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Flip the Frog is an animated cartoon character created by American animator Ub Iwerks. He starred in a series of cartoons produced by Celebrity Pictures and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer from 1930 to 1933. [ 1 ]
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.
• 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]
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 ...
Celebrity Pictures' Pat Powers had hired Iwerks away from Disney with the promise of giving Iwerks his own studio, and was able to secure a distribution deal with MGM for the Flip the Frog cartoons. The first Flip the Frog cartoon, Fiddlesticks, was released in January 1931, [9] and over two-dozen other Flip cartoons followed during the next ...
Ubbe Ert Iwerks (March 24, 1901 – July 7, 1971), known as Ub Iwerks (/ ˈ ʌ b ˈ aɪ w ɜːr k s / UB EYE-wurks), was an American animator, cartoonist, character designer, inventor, and special effects technician, known for his work with Walt Disney Animation Studios in general, and for having worked on the development of the design of the character of Mickey Mouse, among others.
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.
August 9: Betty Boop makes her debut in the cartoon Dizzy Dishes, produced by the Fleischer Studios. [2] August 16: Ub Iwerks releases Fiddlesticks, which marks the debut of Flip the Frog. [3] August 18: Burt Gillett's Mickey Mouse cartoon The Chain Gang is released. It marks the first appearance of Pluto. [4]