I didn’t know WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT was THIS GOOD!! | First Time Reaction

[@Crazyivan777]

When working on-set, the actor who played Eddie was told to just envision Jessica as the sexiest thing he could imagine. When he saw the premier, he apparently said, "Wow, my imagination sucks!"

[@adamscott7354]

Bob Hoskins

[@Bfdidc]

@@adamscott7354 Good actor all around and a kind of interesting character to boot.

[@thomaskilroy4573]

Hard to imagine Bob Hoskins using the word ‘sucks’…Given how quintessentially English and especially associated with London he was always thought of as being.

[@adamscott7354]

@@thomaskilroy4573 He's playing a New Yorker here so, for late 80's and born Cockney its pretty solid

[@boarder6246]

RIP Bob. It’s been ten years in 4 days

[@carleakins2153]

"Not at any time. Only when it was funny," is one of my favorite nonchalant explanations of all time. "Nice booby trap" is such an underrated joke.

[@noah_ncl0223]

Still blows my head seeing Disney & WB characters together. This movie is a licensing phenomenon!

[@davidanderson1639]

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, there were 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.

[@t.c.thompson2359]

Still funny to me that the Bugs and Mickey scene has Mickey both show up first and leave the frame last.

[@bidwell13]

There was an issue though. Disney wanted their newer designs used instead of what they looked like during that time period. They showed Disney they did the newer versions then when they had the completed version done they changed the characters without Disney knowing which is probably why they have done a collab like this again

[@briangreen9677]

@@bidwell13 The older designs are superior. Disney should have known better than to insist on updated ones.

[@elbruces]

Every once in a great while, you have to tip your hat to the lawyers and say thanks for helping make this happen.

[@christhompson2006]

She did still have it for sure. Mae Questel was the original Betty Boop starting in 1931 and came back to voice Betty in this movie.

[@allenruss2976]

I just saw this in a documentary the other day. Her pre Hays cartoons are still all over KZbin

[@davidanderson1639]

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.

[@allenruss2976]

@@davidanderson1639 that I didn't know. Thank you. Another reason to revere that movie

[@MGower4465]

Betty Boop was also the only established animated character the producers had any trouble getting permission to use. Because they could not figure out who owned the rights. Warner and Disney just wanted moneyand assurances their property and the rival's property would have exactly equal screen time.

[@majkus]

@@davidanderson1639 She also voiced Popeye in a few wartime cartoons when Jack Mercer was unavailable. Very few lines, but still remarkable.

[@band43seat]

So fun thing, the dip is actually a type of cleaning solution used by animators to clean their pens, hence why it works on toons.

[@theoriginalshew]

I thought it was just paint thinner

[@Angelicwings1]

“Say hello… Harvey” is a reference to an older film where a man sees an invisible rabbit. The film was based on a play of the same name from 1944

[@Hiraghm]

Actually, "Harvey" came _after_ this movie takes place... Starring George Bailey, aka "Jimmy Stewart".

[@Angelicwings1]

@@Hiraghm in when the movie takes place? Maybe. After the movie itself from the 80’s absolutely not. Harvey was from 1950 but considering they were only a few years out film wise it’s not that bad. Also the film from 1950 was based on a play from 1944. So perhaps instead of the movie the guy in the film saw the play. Which would work.

[@PhilBagels]

@@Angelicwings1 The Pasadena Freeway - or more properly, the Arroyo Seco Parkway, was first build in 1940. Or at least part of it was. The section that connects to downtown Los Angeles wasn't built until 1953. So yes, this movie could take place after the movie Harvey was released, but before the Pasadena freeway was complete in its current form. But there was already such a thing as a freeway in 1940.

[@shawnmiller4781]

@@PhilBagelsI think you all are looking too closely at the timeline

[@larrybremer4930]

Yep, Harvey released in 1950 but is based on a popular play from 1944 so with the movie taking place in 1947 the timeline fits.

[@aliasisudonomo]

The bit where Jessica reveals why she hit Roger with a frying pan demonstrates that she, too, is a Toon and thinks like one. :)

[@JohnRandomness105]

And she knows how routinely Roger flips things up.

[@bansheekh]

I use that line whenever someone asks where my boyfriend is. Mostly I get blank looks.

[@chrisofstars]

​@@bansheekh We need to be friends because I'm literally just a walking pile of music, TV, movie, and pop culture references. 😅

[@bansheekh]

@@chrisofstars Also Amy Irving, also uncredited, did the singing for Jessica Rabbit. Fun fact about me, whenever someone asks where my bf is I say, “ I hit him on the head with a frying pan and put him in the trunk, so he wouldn’t get hurt”. Mainly I get blank stares but I don’t care.

[@inmoviesempire]

Spielberg convinced Warner Bros, Harvey Comics, Felix the Cat Productions, Universal and many other Studios to lend their characters. That was the first and only time to see them all together.

[@davidanderson1639]

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.

[@tats_sacs]

He did it again with ready player one.

[@ronfehr7899]

​@@davidanderson1639From what I heard, Disney and Warner Bros. demanded equal on-screen time for their characters.

