Talk:Crazy Frog/Archives/2012

Article name
Shouldn't it be moved to The Annoying Thing since that's the actual name? // Liftarn


 * That may have been its original given name, but following an international saturation-level advertising campaign across dozens of TV channels, I think "Crazy Frog" is probably the best-known name. Blufive 19:43, 11 Mar 2005 (UTC)


 * I think we should respect the original name the author gave. We are making a encyclopedia here. We would not call a man (or a country, or even any [other] product (consider any cereal for example)) wrongly just because that's how everyone refers to it. We do not rename the artice "George W. Bush" to "Big George" just because most people would recognize him by that name. I'm sure everyone of us can find a lot of examples of this. So it should be moved to The Annoying Thing and Crazy Frog linked there. Or, as an alternative, a whole new page called The Annoying Thing should be created, because most of the stuff on this page is about the Crazy Frog only. But The Annoying Thing should NOT redirect here FOR SURE. That's just disrespectful. By the way, does the article mentions what Mr. Wernquist thinks about his Thing's rename (by the music company, not wikipedia)? Kirils 03:15, 25 December 2005 (UTC)


 * Jamster named it Crazy Frog. All of the massive international ringtone and music success has been under the name Crazy Frog. Under Annoying Thing, it was nothing. Article stays. M.C. Brown Shoes 04:58, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

Hasselhof, tour, citation needed
I removed the following copy from the article:


 * The Crazy Frog is touring Australia in December 2005, and is rumoured to be working on a duet with David Hasselhoff.

Ine any independent confirmation? Maybe the statements must be clarified. As for the duet with Hasselhof, I'd like to see some evidence that this is not just a marketing hoax. --Slashme 09:03, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

I was there at the Frog's Sydney appearances. It was a guy in a costume, yeah. Nonetheless this was part of the Frog's marketing and was announced by the record company as a "tour", and deserves a mention on the page. Ditto for Hasselhoff. M.C. Brown Shoes 11:50, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

OK, I see. Would you mind re-wording that bit and re-inserting it? I'm terminally lazy, and I don't much like the darn frog anyway :-] --Slashme 12:13, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

Spoiler Warning?
What does this article give away? I don't think it's a spoiler.

NPOV?
Daniel Maldmedahl, a Swedish computer salesman, has a talent and serious interest in imitating engine sounds.

Not only is this an opinionated remark but he sounds nothing bloody like a bloody engine in the bloody first place!

If you ever try starting and running a motorcycle with a small two stroke engine, you will find it a very accurate representation. This is a standing joke among MZ Owners (I used to have two ETZ 125s) with the accompanying catch phrase "Ring, ding, ding"... Lance Tyrell193.130.128.2

Someone should censor all the genitals in the pictures in this article
It's just disgusting. We should really draw the line at bestiality.


 * Excuse me, but I would like to remind people offended by this of one little detail;

IT IS A BLUE FROG WITH TEETH, WEARING A LEATHER FLYING HELMET AND LEATHER JACKET, RIDING AN INVISIBLE MOTORBIKE!!!

Lance Tyrell193.130.128.2 12:48, 18 March 2007 (UTC)


 * The genitals aren't shown in a sexual context, however - bestiality is an act, or a depiction of an act, rather than a depiction of an object (unless that object was also a depiction of an act, i.e. a ceramic sculpture of a man having sex with an attractive pig, for example). Furthermore the frog's penis is clearly flaccid, i.e. unaroused. The Daily Telegraph has a photograph of the frog, uncensored, on page 12 of today's issue - directly across the page from a photograph of Tracey Emin, who is 42 years old and showing her belly button. Emin upset my stomach more than the frog.-Ashley Pomeroy 12:00, 27 May 2005 (UTC)


 * Further, the genitals depicted are those of a human being simply placed onto an odd, anthropomorphic body of a frog. --Oldak Quill 18:04, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)


 * Wikipedia is not censored, irregardless of your personal opinion. Harpalus 12:59, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
 * ... ... Irregardless?12.157.120.87 (talk) 17:16, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

Lyrics? Really?
Do we really need a stab at spelling the lyrics? Was it not enough to say "attempting to imitate the sound of a two-stroke moped engine"?


