# Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV special)

    For the 2000 live-action film, see Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (film). For the 2018 Illumination film, see The Grinch (film).
Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas is a 1966 animated television show about a grumpy hermit who hatches a plan to steal Christmas from the Whos of Whoville.
    Directed by Chuck Jones and Ben Washam, based on the book by Dr. Seuss, with additional story by Bob Ogle and Irv Spector.

## Narrator

* Every Who down in Whoville liked Christmas a lot, but the Grinch... who lived just north of Whoville... did not. The Grinch hated Christmas — the whole Christmas season. Oh, please don't ask why, no one quite knows the reason. It could be, perhaps, that his shoes were too tight. It could be his head wasn't screwed on just right. But I think that the most likely reason of all... may have been that his heart was two sizes too small.
* And what happened then? Well, in Who-ville they say... that the Grinch's small heart grew three sizes that day! And then... the true meaning of Christmas came through, and the Grinch found the strength of ten grinches... plus two.
* [last lines] Welcome, Christmas, bring your cheer. Cheer to all Whos far and near. Christmas Day is in our grasp, so long as we have hands to clasp. Christmas Day will always be just as long as we have we. Welcome, Christmas. While we stand. Heart to heart… and hand in hand.

## Dialogue

    Grinch: Pooh-pooh to the Whos!
    Narrator: He was grinchily humming.
    Grinch: They're finding out now that no Christmas is coming. They're just waking up, and I know just what they'll do. Their mouths will hang open a minute or two, then the Whos down in Whoville will all cry, "Boo hoo". That's a noise…
    Narrator: The Grinch said.
    Grinch: …That I simply must hear!
    Narrator: So he paused… and the Grinch put a hand to his ear. And he did hear a sound rising over the snow. It started in low… then it started to grow.
    Whos: [singing] Fah who foraze. Dah who doraze. Welcome, Christmas, come this way. Fah who foraze. Dah who doraze. Welcome, Christmas, come this way. Welcome, welcome. Fah who rahmus. Welcome, welcome. Dah who dahmus. Christmas Day is in our grasp, so long as…
    Narrator: But this... this sound wasn't sad. Why… this sound sounded glad! [Whos still singing] Every Who down in Who-ville, the tall and the small... was singing... without any presents at all! He hadn't stopped Christmas from coming! It came! Somehow or other… it came just the same! And the Grinch, with his Grinch feet ice cold in the snow, stood puzzling and puzzling.
    Grinch: How could it be so? [grabs Max] It came without ribbons… It came without tags… It came without packages, boxes or bags.
    Narrator: He puzzled and puzzed till his puzzler was sore, then the Grinch thought of something he hadn't before. "Maybe Christmas…", he thought, "…Doesn't come from a store. Maybe Christmas, perhaps... means a little bit more".

## Songs
### You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch

Lyrics written by Dr. Seuss.
* You're a mean one, Mr. Grinch. You really are a heel. You're as cuddly as a cactus, you're as charming as an eel, Mr. Grinch! You're a bad banana with a... greasy black peel!
* You're a foul one, Mr. Grinch. You're a nasty wasty skunk. Your heart is full of unwashed socks, your soul is full of gunk, Mr. Grinch! The three words that best describe you are as follows, and I quote "Stink, stank, stunk!"

## Voice cast

* Boris Karloff - The Grinch / Narrator
* June Foray - Cindy Lou Who
* Dal McKennon - Max
* Thurl Ravenscroft - Singer

## See also

* How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 live-action film)
* The Grinch (2018 animated film)
* Dr. Seuss

## External links

* How the Grinch Stole Christmas! quotes at the Internet Movie Database