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You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" is a Christmas song that was originally written and composed for the 1966 cartoon special "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" The lyrics were written by Theodor "Dr. Seuss" Geisel, the music was composed by Albert Hague, and the song was performed by Thurl Ravenscroft. The song's lyrics describe the Grinch as being foul, bad-mannered and sinister, using increasingly creative put-downs, metaphors, similes and off-hand comments by the singer, beginning with the opening line "you're a mean one, Mr. Grinch". Because Ravenscroft was not credited in the closing credits
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Malone was used in the teaser for the 2018 CGI-animated adaptation of "The Grinch". The song itself was covered for the movie and its soundtrack by Tyler, the Creator. You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" is a Christmas song that was originally written and composed for the 1966 cartoon special "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" The lyrics were written by Theodor "Dr. Seuss" Geisel, the music was composed by Albert Hague, and the song was performed by Thurl Ravenscroft. The song's lyrics describe the Grinch as being foul, bad-mannered and sinister, using increasingly creative
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In the mid-1960s, he enjoyed a late-career surge in the United States when he narrated the made-for-television animated film of Dr. Seuss' "How the Grinch Stole Christmas," and also provided the voice of the Grinch, although the song "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" was sung by the American voice actor Thurl Ravenscroft. The film was first broadcast on CBS-TV in 1966. Karloff later received a Grammy Award for "Best Recording For Children" after the recording was commercially released. Because Ravenscroft (who never met Karloff in the course of their work on the show) was uncredited for his contribution to
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Seuss cartoon, "Horton Hears a Who"). 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 Hans Conried 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
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You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" is a Christmas song that was originally written and composed for the 1966 cartoon special "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" The lyrics were written by Theodor "Dr. Seuss" Geisel, the music was composed by Albert Hague, and the song was performed by Thurl Ravenscroft. The song's lyrics describe the Grinch as being foul, bad-mannered and sinister, using increasingly creative put-downs, metaphors, similes and off-hand comments by the singer, beginning with the opening line "you're a mean one, Mr. Grinch". Because Ravenscroft was not credited in the closing credits
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the first adult and the first villain to be a main character in a Dr. Seuss book. The book has been adapted into a variety of media, including stage and film. Chuck Jones and Ben Washam (Co-Director) adapted the story as an animated special in 1966, featuring narration by Boris Karloff, who also provided the Grinch's voice. Thurl Ravenscroft sang "You're a Mean One Mr. Grinch" with lyrics written by Dr. Seuss himself. In 2000, the book was adapted into a live-action film, directed by Ron Howard and starring Jim Carrey as the Grinch. Illumination Entertainment also developed a 3D
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The special was released on high definition Blu-ray Disc 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 Digital Copy. Three songs with lyrics were included in the special: "Welcome Christmas," "Trim up the Tree" and "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch." The last of these was performed by Thurl Ravenscroft; the other two were performed by a chorus representing the voices of the Whos. None of the vocalists
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Thurl Ravenscroft Thurl Arthur Ravenscroft (; February 6, 1914May 22, 2005) was an American voice actor and bass singer known as the booming voice behind Kellogg's Frosted Flakes animated spokesman Tony the Tiger for more than five decades. He was also the uncredited vocalist for the song "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" from the classic Christmas television special, Dr. Seuss' "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" Ravenscroft did some voice-over work and singing for Disney in both the films and the attractions at Disneyland (which were later featured at Walt Disney World). The best known of these attractions are Haunted
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Instrumental - When Johnny Comes Marching Home (Buckethead version) Instrumental - Whole Lotta Rosie (AC/DC cover, B-side of "Welcome To The Jungle" single) - Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life for Me) (Buckethead version) Instrumental - You Gotta Move (The Rolling Stones cover) Instrumental - You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch (Thurl Ravenscroft cover) - Ziggy Stardust (David Bowie cover) Instrumental Chinese Democracy Tour The Chinese Democracy Tour was a worldwide concert tour by hard rock band Guns N' Roses to promote the group's long-delayed album "Chinese Democracy". The tour began in 2001. That year the band played three U.S. dates
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but the aforementioned song was sung by Thurl Ravenscroft, as Karloff could not sing In 1977, Seuss responded to the fan request for more Grinch tales by writing "Halloween Is Grinch Night", that serves as a prequel to the 1966 film. This was followed in 1982, when Marvel green-lit "The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat" a TV film starring The Cat in the Hat, also produced by Dr. Seuss (though under his real name, Ted Geisel). Although not as successful as the original, the two films both received Emmy Awards. Several episodes of the 1996 Nick Jr. television
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I starts. Juanita Hall sang in the stage production and took part in the recording of the stage production cast album. However, she had her singing dubbed for the film version by Muriel Smith, who played Bloody Mary in the London stage production. Metropolitan Opera star Giorgio Tozzi provided the singing voice for the role of Emile de Becque in the film. John Kerr starred as 2nd Lt. Joseph Cable, USMC and his singing voice was dubbed by Bill Lee. Ken Clark, who played Stewpot, was dubbed by Thurl Ravenscroft (who sang "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" and was
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1999 and 2000 by Warner Home Video, which acquired the rights to the MGM library in the late 1990s. The DVD release featured another Seuss-based special, "Horton Hears a Who!", 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
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were credited at the time. On December 18, 1966, MGM 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, Rhino Entertainment released a new CD soundtrack (which included the soundtrack for another Dr.
