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while performing a dance routine very similar to Michigan J. Frog's routine. #AnEveningOfChuckJonesing #TCMParty #OneFroggyEvening

The film Spaceballs features a scene in which an alien (parodying the film Alien) bursts from a man's chest, dons a straw hat and cane and begins singing "Hello! Ma Baby" (via Bill Roberts' archival recordings) #AnEveningOfChuckJonesing #TCMParty #OneFroggyEvening

Fun Fact: Similar to what Disney animators would do for films like Bambi, Jones and his animators studied real-life frogs to achieve the successful transition from an ordinary frog to a high-stepping entertainer. #AnEveningOfChuckJonesing #TCMParty #OneFroggyEvening

I'm doing the unenthusiastic ribbit the frog does when he refuses to perform, and my dog is looking at me like I'm crazy. Fair reaction.
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And Michigan J. Frog was the mascot of the WB network from its debut in 1995-2006. #AnEveningOfChuckJonesing #TCMParty #OneFroggyEvening

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

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For real. My entire family lost it during that scene.
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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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I laughed so hard I nearly threw up the first time I saw the homage to #OneFroggyEvening in #Spaceballs
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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.

This frog needs to meet Renfield. #TCMParty #OneFroggyEvening

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The voice of Michigan J. Frog is William "Bill" Roberts
www.imdb.com/name/nm07308...

On the menu. #TCMParty #OneFroggyEvening