Roger Rabbit Cracked parody

Once again, I have found some more RR goodies at J. E. Daniels' animation blog. This time it's a parody of the movie from Cracked Magazine as told by Elmer Fudd, or in this case "Elmer Dudd" (Who ironically didn't appear in the movie) Be sure to check out the rest of his blog for more fun stuff on other cartoons as well.

WFRR NES Cartdrige Harmonica

If you’re an 80’s kid just like me, maybe you remember about blowing your own NES cartdriges for making them work. Well… Nerdist Blog shows that someone took that idea and went beyond with it, creating a NES cartdrige harmonica from a Who Framed Roger Rabbit game:

Surely you’re thinking: how someone could have the guts for turning a collectible WFRR cartdrige (with box and instruction manual included) into an harmonica? Well, don’t worry! The person responsible for this was also selling the ROM board, in case its new owner wants to revert back the cartdrige to its original condition (yes, someone actually bought this!).

At least you can say this particular game will be finally useful for something (if you’ve played it, you know what I mean XD ).

Who Censored Roger Rabbit? Available as an e-book

Thanks to TeleRead, I discovered that Gary K. Wolf (creator of Roger Rabbit, Toontown and the whole basis for “Who Framed Roger Rabbit”) is now selling his most famous book, the one that started it all, the big banana: Who Censored Roger Rabbit?, as an e-book through Smashwords.

You can get the book here, among with his first novel Killerbowl. It costs only a couple of bucks!! =D

It worths the read, although be warned: after reading it, you won’t ever see Roger or Jessica in the same way. But what the heck: the book is quite funny and entertaining!

P.S. If you aren’t convinced yet, you can read a small sample of the book; it’s totally free!

Disney shuts ImageMovers Digital… No RR sequel?

In which seems to be a cost-saving move, The Walt Disney Co. is closing ImageMovers Digital (its own joint venture with director Robert Zemeckis) by January 2011. What’s exactly ImageMovers Digital or IMD? Maybe some movies will refresh your mind: The Polar Express, Beowulf and Disney’s A Christmas Carol. Yup: they did all of them, using Performance Capture, better known as MoCap.

Los Angeles Times goes even deeper in that matter:

Los Angeles Times – Disney to shut ImageMovers Digital Studio

What does this means to us Roger Rabbit fans? Well, let’s see… Apparently, the upcoming Robert Zemeckis projects won’t be done through that studio, and even they’re seriously endangered. So maybe we couldn’t get that controversial “Yellow Submarine” remake… Or the much-awaited-yet-so-delayed-and-so-much-promoted Roger Rabbit sequel.

Speculators say that maybe Avatar opened Disney’s execs eyes and realized that Zemeckis’ technology was already outdated (although I personally think they were getting close to it on “A Christmas Carol”), so they decided to discard IMD and focus all their efforts --and money in another Disney ventures (likely Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios). They just needed a good excuse, and James Cameron helped them to get it.

Let’s wait to get some more news. But, again, I feel like being in the same old sinking boat. Won’t somebody think on Roger?

Loretta Rabbit by Spongefox

REQUEST-Loretta by ~spongefox on deviantART

This is a really sweet rendition of my original character, Loretta Rabbit, drawn by Spongefox. Her overall design is a little bit different from mine, but she looks really cute and adorable wearing bows in both ears, and a nice pink jumper with imprinted swirls. And a Toon Kit! Wonder what will do Loretta with it =D

Thanks, my dear friend!! <3

Custom Roger doll

Check out this neat creation I came across.
Not just any custom RR doll, but a KNITTED custom doll.

Roger meets Roger

Roger Bros. Index card drawing by ~spongefox on deviantART

If you ask me, it was about time someone paired both Roger Rabbits: the one from the movie pre-production era, and the Roger we all know and love. It makes me wonder about how the movie would’ve turned if Disney executives used the first incarnation of Roger Rabbit (made in-house) instead of bringing Richard Williams to design him, Jessica, Benny and the gang.