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The Grinch first appeared in the May 1955 issue of Redbook in a 32-line poem called "The Hoobub and the Grinch," but made his book debut in the 1957 story "How the Grinch Stole Christmas", written and illustrated by Dr. Seuss, published as both a Random House book and in an issue of "Redbook" magazine. In 1966, the story was adapted into an animated television featurette of the same name, which was directed by Chuck Jones and included the song "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch". Boris Karloff serves as both the story's narrator and the voice of the Grinch,
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was renamed MGM Animation/Visual Arts. His animated short film, "The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics", won the 1965 Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. Jones directed the classic animated short "The Bear That Wasn't". As the "Tom and Jerry" series wound down (it was discontinued in 1967), Jones produced more for television. In 1966, he produced and directed the TV special "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!", featuring the voice and facial models based on the readings by Boris Karloff. Jones continued to work on other TV specials such as "Horton Hears a Who!" (1970), but
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Willis Pyle Willis Acton Pyle (September 3, 1914 – June 2, 2016) was an American animator known for his work with Walt Disney Animation Studios, including "Pinocchio" (1940), "Fantasia" (1940), and "Bambi" (1942), as well as UPA's "Mr. Magoo", where he co-created the iconic character, and the short film, "Gerald McBoing-Boing" (1950), which won an Academy Award for Animated Short Film in 1951. Pyle later enjoyed a long career as a freelance animator on such projects as the animated film, "" (1977), "Halloween Is Grinch Night" (1977), several "Peanuts" television specials. and "Cathy's Valentine". The son of a farmer, Willis
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How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV special) How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (also known as Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!) is a 1966 Christmas animated television special directed and co-produced by Chuck Jones. It is based on the eponymous children's book by Dr. Seuss, the story of the Grinch trying to take away Christmas from the townsfolk of Whoville below his mountain hideaway. Originally telecast in the United States on CBS on December 18, 1966, it went on to become a perennial holiday special. The special also features the voice of Boris Karloff as the Grinch and the
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Siegel (keyboards, vocals, producer), Jerry Heer (bass) and John Bryan (drums, percussion), is still together today. They have also worked with engineer Alan Douches, known for his engineering and mastering skills with Aerosmith, Steve Taylor and George Benson. Best known for their perennial Christmas classic cover of "You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch," the band released two vinyl EPs, "History Kicks You" (1983) and "Affordable World" (1985); one CD EP, "Wish it Would Snow" (1992), independently, re-released in 1994 on Ignition with bonus tracks and again in 1995 as "Grinch" on Continuum/Universal; and one full-length CD album, "Strange and Wonderful"
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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 "School Library Journal" – the fourth of five Dr. Seuss books on the list. The book has been adapted as a 1966 animated TV film starring Boris Karloff, a 2000 live-action feature film starring Jim Carrey, and a 2018 computer-animated film starring Benedict Cumberbatch. The Grinch is a bitter, grouchy, cave-dwelling creature with a heart "two sizes too small" who is living as a hermit on the snowy Mount Crumpit, a steep
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songs and animated sequences without words (the longest being an extended scene in which the Grinch and Max comically descend into Whoville) were added. As all the major networks had flipped to full color 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 featuring the character as well as the 2000 and 2018 film adaptations. The half-hour (with commercials) short was originally telecast in the United States on CBS on December 18, 1966. CBS repeated it annually
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(alternatively titled "The Cat in the Hat Gets Grinched"), aired on ABC in 1982. Though credited to DePatie-Freleng, it was produced by Marvel Productions, which had taken over DePatie-Freleng in 1981. How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV special) How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (also known as Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!) is a 1966 Christmas animated television special directed and co-produced by Chuck Jones. It is based on the eponymous children's book by Dr. Seuss, the story of the Grinch trying to take away Christmas from the townsfolk of Whoville below his mountain hideaway. Originally telecast in the
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Stole Christmas!" is heard in the episode—an arrangement of "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch", soundtracked by k.d. lang, and with the lyric "Mister Grinch" modified to "Sue the Grinch". "Last Christmas" had been released previously as a charity single in late 2009, and is included on "". "Welcome Christmas" was released as a single, available for digital download, separately from the album, which otherwise includes all remaining tracks and six additional songs not heard in the episode; a different version of "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" was recorded for the album, which featured Morrison along with lang and
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of other projects. One was "The Incredible Mr. Limpet" (1964), a combined live action & animation feature. Noble co-directed "The Dot and the Line" (1965) which won the Oscar for short subject (cartoon). He also designed the 1970 feature "The Phantom Tollbooth". Noble started working again with Ted Geisel for the first time since the war, doing the design for the TV feature "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" (1966). He later did design and layout work on a number of other Dr. Seuss features, first at MGM ("Horton Hears a Who!" (1970)), and then at the DePatie-Freleng studios (e.g. "The
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of the special, it is often mistakenly attributed to Boris Karloff, who served as narrator and the voice of the Grinch in the special but who himself could not sing. Until Ravenscroft was publicly credited, Tennessee Ernie Ford was also speculated to be the voice behind the song. Mainstream and pop acts have covered the song, usually for holiday-themed albums. Jim Carrey, as the Grinch, sang a slightly condensed version of the song in the 2000 live action film adaptation, "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas", with 1940s style big band music by James Horner. A version by Bob
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animated Christmas special made for television and the first hour-long animated TV special and is considered to be a holiday classic of the 1960s, ranking alongside "A Charlie Brown Christmas" and "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!". The special inspired production of an animated TV series titled "The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo", which placed Magoo as an actor in other well-known stories. After an introduction in Magoo's backstage dressing room, Magoo was depicted in such roles as The Count of Monte Cristo, Merlin in an upbeat retelling of the story of King Arthur, Friar Tuck in "Robin Hood", and Puck
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Music Inspired by Illumination & Dr. Seuss' The Grinch Music Inspired by Illumination & Dr. Seuss' The Grinch is a 2018 EP by American rapper Tyler, the Creator. It was released by Columbia Records on November 16, 2018. On October 24, 2018, it was announced that Tyler, the Creator would feature on "Dr. Seuss' The Grinch" soundtrack, creating a new song "I Am the Grinch", and also creating a hip hop version of the song "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch". On November 15, 2018, Tyler announced on Twitter that he would be releasing Christmas songs themed around "The Grinch"
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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.
