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Discover the magic of Dr. Seuss’ classic holiday tale as it comes to life on stage. Featuring the hit songs “You’re A Mean One, Mr. Grinch” and “Welcome Christmas,” The Grinch discovers there’s more to Christmas than he bargained for in this heart-warming holiday classic. Max the Dog narrates as the mean and scheming Grinch, whose heart is “two sizes too small,” decides to steal Christmas away from the holiday-loving Whos. Celebrate the holidays with the show The New York Times calls «100 times better than any bedtime story!»

Run Time: 85 minutes with no intermission.

«AN EXTRAORDINARY PERFORMANCE! 100 times better than any bedtime story.»
–The New York Times

«AN AWESOME FIRST BROADWAY MUSICAL FOR KIDS! A bright, tuneful, neatly packaged expansion of the book.»
–The Record

«A GENIUS OF A SHOW! A TOTAL DELIGHT FOR BOTH KIDS AND ADULTS. For a family on a holiday-season outing, it’s the right ticket.»
–Gannett Papers

«THE GRINCH’S TRIUMPH IS DEFINITELY BROADWAY’S GAIN. The spectacle warms the hearts of everybody.»
–The Journal News

«In heart, soul and pure entertainment, THE GRINCH HAS WICKED AND YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN BEAT!»
–Talkin’ Broadway

«Infused with the spirit of Seuss – IT’S A NEW CHRISTMAS TRADITION»
–The Philadelphia Inquirer

“THE GRINCH WILL BLOW YOU AWAY! This is awesome. Make sure you see it”
-KOST 103.5 FM

“BRILLIANT! A Grinch for the ages at the Pantages.”
-The Hollywood Reporter

“SHEER DELIGHT! Who can resist sentimentality at Christmastime? Shedding a tear or two is what brings out the humanity in all of us.”
-BroadwayWorld.com

Soundtrack

In Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical, Max the Dog narrates as the mean and scheming Grinch, whose heart is «two sizes too small,» decides to steal Christmas away from the Holiday loving Whos. The World Premiere Recording includes cast members from the original Broadway cast and features the hit songs «You’re A Mean One, Mr. Grinch» and «Welcome Christmas» from the beloved original animated series, plus a bonus recording of Where Are You Christmas from the live action Grinch movie. With additional music and lyrics by Mel Marvin and Timothy Mason, Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical breathes new life into the timeless story of the true meaning of Christmas.

THE GRINCH IS COMING TO STEAL CHRISTMAS IN A CITY NEAR YOU!

THE 2022 TOUR INCLUDEs:

MIDLAND, MI • November 16-November 20

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1. New York, NY, 2. Baltimore, MD, 3. Boston, MA, 4. Los Angeles, CA, 5. Omaha, NE, 6. Tempe, AZ, 7. Houston, TX, 8. Dallas, TX, 9. Toronto, ON, 10. Providence, RI, 11. Pittsburgh, PA, 12. Atlanta, GA, 13. St. Louis, MO, 14. San Francisco, CA, 15. Bloomington, IN, 16. Hartford, CT, 17. Richmond, VA, 18. Chicago, IL, 19. Detroit, MI, 20. Orange, TX, 21. Ft Worth, TX, 22. Cincinnati, OH, 23. Durham, NC, 24. Rochester, NY, 25. Buffalo, NY, 26. San Antonio, TX, 27. Springfield, MO, 28. Oklahoma City, OK, 29. Tulsa, OK, 30. Albuquerque, NM, 31. Birmingham, AL, 32. Salt Lake City, UT, 33. Spokane, WA, 34. Seattle, WA, 35. Costa Mesa, CA, 36. Denver, CO, 37. Worcester, MA, 38. Appleton, WI, 39. Columbus, OH, 40. Jacksonville, FL, 41. Orlando, FL, 42. Ft. Lauderdale, FL, 43. Nashville, TN 44. Midland, MI 45. New Orleans, LA 46. Cleveland, OH 47. Washington, DC 48. Utica, NY 49. Madison, WI 50. Louisville, KY

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How the Grinch Stole Christmas Poem | Sing-a-Long

How the Grinch Stole Christmas Poem | Sing-a-Long

How the Grinch Stole Christmas poem has become an enjoyable classic read to girls and boys by parents and grandparents. Put on your Grinch pajamas and sit close while you share this Christmas Dr. Seuss poem and discover how the Grinch stole Christmas…

And when you are done, do a sing-a-long with the Mr. Grinch, You’re a Mean One music video at the end of the How the Grinch Stole Christmas poem. You might also enjoy Dr. Seuss’ Welcome Christmas.

