I can't remember where I've seen this but I'm soooo happy it was on Youtube!! I was reading my sons the book and couldn't remember the correct tune for the song, until I found it! Thanks!!! Brought back great memories!
Um, how can one overinflated frog cause an overstuffed general store and its inhabitants to be catapulted into the air? It would have made more sense for the frog to try and enter the store, and the store exploding from all the cows, chickens, barns, rivers, etc being filled inside.
Here's a bit of trivia: The 1907 song "Foolish Frog" as May Irwin performed is undoubtedly the primary source of the widely known handclap rhyme Down By The Banks Of The Hanky Panky. Lines from Coca Cola Came To Town and/or other playground rhymes & pop songs are part of versions of this rhyme. A 1952 sound clip by Calypso singer Blind Blake which has the original words to "Foolish Frog" is found on YT. Also, Google Cocojams Handclap, Jumprope, and Elastic Rhymes for versions of this rhyme.
I grew up listening to this song. It added so much joy to my childhood. Pete Seeger is a living American treasure. And I am delighted to know he is still fighting the good fight.
I can't believe I found this!! When my sister and I were really little, we had videos of picture books that had been animated, and this was on one of them! This completely made my day!!
My father produced this film. His company was Firebird Films. Can't believe it's on youtube. Gotta love Pete Seeger. Sadly, my father is not around to anymore. Sigh....
*LOL*Yes of course I enjoy it; I first "enjoyed" it 16 years ago! And it was at that time I wondered, when I saw various Czechoslovakian names in the credits, and that the film itself was put together in Prague, sometime in the 70s (during Communist times)... I wondered, like, what the hell??!!!
I guess a US employer was cashing in on lower cost labour--a soundly"non-communist"thing to do, albeit dealing with a communist economy!
I'll do my best... Feel free to look up the references (quotes are from Wikipedia). My father the producer worked with Gene Deitch the director at UPA "an American animation studio of the 1940s through present day, beginning with industrial films and World War II training films." They became very dear personal friends. Gene Dietch was a pioneer in animation (and Oscar winner!).
At one point Gene went to a studio in Czechoslavkia and fell in love with a producer there. He married her and stayed. "Since 1968, Deitch has been the leading animation director for the Connecticut organization Weston Woods/Scholastic, adapting children's picture books. His studio is located in Prague near the Barrandov studios where many major films were recorded. In 2003, he was awarded the "Annie" by ASIFA Hollywood for a lifetime contribution to the art of animation.[2]"
Deitch fell in love with Czech, did he? Well, I hope someone can help me, coz I've fallen in love with a girl from a former red country too---AGAINST MY WILL. Her name is Mary Notar; she's an international Gypsy criminal. She composes songs to make men across the world fall in love with her, using the Internet as a carrier. Surely that's against International Law?!!
Quick, phone the FBI, the CIA, INTERPOL. Mary must be arrested
Weston Woods distributes The Foolish Frog. Read Gene's "How to Succeed in Animation" blog (to be book). It's very entertaining and tells the story of how he met my father over a rare jazz recording. Chance, fate, or cosmic intervention. Glad you are a fan!
i have the book and I saw Pete play the tune so I have memory of the song but couldn't remember how it went. Now I can practice on my banjo. Thanks Youtube
I was one of those children's librarians who played this cartoon for pre-school story time and came to love it as much as the kids. Went looking for it because the endless repetitions of Rush Limbaugh video showing him jumping up and down before his remarks to CPAC reminded me of the bullfrog. For some reason, I keep wondering when the fool will self-inflate to the point of explosion! Let me know if you all see the resemblance...
Wow!! This was one of my favorites when I was a kid... I copied it onto video for my own kids, along with some other classics (Rikki Tikki Tavi, Really Rosie, etc.)
Wow!! This was one of my favorites when I was a kid... I copied it onto video for my own kids, along with some other classics (Rikki Tikki Tavi, Really Rosie, etc.)
