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Halloween Is Grinch Night

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Halloween Is Grinch Night
GenreComedy-horror
Written byDr. Seuss
Directed byGerard Baldwin
Voices ofHans Conried
Henry Gibson
June Foray
Gary Shapiro
Hal Smith
Irene Tedrow
Jack DeLeon
Narrated byHans Conried
ComposerJoe Raposo
Country of originUnited States
Production
Executive producersDavid H. DePatie
Friz Freleng
ProducerTed Geisel
Running time26 minutes
Production companyDePatie–Freleng Enterprises
Original release
NetworkABC[1]
ReleaseOctober 28, 1977 (1977-10-28)

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. It is a prequel to the 1966 television special How the Grinch Stole Christmas! It premiered on ABC on October 28, 1977.[2]

The special won the 1978[3] Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Program.[4]

References

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  1. "Beware of the Grinch!". The Robesonian. 28 October 1979. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
  2. Woolery, George W. (1989). Animated TV Specials: The Complete Directory to the First Twenty-Five Years, 1962-1987. Scarecrow Press. pp. 119–120. ISBN 0-8108-2198-2. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  3. "30th Emmy Awards Nominees and Winners". Emmys. Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  4. "1977–1978 Emmy Awards". InfoPlease. Retrieved 31 October 2017.

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