Michigan Jackson[1] Frog is an animated cartoon character from the Warner Bros. ' Merrie Melodies film series. Originally a one-shot character, his only appearance during the original run of the Merrie Melodies series was as the star of the One Froggy Evening short film (December 31, 1955), written by Michael Maltese and directed by Chuck Jones.
[2] In this cartoon, partly inspired by a 1944. Michigan J. Frog made his debut in the Merrie Melodies cartoon "One Froggy Evening" on December 31, 1955.
This video celebrates Michigan's 60th anniversary! Michigan Jackson Frog is a minor character who has appeared on occasion in the Looney Tunes film-shorts, having debuted in "One Froggy Evening" in 1955, and has the most prominence as the mascot of The WB Network and its programming block Kids' WB! In the original short, his voice was provided by Bill Roberts, a recording artist who was under contract with MGM for many years. Ol' Rip the. There are few cartoon characters with a history as strange, short-lived, and oddly profound as Michigan J.
Frog. He's the top-hatted, cane-swinging amphibian with a voice that could fill an opera house and an attitude straight out of vaudeville. Though he only starred in a single classic cartoon, this frog left an outsized impression on.
For being such an iconic Looney Tunes character, Michigan J. Frog only starred in two 'official' cartoon shorts of his own: "One Froggy Evening" (1955) and "Another Froggy Evening" (1995). Why was he named 'Michigan'? Keep reading The original 1955 cartoon storyline is about a construction worker who finds a box hidden in the cornerstone of a demolished 1892 building.
He opens it. There's a frog named Michigan who holds an enduring place in the history of pop culture. Dive into the 60+ year career of Warner Brother's Michigan J.
Frog. Michigan J. Frog is a singing frog and recurring character in the Looney Tunes animated franchise.
He first appeared in the 1955 short One Froggy Evening, and has since appeared in various TV series, movies, comics, video games and theme parks. All Michigan J. Frog songs from the 1955 One Froggy Evening cartoon:).
Michigan J. Frog has never appeared in comic books or on lunch boxes (tho he did grace the cover of Leon Redbone's first album, which came out in 1975). Despite modern attempts, there is really only the one cartoon.
The cartoon has no spoken dialogue or vocals except by the frog. The frog's vocals are provided by singer and bandleader Bill Roberts. [5] The frog had no name when the cartoon was made, but Chuck Jones later named him Michigan J.
Frog after the song "The Michigan Rag", which was written for the cartoon. Jones and his animators studied real.