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Flip the Frog is an animated cartoon character created by American animator Ub Iwerks. ... Grim Natwick April 3, 1933 Flip the Frog, 2004 2-DVD set, Mk2/Lobster Films ...
At Iwerks, Natwick animated a number of Flip the Frog cartoons and designed Wille the Whopper. [11] More and more, Iwerks came to rely on Grim Natwick to supervise the actual production of his cartoons. [12] Natwick eventually wound up running the studio day-to-day, while Iwerks worked on mechanical improvements in the studio's basement. [13]
Opening quote: "How the silly frog does talk!He can be no companion to any human being!" Nick (David Giuntoli) and Hank (Russell Hornsby) investigate the homicide of a cyclist named Zack found dead by a seemingly severe allergic reaction; they then meet an acquaintance of his, a 'Folterseele' (a golden/poison dart frog like wesen) named Bella Turner (inspired by the tale of The Frog Prince).
The Flip the Frog series was the first series from the Iwerks Studio, produced 1930 to 1933. As the series progressed, Flip became more of a down-and-out, Chaplin-esque character who always found himself in everyday conflicts surrounding the poverty-stricken atmosphere of the Great Depression. After the first two cartoons, the appearance of ...
• Flip the Frog: The Complete Series Blu-ray released by Thunderbean Animation. [3] September 27, 1930 [2] Flip the Frog: The Village Barber • First Iwerks Studio cartoon produced after signing distribution arrangement with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. • Flip the Frog: The Complete Series Blu-ray released by Thunderbean Animation. [3]
Flip would rather not mow the lawn. He reads an article from "Unpopular Mechanics" entitled "Technocracy: Why be a Slave - The Mechanical Man Works While You Sleep". Flip makes his robot out of household parts but gives it a Jack-o'-lantern for a head. The mechanical man cannot follow directions and begins mowing down everything in sight.
Fiddlesticks was the first in the Flip the Frog series. The sound system was Powers Cinephone, the same system used for Disney's Steamboat Willie (1928). [5]The unnamed mouse in the cartoon bears a striking resemblance to Mortimer Mouse, the original concept behind Mickey Mouse, both of whom were first animated by Ub Iwerks.
Bimbo's Initiation is a 1931 Fleischer Studios Talkartoon animated short film starring Bimbo and featuring an early version of Betty Boop with a dog's ears and nose. [2] It was the final Betty Boop cartoon to be animated by the character's co-creator, Grim Natwick, prior to his departure for Ub Iwerks' studio.