Who Framed Roger Rabbit // Reaction and Commentary // What does she see in Roger?! 

I had lots of audio issues on this one :( I'm sorry if my voice is low compared to the background noise! I had a setting on my camera that was off!

Here's a few quick notes about how toon society works: 1. For toons, humor = beauty. Roger is hilarious, so he's the 'handsomest' toon around, while Jessica, although beautiful by human standards isn't funny at all, so for toons, she's 'ugly'. Jessica loves Roger because he's funny, and Roger loves Jessica because she's honest and kind. That's also why Betty said that Jessica was a 'lucky girl' to be married to someone as funny and famous as Roger Rabbit. 2. Toons are seen as second-class citizens in this world. As far as humans are concerned, a toon is only good for entertaining people, and if they're not funny, they have to make do with blue collar work, like working at night clubs. 3. The 'Shave and a Haircut Trick' is an old comedy joke where a character suspects that someone is hiding behind a barrier, so they knock five times in quick succession (the syllables of 'shave and a haircut'), and the hidden character makes two quick knocks in response ('two bits'). And since Roger is a toon, he literally can't resist giving away his position by finishing the joke and saying/knocking 'two bits'. 4. The 'only when it was funny' bit is an actual law of physics for toons; they can only do impossible or crazy things when it would be funny to do so. This can be a good thing (like when Roger slips out of the handcuffs or the weasels 'die laughing') or a bad thing (like when Roger gave away their position for the sake of telling jokes). 5. Eddie's brother really was killed by a toon (Judge Doom), not a human. After the murder/robbery, the evil toon disguised himself as a human and took on the alias 'Judge Doom' so he could continue his evil 'freeway' plan without suspicion. Thank you for reading. I hope this clears up a few of your questions about the film.

“I knew his brother wasn’t killed by a toon” ....but, he was. Doom’s a toon.

"I knew his brother wasn't killed by a toon." Meanwhile Eddie said this : "HOLY SMOKE HE'S A TOON!"

Fun fact: the chemicals in "dip" are all paint thinners, hence why the mixture kills toons so effectively.

The question of why Jessica is married to Roger is answered in the movie: Eddie: seriously, what do you see in that guy? Jessica: he makes me laugh She's a toon. That's what's important to a toon.

“I was too old to watch it.” My sister and I were in our 20s when we saw it at a midweek matinee showing. We were the only adults there unaccompanied by kids, and for many of the jokes, we were the only ones laughing-the kids didn’t get them, and the moms were too horrified to laugh.

This was a HUGE groundbreaking collaboration between Disney and Looney Tunes, which may never happen again.

It always funny how people are like Roger doesn't deserve Jess, when she feel she can't believe she has him.

Roger Rabbit is like the George Clooney of Toon Town, Jessica Rabbit is the one reaching up

RIP Bob Hoskins, what an actor he was!

Not only does Roger make Jessica laugh, but he's also pretty much the only character we see who sees her as not just a sex object, Like she says, she's "just drawn that way"

"I don't know much about animation." Well, this is a great way to get you started! It's basically a love letter to the medium.

Wow, so many cultural references went right over her head. I guess a lot of things really will die out as us old folks shuffle off this mortal coil.

“Shave and a haircut, two bits.” is an infamous 7 note jingle I swear everyone knows even if you haven’t heard the words. It’s so well known that it’s recognizable just from the beat pattern that the Judge was doing: tap tap ta-tap tap, tap tap. Just do the first five notes or beats and most people will finish it like Roger did. It’s hard to describe it further in text.

"I'm being such an adult about it. I hope that doesn't upset you." That should upset YOU. lol. Don't lose your childhood like that - it'd just be so sad.

To this day, if somebody does the "shave and a haircut" knock, I say "nice try, Judge Doom" and don't answer the door

For the record, there really were electric trolleys in Los Angeles back then called Red Cars, and they really were phased out because of the freeways being built.

"I'm not bad I'm just drawn that way"

One other BTTF parallel: Christopher Lloyd's invention gets destroyed by a train at the end

“Hit me like a ton of bricks” you really have to be careful what you say in Toon Town

Girl, Roger and Jessica have one of the best marriages in all of cinema!