[@davidanderson1639]

@@ronfehr7899 I also heard that both studio required that to happen. I’d hate to have been the person responsible for ensuring that no one studio’s characters got more screen time!!

[@ItApproaches]

It could happen again, it just requires the people in charge of these companies to not be greedy selfish suits lol. If the people who took over were open to it, it could happen again.

[@Shritistrang]

"Is this a kid's movie or was it made for adults?" Yes.

[@3DJapan]

It's fun for the whole family.

[@shawnmiller4781]

Both You know the great films have jokes for both the adults and the kids

[@RobertLutece909]

That's something Hollywood has forgotten how to do. I haven't seen a movie that did this well since _Shrek._

[@StinkyGreenBud]

Was born in 1983 and this is probably my most watched childhood film, along side Die hard.

[@viperdemonz-jenkins]

family movie just like Jaws, people under the stairs, Abyss and Terminator.

[@stanleywiggins5047]

Jessica Rabbit "I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way" is classic & true

[@Falcun21]

Now she needs to watch Cool World for Jessica's not even close to as wholesome counterpart Holly Would.

[@panamafloyd1469]

I'm still thinking that Jessica was based on Tex Avery's "Redd Hott" character he made at MGM after he left WB.

[@cshubs]

Sometimes I think the whole movie was made because of this line. Someone said it for some reason, then thought What if someone who said it had been drawn.

[@sp72929]

The documentary about how they did this movie is unbelievable. They actually went all in to have as much real things moving as possible to make the interaction between real things and the cartoons as realistic as possible and every single frame had to be painted separately by hand to fit - the amount of work that went into this movie is mind-blowing!

[@mrborgeusborg1541]

Is it in the documentary that Bob Hoskins said "If the grab Roger like this, I just cost the studio 300 grand. Because they need to paint Roger between my fingers" ??

[@MrRezRising]

Not to mention the amount of legal wrangling and deal making that went into getting all those IPs on screen in the same movie. That's why Bugs (WB) and Mickey (Disney), and Donald and Daffy are together in pairs, to ensure equal screen time.🙂

[@thewackykid]

yup... and they deservedly won oscars for best visual effects...

[@reservoirdude92]

Back to the Future, Roger Rabbit, Forrest Gump.. Robert Zemeckis was responsible for making some pretty iconic and important movies.

[@tfpp1]

Don’t forget Castaway, Contact, and What Lies Beneath. 😎

[@Crazy_Diamond_75]

@@tfpp1 Zemeckis was Contact? Man, for some reason I thought that was Rob Reiner. But yeah, just checked, and you're right!

[@tfpp1]

@@Crazy_Diamond_75 Yeah, he's done some biggies, right?

[@SwordmasterKane]

"Romancing The Stone" as well.

[@tfpp1]

@@SwordmasterKane yeah but I didn’t see that one nobody cares about that one lol

[@moonlitegram]

I love the concept that the dynamics of physics change based around comedic timing for toons: "Do you mean to tell me that you could have taken your hand out of that cuff at any time??" "No, not at any time. Only when it was funny."

[@sourisvoleur4854]

That makes sense given how Warner Brothers toons fall off a cliff.

[@RJALEXANDER777]

The dead toon shoe gets even worse when you realise that there were two of them. The other shoe has to go on without it's other half. The villain really had a thing for taking people's brothers away.

[@zoltar2077]

fun fact: the reason betty said "what a lucky girl" not guy is cause unlike us humans who rate ourselves through appearance, toons rate themselves through humor. roger is one of the funniest toons out there while jessica is one of the least funniest. therefore by the toons standards and point of view, its jessica who's lucky to be married to someone like roger

[@joeb918]

I wouldn’t say this is limited to toons. Humans can also fall in love with people despite them not being the best looking people, simply because they have a personality that makes them attractive and humour is often rated highly.

[@TheDrag0nSlayer]

That's a pretty basic interpretation. The actual joke is rooted in the fact that a good personality trumps looks. Toons are just a reflection of ourselves magnified and exagerated.

[@ItApproaches]

Also I think Roger is the most popular Toon in Toon town.

[@voiceofraisin3778]

@@ItApproaches Top tier at least. Bugs, Goofy, Mickey are all top rank so Roger is a solid A lister but he's not top of the tree.

[@ItApproaches]

@@voiceofraisin3778 I mean, did Toon Town get left to Bugs or Mickey? Nope lol. Did they get a whole movie about them, nope lol.

[@mikeydubbs8565]

In true Film Noir fashion, Jessica being overtly suspicious was a red herring

[@nathanjacobus3577]

"A laugh can be a very powerful thing. Why sometimes in life, it's the only weapon we have.." That line more than any others always got to me. Made me really SEE Rodger and his motives. How do the toons really feel about the world they live in? And about their place in this world?

[@SFAPowerhouse]

Also, my mind was blown when I discovered the actor who played Doom also played the iconic Doc Brown in the Back To The Future trilogy! Seriously, Christopher Lloyd has an INCREDIBLE range as an actor! Seriously, a Hollywood legend!

