How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966 TV Special) (321SPONGEBOLT's version)

## OPENING TITLES

(Screen fades from black revealing the logo, "A Cat in the Hat Presentation". The Cat raises his eyebrows twice as bells ring in the background. The screen fades to black to reveal the title of the special. During the opening credits, we hear an instrumental piece of "Welcome Christmas" until screen fades to black.)

**Produced By**

**Chuck Jones**

**and**

**Ted Geisel**

**Directed By**

**Chuck Jones**

**The Songs:**

**Music by Dr. Seuss**

**Lyrics by Albert Hague**

**Additional music by**

**and orchestra conducted by**

**Eugene Poddany**

**The production was designed by**

**Maurice Noble**

**The sounds of the Grinch are by**

**Boris Karloff**

**And read by**

**Boris Karloff**

**too!**

## Act 1 Transcript Part 1 ("Welcome Christmas/Trim Up the Tree")

(Screen fades from black revealing the title once again as the camera flies down to the town square where the Whos stand around a giant Christmas tree and start to sing)

Who Chorus: ♪Fahoo forays, dahoo dorays. Welcome Christmas, bring your light. Fahoo forays, dahoo dorays. Welcome in the cold of night.♪

(Screen fades showing Whos carrying a big pine tree, while two Whos sled across)

♪Welcome Christmas, fahoo ramus. Welcome Christmas, dahoo damus, Welcome Christmas, while we stand. Heart to heart and hand in hand.♪

(We cut over to inside the Whos' house as they decorate the tree)

♪Trim up the tree with Christmas stuff like bingle balls, and whofoo fluff. Trim up the town with goowho gums and bizilbix and wums.♪

Male Chorus: ♪Trim every blessed window and trim every blessed door. Hang up whoboohoo bricks...♪

Who Chorus: ♪Then run out and get some more!♪

♪Hang pantookas on the ceilings, pile pankunas on the floor!♪

(The Jack-in-the-box springs open, and it puts the star on top.)

Female Chorus: ♪Trim every blessed needle on the blessed Christmas tree! Christmas comes tomorrow.♪

(Cindy Lou-Who picks the wreath and looks through it)

Who Chorus: ♪Trim you, trim me!♪

(Cindy-Lou Who puts the wreath on a wall next to the window, and the camera zooms out showing more Whos on the outside.)

♪Trim up your pets with fuzzle fuzz, and whiffer bloofs, and wuzzle wuzz. Trim up your uncle and your aunt with yards of whofut flant!♪

Male Chorus: ♪Trim every house in Whoville from the cellar to the roof. Hang up a mile of dafflers...♪

Who Chorus: ♪And three miles of snaffer snoof!♪

Male Chorus: ♪Hang dang-donglers on the bathtub, trim the occupant with floof.♪

Female Chorus: ♪To every home in Whoville and to every blessed Who! Christmas comes tomorrow.♪

Who Chorus: ♪Trim me, trim you!♪

♪Trim up the tree with Christmas stuff like bingle balls, and whofoo fluff. Trim up the town with goowho gums and bizilbix and wums!♪

(Camera flies up to the top of a mountain)

Male Chorus: ♪Trim up the tree with bizilbix and wums!♪♪

## Act 1 Transcript Part 2 ("Tomorrow is Christmas, it's practically here!")

Narrator: Every Who down in Whoville liked Christmas a lot. But the Grinch,

(Camera shows the Grinch and the Golden Ghost at the entrance of the mountain. The Grinch has a toothpick sticking out of his mouth.)

who lived just north of Whoville, did not! And not just him, his vile henchman, the Golden Ghost, loathed Christmas the most. The two *hated* Christmas! The whole Christmas season! Now, please don't ask why. No one quite knows the reason. It *could* be the Grinch's head (The Grinch turns his head around with his hand) wasn't screwed on right.

(Camera shows the Grinch's feet)

It *could* be, perhaps, that (the Grinch pulls one end of the back of his shoe with his finger) his shoes were too tight.

(The Golden Ghost takes out his wallet and shakes around, but finds no money.)

It could be that the Golden Ghost's wallet was too light.

