there! Thanks! I have seen Forrest gulp and castaway, but I’ll definitely check out the others!!
Very fun reaction! 👍
And very astute observation with how the toons in universe value laughter so much that in their minds' Roger Rabbit is the most desirable spouse.
Kinda gives some insight into Judge Doom's motivations. He wasn't attractive or alluring to the humans like Jessica and wasn't funny enough for the toons...So he was miserable. So miserable that genociding all of the other toons would give him revenge and make the human population just as miserable as he is.
Yeah I agree! Kind of explains Judge Doom’s perspective!
Glad you enjoyed the reaction! Thanks for watching :)
Y a fin de cuentas NO es su culpa... así lo dibujaron.
Such a fun movie, this was groundbreaking when it was made. Excited to see what you think of it.
I am not surprised this was considered groundbreaking! I was really impressed at the seamless why they melded the animation and live action together!!
Groundbreaking??? Have you seen Mary Poppins (1964)?
@@jarrodnewman0514 Yes, of course! I LOVE Mary Poppins! And I know there were some other films that combined animation and live action before this one as well, but I felt like this film just made it look very real!
Maybe it was just the difference between Mary Poppins having the people enter an animated world (like when Eddie goes to Toon Town) vs having animated characters existing in the real world that made it look so different?
I imagine both films were considered groundbreaking for their time, but I do see your point considering Mary Poppins was decades earlier!
Plus... Gene Kelly dances with Jerry Mouse (Tom and Jerry) in Anchors Away (1945)
@@jarrodnewman0514 Awesome! I loved him in Singin’ in the Rain! Perhaps I will check out some extra classic films :)
It's such a delightful movie. Glad you enjoyed it. 🙂
I really did!! It was such a Fun experience! Thanks for joining me!
25:37: Your response was so funny, like "Awwwww...aw? Oh".
Hahaha thanks! That moment went from romantic to awkward in no time!!
@@TaraTunesIn lol
In book she had an affair and was Roger who killed them both
Great choice for Easter! The Jim Henson company (famous for the muppets) made fantastic films around the 80’s. There is an unofficial trilogy of movies I’m suggesting to all the reaction channels I watch everyday, the first two are famous films and the third is a hidden gem. The Neverending story (1979), Labyrinth (1986) and the secret hidden gem, Mirror Mask (2005). While technically The Dark Crystal (1982) could be considered in the same style, using puppets to create magic worlds can be a lot for a young person to enjoy during our modern age of cgi. These first 3 are more like ‘Alice in Wonderland’ stories, while The Dark Crystal (1982) is deep sci-fi and a little slow to follow but super cool to watch.
Hi there! Thanks for these suggestions! Unfortunately, I have already seen the movies you mentioned! I watched the Never Ending Story a lot as a kid, although I may do a rewatch of it sometime as I can hardly remember it! The Labyrinth and Mirrormask I saw as an adult, both good, but also very strange movies!! I have never seen the Dark Crystal. It may be something I visit on the channel down the line!
Thanks for watching! :)
great reaction. still a funny movie
7:40 I'm guessing the ducks have speech impediments because they don't have lips
Haha good point!
Doc Doom is Doc brown from back to the future
This was definitely on of my favorite movie as a kid, we had the vhs 📼 the movie was funny and and then scary when the judge brought out the Dip thing got dark.
Loll I do wish I’d seen this as a kid, but I KNOW judge doom would have scared the crap out of me 😂