[@JohnRandomness105]

Judge Doom's vision of his exploitation of the freeway does remind me of Doc Brown.

[@paulinerobertson6836]

Agree! but also that he was Uncle Fester too! amazing.

[@JohnRandomness105]

@@paulinerobertson6836 I think that he played a Klingon in one of the Star Trek movies.

[@JamesFarrOfficial]

I was eight when this came out. Seeing Donald and Daffy and Bugs and Mickey share the screen together for the first time was mind blowing. I still have my plush Benny the Cab.

[@kmortensen9312]

The toys were really disappointing though.. i still remember how the small piece of steel wire in roger's arm came out of the arm as it wore through the rubber :D (it had posable arms)

[@laffingist218]

even with all the multiverse movies lately, mickey and bugs being in the same shot is still the most mind blowing crossover I've ever seen

[@GD-tt6hl]

The director said this movie is really three movies, a full animation picture, a special effects movie, and a film noir. You have to watch the making of this movie to really understand how labor intensive it was.

[@TynamM]

The practical effects work alone was insane. Especially the lighting. (Watch the scene where the weasels search Eddie's apartment - one of them knocks the light and then it _keeps moving_, with the weasels casting moving shadows and being lit by the changing light.)

[@RangerChris61]

The shoes scene is still easily one of the most disturbing and unsettling scenes ever put to film

[@charleslee8313]

The heart scene from "Temple Of Doom," the horse scene from "The Neverending Story," and the shoe dip scene from this movie -- my childhood was effed up.

[@XxxSpectroxx]

Legit one of my most vivid memories from it was that scary scene

[@Outrider85]

That and the ending steamroller traumatized me for real. Also, the shoe was straight up murder. Doom should have been arrested on the spot. That shoes wasn't a criminal, he just decided to kill it for fun.

[@nathancline4000]

@@Outrider85 When you think about it,I'm pretty sure the ingredients of the dip are effectively Paint Remover, so it would be a real way to eliminate a toon.

[@Outrider85]

@@nathancline4000 Yes, that is the point that is literally stated in the movie. It's the only way to kill a toon.

[@DC_Prox]

One of the stipulations that Disney insisted on was that Mickey can't hurt anyone, that's why it had to be Bugs that handed him the "spare".

[@davidanderson1639]

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. Correct, there were specific 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.

[@Kainlarsen]

Disney... pussies even then.

[@Kinitawowi]

@@davidanderson1639 King Features Syndicate didn't make it - they were supposed to be there but apparently they wanted three times what Disney got paid for everybody just so the film could have Popeye. They realised they'd made a colossal mistake as soon as they saw the film. (Betty Boop was published in King but the rights were negotiated with Fleischer.)

[@davidanderson1639]

@@Kinitawowi thank you for the clarification on that; I never realised. It makes you wonder what the studio executives were thinking demanding that amount to feature Popeye?

[@Kinitawowi]

@@davidanderson1639 Sounds like a classic "they didn't Get what the film was about" scenario.

[@biguy617]

Fun fact, the tunnel to Toon Town is the same Tunnel in Back to the Future 2. RIP Bob Hoskins. The voice of Roger is the man that Biff paid to get rid of the manure in Back to the Future.

[@alextan1478]

He was also the clock tower guy from 2015 who tried to get Marty to donate.

[@JohnRandomness105]

@@alextan1478 They were young and old versions of the same character.

[@christopherbowers7236]

@@alextan1478 wish i could go back in time and put some money on the Cubbies

[@pencilnecked1579]

Who Framed Roger Rabbit is #2 on my most magical movie going experiences. Seeing the animation transition into the blend of animation and real life as a 6-7 yr old blew me away and lives with me to this day. The only experience to ever beat it was when that first dinosaur appeared on the big screen when I went to see Jurassic Park as an 11 yr old.

[@mossena]

The boardroom discussions that were required to make all this happen took years. I'll never forget my incredible thrill at seeing Donald and Daffy on stage together.

[@Armaldo468]

Heh. Daffy didn’t know who he was dealing with. Daffy Duck is arguably more powerful than Donald Duck in terms of “toon force” and whatnot (I’m not into all the nerdy tournaments and stuff, but I can recognize when a character has a lot of control over his or her surroundings/the media they’re in), but Donald is more of a badass in and of himself-a fierce fowl who is more than capable of going toe to toe with Daffy. (Note: I say all of this as someone who loves both characters. Daffy severely underestimated his older counterpart, though, and I don’t think that battle on stage went at all how he expected. Donald is infinitely more formidable than pretty much anyone Daffy is accustomed to butting heads with, save for friend and rival Bugs Bunny. Bugs and Daffy usually just troll each other rather than go to all-out war, however.) All rambling aside, yeah, that scene was awesome. Ditto for the scene with Bugs and Mickey trolling Eddie. So satisfying to see these absolute legends on screen together. Gotta love the old-school cartoons.

[@DC_Prox]

Christopher Lloyd almost never blinked when he was on camera, sort of a hidden clue that he was a toon.

[@chrism7541]

Also his cartoon teeth, if you look carefully...

