This animated short by Ted Petok is a sequel to his Oscar-winning one The Crunch Bird. In this one, a frog encounters many animals in the jungle, says what he likes to eat, then the other animal (which includes an elephant, giraffe, and a gorilla before the title one) says what he likes to eat before the frog says nice before leaving. When he encounters CB, what he says makes the frog say something else. I'll stop there and just say this wasn't as funny as the previous one but it's still pretty amusing. I watched this on YouTube with that predecessor and another animated short helmed by Petok and Joe Petrovich called The Golfer which was much funnier than this one. Unfortunately, that one has yet to be listed on this site...
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At least this didn't win an Oscar
Rectangular_businessman3 September 2022
Warning: Spoilers
I guess seeing cartoon characters swearing in 1975 must have been far more impactful back then (But then again, the far more explicit Fritz the Cat movie was released three years before.)
At first glance, the plot almost feels something straight out of a picture book aimed at little kids; the main joke is how the seemingly innocent surface is subverted at the end, with the frog swearing and being eaten. The idea itself is not bad, but the execution feels a bit dated. And despite being a mere two-minute short, it feels a bit tedious, like a joke that takes way too much time to deliver its punchline. And the punchline in question isn't that good.
At first glance, the plot almost feels something straight out of a picture book aimed at little kids; the main joke is how the seemingly innocent surface is subverted at the end, with the frog swearing and being eaten. The idea itself is not bad, but the execution feels a bit dated. And despite being a mere two-minute short, it feels a bit tedious, like a joke that takes way too much time to deliver its punchline. And the punchline in question isn't that good.
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