Chuck Jones later named him Michigan J. Frog after the song "The Michigan Rag", which was written for the cartoon. #AnEveningOfChuckJonesing #TCMParty #OneFroggyEvening

The frog had no name when the cartoon was made in 1955, but he was briefly called Enrico (probably after the Italian tenor Enrico Caruso) in 1960. #AnEveningOfChuckJonesing #TCMParty #OneFroggyEvening

Esp "The Michigan Rag," which was NOT an original Tin Pan Alley song from the Gilded Age. The words and music were written by Milt Franklyn, Michael Maltese, and Chuck Jones, specifically for the cartoon, which was released on Dec 31, 1955.
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About half of the songs performed by the frog were written after he was presumably sealed into the cornerstone, dated 1892.
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Ol' Rip, a horned toad "discovered" in an 1897 time capsule inside the cornerstone of the Eastland County, Texas courthouse in 1928, is also said to have inspired the premise.
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Once Upon a Time, in turn, was based on "My Client Curley", a 1940 radio play adapted by Norman Corwin from a magazine story by Lucille Fletcher.
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The premise of One Froggy Evening has some similarity to that of the 1944 Columbia Pictures film Once Upon a Time starring Cary Grant in which a dancing caterpillar is kept in a shoebox.
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The frog's vocals are provided by singer and bandleader Bill Roberts.

SNL did a WHOLE SKETCH about that featuring Jeremy Irons who was that week's host. #AnEveningOfChuckJonesing #TCMParty #ChuckAmuck

The Superhero crossover event that never happened: Gil Gerard's Buck Rogers and Duck Dodgers. #AnEveningOfChuckJonesing #TCMParty #ChuckAmuck

I first saw Chuck Amuck when it aired on American Masters on PBS. That's when I really fell in love w/Chuck Jones/Charles M. Jones. I was able as a teen to put a face to this name. #AnEveningOfChuckJonesing #TCMParty #ChuckAmuck