Showing posts with label Who Framed Roger Rabbit?. Show all posts
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Tuesday, January 21, 2025

"Who Framed Roger Rabbit" wins 3 Saturn Awards 1990


Steven Spielberg's Who Framed Roger Rabbit was nominated for eight Saturn Awards and won three of them from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Film at the annual ceremony January 21, 1990.

It won Best Fantasy Film, Best Director for Robert Zemeckis, and Best Special Effects for George Gibbs, Ken Ralston, and Richard Williams at Industrial Light & Magic.

Roger Rabbit was nominated for Best Actor for Bob Hoskins, Best Supporting Actor for Christopher Lloyd, Best Supporting Actress for Joanna Cassidy, Best Writing, and Best Music.

Beetlejuice was also nominated for eight awards and won three.  Willow won for Best Costumes.

Star Trek: The Next Generation won Best Genre Television Series.

Carrie Fisher was given the President's Award.

Wednesday, August 9, 2023

Betty Boop debuts 1930



Betty Boop made her first appearance in Dizzy Dishes, August 9, 1930. She was created by at Fleischer Studios and released by Paramount Pictures.  Between 1930 and 1939, she was featured in 90 cartoons. Mae Questel provided the voice of Betty from 1931 on and she recreated the voice for Betty Boop in the movie Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

In 2002, she was ranked #17 in TV Guide's 50 greatest cartoon characters of all time

Monday, August 31, 2020

Foghorn Leghorn first appears 1946


Foghorn Leghorn, Bugs Bunny's overweight, blowhard chicken friend, made his television debut August 31, 1946 in the Looney Tunes cartoon short Walky Talky Hawky from Warner Brothers Animation. He was created by Warren Foster and Robert McKimson, who directed all 29 Foghorn Leghorn cartoons from 1946 to 1946.

He had a cameo appearance in Who Framed Roger Rabbit.