Roger Rabbit needs to make a comeback. He was always one of my favorite cartoon characters, even though so little exists of him. He's just so colorful, and as a kid that was what I liked about him.

@Sideeye29

4 жыл бұрын

211of211 He is Not forgotten he is in our hearts plus you can still watch him

I actually like Roger Rabbit way more than Mickey Mouse

@isatherebel1520

3 жыл бұрын

Bruh I like Tom of Tom and Jerry more than Mickey Mouse

@morgothfromangband6082

3 жыл бұрын

I like Frieza more than Mickey Mouse. 😆

@ZigealFaust

3 жыл бұрын

@@morgothfromangband6082 Nah, don't be like that. I mean I DO like Freiza more but because of his character arc and lore. Mickey is still a good char, but he's like.... um... SUPERMAN. As in there are many many more better written, designed, and deep chars than him in his own universe. The best we get is how he acts in Kingdom Hearts 2 and I don't think they will ever make a better version than that sadly.

He became a forgotten cartoon! The irony

@CaptainViral84

5 жыл бұрын

In simple terms five years of Roger Rabbit people just got tired of the same old thing and the morale of the story is never invest in fads

@danbam3411

4 жыл бұрын

CaptainViral84 and all fairness, that logic would apply to Tom and Jerry as well yet they’re still highly successful. I think it’s just political correctness and management at Disney that made him become much more obscure that he could’ve been. Especially during the Bob Iger era... perhaps the worst era for Disney.

@DunkleCobro

4 жыл бұрын

Well, Car-Toon Spin is still around, ain't it?

@Sideeye29

4 жыл бұрын

No he is not forgotten his cartoon just ended *plus I am a 7 year old who watches old Mickey Mouse don’t blame me*. It’s funny though

@stealthskater5674

3 жыл бұрын

As a conservative, Rodger rabbit cartoon will always be timeless to me Long Live Old School 😎🎸🤘✌️

Actually a big reason Roger Rabbit wasn't marketed anymore was Warner Brothers sued Disney after they allowed them to use their characters but then Disney was making bank on all the merchandising on Roger Rabbit.

@lucapeyrefitte6899

6 жыл бұрын

Travelbound that makes allot of sense

Aw. That ending clip makes me sad.

@mayflower7811

6 жыл бұрын

IKR he was wondering what happened to his fans poor Rodger

There may be some kind of rabbit revival. When asked about future movies , merchandise, and even possible video games, Gary Wolfe, the writer of the original stories, has been answering with a cheerfull "Stay tooned!". He knows something is gonna happen but won't reveal the big surprise.

@mattkennedy3474

6 жыл бұрын

betelman he may want something to happen but these studios are just big businesses unless the suits think it’s a good idea and they receive a return on their investment then the idea will stay on the “merry-go-round” indefinitely.

@betelman

6 жыл бұрын

I'll stay on the positive.

@sonicroachdoggjrraven3263

6 жыл бұрын

I would love to have anything.

Disney also doesn't completely own the rights to the character still so having him in the park gets pretty tricky.

@mayflower7811

6 жыл бұрын

Exactly WB's owns half the rights to who framed Rodger Rabbit it fact after the lawsuit was settled Disney wasn't allowed to even syndicate the movie on their networks. Which is why who framed Rodger Rabbit was never showed on Disney Channel or ABC's wonderful world of Disney

@ChicagoMel23

3 жыл бұрын

It’s on Disney+ though

I'm surprised there isn't a Roger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin at WDW...it would work either at the Studio park or Fantasyland in the Magic Kingdom. They don't have to build a whole "land" around it.

@lady8rage

6 жыл бұрын

It's seen as a perfect fit for Toontown because of character, stylistic choices, etc-- too bright and corny for Fantasyland (even Winnie the Pooh isn't this out there) and too much ride for Hollywood Studios (and yes that is shade, I'm bitter). We don't have Toontown anymore, so it's not really a thing for us.

@nataliemoraes2033

6 жыл бұрын

The ride sucks. It goes incredibly slow.

@pika23

6 жыл бұрын

Toon town is literally where Roger lives in the movie! Ofc he has a ride there.

Eisner freaked at the budget over runs at the time. Also, Katzenberg got a percentage of the films profit over the life time of the film as well. When he left Disney he ended up suing Disney for $250 million or 2% profits from films he approved during his time at Disney. Katzenberg settled for just over $100 million in 1990's dollars. Katzenburg green lighted nearly every Disney renaissance film. Examples such as The Little Mermaid, Beauty and The Beast, and Aladdin to name a few.

