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Publication date October 12, 1957 ( ) November 24, 1957 (renewed 1985) Media type Print Pages 69 How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Is a children's story by written in with illustrations by the author. It follows the, a grouchy, solitary creature who attempts to put an end to Christmas by stealing Christmas-themed items from the homes of the nearby town on Christmas Eve. Despite his efforts, Whoville's inhabitants still celebrate the holiday, so the Grinch returns everything that he stole and is the guest of honor at the Whos' Christmas dinner. The story was published as a book by in 1957, and at approximately the same time in an issue of. The book criticizes the commercialization of Christmas. Based on a 2007 online poll, the named it one of its 'Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children'.
In 2012 it was ranked number 61 among the 'Top 100 Picture Books' in a survey published by – the fourth of five Dr. Seuss books on the list. The book was adapted as a twice, a starring as both the narrator and the voice of the Grinch and a starring.
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There will also be a, starring scheduled for release on November 9, 2018. Contents. Plot The is a bitter, grumpy, cave-dwelling creature with a heart 'two sizes too small' who is living as a on the snowy Mount Crumpit, a steep high mountain just north of the town of Whoville, home of the merry and warm-hearted Whos. His only companion is his unloved, but loyal dog, Max.
From his cave, the Grinch can hear the noisy Christmas festivities that take place in Whoville. Continuously annoyed, he decides to devise a wicked scheme by stealing their presents, trees, and food for their Christmas feast.
He crudely disguises himself as Santa Claus, and forces Max, disguised as a reindeer, to drag a sleigh down the mountain towards Whoville. Once at Whoville, the Grinch slides down the chimney of one house and steals all of the Whos' Christmas presents, the, and the for their fire. He is briefly interrupted in his burglary by Cindy Lou, a little Who girl, but concocts a crafty lie to effect his escape from her home.
After stealing from one house, he does the same thing to all the other houses in the village of Whoville. After spending all night stealing stuff from the houses of Whoville, the Grinch prepares his journey back to Mount Crumpit, and intends to dump all of the Christmas stuff into the abyss, but Max, utilizing every last of his strength to pull the sleigh upward, causes the sleigh to get stuck on a cliff. As dawn arrives, the Grinch expects the people in Whoville to let out bitter and sorrowful cries, but is confused to hear them singing a joyous Christmas song instead.
He puzzles for a moment until it dawns on him that 'maybe Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more' than just presents and feasting. The Grinch's shrunken heart three sizes. The reformed and liberated Grinch begins having second thoughts, and returns to the village to give back all of the Whos' Christmas stuff. The Grinch is warmly invited to the Whos' feast, where he has the honor of carving the Roast Beast. Creation and publication.
Seuss working on How the Grinch Stole Christmas! In early 1957. The Grinch first appeared in a 32-line illustrated poem by Dr. Seuss called 'The Hoobub and the Grinch,' which was originally published in the May 1955 edition of magazine. Seuss began work on How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
A couple years later, around the beginning of 1957. He had recently completed and was in the midst of founding with Phyllis and and his wife,. Helen, who had ongoing medical problems and had suffered a small stroke in April 1957, nevertheless acted as an unofficial editor, as she had with previous Dr. Seuss wrote the book quickly and was mostly finished with it within a few weeks. Biographers Judith and Neil Morgan wrote, 'It was the easiest book of his career to write, except for its conclusion.' According to Dr. Seuss, 'I got hung up getting the Grinch out of the mess.
I got into a situation where I sounded like a second-rate preacher or some biblical truisim. Finally in desperation. Without making any statement whatever, I showed the Grinch and the Whos together at the table, and made a pun of the Grinch carving the 'roast beast.' I had gone through thousands of religious choices, and then after three months it came out like that.' By mid-May 1957, the book was finished and in the mail to the offices in New York. In June, the Dr. Seuss and his wife took a month-long vacation to Hawaii, where he checked and returned the book's.
The book debuted in December 1957, in both a book version published by Random House and in an issue of Redbook. Seuss dedicated the book to Theodor 'Teddy' Owens, the one-year-old son of his niece, Peggy Owens. Reception M.S. Libby, writing in the, compared the book favorably to Dr. Seuss's earlier works: 'His peculiar and original genius in line and word is always the same, yet, so rich are the variations he plays on his themes, always fresh and amusing.'