@FreshNapp lol, my grammar is so stupid in that last comment i made. all in all, i do like this nostalgic video and as for you, well, what do you think of this?
do you remember the one about a family of mice who go on picnic and the little mouse baby falls off the pickup truck and they dont realize it at first and when they do they go back for him and save him. He eats some sort of fruit and gets sick. Bluegrass music in the back.
I saw this on a kiddie video from the library once and me and my brother LOVED it, it was so funny! This one story that child and adult will find very amusing.
my dad used to sing this to us.
jansonsynder 1 day ago
I kids loved watching this on their scholastic video. That DVD has gone by the waste side but we're happy to see it!
komikaiba 5 days ago
That was pretty great... Eastern european animation and films are often very surreal and dreamlike
dinotles 2 weeks ago
HOW MUCH SODA CRACKERS AND SODA POP DOES THAT CORNER STORE EVEN HAVE?
mttloebach 1 month ago
wow i haven't seen this since i was 5 !
KIMIPON96 7 months ago
I can't remember where I've seen this but I'm soooo happy it was on Youtube!! I was reading my sons the book and couldn't remember the correct tune for the song, until I found it! Thanks!!! Brought back great memories!
taylor71804 7 months ago
I remember singing this when I was 5 or 6 years old! Now I'm 14 and I still know almost every word!! :)
1winkwinkproductions 8 months ago
I SANG THIS SONG IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND I STILL DO! (i'm in highschool now)
ilovehikaruhitachiin 8 months ago
At my camp this is a classic on like 16mm film.. I have always loved this and am so glad to have found it on youtube.
msuperboy 9 months ago
ummm isnt suppose to be there are lots of folks just like that foolish frog of mine?i sang it at FVHS FOUNTAIN VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL1
hvinh2204 10 months ago
Brilliant! I love the many voices he does for the character s XD
It's so funny!
luckynothirteen 11 months ago
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i never saw this before, i just found it as an extra show on a scholastic dvd i rented from the library. my son just loves it, and so do i.
augiechimpo 11 months ago
i never saw this before, i just found it as an extra show on a scholastic dvd i rented from the library. my son just loves it, and so do i.
augiechimpo 11 months ago
Um, how can one overinflated frog cause an overstuffed general store and its inhabitants to be catapulted into the air? It would have made more sense for the frog to try and enter the store, and the store exploding from all the cows, chickens, barns, rivers, etc being filled inside.
CLDavi1983 11 months ago
@CLDavi1983 Has either got to be kidding or trolling. Unbelievable...
rwhaller42 10 months ago
This song was a staple of my childhood! Thank you!
violachic 1 year ago
Here's a bit of trivia: The 1907 song "Foolish Frog" as May Irwin performed is undoubtedly the primary source of the widely known handclap rhyme Down By The Banks Of The Hanky Panky. Lines from Coca Cola Came To Town and/or other playground rhymes & pop songs are part of versions of this rhyme. A 1952 sound clip by Calypso singer Blind Blake which has the original words to "Foolish Frog" is found on YT. Also, Google Cocojams Handclap, Jumprope, and Elastic Rhymes for versions of this rhyme.
Azizip17 1 year ago
Big Smile....
back in the 80's .. I showed this movie
at the end of storytimes at the public library
I LOVE THIS !!
kennewicksheri 1 year ago
I grew up listening to this song. It added so much joy to my childhood. Pete Seeger is a living American treasure. And I am delighted to know he is still fighting the good fight.
dustyturtle 1 year ago
gonna be years till i figure this out on that damn banjo
CanadianFolkBlues 1 year ago
@CanadianFolkBlues you got that shit man
TheWhiskeyRover 1 year ago
I can't believe I found this!! When my sister and I were really little, we had videos of picture books that had been animated, and this was on one of them! This completely made my day!!
twinkletoes121 1 year ago
the farmers laugh gives me nightmares
snoopybrown007 1 year ago
My father produced this film. His company was Firebird Films. Can't believe it's on youtube. Gotta love Pete Seeger. Sadly, my father is not around to anymore. Sigh....