Happy Birthday, Mr. Grinch!

This year, 2016 is The Grinch’s 50th birthday! Visit his birthday page at Seussville…have some fun, play the game, send an e-card, find how you can meet The Grinch, grow your heart, and try to win 4 tickets to see How The Grinch Stole Christmas, the Musical, on Broadway.

Friday, Nov. 25, NBC with be showing Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas – don’t miss it!

How The Grinch Stole Christmas Poem

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!
Now, please don’t ask why. No one quite knows the reason.
It could be his head wasn’t screwed on just right.
It could be, perhaps, that his shoes were too tight.
But I think that the most likely reason of all,
May have been that his heart was two sizes too small.
Whatever the reason, His heart or his shoes,
He stood there on Christmas Eve, hating the Whos,
Staring down from his cave with a sour, Grinchy frown,
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.
“And they’re hanging their stockings!” he snarled with a sneer,
“Tomorrow is Christmas! It’s practically here!”
Then he growled, with his Grinch fingers nervously drumming,
“I MUST find some way to stop Christmas from coming!”
For Tomorrow, he knew, all the Who girls and boys,
Would wake bright and early. They’d rush for their toys!
And then! Oh, the noise! Oh, the Noise!
Noise! Noise! Noise!
That’s one thing he hated! The NOISE!
NOISE! NOISE! NOISE!
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!
They would feast on Who-pudding, and rare Who-roast beast.
Which was something the Grinch couldn’t stand in the least!
And THEN They’d do something He liked least of all!
Every Who down in Whoville, the tall and the small,
Would stand close together, with Christmas bells ringing.
They’d stand hand-in-hand. And the Whos would start singing!
They’d sing! And they’d sing! And they’d SING!
SING! SING! SING!
And the more the Grinch thought of this Who Christmas Sing,
The more the Grinch thought, “I must stop this whole thing!”
“Why, for fifty-three years I’ve put up with it now!”
“I MUST stop this Christmas from coming! But HOW?”
Then he got an idea! An awful idea!
THE GRINCH GOT A WONDERFUL, AWFUL IDEA!
“I know just what to do!” The Grinch laughed in his throat.
And he made a quick Santy Claus hat and a coat.
And he chuckled, and clucked, “What a great Grinchy trick!”
“With this coat and this hat, I look just like Saint Nick!”
“All I need is a reindeer…” The Grinch looked around.
But, since reindeer are scarce, there was none to be found.

Did that stop the old Grinch? No! The Grinch simply said,
“If I can’t find a reindeer, I’ll make one instead!”
So he called his dog, Max. Then he took some red thread,
And he tied a big horn on the top of his head.
THEN He loaded some bags And some old empty sacks,
On a ramshackle sleigh And he hitched up old Max.
Then the Grinch said, “Giddap!” And the sleigh started down,
Toward the homes where the Whos Lay asnooze in their town.
All their windows were dark. Quiet snow filled the air.
All the Whos were all dreaming sweet dreams without care.
When he came to the first little house on the square.
“This is stop number one,” the old Grinchy Claus hissed,
And he climbed to the roof, empty bags in his fist.
Then he slid down the chimney. A rather tight pinch.
But, if Santa could do it, then so could the Grinch.
He got stuck only once, for a moment or two.
Then he stuck his head out of the fireplace flue.
Where the little Who stockings all hung in a row.
“These stockings,” he grinned, “are the first things to go!”
Then he slithered and slunk, with a smile most unpleasant,
Around the whole room, and he took every present!
Pop guns! And bicycles! Roller skates! Drums!
Checkerboards! Tricycles! Popcorn! And plums!
And he stuffed them in bags. Then the Grinch, very nimbly,
Stuffed all the bags, one by one, up the chimney!
Then he slunk to the icebox. He took the Whos’ feast!
He took the Who-pudding! He took the roast beast!
He cleaned out that icebox as quick as a flash.
Why, that Grinch even took their last can of Who-hash!
Then he stuffed all the food up the chimney with glee.
“And NOW!” grinned the Grinch, “I will stuff up the tree!”
And the Grinch grabbed the tree, and he started to shove,
When he heard a small sound like the coo of a dove.
He turned around fast, and he saw a small Who!
Little Cindy-Lou Who, who was not more than two.
The Grinch had been caught by this tiny Who daughter,
Who’d got out of bed for a cup of cold water.
She stared at the Grinch and said, “Santy Claus, why,”
“Why are you taking our Christmas tree? WHY?”
But, you know, that old Grinch was so smart and so slick,
He thought up a lie, and he thought it up quick!
“Why, my sweet little tot,” the fake Santy Claus lied,
“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.”
And his fib fooled the child. Then he patted her head,
And he got her a drink and he sent her to bed.
And when Cindy-Lou Who went to bed with her cup,
HE went to the chimney and stuffed the tree up!
Then the last thing he took Was the log for their fire!
Then he went up the chimney, himself, the old liar.
On their walls he left nothing but hooks and some wire.
And the one speck of food That he left in the house,
Was a crumb that was even too small for a mouse.
Then He did the same thing To the other Whos’ houses
Leaving crumbs Much too small For the other Whos’ mouses!
It was quarter past dawn… All the Whos, still a-bed,
All the Whos, still asnooze When he packed up his sled,
Packed it up with their presents! The ribbons! The wrappings!
The tags! And the tinsel! The trimmings! The trappings!
Three thousand feet up! Up the side of Mt. Crumpit,
He rode with his load to the tiptop to dump it!
“PoohPooh to the Whos!” he was grinchishly humming.
“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 the Whos down in Whoville will all cry BooHoo!”
“That’s a noise,” grinned the Grinch, “That I simply MUST hear!”
So he paused. And the Grinch put his hand to his ear.
And he did hear a sound rising over the snow.
It started in low. Then it started to grow.
But the sound wasn’t sad! Why, this sound sounded merry!
It couldn’t be so! But it WAS merry! VERY!
He stared down at Whoville! The Grinch popped his eyes!
Then he shook! What he saw was a shocking surprise!
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!
And the Grinch, with his grinch-feet ice-cold in the snow,
Stood puzzling and puzzling: “How could it be so?”
“It came with out ribbons! It came without tags!”
“It came without packages, boxes or bags!”
And he puzzled three hours, 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!”
And what happened then? Well…in Whoville they say,
That the Grinch’s small heart Grew three sizes that day!
And the minute his heart didn’t feel quite so tight,
He whizzed with his load through the bright morning light,
And he brought back the toys! And the food for the feast!
And he, HE HIMSELF! The Grinch carved the roast beast!