(Camera slowly zooms in on their chests)

But I think that the most likely reason of all,

(Two X-ray slide over their chests from opposite sides of the screen, revealing their small hearts.)

may have been that their hearts were two sizes too small. But whatever the reason, their hearts, the ghost's wallet, or the Grinch's shoes,

(Camera focuses on the Grinch and the Golden Ghost looking down at the town of Whoville)

they stood there on Christmas Eve, hating the Whos. Staring down from his cave with with a sour Grinchy frown,

(Camera follows Max happily walking right as he comes out from the cave and watches Whoville from above)

at the warm lighted windows below in their town, for he knew every Who down in Whoville beneath was busy now, hanging a mistletoe wreath.

Golden Ghost (Looking down): Look at them, with all that cold hard cash. (Turns away) If I had all that loot, I'd make a stash.

Grinch: (Picks up Max from his collar) And they're hanging their stockings! (Shakes Max)

Narrator: The Grinch snarled with a sneer.

Grinch: Tomorrow is Christmas! It's practically here!

Narrator: Then he growled with his (The Grinch drums his fingers on Max's head) Grinch fingers nervously drumming...

Grinch: I must find some way to keep Christmas from coming!

(Screen fades to the Whos cheering as they run downstairs)

Grinch (Off-screen): For tomorrow I know all the Who girls and boys will wake bright and early. They'll rush for their toys! And then, oh the noise! Oh, the noise! Noise! Noise! Noise!

(A who walks up the stairs towards the screen drumming)

There's one thing I hate!

(Screen fades back with the Grinch on screen as two drum sticks appear)

Grinch (On-screen): Oh, the noise! Noise! Noise! Noise!

(Drum sticks fade away, and he opens his eyes. Then his eye pupils spin round and round very fast fading to the Whos riding on a train, still playing with their toys.)

And they'll shriek squeaks and squeals,

Grinch (Off-screen): racing 'round on their wheels.

(We see a Who dancing with Jing-Tinglers)

They'll dance with jingtinglers tied onto their heels.

(We see more Whos playing loud instruments)

They'll blow their floofloovers. They'll bang their tartookas. They'll blow their whohoopers. They'll bang their gardookas. They'll spin their trumtookas. They'll slam their slooslunkas. They'll beat their blumbloopas. They'll wham their whowonkas.

(A ball flies into a trumpet-like tube, and rolls out.)

And they'll play noisy games like zoozittacarzay [zoo-zit-ti-car-zay], A roller-skate type of lacrosse and croquet!

(A Who on a roller skates launches the ball into the tube with a mallet)

And then they'll make ear-splitting noises, galooks on their great big electro who-carnio flooks!

(Screen then fades to the Whos sitting at a long giant table)

Then the whos, young and old, would sit down to a feast. And they'd feast! And they'd feast! And they'd feast, feast, feast, feast!

(Camera focuses on a chef wheeling in the Who-Pudding, which almost looks like a layered cake.)

They would feast on Who-pudding,

(Camera focuses on another chef wheeling in the Roast Beast)

and Rare Who-roast-beast, which is something I can't *stand* in the least!

(A chef walks up the the table and puts down a platter and opens it, then a smaller chef walks on the table and puts down a platter and opens it, then a smaller chef walks on the table and puts down a platter and opens it, until the last chef walk up to Cindy Lou Who at the edge of the table and puts down his platter and opens it revealing an apple. Then Cindy Lou holds it in her hands.)

(The apple shrinks and reveals the Grinch's eye pupil)

## Act 1 Transcript Part 3 ("Welcome Christmas (Reprise 1)")

Grinch (On-screen): And then, they'll do something I like least of all!

(Camera fades to the town square where all the Whos gather around the Christmas tree and hold hands)

Grinch (Off-screen): Every Who down in Whoville, the tall and the small, would stand close to together, with Christmas bells ringing.

Golden Ghost (Off-screen): They'd stand hand-in-hand, and the Whos would start singing!

(Camera shows the Whos' hands ringing the bells, then cuts back the Whos as they start singing. Cindy-Lou Who doesn't sing, but she does enjoy the music as she is swayed back and forth.)

