Celebrated Jumping Frog/ Foolish Frog/ Tad the Frog/ Frog Jump (4 films)

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Animated Short Film of Frogs

Celebrated Jumping Frog is based on a Mark Twain story.

The Foolish Frog is a dramatization of Charles L. Seeger's and Pete Seeger's song of the same title in which a foolish bullfrog explodes with pride when he hears someone singing a song about him.

Tad the Frog observes Tad as it hatches from a tiny egg into a tadpole, and develop into a full-grown adult. Designed to combine science concepts with a variety of language arts activities, this film also instills ideas of pet care and conservation of wildlife.

Frog Jump is an excerpt from Hot DOG, a children’s television series on NBC in 1970-1971. Hosted by Jo Anne Worley and Woody Allen. Segment is hosted by Allen, featuring interviews with numerous 70s people asking how to get frogs to jump; frog jumping contest.

boys on marshland; collect swampy water in jar; show dad who’s raking leaves; pour contents of jar into fish tank; CU of tadpole; swims around; tadpole grows legs; whole family looks on; kid with funky baseball cap; frog with tail; numerous frogs in tank; frog eats crickets; CU of frog in palm of hand; puts frog in jar; release frog back into pond; huge toad, bullfrog.

Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, catalog record