Wasn't there also a prequel to Roger Rabbit being planned, but was canned so the budget could go to Pearl Harbor's over expanding budget?

@BadWebDiver

6 жыл бұрын

Hi Larry, great to see another fun pop trivia KZreadr here! Your retro game commentaries are superb!

@SirBlackReeds

6 жыл бұрын

Yes and no. The sequel turned into a prequel and it was canned. The reason however amounts to two things: the mix of live-action and cartoony CGI was not very pleasing and the estimated budget would exceed $100 million. As of now, the furthest development is that the film is a sequel and is merely in the works.

@fozzieatdetourbillnye5514

6 жыл бұрын

Larry Bundy Jr You partly heard right. There certainly was a prequel but it was actually cancelled due to the directors disagreement and the voice actor being sick.

@betelman

6 жыл бұрын

Yep, definitely a prequel. Got a copy of the working title"Toon Platoon" script. Some funny stuff! It even had a cameo for Eddie Valiant.

@hollysmith6633

6 жыл бұрын

Larry Bundy Jr roger rabbit was so cool

Disney-MGM Studios opened in 1989 (May 1, to be exact), not 1991.

2 days ago (as of the time I commented this) I got the Hungarian Rhapsody stuck in my head. I played this video and now it's even more inside my head

Probably a good thing it never happened. To base an entire land around one recent movie is a huge gamble, and in this case the public lost interest pretty quickly (although I still love the movie). A side note, it's hard to imagine there was a time when a movie like Rain Man could be the number one move in the year. A character-driven light drama with no special effects, no superheroes, no battle scenes...

@TomTheyy

6 жыл бұрын

*Cough* Avatar *Cough*

@Max1dollar

6 жыл бұрын

Isn't that what they're doing with Star Wars land? Sure Star Wars has been around for a long time but the land won't be based on the Original Star Wars we've come to know and love, they'll base the land on the the new movies that only inbreds love. Seems like a gamble to me, especially because "the last jedi" literally had a petition to remove it from canon...

@alskndlaskndal

6 жыл бұрын

True it's not based on any world seen in the original three, but I think there's enough continuity to appeal to all fans (e.g., Millennium Falcon, droids). Star Wars has been mega-popular for 40 years, I think it's a safe bet!

@JJdaPK

6 жыл бұрын

Part of the reason the public lost interest quickly though is that Disney pretty much stopped promoting Roger Rabbit after the early 90s.

@justimagine2403

6 жыл бұрын

And Guardians of the Galaxy... and Frozen. It won't be long before we will want to Let it Go.

There’s a mailbox in DCA Buena Vista Street labeled “E. Valiant”

Whenever I hear Eddie's theme, I always smile and shed a happy tear.

The acromegalic monster Michael Eisner! I was not prepared.

Ya know having a Blast From the Past section of Disneyland/World wouldn't be a bad idea. Roger Rabbit, Clarabelle Cow, Horace Horsecollar, Black Cauldron, and some of Disney's old live action movies. It would give the adults a real trip down memory lane and show the kids it's not all about Frozen or Cars.

Ah yes, There was a time when Roger was actually considered a member of Mickey's Gang... Too bad it didn't last long...

Kind of sad but the information was interesting.

My favorite movie! I was so excited to go to Disneyland and ride the Roger Rabbit ride once I heard it existed, I'm a WDW traveler so I had no idea the ride existed until a couple years ago.

Roger Rabbit will always be a funny ass movie and charater. R.I.P Bob Hoskins without you there been no movie.

I wish Roger Rabbit's Hollywood did happen. However I LOVE Roger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin and I wish I was 19 in 1993 seeing the opening of Mickey's Toon Town at Disneyland and seeing Roger Rabbit himself.

Roger is one of my favorite characters and this saddened me on what could've been. I was so happy to get the chance to go to Disney a couple years back only to learn the took out Toon Town.

Only I loved roger rabbit so much

Annnnnd Roger Rabbit would have been released under the Disney distribution company but Roy Disney Jr. wanted certain sex jokes removed and Spielberg wanted them in. So it was released as a Touchstone movie.

I'm actually the one who owns that signed picture.

@BadWebDiver

6 жыл бұрын

You sure are a Lucky Rabbit! :D

@DanielDwightMusic

6 жыл бұрын

Got a picture of the picture? Lol, always cool to see.

