The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County

[TheBookey]

@chriscamano - Yes, it was shot in Calaveras County, which lies in the old "gold rush" foothills a few hours east of San Francisco.

[chriscamano]

Is this filmed in California? If only Wall Township had frog races.

[Rudypaolo]

what is the theme of the story

[nadjonion]

Mark Twain is the man. I love frogs too, I used to pet them as a kid!

[hedablinka]

Why not just have someone who can do a decent Mark Twain read the story? This version does not improve what has become the definitive version of an oft repeated tale of the old west. The music does practically libels the prose.

[wacher8]

i won the frog jumps in 2001

[koolaiderr]

where do you get this song?

[MoonlitUmbreon]

Funny that I should randomly find this video, as I was reading the story last night.

[Thesgfire]

nice lol

[cndhighwalker]

wtf is buck shot

[dizzyarmstrong]

buck shot are little lead balls that used to be loaded into muskets as ammunition for large animals. they still have it today, just in a preloaded form

[daugaviete]

Cool documentary. Interesting story.

[jellomnkey]

this seems like a great Christopher Guest film

[mrtvman]

cool