Normally I am the one in the family putting on the animated cartoons but last night I was reading a book when the opening sounds of Roger Rabbit pulled me into the living room were the TV hooked me.

That first Baby Herman cartoon is a tour de force of story driven non stop character animation gags. Gods, why don`t they make `em like that anymore?

Mostly it is because no one is brave enough or smart enough to take 2 guys like Joe Ranft and Mark Kausler and luck them away in Spielberg`s office with all the Dove Bars they can eat and just let them bounce ideas off of each other.

Mark started doing mean things to Roger Rabbit and Joe started doing cute stuff with Baby Herman and that cartoon is one of the tightest, most seamless, fastest/best paced cartoons ever filmed.

It happens the same way every time. Someone in the family puts on Who Framed Roger Rabbit just to watch the Baby Herman cartoon and the next thing you know we watch the whole cartoon. If you haven`t watched it in the last couple of months you owe it to your family to view it again.

Larry Loc  ¶ 9:36 AM