Halloween Is Grinch Night
Halloween Is Grinch Night | |
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Genre | Comedy-horror |
Written by | Dr. Seuss |
Directed by | Gerard Baldwin |
Voices of | Hans Conried Henry Gibson Gary Shapiro Hal Smith Irene Tedrow Jack DeLeon |
Narrated by | Hans Conried |
Composer | Joe Raposo |
Country of origin | United States |
Production | |
Executive producers | David H. DePatie Friz Freleng |
Producer | Ted Geisel |
Running time | 26 minutes |
Production company | DePatie–Freleng Enterprises |
Original release | |
Network | ABC[1] |
Release | October 28, 1977 |
Halloween Is Grinch Night (titled It's Grinch Night for the 1992 videocassette release and Grinch Night for the sing-a-long videocassette release) is a 1977 children's animated Halloween television special and is a prequel[citation needed] to the 1966 television special How the Grinch Stole Christmas! It premiered on ABC on October 28, 1977.[2] The original voice actor for The Grinch, Boris Karloff, by then deceased, was replaced by Hans Conried, though Thurl Ravenscroft, who sang on the original special, again provided singing vocals. The songs and score were written by Sesame Street composer Joe Raposo.[3]
The special won the 1978 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Program.[4]
Plot
In Whoville each Halloween, a "Sour-Sweet Wind" blows and a chain of events causes the Gree-Grumps and Hakken-Krakks to arouse the Grinch into descending to Whoville in his paraphernalia wagon and wreaking havoc in the town on "Grinch Night". All of Whoville dreads the smell of the wind as an omen, and everyone retreats to their home as the whole village goes into lockdown.
Euchariah, a young Who with
Euchariah decides that he must stall the Grinch in order to save Whoville. Catching up to the Grinch's wagon, the irritated Grinch decides to give Euchariah the "spook's tour", and Euchariah is drawn in to a surreal nightmare with spooks and monsters in all directions. Euchariah endures the spooks just long enough for the Sour-Sweet Wind to die down, forcing the Grinch to abandon the trek and return home. His dog Max, visibly depressed and nostalgic throughout the special, refuses to return with the Grinch and follows Euchariah home where he is greeted as a hero; the Grinch laments that he will "miss that Grinch Night Ball" but finds solace in "that wind will be coming back, someday; I'll be coming back, someday!" and then ends this promise with a sinister laugh.
Voice cast
- Hans Conried: The Grinch/Narrator
- Gary Shapiro: Euchariah
- Henry Gibson: Max (singing)
- Hal Smith: Josiah
- Jack DeLeon: Sergeant Samuel McPherson
- Irene Tedrow: Mariah
- Thurl Ravenscroft: Singer, Monsters (uncredited)
Songs
- "I Wouldn't Go Out on a Night Like This" – Josiah
- "The Grinch Night Ball" – The Grinch
- "How Many Times" – Max's inner voice, The Grinch
- "As the Grinch Creaks Ever Closer..." – Chorus
- "I Wouldn't Go Out on a Night Like This" (reprise) – Chorus
- "He Is Wandering in the Wind" – Chorus
- "The Eyebrow Song" – The Grinch
- "The Spooks Tour"
- "Grinch Is Gonna Get You" – Monster Chorus
- "Members of the Un-human race" – Monster Chorus
- "The Spooks Tour Finale" – Monster Chorus
- "Gone Is the Grinch" – Chorus
Home media
The special was first released on VHS by
See also
- How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, original 1957 book
References
- ^ "Beware of the Grinch!". The Robesonian. 28 October 1979. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
- ISBN 0-8108-2198-2. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
- ISBN 978-0786474448.
- ^ "30th Emmy Awards Nominees and Winners". Emmys. Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
- ^ Dr. Seuss's Holidays on the Loose! DVD – Warner Bros.: WBshop.com – The Official Online Store of Warner Bros. Studios
- ^ Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas: The Ultimate Edition
External links
- Halloween Is Grinch Night at IMDb
- Holland, Chris; Scott Hamilton. "Stomp Tokyo Video Reviews – Halloween is Grinch Night (1977)". Stomp Tokyo. Retrieved 18 January 2009.
- Video on YouTube, posted by The Museum of Classic Chicago Television