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song for the film titled "I Am the Grinch". Tyler and Danny Elfman, who composed the film's score, collaborated on a new version of the song "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" for the film, which was featured in the final trailer, and early on in the film itself. On November 20, 2017, Danny Elfman was revealed to be composing the film's score. Elfman's score was released on digital formats in November 9, 2018, along with the soundtrack (both digitally and on CD) and the film. The film was originally scheduled to be released on November 10, 2017, but on
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in the 1990s. Further roles include that of The First Mate on The Mark Twain Riverboat and of the American bison head named Buff at The Country Bear Jamboree. One of Ravenscroft's best-known uncredited works is as the vocalist for the song "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch." His name was accidentally omitted from the credits, leading many to believe (erroneously) that the cartoon's narrator, Boris Karloff, sang the song, while others cited Tennessee Ernie Ford as the song's signature voice. Ravenscroft also sang "No Dogs Allowed" in the "Peanuts" animated motion picture "Snoopy, Come Home" and "I Was a
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number twenty for the 2009 holiday season. The album's official track listing was revealed in a press release on October 26, 2010. Canadian singer-songwriter k.d. lang makes a featured appearance with Matthew Morrison on the track "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch", covered with the original lyrics—unlike the television version which changed the opening lyric from "Mr. Grinch" to "Sue the Grinch". Additionally, guest star Darren Criss makes a vocal appearance on "Baby, It's Cold Outside". A "Glee" Christmas card featuring the cast in Christmas sweaters was released to accompany the album. The song "O Holy Night", although not featured
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persuades a group to believe that the other party is treacherous. "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" is an iconic piece of literature that uses the rhetorical device of bdelygmia to portray the main character, Mr. Grinch, as a terrible person. The lyrics not only allow the audience to understand that the Grinch is a bad person, but they use words such as "foul" and "nasty" [?to attribute with the Grinch]. Another example of bdelygmia in popular culture is found in the movie ""National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation"". When Clark Griswold finds out he will not get his expected bonus, he goes
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like its hairy protagonist’s heart), "The Grinch" is impossibly cute, visually rich and boasts enough festive fun to satisfy young viewers." The Grinch (film) The Grinch (also known as Dr. Seuss' The Grinch) is a 2018 American 3D computer-animated Christmas comedy film produced by Illumination. Based on the 1957 Dr. Seuss book "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!", it is the third screen adaptation of the story, following the television special from 1966 and the live-action feature-length film from 2000. It also marks Illumination's second Dr. Seuss film adaptation, following "The Lorax" (2012). The film is directed by Yarrow Cheney and
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Grinch" sung by k.d. lang, based on a version of the song by artist Aimee Mann, as Sue wreaks havoc on the choir room, confused some reviewers, who thought that it was sung by Lynch herself. Benigno was one of these, though he said it was "thoroughly enjoyable", gave the song a "B+", and approved of the change in lyrics from "Mr. Grinch" to "Sue the Grinch". Harper also approved of the change, and admitted she thought Lynch had sung it until Google set her straight. Futterman called the song a "weirdly fitting moment" that "nevertheless fell a bit short
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The Grinch (film) The Grinch (also known as Dr. Seuss' The Grinch) is a 2018 American 3D computer-animated Christmas comedy film produced by Illumination. Based on the 1957 Dr. Seuss book "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!", it is the third screen adaptation of the story, following the television special from 1966 and the live-action feature-length film from 2000. It also marks Illumination's second Dr. Seuss film adaptation, following "The Lorax" (2012). The film is directed by Yarrow Cheney and Scott Mosier, and written by Michael LeSieur and Tommy Swerdlow. It stars the voices of Benedict Cumberbatch, Rashida Jones, Kenan Thompson,
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"Seussical". "Horton Hears a Who!" was adapted into a half-hour animated TV special by MGM Animation/Visual Arts in 1970, directed by Chuck Jones (who also directed the television version of "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!"), produced by Theodor Geisel, and with narration by Hans Conried, who also voiced Horton. In this direction, the Sour Kangaroo's name is Jane, while her son is named Junior. Horton's contact in Whoville was not the Mayor, but a scientist named Dr. Hoovie (also voiced by Hans Conried). Jane was voiced by June Foray. In Russia, Alexei Karayev directed "I Can Hear You" in 1992,
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concert was released as a DVD entitled "Live in London" in 2009. On February 12, 2010, she performed Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" at the Olympics Opening Ceremony in Vancouver, British Columbia. In early May 2010, Lang filled in at the last minute for Susan Boyle at the Australian TV Logie Awards to reprise her Winter Olympics performance of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah", receiving an extended standing ovation. In 2010, she sang "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" with Matthew Morrison in a Christmas episode of "Glee", and is featured on "". In February 2013, she appeared in Season 8 of the CBS
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however, the animated portions were merely edited versions of previous animated television specials and, in some cases, re-dubbed as well. After Geisel died of cancer at the age of 87 in 1991, his widow Audrey Geisel was placed in charge of all licensing matters. She approved a live-action feature-film version of "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" starring Jim Carrey, as well as a Seuss-themed Broadway musical called "Seussical", and both premiered in 2000. "The Grinch" has had limited engagement runs on Broadway during the Christmas season, after premiering in 1998 (under the title "How the Grinch Stole Christmas") at the
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for the short film "Cold & Calculated" which Kunzman would have a role in. Six days later, the band premiered the music video for "Moving Mountains" through New Noise Magazine. They released their cover of "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" on the day of Thanksgiving as a free download exclusively on their website up until the end of the year. On February 13, 2018, 18th & Addison announced that they would be opening for New Found Glory on the Sick Tour XL in May. They announced on March 3 that their second EP titled, "VULTURES," to be released on
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mentioned. In the 1970s television special "Horton Hears a Who!" as well as the 2008 CGI-animated film of the same name, Whoville retains its literary location being within a speck on a clover flower. The 1966 television special "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" also stays true to the literature. In the 2000 live-action film adaptation "How the Grinch Stole Christmas", from Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment, Whoville is located inside a snowflake, south of Mt. Crumpit within the mountainous Highrange of Pontoos, described in the movie's introduction. As the story takes place in the winter, the speck on which Whoville
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scores are for "The Cloverfield Paradox", released February 4, 2018, "Tau", 2018, and "" in 2019. McCreary made an eight-bit rendition of the "Dark Void" theme, which was, originally, an April fools joke. However, the theme was used for the prequel, "Dark Void Zero". He composed all the songs in an eight-bit fashion by connecting the wires on an actual NES console and cartridge to create authenticity. He arranged James Rolfe's "The Angry Video Game Nerd" "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" parody "You're a Mean One, Mr. Nerd" for the 2010 Christmas special, with orchestra and eight-bit audio elements.