Wrote, 'Youngsters will be in transports over the goofy gaiety of Dr. Seuss's first book about a villain.' The reviewer called the Grinch 'easily the best Christmas-cad since.' Ellen Lewis Buell, in her review in, praised the book's handling of its moral, as well as its illustrations and verse. She wrote, 'Even if you prefer Dr. Seuss in a purely antic mood, you must admit that if there's a moral to be pointed out, no one can do it more gaily.
The reader is swept along by the ebullient rhymes and the weirdly zany pictures until he is limp with relief when the Grinch reforms and, like the latter, mellow with good feelings.' The review for stated: 'The inimitable Dr. Seuss has brought off a fresh triumph in his new picture book.
The verse is as lively and the pages are as bright and colorful as anyone could wish.' The reviewer suggested that parents and older siblings reading the book to young children would also enjoy its moral and humor. Charlotte Jackson of the called the book 'wonderful fantasy, in the true Dr. Seuss manner, with pictures in the Christmas colors.' Analysis Some writers, including Dr. Seuss himself, have made a connection between the Grinch and Dr.
In the story, the Grinch laments that he has had to put up with the Whos' celebration of Christmas for 53 years. As both Thomas Fensch and Charles Cohen note, Dr. Seuss was 53 when he wrote and published the book. Seuss himself asserted the connection in an article in the December 1957 edition of: 'I was brushing my teeth on the morning of the 26th of last December when I noticed a very Grinch-ish countenance in the mirror. It was Seuss! So I wrote about my sour friend, the Grinch, to see if I could rediscover something about Christmas that obviously I'd lost.'
Seuss's step-daughter, Lark Dimond-Cates, stated in a speech in 2003, 'I always thought. Was Ted on his good days, and the Grinch was Ted on his bad days.'
Cohen notes that Seuss drove a car with a license plate that read 'GRINCH'. Thomas Fensch notes that the Grinch is the first adult and the first villain to be a main character in a Dr. Adaptations The book has been adapted into a variety of media, including stage and film. And Ben Washam (Co-Director) adapted the story as an in 1966, featuring narration by, who also provided the Grinch's voice. Sang with lyrics written by Dr.
Seuss himself. Airsoft mossberg shotgun magazine. A musical stage version was produced by the, in 1998.
It also was produced on and a limited-engagement US tour in 2008. The North American Tour began in the fall of 2010 and has subsequently toured every fall since. It will begin its 6th tour in October 2015. In 2000, the book was adapted into a, directed by and starring as the Grinch. Is also developing a 3D animated feature film, titled with Peter Candeland and set to direct it and voicing the Grinch. It was originally scheduled to be released on November 10, 2017, but in June 2016, it was pushed back to November 9, 2018.
Several audio recordings and audio-visual adaptations of the book have also been published. In 1975, narrated an of the story. In 1992, Random House Home Video released an updated animated version of the book narrated. In 2009, an interactive e-book version was released for the. The book was adapted into a 13-minute song, performed by, arranged by, and featuring bassist Reid Burton and actor Will LeBow narrating it on 's 2013 CD, 'A Boston Pops Christmas – Live from Symphony Hall with Keith Lockhart'.
As of 2005, the book had been translated into nine languages, including as Quomodo Invidiosulus Nomine Grinchus Christi Natalem Abrogaverit: How the Grinch Stole Christmas in Latin by Jennifer Morrish Tunberg with the assistance of. The translation was published in October 1998 by Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers Inc.
Legacy Based on a 2007 online poll, the named How the Grinch Stole Christmas! One of its 'Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children'.
In 2012 it was ranked number 61 among the 'Top 100 Picture Books' in a survey published by – the fourth of five Dr. Seuss books on the list. The Grinch appears in the animated specials and and he and Max also appear in the puppet children's show. The Grinch, Cindy Lou Who, and Max, appear in Seussical, a musical which takes it plot from several Dr. Zielinski, Stan (2006-06-20). Retrieved 2010-09-09. Nel 2004, p.
117. ^, pp. 157–58. ^, pp. 128–29. Hart, William B. (December 1957).
'Between the Lines'. access-date= requires url= as quoted in Cohen 2004, p. 330.
Dimond-Cates, Lark (October 27, 2003). Speech by Lark Dimond-Cates (Speech). United States Postal Service's unveiling of Theodor Seuss Geisel stamp., Springfield, Massachusetts.
As quoted in Cohen 2004, p. 321. Lindemann 2005, p. 124.
Morgan & Morgan 1995, pp. Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 9 March 2015. Kit, Borys (February 7, 2013). The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 7, 2013.
Kroll, Justin (April 13, 2016). The Hollywood Reporter.
