![]() Nor is the story of the Grinch and the people of Who-ville strictly for kids. Seuss, real name Theodor Seuss Geisel, was initially concerned that Karloff’s scary background would frighten the kids at whom the show was aimed. It premiered on CBS television, December 18, 1966.ĭr. The star here is Boris Karloff, who died three years after his appearance in Dr. No, not the Tim Burton film now-that for later consideration, perhaps. ![]() ![]() The star is not a swooning crooner in a snowscape or a luscious lady in a red-spangled Christmassy dress, but a never-seen narrator, an actor who, in his long past, became the epitome of horror films, a genre far removed from Christmas, though The Nightmare Before Christmas(1993) seems to combine the snowy holiday and Halloween with only slightly disquieting results. What about a Christmas movie? Well, not a movie-a twenty-six-minute cartoon made for TV, to be exact. Longing for a quiet Christmas escape, without Black Fridays, or even Chartreuse Wednesdays, without discounts that aren’t really discounts, a freedom from the holiday’s jostling crowds-in short, something closer to the real meaning of giving and receiving?. Their mouths will hang open a minute or two, then the Whos down in Who-ville will all cry, ‘Boo Hoo.’ ”- the Grinch ![]() “They’re finding out now that no Christmas is coming. ![]()
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