One Froggy Evening

Name: One Froggy Evening
Genre: Animation, Short, Comedy
Released: 1955-12-31
Duration: 7 min
Rating: 8.4
Cast: William Roberts

IMDb RATING

8.4/10

6.2K

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Hand-Drawn Animation Animation Comedy Family Fantasy Musical Short

A man futilely struggles to make his fortune with a frog that sings and dances, but only when it is alone with the owner.A man futilely struggles to make his fortune with a frog that sings and dances, but only when it is alone with the owner.A man futilely struggles to make his fortune with a frog that sings and dances, but only when it is alone with the owner.

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IMDb RATING

8.4/10

6.2K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 win

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William Roberts

Michigan J. Frog
(singing voice)
(uncredited)

Director
- Chuck Jones
Writer
- Michael Maltese
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Trivia
Steven Spielberg once described this as "the most perfect cartoon ever made," as well as "the Citizen Kane (1941) of the animated short."

Goofs
When the owner of the frog gets thrown out of the talent agency, there's a hand-print on the wall to the side of the door he is thrown from. In the next shot it's gone.

Quotes
Michigan J. Frog: [singing] Everybody do the Michigan Rag / everybody likes the Michigan Rag / every Mame and Jane and Ruth / from Weehawken to Duluth / slide, ride, glide the Michigan / stomp, romp, pomp the Michigan / jump, clump, pump the Michigan Rag / that lovin' rag.

Alternate versions
In some TV airings, the scene in which the workman places the "Free Beer!" sign outside the theater to attract customers is deleted.

Connections
Featured in Chatterbox! (1977)

Soundtracks
Hello! Ma Baby
(uncredited)
Music by Joseph E. Howard
Lyrics by Ida Emerson

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10/10

If you have a frog in your throat...

Chuck Jones and company created another masterpiece with "One Froggy Evening", about a man finding a singing frog who only sings for him, leading to many unpleasant situations. These cartoons were so simple, yet so clever. I think that there's absolutely no doubt that this and many other cartoons from that era will stay firmly ingrained as part of our national heritage forever.

One thing I notice is that Mel Blanc didn't do Michigan J. Frog's voice. But that's no problem. This cartoon is still great. How they came up with these things is beyond me; it just shows that they were geniuses. A great cartoon. These are the sorts of cartoons that we need to show our children.