Retrieved 2014-01-16. Kroll, Justin (June 7, 2016). Retrieved June 7, 2016.
Lindemann 2005, p. 139. Lindemann 2005, p. 125. Broida, Rick.
Retrieved 4 December 2013. Lindemann 2005, pp.
31–33. Reardon, Patrick (15 December 1998).
Retrieved 9 March 2015. National Education Association (2007). Retrieved August 19, 2012. Bird, Elizabeth (July 6, 2012). A Fuse #8 Production. Retrieved August 19, 2012. Sources.
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Woodlands: New Century Books. Lindemann, Richard (2005). Seuss Catalog: An Annotated Guide to Works by Theodor Geisel in All Media, Writings About Him, and Appearances of Characters and Places in the Books, Stories and Films. MacDonald, Ruth (1988). Morgan, Neil; Morgan, Judith Giles (1996).
Seuss and Mr. Geisel: a biography. Seuss: American Icon. Theodor Seuss Geisel. External links.
Publication date October 12, 1957 ( ) November 24, 1957 (renewed 1985) Media type Print Pages 69 How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Is a children's story by written in with illustrations by the author. It follows the, a grouchy, solitary creature who attempts to put an end to Christmas by stealing Christmas-themed items from the homes of the nearby town on Christmas Eve. Despite his efforts, Whoville's inhabitants still celebrate the holiday, so the Grinch returns everything that he stole and is the guest of honor at the Whos' Christmas dinner. The story was published as a book by in 1957, and at approximately the same time in an issue of. The book criticizes the commercialization of Christmas. Based on a 2007 online poll, the named it one of its 'Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children'.
In 2012 it was ranked number 61 among the 'Top 100 Picture Books' in a survey published by – the fourth of five Dr. Seuss books on the list. The book was adapted as a twice, a starring as both the narrator and the voice of the Grinch and a starring. There will also be a, starring scheduled for release on November 9, 2018. Contents. Plot The is a bitter, grumpy, cave-dwelling creature with a heart 'two sizes too small' who is living as a on the snowy Mount Crumpit, a steep high mountain just north of the town of Whoville, home of the merry and warm-hearted Whos. His only companion is his unloved, but loyal dog, Max.
From his cave, the Grinch can hear the noisy Christmas festivities that take place in Whoville. Continuously annoyed, he decides to devise a wicked scheme by stealing their presents, trees, and food for their Christmas feast. He crudely disguises himself as Santa Claus, and forces Max, disguised as a reindeer, to drag a sleigh down the mountain towards Whoville. Once at Whoville, the Grinch slides down the chimney of one house and steals all of the Whos' Christmas presents, the, and the for their fire.
He is briefly interrupted in his burglary by Cindy Lou, a little Who girl, but concocts a crafty lie to effect his escape from her home. After stealing from one house, he does the same thing to all the other houses in the village of Whoville. After spending all night stealing stuff from the houses of Whoville, the Grinch prepares his journey back to Mount Crumpit, and intends to dump all of the Christmas stuff into the abyss, but Max, utilizing every last of his strength to pull the sleigh upward, causes the sleigh to get stuck on a cliff. As dawn arrives, the Grinch expects the people in Whoville to let out bitter and sorrowful cries, but is confused to hear them singing a joyous Christmas song instead. He puzzles for a moment until it dawns on him that 'maybe Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more' than just presents and feasting. The Grinch's shrunken heart three sizes.
The reformed and liberated Grinch begins having second thoughts, and returns to the village to give back all of the Whos' Christmas stuff. The Grinch is warmly invited to the Whos' feast, where he has the honor of carving the Roast Beast. Creation and publication. Seuss working on How the Grinch Stole Christmas! In early 1957. The Grinch first appeared in a 32-line illustrated poem by Dr.
Seuss called 'The Hoobub and the Grinch,' which was originally published in the May 1955 edition of magazine. Seuss began work on How the Grinch Stole Christmas! A couple years later, around the beginning of 1957. He had recently completed and was in the midst of founding with Phyllis and and his wife,. Helen, who had ongoing medical problems and had suffered a small stroke in April 1957, nevertheless acted as an unofficial editor, as she had with previous Dr.
Seuss wrote the book quickly and was mostly finished with it within a few weeks. Biographers Judith and Neil Morgan wrote, 'It was the easiest book of his career to write, except for its conclusion.' According to Dr. Seuss, 'I got hung up getting the Grinch out of the mess. I got into a situation where I sounded like a second-rate preacher or some biblical truisim.