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Boris Karloff William Henry Pratt (23 November 1887 – 2 February 1969), better known by his stage name Boris Karloff (), was an English actor who was primarily known for his roles in horror films. He portrayed Frankenstein's monster in "Frankenstein" (1931), "Bride of Frankenstein" (1935) and "Son of Frankenstein" (1939). He also appeared as Imhotep in "The Mummy" (1932). In non-horror roles, he is best known to modern audiences for narrating and as the voice of Grinch in the animated television special of Dr. Seuss' "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" (1966). For his contribution to film and television, Boris
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track that sounds like "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" as interpreted by avant-garde composer Edgard Varèse. The most successful song on the album is Ali's own theme, a brassy, fist-pumping anthem that vaguely parallels the theme from Rocky, also released in 1976". The album opens with "Ali's Historical Theme Song", a musical number featuring Ali, before the story (narrated by Howard Cosell) begins. The plot of the story involves Ali training for an upcoming fight against "Mr. Tooth Decay", who is accompanied by sidekicks, Sugar Cuber and Willie Plaque. Ali then rescues a group of children from buying ice
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Boris Karloff, who also provided the voice of the Grinch. It was very faithful to the original book, and is considered a classic to this day by many. It is often broadcast as an annual Christmas television special. Jones directed an adaptation of "Horton Hears a Who!" in 1970 and produced an adaptation of "The Cat in the Hat" in 1971. From 1972 to 1983, Geisel wrote six animated specials that were produced by DePatie-Freleng: "The Lorax" (1972); "Dr. Seuss on the Loose" (1973); "The Hoober-Bloob Highway" (1975); "Halloween Is Grinch Night" (1977); "Pontoffel Pock, Where Are You?" (1980); and
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Tooth Fairy, Where Are You? Tooth Fairy, Where Are You? is a 25-minute made for TV animated short produced by Lacewood Productions and directed by Paul Schibli. It was originally broadcast on Canada's CTV Television Network in the year 1991. The animated short tells the story of Dottie, an apprentice tooth fairy who has trouble learning the requirements in order to graduate from Matilda's class. One night, when all the fairies are out collecting teeth, Dottie receives notice through a "sparkling call" that a little girl named Lori is disappointed because the tooth fairy had not yet visited her house
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of short films and music videos by Wardlaw. The DVD bonus features include early animations and audio out takes. The film was licensed to ShortsHD and ShortsTV in 2014. The Bolt Who Screwed Christmas The Bolt Who Screwed Christmas is an independent animated short film and a parody of "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" written and directed by John Wardlaw and animated by Adny Angrand. The film features the final performance of actor Jonathan Harris and co-stars Tress MacNeille. The film also features an original score by Gary Stockdale and music by director John Wardlaw's band, Anti-m. Written in 1997,
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on the Loose!" DVD set, along with "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" and "Halloween Is Grinch Night". The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat (also known as The Grinch vs. The Cat in the Hat and The Cat in the Hat Gets Grinched in the working title) is a 1982 American animated musical television special and crossover starring the two characters created by Dr. Seuss, who also wrote and produced the special: The Cat in the Hat and The Grinch from "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!". It premiered on May 20,
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multiplayer mode, released on May 23, 2010. "Grinchmas!" was released on November 25, 2009, designed and developed by Limbic as the first iOS game for the Dr. Seuss Enterprises brand and published by Oceanhouse Media. The mobile game includes two gameplay modes: “Mean Grinch” and “Merry Grinch”. As “Mean Grinch”, the player swipes the screen to throw snowballs and target the Whos Houses down in Who-ville in order to silence the Christmas noise. As “Merry Grinch”, the player swipes the screen to throw colored presents to the matching colored Whos Houses. "Nuts!" was released on May 24, 2011. The mobile
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Brown Christmas", first aired in 1965 and repeated every year since. “That’s what Christmas is all about Charlie Brown”, says Linus, referring to the birth of Christ. Dr. Seuss' "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" (1957) also illustrates the topos, and was very influential in the form of an animated TV special produced in 1966. The phrase and the associated moral became used as a trope in numerous Christmas films since the 1960s. The phrase found its way into the 2003 "Urbi et Orbi" address of Pope John Paul II, "The "crib" and the "tree": precious symbols, which hand down in
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Polka-Dot Puss Polka-Dot Puss is a 1949 one-reel animated cartoon and the 39th "Tom and Jerry" short produced in 1948 and released on February 26, 1949 and re-released on September 28, 1956. The short was directed by Tom and Jerry's creators, William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, produced by Fred Quimby, animated by Kenneth Muse, Ed Barge, Ray Patterson and Irven Spence, and scored by Scott Bradley, with this cartoon featuring an early version of the duo's iconic theme tune that would continue to be used in their cartoons throughout the 1950s and 1960s and in most direct-to-video films. Tom is
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the part of Elena in BBC Radio 4's adaptions of "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency" and "The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul". Her animation roles include the voices of pompous Owl and loud Weasel in the popular TV series "The Animals of Farthing Wood". She lent her voice to the series "Noah's Island", "Mr. Bean: The Animated Series", "Dennis the Menace", "Pongwiffy", "Rudi and Trudi", "Space Island One", "Never the Twain", "Solo", "The Big One", "Aaagh! It's the Mr. Hell Show!", "Badly Dubbed Porn", "Bedtime", "Double Take" and "Spaced" and the animated short "Bob's Birthday". Other TV credits include
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The Slick Chick The Slick Chick is a "Looney Tunes" cartoon animated short starring Foghorn Leghorn. Released July 21, 1962, the cartoon is directed by Robert McKimson. The voices are performed by Mel Blanc and Julie Bennett. The cartoon is an adaptation of the "Mean Widdle Kid" radio programs (and later, television skits) starring comedian Red Skelton. The main antagonist in the film—Junior, a delinquent chick who causes trouble for Foghorn—is based on Skelton's character; one of Junior's catch phrases ("He don't know me very well, do he?") is the Mean Widdle Kid's signature saying. Foghorn Leghorn is filing his
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thanks one and all. Betty Boop for President Betty Boop for President is a 1932 Fleischer Studios animated short film starring Betty Boop. It was released on November 4, 1932 by Paramount Pictures. Betty runs for the office of President against Mr. Nobody. Both candidates state their platform through song and dance. In answer to various problems and political issues, Mr. Nobody consistently promises that "nobody" will solve the problem: Who will make your taxes light?... Mr. Nobody! Who'll protect the voters' right?... Mr. Nobody! Should you come home some early dawn, See a new milkman is on: Who cares
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The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat (also known as The Grinch vs. The Cat in the Hat and The Cat in the Hat Gets Grinched in the working title) is a 1982 American animated musical television special and crossover starring the two characters created by Dr. Seuss, who also wrote and produced the special: The Cat in the Hat and The Grinch from "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!". It premiered on May 20, 1982 on ABC and won two Emmys. It also aired on ABC Family's 25 Days of Christmas
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Of the reviewers who actually discussed Rachel and Finn's performance of "Last Christmas", both Benigno and Stack were enthusiastic and gave grades of "B+" and "A−" respectively. The former called it "one of the more fun songs" in the episode, and the latter described the performance as "really fun and had great production design". Futterman felt that Michele's vocals were "a bit diva-esque for the simple pop tune", but noted that there were "sweet moments". Of the two songs from "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" featured in the episode, the first, a voiceover vocal of "You're a Mean One, Mr.
