![]() Also canceled was an animated TV series, which was replaced by a show called Bonkers about a feline cop. A completed score by Alan Silvestri is said to exist as well as test footage and computer generated versions of the characters. In this prequel, Roger meets his bride-to-be, Jessica Krupnick. Wolf (jointly owning rights to the characters) made it difficult for any merchandise or projects to get off the ground and caused the halt of the short film, Hare In My Soup, and the next film Who Discovered Roger Rabbit. There was also a plethora of merchandise including Jessica Rabbit rub-on stickers called "pressers".ĭisagreements between the Walt Disney Company, Amblin Entertainment ( Spielberg) and Gary K. After taking the Backlot Tram Tour, various props decorated the streets including two different photo opportunities with Jessica: a glittery cardboard cutout and "The Loony Bin" photo shop which allowed you to take pictures in costume standing next to an actual cartoon drawing of characters from the film. With the success of the film and upon the opening of Disney's MGM Studios on May 1, 1989, the film's characters featured prominently in the company. She also appeared frequently in the Roger Rabbit comic book series, and she had her own feature in most issues of Roger Rabbit's Toontown such as " Beauty Parlor Bedlam", where she comes face to face with her arch-enemy, Winnie Weasel. In the first two shorts she made no impression, but in the third short Roger fantasizes over her, calling her a 'babe in the woods' and panting like a dog. ![]() It was said by her animators, that Jessica is so "exuberant", because they wondered how far they could take her behavior without comments from the Walt Disney Studios.Īfter the film, Jessica also appeared in the Roger Rabbit/Baby Herman shorts Tummy Trouble as a nurse, Roller Coaster Rabbit as a damsel in distress, and Trail Mix-Up as a park ranger. She deeply loves her husband Roger, claiming that he makes her laugh and that he makes a more fitting husband than Goofy. She claims to Eddie Valiant, "I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way," which has become a popular quote. She is one of the most famous sex symbols on the animated screen, being compared to that of Betty Boop or Red Hot Riding Hood. ![]() Jessica was based on Lauren Bacall, Rita Hayworth in Gilda (1946), and Veronica Lake (noted for her famous "Peek-A-Boo" hairstyle). Amy Irving was cast to sing " Why Don't You Do Right?" (a blues song made famous by Peggy Lee) for Jessica's first scene in the movie. She is one of several suspects in the framing of her husband, who is a famous cartoon star. She is re-imagined in the film as a sultry, but moral, cartoon singer at a Los Angeles supper club called The Ink and Paint Club. In the book, she was an amoral, up-and-coming star and former comic character, over whom her estranged husband, comic strip star Roger Rabbit, obsessed. Jessica Rabbit is Roger Rabbit's wife and the tritagonist of the book and movie. This tribute lasted until 2011 when it was replaced by the Monorail themed E-Ticket pool.This page contains or is about mature content. ![]() When the Disneyland Hotel's pool was redesigned in 1999, it took on a Peter Pan theme inspired by the Pirate Ship and Skull Rock.The restaurant's original outdoor seating area had earlier been converted into the Pirates Beach playground. During a restoration of the ship in 2011 however, the restaurant facilities were removed and the ship simply became a walkthrough attraction simply called the Pirate Galleon. This would put it in close proximity to both the Pirates of the Caribbean attraction and Peter Pan's Flight over on the edge of Fantasyland, forming a "Pirate's triangle" of attractions. Props and rigging from the ship were saved and re-used for the refurbishment of the ship in Peter Pan's Flight.Īs a tribute to the original pirate ship, Captain Hook's Galley would open at Disneyland Paris in 1992 as part of Adventure Isle in Adventureland. The original plan was to relocate the ship to a new spot by the Small World Promenade, but water damage and wood rot made moving the ship impossible without breaking it, so it was torn down. In 1982, it would close for the New Fantasyland expansion. In 1969, Chicken of the Sea would drop their sponsorship and it took on the Captain Hook's Galley name. It was one of the central icons of the original Fantasyland and would be further expanded in 1960 with the addition of Skull Rock and waterfalls as a backdrop for a new seating area. Captain Hook's Galley opened with Disneyland in 1955 under the name of the Chicken of the Sea Pirate Ship. ![]()
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