Who Chorus: ♪Fahoo forays, dahoo dorays. Welcome Christmas! Come this way. Fahoo forays, dahoo dorays. Welcome Christmas, Christmas Day.♪

(Camera flies to the right as the Whos still sing)

♪Welcome, welcome, fahoo ramus. Welcome, welcome, dahoo damus.♪

(Camera zooms out as the Whos still dance and sing around the Christmas tree)

♪Christmas Day is in our grasp, so long as we have hands to clasp.♪

(The Whos' singing fades as the screen fades to Max, enjoying the music down below.)

♪Fahoo forays, dahoo dorays...♪♪

(The Grinch and the Golden Ghost turn to Max and lean their faces closer to him as Max walks backwards in fear)

Grinch and the Golden Ghost: And they'll sing! And they'll sing! And they'll sing! Sing! Sing! Sing!

## Act 1 Transcript Part 4 ("You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch (Part 1)")

(The Grinch and the Golden Ghost face the screen scowling)

Narrator: And the more the two thought of this Who-Christmas-Sing, the more the Grinch thought...

(As the Grinch talks, Max backs away as the Grinch walks until Max touches the wall and gets covered in snow.)

Grinch: I must stop this whole thing! Why, for 53 years, I've put up with it now! I *must* stop this Christmas from coming!

Golden Ghost: But how?

(Max pops out of the snow with snow on his ears and chin, forming a Santa beard, a Santa hat, and pointed ears.)

Narrator: And then, they got an idea! An *awful* idea!

(The Grinch and the Golden Ghost look at the screen, performing their iconic smiles. The Golden Ghost blinks, with money symbols in his eyes.)

The Grinch and the Golden Ghost got a wonderful, *awful* idea!

(The Grinch grabs Max by the tail and pulls him out the snow wall as he walks back into his cave.)

Grinch: I know just what to do!

Narrator: The Golden Ghost made an elf suit with the sheets from his bed.

(The Golden Ghost's hands grab the green bed sheets and yanks them out of his coffin. In the next shot, his hand swipes the needle and spool of thread, followed by two pointed ears.)

And he stitched two elf ears to the sides of his head,

(We cut to the Grinch's scissors cutting a hat outline from a red sheet)

as the Grinch laughed in his throat. And he made a quick Santy Claus hat and a coat! And they chuckled clucked...

Golden Ghost (Off-screen): What a great Grinch-y trick!

Grinch: With this coat, and this hat, (Cuts out a shirt outline from the same red sheet with scissors) I'll look just like Saint Nick! (Pulls Max away by the leg)

(Camera fades showing Max holding a pincushion as the Grinch stitches the sleeves)

Thurl Ravenscroft (Voice-over): ♪You're a mean one, Mr. Grinch. You really are a heel.♪

(Max tilts back, but the Grinch pulls him back up.)

♪You're as cuddly as a cactus. You're as charming as an eel, Mr. Grinch!♪

(Screen fades to black, then to Max pushing the pedals of the sewing machine.)

♪You're a bad banana with a... greasy black peel!♪

(Camera shows the Grinch's hands as he pushes the cloth to the right, until the thread gets replaced with Max's tail which gets stitched into the Santa coat.)

♪You're a monster, Mr. Grinch.♪

(Max sticks his head out of a pillow with cotton in his mouth)

♪Your heart's an empty hole.♪

(Grinch swipes the cotton and stitches it into the hat. Then we cut to the Golden Ghost ringing a bell and stitching it onto his pointy green hat.)

♪Your brain is full of spiders. You've got garlic in your soul, Mr. Grinch!♪

(Camera fades to black, then cuts from black revealing Max holding a mirror with his teeth. The Grinch is looking into the mirror fully dressed while adjusting his hat.)

I wouldn't touch you with a...

(Max tilts, and the Grinch pulls the mirror back.)

♪thirty-nine-and-a-half foot pole!♪♪

## Act 1 Transcript Part 5 (Loading up the Sleigh)

Golden Ghost: (Places his hands under his ears) Perfect.

Grinch: (Turns to the Golden Ghost) All I need is a reindeer! (Grinch looks to the right)

Narrator: The Grinch looked around.

(Camera flies to the right where there is a plaque with two reindeer horns)

But, since reindeer are scarce, there was none to be found. Did *that* stop the old Grinch?

(We cut to the Grinch smiling with his hands on his hips)

No! The Grinch simply said...

Grinch: If I can't find a reindeer, I'll *make* one instead!

