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How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966) (TV)
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18 December 1966 (USA)
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A grumpy hermit hatches a plan to steal Christmas from the Whos of Whoville. full summary | add synopsis
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Christmas
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The Grinch
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Hermit
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Dog
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Santa Claus
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ABC Wins November Sweeps Week
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 5 December 2007)
The 'Shrek' for All Christmases
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 29 November 2007)
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 5 December 2007)
The 'Shrek' for All Christmases
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 29 November 2007)
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You're a great one, Dr. Seuss/You're the king of children's books/They always are the best/In the east and in the west, Dr. Seuss!
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Boris Karloff | ... | Narrator / The Grinch (voice) |
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Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (USA) (complete title)
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26 min
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Color (Metrocolor)
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)
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The Grinch's green color was decided by director Chuck Jones' experiences renting cars in the Washington-Baltimore area which he claimed always turned out to be the exact shade.
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Continuity: After the Grinch's eyes turn blue, throughout the entire scene on Mt. Crumpet, his eyes continually change from blue to red and back again.
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Narrator: Every Who down in Whoville liked Christmas a lot, but the Grinch, who lived just north of Whoville - did not. The Grinch hated Christmas - the whole Christmas season. Now, please don't ask why; no one quite knows the reason. It could be, perhaps, that his shoes were too tight. Or it could be that his head wasn't screwed on just right. But I think that the most likely reason of all may have been that his heart was two sizes too small.
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Narrator: Every Who down in Whoville liked Christmas a lot, but the Grinch, who lived just north of Whoville - did not. The Grinch hated Christmas - the whole Christmas season. Now, please don't ask why; no one quite knows the reason. It could be, perhaps, that his shoes were too tight. Or it could be that his head wasn't screwed on just right. But I think that the most likely reason of all may have been that his heart was two sizes too small.
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Referenced in Horton Hears a Who! (1970) (TV)
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"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" is a wonderful flick/with some truly great lines, it isn't a trick/It could only have come from the great Dr. Seuss/otherwise, the whole thing would've been loose/Narrated by Karloff and directed by Jones/this Grinch is one who elicits no groans/It's the story of one weird Christmas-hating man/who one Christmas Eve, came up with a plan/He'd steal the presents and everything else/where does this plan go? I cannot tell/You must watch the movie, and then you will know/why this cartoon's still a tradition in the two-zero-Os/And one more thing that I should remind/avoid the live action, which I heard was unkind/They fouled it up, they fouled it down/every part of the story just came unwound/But this classic is always something to love/whether you're down below, or way up above!