FAIR HAS TO OFFER. HEY MIKE. YEAH? GOOD MORNING. WE’RE RIGHT OUTSIDE THE FROG SPA. WANT TO KNOW WHAT A FROG SPA IS? WELL, IT’S RIGHT HERE UNDERNEATH THE FROG SIGN. HEY, DAVE, CAN YOU GRAB US A BULL FROG? I KNOW THE LIGHTS AREN’T REALLY WORKING INSIDE THE SPA. OH, THE LIGHTS ARE ON. WELL, THEN WE’RE GOING TO GO INSIDE, SEE IF WE CAN SHOW OFF THE FROG SPA HERE. A COUPLE HUNDRED FROGS IN HERE RIGHT NOW. PREPARING FOR COMPETITION THIS WEEKEND. THAT’S WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT. WELL, NOT ALL ABOUT. IT’S THE COUNTY FAIR. OF COURSE. THEY GOT THE RIDES, THE GAMES, THE SHORE SHOWS AND FUN ACTIVITIES. BUT CALAVERAS FROG JUMPING JUBILEE, IT’S ALL ABOUT WHAT MARK TWAIN WROTE ABOUT MORE THAN 100 YEARS AGO. THE JUMPING FROGS HERE IN CALAVERAS COUNTY. AND THESE ARE ALL BULL FROGS READY FOR FOR THE BIG COMPETITION THIS WEEKEND. AND WHAT MAKES THIS COMPETITION EVEN BIGGER THIS YEAR IS IF SOMEONE CAN BREAK THE WORLD RECORD, THEY CAN GET. $20,000 SHASTA LIVE. WE’RE LIVE ON KCRA 3 RIGHT NOW. BUT I GOT TO ASK YOU REAL QUICK, YOU SAID THAT WHETHER COULD PLAY A ROLE IN THE POTENTIAL. ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY. THE WEATHER COULD PLAY A ROLE. IT’S SUPPOSED TO BE VERY NICE. THE WEATHER’S GOING TO BE 78, 82, AND HOPEFULLY THERE’LL BE NO WIND. THEY DON’T LIKE THE WIND BLOWING AT THEIR FACE, BUT IF EVERYTHING’S RIGHT, PLUS THE JOCKEY PLAYS A BIG PART IN IT AND AND THEY CAN FROG TO GO AND HOPEFULLY HE’LL GO STRAIGHT AND BREAK 21FT 5.75IN. YOU’RE GOING TO WALK AWAY WITH $20,000, $20,000. NOT BAD. AND KEEP IN MIND, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE FROGS BULLFROG, BECAUSE THAT’S THE ONLY TYPE THAT JUMP WAY BACK THEN. BY THE WAY, TAMARA BERG WAS DOWN HERE. SHE GOT A FROG TO ACTUALLY JUMP. WHAT WAS THAT SIX INCHES? I DON’T KNOW, BACK OUT HERE LIVE THOUGH. HERE IS YET ANOTHER, UH, BULL FROG JUST TO SHOW OFF WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT HERE AT THE CALAVERAS COUNTY FAIR AND JUMPING FROG JUBILEE OPEN TODAY ALL THE WAY THROUGH SUNDAY LIVE IN CALAVERAS COUNTY, MIKE TESELLE BACK TO YOU. THEY LOOK READY TO GO.
Hop to it! Jumping Frog Jubilee opens in Calaveras County
Updated: 1:30 PM PDT May 16, 2024
One of California’s most famous and longest-running county fairs, The Calaveras County Fair & Jumping Frog Jubilee, is back for the annual four-day event.The event, which runs from May 16-19, draws between 30,000 to 50,000 visitors from around the world, according to the Calaveras Visitors Bureau.Mark Twain penned the famous story of frog jumping back in 1867. Although, frog jumping didn’t become a part of the annual fair until the 1930s, according to the event’s website.Gates opened at 8 a.m., with frog jumping events scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. each day.Watch the video below for a view of the fair when it opened and for a frog joke at the end.Children under the age of 12 get in free all day on Thursday.For more information about the event, click here. See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app.
One of California’s most famous and longest-running county fairs, The Calaveras County Fair & Jumping Frog Jubilee, is back for the annual four-day event.
The event, which runs from May 16-19, draws between 30,000 to 50,000 visitors from around the world, according to the Calaveras Visitors Bureau.
Mark Twain penned the famous story of frog jumping back in 1867. Although, frog jumping didn’t become a part of the annual fair until the 1930s, according to the event’s website.
Gates opened at 8 a.m., with frog jumping events scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. each day.
Watch the video below for a view of the fair when it opened and for a frog joke at the end.
Children under the age of 12 get in free all day on Thursday.
For more information about the event, click here.
See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app.