[@christianwise637]

Also the cape he's wearing is always billowing in the wind, even when he's indoors and there should be no wind

[@GeddiSadie1]

Also how careful he is to never actually touch the dip.

[@WillFlyTheLightingGuy]

Never before and never again will you see Warner Bros and Disney characters together on the same screen.

[@shadowrush001]

Disney gave Warner Bros permission for Mickey and Donald to share the screen with Bugs and Daffy on the condition that that they each had equal screen time. that is why when one was on screen there was always the other.

[@RLucas3000]

Unless Disney buys WB

[@WillFlyTheLightingGuy]

@@RLucas3000 I really don’t see that happening

[@augustcanyon3438]

A once in a lifetime type of movie. It was so good that people forget these actors are working with empty space and the toons are holding real objects. This movie beyond special on so many levels.

[@PierceArner]

One of the best things about the movie is that it's _REALLY_ good seeing it as a kid where toons from different studios were all together at once, and it's also great to rewatch as an adult where you pick up on the more adult jokes, but also on the modern societal subtext like erasing Toon Town to pave it over and build a freeway like modern L.A. is now (and was when this was made). The integration of animated & live action elements have specific rules that are never directly explained but implicitly understandable, and took a ton of practical tricks to pull them off, and on top of all of that the term, "bumping the lamp" came from this film, referring to making a scene extremely complex and adding to the believability from when they're trying to get the handcuffs off in the back room, and the constantly changing lighting of the environment had to be carefully matched in the animation. There's just SO much that makes this basically endlessly enjoyable & properly timeless.

[@kentonkruger8333]

This came out when I was 16, and I think it was the perfect timing for viewing. I was still young and not too far enough removed to appreciate the childhood aspects, but old enough to get all the adult jokes and understand all the work on all levels to achieve such a fantastic film. We went as a large group and I really had to fight to convince some of the group to pick this movie. The girl that fought me the most turned to me about 10 minutes into the movie and said "Thanks so much for talking me into this. This is amazing!".

[@darkmaer]

it was so hard to make, and then of course, the licensing, that Hollywood will never remake this film. Thanks for gods.

[@toddjones1480]

Ready Player One says hi.

[@darkmaer]

@@toddjones1480 still haven’t gotten Disney and loony tunes together again.

[@toddjones1480]

@@darkmaer Only because there were almost no cartoons in that movie.

[@darkmaer]

@@toddjones1480 still doesn’t matter, they also deviated from the books more than likely because they couldn’t get licensing. They just took whatever they could get their hands on and worked it around the general concept of the book. The book is awesome, but movie sucks compared.

[@VorpalBunnysRevenge]

"I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way." A line that will live forever.

[@panamafloyd1469]

Ex-Cartoon Network Broadcast Operations checking in. In the 1990s, our staff were all animation/anime/videogame/comic book geeks. "Cartoons aren't just for kids!" was our rallying cry. At our peak, we were just as popular on college campuses as we were with children. My own history was rediscovering Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies at an old 'art cinema' as a teen, and discovering the double entendres in them. "I'll do it..but I'll probably hate myself in the morning!" -Bugs Bunny ("Little Red Riding Rabbit", 1943, D: Friz Freeling) Even though this film was out before our network went on air, it seemed like every member of our crew had a copy of it on home video. Seems we'd all 'been seen' with so many of the things we loved about animation being displayed in the film. We'd get off shift, go buy beer & wine, go to one of our apartments, drink, and watch it again. Crash out after laughing so hard again, but not before setting alarm clocks to go repeat the process the next day. 😊 Very few actual animation cels from WB/MGM/Disney cartoons from the 1940s remain..because of "The Dip"! Celluloid was difficult to find in WW2 (the chemicals used to make it were rationed). Once a cel was painted and used for an animated sequence, they were 'dipped' in paint remover, and cleaned up to be reused.

[@socalpaul487]

When the guy in the bar introduces his rabbit friend, Harvey, it was a reference to the movie "Harvey" 1950 with Jimmy Stewart. It's well worth watching.

[@krisfrederick5001]

God I loved this movie as a kid. So ahead of its time. Christopher Lloyd is a legend

[@Bleckman666]

I remember seeing this in the cinema back in 1988, and hearing the scream of Roger in the animated kitchen scene actually going all around me in the theatre! Pretty impressive surround sound back then, like the helicopters in "Apocalypse Now" or the airplane coming in to land from behind in the beginning of "Die Hard"...

[@Nogli]

27:58 Looks like Addie is going for the same "It's DIP!" expression as Jessica!

[@jonasfermefors]

Everybody should see a making of for this movie. It is completely mindblowing how many real items the toons are using. The nightclub scene has so many items flying around the room that I can't fathom how they got it to work.

[@Stratelier]

27:25 - "That's going to kill the car, right?" You weren't the only one asking that. And the stated ingredients of The Dip are actually key ingredients of various _paint thinners!_ Presumably, some momentary contact with The Dip would only "injure" part of a Toon, similar to any acidic burn. To completely kill a Toon in this manner would involve prolonged contact with The Dip (e.g. from being dunked, sprayed, or doused) over some time interval as it physically dissolves them. What a way to go, _indeed._

[@Bozemanjustin]

8:05 she says what a lucky girl, because in the tune world Roger is the biggest catch.

