Warner Bros Michigan J. Frog Animation Sericel
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Limited Edition Sericel Of Warner Bros Looney Tunes Michigan J. Frog. This Fantastic Animation Features Michigan J. Frog As He Appeared In The 1955 Animated Short, One Froggy Evening. This Cel Measures 11? X 14?, Comes Unframed, In Excellent Condition. This Piece Bears An Authentication Seal By Warner Bros As A Limited Edition Sericel. This Fine Art Cel Is A Great Collectible For Any Cartoon Enthusiast. One Froggy Evening Is An Approximately Seven-minute Long Technicolor Animated Short Film Written By Michael Maltese And Directed By Chuck Jones. The Short Was Released On December 31, 1955 As Part Of Warner Brothers’ Merrie Melodies Series Of Cartoons. Some Critics And Observers Regard This Cartoon Short As The Finest Ever Made. Steven Spielberg, In The Pbs Chuck Jones Biography Extremes & Inbetweens: A Life In Animation, Called One Froggy Evening “the Citizen Kane Of Animated Film.” Synopsis A Mid-1950s Construction Worker Involved In The Demolition Of An 1892 Building Finds A Box Inside A Cornerstone. He Opens It To Reveal A Singing, Dancing Frog, Complete With Top Hat And Cane. The Box Also Contains A Deed Dated April 16th, 1892. The Man Tries Exploiting The Frog’s Talents For Money, But As It Turns Out, It Will Not Perform In Front Of Anyone Else. For The Rest Of The Cartoon, The Man Frantically Tries To Demonstrate The Frog’s Abilities To The Outside World , All To No Avail. Eventually He Is Homeless And Living On A Park Bench, Where The Frog Still Performs For Him. A Policeman Overhears This And Approaches The Man, But After Seeing Him Accuse The Frog Of The Singing, He Has The Man Committed To An Asylum. Following His Release, The Haggard Man Dejectedly Hides The Box In The Tregoweth Brown Building That Is Under Construction. The Timeline Then Jumps To The Year 2056 , Where The Building Is Demolished By Futuristic Ray Guns, And The Box With The Frog Is Discovered Yet Again By A 21st Century Demolition Man, Starting The Process All Over.
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