The end of How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Mr. Grinch, You’re A Mean One Sing-a-Long

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How the Grinch Stole Christmas

How the Grinch Stole Christmas

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Christine Baranski
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Molly Shannon
Anthony Hopkins

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How the Grinch Stole Christmas (full title: Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas; also promoted theatrically as The Grinch) is a 2000 American Christmas comedy film directed by Ron Howard and written by Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman based on the 1957 book of the same name by Dr. Seuss.

Because the film is based on a children’s picture book, many additions were made to the storyline to bring it up to feature-length including some information about the backstory of the title character and reworking the story’s minor character Cindy Lou Who as a main character and bumping her age up from 2 to 8.

Most of the rhymes that were used in the book were also used in the film, though some of the lines were to some degree changed, and several new rhymes were put in.

The film also borrowed some music and character elements (such as the Grinch’s green skin tone) that originated in the 1966 animated TV special How the Grinch Stole Christmas!.

The film was produced by Howard and Brian Grazer, and starring Jim Carrey, Jeffrey Tambor, Christine Baranski, Bill Irwin, Molly Shannon, and introducing Taylor Momsen as Cindy Lou Who.

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Inside the magical snowflake, the people in Whoville enjoy celebrating Christmas with much happiness and joy, except the Grinch, who hatefully resents Christmas and the Whos.

He occasionally pulls dangerous and harmful practical jokes on them with vengeance. As a result, no one likes or cares for the Grinch. Meanwhile, a six-year-old girl name Cindy Lou believes that everyone is missing the point about Christmas by being more concerned about the gifts and festivities.

After her two brothers are scared off by the Grinch when they trespass on his domain, and she herself has a face-to-face encounter with the Grinch at the post office which he reluctantly saves her life and Cindy Lou becomes interested in his history. She then asks everyone what they know about him, and soon discovers that he has a tragic past.

The Grinch actually arrived in Whoville by mistake when he was a baby (with the identity of his biological parents being unknown), and was adopted by two elderly sisters. Although he showed some sadistic tendencies as a child, he was rather timid and not cruel as he would become.

He was bullied by his classmates (particularly by Augustus May Who, who grew up to be Mayor of Whoville) because of his appearance, with the exception of Martha May Whovier, whom both the Grinch and May Who had feelings for.

One Christmas season, when he was eight, the Grinch made a gift for Martha, but attempted to shave his face after being made fun of for having a «beard», cutting himself by accident. When his classmates saw his face covered with shaving tape and bandAGES the next morning, led by Augustus they ridiculed him.

He was so distraught and heartbroken that he lost his temper, trashed the classroom, and ran away to live on Mount Crumpit, a mountain north of Whoville.

