{
  "id": 8261175,
  "title": "The Creative Spirit of Who Framed Roger Rabbit",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/the-creative-spirit-of-who-framed-roger-rabbit",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-18T14:36:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Simon Willison",
    "slug": "simon-willison",
    "url": "https://simonwillison.net/2026/Sep/18/the-creative-spirit-of-who-framed-roger-rabbit/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Creative Spirit of Who Framed Roger Rabbit I love Who Framed Roger Rabbit , the 1988 movie by Robert Zemeckis. I haven't watched it in quite a few years, and Cypress Frankenfeld just pointed out this sequence from early in the movie: It's a pelican riding a bicycle! Look closely and you'll note that the pelican is animated while the bicycle is a real bicycle. Apparently they filled the wheels…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}