(Max hides under the Grinch's bed, but the Grinch pulls him out from underneath and drags him across the floor.)

Narrator: So he took his dog Max. Then he took some black thread, and he tied a big horn on top of his head.

(Grinch looks satisfied, but then is surprised. Max's head and front legs lean forward until it touches the ground, causing the Grinch to get out a saw, and saws 3 little pieces of the horn. Max's back legs then touch the ground, and Max faces the screen. The screen fades to outside and the camera follows the Grinch walking right with a pile of empty bags to load onto his sled, with the Golden Ghost carrying his empty money bags while hovering.)

Then they loaded some bags and some old empty sacks on a ramshackle sleigh, and the Grinch hitched up old Max.

(The Grinch sticks two fingers into his mouth and whistles for Max, who happily jumps onto the sled all happy getting ready to ride it.)

(The Grinch however looks at the screen looking confused, and the top of his Santa hat tilts. Then he straightens it, walks up towards Max on the sled, and picks him up, places him down in the front, and ties his collar with a rope.)

(The Golden Ghost salutes at the Grinch and he gives him a thumbs up, then the Grinch pulls out a whip.)

Then the Grinch said...

Grinch: Giddy up! (Whips Max)

Max (In Pain): YIPE! (Slides down against a wall of snow)

Narrator: And the sleigh started down toward the homes where the Whos lay a-snooze in their town.

(Max reaches the ground and looks up while lying down. In the final shot, the Grinch sticks his head from the front of the sled while angrily looking down, and the screen fades to black, going to commercial.)

## Act 2 Transcript Part 1 (Sleigh Ride)

(Screen fades from black revealing the Grinch's angry face getting closer to the screen as the sled leans towards the edge and starts to slide down the mountain, causing Max to run away from the sled, while also pulling it at the same time.)

Golden Ghost: Hey, wait for me!

(The Golden Ghost flies in a loop-de-loop downward and catches up as we cut to Max running with the sled is over him, the Grinch looks down and under the sled, but only sees the rope)

(The Grinch then looks behind him and sees Max shrugging his shoulders, then waves, and the Grinch yanks him off with the rope and Max looks down at the cliff which the two fly over.)

(Max then cartwheels and runs again, then makes a left, nearly missing the edge.)

(Then the Golden Ghost gasps in alarm and turns invisible. The Golden Ghost flies through a ramp-like slope, which the Grinch and Max ride up.)

(In mid-air, Max waves at the Grinch and then clings onto the Grinch's face as they both land back in the snow, then the Grinch struggles to get Max off of him and throws him back to the front where they both now follow the Golden Ghost.)

(The screen fades to reveal Whoville as the Golden Ghost directs the sled into the town square.)

Golden Ghost (While flying away from the screen): This way, follow me.

## Act 2 Transcript Part 2

Narrator: All their windows were dark. Quiet snow filled the air.

(Camera fades to the Grinch sneaking across the screen with the bags. The Golden Ghost flies behind his boss, while Max carries an orange ladder.)

All the Whos were all dreaming sweet dreams without care, when they came to the first little house in the square.

Grinch: This is stop number one!

Narrator: The old Grinch-y Claus hissed.

(Max runs behind the Grinch and sets the ladder up, with Max standing behind the ladder as The Grinch walks up the steps.)

And he climbed to the roof, empty bags in his fist.

(The Golden Ghost turns invisible, allowing him to fly through the wall, and we cut to the Grinch's upper torso sticking out of the chimney as he faces the screen. He raises his eyebrows and slides down. Inside the chimney, the Grinch climbs down with his feet as the camera slowly follows him downward.)

Then he slid down the chimney, a rather tight pinch. But if Santa could do it, then so could the Grinch.

(The Grinch head ends up close to his knees, but gets his head back up.)

He got stuck only once, for a moment or two,

(The Grinch's eyes are revealed in the dark fireplace, until he sticks his whole body from out of the darkness.)

then he stuck his head out of the fireplace flue where the little Who stockings all hung in a row.

Grinch: These stockings,

Narrator: He grinned.

Grinch: are the first things to go! (Gets out a magnet, and magnetizes each nail from the wall.)

(Each stocking drops into his bag, and in the next shot, the Grinch and the Golden Ghost slither across the floor like snakes. They split up into different areas, with the Grinch reaching the Christmas Tree.)