Cindy Lou, touched by this story, decides to make the Grinch the main participant of the Whobilation, much to the great displeasure of Mayor May Who, who reluctantly agrees after pressure from the townspeople, who have been warmed by Cindy Lou’s generous spirit.

When Cindy Lou goes to Mount Crumpit and offers an invitation to the Grinch, he turns her down at first. He gradually changes his mind due to the promise of an award, the presence of Martha at the celebration and the chance to upset the Mayor.

Just as the Grinch is enjoying himself, May Who gives him an electric shaver as a present, reminding him of his awful humiliation at school. May Who then asks Martha to marry him, promising her a new car in return.

In response, the Grinch berates the Whos, and criticizes Christmas, claiming that the holiday is only about gifts that they will just dispose of later, in the hopes of making them too ashamed to celebrate the holiday.

The Grinch then goes on to ruin the party by burning the Christmas tree with a makeshift flamethrower, but his actions prove to be fruitless as the Whos have a spare tree which the Grinch sees them erect before he leaves. May Who then harshly scolds Cindy Lou for inviting the Grinch, making her feel ashamed.

The Grinch, knowing that his attack has failed to remove the Whos’ Christmas spirit, instead concocts a plan to steal all of their presents while they are sleeping.

Creating a Santa suit and sleigh with his own dog Max as a «reindeer», the Grinch arrives at Whoville, stealing all of the Whos’ Christmas gifts. He is almost discovered by Cindy Lou, but lies to her in order to get away.

On Christmas morning, the Whos discover the Grinch’s scheme, and May Who blames Cindy Lou for the whole disaster. However, her father, Lou Lou Who, the Whoville postmaster, finally stands up to him, and reminds everyone that they still have Christmas spirit, and that the true meaning of Christmas is to spend it with family and friends.

The people accept his fate and begin to sing. Hoping that the change of mood would inspire the Grinch, Cindy Lou goes to Mount Crumpit to find him.

The Grinch reveals that he intends to push the stolen gifts off the top of the mountain after he hears the Whos crying. However, instead of crying, he hears the joyful singing of the Whos.

Infuriated over the failure of his plan, the Grinch has an epiphany about what Christmas is really about: not material gifts, but spending time with loved ones, an insight that profoundly touches him, and causes his heart to grow to three times its original size.

When the sleigh full of stolen gifts begins to go over the edge of the cliff, the Grinch desperately tries to save them to no avail.

However, when he realizes that Cindy Lou has come to wish him a merry Christmas and is in danger of falling off the cliff with the sleigh, the Grinch finds enough strength to lift the sleigh, the gifts and Cindy Lou to safety.

After a long descent down Mount Crumpit, the Grinch returns to Whoville with Max, Cindy and the gifts. He confesses to the burglary, tearfully apologizes for his actions towards the Whos and surrenders himself to the police as they arrive, but the Whos reconcile with him, much to May Who’s dismay.

Martha turns down May Who’s proposal and decides that she would rather stay with the Grinch instead. The redeemed Grinch (along with Max) starts a new life with the Whos, commemorating the Christmas feast with them in his cave.

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Critical reception

Rotten Tomatoes gave the film with a rating 53%, with the critical consensus reading, «Jim Carrey shines as the Grinch. Unfortunately, it’s not enough to save this movie. You’d be better off watching the TV cartoon.» On Metacritic, the film has a score of 46 out of 100, based on 29 critics, indicating «mixed or average reviews». Roger Ebert criticized the film, referring it as «a dank, eerie, weird movie about a sour creature who lives on top of a mountain of garbage, scares children, is mean to his dog, and steals everyone’s Christmas presents,» and saying, «There should be. a jollier production design and a brighter look overall. It’s just not much fun.»

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Awards

The film garnered three Academy Award nominations, including Best Costume Design (Rita Ryack) and Best Art Direction (Michael Corenblith and Merideth Boswell), and nominees Rick Baker and Gail Rowell-Ryan won the Academy Award for Best Makeup. At the Golden Globes, Carrey was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, losing the award to George Clooney for O Brother, Where Art Thou?. The film won a Saturn Award for Best Music. However, it was also nominated for two 2000 Golden Raspberry Awards for Worst Remake or Sequel and Worst Screenplay, but lost to Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 and Battlefield Earth respectively.

Home media

The film was released on VHS and DVD on November 20, 2001. A Blu-ray/DVD combo pack was released on October 13, 2009.