 * No. That does not convey nearly as graphically the quality of the impersonation as the phonetic spelling of the sounds being made. I find them absolutely hilarious. They're also a convenient reference when I am trying to quote the impersonation to others who are not as familiar with it. The fact that they are so annoying to some people only makes them funnier. --Susurrus 04:51, 18 July 2005 (UTC)


 * People like you are to blame for the explosion of this crap. I demand a vote on Wikipedia to have you lynched by a mob of repectable editors!

Rhino and Rat
If you're wondering why I just re-added the anon information that keeps getting reverted, it's because the anon is right. A Google search may return nothing, but they definitely did appear in Jamster adverts during early 2004, usually as number 1 of a 'Jamster Ringtone Chart', with seperate adverts featuring mobile phone animations of the rhino dancing or something. BillyH 19:03, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Shoot the frog.
Seriously, it does seem that theres genuine *hatred* for this ad and the people behind it. This really needs to be emphasised.

Well that and that theres an overpowering moral arguement for laws to be past post-haste demanding the creators be taken onto a lonely beach and shot.


 * No, the creators didn't know what they were doing. But the company paying for the nonsto advert should be Hung, Drawn and Quartered. --JiFish(Talk/Contrib) 22:07, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)


 * This piece of crap haunts me. I want to die whenever an advert comes on the television, so much that I have now boycotted the infernal box. It has caused me serious psychological damange, I used to be a placid being and now I am nothing short of a violent, gibbering wreck. Does anyone think I have suitable grounds for a lawsuit?

Another source responds:


 * If a person can attain such emotional and/or psychological damage due to a thirty second advert of a naked frog (which coincidently is how they exist in their natural habitat), then that person is mentally unstable and should seek therapy and counseling immediately. These people could possibly also be a danger to society and should undergo certain tests by their national government to determine whether they should be placed in special institutes for people with similar symptoms.

Excessive word linking
Do we really need so many ordinary words in this article to be linked? I'm thinking of: rotate, motorcycle, children, etc. etc.! --81.174.240.160 18:02, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

In my day..
People would be shot for releasing records like this.
 * Agreed - 195.195.210.11 11:37, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

So true. I genuinely cannot stand this fecking little frog any longer. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.114.150.231 (talk) 18:21, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

Mentioned in Veronica Magazine
This page has been mentioned in the Veronica Magazine, a Dutch TV Guide, in the culture section. Why culture? Why? Why? Why? This isn't culture, it's annoying. The Crazy Frog should be tortured, not worshipped.
 * Why do you think it's singing this song? - Ta bu shi da yu 05:41, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Uh...
... it appears that we've been quoted by highly respected and well read paper, The Australian. About the song lyrics no less. Can I ask why we have the song lyrics?!? - Ta bu shi da yu 05:41, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Perhaps we were quoted because we have the lyrics up. I had heard the tune only once, sung by my younger brother, and wasn't sure what it was called, until I saw an article in a Toronto newspaper that quoted the lyrics. :) --Unforgettableid | Talk to me 18:06, 9 November 2005 (UTC)

Akon
Akon's current hit single, Lonely, is actually a ballad orignially recorded by Crazy frog himself. Some people claim that a (obviously fictional) Bobby Vinton is sampled for this song. This is of course wrong. You can clearly hear that its Crazy Frog's voice singing the lyrics.


