Michigan J. Frog

My grandson and I agree that the Warner Bros. cartoon One Froggy Evening is the funniest cartoon ever made. Until this year, you could stream it on Max. Then, the idiots there, in a cost-saving move, deleted Looney Tunes from 1950-2004, including “What's Opera, Doc?”, “Feed the Kitty,” “Rabbit of Seville,” “Duck Amuck” and “One Froggy Evening.” As I said, idiots. Most of these cartoons you can find on Itunes for 99 cents or 1.29.

In case you don’t remember it, One Froggy Evening  is the template for Mr. Ed. There is a singing and dancing frog (later the spokescartoon for the WB network) who only performs when he is alone with his owner. The rest of the time he just croaks. Unlike Wilbur, this owner ruins his life trying to make a buck off the frog. Directed, of course, by Chuck Jones.

It is on the DVD Looney Tunes All Stars, Volume One. You can buy an electronic copy of Froggy Evening alone on Itunes for 99 cents. You can buy it on Amazon Prime for $2.99, or you can buy the DVD for about $30 on EBay.

See it again, or for the first time. You’ll enjoy it.