Halloween Is Grinch Night is an animated television special co-produced by DePatie-Freleng Enterprises and Dr. Seuss. It won the 1977 Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program. It premiered on ABC October 29, 1977.
The story takes place in and around Whoville, a town that The Grinch periodically terrorizes 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 Gr...
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Halloween Is Grinch Night is an animated television special co-produced by DePatie-Freleng Enterprises and Dr. Seuss. It won the 1977 Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program. It premiered on ABC October 29, 1977.
The story takes place in and around Whoville, a town that The Grinch periodically terrorizes 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 young bespectacled Who (a resident of Whoville) with astigmatism, goes outdoors to use the outhouse (referred to as "the euphemism" in the story), and is swept away by the wind.
On the road he encounters the Grinch, 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...
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