After the agricultural show on Saturday was Good Ole Andy's Gang. I always got up early and finished all my homework, watching Froggy drive everyone crazy, Froggy was actually the star of the show. Great memories but not many of us left who watched black and white TV.
I loved this show as a kid. I'm 71 now and never forgot "Plunk your magic twanger, Froggy" or that particularly nasty "ha ha ha" laugh Froggy had. This show was right up there with Axel and His Dog.
Andy was Wild Bill Hickok's (Guy Madison) side kick on the TV show, "Adventures of Wild Bill Hickock," 1951-1958. One of my favorite shows when I was a kid. I miss all those GREAT Westerns!
I'm 71 and remember this well and have said the magic words throughout my life along with "I'm buster brown, I live in a shoe here's my dog tigue, he;'s in there too!!
I am 70 and remember Froggy very well. I also liked Captain Midnight and Sky King. I had a crush on Penny. We has a 12 inch black and white TV that picked up one or two channels sportatically.
Not only do I remember Froggy plunking his magic twanger, I remember the secret word he used to do it ! POM GAR. That's Rag Mop spelled backwards. Geez, the stuff we store in our brains.
You will need to be approximately sixty (60) years old to remember this show, as it ran from 1955 to 1960. You could get a Froggy, you could, you could. It was a Gremlin, just like him!
Froggie was my favorite! I remember Saturday mornings...Howdy Dooty, Andy device, mighty mouse, Fury, and Sky King. Wonderful! "Here I come to save the day.y.y.y!"
QE..Man- alive, you filled in the gaps for my brother and me...we also saw Lash LaRue on Black Diamond with advertiser "Grapette" and in the early afternoon all those Westerns where they looped the speeding horses going round the same boulders 10 times and the cowboys threw the bullets out of their pistols and fired 30 shots without reloading..... miss those innocent days a lot.
"....And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in the studio about the space of half an hour. And I saw the seven gremlins which stood before Froggy; and to them were given seven tubas.
So glad I found this. I’m 65 years old and I could remember Andy Devine talking to a animal which was on a “grandfather” ? clock.(I thought the animal was a mouse in my memory 😆. Now I know what it was! 🐸
I vaguely remember this. Didn't watch much TV as a child. We didn't get a TV until I was 10 or 11 so sitting in front of the set was not something I was raised with. I remember my grandpa used to watch th western when he would visit.
But he never was good, was he? Froggy sowed rebellion into the Baby Boomer generation, and our parents could never figure out how Froggy was poisoning our minds! Go Froggy!
Vito Scotti appears to have attended the same Italian American mash-up language classes as Joe Kirk (born Ignazio Curcuruto) who played Mr. Bacciagalupe on "The Abbott and Costello Show."
oh man-plunk your magic twanger froggy-i first heard this on the radio when i was a kid-i only vaguely remember it on tv (and with Andy Devine??) wonderful stuff -thanks-and thanks again
Froggy always creeped me out. I work in a museum that has a lot of Andy Devine memoribilia and we have a very fragile Froggy on display. Still creeps me out. Vito Scotti was an amazing actor, very funny, in lots and lots of TV and movies.
This was hilarious, however in today's politically correct world, you could never have such a show...... it would be construed as making fun of a minority !!!! Soooo Sad !!!
In terms of humor, the people in the 50s apparently had pretty simple tastes. Accepting it was kind of a kid's show of course. Realizing mores have changed over the years, this still is a bit crude to me. Making fun of various racial stereotypes, being a loud mouthed bully... I don't find it offensive, just stupid. Why did I look this up? Because my dad was reminiscing about the shows of his childhood and suddenly yelled, "PLUNK your magic twanger froggie!" I guess we all remember our childhood through rose-colored glasses, but to me this is just boring schlock and kitsch.
I am 70 and could not wait until Saturday to see Froggy and Andy, then Howdy Dooty show
I remember watching this when I was a kid! I never thought I'd ever see it again. Plunk your magic twanger Froggy!!!! Never forgot it.
After the agricultural show on Saturday was Good Ole Andy's Gang. I always got up early and finished all my homework, watching Froggy drive everyone crazy, Froggy was actually the star of the show. Great memories but not many of us left who watched black and white TV.
I loved this show as a kid. I'm 71 now and never forgot "Plunk your magic twanger, Froggy" or that particularly nasty "ha ha ha" laugh Froggy had. This show was right up there with Axel and His Dog.
Andy was Wild Bill Hickok's (Guy Madison) side kick on the TV show, "Adventures of Wild Bill Hickock," 1951-1958. One of my favorite shows when I was a kid. I miss all those GREAT Westerns!
I'm 71 and remember this well and have said the magic words throughout my life along with "I'm buster brown, I live in a shoe here's my dog tigue, he;'s in there too!!
That's my dog tigue. Look for him in there too, (I think)
Can't help but think of him every time I pass through Kingman, AZ...street named after him.
OMG, I grew up watching this show, loving this!
Wow I vaguely remember this from a LONG time ago when I was a kid, my brother and I use to watch this on our brand new Zenith round screen TV.
I am 75 and remember the show
I am 70 and remember Froggy very well. I also liked Captain Midnight and Sky King. I had a crush on Penny. We has a 12 inch black and white TV that picked up one or two channels sportatically.
Not only do I remember Froggy plunking his magic twanger, I remember the secret word he used to do it ! POM GAR. That's Rag Mop spelled backwards. Geez, the stuff we store in our brains.
Froggy: The very first troll!
We loved this show so much as children! Will never forget Froggie the Gremlin!
