Song of the South - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[lena]

In Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), the characters from this film had five cameo appearance scenes, the most from any single film: Br'er Bear can be seen walking off the Maroon Cartoons studio lot; In the first Toontown sequence, the three Sis Moles pop up from the ground; Afterwards, the Tar Baby can be seen sitting on the back fence; The three hummingbirds say "Hi Eddie" and "Bye Eddie" as Eddie Valiant drives by; and Br'er Bear can be seen in the toon crowd of the final scene.

[sara]

Despite playing an elderly gentleman, James Baskett was actually only 42 years old at the time of the movie's release. He did actually have a naturally gray head of hair however, but a full one at that - he had shaved the top of his head to give the illusion of a receding hairline.

[morris]

As of 2020, the film has never seen an official release from The Walt Disney Company or any of its subsidiaries worldwide. However, due to distribution and copyright differences that exist in various countries for Disney films, Song Of The South entered Public Domain status in Japan in 2000, making Disney essentially powerless from stopping it from being available to purchase worldwide.