New interview with Gary Wolf

Something new visitors of this blog might be interested in listening to. Roger Rabbit creator Gary K Wolf has been interviewed on the Mc Lars podcast.

R.I.P Jaques Muller

Some sad news today. Gary Wolf just posted on his facebook page that Jaques Muller has passed away. Muller was an animator on Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Tummy Trouble and illustrated the cover for Who Wacked Roger Rabbit?

Roger on vacation

Andreas Deja, one of the animators on WFRR recently posted some promo art of Roger.

Roger Rabbit themed clothes out for sale

The clothing company The Hundreds has acquired the license to produce a line of Roger Rabbit merchandise. T-shirts, beanies and mugs are now available to purchase.

Roger Rabbit props on auction.

Prop Store has a new auction going, with many props from Who Framed Roger Rabbit listed.
Such as the life-sized stand-ins of Roger and Smartass Weasel, Eddie's Toon gun and lots more. Make sure to check it out.

Play Hare Raising Havoc online

The old Amiga game Hare Raising Havoc is now available to play online right in your browser. No downloading required. Follow the instructions on the link if you're having problems. It is a tad buggy and might not work on all browsers. If you get stuck, then watch this playthrough to help you complete the game.

Lots of new BTS scenes art

Jaques Muller, one of the animators on Who Framed Roger Rabbit has created an account at Pintrest with lots of neat art. Such as production art from the film and the shorts as well as the original cover for Who Wacked Roger Rabbit.

...And that's why I'm not posting here anymore

http://www.cinemablend.com/news/1591290/why-who-framed-roger-rabbit-2-probably-wont-happen-according-to-robert-zemeckis

So there it is. Disney couldn't care less about Roger Rabbit, and definitively we won't see anything from him (and of course from Jessica) as long as the Sun still shines over our noggins.

Okay, I was done with Roger Rabbit before this, and now I'm totally done. Good luck Alex and Daniel: the blog is totally yours.

The Roger Rabbit video game...An underrated classic?

Does the Who Framed Roger Rabbit video game deserve the reputation as one of the worst games in history or is it actually not that bad? One reviewer has taken a closer look at it and see if the hate is warranted.

Happy 28th Birthday Roger!

Yes, today is, in fact, the 28th anniversary of the release of Roger Rabbit! Of course we all know that it turned into a huge hit, and a minor problem caused the character to barely get used since. But we're here today to watch a few trailers for the film, and maybe a few ads too!

And a video from Channel Frederator:

Cinema Sins did a video on Roger

Cinema Sins is a channel on Youtube that talks about flaws in movies. Usually they talk about both new releases and older films, and they recently did Roger Rabbit.

We do realize that taste is subjective, so we will admit that the film does have a few flaws. So enjoy, and don't take it hard!

Roger's comic strip cameo.

A neat reference in the comic strip Mother Goose and Grimm just came to my attention. 

New Roger Rabbit show at Disneyland

It's been a while since Roger appeared at the park and he recently made a comeback during "AP days" where he did a little dance number and met and greeted guests. And even had a backdrop based on "Something's Cookin'". Watch the video below and head over to Inside the magic for more info and pictures from the event.

Rest in peace Joe Alaskey

Voiceactor Joe Alaskey has sadly passed away. Fans here might remember him for his role as Yosemite Sam in the scene where Eddie visits the Acme factory. Sam's regular voiceactor; Mel Blanc was unable to do it due to his age so Alaskey took over. He would later go on to voice more Looney Tunes characters in other films and series.
Cause of death was cancer. He was 63 years old. Thanks to Screenrant for the info.

A Toontastic birthday card!

Daniel here. In my first post, I had mentioned that I went to Disney World in 2007 and had seen the former location of Mickey's Toontown Fair in the process. What I didn't mention, however, was that I got something at a character meet and greet restaurant for my birthday! A card with Roger on it!

Of course, the card features Roger with Mickey Mouse and the EPCOT character of Figment (Who I also love a lot, and I think deserves more interest.)

This was obviously created when Roger was still the focus of Disney MGM Studios, and was still in use in 2007, so I have no idea if they still use it to this very day.

"Jessica" on The Simpsons

Noticed a familiar costume on the most recent episode of The Simpsons. Check out the screenshots.

 

*Update* Imnotbad has more pictures from the episode.

7 Things You (Probably) Didn’t Know About Roger Rabbit

CineFix has done a video about Roger Rabbit with some interesting movie trivia. Check it out below

A Toontown game?!

Back in 2003, Disney opened the doors to Toontown in an online way.... a video game. Now, making a game based off of Roger Rabbit material is nothing new, and it had to be better than half the games out there (cough NES cough), but what was different was that Roger and the other characters were not used. Understandable, since Gary K. Wolf and Speilberg were not happy with Disney at the time, but I digress.

Toontown was an online game where you could create your own Toon and race gokarts, golf, earn money in the form of jellybeans and more. However, there is a bad guy in the form of the evil robot Cogs, who want to turn Toontown's happy, carefree life into a business place ( *cough Eisner cough*)

What's even stranger is that when Disney closed down, fans made their own servers. I would suggest playing on Toontown Rewritten for starters.

Merry Christmas

                                                    Merry Christmas from your friends at Toontown Antics!

New Gary Wolf interview

The League Of Ordinary Gentlemen have interviewed the wolf behind the rabbit. Be sure to check it out to hear more fun trivia about your favorite film.