How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966 TV special)

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American television special Christmas television special animated television special

How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966 TV special) is an animated television adaptation of Dr. Seuss's classic Christmas book, featuring the Grinch's attempt to steal Christmas from the Whos of Whoville.

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Label Occurrences
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966 TV special) canonical 7
You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch 2
1966 TV special How the Grinch Stole Christmas! 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American television special ⓘ
Christmas television special ⓘ
animated television special ⓘ
animationStudio MGM Animation/Visual Arts ⓘ
audioFormat mono ⓘ
authorOfSourceWork Dr. Seuss ⓘ
basedOn How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (book) ⓘ
colorProcess Technicolor ⓘ
composer Albert Hague ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Ben Washam ⓘ
Chuck Jones ⓘ
distributor CBS ⓘ
featuresCharacter Cindy Lou Who ⓘ
Max (the dog) ⓘ
The Grinch ⓘ
Whos of Whoville ⓘ
followedBy Halloween Is Grinch Night ⓘ
The Cat in the Hat (animated adaptations) ⓘ
surface form: The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat
genre Christmas ⓘ
comedy ⓘ
family ⓘ
fantasy ⓘ
hasTheme Christmas spirit ⓘ
materialism versus community ⓘ
redemption ⓘ
narrator Boris Karloff ⓘ
notableFor annual Christmas television broadcasts in the United States ⓘ
faithful adaptation of Dr. Seuss’s book ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originalNetwork CBS ⓘ
originalReleaseDate 1966-12-18 ⓘ
performedBy Thurl Ravenscroft ⓘ
pictureFormat 4:3 ⓘ
producer Chuck Jones ⓘ
Dr. Seuss ⓘ
surface form: Ted Geisel

Dr. Seuss ⓘ
surface form: Theodor Seuss Geisel
runtimeMinutes 26 ⓘ
setting Whoville ⓘ
themeSong You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch ⓘ
voiceActor Boris Karloff ⓘ
June Foray ⓘ
Thurl Ravenscroft ⓘ
writer Bob Ogle ⓘ
Dr. Seuss ⓘ
Irving Phillips ⓘ
Dr. Seuss ⓘ
surface form: Theodor Seuss Geisel

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How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film) → basedOn → How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966 TV special) ⓘ
Boris Karloff → notableWork → How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966 TV special) ⓘ
Boris Karloff → role → How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966 TV special) ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Grinch (narration and voice of the narrator)
Boris Karloff → awardReceivedFor → How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966 TV special) ⓘ
Chuck Jones → notableWork → How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966 TV special) ⓘ
Thurl Ravenscroft → notableWork → How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966 TV special) ⓘ
this entity surface form: You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch
Thurl Ravenscroft → workedOn → How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966 TV special) ⓘ
Thurl Ravenscroft → sang → How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966 TV special) ⓘ
this entity surface form: You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch
Whoville → hasAdaptationSettingIn → How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966 TV special) ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1966 TV special How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Whoville → hasMusicAssociated → How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966 TV special) ⓘ
this entity surface form: “Welcome Christmas” (from How the Grinch Stole Christmas!)
Whoville → hasMusicAssociated → How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966 TV special) ⓘ
this entity surface form: “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch” (from How the Grinch Stole Christmas!)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (book) → notableAdaptation → How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966 TV special) ⓘ
subject surface form: How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Cindy Lou Who → appearsIn → How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966 TV special) ⓘ