The music inspired dance crazes such as The Stomp, The Frug, and The Watusi. She also performed the Twist, The Frug, and the Watusi. The Smurf is mentioned in "The Frug", a song by the band Rilo Kiley. Frug wrote in Yiddish, Russian and Hebrew. Inside the Pompeii Club, the dancers are dancing the latest craze, The Rich Man's Frug. Meanwhile their offspring frug to the songs of Petula Clark while they are downtown. He was married to feminist law professor Mary Joe Frug, who was murdered in 1991. In the 1960s the Chicken gave rise to The Frug, showcased in Bob Fosse's choreography. The Frug is sometimes referred to as the Surf, Big Bea, and the Thunderbird. Frug has advocated regional cooperation to solve local government problems. "Frug" was also the band's first music video. The "Rich Man's Frug" scene in "Sweet Charity" is another example of his signature style.