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his lesser-known characters during this period, including Charlie Dog, Hubie and Bertie, and The Three Bears. During World War II, Jones worked closely with Theodor Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss, to create the "Private Snafu" series of Army educational cartoons (the character was created by director Frank Capra). Jones later collaborated with Seuss on animated adaptations of Seuss' books, including "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" in 1966. Jones directed such shorts as "The Weakly Reporter", a 1944 short that related to shortages and rationing on the home front. During the same year, he directed "Hell-Bent for Election", a campaign
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the Grinch, opts not to compete with Karloff at all, which is smart, and speaks in an American accent, sounding rather like Bill Hader, which is confusing. A tepid hip-hop song about the Grinch plays over the end credits. It’s by Tyler, the Creator, who only a few years ago was considered one of the saltiest (to put it mildly) voices in music. Here, his contribution is as toothless as the rest of the movie." Molly Freeman of "ScreenRant" gave the film a 3 out of 5 stars, saying ""The Grinch" may not be a necessary holiday movie, but fans
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having a soft spot in his heart for his mother, cries when he hears this, disassembles his machines, and continues his change of heart into the next morning. When his reflection tries to convert him back to his old self, Max drains out his voice with the Vacusound Sweeper. 1982 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program. Both the Grinch and the Cat in the Hat were recast with different voice actors than the ones used in previous specials, all of whom had died. Bob Holt voiced the Grinch (Hans Conried, who voiced the Grinch in "Halloween Is Grinch Night",
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The Bolt Who Screwed Christmas The Bolt Who Screwed Christmas is an independent animated short film and a parody of "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" written and directed by John Wardlaw and animated by Adny Angrand. The film features the final performance of actor Jonathan Harris and co-stars Tress MacNeille. The film also features an original score by Gary Stockdale and music by director John Wardlaw's band, Anti-m. Written in 1997, the script was presented to Jonathan Harris in 1998 though it was not until 2000 that his voice work was actually recorded. Harris died in 2002, long before the
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Fool's Day 2009 strip, becoming a recurring and popular character with readers. Musical comics were introduced with the 115th comic, How the King Stole Christmas Part 2, featuring the song "You're a Mean King", which parodied "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch". The 400th "Brawl in the Family" strip is a music video titled "The History of Nintendo", which covers the US releases of many Nintendo games throughout the company's history. "Nintendo Life" stated that the video "crams some good detail into its 3:42 running time" and described it as "catchy." Taranto himself called it his personal favorite "Brawl in
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An animated movie based on the series named "Als je begrijpt wat ik bedoel" ("If you know what I mean," one of Bumble's catch-phrases) was released in 1983. In English, it is alternately called "The Dragon Who Wasn't (or Was He?)" and "Dexter the Dragon and Bumble the Bear". In the 1940s, Toonder created a number of short animated movies featuring the characters in commercials for Philips. In February 2007, the Dutch Programme Foundation began a 440-part radio drama based on the series, hosted by Radio 4. The series ended in December 2009. There have been rumors of a new
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The Grinch overlooks the city of Whoville with a lack of empathy for all Whos. He is known to be of a different species than the Whos, being stated as a What in the 2000 film. The Grinch is played by actor Jim Carrey in the 2000 production of "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" In the book "Horton Hears a Who!", there is a mayor in Whoville. In the live-action film "How the Grinch Stole Christmas," there is a mayor named Augustus Maywho, played by Jeffrey Tambor. Actor Steve Carell plays the Mayor of Whoville in the 2008 animated film
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the Whos still singing cheerfully, happy simply to have each other. He then realizes that the holiday has a deeper meaning that he never considered. Inspired, he stops the Whos' belongings from falling off the edge of the mountain, and in the process his heart grows three sizes. He returns all the gifts he stole and gladly takes part in the Whos' Christmas celebration. The Grinch is still portrayed as a bitter and ill-tempered character in artwork or other media. In both the animated TV special and the 2000 live-action film, he is shown to have superhuman strength when he
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on December 2, 2011 until December 9, 2013. The Grinch wakes up in a good mood one morning until his reflection in the mirror prompts him to repeat the "Grinch's Oath" and prove himself a Grinch. Meanwhile, the Cat in the Hat goes on a picnic. Their paths cross when the Grinch can't get his car around the Cat's, and things quickly escalate into a fierce car chase after the Cat unintentionally insults the Grinch by calling him "Mr. Greenface." The Cat returns to the safety of his house, but the Grinch follows him there and tampers with his voice
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you against the world. It's like going to war. Everybody is trying to tell you something different and they are always putting obstacles in your way." In one famous scene, Gillespie mocks the name 'Virgil' by saying "That's a funny name for a nigger boy that comes from Philadelphia! What do they call you up there?" An irritated Tibbs replies: "They call me Mr. Tibbs!" The line was later listed as number 16 on the American Film Institute's "100 Years...100 Movie Quotes", a list of top film quotes, and was also the title of the sequel. An iconic scene that
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Latin as "Quomodo Invidiosulus Nomine Grinchus Christi Natalem Abrogaverit". The translation was published in October 1998 by Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers Inc. Based on a 2007 online poll, the National Education Association 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 "School Library Journal" – the fourth of five Dr. Seuss books on the list. The book's main characters have made appearances in other works. The Grinch appears in the animated specials "Halloween Is Grinch Night" and "The
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later cartoons, he is also an actor, and generally a competent one, except for his visual impairment. "Magoo" episodes were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film (the Oscar) four times, and received the award twice, for "When Magoo Flew" (1954) and "Magoo's Puddle Jumper" (1956). In 2002, "TV Guide" ranked Mr. Magoo number 29 on its "50 Greatest Cartoon Characters of All Time" list. Mr. Magoo's first appearance was in the theatrical short cartoon "The Ragtime Bear" (1949), scripted by Millard Kaufman. His creation was a collaborative effort; animation director John Hubley is said to have