Of course, this lovely drawing was made by SpongeFox; you can check more of her cartoon-related artwork visiting her blog =D

P.D. You’ll get kudos if you know why’s the first Roger wearing that particular outfit ;)

Roger Rabbit back in 1983 –Yes, 1983!!

Yup. They are Eddie Valiant and Roger Rabbit.

As you probably know, “Who Framed Roger Rabbit” was canned for a while since Disney bought the rights to Gary Wolf’s novel “Who Censored Roger Rabbit?” and the Mouse House’s executives were trying to pull a movie out of that bizarre yet funny novel, until they gave up because they didn’t have the budget for a project like this one.

Well… 2719 Hyperion bring us this pic from the 1983 Disney’s Annual Report, in which a Roger Rabbit movie is mentioned as being near to its theatrical release (little did they know that the movie would be actually premiered in 1988, with a very different look and feel). This photograph shows Mike Gabriel (a Disney animator, storyboard artist and character designer) dressed as Eddie Valiant, along with Roger Rabbit in his first incarnation, mainly inspired in Tex Avery’s cartoons as the design suggests.

You can read more about this in 2719 Hyperion’s entry about Roger Rabbit, 1983-style =3

Roger Rabbit in Mickey’s 60th. Birthday Special

Yes. I know what are you thinking: he looks cheaply animated.

And you’re right.

This is a excerpt from that Mickey Mouse’s 60th. Anniversary Special that was aired on TV more than 20 years ago. And it gives you an idea of how Roger would look in a regular cartoon show. Try to place this poorly animated sequence in some Bonkers’ episode, and you’ll get the whole picture.

Now I’m thankful we didn’t get a Roger Rabbit SatAM cartoon.

BTW, I’ll give you some kudos if you guess who’s the staff person chatting with Roger… But I’m sure you already know who’s him ;)

P.S. This video was uploaded by Youtube user froggycompany.

A couple of Valentine’s gifts – Thanks!!

I thought this Valentine’s Day was already done, but as always, I was wrong! Today I got a couple of gifts from my friends Ayaka-chan and Spongefox:

This sweet drawing was made by my little imouto-chan, Ayaka <3

And this banner was designed by Spongefox, another fellow friend =3

Thanks a lot for your gifts!!

Roger’s getting ready for Valentine’s Day

I was thinking about something special for today, Valentine’s Day… And then, I stumbled upon this blog entry:

As you can see, Roger is ready for celebrate Valentine’s day with Jessica Rabbit. Doesn’t he look like a sweet little gentleman wearing that tuxedo? Sure Jessica will get a nice surprise from him, hehe!

You can get more details about this cute picture visiting Tokyomagic’s Meet the World blog. You can also find a very special 101 Dalmatians’ postcard.

Happy Valentine’s Day! <3

The Totally unOfficial Toonography of Jessica P6

Just wanted to let you know ImNotBadTV has posted the sixth part of this series.

Roger Rabbit in Starlog magazine

Another heads up to another blog; John P's blog has a post featuring articles from Starlog and other magazines about the making of the film.

Who Framed Roger Rabbit Laserdisc

 Jeepers! That’s a huge disc!! =D

Got it today from a local seller, and seems to be in great shape despite being at least 20 years old. Although I don’t own a Laserdisc player, this is still a nice collectible item =3

The Art of Roger Rabbit

Head over to J. E. Daniels' Animated Topics for some neat pictures from the book "The Art Of Who Framed Roger Rabbit" A catalog featuring information and animation cells from the film.

Until we win

I came across this at the Nostalgia Critic website and figured I'd share it with you. I never had the displeasure of playing this game myself, but it seems to be a pretty frustrating and difficult thing judging from this video.

Ever heard of the healing power of laughter?

One of our visitors, Ayaka, drew this fabulous picture last Halloween of our favorite wabbit as Gotham City's famous evil clown. During a conversation with her I asked for the permission to post it here and she accepted. So enjoy!

Roger AND Rogina Rabbit

Now that’s what I call a very original idea!

