Frog Croaks; WB Suits Squeal

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"Yeah, why not," snapped Ancier, clearly the ring leader.

Mr. Frog, with his trademark top hat and cane, made his debut Dec. 31, 1955, in the Looney Tunes cartoon "One Froggy Evening," written by Michael Maltese and directed by Chuck Jones.

In the cartoon, a construction worker finds a box in the cornerstone of a building that's being razed and opens it. Out pops Michigan J. Frog in top hat and cane, singing "Hello, My Baby." The construction worker takes the amphibian to the Acme Theatrical Agency, but he will not perform for anyone except the construction worker, who finally gives up and dumps him into a box in the cornerstone of a new building, where years later a construction worker finds the box, opens it and out pops Michigan J. Frog, who begins to sing and dance -- but only for him.

Over the course of his career, Mr. Frog performed "I'm Just Wild About Harry" and a song written by Jones and Maltese called "The Michigan Rag."

But yesterday, fans remembered Mr. Frog for his Al Jolsonesque rendition of his favorite tune, "Hello, My Baby":

Hello, my baby,

Hello, my honey,

Hello, my ragtime gal.

Send me a kiss by wire,

Baby, my heart's on fire!

If you refuse me,

Honey, you'll lose me,

Then you'll be left alone;

Oh, baby, telephone,

And tell me I'm your own.