Finally in desperation. Without making any statement whatever, I showed the Grinch and the Whos together at the table, and made a pun of the Grinch carving the 'roast beast.' I had gone through thousands of religious choices, and then after three months it came out like that.' By mid-May 1957, the book was finished and in the mail to the offices in New York. In June, the Dr.
Seuss and his wife took a month-long vacation to Hawaii, where he checked and returned the book's. The book debuted in December 1957, in both a book version published by Random House and in an issue of Redbook. Seuss dedicated the book to Theodor 'Teddy' Owens, the one-year-old son of his niece, Peggy Owens. Reception M.S.
Libby, writing in the, compared the book favorably to Dr. Seuss's earlier works: 'His peculiar and original genius in line and word is always the same, yet, so rich are the variations he plays on his themes, always fresh and amusing.' Wrote, 'Youngsters will be in transports over the goofy gaiety of Dr. Seuss's first book about a villain.'
The reviewer called the Grinch 'easily the best Christmas-cad since.' Ellen Lewis Buell, in her review in, praised the book's handling of its moral, as well as its illustrations and verse. She wrote, 'Even if you prefer Dr. Seuss in a purely antic mood, you must admit that if there's a moral to be pointed out, no one can do it more gaily. The reader is swept along by the ebullient rhymes and the weirdly zany pictures until he is limp with relief when the Grinch reforms and, like the latter, mellow with good feelings.'
The review for stated: 'The inimitable Dr. Seuss has brought off a fresh triumph in his new picture book. The verse is as lively and the pages are as bright and colorful as anyone could wish.'
The reviewer suggested that parents and older siblings reading the book to young children would also enjoy its moral and humor. Charlotte Jackson of the called the book 'wonderful fantasy, in the true Dr. Seuss manner, with pictures in the Christmas colors.' Analysis Some writers, including Dr. Seuss himself, have made a connection between the Grinch and Dr. In the story, the Grinch laments that he has had to put up with the Whos' celebration of Christmas for 53 years.
As both Thomas Fensch and Charles Cohen note, Dr. Seuss was 53 when he wrote and published the book. Seuss himself asserted the connection in an article in the December 1957 edition of: 'I was brushing my teeth on the morning of the 26th of last December when I noticed a very Grinch-ish countenance in the mirror. It was Seuss! So I wrote about my sour friend, the Grinch, to see if I could rediscover something about Christmas that obviously I'd lost.' Seuss's step-daughter, Lark Dimond-Cates, stated in a speech in 2003, 'I always thought.
Was Ted on his good days, and the Grinch was Ted on his bad days.' Cohen notes that Seuss drove a car with a license plate that read 'GRINCH'.
Thomas Fensch notes that the Grinch is the first adult and the first villain to be a main character in a Dr. Adaptations The book has been adapted into a variety of media, including stage and film.
And Ben Washam (Co-Director) adapted the story as an in 1966, featuring narration by, who also provided the Grinch's voice. Sang with lyrics written by Dr.
Seuss himself. A musical stage version was produced by the, in 1998. It also was produced on and a limited-engagement US tour in 2008. The North American Tour began in the fall of 2010 and has subsequently toured every fall since. It will begin its 6th tour in October 2015. In 2000, the book was adapted into a, directed by and starring as the Grinch.
Is also developing a 3D animated feature film, titled with Peter Candeland and set to direct it and voicing the Grinch. It was originally scheduled to be released on November 10, 2017, but in June 2016, it was pushed back to November 9, 2018. Several audio recordings and audio-visual adaptations of the book have also been published. In 1975, narrated an of the story.
In 1992, Random House Home Video released an updated animated version of the book narrated. In 2009, an interactive e-book version was released for the. The book was adapted into a 13-minute song, performed by, arranged by, and featuring bassist Reid Burton and actor Will LeBow narrating it on 's 2013 CD, 'A Boston Pops Christmas – Live from Symphony Hall with Keith Lockhart'. As of 2005, the book had been translated into nine languages, including as Quomodo Invidiosulus Nomine Grinchus Christi Natalem Abrogaverit: How the Grinch Stole Christmas in Latin by Jennifer Morrish Tunberg with the assistance of. The translation was published in October 1998 by Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers Inc. Legacy Based on a 2007 online poll, the named How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
One of its 'Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children'. In 2012 it was ranked number 61 among the 'Top 100 Picture Books' in a survey published by – the fourth of five Dr. Seuss books on the list. The Grinch appears in the animated specials and and he and Max also appear in the puppet children's show. The Grinch, Cindy Lou Who, and Max, appear in Seussical, a musical which takes it plot from several Dr. Zielinski, Stan (2006-06-20). Retrieved 2010-09-09.