Remake

Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment have announced they are working on a computer-animated remake of the film. Peter Candeland is set to direct, following the remake to The Cat in the Hat, with Illumination CEO Chris Meledandri producing and Audrey Geisel, widow of Dr. Seuss author Theodor Geisel, will executive produce. It will be released on November 9, 2018.

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Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas is my favorite of all the Christmas classics. I love the poem and the cartoon, and over the years I have noticed subtle differences between them. However, while the complete text of the original poem is easily attainable, a transcript of the cartoon special is not. So I watched the cartoon, with the text of the poem and verses from the songs on hand, in order to provide such a transcript. I organized the poem into rhyming couplets for simplicity. (I also determined that, for the cartoon, dozens of lines were modified, five lines were removed completely, and twenty or so were added.) If you catch an error or think I missed something, comment below! How the Grinch Stole Christmas Written by Dr. Seuss, published in 1957 Cartoon debuted December 18, 1966 Voice, Narrator and Grinch Boris Karloff Voice, Cindy-Lou Who June Foray Vocals, «You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch» Thurl Ravenscroft Fahoo forays, dahoo dorays Welcome Christmas, bring your light Fahoo forays, dahoo dorays Welcome in the cold of night Welcome Christmas, fahoo ramus Welcome Christmas, dahoo damus Welcome Christmas, while we stand Heart to heart and hand in hand Trim up the tree with Christmas stuff Like bingle balls and whofoo fluff Trim up the town with googoo gums And bizilbigs and wums Trim every blessed window and trim every blessed door Hang up whoboohoo bricks then run out and get some more! Hang pantookas on the ceilings Pile panpoonas on the floor Trim every blessed needle on the blessed Christmas tree Christmas comes tomorrow. Trim you, trim me! Trim up your tree with fuzzle fuzz And fliffer bloofs, and wuzzle wuzz Trim up your uncle and your aunt With yards of whoflut flay 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! Now, 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. But, whatever the reason, his heart or his shoes, He stood there on Christmas Eve hating the Whos, Staring down from his cave with a sour, Grinchy frown At the warm lighted windows below in their town, For he knew every Who down in Whoville beneath Was busy now hanging a hollywho wreath. «And they’re hanging their stockings,» he snarled with a sneer. «Tomorrow is Christmas! It’s practically here!» Then he growled, with his Grinch fingers nervously drumming, «I must find some way to keep Christmas from coming! 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! There’s one thing I hate! All the NOISE! NOISE! NOISE! NOISE! And they’ll shriek squeaks and squeals, racing ’round on their wheels. They’ll dance with jingtinglers tied onto their heels. 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. And they’ll play noisy games like zoozittacarzay, A roller-skate type of lacrosse and croquet! And then they’ll make ear-splitting noises galooks On their great big electro whocarnio flooks! Then the Whos, young and old, will sit down to a feast. And they’ll feast! And they’ll feast! And they’ll FEAST! FEAST! FEAST! FEAST! They’ll feast on Who pudding, and rare Who roast beast, Raw roast beast is a feast I can’t stand in the least! And then they’ll do something I hate most of all! Every Who down in Whoville, the tall and the small, They’ll stand close together, with Christmas bells ringing. They’ll stand hand-in-hand, and those Whos will start singing!» Fahoo forays, dahoo dorays Welcome Christmas! Come this way Fahoo forays, dahoo dorays Welcome Christmas, Christmas Day Welcome, welcome, fahoo ramus Welcome, welcome, dahoo damus Christmas Day is in our grasp So long as we have hands to clasp Fahoo forays, dahoo dorays. «And they’ll sing! And they’ll sing! And they’d SING! SING! SING! SING!» And the more the Grinch thought of this Who Christmas Sing, The more the Grinch thought, «I must stop this whole thing! Why for fifty-three years I’ve put up with it now! I must stop Christmas from coming! But how?» Then he got an idea! An awful idea! The Grinch got a wonderful, awful idea! «I know just what to do!» The Grinch laughed in his throat. «I’ll make a quick Santy Claus hat and a coat.» And he chuckled, and clucked, «What a great grinchy trick! With this coat and this hat, I’ll look just like Saint Nick!» 