LOL! The fabulous Vito Scotti in a skit I remember when it was broadcast in 1955. Pasta Fazooli, indeed!
Don't forget Midnight the cat. "Nice."
Listen to the kids scream with laughter as Froggy makes fun of Pasta Fazooli.
You will need to be approximately sixty (60) years old to remember this show, as it ran from 1955 to 1960. You could get a Froggy, you could, you could. It was a Gremlin, just like him!
YAY!!!!! I grew up, (or down) with this show!!!!!
Time it was
And what a time it was
It was . . .
A time of innocence
A time of confidences.
I actually remember watching these when I was a kid!
Froggie was my favorite! I remember Saturday mornings...Howdy Dooty, Andy device, mighty mouse, Fury, and Sky King. Wonderful! "Here I come to save the day.y.y.y!"
QE..Man- alive, you filled in the gaps for my brother and me...we also saw Lash LaRue on Black Diamond with advertiser "Grapette" and in the early afternoon all those Westerns where they looped the speeding horses going round the same boulders 10 times and the cowboys threw the bullets out of their pistols and fired 30 shots without reloading..... miss those innocent days a lot.
Me to that went tv was just fun
VITO SCOTTI was the perfect foil for FROGGY.
"....And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in the studio about the space of half an hour. And I saw the seven gremlins which stood before Froggy; and to them were given seven tubas.
Froggy later joined the Weathermen
Also worked for The Ghoul, in Ohio on his kid's show, years later.
I kept my Froggy for many years, but now I'm not sure if he's still in the house! He was my favorite!
So glad I found this. I’m 65 years old and I could remember Andy Devine talking to a animal which was on a “grandfather” ? clock.(I thought the animal was a mouse in my memory 😆. Now I know what it was! 🐸
I vaguely remember this. Didn't watch much TV as a child. We didn't get a TV until I was 10 or 11 so sitting in front of the set was not something I was raised with. I remember my grandpa used to watch th western when he would visit.
When Comedy was eccentric and interesting
I'll be good, I will, I will.....
I used to watch the show. Plunk your magic twanger Froggy.
Awesome! Froggy is the ultimate role mdeol. He exposes the foolihness of adult authority figures. He's probably better than either Obama or Romney.
Yikes! I remember this. Don't figure out my age, LOLOLOLOLOLOL.
Merry Christmas.
But he never was good, was he? Froggy sowed rebellion into the Baby Boomer generation, and our parents could never figure out how Froggy was poisoning our minds! Go Froggy!
One of show's sponsors was scotch tape and I will never forget them saying "we're palls and palls stick together with scotch brand tape"
there was a fellow who hosted before andy....older guy.....anybody else remember or am i having a senior moment
Excellent! Thanks for sharing this! Still hilarious. Pasta Fazooli (Vito Scotti) was the funniest of all Froggy's victims.
Vito Scotti appears to have attended the same Italian American mash-up language classes as Joe Kirk (born Ignazio Curcuruto) who played Mr. Bacciagalupe on "The Abbott and Costello Show."
This goes back so far I almost forgot it!
Looks like this was shot on a budget of 10 bucks.
Froggy was radical chic long before anyone else!
oh man-plunk your magic twanger froggy-i first heard this on the radio when i was a kid-i only vaguely remember it on tv (and with Andy Devine??) wonderful stuff -thanks-and thanks again
Loved Froggy as a kid, I guess I saw a little of myself in him.
loved it way after it went off air amazingly hysterical
As a little kid back then, that damn frog frightened me. He was a mean toad, and with that voice....!
Froggy always creeped me out. I work in a museum that has a lot of Andy Devine memoribilia and we have a very fragile Froggy on display. Still creeps me out. Vito Scotti was an amazing actor, very funny, in lots and lots of TV and movies.
Reminds me of "The Itchy and Scratchy Show" from The Simpsons
I don't know why, but that frog used to scare me.
I LOVE Froggy the Gremlin!!!!
Now this show was fun! Could not have one like it today due to my political correctness. Great stuff, great memories.
Watch what happens to Pasta Fazooli at the end of the video. Was Froggy a terrorist?
I love froggy
lil evil bastard
The baker in The Godfather I, LOL!
,,, remember it well ,,, and well done 👍✨🇺🇸🌎✨🤓✨
And it's still funny!
Its Pasta Fasule Fasule means "beans"
Good for the entire family of twangers :)
You ought to read Armageddon Rock by George R R Martin from the year 1982
Who determined Froggy was a gremlin?
he was allways pranking andy, i remember when he shrank him..... coulndnt stop laughin
Is that Sam Picasso?
Jedi mind tricks.
Saturday mornings
Strangely, I DO recall watching these shows! Very odd, but funny.
this is funny.who is that tuba player
I thought that was Vito Scotti
Vito Scotti...cool flick.
OG Froggy..........
This was hilarious, however in today's politically correct world, you could never have such a show...... it would be construed as making fun of a minority !!!! Soooo Sad !!!
ha haha ha frogs legs are tasty .
Too cerebral for me.
A complete insult to Italians...not to mention frogs!
Teaching innocent young children to play with matches and blow things up - terrible, just terrible. (Sarcasm)
In terms of humor, the people in the 50s apparently had pretty simple tastes. Accepting it was kind of a kid's show of course. Realizing mores have changed over the years, this still is a bit crude to me. Making fun of various racial stereotypes, being a loud mouthed bully... I don't find it offensive, just stupid. Why did I look this up? Because my dad was reminiscing about the shows of his childhood and suddenly yelled, "PLUNK your magic twanger froggie!" I guess we all remember our childhood through rose-colored glasses, but to me this is just boring schlock and kitsch.