MsLindsaybee 2 years ago 29
@MsLindsaybee Wow. This film is a gem. That's really something to be proud of.
matthewvaughan 1 year ago 2
@MsLindsaybee
This was brilliant, I remember always having strawberry soda and crackers when watching this as a kid!
MEGAXSTU 1 year ago
@MsLindsaybee
Omg! I love this so much I'm 17 and my 3 year old nephew just got the DVD and i Love it more than he does!
Precious945 1 year ago
@MsLindsaybee
Please know that my 2 1/2 year old grand-daughter LOVES your father's film. He's touched our hearts. And that's indelible.
Daisytoo 8 months ago
@MsLindsaybee
Isn't it a Communist song? Or, like, made by Communists?
DontPublicMe 6 months ago
@DontPublicMe
Don't be ridiculous! It's a wonderful folk song, especially for kids because of the sounds.
Are free soda crackers communist? Or is it the cows going moo moo moo moo moo?
Just enjoy!
MsLindsaybee 6 months ago
@MsLindsaybee
#1
*LOL*Yes of course I enjoy it; I first "enjoyed" it 16 years ago! And it was at that time I wondered, when I saw various Czechoslovakian names in the credits, and that the film itself was put together in Prague, sometime in the 70s (during Communist times)... I wondered, like, what the hell??!!!
I guess a US employer was cashing in on lower cost labour--a soundly"non-communist"thing to do, albeit dealing with a communist economy!
I'd be interested to read your reply!
DontPublicMe 6 months ago
@DontPublicMe
I'll do my best... Feel free to look up the references (quotes are from Wikipedia). My father the producer worked with Gene Deitch the director at UPA "an American animation studio of the 1940s through present day, beginning with industrial films and World War II training films." They became very dear personal friends. Gene Dietch was a pioneer in animation (and Oscar winner!).
MsLindsaybee 6 months ago
@DontPublicMe
At one point Gene went to a studio in Czechoslavkia and fell in love with a producer there. He married her and stayed. "Since 1968, Deitch has been the leading animation director for the Connecticut organization Weston Woods/Scholastic, adapting children's picture books. His studio is located in Prague near the Barrandov studios where many major films were recorded. In 2003, he was awarded the "Annie" by ASIFA Hollywood for a lifetime contribution to the art of animation.[2]"
MsLindsaybee 6 months ago
@MsLindsaybee
OK thanks! Communist-connection mystery solved.
Deitch fell in love with Czech, did he? Well, I hope someone can help me, coz I've fallen in love with a girl from a former red country too---AGAINST MY WILL. Her name is Mary Notar; she's an international Gypsy criminal. She composes songs to make men across the world fall in love with her, using the Internet as a carrier. Surely that's against International Law?!!
Quick, phone the FBI, the CIA, INTERPOL. Mary must be arrested
DontPublicMe 6 months ago
@MsLindsaybee
Arrested and brought over to me, where I shall personally punish her for her .. um ... cross-border transgressions.
DontPublicMe 6 months ago
@DontPublicMe
Weston Woods distributes The Foolish Frog. Read Gene's "How to Succeed in Animation" blog (to be book). It's very entertaining and tells the story of how he met my father over a rare jazz recording. Chance, fate, or cosmic intervention. Glad you are a fan!
Sorry these posts are out of order.
MsLindsaybee 6 months ago
@MsLindsaybee your father helped produce some very incredible childhood memories being shown this film on 16 mm film at camp.
msuperboy 6 months ago
@msuperboy
I wish my Dad were here to see all the comments. I don't think he realized the reach the video would ultimately have. Long Live The Foolish Frog!
MsLindsaybee 6 months ago
@MsLindsaybee
The Czech version is available here too, ask for HLOUPA ZABA
iudasiscariotes 1 month ago
i have the book and I saw Pete play the tune so I have memory of the song but couldn't remember how it went. Now I can practice on my banjo. Thanks Youtube
petrufka 2 years ago
This cartoon is great because it has a really catchy song!
mojovie 2 years ago
I saw it on VHS as a kid. I always kept in my head of members!