 * That's INCREDIBLY wrong. It's Bobby Vinton's voice altered.  Haven't you ever heard of Kanye West's "Through the Wire?" Jeez, it's him! It's Bobby. --daunrealist 18:32, 7 October 2005 (UTC)


 * Yeah, I think he was joking. Sounds much more like Sweety the Chick to me, anyway. BillyH 19:16, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

Name
Spotted a poster in HMV for this thing, under the name "The Annoying Thing". Morwen - Talk 09:22, 17 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Me too, ew ew ew ew. And Play.com are going to be selling a damn keychain! Why Play.com! You used to be cool! *Collapses in sobbing heap* - Ferretgames 20:09, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

Singing Plush Toy
I've seen the box for this, and it's being marketed as The Annoying Thing, rather than as Crazy Frog. No doubt everyone will just call it the Crazy Frog anyway, regardless of what it says on the box, but I thought it should be mentioned here. --Bonalaw 18:59, 10 October 2005 (UTC)


 * Does it have little plush nadgers? Please say no.


 * Also, I've been wondering, who owns the rights to this thing? Now that it's effectively become a kind of post-modern Mickey Mouse, who controls the copyright? Or can anyone just make plush toys or foam rubber dice or happy meals out of it?Serendipodous

Good Article
I impressed there is such a good article on a ringtone. I think this article should be suggested as a FAC. 67.19.211.250 16:46, 27 October 2005 (UTC)
 * But that would simply lend more credence to this awful, awful phenomenon. Slicing 04:58, 7 November 2005 (UTC)

Complaints about the advert
There have been a number of complaints in the UK about the phone ringtone promotional campaign being advertised at young persons, and not making clear that there are ongoing charges.

A comment should be made in the article about this.

Cleanup request (also pasted on Cleanup)

 * Crazy Frog was recently one of Wikipedia's top clickthrough articles from Google. Also, we are #2 for the term. However, the article could use some restructuring, as well as copyediting. It seems to me it makes too much use of:
 * overly long words,
 * the passive tense,
 * and long sentences.
 * The article definitely needs cleanup, as for many Web users, the Crazy Frog article is their first impression of Wikipedia. --Unforgettableid | Talk to me 09:29, 4 November 2005 (UTC)

THAT bloody thing is many people's first impression of Wikipedia?(throws computer out of window... followed by self)Totnesmartin 02:06, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

Crazy Frog origin date
Anyone got a date for when the Crazy Frog adverts began appearing on TV? I remember seeing them as early as September 2004 on VH1, during their Number Ones Week. I'm thinking of adding it to 2004 in television, see. BillyH 18:14, 13 December 2005 (UTC).


 * Answer:
 * 1) The adverts started airing in mid-2001 on Broadcast Belgium Compacts S.A., a Western European corporation of TV and other media. 12:20, 4 March 2006 (Matthew Wilson)

Ring tones and legal case
Mention should be made about the legal case brought against the ring tone's originating company about its downloads (Dec 2005 - see papers of 21/12).

Jackiespeel 16:24, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

Is there a problem if i add my site ?

The Small Crazy Frog

Relation to Mr. Toad?
Does anyone else see the similarities to Mr. Toad from Disney's The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949)? One scene includes a toad imitating an old-style motor car. Ensignyu 14:25, 10 March 2006 (UTC)



Anti-Crazy Frog
I think the section stays because many people on the Internet seem to hate Crazy Frog. I wanted to bring the section back, but now I decided not, because the edit I make may be considered vandalism. Should it be brought back or we should make it as a seperate article? GBA 04:11, 28 May 2006 (UTC)


 * I say create a popular culture section or add it into the controversy section. --AAA! 05:34, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

Vandalism
I've just deleted some vandalism for controversy and other parts of this article.


 * So did I. Also I'm an idiot for editting the wrong part of this talk page. AndHab 13:22, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

Insanity test links?
It is mentioned in this article, and searching for it redirects here... Should a link to it be provided? If so, here's a link to it: http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/dengdeng.php

Annoying
Someone add how the frog really annoys some people in the Controversy section. AAA! 05:32, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

-YES. 69.255.21.213 17:03, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

He's back
He's back, and without the you-know-whats. He's even on Cartoon Network. 67.188.172.165 19:01, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

