# "Froggie": Was That His Real Voice??? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 21, 2003, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/froggie-was-that-his-real-voice/163020 "2003-03-21T04:37:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/froggie-was-that-his-real-voice/163020/1 "2003-03-21T04:37:01Z")
Remember “Froggie” from Little Rascals (or Our Gang?)? Was that his real voice? What did he do, smoke 10,000 cigarettes to develop such a voice for the part? Geez, it killed me to listen to hims speak his lines like the placid sound of fingernails on the chalkboard! Ouch! :smack: - Jinx ---
**Author:** ![vl\_mungo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc8723/32.png) [@vl\_mungo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vl_mungo)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/froggie-was-that-his-real-voice/163020/2 "2003-03-21T04:45:56Z")
I have heard that he put on that voice. It was a trick he could do. Apparently he freaked his mom out, when one day she hear some strange man talking in the next room and rushed in to find out it was her son. Sorry, can’t find a better [cite](http://www.4alfalfa.com/FroggyFiles/froggymain.html) than this. ---
**Author:** ![Lure](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ba8739/32.png) [@Lure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lure)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/froggie-was-that-his-real-voice/163020/3 "2003-03-21T08:10:28Z")
I’d put it down to.the trick voice.If you watch him while he’s speaking on camera,you’ll notice his mouth looking stretched,and neck looking strained.Another later kid actor named,IIRC,George “foghorn” Wilson did much the same thing. Google may provide help. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/froggie-was-that-his-real-voice/163020/4 "2003-03-21T15:19:47Z")
Oh, I thought you meant [Froggy](http://www.angelfire.com/ny/nyuk/froggy2.html) from _Andy’s Gang_—I had a boyfriend who did a perfect imitation of him. Voice pretty much the same as _Our Gang_’s Froggy, too . . . ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/froggie-was-that-his-real-voice/163020/5 "2003-03-21T15:31:40Z")
In one “Our Gang” short, Froggy did use his real voice. He was speaking into microphones, and he kept blowing them up. He finally used his real voice. Also, “Froggy” seemed to have inherited his mother’s voice, as in one short his mom “speaks” in a loooooooow voice. (Actually, it was Billy Bletcher’s dubbed voice. The little man with the big voice who frequently appeared in the “Our Gang” series–including supplying the voice for The Giant in the one where the kids go treasure hunting–don’t feel like looking for the name.) Two other trivia notes: Froggy died as a teen, having been hit by a some motor vehicle. Also, Froggy’s little brother “Happy” was pegged to be the successor “fat kid,” (Joe, Chubby, Spanky, Porky) but only appeared in a couple. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/froggie-was-that-his-real-voice/163020/6 "2003-03-21T20:23:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eve \* > \*\*Oh, I thought you meant [Froggy](http://www.angelfire.com/ny/nyuk/froggy2.html) from _Andy’s Gang_—I had a boyfriend who did a perfect imitation of him. > > Voice pretty much the same as _Our Gang_’s Froggy, too . . . \*\* No, of course not. The Little Rascals’ Froggy obviously does _not_ have a magic twanger. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/froggie-was-that-his-real-voice/163020/7 "2003-03-21T21:02:48Z")
My boyfreind used to be able to rasp, “plunk your magic twanger!” with the _lewdest_ expression! I kinda miss him sometimes . . . ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/froggie-was-that-his-real-voice/163020/8 "2003-03-22T01:42:24Z")
IIRC, the “plunk your magic twanger” Froggy was from Buster Brown’s Theater, not from Our Gang, or the Little Rascals. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/froggie-was-that-his-real-voice/163020/9 "2003-03-22T02:08:51Z")
Nope–Andy Devine would tell him, “plunk yer magic twanger, Froggy!” and some heinous magic would occur. ---
**Author:** ![Spavined\_Gelding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@Spavined\_Gelding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spavined_Gelding)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/froggie-was-that-his-real-voice/163020/10 "2003-03-22T02:25:32Z")
Hi’ya, kids! Hi’ya, hi’ya, hi’ya! Thank you so much for that. The Andy Devine Show! I haven’t thought about that for years. All I need now is Tex Ritter singing _Froggie Went A-courting_.