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Don Markstein's Toonopedia: Flip the Frog |
 | | The cartoons starring Flip and his Iwerks-created successor, Willie Whopper (a boy who tells a lot of lies), are remembered as excellently-made in every way, lavished with care and talent, succeeding easily at things no other studio would dare to attempt but with few exceptions, not very much fun to watch. |
 | | Flip's first glimmering of public exposure came on March 1, 1930, when a Hollywood trade paper announced an agreement between Iwerks and distributor/money man Pat Powers to produce cartoons starring one Flip the Frog. |
 | | Flip's frogginess was very pronounced in the first two cartoons, but was quickly toned down on the theory that a more anthropomorphic character would have better audience appeal. |
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