70s T.W. Springfield Jumping Frog of Calaveras t-shirt Medium

Chest 20.5 in.

Length 30 in.

Content: 100% Cotton

Tag Brand: Westwood

This cool t-shirt features a delightful cartoon graphic of a jumping frog named T.W. Springfield. This fictional amphibian looks to have been developed for an animated film that never came to fruition. The copyright credits the image to the Gary Goddard-Phil Mendez Entertainment Corp. from the late 70s. Goddard later became a producer, director and co-founder of the Landmark Entertainment Group. Meanwhile Mendez became an animator whose character design work has been featured in films like Ferngully: The Last Rainforest, Tom and Jerry: The Movie, and Quest for Camelot.

This shirt looks to be a piece of promotional merch made for an early collaboration between the two, before Mendez began working on feature films, and before Goddard became a key contributor for several Universal Studios attractions. This shirt appears to be from an unrealized film called The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, which may have been inspired by the 1865 Mark Twain short story or the actual Cavaleras County Fair. While there's no evidence of the completed project, Mendez's storyboards and concept art can still be found circulating among art collectors.

Fits like a modern unisex adult over-sized medium.






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