Fiddlesticks

Flip the Frog was Iwerks’ first creation. He made his debut appearance in “Fiddlesticks.” In this cartoon, Iwerks supplied Flip with a bow tie and buttons, but there is no mistaking that Flip is a frog. When he first appears in “Fiddlesticks,” Flip hops on all fours from one lily pad to the next as he crosses a pond. And he doesn’t talk. He croaks…