Definitely disagree with Roger not deserving Jessica. He's like the only guy that doesn't treat her like a sex object or a bad person. Doug Walker actually summed it up best in his Top 11 Strange Couples: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mWX0g0kBjAQ.htmlm27s

What does she see in him? He's devoted, she thinks he's funny, and he's apparently a great lover. Which, he's a rabbit so tha tracks.

I met the animation director Dick Williams (R.I.P.) back in the 90s and he drew some Roger Rabbit stuff for me, my bro, and cousins at my family's home on Nantucket. It was a random occurrence that we happened to find him that day. He was on our property and seemed lost. So we went to talk to him and he was explaining that he was looking for land that was once owned by his parents and he was now the owner. Something like that. But anyway, my family (bro and parents) got talking to him and he told us he was the director of animation for this film. We invited him to our home and he drew us some pictures. My female cousin got a Jessica Rabbit drawing. Mr. Williams went on to tell a story about how Spielberg was the one to approve of the look of Jessica. He produced this film. "Her t!ts are too small." Later: "they're too big." "Make her waste smaller, and her a$$ bigger... and make her breasts bigger again." etc, etc, etc... Poor Richard Williams had to go through so many versions. HAHAHAHA It was funny to hear that about one of my favorite filmmakers of all time. 😂 😂

If people fail to notice your special effects, you have done them correctly.

Some things: IMO, Jessica was right when she said that Roger made her laugh, and that’s why she loved him. She doesn’t strike me as a woman who laughs easily. The dip was made out of what they use to wash cells IRL. “Shave and a haircut” is a very famous rhyme/song, and only having the first portion of it just leaves the rest hanging there, begging for the completion. Oh, and I looooove Joanna Cassidy!! She has always been one of my favorite actresses.

I think you're missing a key element. Eddie's brother WAS killed by a toon. Judge Doom was a toon all along. (Unless I have that wrong, I'm sure somebody will correct me if so).

I took my 6 and 10 year old nephew and niece to see this in theatres. I just realized they're 39 and 43 now and I still think of them as kids.

This movie made 3x its budget and won 3 academy awards for visual effects and sound. The animation department invented a new animation term called "bumping the lamp"

Tim curry auditioned for judge doom but Spielberg and Robert Zemeckis thought he was too scary

Roger's character was invented for the book, and the film is his first screen appearance. He wasn't an actual nostalgia character...just played one in the film.

Before Jessica Rabbit met Roger Rabbit, she was Jessica Krupnick, a small town farm girl who made it big in Hollywood. There was indeed a prequel that was supposed to show how Roger and Jessica first met, but never came to be.

The film won 4 Oscars including Best Visual Effects.

The guy that did Roger's voice is in Back To The Future 2. He's the guy who wished he'd "put some money on the Cubbies!"

Christopher Lloyd makes a great villain in this movie. I remember being quite scared of him as a kid, and his design has been copied time and again in other media. I didn't recognize him as the professor until I was an adult. I didn't really consider this a kids movie because of the themes, and I really appreciate that. These cartoons have been around since the 40s, so there are many cartoon fans who are no longer kids (like the makers of the movie itself) and might appreciate some adult elements in their movies. Also, Jessica Rabbit is so sexy that it's almost uncomfortable. XD But I appreciate that discomfort because it makes the film's world a bit less curated and more real.

It's obviously not the first movie to incorporate animated characters interacting with live actors. But the....."realism", if you will, was something wholly new. THESE cartoons manipulated real-world objects and were fully integrated into the lighting schemes, down to and including the translucency effects in Jessica's dress. And the fact that it was all accomplished without the aid of computers?? All hand-drawn cels and practical effects - just a TON of work. Absolutely astounding.

Rather famously, in the scene where Eddie and Jessica are thrown from the car, one of the animators drew Jessica without any panties for two or three frames. It wasn't discovered until the movie was released for home video, and people could advance frame-by-frame. It was of course re-edited for subsequent home video releases.

