| Halloween Is Grinch Night | |
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| Genre | Animation Comedy Halloween special Fantasy Family |
| Written by | Dr. Seuss |
| Directed by | Gerard Baldwin |
| 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) | Ted Geisel |
| Running time | 26 minutes |
| Production company(s) | DePatie-Freleng Enterprises |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | ABC |
| Original airing | October 29, 1977 |
Halloween Is Grinch Night (titled Grinch Night for the sing-a-long videocasette release) is a 1977 25-minute TV special and prequel to How the Grinch Stole Christmas!. It won the 1977 Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program.[1] It premiered on ABC on October 29, 1977.
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The story takes place in and around Whoville, 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 polite little Who with a slight astigmatism, goes to use the outhouse (referred to as "the euphemism" in the story), but is swept away to Mt. Crumpit by the wind.
On the road he encounters the Grinch, who is busy picking Brickles out of his rear after failing to hunt down the "Wuzzy Woozoo". 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 being stopped a third time, the Grinch decides that he's had enough of the little 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 scared out of his wits, Euchariah bravely keeps 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; Max on the other hand, who had been abused and overworked by the Grinch, goes home with Euchariah. Back in Whoville, the residents celebrate the little Who's courage in preventing the Grinch releasing the Paraphernalia Wagon's full horrors on their 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.
The special was first released on VHS by Playhouse Video in 1989. In 1992, it was released by Random House Home Video on VHS. It was also released by VHS by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment in 1996. In 2003, the special was released on VHS and DVD from Universal Studios Home Entertainment. On October 18, 2011, the special was released on DVD by Warner Home Video under Dr. Seuss's Holidays on the Loose!, along with How the Grinch Stole Christmas! and The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat.[2]
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