[@LordBaktor]

Judge Doom was the most terrifying villain I had ever seen as a kid until I watched Terminator 2.

[@tommarks3726]

And all the toons sung together at the end and it was so cute. Love the weasels, they stole the movie for me. The head weasel's voce was Squiggy from Laverne and Shirley.

[@MLJ7956]

Great reaction to this classic Addie... Steven Spielberg (who was also a producer of this film) did commission a series of 3 Roger Rabbit shorts, which do act as mini-sequels to the film (the shorts are 'Tummy Trouble', 'Roller Coaster Rabbit' & Trail Mix-Up'. All 3 shorts have the voices of Charles Fleischer as Roger Rabbit, Kathleen Turner as Jessica Rabbit, Lou Hirsch as Baby Herman & Droopy Dog, and April Winchell as Mrs. Herman returning....these shorts were shown before the start of several Disney and Warner Bros family films in the late 80s & early 90s) and Spielberg was planing on doing several more Roger Rabbit short cartoons but decided to produce 'Tiny Toon Adventures', 'Animaniacs' and 'Pinky & The Brain' cartoon series instead. All 3 Roger Rabbit shorts are on the Blu-Ray & DVD to this movie (and you probably can find them on KZbin as well).

[@GenXJen78]

This stirred up a memory for me. I think I remember going to see some movies during that time to see the Roger Rabbit shorts. I may not have gone to see those movies otherwise.

[@matthewcompton3448]

What's amazing to me is that most, if not all, of the real objects the toons were holding/using were in the scene, usually held by wires, and then the animators had to draw the toons to match the actions.

[@philshorten3221]

"I want you to know I love you.... I love you more than any women ever loved a Rabbit" Definitely one for the grown ups! 😂😂😂

[@JohnRandomness105]

One of those quotes that go over kids' heads. "Nice booby trap" on the other hand... I've heard that Jessica Rabbit sometimes made tween boys feel "uncomfortable".

[@RyoHazuki224]

Hahaha, oh my god in all my years... of course I think a "rabbit" as a toy for women wasn't a thing back then. Maybe. I really don't know.

[@selkie76]

@@RyoHazuki224 The Rabbit vibrator was originally launched in 1984 - four years before this film was released. The reference is likely deliberate. ^_~

[@theplayfulparody2183]

Fun bit of trivia: this whole movie was loosely based on a book, "Who censored Roger Rabbit." It was much darker and more grim. The author liked the movie so much that he later would say the book was just a bad dream Jessica was having.

[@JustWasted3HoursHere]

One of those cases where the movie adaptation is better than the original ("Logan's Run" is another good example of this). The book "Who Censored Roger Rabbit?" is radically different in almost every way, but very dark like you say.

[@sourisvoleur4854]

Having also read the book I agree the movie is more enjoyable.

[@JustWasted3HoursHere]

@@sourisvoleur4854 I read the book after seeing the movie to get more depth on the story and characters, only to have my jaw hit the floor at what happens to Roger in the beginning! (And then discovering the radical differences between it and the movie.)

[@sourisvoleur4854]

@@JustWasted3HoursHere Fortunately I read the book first.

[@mattstanford9673]

I used to have a VHS with a lot (I'm not sure how many there were) of those Goofy shorts. The only ones I can really remember was training for the Olympics (I believe that's the one that's used in this movie, at the theater scene), dealing with road rage, playing baseball, and...something to do with building something. I loved how simultaneously slapstick and wholesome they were. I also had one that used a compilation of Goofy shorts to animate a music video for Weird Al's "Eat It," among other songs, but I can't, for the *life of me,* find any record of the videos existing, so that could just be a fever dream.

[@darastarscream]

No it existed, I vaguely remember seeing it too.

[@mattstanford9673]

@@darastarscream Well it's good to know I'm not the only insane one. Lol. Validation feels great. XD

[@vuechidna]

One of my favorite subtle details is during the montage of Eddie and his brother's career journey, there is a photo of them with their father who trained them to be clowns in the Ringling Bros. Circus which explains why Eddie is able to do the flips and slapstick at the end that kills the weasels.

[@sean_b_drummer]

The funniest adult joke, and no one acknowledges it: I would have been here sooner, but I had to shake the Weasels. 😂😂😂

[@asirb8015]

To get Disney and Warner brothers toons in the movie, the studio made a deal to give them equal screen time. Hence the parachute scene with Mickey and Bugs, etc

[@SFAPowerhouse]

And the finale at the end, too.

[@THOMMGB]

And Donald Duck and Daffy Duck both seated and playing their pianos when the curtain raises.

[@Angelicwings1]

You know what’s even more epic? The cartoons were all hand drawn. CGI wasn’t a thing

[@christhompson2006]

It was a thing, but they didn't use it in this movie.

[@Angelicwings1]

@@christhompson2006 not in the 80’s

[@aerthreepwood8021]

I like how you say this like CGI isn't also an obscene amount of work.