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 monster, Mr. Grinch. Your heart’s an empty hole. Your brain is full of spiders. You’ve got garlic in your soul. Mr. Grinch! I wouldn’t touch you with a thirty-nine-and-a-half foot pole! «All I need is a reindeer.» The Grinch looked around. But since reindeer are scarce, there was none to be found. Did that stop the Grinch? Hah! The Grinch simply said, «If I can’t find a reindeer, I’ll make one instead!» So he took his dog Max, and he took some black thread. And he tied a big horn on top of his head. Then he loaded some bags and some old empty sacks On a ramshackle sleigh and he whistled for Max. Then the Grinch said «Giddyap!» and the sleigh started down Toward the homes where the Whos lay a-snooze in their town. All their windows were dark. No one knew he was there. All the Whos were all dreaming sweet dreams without care When he came to the first little house of the square. «This is stop number one,» the old Grinchy Claus hissed, As he climbed to the roof, empty bags in his fist. Then he slid down the chimney, a rather tight pinch. But if Santa could do it, then so could the Grinch. He got stuck only once, for a minute or two. Then he stuck his head out of the fireplace flue Where the little Who stockings hung all in a row. «These stockings,» he grinched, «are the first things to go!» Then he slithered and slunk, with a smile most unpleasant, Around the whole room, and he took every present! Pop guns, pampoogas, pantookas, and drums! Checkerboards, bizilbigs, popcorn, and plums! And he stuffed them in bags. Then the Grinch, very nimbly, Stuffed all the bags, one by one, up the chimney. You’re a vile one, Mr. Grinch. You have termites in your smile. You have all the tender sweetness of a seasick crocodile. Mr. Grinch! Given the choice between the two of you I’d take the seasick crocodile! You’re a rotter, Mr. Grinch. You’re the king of sinful sots. Your heart’s a dead tomato splotched with moldy purple spots. Mr. Grinch! You’re a three decker sauerkraut and toadstool sandwich with arsenic sauce! Then he slunk to the icebox. He took the Whos’ feast! He took the Who pudding! He took the roast beast! He cleaned out that icebox as quick as a flash. Why, that Grinch even took the last can of Who hash! Then he stuffed all the food up the chimney with glee. «Now,» grinned the Grinch, «I will stuff up the tree!» As the Grinch took the tree, as he started to shove, He heard a small sound like the coo of a dove. He turned around fast, and he saw a small Who! Little Cindy-Lou Who, who was no more than two. She stared at the Grinch and said, «Santy Claus, why, Why are you taking our Christmas tree? Why?» But, you know, that old Grinch was so smart and so slick, He thought up a lie, and he thought it up quick! «Why, my sweet little tot,» the fake Santy Claus lied, «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.» And his fib fooled the child. Then he patted her head, And he got her a drink, and he sent her to bed. And when Cindy-Lou Who was in bed with her cup, He crupt to the chimney and stuffed the tree up! Then he went up the chimney himself, the old liar. And the last thing he took was the log for their fire. On their walls he left nothing but hooks and some wire. And the one speck of food that he left in the house Was a crumb that was even too small for a mouse. Then he did the same thing to the other Whos’ houses, Leaving crumbs much too small for the other Whos’ mouses! You nauseate me, Mr. Grinch, with a nauseous super «naus»! You’re a crooked dirty jockey and you drive a crooked hoss. Mr. Grinch! Your soul is an appalling dump heap overflowing with the most disgraceful assortment of rubbish imaginable mangled up in tangled up knots! 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»! It was quarter of dawn. All the Whos still a-bed, All the Whos still a-snooze, when he packed up his sled, Packed it up with their presents, their ribbons, their wrappings, Their snoof and their fuzzles, their tringlers and trappings! Ten thousand feet up, up the side of Mount Crumpet, He rode with his load to the tiptop to dump it! «Pooh-pooh to the Whos!» he was grinchily humming. «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 the Whos down in Whoville will all cry boo-hoo! That’s a noise,» grinned the Grinch, «that I simply must hear!» 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. Fahoo forays, dahoo dorays Welcome Christmas! Come this way Fahoo forays, dahoo dorays Welcome Christmas, Christmas Day Welcome, welcome, fahoo ramus Welcome, welcome, dahoo damus Christmas Day is in our grasp So long as we have hands to clasp But this sound wasn’t sad! Why, this sound sounded glad! 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! And the Grinch, with his grinch feet ice-cold in the snow, Stood puzzling and puzzling. «How could it be so? It came without ribbons! It came without tags! It came without packages, boxes, or bags!» 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! And what happened then? Well, in Whoville 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! And now that his heart didn’t feel quite so tight, He whizzed with his load through the bright morning light With a smile to his soul, he descended Mount Crumpet Cheerily blowing «Who! Who!» on his trumpet. He road into Whoville. He brought back their toys. He brought back their floof to the Who girls and boys. He brought back their snoof and their tringlers and fuzzles, Brought back their pantookas, their dafflers and wuzzles. He brought everything back, all the food for the feast! And he, he himself, the Grinch carved the roast beast! 