Halloween Is Grinch Night

Halloween Is Grinch Night
Genre	Animation Comedy
Voices of	Hans Conried Henry Gibson Gary Shapiro Hal Smith Irene Tedrow Jack DeLeon
Country of origin	United States
Production
Executive producer(s)	David H. DePatie Friz Freleng
Producer(s)	Dr. Seuss (characters)
Production company(s)	DePatie-Freleng Enterprises
Broadcast
Original channel	ABC
Original airing	October 29, 1977

Halloween Is Grinch Night is an animated television special co-produced by DePatie-Freleng Enterprises and Dr. Seuss. It won the 1977 Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program.^[1] It premiered on ABC October 29, 1977.^{[citation needed]}

Plot

The story takes place in and around Whoville, a town that The Grinch periodically terrorizes on a night known as "Grinch Night," which commences when a "Sour-Sweet Wind" blows and sets off a variety of animal calls that annoys the Grinch into terrorizing the Whos. As the story opens, the Sour-Sweet Wind is just beginning to blow when Euchariah, a young bespectacled Who (a resident of Whoville) with astigmatism, goes outdoors to use the outhouse (referred to as "the euphemism" in the story), and is swept away by the wind.

On the road he encounters the Grinch, along with the Grinch's dog Max, who is in the process of bringing a large wagon - called the "Paraphernalia Wagon" - down to Whoville. Euchariah decides to keep the Grinch from reaching Whoville by stalling him. On the first two occasions the Grinch contemptuously dismisses him by saying that Euchariah "isn't worth a first-class Grinching," but after Euchariah (inadvertently) stalls him a third time, the Grinch decides that he's had enough of the young Who and invites him to take a closer look at the Paraphernalia Wagon. When Euchariah does so, the Grinch opens up the wagon and a cloud of green smoke with Grinch-like eyes emerges and ensnares him.

Inside the wagon Euchariah is confronted by surreal imagery, numerous monsters ("members of the Un-Human Race," according to the background lyrics) and the Grinch's mocking voice. Though he is frightened, Euchariah's courage keeps him on his toes long enough for the Sour-Sweet Wind to die down, thus forcing the Grinch to pack up and retire to his cave; the dog Max, who had been abused and overworked by the Grinch, goes home with Euchariah. Back in Whoville, the residents celebrate Euchariah's courage in preventing the Grinch releasing the Paraphernalia Wagon's full horrors on the town, and up in the mountains the Grinch, who is hauling the wagon home himself, ominously notes that one day soon the Sour-Sweet Wind will blow once more, and it will be Grinch Night all over again.

Credits

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

Crew

• Directed by: Gerard Baldwin
• Written by: Dr. Seuss
• Music composed by: Joe Raposo
• Production Manager: Lee Gunther
• Produced by: Ted Geisel
• Executive Producers: David H. DePatie, Friz Freleng

References

1. ^ "1977–1978 Emmy Awards". Infoplease.com. http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0151559.html. Retrieved 18 January 2009. 

External links

• Halloween Is Grinch Night at the Internet Movie Database
• Holland, Chris; Scott Hamilton. "Stomp Tokyo Video Reviews - Halloween is Grinch Night (1977)". Stomp Tokyo. http://www.stomptokyo.com/movies/h/halloween-is-grinch-night.html. Retrieved 18 January 2009.