[@Angelicwings1]

@@aerthreepwood8021 I never said CGI wasn’t legit. I will admit though I think film makers are lazy and use it too much. Practical effects look better to me. My major preference is a mix of CGI when needed and practical effects. Also you have to admit CGI doesn’t require frame by frame original drawings like this movie needed. I was trying to draw attention to the fact that this was before CGI so it’s impressive. Nothing more and nothing less. You decided to make it a debate. CGI is hard work and digital artists are legit artists. If I have to choose I’m hand drawn all the way. Digital art is great but I like the imperfections and little quirks of art done by hand.

[@sumelar]

CGI had been a thing for a decade by this point, and was used to insert the hand drawn artwork into the movie.

[@geromyre]

I have loved this movie ever since I was a kid. I was reciting lines through your entire video. I'm so glad you get to see it for the first time! So many great one liners, and, yes, there are many lines I didn't get when I was little. "Dabblin' in water colors, Eddy?" "My uncle had to check his probate once! He had to take the BIIIIIIIIIG pills, and drink lots of watah!" "Not 'prostate', you idiot! PROBATE!" "I asked the paper boy. He didn't know! So I asked the fireman, the greengrocer, the butcher, the baker. They didn't know! ...but the liquor store guy. He knew." "Hey Roger! Whaddya call the middle of a song?" "Gee, I dunno Bennie. What DO you call th-AAAAAAHHHHHH" When Bob Hoskins passed away in 2014, I had the Valiant & Valiant song on repeat for a week. Great video, as always!

[@damianstarks3338]

Thanks for taking me back to my childhood 7:44 iconic introduction to Jessica Rabbit one of the sexiest cartoon characters ever created.

[@michaelcoffey1991]

@Addie not only is it so well done it holds up now (which almost never happens when blue screen effects are done so much, but the story has heart and humor. An as a kid NONE of us (40 or older) thought we would see Bugs and his WB cartoons interact with Mickey and his Disney cartoon buddies.

[@duanetelesha]

I would classify as an adult cartoon, with sight gags and innuendo. great reaction and lots of laughs.

[@johnplaysgames3120]

I think that vibe is a throwback to the old Warner Bros. cartoons, as they often had subtle jokes that adults would get but which would go over a kid's head. In fact, originally, the "Looney Toons" cartoons were aimed at adults, not children. They were used as filler before and between features in movie theaters and had plenty of violence and innuendo. It wasn't until cartoons started becoming a Saturday morning thing for kids in the 70s and 80s that they started being aimed more strictly at children (or, as Walter McKimson, son of Looney Toons animator Robert McKimson, said, "They chopped the hell out of them") and eventually just became half-hour commercials for toys and breakfast cereals. Then, with the rise of "Tiny Toons" -- which was just Spielberg's revival of the old Looney Toons traditions -- cartoons started turning into something that kids could watch but which had another layer on top for adults. Today, Pixar uses this pretty successfully, making movies that kids can enjoy but with jokes aimed at their parents (and other adults who just enjoy animated movies). For instance, I just re-watched Pixar's "Inside Out" the other day and one character makes a comment about there not being any bears in San Francisco, followed by another character commenting that they did see a hairy man. This joke about a "Bear" in SF is a joke that a kid isn't going to understand but which adults will laugh knowingly at.

[@christianwise637]

I feel like this is a film that anyone can enjoy, adults will enjoy the noir vibes, innuendos and meta history-based jokes, while kids get loads of slapstick humour and a chance to see various iconic animated characters interact with each other

[@obscillesk]

"Not at any time, only when it was funny" isn't quite a mantra for me, but it's stuck in my mind ever since I heard it at like, 8 or whatever I first saw this.

[@martinbraun1211]

I suggest the movie "Short Circuit" from 1986.

[@EnigmaTimGaming]

Great film but Addie will have to try and just ignore Fisher Stevens character. Problematic in today's age to say the least.

[@Angelicwings1]

Brilliant film. I love it so much

[@Angelicwings1]

@@EnigmaTimGamingyeah.

[@pvanukoff]

Yes, I wish more people would do reactions of it.

[@playerpage]

@@EnigmaTimGaming How so?

[@martinbraun1211]

This is one of my favorite childhood movies.

[@bwilliams463]

This has to be the greatest 2D/live action film ever made. It is practically seamless and looks as good today as I remember it in the theatre. Part of the agreement between Warner Bros and Disney was that Mickey and Bugs had to have equal screen time - and I have also heard the agreement included equal lines for the two characters, right down to the number of words. And Jessica isn't 'shady,' she's SHADED.

[@Alysa-Aiday]

*_NO JOKE!!_* I saw you'd posted this, *_HADN'T watched yet,_* and started cheering: "Addie! Addie! Addie!"

[@frugalseverin2282]

This is a classic, I wish they'd made more movies like this. They did make 3 Roger Rabbit cartoons 'Tummy Trouble', 'Roller Coaster Rabbit' and 'Trail Mix-Up'. Kathleen Turner provided Jessica Rabbit's voice but Amy Irving did the singing for her.

