One day I was in the Fairfield Public Library, and on that day I saw a video in a thick black clamshell case for sale for a whole dollar. The video was Frog Goes to Dinner, and it’s a twelve minute short film based on the story by kids book mastermind Mercer Mayer. The thing that caught my eye about it is that the box stated that it was filmed in my hometown of Fairfield, CT, so I got a little excited. It was partially filmed at the Burr Homestead, which is a famous old colonial home that is now owned by the town, and used for special events and tourist attraction crap. (Frog Goes to Dinner was also filmed in nearby towns Norwalk and Weston.) Anyway, the short is pretty straight forward: a little kid is going to dinner at a fancy restaurant with his parents, so he puts his frog in his pocket. The frog escapes of course, and starts getting into all kinds of trouble, like sitting on soufflés and swimming in the lobster tank. Frog Goes to Dinner is wordless, so luckily the little kid has a very wide eyed and expressive face, but the frog is particularly impassive. Anyway, it’s a fun little oddity, plus you can watch the whole thing here!
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