<P> In 1950 , the UPA studio brought `` Frosty '' to life in a three - minute animated short which appears regularly on WGN - TV . This production included a bouncy , jazzy a cappella version of the song and a limited animation style reminiscent of UPA 's Gerald McBoing - Boing . The short , filmed entirely in black - and - white , has been a perennial WGN - TV Christmas classic , and was broadcast on December 24 and 25 , 1955 , and every year since , as part of a WGN - TV children 's programming retrospective , along with their two other short Christmas classics , `` Suzy Snowflake '' and `` Hardrock , Coco and Joe . '' The short had previously been telecast annually on WGN 's The Bozo Show , `` Ray Rayner and His Friends '' and `` Garfield Goose , '' along with its two other companion cartoons . The three cartoons are also a tradition on WJAC - TV in Johnstown , Pennsylvania , which not only broadcasts the cartoons on their station , but also makes them available on their website . </P>
<P> In 1950 , the UPA studio brought `` Frosty '' to life in a three - minute animated short which appears regularly on WGN - TV . This production included a bouncy , jazzy a cappella version of the song and a limited animation style reminiscent of UPA 's Gerald McBoing - Boing . The short , filmed entirely in black - and - white , has been a perennial WGN - TV Christmas classic , and was broadcast on December 24 and 25 , 1955 , and every year since , as part of a WGN - TV children 's programming retrospective , along with their two other short Christmas classics , `` Suzy Snowflake '' and `` Hardrock , Coco and Joe . '' The short had previously been telecast annually on WGN 's The Bozo Show , `` Ray Rayner and His Friends '' and `` Garfield Goose , '' along with its two other companion cartoons . The three cartoons are also a tradition on WJAC - TV in Johnstown , Pennsylvania , which not only broadcasts the cartoons on their station , but also makes them available on their website . </P>
when was the first frosty the snowman made
when was the first frosty the snowman made
1950
1950