Old Rip and Michigan J Frog

[laugh4me]

There's a roadsideamerica.com site which has a story about a horned toad named Old Rip who was buried in a cornerstone of a building. 31 years later it was opened and he emerged alive (well, at least that's one version of the story...).
Obviously, this could have been part of the inspiration for a certain popular cartoon featuring a dancing frog.

Anyway, the site's been there a long time but it came up in conversation today and I can't recall it being discussed here so I tawt I'd mention it. I'm guessing that at least some of the people who pass through here daily haven't ever heard the story of Old Rip.

Before I ferget, here's the url

Old RIP (http://www.roadsideamerica.com/pet/rip.html)

[grundle]

There's no way that a frog could live that long under those conditions. In fact, I don't think frogs live that long, period.

It's possible that Michael Maltese used it as an inspiration for One Froggy Evening. But then again, maybe not.