Narrator: Then he slithered and slunk, with a smile most unpleasant, (The Grinch slithers into the Christmas tree) around the whole room, and he took every present!

(The Grinch's hands pop out from the tree and swipe every item the narrator mentions)

Pop guns! And bicycles! Roller skates! Drums! Checkerboards! Tricycles! Popcorn! And plums!

(Screen cuts to Max looking at the window, then facing the screen.)

And he stuffed them in bags. Then the Grinch, very nimbly,

(Bags fly up through the chimney and land on the roof)

stuffed all the bags, one by one, up the chimbly!

(Grinch pops up from the chimney and whistles for Max, then pushes the bags off the roof.)

[SLIDE!]

(Max catches the falling bags, but they actually crush him.)

[SMASH!]

(We cut to The Golden Ghost turning visible, revealing that he's in the parents' bedroom. The room is dark, and the parents are unseen, but the Golden Ghost's shadow can be seen floating across the bed.)

As for the Golden Ghost, he slunk into the Who parents' bedroom, and hovered over their heads across the room. He stole every last dime from each of the Who boys and girls,

(The Golden Ghost's hands open a jewelry box, revealing a necklace made of pink pearls.)

He even stole their mother's necklace with pretty pink pearls.

(The money is thrown in a tiny safe and the Golden Ghost closes the door and locks it up. Then, the Golden Ghost carries the safe up the chimney flue.)

He stashed it all in his safe, and the Golden Ghost flew to the top of the chimney where he...

Golden Ghost (Facing the screen): Played it "safe".

(The Golden Ghost drops the safe while turning his head away, making look as if he dropped it on accident.)

[SLIDE!]

(Max becomes afraid and the safe crushes him)

[CLANG!]

(We cut to the Golden Ghost as he snickers and floats down the chimney)

## Act 2 Transcript Part 3 ("You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch (Part 2)")

Thurl Ravenscroft (Voice-over): ♪You're a vile one, Mr. Grinch. You have termites in your smile.♪

(The Grinch takes out a blue cane)

♪You have all the tender sweetness of a seasick crocodile, Mr. Grinch!♪

Given the choice between the two of you,

(The Grinch uses the cane as a pool cue and hits the ornament)

I'd take the um...

(The ornament bounces up and knocks each ornament off the tree as the camera slowly pans up)

♪seasick crocodile!♪

(Christmas ornaments roll into a mouse hole and roll through the pipe and enter the bag, then in another shot, Max carries the bags to the sled. The screen fades to show a fire truck, then the camera flies up revealing the Grinch removing the star on top.)

♪You're a rotter, Mr. Grinch. You're the king of sinful sots!♪

(The Grinch rolls up the rug with the presents)

♪Your heart's a dead tomato splotched with moldy purple spots, Mr. Grinch!♪

(The Grinch tosses the rug through the chimney and the camera zooms in on Max from the sky's view. The rolled up rug crushes Max and the star sticks up on top as his sparkles.)

♪You're a three decker sauerkraut and toadstool sandwich with arsenic sauce!♪♪

(Max walks up to the sled blindly and topples onto the back of it and gets out of the rolled up rug)

## Act 2 Transcript Part 4

(Screen fades to reveal Cindy-Lou Who and three Who children sleeping in bed while holding long candy canes. The Grinch's shadow walks by the yellow bedsheet, and we cut to the Grinch evilly smiling. The Grinch reveals his teeth while smiling and hides under the bedpost.)

(The Grinch's hand slides each candy cane out of each of the Who's hands from right to left, with Cindy-Lou being the last one.)

(In the next shot, the camera follows the Grinch running left out the doorway and across the hall.)

(The screen fades to the next shot where the Grinch sneaks into the kitchen, with the four candy canes now in bags.)

Narrator: The the Grinch slunk to the icebox. He took the Whos' feast!

(The Grinch throws the food out from the fridge and into the bags)

He took the Who-pudding!

(The Grinch holds the plate of roast beast and raises his eyebrows twice at the screen)

He took the roast beast!

(Screen cuts to the cans flying into an open bag)

He cleaned out that icebox as quick as a flash.

(Screen cuts back to the Grinch. In his hands is a can of Who-Hash.)

