Halloween Is Grinch Night (1977)

Name: Halloween Is Grinch Night
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Music, Fantasy, Kids & Family
Released: 1977-10-29

26m

Running Time

Plot.

When the sour-sweet wind starts blowing again, the Whos retreat to their homes because they know the Grinch will soon be a'prowlin. Young Eukariah Who has to make a trip to the Euphemism (outhouse), when the wind blows him away to a confrontation with the gruesome Grinch. Eukariah decides that the Grinch must be stopped, so he faces his fears and confronts the Grinch and his spooks.

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Details.

Release Date
October 29, 1977

Status
Released

Running Time
26m

Genres
Animation Comedy Music Fantasy Kids & Family

Last updated: 2025-01-22

This Movie Is About.

holiday

halloween

musical

based on children's book

tv special

dr. seuss

grinch

short animated film

Wiki.

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 to the 1966 television special How the Grinch Stole Christmas! It premiered on ABC on October 28, 1977. Boris Karloff, the original voice actor for The Grinch, had died and was replaced by Hans Conried, with Thurl Ravenscroft singing as he did in the original special. The songs and score were written by Sesame Street composer Joe Raposo.

The special won the 1978 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Program.