Nel 2004, p. 117. ^, pp. 157–58. ^, pp. 128–29. Hart, William B. (December 1957). 'Between the Lines'.
access-date= requires url= as quoted in Cohen 2004, p. 330. Dimond-Cates, Lark (October 27, 2003). Speech by Lark Dimond-Cates (Speech). United States Postal Service's unveiling of Theodor Seuss Geisel stamp., Springfield, Massachusetts. As quoted in Cohen 2004, p. 321. Lindemann 2005, p. 124.
Morgan & Morgan 1995, pp. Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 9 March 2015. Kit, Borys (February 7, 2013). The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 7, 2013.
Kroll, Justin (April 13, 2016). The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2014-01-16. Kroll, Justin (June 7, 2016). Retrieved June 7, 2016.
Lindemann 2005, p. 139. Lindemann 2005, p. 125. Broida, Rick.
Retrieved 4 December 2013. Lindemann 2005, pp. 31–33. Reardon, Patrick (15 December 1998).
Retrieved 9 March 2015. National Education Association (2007). Retrieved August 19, 2012. Bird, Elizabeth (July 6, 2012). A Fuse #8 Production.
Dr Seuss How The Grinch Stole Christmas Pdf
Retrieved August 19, 2012. Sources. Cohen, Charles (2004). The Seuss, the Whole Seuss, and Nothing But the Seuss: A Visual Biography of Theodor Seuss Geisel. Fensch, Thomas (2001). The Man Who Was Dr.
Woodlands: New Century Books. Lindemann, Richard (2005). Seuss Catalog: An Annotated Guide to Works by Theodor Geisel in All Media, Writings About Him, and Appearances of Characters and Places in the Books, Stories and Films. MacDonald, Ruth (1988).
Morgan, Neil; Morgan, Judith Giles (1996). Seuss and Mr. Geisel: a biography. Seuss: American Icon.
Theodor Seuss Geisel. External links.
. December 18, 1966 ( 1966-12-18).
Chronology Followed by How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (also known as Dr.
Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!) is a 1966 Christmas directed and co-produced. It is based on the by, the story of the trying to take away from the townsfolk of below his mountain hideaway. Originally telecast in the United States on on December 18, 1966, it went on to become a perennial holiday special. The special also features the voice of as the Grinch and the narrator. Contents. Plot The Grinch (voiced by ) is the film's main character.
He lives in a cave atop Mt. Crumpit, located above the village of Whoville.
The Grinch is a surly character with a heart 'two sizes too small' who has especially hated Christmas for 53 years. On, he finally becomes fed up with seeing the decorations and hearing all the music and caroling in the village and wishes he could stop from coming to Whoville. When he sees his dog, Max, with snow all over his face in the shape of a beard, he decides to disguise himself as and steal Christmas. The Grinch makes himself a Santa coat and hat and disguises the innocent Max as a.
He loads empty bags onto a sleigh and travels to Whoville with some difficulty. In the first house he is almost caught by Cindy Lou Who (voiced by an uncredited ), a small Who girl who wakes up and sees him taking the Christmas tree. Pretending to be Santa, the Grinch tells Cindy Lou that he is merely taking the tree to his workshop for repairs, and then gets her a drink before sending her back to bed. He empties the first house of all the food and Christmas-related items, namely presents, trees, mistletoes, and even the stockings on the chimney, then repeats the process at the other houses in Whoville, while also taking the village decorations.
With the Whos' stolen Christmas goods, the Grinch and Max travel back up Mt. Before dropping the loaded sleigh off the mountain, the Grinch waits to hear a sad cry from the Whos. However, down in the village, the Whos joyously begin to sing Christmas carols, proving that the spirit of Christmas does not depend on material things. The Grinch begins to understand the true meaning of Christmas, though he barely does so in time to prevent the stolen treats from going over the cliff and while he tries to stop the sleigh from falling off, his heart grows three sizes—granting him 'the strength of ten Grinches, plus two!'
, which he needs to lift up the sleigh. He brings everything back to the Whos and participates in the holiday feast.
He is given the honor of carving the roast beast, while Max gets the first slice for himself for all his troubles. Production Director and children's-book author Ted Geisel had worked together on the training cartoons at during. How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Was produced by The Cat in the Hat Productions in association with the and divisions of Studios.