[@alextan1478]

All three shorts played before the Disney movies Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989), Dick Tracy (1990) and A Far Off Place (1993). The first two movies are definitely those that I would suggest to Addie. #MoreClassicLiveActionDisneyMoviesForAddieCounts

[@ComeOnIsSuchAJoy]

Kathleen Turner having also been the star of Robert Zemeckis' breakout film "Romancing the Stone," and Amy Irving having been Steven Spielberg's wife at the time.

[@SFAPowerhouse]

I was blessed to have seen this, the single GREATEST MASTERPIECE IN ALL CINEMA, as a kid! Seeing all of my favorite cartoon characters that had made me laugh all the years of my life in one fantastically crafted film was nothing short of amazing! Yes, Judge Doom gave us nightmares and fear of the dark, but that's what makes us treasure our toons so much more and enjoy the laughs!!! Fantastic reaction, my friend!!

[@Kainlarsen]

This was HUGE when it first came out when I was a kid. :D I still love it to this day.

[@jordanmc9015]

What really separates this movie from other green screen character movies is the attention to the eye lines. It was very important to RZ to make sure the actors were looking at the characters they were talking to. It also helps draw the viewer in.

[@nightflame69]

Christopher Loyd played such a good villain in this movie!

[@ortizmo]

Oh he can be evil when it's called for. He's one of the best Klingons ever to put on the forehead ridges.

[@lifelover515]

Delightful reaction as always. When Addie's happy the sun shines over Toontown - a landmark movie in so many ways. We'll probably never see characters from the Disney, Warner and Fleischer studios together like this ever again. Bugs and Mickey, Daffy and Donald sharing scenes? Who'd a thunk it? RIP Bob Hoskins d.2014. I'm sure many viewers never even realised he was British. Fave Jessica line comes at the end: 'Let's go home, Roger. I'll bake ya a carrot cake'.

[@williamjones6031]

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. LOVE the adult inuendo 4. Christopher Lloyd as the heavy. 5. One of the cartoon bullets is the voice of Pat Buttram. He played Mr. Haney on Green Acres. 6. This was Mae Questel's/Betty Boops third to last gig. Her last was" Christmas Vacation". (RIP) 7. To make it look more realistic they painted shadows into some scenes. 8. The tunnel going into Toon Town is the same one they use in the "Back to the Future II". 9. Favorite character is the Baby

[@DC_Prox]

During the days when DVD was king, there were two essential purchases that any movie lover needed to make: the Back to the Future trilogy, and Who Framed Roger Rabbit. In both cases, the audio commentary tracks were phenomenal, but also they had visual trivia tracks, where instead of subtitles there was behind-the-scenes trivia popping up, often with cute animations. Countless hours of bonus content.

[@TheNeonRabbit]

With Christopher Lloyd in all of those

[@alextan1478]

​@@TheNeonRabbit...and Robert Zemeckis directing all four of those.

[@Whatisthisstupidfinghandle]

Last year Amazon sent me this bluray by mistake. It was stuffed in a package with a bunch of other stuff I ordered

[@justanantico6327]

Jessica Rabbit's introduction... Many boys were awakened.

[@ThistleAndSea]

LOL! It's a fun one, isn't it? Great job, Addie! Thanks for sharing it with us. 🙂 "I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way." LOL!

[@kirkdarling4120]

Does not one else get the reference to Dick Tracy when Roger snaps the handcuffs on Eddie? But it was a long time before I realized Roger saying, "Laughter is the only weapon we have" was deft foreshadowing. "You dummies!" Yes, those bullets were "dum-dums." The police detective was an Empire officer in Star Wars: A New Hope. There was also a metaphoric aspect in how the toons are treated much like blacks in 1930s Los Angeles, such as the nightclub with toon entertainment and waitstaff that catered only to humans, that the freeway was going through Toontown (as the black part of town), and even the movie theater balcony where Eddie took Roger to hide out, which would have been the segregated seating for blacks in theaters at that time.

[@MrKawika64]

The "Harvey" in the bar is a reference to the Jimmy Stewart "Harvey" movie about an imaginary rabbit friend

[@drchaos2000]

this was the first movie i seen in the theater twice, cause i lied to my grandma about mom and dad not letting me go to the movie, so she took me and i could see it again. thats how good it was. and it was worth it

[@alecrichardson1949]

very nostalgic. Grew up watching this and Ghostbusters in the '90's. The years when life was simple.

[@michaelpytel3280]

Since there was a reference to the movie "Harvey " in the bar scene, an invisible rabbit, you might put that on your list. 🐇🐰 Remember Jessica isn't Bad she is just drawn that way.

[@henrytjernlund]

My favorite line "I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way." Great reaction. Thanks.

[@CaddyJim]

You haven't let on that you recognized *Judge* is *Christopher Lloyd* or *Doc* from *(Back to the Future.)* Also the tunnel to Toontown is the same tunnel from *(Back to the Future 2)*

[@maddwitch]

18:26 That was a reference to the movie Harvey, with Jimmy Stewart, where the title character is an invisible white rabbit that’s over 6 feet tall who hangs out in bars. The movie is also referenced by Andy in Shawshank Redemption, when he’s discussing the identity he set up to cover for the warden’s financial shenanigans.