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 grasp. Christmas Day will always be Just as long as we have we. Welcome Christmas while we stand Heart to heart and hand in hand. The song «Fahoo Forays» references the last name of the voice actress for Cindy-Lou Who, June Foray. The thread used to tie the horn to Max’s head is red in the poem, black in the cartoon. In the original poem, the Grinch lives 3,000 feet up Mount Crumpet. In the cartoon, it’s 10,000 feet. Several real-life toy items mentioned in the original poem are replaced by made-up toys in the cartoon. Thurl Ravenscroft was accidentally uncredited for his singing. Dr. Seuss tried to correct this by sending letters to newspapers across America. Ravenscroft was also the voice of Tony the Tiger. The illustrated Grinch in the poem was black and white with touches of pink, like every other illustration. Director Chuck Jones (who produced and directed countless Warner Brothers cartoons starring Bugs Bunny and his pals) decided that the cartoon Grinch should be green. Comments Page 1 of 4 [1] [2] [3] [4] (user not logged in) 12/20/2007 @ 12:15am Thank you for doing this! I don’t think they try to get rid of it. The story is much better with the artwork and/or animation, and I think they know that. The poem itself is all over the internet, and so are the lyrics to all the songs, so a transcription of the cartoon special is only natural to follow. Given that what I’ve done is simply a copy and paste of several other very public web sites, I don’t think there’s much they could do to shut this down without shutting down hundreds of other web pages. Then again, if I get a legal threat from someone who owns the rights to the original work, I’ll think differently. 🙂 You’re welcome! It only took about 40 minutes, mainly because all the source material (original poem, song lyrics) were already online. I copied the poem, copied the song lyrics, and listened to the cartoon (25 minutes long) one time through, pausing for a few moments here and there to make the changes. The most time-consuming part was splitting it into couplets and checking capitalization and spelling, which I was doing on the fly as I listened to the cartoon. (user not logged in) 12/30/2010 @ 8:00pm Minor correction Awesome, thanks. Our workband is thinking of narrating the story in the cafeteria for Xmas this year instead of the usual Xmas songs we sing. It’ll be fun to tell the story, have someone do the voices and for the band to play the ginchy tune throughout the story. (user not logged in) 12/1/2011 @ 1:29am Much appreciated (user not logged in) 12/12/2011 @ 4:21am minor corrections, and thanks! Just wanted to say thank you so much for taking the time to do this. I’m rewriting the narration and Grinch songs for a project and your transcription has been invaluable! Dr.Seuss was the king of the nonsense word. This was one of his greatest works in my opinion. It’s funny and entertaining, but a beautiful and touching story at the same time. In the midst of the humor, it’s beautiful poetry and a beautiful story. I think that he will go down as one of the greatest poets that ever lived. I found one correction, and it’s a classic example of one of his nonsense words. Subtle things like this were half the entertainment. It’s important to pay attention when listening to or reciting Dr.Seuss. You can miss things like this. «And he stuffed them in bags then the grinch very nimbly, stuffed all the bags one by one up the CHIMBLEY!» Seussblog Exploring the history, themes and inspiration of all of Dr.Seuss’ children’s books. How The Grinch Stole Christmas! Published 1957 by Random House SUMMARY: I’m sure most people are familiar with the story of How The Grinch Stole Christmas!, but many people are more familiar with the movie versions than the actual book so I’m going to write a short summary to get across the plot of the book. The story opens with: “But the Grinch, Who lived just north of Who-ville, Did NOT!” The Grinch, with a frown and pink eyes leans against a cave entrance with his hands inside of impossible pockets that seem to also be apart of his body. The unknown narrator explains that no one knows exactly why the Grinch hated Christmas, but the narrator thinks the most likely reason is that the Grinch’s heart was two sizes too small. The Grinch was annoyed and upset by the idea of the Who‘s having a lovely happy Christmas on the next day. He imaged what tomorrow will bring; all the toys, and the NOISE NOISE NOISE! The FEAST! FEAST! FEAST! with the Who-pudding and rare Who-roast beast, but worst of all is when all the Whos stand hand-in-hand and SING! SING! SING! The Grinch remebered, “Why, for fifty-three years I’ve put up with it now! I MUST stop this Christmas from coming!