A seller at eBay is currently selling this couple of adorable crocheted rabbits: Roger Rabbit himself and a girl rabbit named “Rogina”. What’s interesting about Rogina is her design: she’s mainly a girl version of Roger, wearing some sort of blue necklace, red jumpers and what appear to be white sneakers with blue laces and pink soles.

Wonder if she’s supposed to be Roger’s sister or some distant cousin. She’s really cute <3

If you want to get Rogina (and Roger of course) you can place your bid in the following eBay auction:

eBay - Roger & Rogina Rabbit
(This link may not be working after February 2010)

Three years living with Roger Rabbit

Yup. I’ve been living three exact years with this little fella (maybe you remember the last year’s entry about my second anniversary with him) and very little has changed since that day.

Or at least, I think so.

Let’s see: Roger gained some much-needed whiskers and his loose tooth, so he isn’t your average Roger Rabbit plush doll anymore. What did I gain? Perhaps several pounds and a lot of knowledge about Roger Rabbit himself, everything related to him and of course the real life outside the rabbit hole.

I’ve had a lot of good stuff and great experiences with Roger. Also some bad stuff came when I couldn’t take control of my emotions, and I hurted him. There are several weird stories too, that are actually funny. But what I really remember with such joy and emotion, was the previous encounter I had with this Roger Rabbit doll before getting him.

At that time, I wasn’t so interested in the rabbit. In fact, knew little about him since the last time I saw him, back in my childhood days. I was collecting another stuff, and my interests were focused to some little spunky, red-haired girl that smells like strawberries. But some day, at the flea market. I spotted him. He was hanging on a grid display, among some other plush dolls and collectibles. Despite my limited knowledge, I recognized him and couldn’t avoid but smile and giggle. He looked really really funny, with his big blue eyes staring at me. A sudden blast of nostalgia caught me, but as soon as it came, it disappeared. I was in fact searching for another doll, so I smiled at Roger for the last time, and said goodbye to him.

Never thought I would bring him to home two weeks later!! (thanks, of course, to the broadcast of “Who Framed Roger Rabbit” on Mexican Disney Channel).

Since January 25th. 2007, Roger Rabbit has been part of my life. Today, January 25th, 2010, Roger Rabbit is still part of my life.

And I love him a lot <3

I'm not jumping into the bandwagon (and even I'm sorta doing)

Yes, I know there's that old lady named Anette Edwards, that spent £10,000 or so in cosmetic surgeries just for looking like Jessica Rabbit.

And I know she's also a professional rabbit breeder, that owns the world's biggest living rabbit.

And I know she's around her 60's, and still wanted to look like her favorite character.

What I don't know, is why almost all people at blogs, message boards and even TV shows is making fun of her. She just did what she wanted to do, even when that meant becoming the main focus of some controversy about what can you do at certain ages, and what not. In fact, Anette was so self-confident in herself, that she decided to go ahead to fulfill her dream of becoming Jessica Rabbit by any means necessary. Even if people laugh at her at this moment.

I'm gonna tell you something fellas: I'm almost 30 years old. But anyway, sometimes I take one of my Roger Rabbit plush dolls for strolling around my hometown (mainly around downtown, or going to shopping) and I have a lot of fun doing it. Some people laugh at me histerically, since I'm hugging my bunny doll while walking among them. Some people just smile at me. Usually kids get really excited and cheerful when they spot Roger Rabbit, even if they don't know about him. Even some persons ask me about where I got the rabbit, or if I'm selling him. And I'm enjoying myself all day long.

Because I'm doing something that I love to do, and I'm not hurting anyone while doing it. Could say I know how to deliver some fun to people, hehe!

So, what's the difference between Anette and me? Actually, none. And what's the difference between Anette and the rest of the people? Well, maybe people is afraid of doing what they really want to do (as long as they aren't hurting themselves or other people) and she wasn't.

Roger and Jessica Cubees

For all you Cubee lovers, finally you can get the oddest animated couple in their own Cubee templates!!