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DVD on October 31, 2000. The special, along with other Rankin/Bass Christmas specials and Chuck Jones' animated TV adaptation of "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!", was bundled in Warner's Christmas Television Favorites DVD box set, released on October 2, 2007. On October 7, 2008, these same titles are released in another holiday-themed DVD set, Classic Christmas Favorites. Once again and this time, Warner Home Video released seven different original Rankin/Bass holiday classics along with "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" on the third DVD box set, Santa's Magical Stories, released on October 4, 2011. "A Miser Brothers'
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One More Drifter in the Snow One More Drifter in the Snow is the sixth album and first Christmas album by Aimee Mann, released by SuperEgo Records in the United States on October 31, 2006 (see 2006 in music). It was produced by Paul Bryan and comprises covers of "standard great Christmas classics" and two original compositions: "Christmastime", written by Mann's husband Michael Penn, and "Calling on Mary". Grant-Lee Phillips sings with her on the track "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch". Mann has cited the influence of Johnny Mathis' album "Merry Christmas" (1958) on "One More Drifter in the
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Raggedy Ann and Andy in The Pumpkin Who Couldn't Smile Raggedy Ann and Andy in The Pumpkin Who Couldn't Smile (a.k.a. simply The Pumpkin Who Couldn't Smile) is a 1979 animated television special featuring Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy. Produced by Chuck Jones Enterprises, it was first televised October 31, 1979 on CBS. The special was later aired on the Disney Channel every year around the time of Halloween along with "Casper's Halloween Special", "The Canterville Ghost", "Mr. Boogedy", "Bride of Boogedy", "Witch's Night Out", "The Halloween That Almost Wasn't", "For Better or For Worse: The Good-for-Nothing", "Halloween Is Grinch
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The Cat in the Hat. Here, The Cat in the Hat appeared in bridging sequences where he introduced animated adaptations of three other Dr. Seuss stories: "The Sneetches", "The Zax" and "Green Eggs and Ham". In 1982's "The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat", the character, now voiced by Mason Adams (Sherman had died shortly after "Dr. Seuss on the Loose" finished production), meets the title character of "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" and sets out to reform his new green adversary. In 1995, the Cat appeared again, this time with the voice of Henry Gibson, to narrate "Daisy-Head
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Loeki de Leeuw Loeki de Leeuw ("Loeki the Lion") was a Dutch stop-motion TV animation, broadcast on Dutch public television between 1972 and 2004. It featured a puppet lion in short sketches usually not longer than five seconds, which appeared as bumpers between commercial interruptions. These animated shorts reached iconic status in the Netherlands, but were also broadcast in some other countries like France, the United Kingdom, Austria, Italy, Japan and the United States. Loeki is a lion who usually encounters an absurd situation or does something clumsy in his films. Each short lasted only five seconds and was done
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Shepherd), explains that "I didn't say fudge. I said THE word...the queen mother of dirty words: the F-dash-dash-dash word." In the 1984 film "Johnny Dangerously", the character Roman Maronie is known for butchering the English language, especially English vulgarities: One of the more infamous TV edits is that of John McClane's iconic line from "Die Hard", "Yippee-ki-yay, motherfucker" is changed to "Yippee-ki-yay, Mr. Falcon". The TV edit of the film "The Usual Suspects", instead of having the police lineup say, "Give me the keys, you fucking cocksucker", they say "Give me the keys, you fairy godmother". In the 1998 film
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Betty Boop for President Betty Boop for President is a 1932 Fleischer Studios animated short film starring Betty Boop. It was released on November 4, 1932 by Paramount Pictures. Betty runs for the office of President against Mr. Nobody. Both candidates state their platform through song and dance. In answer to various problems and political issues, Mr. Nobody consistently promises that "nobody" will solve the problem: Who will make your taxes light?... Mr. Nobody! Who'll protect the voters' right?... Mr. Nobody! Should you come home some early dawn, See a new milkman is on: Who cares if your wife is
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The singles "Audition," "Stay on the Bright Side" and "White Snow" were released on Adult Album Alternative radio also known as AAAradio or Triple-A. The music video for "Audition" was shot live, in one-take on October 13 at the Newport Music Hall in Columbus, OH. The intention was to introduce the authentic live energy of the band without including the "Hollywood magic" that is involved in most "live-style" music videos. In November 2011, Red Wanting Blue along with producer Jamie Candiloro headed back into the studio to record "You're a Mean One Mr. Grinch" as a holiday treat for their
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literally by young children who are acquiring language, and by older people who are learning a foreign language; an example is the "pregnant fireman" type of children's solecism. Doublespeak is a term sometimes used for deliberate euphemistic misuse of words to distort or reverse their meaning, as in a "Ministry of Peace" which wages war, and a "Ministry of Love" which imprisons and tortures. It is a portmanteau of the terms "Newspeak" and "doublethink", which originate from George Orwell's novel "Nineteen Eighty-Four". The word "euphemism" itself can be used as a euphemism. In the animated TV special "Halloween Is Grinch
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Where Are You, Christmas? "Christmas, Why Can't I Find You?" is a song co-written by James Horner, Will Jennings and Mariah Carey, for the movie "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" in 2000. In the movie, it is first sung by Taylor Momsen, who played Cindy Lou Who. A longer version of this song, called "Where Are You, Christmas?", was co-written by Horner, Jennings and Carey. The song was originally recorded by Carey, but because of a legal case with her ex-husband Tommy Mottola, it could not be released, so it was re-recorded and released by Faith Hill. A video was
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The Beagles (TV series) The Beagles is an animated cartoon television series that aired on CBS from September 10, 1966, to September 2, 1967, and later in reruns on ABC from September 9, 1967, to September 2, 1968. It was produced by Total Television which created "King Leonardo and His Short Subjects", "Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales", and "Underdog". The show drew some inspiration from the famous musical group The Beatles, who had an animated program of their own at that time. In fact the run on CBS was scheduled opposite The Beatles' own show. The show was shown on
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died a few months before this special had aired. Boris Karloff, the original voice of the Grinch, had died in 1969), while Mason Adams took over voicing the Cat in the Hat from the late Allan Sherman, who died in 1973. Since Friz Freleng was absent from production on "The Pink Panther" special "" due to his departure from DePatie–Freleng Enterprises to return to Warner Bros. Animation, this was the only other fully animated DFE production to be made by Marvel Productions and one of the last DFE cartoons Freleng was involved in. The special was first released on VHS
