Special Guest: Gary K. Wolf
Guest Co-Hosts: Chris Stachiw, Axel Kohagen
Directed by Robert Zemeckis, Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) is based very loosely on a book by Gary K. Wolf. It tells the tale of hard-boiled detective Eddie Valiant (Bob Hoskins) who gets hired by the head of a movie studio, R.K. Maroon, to take some photos of our titular Roger Rabbit’s wife (Kathleen Turner) playing patty cake with the head of a place called Toontown. Produced by Steven Spielberg, it’s a story of intrigue, murder, and animation.
Chris Stachiw (Kuture Shocked) and Axel Kohagen (Super True Stories) join Mike to discuss the film, the proposed sequel, and Gary K. Wolf's original book.
Listen/Download Now:
Links:
Buy Who Framed Roger Rabbit on Blu-Ray
Buy Who Censored Roger Rabbit by Gary K. Wolf
Buy Killerbowl by Gary K. Wolf
Buy The Road to Toontown by Gary K. Wolf
Buy Who P-P-P-Plugged Roger Rabbit by Gary K. Wolf
Buy Who Whacked Roger Rabbit by Gary K. Wolf
Read Ten Things You Didn't Know about Roger Rabbit
Listen to the We Hate Movies episode about The Happytime Murders
Music:
"Powerhouse" - Raymond Scott
"The Penguin" - Raymond Scott
"Girl at a Typewriter" - Raymond Scott
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As a member of the Central Electric Railfans' Association, I need to point out the sporadically-discussed streetcar conspiracy also being a plot point in here.
ReplyDeleteWhether there was such a conspiracy is still in contention (National City Lines, the corporation which gets most of the blame for 'bustituting' gasoline or diesel motor buses for electric streetcars, did order new postwar P.C.C. streetcars in Los Angeles)(!), and there were people in Minneapolis | St. Paul, MN. who were actually convicted for illegally converting streetcars to buses, I feel the general public bought the line that streetcars were 'old fashioned' and buses were the modern way to go, and so it went.