Download Roger Rabbit Cubee template

  Download Jessica Rabbit Cubee template

Both of them were created by 7ater, and you can find more neat Cubees at his own website; it really worths the visit! =3

ZombieTown

"The world of ToonTown is a big one, with many worlds and places to go fit for all of favorite animated characters you've grown to love. Hoagie's Alley, Cool World, Thorn Valley, and so on. Back in 1947, the very heart of it was threatened when Judge Doom planned to clear it all down and turn it into nothing but roads and highways. This plan was foiled by private investigator Eddie Valiant in the nick of time, and A-list Toon star Roger Rabbit was cleared of any charges for the trouble.
Now, many years later... one of Doom's many Plan B's is coming into effect. In an attempt to bring the large cartoon world to it's knees; a tainted can of ink has been opened - and anyone coming into contact with it, or even spreading it around, will become the heart of a monster In some cases, more than a monster: a powerful, unstoppable zombie bent on destruction. Considering the likes of many characters from Little Sneezer to Popeye and even Sonic the Hedgehog over the years, we can only hope that this can prevented.

 

Or maybe not.

 

Welcome to ZombieTown: a comic starring four Toons, four humans, as they fight for survival and to find a cure. But with the chaos spreading rapidly, and so much ground to cover, is all hope lost?

 

Combining the fun and the humor of the 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit' movie in anticipation for the hopeful sequel, and the many nostalgic zombie movies past and present, this comic will thrill, chill, and delight those who remember those memorable cartoon films and series' we've grown to love. Not limited to Disney, the comic aims to reach the likes of Don Bluth, Ralph Bakshi, Matt Groening, Van Buren, John Kricfalusi, and many more to list. Also intended are homages to many zombie horror movies such as Dawn of the Dead, 28 Days Later, among many more.

 

Written and drawn out on Microsoft Paint by Aaron Mocksing, ZombieTown will also allow and invite many people's original characters to be included on the experience, with credit given. It is a huge and ambitious project open for a lot of people to enjoy.
So suit up, lock and load, and prepare yourselves... ZombieTown may just consume the world as we know it.”

If you want to check out this promising history and give your feedback to his creator, p-p-p-p-please visit Aaron Mocksing at deviantART =3

Jeepers!! That’s a HUGE rabbit! – Part Deux

The same day Toontown Antics got into its first anniversary, my huge Roger Rabbit plush doll finally arrived home:

   Yup: I added him some whiskers =3

(Sat him in the chair for giving you an idea of his size =D)

Toontown Antics – First Anniversary

A year ago, I started Toontown Antics. Didn’t have any visitors at the time and the updates were, let’s face it: a little silly and pointless.

Today, Toontown Antics is one of the few well-known blogs fully devoted to Roger Rabbit and his fellow friends, and I have some visitors from United States, Mexico, Argentina, Norway and even Japan!

I can’t thank you enough for all the support, for making this dream come true and for keeping it alive when I was in despair. Thanks to everyone: friends and foes, toons and humans, rabbits and weasels, casual visitors and hardcore fans.

Thanks to Ayaka-chan, Alexander, MikMix, Sketch, LêA, Dizneyfan, my followers (at the right column) and the rest of my visitors (casuals and anonymous)!!

And, of course, thank you very much Roger Rabbit, for all the funny and sweet moments!! =3

P-p-p-p-p-please, keep supporting this blog!! =’)

Jeepers!! That’s a HUGE rabbit!

 

Commissioned a life-sized Roger Rabbit doll several months ago and it’s finally done! Still don’t have it at home (this pictures were sent to me by the person who made the doll) but the rabbit it’s HUGE and it’s totally hand-made. This person also makes Sackboys (from the PS3 hit “Little Big Planet”) and several custom dolls that you can see in her online catalog.

So, do you like him? I can’t wait to bring him at home, he’s so huggable! =3

Happy Holidays from Toontown!!

Happy Holidays from your wacky and zany friends at Toontown Antics!!

P.S. This neat picture belongs to DisneyGirl52 =3

Who ya gonna call?

