Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Episode 188: Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988)

Theme: Questionable Titles Month
Hosts: Oz & Curtis

This week, Oz and Curtis kick off Questionable Titles Month with Who Framed Roger Rabbit? — a movie marriage of Cool World plus Double Indemnity with a whole lot of Body Heat, all centered around two frisky rabbits. It’s film noir meets cartoon chaos, where murder, mayhem, and Acme products collide in a world where toons walk among humans, drink among humans, and get murdered among humans (RIP, squeaky shoe… we’re still not okay). What starts as a patty-cake scandal turns into a full-blown conspiracy featuring real estate schemes, disappearing ink, and Christopher Lloyd at his most terrifying.

Join your two favorite “why is this movie for kids?” podcasters as they hop through:

• Roger’s meltdown over literal patty cake and Eddie’s world-weary hatred of all things toon.

• Jessica Rabbit — the ultimate femme fatale who’s not bad, just drawn that way.

• Judge Doom’s DIP demonstration… aka the childhood trauma factory.

• A trip to Toontown full of gravity-optional physics, Bugs and Mickey skydiving, and one very aggressive Lena Hyena.

• The final showdown: weasels dying of laughter, Doom revealing his toon self, and a will hidden in the most Roger way possible.

From dueling ducks to Acme gags to freeway conspiracies, Oz and Curtis revisit a groundbreaking classic that blends noir grit with cartoon genius — and still feels like lightning in a bottle 35 years later.

Final Verdict

Oz — 9 Christopher Lloyds
Curtis — All 5,000 gallons of Dip (Fun Dip, specifically)
Both — Still devastated about the shoe. Always will be.