Why, that Grinch even took their last can of Who-hash!

(Footage of the bags getting thrown up the chimney and landing on the roof is reused)

Then he stuffed all the food up the chimney with glee.

Grinch: And now... (Faces the Golden Ghost)

Narrator: Grinned the Grinch.

Grinch: Let's stuff up the tree!

(The Grinch and the Golden Ghost lift the tree, but one ornament falls off and rolls into Cindy-Lou Who's bedroom. Cindy-Lou wakes up and she sees it. Then we cut back to the Grinch and the Golden Ghost trying to stuff the tree into the fireplace.)

Narrator: They both grabbed the tree, and they started to shove,

(Cindy-Lou Who's yawn can be heard in the background, catching the Grinch and the Golden Ghost's attention.)

when they heard a small sound like the coo of a dove.

(The Golden Ghost disappears as the Grinch turns around)

When his henchman disappeared, he turned around fast, and he saw a small Who!

(Cindy-Lou Who enters the room with the ornament in her hands)

Little Cindy-Lou Who, who was not more than two. The Grinch had been caught by this little Who daughter who'd got out of bed for a cup of cold water. She stared at the Grinch and said...

Cindy-Lou Who: Santy Claus, why? Why are you taking our Christmas tree? Why?

(The Grinch bites his fingers in fear)

Narrator: But, you know, that old Grinch was so smart and so slick,

(The Grinch gets an idea and his hat springs up)

he thought up a lie, and he thought it up quick!

Grinch: Why, my sweet little tot,

Narrator: The fake Santy Claus lied,

Grinch: There's a light on this tree that... won't light on one side. So I'm taking it home to my workshop, my dear. I'll fix it up *there,* then I'll bring it back *here.*

Narrator: And his fib fooled the child. Then he patted her head, and he got her a drink and he sent her to bed.

(Cindy-Lou Who walks back to her bedroom, now holding a cup of water in her opposite hand. The Golden Ghost becomes visible next to the Grinch.)

The Golden Ghost reappeared as Cindy-Lou Who went to bed with her cup, then they went to the chimney...

(The Grinch and the Golden Ghost rush back to the fireplace and successfully push the tree up the chimney flue)

and stuffed the tree up!

(The Golden Ghost flies through the wall as Grinch enters the flue next, with his hands taking the log.)

Then the last thing the Grinch took was the log for their fire. Then *he* went up the chimney, himself, the old liar. On their walls they left nothing but hooks, and some wire. And the one speck of food that he left in the house

(Camera focuses on the crumb, and a mouse walks up to it.)

was a crumb that was even too small for a mouse.

(The Grinch's hand takes the little crumb with his fingers, and the screen fades showing the Grinch climbing across the wreaths as he enters the second house's window on the left. The Golden Ghost hovers behind him.)

Then, they did the same thing to the other Whos' houses, leaving crumbs much too small for the other Whos' mouses.

(Four wreaths drop onto Max and his eyes blink three times from inside)

## Act 2 Transcript Part 5 ("You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch (Part 3)")

(Footage of the Grinch sneaking into the kitchen is reused as the final part of "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" starts playing)

Thurl Ravenscroft (Voice-over): ♪You nauseate me, Mr. Grinch,♪

(Grinch winds up each wind-up toy and they march into a bag)

♪with a nauseous super "naus"! You're a crooked dirty jockey and you drive a crooked horse, Mr. Grinch!♪

(Recycled animations of The Grinch and the Golden Ghost stealing is shown)

Your soul is an appalling dump heap

(Grinch's shadow swings over to another rooftop as the Golden Ghost's shadow flies after his boss)

overflowing with the most disgraceful assortment of deplorable rubbish imaginable!

(Grinch's recycled chimney animation is used)

mangled up

♪in tangled up knots!♪

(The Grinch sets the train tracks into an empty bag, the with train riding into the bag.)

♪You're a foul one, Mr. Grinch.♪

(Grinch dumps a box of chocolates into a bag)

♪You're a nasty-wasty skunk.♪

(The Grinch rips a roll of film out of camera and stuffs it in a sack)

♪Your heart is full of unwashed socks.♪

(Grinch licks his hand and unscrews a lightbulb)

♪Your soul is full of gunk, Mr. Grinch!♪

(Grinch opens the ice tray and ice cubes into the Golden Ghost's mouth. In turn, the ice falls through him and land in the bag.)