@mayflower7811

6 жыл бұрын

Exactly how come Oswald can make a come back but Rodger can't

@gemstoneprincess2890

6 жыл бұрын

Oswald The Lucky Rabbit hi Oswald

Cool video man

I was actually BORN right around the time Who Framed Roger Rabbit? was released! That means I'll turn the big 3-0 in just a couple of months!

WHAT THE!?!?!?.. ARE THOUS THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES!?!? WHAT ARE THEY DOING HEAR!?!? THERE NOT EVEN IN DISNEY!!! WHAT IS GOING ON HEAR!?!?

@bernebelmont1857

6 жыл бұрын

MGM owned them I think, although it's really weird especially since the Power Rangers where there too

@Dragonrider1227

6 жыл бұрын

Yes. The Ninja Turtles were briefly in MGM Studios. They had a stage show and a meet and greet. The Turtles were so big even Disney wanted a piece of that pizza XD

@koryandrews1665

6 жыл бұрын

Learn the difference between "here" and "hear" Chris. Your comment made my head hurt.

Oh man, I love Roger Rabbit, and I love Bonkers. Everybody ought to give Bonkers a watch, it was such a good show.

@BalooDumptruck

6 жыл бұрын

agreed

@lucapeyrefitte6899

6 жыл бұрын

It was so funny

I used to have a crush on Roger Rabbit as a kid... Kill me

Disney MGM Studios actually opened in 1989.

Really love this movie.

@BadWebDiver

6 жыл бұрын

It's one I rank in my top 10 favorite ever!

@stealthskater5674

3 жыл бұрын

One of my favs 😎🎸

Bring back Rodger rabbit💞

Jessica Rabbit was at Disneyland Paris not Tokyo

@mayflower7811

6 жыл бұрын

Jessica Rabbit is still getting love on social media

@stanleynickjedrzejczyk4533

6 жыл бұрын

Sam P Did she have her final Gender Confirmation Surgery yet?

Great video - the Acme warehouse was fantastic, I remember you could pretend to lie under the steam roller. It's a shame a sequel was never made although I'm glad Spielberg dropped the Nazi idea, sounds terrible!

@BalooDumptruck

6 жыл бұрын

wow we got an edgelord here

@zestyorangez

6 жыл бұрын

Shylock Hymie 'Holocaust Champ' Shekelstein Lol you know the Nazis would have been the villains in the film, right?

@65sgboogieman8

6 жыл бұрын

No way? I never would've known. Why is that?

Roger is my personal favorite fictional character, that I find it too bad he is forgotten to this day!

Walt Disney World did not get a Mickey's Toontown and it's inaccurate to phrase it as though they got it first before Disneyland. They opened Mickey's Birthdayland in 1988 as a temporary area with only Mickey's house, fake facades, and circus tents (photos: d23.com/unwrapping-mickeys-birthdayland/). Interestingly, they had a sign calling it Duckberg, even though it had Mickey's house. Visiting Mickey's house and having a permanent area to meet him became very popular guests that it inspired the concept of Mickey's Toontown. After Disneyland's Toontown opened in 1993, Walt Disney World remodeled and renamed this area "Mickey's Toontown Fair" in 1996. The reason why they added "Fair" was because, even after the remodel, it was not as well-themed as the one in Toontown. They could have extensively remodeled to be the same, but they chose not to. To say it was the first Toontown is like trying to pass a prototype off as a finished product. Also, from my understanding, the original place to put Hollywoodland at Disneyland was the area behind Main Street and Space Mountain. At least, that's where they said it would be in the Disney Decade announcement.

The "nature" of the entertainment beast. It's based on If the box office of the "sequel" that will dictate If a multi million dollar attraction will pan out and survive for years. Public reception is also a key factor. Atlantis was a "bust" so Submarine Voyage with Finding Nemo, subsequently became the theme in which to bring the attraction back.

6:23-6:31 I stayed there when I went to Disneyworld, and that was my favorite part of the resort.

man i dont know if its the jazz music or what but damn this video is melancholic

It always seem like everything good are cancelled well it’s better than the bad stuff that’s for sure.Roger Rabbit might of not gotten land,but in my heart he has a land and that’s all I need.

The photo with Jessica Rabbit is not in Tokyo but Disneyland Paris in 2013 during a special event. Jessica was created for the french resort. You can see on this photo it's written "Mai 2013" in french: www.flickr.com/photos/theverynk/8999438714/

Great video, but just one correction: Disney MGM Studios opened on May 1,1989.

The Red Cars made it to the Disney California Adventure. The Jolly Trolley was based off of the Red Cars as well.

