Anyone remember a cartoon about a man found a frog that could sing and dance?

[raccoon]

Anyone remember a cartoon about a man found a frog that could sing and dance? The frog would pick up a small cane and hat and perform when the man was there. The man thought he could make Mucho Dinero off of the frog so he took him around to other people. But whenever other people were there, all the frog would do was sit and croak.

Well, my point is, the frog would sing,

“Hello my baby, hello my honey, hello my ragtime gal!”

Every time I think about that cartoon that song becomes an earworm in my head! Does it affect anybody else that way?

[Best_man23]

1. Oh, you mean Michigan J Frog

Here you go

[raccoon]

6. Thanks for posting! I think that was a different version than what I saw.

I think that was a different version than what I saw.But maybe it’s been so long that I just don’t remember a lot of it.

[raccoon]

15. I've watched this twice, and I didn't catch, what did the man write on the sign

After he wrote “Free admission “? He wrote something else I didn’t catch, and then the people poured in.

[Marthe48]

16. free beer

n/t

[raccoon]

17. Thanks. Nt

[Mike Nelson]

2. Yes...

... I remember that...

[Glorfindel]

3. Gosh, that's been a long time. I do remember the cartoon.

I also remember discussing it with Army buddies in Vietnam in 1967. One of them would just dissolve in laughter whenever it was mentioned. It doesn't become an earworm for me, though.

[moose65]

4. "One Froggy Evening"

A classic!

Trivia: there is not one word of spoken dialog in the cartoon. The only character who makes a sound is the frog, when he is singing 😃

[Cirque du So-What]

5. Michigan J. Frog was modeled on Ed Sullivan

The tune he sings has definite ear worm potential. As someone whose brain runs some song or other in the background all the time, I suggest listening to a ‘palate cleanser’ to take its place. My succeptibility to earworms is so strong that I sometimes wake up with the same tune running in my head. I know whereof I speak on this matter.

[Arkansas Granny]

7. Well, thanks for the earworm. I do remember that cartoon.

[raccoon]

8. Sorry! Nt

[Pacifist Patriot]

9. You have tumbled on my list of favorite people.

Thanks for the ear worm!

[pnwest]

10. Dammit! Yes, earworm from hell! Lol!

[abqtommy]

11. Oh yeah. I've got that frog gif stored in my computer so I can attach it to "Hoppy Birthday"

greetings I send by email! I don't consider having the song in my head to be a bad thing...

[myccrider]

12. Yes, I remember the cartoon.

It meant one thing when I was a child - just an odd and sorta funny story. As an adult it was still funny, in a sad way, and either a cautionary about getting so carried away with dreams of glory/money/etc that you fool yourself into believing the unbelievable or a cautionary tale to steer clear of frogs.

[raccoon]

14. Thank you! I was thinking recently about what the cartoon meant.

What I came up with was, if it seems too good to be true, it probably is. I like your analysis.

[Aristus]

13. It was the only cartoon ever to star Michigan J. Frog.*

But he went on to be the mascot of the WB Network.

And the song "The Michigan Rag" wasn't an old classic. It was written specially for the cartoon.

* Oops! Just found out they made another cartoon about MJF in 1995, to commemorate the 40th Anniversary of the original.

[Marthe48]

18. (I think) It was a cartoon by Warner Bros

I think I remember seeing during a lineup of Bugs Bunny cartoons.

Do you remember the Bugs Bunny Show? It was on Tuesday nights and ran 1/2 hour.

[raccoon]

19. How could I forget? Yes, I remember it. Especially the one with

“The Barbar of Seville” music.

[Marthe48]

20. Some of the funniest cartoons ever

lol

Kill the wabbit, kill the wabbit

Ehhhhh, what's up, Doc? lol