What year was the book that Jiminy Cricket is based off of published?
Talking Cricket The Talking Cricket (Italian: "Il Grillo Parlante" ) is a fictional character that appears in Carlo Collodi's 1883 book "The Adventures of Pinocchio" ("Le avventure di Pinocchio").
David Frith David Edward John Frith (born 16 March 1937) is a cricket writer and historian. Cricinfo describes him as "an author, historian, and founding editor of "Wisden Cricket Monthly"".