The three words that best describe you are as follows, and I quote,

(Grinch rips petals off)

♪"Stink",♪

[Trumpet blare]

♪"stank",♪

[Trumpet blare]

♪"stunk"!♪♪

(During the ending orchestration, the Grinch closes the Christmas tree like an umbrella.)

## Act 2 Transcript Part 6

Narrator: It was quarter past dawn...

(Grinch sneaks across and the Golden Ghost flies with full money bags in his hands)

all the Whos, still a-bed, all the Whos, still a-snooze when they packed up his sled, packed it up with their presents! The ribbons! The wrappings! The tags! And the tinsel! The trimmings! The trappings!

(Grinch whips Max and he yelps. As Max runs for his life, the Grinch keeps whipping him, even while he is buried deep in the snow. The Golden Ghost flies beside his boss.)

Three thousand [3,000] feet up! Up the side of Mt. Crumpit, he rode with his load to the tiptop to dump it.

(Max's horn is visible as he burrows through the snow, and The Grinch keeps whipping Max until they reach the top, where an ornament falls to the music.)

(Then Suddenly, Max swings across to the Grinch and the Golden Ghost and is left hanging from the rope tied to his leash.)

Grinch (While sliding down the bags): Pooh-pooh to the Whos!

Narrator: He was grinch-ish-ly humming.

Grinch: They're finding out now that no Christmas is coming! They're just waking up, I know just what they'll do! Their mouths will hang open a minute or two, then all the Whos down in Whoville will all cry "boo-hoo"!

Golden Ghost: Now won't that be rich? For the most part, we're rich!

(The Golden Ghost lets out an evil laugh while the Grinch runs to the edge of the cliff where his henchman is floating)

Grinch: (To the Golden Ghost) That's a noise,

Narrator: Grinned the Grinch...

Grinch: That we simply *must* hear!

## Act 2 Transcript Part 7 ("Welcome Christmas (Reprise 2)")

Narrator: So they paused. And the Grinch and the Golden Ghost put their hands up to their ears. And they *did* hear a sound rising over the snow.

(Camera slowly flies down and stops when we see the town of Whoville)

It started in low. Then it started to grow.

(The sun rises and the Whos gather around a bright light in the square standing hand in hand, happily singing.)

Who chorus: ♪Fahoo forays, dahoo dorays. Welcome Christmas! Come this way. Fahoo forays, dahoo dorays. Welcome Christmas, Christmas Day.♪

(Camera flies to the right as the Whos still sing)

♪Welcome, welcome, fahoo ramus. Welcome, welcome, dahoo damus.♪

(Camera zooms out as the Whos still dance and sing around the Christmas tree)

♪Christmas Day is in our grasp, so long as we have hands to clasp.♪

(Screen cuts back to the Grinch and the Golden Ghost listening in shock)

Narrator: But the sound wasn't sad! Why, this sound sounded... merry! It couldn't be so! But it *was* merry! VERY! They stared down at Whoville, and the Grinch popped his eyes! Then he shook! What they saw was a shocking surprise!

(Cutting back to the Whos, the light surrounding them rises.)

Every Who down in Whoville, 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!

(Screen cuts back to the Grinch and the Golden Ghost facing the screen angrily. The camera pulls away from them, revealing Max dangling.)

And the Grinch, with his Grinch-feet ice-cold in the snow, stood puzzling with his henchman.

Grinch (Mad): How *could* it be so? (Grabs Max's wrist and yanks him to his eye-level) It came without ribbons! (Looks at the Golden Ghost as he rants)

Golden Ghost (Mad): It came without tags!

(The Grinch and Golden Ghost face each other in realization)

Grinch and Golden Ghost: It came without packages, boxes, or bags!

Narrator: And they puzzled three hours... until their puzzlers were sore.

(The Grinch and the Golden Ghost's eyebrows then revert from anger to sad)

Then, the Grinch thought of something he hadn't before.

Grinch: (Starts feeling sad and guilty) Maybe Christmas...

Narrator: He thought.

Grinch (Sadly): Doesn't... come from a store. Maybe Christmas... perhaps... means a little bit more!

