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The Foolish Frog

  • 1971
  • 8m
IMDb RATING
7.7/10
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Buoyant illustrations dance across the screen as Pete Seeger sings and plays his favorite folk song about a bullfrog who falls in the mud.Buoyant illustrations dance across the screen as Pete Seeger sings and plays his favorite folk song about a bullfrog who falls in the mud.Buoyant illustrations dance across the screen as Pete Seeger sings and plays his favorite folk song about a bullfrog who falls in the mud.

  • Director
    • Gene Deitch
  • Writers
    • Charles L. Seeger
    • Pete Seeger
    • Gene Deitch
  • Stars
    • Waldemar Matuska
    • Pete Seeger
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.7/10
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    • Director
      • Gene Deitch
    • Writers
      • Charles L. Seeger
      • Pete Seeger
      • Gene Deitch
    • Stars
      • Waldemar Matuska
      • Pete Seeger
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  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Waldemar Matuska
    Waldemar Matuska
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    Pete Seeger
    Pete Seeger
    • Narrator
    • (voice)
    • Director
      • Gene Deitch
    • Writers
      • Charles L. Seeger
      • Pete Seeger
      • Gene Deitch
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    • Trivia
      When this short was remastered in 2004 for the VHS and DVD release of "Giggle, Giggle, Quack", new sound effects were added that were not heard at all in the original version, such as sounds of a frog croaking as the bullfrog's voice, and crash sounds when he explodes in all directions.
    • Quotes

      Narrator: There was the bullfrog in mid-air. He looks down; there's nothing underneath him. He looks over; there's nothing to land on. He says...

      Bullfrog: Where am I?

      Narrator: The only thing left was the road. He started hopping down the road.

      Bullfrog: [hops down the road and stops when he sees everyone in the Corner Store singing his song and having a dance party] Hey, what's all that racket down at the corner store? Why they're singing! They're singing about *me*!

      Narrator: And he was so proud, he puffed himself up with pride.

      [the bullfrog inflates with pride each time the narrator says what is next]

      Narrator: And he puffed, and he puffed, and he puffed, and he puffed, and he...

      [the bullfrog explodes in every direction]

      Narrator: Pow, he exploded all directions! Cows, barns, farmers, chickens, wives, children, the whole Corner Store went up in the air!

      [everyone comes back where they were supposed to have been]

      Narrator: And everybody floated down from the sky... landed right where they were supposed to have been the whole time. Sat down eating supper, feeling kind of foolish for themselves.

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    • Release date
      • July 14, 1971 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • Czechoslovakia
    • Language
      • English
    • Production companies
      • Krátký Film Praha
      • Studio Bratri v triku
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    • Runtime
      8 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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