Michigan J. Frog

http://www.jodieotte.com/blog/1008/frog.gif

WHY????

The WB, you have so much to answer for IMO

This was a perfectly fine peripheral character before you overexposed him.

His name comes from the song "The Michigan Rag" (an original song written by Jones, Maltese and musical director Milt Franklyn), which he sings in the cartoon. In a clip from a DVD special, Jones stated that he had come up with the name "Michigan Frog" during the 1970s and was inspired to add the "J." as a middle initial while being interviewed by a writer named Jay Cocks.[1]

when I was a kid I could do a really good michigan j frog impression

I wish that he'd have been inspired to name him Michigan Cocks Frog.

xp

he's all mouth

The identity of the singer who voiced Michigan Frog's original story was unclear and has been shrouded in some degree of mystery. He was definitely not done by Warner's primary voice artist, Mel Blanc. Some identified him as Terrence Monck. The 1998 Rhino compilation Warner Bros. 75 Years of Film Music identified him as Richard Beavers. However, the Looney Tunes Golden Collection unequivocally credits the vocals to Bill Roberts, a nightclub entertainer in Los Angeles in the 1950s who had done voice work for an MGM cartoon Little 'Tinker earlier. Information in the Internet Movie Database restates what the DVD covered and adds some details.[2]

wtf with this frog and dick joeks

Wait, I always assumed his singing voice was Leon Redbone because of this album cover:

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drf500/f550/f55039yhodf.jpg

Why is MIchigan COcks Frog on this album cover if L. Redbone didn't rpovide his voice?

I want to punch him

HI DERE directing a lot of anger towards cartoon characters these days

better cartoon characters than coworkers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98QMzoTpCOs

says it all

the original looney tunes about this guy is still a five-star classic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sh1exCwGiY0

would have called this the funniest scene in movie history whatever summer it was i saw spaceballs in elementary school

the original looney tunes about this guy is still a five-star classic

it's true, but part of what was great about it was that it was a from-nowhere one-shot - those things only stay great until somebody at a meeting goes "what if we really fleshed that character out a little more - people love him!"

I was unaware that "the WB" had overexposed him, as I DON'T WATCH NEW TV. You can do the same!

Is the WB even around anymore? I think it died a few years ago.

the WB and UPN did a Voltron and turned into the CW

and they still have that Smallville show on when that kid is already older than Chris Reeve in the movies.

i hate this dude a lot

i love that there is a Michigan J. Frog ilx thread.

and I love that Dr. Morbius is inveighing against SMALLVILLE