(The Grinch releases Max's arm and softy weeps in regret)

Golden Ghost (Sadly): What were we thinking?

## Act 2 Transcript Part 8 (Ending)

(The weight of the sleigh starts to sink, but the Grinch stops crying as he watches the sled in shock.)

Golden Ghost (Shocked): The sled! It's sinking!

(The Grinch runs up to Max and grabs him, and starts to pull. Then the Golden Ghost pulls the Grinch, until Max slides out of his leash leaving all three of them with their legs sticking out of the snow bank.)

(The three stick their heads out of the snow, and they rush over to the sled. In the process, the Grinch dives forward and grabs onto one part of the sled, and Max pulls the Grinch as he bites the jacket with his teeth.)

(The camera pulls away from Mt. Crumpit and we cut to the Golden Ghost noticing the Christmas lights dangling from one bag. He flies to the lights and uses the cord as a lasso, lassoing the safe full of money, then the Golden Ghost flies to the front of the sleigh and starts pushing to help the Grinch.)

Narrator: And what happened then? Well,

(X-ray slides over the Golden Ghost's heart and the Golden Ghost's heart grows two sizes)

from what I've been told, the Golden Ghost grew a heart of gold.

(The Golden Ghost's heart brightens up as it grows until it turns to gold. The Golden Ghost smiles and pushes the sled again. The screen cuts to a close-up of the Golden Ghost's arms as he grows muscles. Then we cut to Grinch struggling as he is slowly dragged down the hill, until he suddenly stops, thanks to the Golden Ghost.)

But what happened next? In dear old Whoville they say,

(X-ray slides over the Grinch's heart, and it grows until it breaks the X-ray.)

the Grinch's small heart grew three sizes that day.

(After the heart breaks the X-Ray open, the Grinch smiles at the screen.)

And then, the true meaning of Christmas came through.

(The Grinch lifts the sled with his strength in front of the rising sun)

And the Grinch found the strength of ten Grinches, plus two!

(A fanfare is heard as the Grinch and the Golden Ghost shine on the top of the mountain, then in the next camera shot, the Grinch stands on the sled blowing a trumpet. The Golden Ghost flies in front of him, directing the sleigh.)

And the minute their hearts didn't feel quite so tight, they whizzed with their loads through the bright morning light. With a smile to his soul, the Grinch descended Mt. Crumpet, cheerily blowing "Who! Who!" on his trumpet.

(The Grinch blows his trumpet and he, Max, The Golden Ghost, and the sled enter the town square, and the Whos cheer. In the next shot, the Christmas decorations and the star are thrown back onto the Christmas tree in the middle of town.)

(Afterwards, we see the Golden Ghost opening up his safe for the Whos to collect their stolen money.)

And the Golden Ghost gave the Whos back their the money, which he now cared about the least.

(We cut to Max throwing toys and food out of the sacks)

And he and his boss brought back the toys and the food for the feast!

(Screen fades into the dining room where the Grinch cuts off a piece the roast beast)

And he, he himself, the Grinch carved the roast beast!

(Cindy-Lou Who hands a slice of the roast beast to Max and pats his head)

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.

(Camera starts zooming out of the dining room with the Whos enjoying their roast beast, and the Golden Ghost is in the background enjoying the Who-pudding.)

Christmas Day will always be, just as long as we have we.

(Camera fades outside and zooms out from a window)

Welcome Christmas while we stand, heart to heart and hand in hand.

(The footage of the screen flying up to Mt. Crumpit is reused, this time, with the screen flying up to the sky as it snows. The subtitle, "THE END" fades into the middle of the screen, until the screen fades to black.)

## Act 2 Transcript Part 9 (Credits/"Welcome Christmas (Finale)")

Who Chorus: ♪Welcome Christmas fahoo ramus. Welcome Christmas dahoo damus.♪

♪Welcome Christmas while we stand, heart to heart and hand in hand.♪

♪Fahoo forays, dahoo dorays. Welcome, welcome, Christmas,♪

(The logo "A Cat in the Hat Presentation" is revealed and shows the Cat raising his eyebrows twice)

♪Christmas,♪

(The screen fades to the MGM Television logo)

♪Day!♪♪

(MGM lion roars at the screen and the screen fades to black on the ending note)