Shave and a haircut two bits was a call and response used at the end of early twentieth century musical numbers. American vietnam prisoners of war would use this 5 count call and 2 count response to authenticate communication between themselves

I love that you picked out the line "I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way." It was a big line at the time, with posters of her saying that.

if you can find a behind the scenes of this movie where they show how they did the practical effects, its really amazing. The amount of time and craftmanship it took to make this movie work is just *chefs kiss*

I find it one part funny and one part sobering that you thought Roger Rabbit was an established character before this film.

Lol, maybe not a full sexual awakening. I was 10 at the time, and hadn’t quite realized I liked girls (and being the start of the 90s, not even knowing that was a thing, or that it was ok). But let’s just say, Jessica Rabbit had my full attention, every time I rewatched it.

As to what they were looking at, there were a lot of different things. I remember there was a life-size Roger statue for many scenes. Sometimes there was an animatronic rig or a puppeteer controlling the toon's live action prop, sometimes just a tennis ball on a stick for eyelines. My favorite bit is that Charlie Fleischer - the voice of Roger (and Benny) - was there on set every day, in a Roger Rabbit costume, standing off camera performing Roger's lines for Bob Hoskins and the rest of the cast to act against. No one asked him to do this! He just showed up and did it. He wasn't required to show up until it was time to lay down Roger's lines in a recording booth.

Seeing Warner Bros and Disney characters onscreen together blew my mind, and it lived up to my dreams.

The novel it's based on, "WHO CENSORED ROGER RABBIT?", is even more adult.

All the live action was filmed at Elstree studios in London England, and the scene where they hide in the cinema was filmed in my local cinema in Grays Essex, The State, because it was one of the few remaining 40s era art deco theatres (with a genuine Wurlitzer organ too)

The opening cartoon is brilliant.

Shanelle: "It hit me like a ton of bricks." Me: "Or maybe like a safe...or a piano?" 😉😄

If you enjoyed this movie, I would definitely recommend you watch The Muppet Movie from 1979 next.

Charles Fleisher was on-site performing his lines live wearing a Roger Rabbit costume.

"I knew he wasn't killed by a toon" uhhhh yes he was.

I love that the "dip" is just paint thinner. That makes it so funny that the toons are literally just walking talking ink and paint.

The shoe killing scene freaked me out as a kid. But the behind the scenes stuff for this incredible. Stuff like the Daffy vs Donald fight, it had to legally be 50/50 so that Disney and Warner Bros would allow them to appear. Or the stuff about how I’d you’re holding a toon item you have to hold it without gaps between your fingers because if you do that costs a couple of grand per frame

Judge Doom scarred me for life when I watched this as a kid. Literal nightmares.

Fun fact, You know how old disney liked to hide "questionable" content in their films? There's one in this movie. The scene where jessica is thrown from the cab, you can look up her dress and see that she's... anatomically correct.

I don’t usually comment on many videos, but you are gradually becoming one of my favourite RU-vidrs/reactors. Your videos just have such a pleasant vibe, and you’re obviously incredibly knowledgeable about film production. I’m in the process of switching careers into the TV industry, so it’s really great to see someone else following their passion! Much love from Scotland!

The one and only Mae Questel, was the voice of Bettie Boop in the original cartoons! Kathleen Turner voiced Jessica Rabbit.

This wasn't the first time a film mixed animation and life action, but it was the first to do it to the extent that it did. There were several attempts at doing something similar over the years, and some of them did pretty well for their time. The one that always springs to mind for me is The Incredible Mr. Limpet starring Don Knotts from 1964.

I saw in an interview with Bob Hoskins that he had to be careful when he was grabbing Roger Rabbit to keep his fingers together otherwise the animators had to draw between them which took more time

19:50 Doom IS a toon.

I was surprised when I found out actress Amy Irving did the singing voice of Jessica Rabbit. She's probably best remembered as the lone survivor of the school dance in "Carrie". She was also in one of my favorite "House M.D." episodes. The effects weren't quite flawless, you can see in the bar when Roger throws the drink down his throat it goes right through him. But that's niggling.