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film subsidiary, which owned all of Total Television's other series, and were only discovered after Golden Books had bought P. A.T.'s interests. The Beagles (TV series) The Beagles is an animated cartoon television series that aired on CBS from September 10, 1966, to September 2, 1967, and later in reruns on ABC from September 9, 1967, to September 2, 1968. It was produced by Total Television which created "King Leonardo and His Short Subjects", "Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales", and "Underdog". The show drew some inspiration from the famous musical group The Beatles, who had an animated program of their
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by Jonas Jeberg. In 2017, Carpenter sang "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" on Lindsey Stirling's holiday album "Warmer in the Winter". In December 2017, Carpenter released a cover of "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas". On March 16, 2018, she released the single "Alien", featuring Jonas Blue. They performed the song together on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" on March 21, 2018. In 2017, Carpenter was cast in the film "The Hate U Give", based on the novel by Angie Thomas. In 2018, she was cast as a series regular in the NBC comedy pilot "So Close", and in the drama
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the Benson label. NewSong stayed with Zomba Music, now on the Reunion label, and released an album entitled "The Christmas Shoes", which was nominated in 2003 for a Grammy Award for Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album. Along with the title track, the album featured a variety of original Christmas tunes and Christmas classics, such as "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" and "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch". In 2003, Donna VanLiere released "The Christmas Blessing", the second book in the series spawned by "The Christmas Shoes" song. It was a "New York Times" best-selling book, and was later made into a
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Jacket"" was released on June 28, 2011. His second EP, entitled "Right Direction" was released on February 4, 2014. Drummer Ian Casselman was featured covering "You're A Mean One Mr. Grinch" in a Christmas album for their record label in 2012. Ramsay and Webb had also been features in previous editions of the label's Christmas releases, Ramsay covering "Baby Please Come Home" in 2010 and Webb singing "A Thousand Mile Christmas" in 2011. Their first US show ever was September 23, 2010 at "The Bowery Electric" in Manhattan, New York City. The band toured as an opening act with Simple
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good or bad", leaving it open for the listener to decide on the "twelve candy cane-sweetened tracks". Writing for the "New York Post", Jarett Wieselman thought the album overall sounded like the soundtrack of an advertisement for Gap, but praised the vocal work of Colfer, Michele, and Riley. Jonathan Takiff of the "Philadelphia Daily News" felt the tracks were too artificial and was disappointed the cast didn't cover more songs outside the realm of pop music. Kyle Buchanan of "New York" lamented the fact that Jane Lynch was not the one singing "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch", calling it
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version that went under the full title of the movie. The Grinch was portrayed on the stage when the story was turned into a musical by the Children's Theater Company out of Minneapolis. The show made it to Broadway by way of a limited run in 2006, with Julia Leuchtenberg playing the Grinch. Icelandic actor Stefan Karl Stefansson portrayed the Grinch in the touring production of the musical from 2008 to 2015. The Grinch is also a minor character in "Seussical", which is a crossover between various Dr. Seuss stories. The Grinch's story was adapted in animated form in 2018
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George's contribution was a song titled "The Ballad of Stash and Hub". October also saw the return of Richard Robinson on drums. March 2008 saw the inclusion of Steve Satch (a.k.a. Steve "The Bruiser" Van Orsdel) on upright bass. The band also recorded a version of "You're a mean one, Mr. Grinch" for an "Psychobilly Christmas", a compilation album which was released on Cleopatra Records in October 2008. Since August 2009, The Van Orsdels have been taking a forced hiatus, due to some personnel problems. The band never officially stated that it has broken up until August 11, 2010. On
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animated feature film, titled "The Grinch" directed by Scott Mosier and Yarrow Cheney and starring Benedict Cumberbatch as 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, Zero Mostel narrated an LP record of the story. In 1992, Random House Home Video released an updated animated version of the book narrated by Walter Matthau. In 2009, an interactive e-book version was released for the iPhone. A musical stage version
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clever, and very funny". Newman questioned the effectiveness of the record's overall message, noting that RuPaul's message in the liner notes about "creating one's own family for the holidays" did not fit with the image of "Ru's Christmas panties around his ankles". While she responded positively to a majority of the songs, Newman viewed "You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch" as an unsuccessful cover. In an interview with "Queerty", American drag queen Hedda Lettuce revealed that RuPaul's cover of "Hard Candy Christmas" was her least favorite Christmas song of all time; Lettuce said that the song "makes [him] want to
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sequels, a stage musical production, a video game and a children's TV cartoon. Two less successful sequels, "The Toxic Avenger Part II" and "", were filmed as one. Director Lloyd Kaufman realized that he had shot far too much footage for one film and re-edited it into two. A third independent sequel was also released, titled "". An animated children's TV series spin-off, "Toxic Crusaders", featured Toxie as the leader of a team of mutated superheroes who fought against evil alien polluters. The cartoon series was short-lived and quickly cancelled. New Line Cinema had planned a live-action film based on
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based on a children's picture book, many additions were made to the storyline to bring it up to feature-length including some information about the backstory of the title character and reworking the story's minor character Cindy Lou Who as a main character. Most of the rhymes that were used in the book were also used in the film, though some of the lines were to some degree changed and several new rhymes were put in. The film also borrowed some music and character elements (such as the Grinch's green skin tone) that originated in the 1966 animated television special. Produced
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the Grinch, Cindy comes to invite him to celebrate Christmas at her house and he awkwardly attends. When seated down for dinner, he confesses that it wasn't really Christmas he disliked but being lonely and his bitterness over being neglected. Before carving the roast beast, the Grinch offers a toast, "To kindness and love, the things we need most." In February 2013, it was announced that Illumination Entertainment was developing a 3D animated feature film based on the Dr. Seuss book, with the working title "How the Grinch Stole Christmas", later shortened to "The Grinch". Peter Candeland and Yarrow Cheney