Away down yonder in Yankees Yank
A bullfrog jumped from bank to bank
Cause there wasn't nothin' else to do;
He stubbed his to and in he fell
An' de neighbors all say that he went to...well,
'Cause he hadn't nothin' else to do.
The plot of the song was all nice and American Tall Tales like!
42whatelse 2 years ago
@42whatelse You and me both.
Rabbit0 1 year ago
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this is a stupid video because its not a song and there was a better one
Dragonsblast 2 years ago
the FREEEEEEEEEEEE soda pop! eatin' the FREEEEEEEEE soda crackers!
killakwesi 2 years ago 13
I've been looking for this video for ages. My lil brother had this on VHS and he blames for ruining it. (Which is completely false!!! I SWEAR)
nzobelmont 2 years ago 2
the singing cows crack me up @ 3:13!
AnimationAmongUs 2 years ago
I was one of those children's librarians who played this cartoon for pre-school story time and came to love it as much as the kids. Went looking for it because the endless repetitions of Rush Limbaugh video showing him jumping up and down before his remarks to CPAC reminded me of the bullfrog. For some reason, I keep wondering when the fool will self-inflate to the point of explosion! Let me know if you all see the resemblance...
Librarian1974 3 years ago 2
you are the best.
amateurlife 3 years ago
Wow!! This was one of my favorites when I was a kid... I copied it onto video for my own kids, along with some other classics (Rikki Tikki Tavi, Really Rosie, etc.)
danib60 3 years ago 2
@danib60 Those are all great cartoons!
mojovie 2 years ago
Wow!! This was one of my favorites when I was a kid... I copied it onto video for my own kids, along with some other classics (Rikki Tikki Tavi, Really Rosie, etc.)
danib60 3 years ago
wow fag
FreshNapp 2 years ago
@FreshNapp who ya sayin fag 2?
MrArchangelfilms1 1 year ago
@MrArchangelfilms1 Wow that was a year ago. I don't remember Let's just say it was to you.
FreshNapp 1 year ago
@FreshNapp no seriously, who?
MrArchangelfilms1 1 year ago
@FreshNapp no seriously, who?
Just sayin
MrArchangelfilms1 1 year ago
@FreshNapp lol, my grammar is so stupid in that last comment i made. all in all, i do like this nostalgic video and as for you, well, what do you think of this?
MrArchangelfilms1 5 months ago
I saw this film at a public library as a kid.
ZJG1986 3 years ago
do you remember the one about a family of mice who go on picnic and the little mouse baby falls off the pickup truck and they dont realize it at first and when they do they go back for him and save him. He eats some sort of fruit and gets sick. Bluegrass music in the back.
by3n0w 3 years ago
No, I don't.
ZJG1986 3 years ago
I saw that!
Filmstripman 3 years ago
Brings me back to my childhood
DARKAgeVampire 3 years ago
My kindergarten kids in China love this video.
Kamizilla 3 years ago
I have the same film, but the color isn't as good! Do you have the filmstrip?
Filmstripman 3 years ago
I am guessing this is from one of Scholastic's DVD releases.
Gene Deitch directed this cartoon...the stuff he did for Weston Woods is so much better than his bizarre Tom and Jerry and Popeye cartoons...
TServo2049 3 years ago
Yeah Weston Woods is sweet.
Filmstripman 3 years ago
Weston Woods is Awesome!!!! :)
AnimationAmongUs 2 years ago 4
I saw this on a kiddie video from the library once and me and my brother LOVED it, it was so funny! This one story that child and adult will find very amusing.
drcoxcentral 3 years ago
I sang this song for many years, grateful to Pete Seeger for it. This video should delight many, many children. I hope it gets many hits.
TheFolksinger 3 years ago