Rant
What the fuck?!? I saw a commercial for this thing and looked it up out of morbid curiosity. How in Hell is this a cultural phenomenon? This may be the lamest thing I've ever seen! Ok, this is just my opinion and might not belong here, but I felt I had to express my extreme distaste. Professor Chaos 07:55, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Such is the world we find ourselves in... Totnesmartin 12:15, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I just saw a commercial too, and looked it up on Wikipedia.org. I wasn't expecting to find an article, let alone one as large as this.  A cultural phenomenon?  Why?  What is wrong with people? 69.203.64.174 03:34, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Disappointed to see that there is not a bigger 'hate' section for this abomination. The fact that this thing became so popular to get to number 1 shows how much the music business is failing, just like this years number 1. . . a cover (not saying it was bad, but where is the originality and that other thing called 'not using other peoples songs to help your fame?'. Brian 11:30 08 Thursday 2009 (GMT)

Album sales
There's no mention of how many albums Crazy Frog has sold. Anyone have the info? --84.231.182.104 17:48, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Cherie Blair/Booth
I have heard that there is an image circulating on the internet depicting Cherie Blair (wife of former Prime Minister Tony Blair) as Crazy Frog. Any leads on it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Owlqueen (talk • contribs) 19:53, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

Please make the bad noise stop
This is, without a doubt, the very worst example of "music" ever to appear in the history of the world. If I had a thousand pounds every time someone, somewhere in the world has said "I actually like this tune", then I'd still be a skint student sponging off my mates.

It's annoying enough to make Gandhi scratch out a nun's eyes. There has to be laws against this kind of crap? Bring back the Spice Girls if you have to, just kill this gimp of a character. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.114.150.231 (talk) 18:25, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

The Spice Girls are back.121.208.196.178 (talk) 01:54, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

What? 76.109.174.153 (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 06:01, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

Citations Need Work
All the URLs used as references were in the blind, not tagged as references. Someone else needs to go in and flesh out the references using citation templates. - Ageekgal (talk) 02:07, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Eu adoro crazy frog. Especialmente do Are the champion —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.180.15.0 (talk) 17:05, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

the Mitsuoka Orochi claim, in case someone wanna paste it back
The Mitsuoka Orochi was a vehicle designated as the vehicular version of the crazy frog, it has a striking resemblance to a frog.

--TiagoTiago (talk) 21:23, 24 May 2009 (UTC)

Humor
While at the end, the comment about the movie heralding the apocalypse is amusing, I'm not quite sure it's supposed to be there. That is correct, right? 67.165.209.218 (talk) 16:47, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

removed vandalization
Some have theorized that the release of this film will herald the beginning of the apocalypse, with anyone watching it descending into a zombie-like state of stupification for all eternity..

pasting it here just in case the unlikelly scenario that it got reliable sources is true, I believe that should only be readded to the article with reliable sources --TiagoTiago (talk) 19:52, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

Axel F's UK Number One Spot Controversy
I think that the controversy around Crazy Frog's Axel F going to the top of the UK top 40 should be mentioned in this artical, Jamster and the makers of the Frog basically bought millions of copies themselves to catapult the song to number one. I remember there was a massive uproar about it on TV, in British newspapers and on the radio itself. Which is one of the reasons the Frog has generated so much hate because legitimate songs were pushed out of the running for the number 1 spot that month. 91.107.169.157 (talk) 02:46, 9 December 2009 (GMT)

Truly Adult Language
Hi! My first Wikipedia edit and it has to be this article LOL! :). Anyway I changed "wee-wee" to penis.  Wikipedia is not only uncensored but it is hopefully mature and adult in its content.   07:18, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

Oops! This is the above poster (I created an account). A wikibot flagged my above edit as NWS. Never thought of that. So I changed it to "male reproductive organ". Less controversial but still gets rid of the baby talk. RoastDack (talk) 16:09, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

L.O.C.?
The L.O.C. the link redirects to has never made a song with anything that resembles Crazy Frog. The song was made by a trio with the same name. Shouldn't this be changed? Gadgetphile (talk) 11:29, 11 June 2010 (UTC)