Park Ranger Jessica Rabbit Has An Important Message

 

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Some time ago I did a poll for the favorite Jessica Rabbit outfit shown on screen - sparkly dress, non-sparkly dress, Nurse Uniform, Park Ranger uniform, Wedding Dress, swimsuit. Naturally the sparkly dress took it, but it seems Park Ranger Jessica Rabbit is rtiking a chord lately. I posted this clip from Trail Mix-Up of Jessica reciting the famous Smokey Bear quote "Only you can prevent forest fires." Except Jessica delivers the line in an exuberant breathyness that Smokey did not. The reel has received a lot of attention, with many people never having seen the cartoon before. Move over Smokey, Jessica Rabbit has a new platform.

Trail Mix-UP

Trail Mix-Up was the third and final Roger Rabbit cartoon, released with Disney/Amblin's A Far Off Place on March 12, 1993. By now the relationship between Disney and Amblin had soured and the next short cartoon, Hare In My Soup, had been cancelled. The movie Trail Mix-Up was in front of, A Far Off Place, also does not seem very memorable to me - so this short I did not see in theaters. In Disney's MGM studios however, they did play this while you waited in line for the back lot tour.