TELEVISION: Network Crazy!

It's so hot even Hollywood wants a piece of the TV business; here come Paramount and Warner

Michigan J. Frog was a singing amphibian who appeared in a single Warner Bros. cartoon, One Froggy Evening, back in 1955. He would burst into exuberant renditions of The Michigan Rag and I'm Just Wild About Harry for his delighted owner. But the minute anyone else showed up, all the frog could emit was a feeble croak, driving his owner from dreams of instant wealth to the brink of insanity. The cartoon is not exactly an uplifting parable for a company on the verge of a new venture, but this week the frog will be reincarnated as the on- air mascot...

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