As a fellow film maker and member of the DGA I enjoy your reactions mixed in with your knowledgeof the process. This is going to sound like a back handed compliment and I don't mean it in that way, but I love to watch reactions from someone that's so knowledgeable that hasn't seen a lot of classics, a very rare thing. It's very refreshing in the reacting genre.

Fun Fact: This was the only movie that had 2 rival studios cartoon characters together.

Jessica Rabbit.... Yep, when i was a little kid... I had funny and confusing feelings for her Lol EDIT: Now that I think about it, it would probably explain my attraction to Redheads... I just figured that out.

"The Dip" is actually simply paint thinner

I've loved this film since I was a child Thank you SO much for reacting to it! Always look forward to new videos!

I am surprised she didn't see or mention the tole this role took on the late, great Bob Hoskins. she mentioned how difficult it is to act alongside of a cartoon co star, reportedly Bob was so stressed during production he was hallucinating some of the cartoons in his real life. A testament to how hard he worked and the professionalism he had.

Charles Fliescher the voice of Roger was in Back to the Future 2 where he played Terry the guy who told Marty about putting money on the Cubbies...he was also in the 50's...the mechanic young Biff argues with about getting the manure out of his car

It's actually kind of interesting you used the word discrimination about the Toons because this is actually somewhat based on a book called "Who Censored Roger Rabbit" and was about the McCarthy trials happening in Hollywood trying to out "communists". In the book, communism is replaced by the toon characters.

"Shave and a haircut... two bits!" is an old barbarshop call. It means you can get a shave and a haircut for 25 cents. What was once called "a jingle".

I love how technical you get in your reactions, actually breaking down shots like the night->day transition when Eddy passes out at his desk.

You should watch the show “prop culture”. There is an episode that shows how some of the special effects are done. AMAZING!! Christopher Lloyd also shows up in the episode!!

The window and blinds breaking with Rodger running through it was done practically and in 1 take.

the Shave and a haircut is one of the oldest fads in the world. You hear it all the time "Shave and a haircut, two bits." People tap the shave and a haircut part then people shout "Two bits." It never gets old.

The animation was directed not by Disney but by a small indie studio in London. Richard Williams was an animation prodigy who, at the time, was one of the only guys in the industry who could work in basically any style of animation, and could do animation to live action without a locked down static camera (adjusting for camera moves and perspective changed by hand). Disney Animation had not had its revival yet and they (Spielberg and Zemekis) wanted a guy who could meld the style of Warner Bros (Looney Tunes), Disney, and MGM (Tex Avery cartoons like Droopy or the Wolf / Red Riding Hood cartoons). Richard Williams won an Oscar for that film. Even crazier.. there are ZERO CGI fx in this movie. One of the last totally analog blockbusters. So all the animation, shading, interactive props, and tricks you see are done by hand. They shot the whole movie twice.. once with toon Stand ins like dolls and cardboard cutouts.. then again without.. so the actors would have correct eye lines. One of the best special FX in this movie is Bob Hoskins acting. He really went all in for this.. so much so he started to hallucinate toons were really there.

The one question about what Jessica sees in Roger... Well, they're toons. They're not supposed to make any sense 😂

The behind-the-scenes on this is absolutely amazing and it pioneered a lot of the technology we use today in CGI-heavy films. Motion control rigs for the cameras and lights (so the different takes would be consistent for the animators who had to shade the cartoon portions), actor and prop stand-ins to maintain eye line including animatronics to manipulate real-world props. The attention to detail is what really sells this as they put in so much effort for tiny things like when Jessica holds Eddie's tie and slowly slides it between her fingers during the performance or objects moving on a table or desk when Roger bumps into it. Also, this movie is loosely based on a book called "Who Censored Roger Rabbit" and...honestly, the movie is WAY better. And a lot less...ummm...let's just say that Jessica wasn't with Roger by her own volition in the book. Anyway, apparently even the author likes the film version better because he wrote a sequel novel to the film version and not his original novel.

you: i knew a toon didn't kill his brother meanwhile eddie: holy smoke he's a toon!

