Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (Who Shot Roger Rabbit?)

"WHO SHOT ROGER RABBIT?" (working title) Written by Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman THIRD DRAFT September 2, 1986 WHO SHOT ROGER RABBIT? This movie starts the way all movies should... with a cartoon.It's not a Disney or a Warner's.It's not a Fleischer, an MGM, or a Lanz.This is a lesser known studio. FADE IN: ON A "MAROON CARTOON" Accompanied by zany CARTOON MUSIC, the TITLE CARD reads: MAROON CARTOONS PRESENT BABY HERMAN AND ROGER RABBIT IN "THE BUNNYSITTER" Below are two cameos of the cartoon's stars.One picture is of a cherubic baby in a bonnet innocently posed with his thumb in his mouth.The other is of a paunchy rabbit with a gap between his front teeth.He has a loveable, if slightly shell-shocked look.The cartoon begins... BABY HERMAN AND ROGER RABBIT are in a playpen when TWO FEMALE LEGS in high heels walk INTO FRAME.The VOICE belonging to the legs talks down to Baby Herman in a maternal coo. VOICE (O.S.) Mommy's going to the beauty parlor, darling.But I'm leaving you with your favorite friend, Roger.He's going to take very, very good care of you... (voice turns ominous) ... cause if he doesn't, he's going back to the science lab! Roger gulps as he watches the legs disappear.We HEAR FOOTSTEPS recede and a DOOR SLAM.Roger turns confidently back to his charge.But the little tyke is already squeezing through the playpen bars. BABY HERMAN Baby bye-bye... Roger makes a dive for him, misses, and gets his head stuck between the bars.