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The Ultraman The show was the first animated incarnation of Tsuburaya's iconic superhero Ultraman, as well as one of the earliest works of anime studio Nippon Sunrise (now known simply as Sunrise), who also worked on their now-iconic mecha series "Mobile Suit Gundam" during the same year. The Ultraman featured in this series is named , who is also called for short, and he hails from the Planet U40 (as opposed to the Land of Light in Nebula M78, where Ultra-beings usually came from). Voice by Masato Ibu in Japanese and Gary Morgan in English dub. The a branch of
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In 2008, "Horton Hears a Who!" was made into a full-length film. A CGI adaptation called "The Grinch", was released in November 2018. Whoville Whoville is a fictional town created by author Theodor Seuss Geisel, under the name Dr. Seuss. Whoville appeared in the books "Horton Hears a Who!" and "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!", however, there were significant differences between the two renditions. The population of Whoville consists of Mr. and Mrs. Mayors and all of their children and the Grinch. The exact location of Whoville seems to vary depending on which book or media is being referenced. Most,
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half of the people who were watching television were watching the special. It also received unanimous critical acclaim, and had a large legacy: according to author Charles Solomon, it established the half-hour animated special as a television tradition, inspiring the creation of numerous others, including "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" (1966) and "Frosty the Snowman", and served as an inspiration for dozens of young aspiring artists and animators, many of whom went on to work within both the comics and animation industries, among them Eric Goldberg ("Pocahontas"), Pete Docter ("Monsters, Inc.", "Up"), Andrew Stanton ("Finding Nemo", "WALL-E"), Jef Mallett ("Frazz"),
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2000, when the broadcast rights were acquired by ABC. CBS also aired several prime time animated specials based on the works of Dr. Seuss, beginning with "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" in 1966, as well as several specials based on the "Garfield" comic strip during the 1980s (which led to Garfield getting his own Saturday morning cartoon on the network, Garfield and Friends, in 1988). Two stop motion animated specials by the Rankin/Bass studio, "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" and "Frosty The Snowman" have been annual holiday staples on CBS respectively since 1972 (eight years after the special originally debuted on
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Amber Riley, but questioning the arrangements of some other tracks. The album debuted at the top position of the "Billboard" Soundtracks chart, as well as peaking at number three on the "Billboard" 200. Six of the songs on the album are heard in "A Very Glee Christmas", a Christmas episode, which aired on December 7, 2010 on Fox as the last episode for the year. The tracks are "We Need a Little Christmas", "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch", "Merry Christmas Darling", "Baby, It's Cold Outside", "Last Christmas", and "The Most Wonderful Day of the Year". The cover of Wham!'s
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where you find it now. It's one of those gems even Disney doesn't know it has. I went to a comic convention and was surprised to see its cels for sale." Fun with Mr. Future Fun with Mr. Future is a 1982 live-action/animated short film from Walt Disney Productions. An Audio-Animatronic talking-head replica of Abraham Lincoln (voiced by Phil Proctor) hosts a tour of what the future will look like. "Fun with Mr. Future" originally began development as an Epcot television special, whose crew included Darrell Van Citters, Mike Giamo, Joe Ranft, Mike Gabriel, Tad Stones, and Brian McEntee. At
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and the plot with few exceptions goes precisely where you expect. Only if the romance proves genuinely heart-stopping to young fans (maybe, the same ones who have embraced "Reign") will this one be a hit." Robert Lloyd of the "Los Angeles Times" gave the series an mixed review, saying "It's the usual dance of insiders and outsiders, mean kids and weirdos, of Sharks and Jets, Montagues and Capulets biting their thumbs at one another in the school corridor while one special guy and girl fall in love. There are the good ones and the bad ones, and the bad good
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"You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch", incorporating elements from funk, and "Christmas Train (Medley)", serving as a club remix of various Christmas songs. The final track is a remix of the song "Celebrate"; the original version had previously appeared on RuPaul's second album "Foxy Lady" (1996). Upon its release, "Ho Ho Ho" received primarily positive reviews from music critics. "Vibe"'s Shawnee Smith described the album as a "collection of reinterpretations guaranteed to lift your spirits", and commended it for its up-tempo instrumentals and ability to reverse "holiday depression". While highlighting the changes made to the songs' titles, Ken Veeder of
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at Indiana University Bloomington. Willis Pyle died at his penthouse apartment on Broadway in Manhattan, New York City, on June 2, 2016, at the age of 101. He was predeceased by his wife, Virginia Morrison, whom he married in 1946. Willis Pyle Willis Acton Pyle (September 3, 1914 – June 2, 2016) was an American animator known for his work with Walt Disney Animation Studios, including "Pinocchio" (1940), "Fantasia" (1940), and "Bambi" (1942), as well as UPA's "Mr. Magoo", where he co-created the iconic character, and the short film, "Gerald McBoing-Boing" (1950), which won an Academy Award for Animated Short
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Panhandle Scandal Panhandle Scandal is the 91st animated cartoon short subject in the "Woody Woodpecker" series. Released theatrically on May 18, 1959, the film was produced by Walter Lantz Productions and distributed by Universal International. Dapper Denver Dooley, a bandit with a price on his head, approaches the town of Rigor Mortis, Texas and sees a sign, "No Bandits Allowed," signed by "Woody Woodpecker, Marshal." He stops and asks a peon where he can find the marshal. The peon replies, "You mean the one with the red hair, the big nose, who goes 'Ha-Ha-Ha-Ha-Ha'?" The bandit says, "That's him." The
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as the misogynistic and racist Nicklear Club President and owner Mr. Hobart Hume III. Fox is well known for his portrayal of Swiss chef Fritz Brenner in the A&E TV original series, "A Nero Wolfe Mystery" (2001–2002), and the series pilot, "" (2000). He played cunning, ruthless villains in three episodes of the Canadian TV show "". One of them actually killed Micki, one of the lead characters, in the episode "Tails I live, heads you die". He also supplied the voice of the Professor in "Rupert"; King Harkinian in "The Legend of Zelda" animated series as well as ""
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