12:20 "Is this the movie that made Roger Rabbit like one of the more famous toons?" Roger Rabbit never existed before this movie...

I read (probably on IMDB) that originally, Judge Doom was supposed to have a cartoon buzzard that was always perched on his shoulder but they decided it would be too expensive to animate. Also, in an early version of the script, Judge Doom was the hunter that shot Bambi's mother.

In the case of Roger, Charles Fleischer would sometimes be on set in a costume for eyelines

Everyone praises the animation/live action combo and how smooth it looks, as they should, but nobody really ever talks about what a great classic noir film it is at its heart as well. One of the best scripts ever written.

I saw this in the theater when I was a kid and LOVED it, but didn't totally understand the adult dialogue or the detective plot. It was a big moment for me to see it in the theater last year, because I understood everything for the first time. I felt so grown up.

My aunt took us to see this when I was a kid. Yes, I was awakened.

If you like Zemeckis, might I recommend "Death Becomes Her"

Kathleen Turner was a big name during the ‘80s, particularly with the commercial and critical success of Romancing the Stone and its sequel Jewel of the Nile (a franchise that managed to capture women’s interest in the romance novel aspect and men’s and children’s in the adventure movie aspect). She was famous for her deep, sultry voice which, combined with the visuals, defines Jessica Rabbit.

I got a little chuckle when you realized it was Christopher Lloyd playing Judge Doom, "It hit me like a ton of bricks." Then later in the movie, Roger would get hit by a ton of bricks. Also, at the end of the movie, one of Christopher Lloyd's inventions gets hit by a train. Hmmm, haven't we seen that before?

Jessica sees Roger as the perfect mate, because she was drawn that way.

I love this film so much!! I love how it has all of the childhood characters as cartoons!! Such a good movie, and I love you channel!

I imagine the work that went into this movie... and it motivates me to finish whatever drawing I'm working on.

As someone with a younger brother who is a Disney animator along with his wife, I was really looking forward to your take on this one! Didn't disappoint. People enjoy that you have some technical knowledge on film-making, which I think is why this one came so heavily requested for you. Don't worry about appreciating the technical aspects more than the movie as a whole! I feel the same way, and it doesn't mean you're too grown up. The story is great on the mystery and comedy but a little less so on the heart and soul of having characters you can relate to. Also as a kid, seeing the villain scream as he slowly gets flattened by a steamroller, only to stand up and re-inflate himself with bright red eyes was TER-IF-YING!

Please watch "Harry and the Hendersons" (1987) ! It's one of my favourite childhood movies !

5:48, for a kids movie, this sure has a lot of adult themes and references.

I saw this at the cinema, twice when it came out

Great stuff, thank you for sharing - one of my all time favourite movies! :)

Not to be that nerd, but Disney had done cartoon and live action before with films like Song of the South and Pete's Dragon. This was cutting edge, because toons interacted with real objects. Alright, I'll step off my soap box.

This movie taught me when to stop laughing. 😁

There's actually a documentary called "The making of who framed roger rabbit." It's just as interesting as the movie itself, if not moreso. (I don't know if this is a complete version of it, but this is at least 45 minutes of what I thought was 60 minutes long of the documentary: )

Who Framed Roger Rabbit is quite possibly my favorite movie of all time. It might be difficult to convey to someone who wasn't around back then just what a big deal this film was when it came out. Seeing this in the theater was the closest I'll get to what it was like for people who saw Star Wars for the first time eleven years earlier. I was blown away by every aspect of Roger Rabbit: the blending of live action and animation (which we tend to take for granted today), seeing WB and Disney characters on screen together, the more adult, sophisticated story, etc. I didn't even know that animated (or partially animated films) were allowed to be PG. Imagine being a young kid and watching a movie that features Mickey Mouse, Dumbo, Daffy Duck, et al., but also has swearing, murder and sex. As far as I was concerned, it might just as well have been rated R. I don't know if I'd say I had a sexual awakening watching Jessica Rabbit, but she is definitely at the top of my list of hottest fictional characters.