Why, Roger and Jessica of course!
This is a interesting find I came across at a Ghostbusters forum; a sculptor named Alan Rogerson made the Ectomobile in sand and for some reason he decided to put our favorite toon couple in the front seat. Odd decision, but very fun.

Roger Rabbit model sheet

For some time now I have been searching for some good Roger model sheets. This has proven to be a pretty difficult task however and the best thing I could find was this:

Don't bother clicking it, that's as big as it gets.

Couldn't find any higher resolution of it so I decided to try and work it over myself.
Here's the result:
It's not as great as a scan of the first picture would've been, but it's better than nothing. I also wrote down some notes one should remember when drawing the character.
But if any of you visitors know about any better model sheets of Roger then feel free to let us know.

EDIT:
A friend of mine made me aware of a eBay auction related to this topic. The price is a bit too much for my limited budget, but at least it provided me with a slightly better picture of the model sheet in question.

All my rabbits =3

My rather huge Roger Rabbit plush doll collection. A couple of them are still mint, while the rest are in well-loved condition. I reconstructed a couple of them since they were virtually in pieces and as you can see, some of the rabbits were customized to fit certain themes. Of course, there’s Jessica too =3

You can show us your collection too! P-p-p-p-please, send your pics to my e-mail address and I’ll publish them in our blog! Don’t worry if you have few Roger Rabbit-related collectibles: we will be really p-p-p-p-p-pleased of watching them!! =D

“Judge Doom” wants to get Roger Rabbit again!

As Digital Spy published yesterday, Christopher Lloyd (better known for his roles as Judge Doom in “Who Framed Roger Rabbit” and Doc Emmet Brown in the “Back to the Future” trilogy) is very excited about the upcoming Roger Rabbit sequel, and he would like to reprise his role as the evil, red-eyed cartoon who became judge thanks to a couple of zillion simoleons:

Digital Spy - Christopher Lloyd up for 'Rabbit' sequel

Personally, I don’t think Judge Doom comes back from death to haunt Roger, Jessica, Eddie and the gang (neither him or the Toon Patrol). But he can still get into the project, if Bob Zemeckis asks him.

What do you think? =3

Roger and Jessica’s Wedding

A lovely couple, isn’t it? =D

Roger and Jessica’s wedding, as illustrated by mexican talented artist Martin López, famous for his well-known Simpsons’ parodies. Thanks to Profesor Carlos (webmaster of Proyecto Cartoon and Quién Engañó a Roger Rabbit) for sending me this cool illustration!

WFRR script

So, what do we have for you kids today? Well, the script Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman wrote for the movie actually. It's not the final version as it has some different scenes that didn't make it to the movie. The weasels are never given any individual designs, Doom's pet vulture is still here and there is also a weird kangaroo jury he talks to before executing anyone. The basic plot is still the same though. I have also read there were earlier drafts were Jessica or Baby Herman were the villains. Would've been interesting to read those as well.

Roger Rabbit, M.D.

Roger Rabbit, M.D. by ~bunnyfriend on deviantART

It’s not lupus, huh-huh!! =3

Jessica Rabbit art

Came across another Who Framed Roger Rabbit-related blog and figured I'd make the visitors here aware about it: http://jessicarabbitart.blogspot.com/
Mostly a picture blog, contains some fairly known ones you've probably seen and others a bit more rare.

Roger Rabbit commercials

Keeping up the vid-related posts, here I bring some of the commercials in which Roger Rabbit was featured. Almost all of them are 20+ years old, but they’re still worth the watch:

Diet Coke commercial

Still don’t understand why Roger likes to drink Diet Coke… It tastes HORRIBLE! Oh well…

Disneyland Christmas Celebration 1988

In this ad, Disneyland is welcoming Roger Rabbit into his first holidays at the park. Notice how his feet soles are featuring their oval-shaped pads, which aren’t there in the rest of the Roger Rabbit costumed characters. Maybe because this one was sitting there the whole time, or because this was the first version of the costume, that was later improved for durability and Cast Members’ comfort.

