[Dixielandjazz] Frog-I-More Rag

Rich Howard flinthillsdad at gmail.com
Thu Jun 24 13:28:34 PDT 2010


According to the Internet, it was Smilin' Ed first then Andy.  Do you
remember Midnight the cat that played the cigar box banjo?  The only thing
she said was "Nice".

Rich

On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 3:22 PM, Harry Callaghan
<meetmrcallaghan at gmail.com>wrote:

> Now, who remembers Andy Devine's radio pal, Froggy the Gremlin?.....or am I
> going back too far?.
>
> He was also a character on a Saturday morning kids' show hosted by Smilin'
> Ed McConnell (sponsored by Buster Brown Shoes)
>
> Can't remember who had Froggy first though, Andy or Ed.
>
>
> On 6/24/10, Sue Fischer <Loerchen2 at aol.com> wrote:
> >
> > Ginny,
> >
> > Good question!  It also might have something to do with the Frogmore
> > Plantation in Louisiana, near Natchez.
> >
> > Sue
> >
> >
> > > Message: 1
> > > Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:01:24 -0400
> > > From: "Ron L'Herault" <lherault at bu.edu>
> > > To: "'Dixieland Jazz Mailing List'"
> > > Message: 2
> > > Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 13:24:57 EDT
> > > From: Gluetje1 at aol.com
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> > > Subject: [Dixielandjazz] And Now, Frog-I-More Rag
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> > > Can anyone channel the historical facts on this title?  I have
> > an  opinion
> > > that it was originally called Froggy Moore Rag by one or
> > another  spelling.
> > > That's because I suspect it was probably named for one of the  many
> > > acquaintances of Jelly Roll Morton, many of whom had  various
> intriguing
> > > nick names.
> > >
> > > Ginny
> > >
> > >
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