[@joeb918]

IIRC there a funny story of Bob Hoskins’ kid being very upset with him because he never introduced Roger Rabbit by inviting them to their home. Ah, to be young and to be sold by the magic of film, that such things can be real.

[@Shatterpath]

Your delight made me fall in love with this movie all over again. I've seen it dozens of times and it never gets old! So many layers and one liners and as someone who grew up in Los Angeles, the setting is great too.

[@wilgarcia1]

SUCH a classic. Its the only Disney, Warner bros, Merry melodies cross over =D

[@a.m.7438]

30 years and remembering that I still love this stupid rabbit. He's just a sweet gingerbread cookie. 33:08 the writing was so well packaged. Not only was Roger and Hermann correct about the crime from the start, but the bar gag scene, where Roger is at his best, playing off of a crowd, the lyrics say, "My buddy's Eddie V. A sourpuss is he. But when I'm done, he'll need no gun, cuz a joker he will be." And that's exactly what happens. Eddie uses humor to fight the weasels, and he kisses Roger.

[@drzarkov39]

Bob Hoskins did about the most fantastic acting performance I've ever seen - acting in a green room with no one to react to in almost every scene. Wow!

[@ortizmo]

What blew me away at the time was learning the man was British. His 1930's LA detective accent was spot-on. He sounds like Phil Collins in interviews.

[@JohnRandomness105]

He learned how look at and interact with imaginary characters from his young daughter. He kept seeing them after principle filming completed.

[@cainealexander-mccord2805]

Thirty plus years and it's still excellent. There are movies, once, twice in a generation that are so truly magnificent, it's like "That's why we invented movies." Nightmare Before Christmas, The Wall, Heavy Metal, and this one are some of the greatest examples of animation ever. How they ever got all those licenses still amazes me. What a great film.

[@Raven5150]

In the original verson it does exist some Where on VHS but the seen jessica spins around in mid air, she is not wearing panties, and it's clear to see that, it was edited out about a year after original release

[@vjpearce]

I was 8 or 9 when this premiered on TV, but I was away on a weekend school trip, but as this movie was highly anticipated by all of us, we were allowed to stay up late to watch it. It was mindblowing seeing the live actors and cartoons blend so smoothly like that.

[@kingscorpion7346]

NO.... CGI.... DONE! all the animation from the old school way, and this movie really did an amazing job!

[@Billinois78]

Seeing Donald Duck and Daffy Duck interacting together, and to see Mickey and Bugs together blew our minds at the time. It was before Disney owned pretty much everything, so it only happened in kids' imaginations.

[@WhiteWoof]

"Wha'd'ya think you're doin', chump?" "Who you callin' chump, chimp?"

[@JeremyBarretta-yv8ep]

Ooga booga lol

[@brandons.hernandez3368]

Love this classic toons movie, a masterpiece from the 80’s literally the best! 🍿🍿🍿🥤🥤🥤

[@lonesavior]

The plot if this movie is actually based on the real life Streetcar Conspiracy, where General Motors bought out and dismantled public transit systems.

[@mycroft16]

This movie man. They put an insane amount of effort into making the toons believably interact with and blend into the real footage. The weasels hold real world guns in a lot of the shots, meaning those guns are floating around the set on strings and then they animate the weasels in later. Or water splashes. And a million other things. Eddie had to act alone in a LOT of these shots. And he did a lot of really physical stuff to pull it all off. There are some incredible behind the scenes stuff about it all. And the copyright negotiations to get all of these characters were a legal nightmare. Especially for Mikey and Bugs. Like down to the second equal screen time and spoken words, etc. And a phenomenal story. This has been one of my daughter's (9) favorite movies since she was 5.

[@ajhunter7283]

OMG I NEVER REMEMBERED SHE SAID "SHAKE THE WEASELS"

[@Zephandolf]

You can thank the late, great Richard Williams for a lot of this. Brilliant natural animator. Passed a few years ago, unfortunately. He made The Animators Survival Kit book, and adapted lectures into a set of DVDs by the same name. Its core curriculum for animation.

[@reconsoldier135]

If you were young in the late 80's this movie was everything, I wanted to visit Toon Town so badly

[@MD-1982]

A guy who actually worked on this film works in the school I work in! He's credited as 'Jamie Lynch'. Also, this film marks the ONLY time Donald & Daffy [Duck] both appear on screen together!

[@kevdoe3360]

If you want to see more classic Bob Hoskins, you need to check out "Mona Lisa" and "The Long Good Friday"! 🇬🇧

[@MLJ7956]

Heart Condition - with Bob Hopkins & Denzel Washington was pretty good too....

[@marcusfridh8489]

And he was Smee in Hook

[@boDudette270]

A Movie like this will never be done again.

[@landinhutchison1216]

Jessica Rabbit was a “red hairing”.

[@normie2716]

🤭

[@mtdualie1039]

This movie came out at a time when animation and cartoons specifically weren't very popular. This and the Great Mouse Detective really restarted animation for the 90s.