Disneyland and Disney California Adventure needs an attraction like that

Honestly, who else considers Roger to be apart of the Mickey Mouse franchise? Or is it just me?

89 not 91

I've been hearing news once in a while that the sequel is still in the works.

Up till a few years ago I had always thought I had imagined the roger rabbit show at Disneyland.

Well the fact that it was kinda adult oriented didn't help, that and they'd never get the other half of the film to play nice with Disney. Roger wasn't the ONLY rabbit in the film.......

What happened to the Red Cars in the flim?

Original american toon. Loved it still do . dialogue and animation where good ass fuk.30 yrs later i still watch it

I kinda wish I could of gotten 1 or all the Red Cars used in Roger Rabbit

If there's one thing we can all agree on..its that rodger has great taste in women.

I legitimately couldn't tell if the voiceover was a text-to-speech or not at first

Anyone else do a big Bronx Cheer at Eisner every time he pops up? ...just me? For the young'uns Bronx Cheer is like blowing a raspberry like pbtbtbt

be still my heart...

I like Bonkers more than Roger Rabbit. Bonkers needs to return. So does Roger Rabbit

I loved toon town as a kid. Car toon spin. Bounce house. Good stuff.

I did get to see a Rodger Rabbit Parade and got to see the Acme Factory at MGM

I love roger rabbit

I love this movie

@BadWebDiver

6 жыл бұрын

It's a classic!

I feel so sad for Rodger Rabbit even Jessica is getting more recognized today

Makes me wonder that Mickey and Minnie's upcoming Runaway Railway could be that Toontown Tour that was in development for a long time.

You never really address "why", except to state briefly that, "Public interest waned." Why?

Maybe MGM really did open in 1991, and we all simply were given exclusive access to the park years prior. I remember my visit in 1989. That rabbit was HUGE! Honey I shrunk the Kids too.

I just now realized how much Roger sounds like Mark Hamill.

So he is still around in Disney world?

Disney-MGM Studios opened in 1989.

Who Frames Roger Rabbit is a technical masterpiece but the titular character is incredibly grating and annoying. It's no great loss that he isn't used much by Disney.

Wow

I miss him 🐇🐇🐇🐇

It's the 30th anniversary this year...maybe Disney will surprise us with a comeback 😉

I would KILL to get see Roger in some way! Mickey is lucky.

i was raised in the days before youtube. before there was Gangnam style, my mom used to plop in Rodger Rabbit's Tummy Troubles in the VCR until i wore the tape out.

The rubberhead Jess is from Paris not Tokyo.

I love Bonkers.

Would have been dope!!

When you present teaser of an answer to a question ("why it never happened...") it would seem logical to give an answer to that question wouldn't it ??

Funny I thought Roger rabbit was an original idea not a book , that's cool to know

Space Jam will have a sequel next July.

"Rubiks cube" "Forgotten gems" is that a joke? rubiks cubes are still if not more popular than they used to be.

@masterofgaburincho

6 жыл бұрын

Zudexa I do know a friend who still owns some unofficial rubiks cubes (that came in different shapes). He solves them rather quickly and I find that amazing.

@Zudexa

6 жыл бұрын

MasterofGaburincho I'm sure everyone has a friend like that. I know I'm the one out of my friends that can solve a Rubik's cube haha

@ChristopherSobieniak

6 жыл бұрын

Someone still sells 'em! I usually see some at my local Rite Aid!

I can't wait for Rodger to nake a monster come back!

ma boi... forgotten...

Opened in 1989.

my favorite movie with a rabbit along side zootopia 💖💕😍💗🥰

I always loved Roger Rabbit and his movie, even if he was overmarketed by truckloads in his hayday. Hope they can find something new to do with the film's characters.

2:06 I don't wanna know what's going on in that pic o__o

Poor rooder rabbot 😢😢😢😢😢

That would of been cool

I had no idea that the ninja turtles had a presence in Hollywood studios

@BadWebDiver

6 жыл бұрын

Considering it was a co-partniership between Disney and MGM at the time, the original Disney-MGM studios had a lot more broader movie stuff originally. Did you know it was originally a real-life working tv and movie studio when it started? They actually used some of the sets for genuine movie and tv shoots!

Bring back Jessica Rabbit god damn it!

Woah woah woah... since when the hell did TMNT were a part of Disney?!?!?!!??

Jessica Rabbit was one of the inspirations for my character.

Shame this channel is gone

the 1980s isnt 200 bc

There are so many facts and figures wrong in this video.

Fiřst sub!

6:18 - seriously, they couldnt have just got a woman that looked like Jessica Rabbit?