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One Froggy Evening (1955)

Director(s) Chuck Jones
Producer(s)

No producer listed for this movie
Top Genres Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Short Films
More Films Directed by Chuck Jones More Films from 1955 More Films from the 1950s Top Classic Movies of the 1950s

One Froggy Evening Overview:

One Froggy Evening (1955) was a Animation - Musical Film directed by Chuck Jones .

One Froggy Evening was inducted into the National Film Registry in 2003.

One Froggy Evening BlogHub Articles:

One Froggy Evening, Happy Anniversary! Opened December 31st, 1955

By C. S. Williams on Dec 31, 2016 From Classic Film Aficionados

Lobby Card Lobby Card A Chuck Jones masterpiece, a one of kind hilarious comment on human nature, the search for our hopes, the quest for our dreams and the pursuit of the happiness that we find in them; all told in just 7 minutes. I don’t know about you but every time I have a tech look at my... Read full article

One Froggy Evening, Happy Anniversary! Opened December 31st, 1955

By C. S. Williams on Dec 31, 2016 From Classic Film Aficionados

Lobby Card Lobby Card A Chuck Jones masterpiece, a one of kind hilarious comment on human nature, the search for our hopes, the quest for our dreams and the pursuit of the happiness that we find in them; all told in just 7 minutes. I don’t know about you but every time I have a tech look at my... Read full article

Short Film Saturday: One Froggy Evening (1955)

By Bernardo Villela on Jun 28, 2014 From The Movie Rat

Was recently reminded of this short. It has the accolades, but had it not been for Michigan’s 90s cameos and his stint as mascot for the WB Network he might by far less renowned now than he is. Michigan J. Frog – 1955 – One Froggy Evening from Ikarus on Vimeo.... Read full article

One Froggy Evening, Happy Anniversary! Opened December 31st, 1955 (4)

By C. S. Williams on Dec 31, 2013 From Classic Film Aficionados

Lobby Card Lobby Card A Chuck Jones masterpiece, a one of kind hilarious comment on human nature, the search for our hopes, the quest for our dreams and the pursuit of the happiness that we find in them; all told in just 7 minutes. I don’t know about you but every time I have a tech look at my... Read full article

One Froggy Evening, Happy Anniversary! Opened December 31st, 1955 (3)

By C. S. Williams on Dec 31, 2013 From Classic Film Aficionados

Originally posted on Classic Film Aficionados: Lobby Card Lobby Card A Chuck Jones masterpiece, a one of kind hilarious comment on human nature, the search for our hopes, the quest for our dreams and the pursuit of the happiness that we find in them; all told in just 7 minutes. I don’t know about ... Read full article

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One Froggy Evening Quotes:

Michigan J. Frog: [singing] Hello, my baby / hello, my honey / hello, my ragtime gal. / Send me a kiss by wire / baby, my hearts on fire / if you refuse me / honey, you'll lose me / then you'll be left alone / Oh baby, telephone and tell me I'm your own.
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.
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One Froggy Evening Facts
The singing voice of the frog is provided by Bill Roberts, a popular Hollywood nightclub singer of the 1950s. Many sources erroneously credit Terence Monk with supplying the singing voice of the frog. This error appears to be rooted in an interview in which Chuck Jones identified him as such. However, he was not the baritone heard in the film. The confusion may have been caused by the fact that Jones did use Monck in "The Cat Above and the Mouse Below", where he sang "Largo al factotum" (from Rossini's "Il barbiere di Siviglia"/"The Barber of Seville").
Due to the cartoon, "Dancing Frog" is now computer terminology for a computer problem that will not appear when anyone else is watching.
The main character's name, "Michigan J. Frog", was created long after the cartoon was produced. Michigan J. Frog later became the mascot of the Warner Brothers television network ("The WB").
The retrospectively-given name of Michigan J. Frog is derived from the one song he sings in this cartoon that Chuck Jones and Michael Maltese wrote especially for him, "The Michigan Rag". Jones came up with the middle initial after being interviewed by a writer named Jay Cox.
First (and, as far as many people are concerned, only) appearance of Michigan J. Frog.
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