Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Flip the Frog was Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's first sound cartoon. It is about a frog, called Flip the Frog, and his girlfriend, Clarisse Cat. The cartoon was created by Ub Iwerks in 1930. He had actually drawn a frog and his girlfriend in Summer, one of the last Silly Symphonies short films he animated while employed by Walt Disney. After leaving Disney, Ub Iwerks started this cartoon with the help of Pat Powers. The first cartoon that Ub Iwerks made for the series was called Fiddlesticks (released on August 16, 1930), and it was also the first color sound cartoon that was ever made. Fiddlesticks was made in Two-Color Technicolor. The rest of the Flip series were made in black and white, except for Techno-Cracked (1933). After the first two cartoons, the appearance of Flip the Frog was changed to become less frog-like. This was done under the encouragement of MGM who thought that the series would sell better if the characted was less frog-like. By the time the series ended Flip the Frog looked more like a boy than a frog. List of cartoons for the Flip the Frog series Fiddlesticks, August 16, 1930 Flying Fists, September 6, 1930 The Village Barber, September 27, 1930 Little Orphan Willie, October 18, 1930 Cuckoo Murder Case, October 18, 1930 Puddle Pranks, December, 1930 The Village Smithy, January 31, 1931 The Soup Song, January 31, 1931 Laughing Gas, March 14, 1931 Ragtime Romeo, May 2, 1931 The New Car, July 25, 1931 Movie Mad, August 29, 1931 The Village Specialist, September 12, 1931 Jail Birds, September 26, 1931 Africa Squeaks, October 17, 1931 Spooks, December 21, 1931 The Milkman, February 20, 1932 Fire! Fire!, March 5, 1932 What A Life!, March 26, 1932 Puppy Love, April 30, 1932 School Days, May 14, 1932 The Bully, June 18, 1932 The Office Boy, July 16, 1932 Room Runners, August 13, 1932 Stromy Seas, August 22, 1932 Circus, August 27, 1932 Goal Rush, October 3, 1932 Pony Express, October 27 1932 The Music Lesson, October 29, 1932 Nursemaid, November 26, 1932 Funny Face, December 24, 1932 ''Cuckoo The Magician, January 21, 1933 Flip's Lunch Room, April 3, 1933 Techno-Cracked (Cinecolor), May 8, 1933 Bulloney, May 30, 1933 Chinaman's Chance, June 24, 1933 Pale-Face, August 12, 1933 Soda Squirt, October 12 , 1933 See also: animation This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.