The half-hour (with commercials) short was originally telecast in the United States on on December 18, 1966. CBS repeated it annually during the Christmas season until 1988. It was then aired on various other networks multiple times a season. In the 1990s and 2000s, it was primarily seen on -owned properties (, and ), and later and. On August 13, 2015, announced that the special would move to that network, which would air it twice during the Christmas season under a three-year licensing deal with. Reception The special was released in the midst of a wave of animated holiday specials, many of which (such as 1964's and 1965's ) went on to become regarded as classics. It received modestly positive reviews at the time it was released.
Critic Rick Du Brow said it was 'probably as good as most of the other holiday cartoons.' It has since been recognized as a classic, with giving it a 100% 'fresh' rating on its website; the critical consensus reads, ' How the Grinch Stole Christmas brings an impressive array of talent to bear on an adaptation that honors a classic holiday story – and has rightfully become a yuletide tradition of its own.' The special continues to be popular in, with its 2010 airing (the last of many times it had aired that year) winning its time slot among persons 18 to 49 and finishing second in overall viewers. Ranked the special No. 1 on its 10 Best Family Holiday Specials list. Home video releases How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Was released to and by in 1986, and was reissued several times. The special was first released to the VHS and formats in 1999 and 2000 by, which acquired the rights to the MGM library in the late 1990s.
The DVD release featured another Seuss-based special, and contained an audio commentary by Phil Roman and June Foray, interviews with Albert Hague and Thurl Ravenscroft, and the 'Special Edition' documentary which aired alongside the special on TNT in 1994. The DVD was well-received for these bonus features, but also criticized for its sub-par picture quality; many critics pointed out that the Grinch looked yellow, not green, in this release. The special was re-released on DVD in 2006 and labeled as a '50th Birthday Deluxe Edition'.
That labeling refers to the 1957 date of the book's publication rather than to the date of the 1966 TV special. This DVD release featured a new retrospective featurette and contained all the bonus features from the previous release, except for the audio commentary, and the Grinch was restored to his original green color. This edition is also available as part of the four-disc Classic Christmas Favorites box set. The special was again re-released on DVD with Phil Roman's and June Foray's audio commentary replacing the Horton Hears a Who! Bonus special. The special was released on high definition in 2009 with the title changed to Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
It contained all the bonus features from the 2000 DVD, except for Horton Hears a Who!, and also included a DVD of the special and a. Soundtrack The special includes, nearly verbatim, the entire text of the original book, with a few embellishments. To pad the special to a full time slot, several animated sequences and musical numbers were added. As all the had flipped to full schedules by 1966, the special was likewise produced in color, establishing the Grinch's color (white in the two-tone illustrations of the original book) as green, a convention used in later television specials as well as the 2000 live-action film.
Three songs with lyrics were among the additions: 'Welcome Christmas,' 'Trim up the Tree' and '.' The last of these was performed by; the other two were performed by a chorus representing the voices of the Whos. None of the vocalists were credited at the time. On December 18, 1966, released a soundtrack LP in conjunction with the television special. CD releases include albums produced by Island (1995) and Mercury Records. In the recorded version, Boris Karloff does all voices including Cindy Lou Who.
The song 'You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch', which comically describes the level of the Grinch's despicable nature, includes all verses with their original rhyming lyrics and the isolated song tracks have different durations due to being re-recorded.
On October 5, 1999, released a new CD soundtrack (which included the soundtrack for another Dr. Seuss cartoon, ).
Both story collections contain selected dialogue and music numbers. The 'isolated music tracks' in this edition are taken directly from the television soundtrack and are not the re-recorded tracks from earlier versions. The dialogues are the originals, being voiced by Boris Karloff for 'Grinch' and for 'Horton.' Because Thurl Ravenscroft was not credited in the closing credits of the 1966 television special as singing the song 'You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch', it is sometimes attributed to Boris Karloff. After becoming aware of this oversight, Seuss himself called Ravenscroft and apologized profusely and later wrote letters to columnists nationwide telling them that it was Ravenscroft who provided vocals for the musical number.
Karloff received a —the only major performing award of his career—for the album. Sequels A television special called, created by, aired on in 1977, eleven years after the Christmas special. This special involved a tale of the Grinch coming down to scare the Whos every Halloween. Though less successful than the original, it was awarded an. A later cartoon, (alternately titled The Cat in the Hat Gets Grinched), aired on ABC in 1982.
Though credited to DePatie-Freleng, it was produced by, which had taken over DePatie-Freleng in 1981. See also. References.
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