Disney-MGM Studios 1989

Here Roger appears just a couple of seconds. He’s been drawn in an animation board, and then suddenly jumps to our faces. Worth the watch anyway.

Mickey’s Great Adventures (on ice)

This will make you remember about the times when shows on ice were the greatest thing since sliced bread, hehehehe.

French ad for Who Framed Roger Rabbit

You can’t miss the animated ad in the second half of this video!

80’s Commercials (featuring Roger Rabbit’s VHS ad)

There are some vintage commercials in there… Roger’s ad begins at 6:29 (if you’re only interested on that ad, click on this link).

Commercial for Roger Rabbit’s Vista Series DVD

Since then, Roger hasn’t been featured in commercial ads. Just promos for his movie broadcast in several channels.

And finally…

Roger Rabbit doll commercial (my personal favorite!)

Lovely, isn’t it? =3

Sing along with Roger Rabbit

Our favorite bunny participates in a merry song together with some other Disney characters. Look for him as a fireman during the Disneyland singalong. Special thanks to my friend Scott for showing me this.

My angel became real

My angel became real - Custom by ~bunnyfriend on deviantART

Of course, that custom doll is based on this illustration =3

…And Robert Zemeckis keeps doing it

I mean, teasing us with more info tidbits about Roger Rabbit’s sequel. This time, at an interview he had with Empire Online, he gave us a couple of hints about the way he would film RR2:

Yeah, I mean, you know, we have the tools now and we can actually, uhmmm, really make a spectacular version of Roger Rabbit if the screenplay turns out to be something that’s really good…

(…)

Yes, you know, it depends on… You know, I mean: it depends on… It probably should be made in the tradition of the first movie.

What does this mean? Well… I don’t know if he talks about filming live action sequences, that will be mixed with digitally animated sequences and MoCap, of if he wants to keep the storyline of the first movie, or something else.

Come on Zemeckis, stop playing with our minds! We just want the rabbit back under the spotlights, p-p-p-p-p-please!! >.<

Roger Rabbit's Toontown issue 3 - Part 3

Discover what happens when Roger and Baby Herman go to lunch to some seafood dive... Guess next time they'll eat at Joe's XD

Every thumbnail is clickable, and will open in a new window:

As always, thanks to Alexander for the neat scans =3

Zemeckis will use MoCap and 3D CGI in "Roger Rabbit 2"

Be afraid... Be very, VERY afraid... Because it seems that some of our deep fears about the Roger Rabbit sequel are true after all:

Movie Trailers - Movies Blog

MTV MOVIES EXCLUSIVE: Robert Zemeckis Indicates He'll Use Performance-Capture And 3-D In 'Roger Rabbit' Sequel

This basically means that all human characters will be MoCapped (I mean, they will be portrayed via Performance Capture, a technique that was extensively used at "The Polar Express", "Beowulf" and "Disney's A Christmas Carol") while all cartoons will remain two-dimensional, but no MoCapped (like traditionally animated, but using digital techniques similar to those used in "Looney Tunes: Back in Action"). That way, Bob Hoskins would reprise his role as Eddie Valiant, Roger and his fellow friends will look like in the old times, and the whole movie will be easier to make.

So, what are your thoughts? It seems that we'll finally get the Roger Rabbit sequel after all, but I'm afraid about Roger and Eddie Valiant going into the Uncanny Valley D=

More RR Sequel News: There’s a new script!

Yes, I know this has been very exhausting for all of us. And I feel like tired while writing this entry, since I don’t really know if this time Zemeckis and his gang are finally getting serious with the much-delayed Roger Rabbit sequel…

But as the owner of Toontown Antics, it’s my duty to keep all of you informed. Hear Robert Zemeckis about this, and get your own conclusions:

Movie Trailers - Movies Blog

"There's a script that's being developed. We've got the original writers that are working on it now — Seaman and Price."

MTV Movie News Exclusive: 'Roger Rabbit' Writers Working On Sequel, Robert Zemeckis Says

This time I’ll keep my comments to myself. Don’t want to get over-excited again, just for watching all my hopes being shattered like the past times.