…But HOW?” “Then he got an idea! An awful idea! THE GRINCH GOT A WONDERFUL, AWFUL IDEA!” He made himself a Santy Claus hat and coat and grabbed his dog, Max, and tied a big horn to his head to substitute as a reindeer. Then he loaded up a sleigh with some empty sacks and made Max pull him down to Who-ville. Then the Grinch slid down the chimneys and started to steal Christmas. He took down the stockings, all the presents, and plums. He took the Who-pudding and the roast beast! While he was stuffing the Christmas tree up the chimney he heard a small voice. Little Cindy-Lou Who had wondered out of bed and stared at the Grinch and said, “Santy Claus, why, Why are you taking our Christmas tree? WHY?” The Grinch thought up a quick lie and told poor Cindy-Lou Who that he was taking everything back to his work shop to fix it up. Cindy-Lou Who believed him and he got her some water and sent her back to bed. He continued this at all the Who houses until he had taken everything! Then poor Max pulled the sleigh back up to the Grinch’s mountain. The Grinch took the sleigh to a high cliff top to dumb it over. He waited to listen for the Whos’ distress, because he knew they were just waking up and he thought they would all cry “BOO-HOO!” But instead he heard 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!” The Grinch was shocked and puzzled. He 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!” The narrator states that the Ginch’s small heart grew three sizes and he whizzed down the mountain and brought all the toys, decorations and food back to the Whos and ABOUT: Seuss explained the reason for writing the Grinch in this quote: “I was brushing my teeth on the morning of the 26th of last December when I noted a very Grinchish contenance in he mirror. It was Seuss! Something had gone wrong with Christmas, I realized, or more likely with me. So I wrote the story about my sour friend, the Grinch to see if I could rediscover something about Christmas that obviously I’d lost.” He also commented on the lack of religious influence: “I got hung up getting the Grinch out of the mess. I got into a situation where I sounded like a second-rate preacher or some biblical truism…Finally in desperation…without making any statement whatever, I showed the Grinch and the Whos together at the table, and made a pun of the Grinch carving the ‘roast beast’…I had gone through thousands of religious choices, and then after three months it came out like that.” I think this image sums it all up pretty well. HISTORY: This book is dedicated to Seuss’ namesake and great nephew, Teddy Owens. Dr. Seuss used the word “Grinch” in Scrambled Egg Super! (1953) as the name of a bald headed eagle-like bird. He used it again in “The Hoobub and the Grinch” which was a 32 line poem in the May 1955 edition of Redbook. ***That sun, let me tell you, is dangerous stuff! It can freckle your face. It can make your skin rough. When the sun gets too hot, it can broil you like fat! But this piece of green string, sir, will NEVER do that! THIS PIECE OF GREEN STRING IS COLOSSAL! IMMENSE! AND, TO YOU … WELL, I’ll SELL IT FOR 98 CENTS!” And the Hoobub … he bought! (And I’m sorry to say That Grinches sell Hoobubs such things every day.)*** How the Grinch Stole Christmas! appeared in the 1957 Redbook with a lot more color than in the published book. Seuss admitted that the Grinch was a “nasty anti-Christmas character that was really myself.” In fact, the Grinch says “for fifty three years I’ve put up with it now” and Seuss was 53 years old when he wrote the book. His step-daughter, Lark Dimond-Cates, said “I always thought the Cat…was Ted on his good days, and the Grinch was Ted on his bad days.” Seuss (aka Ted Geisel) even had “GRINCH” as his license plate. The Cat and the Hat and How The Grinch Stole Christmas! were published in the same year and made the already well known Dr. Seuss a full blown celebrity. Sales sky-rocketed and Seuss was a staple of every American child’s library. The book was turned into a cartoon animated by Chuck Jones in 1966 which brought a whole new generation of audiences into the world of Seuss. The original cover rides the line between orange and red. The only color on the inside is red and since the Christmas colors are red and green it suggests that the cover color should be red, but it is more of a deep orange. There was a metallic cover released that is clearly red to push the Christmas theme. CINDY-LOU WHO and the movies: In the book the Grinch is drawn without color except for pink eyes. Cindy-Lou only appears on 3 out of 52 (double sided) pages and is only mentioned twice. The cartoon movie elaborated on the story and made Cindy Lou-Who more prominent. It is also the first time that the Grinch is printed in green and the eyes are changed from pink to yellow. It also introduced the now famous theme song. In 2000 Ron Howard directed Jim Carrey in the live action version of How The Grinch Stole Christmas!. This version continues the green appearance and yellow eyes from the cartoon. It takes the story even further, elaborating on why the Grinch hated Christmas and even showing us some of his childhood. It also makes Cindy-Lou Who a main character introducing her whole family and creating a friendship with the Grinch. All three version keep the same theme of Christmas being more than just presents and food and they all keep the religious aspect out of the picture. FAVORITE IMAGE: I just love all of the different Whos in this picture and the curves of the table. It’s another example of how Seuss fills a page and makes you want to look at every fun little detail. FAVORITE QUOTE: The last pages have my favorite quote. It’s such a happy ending that it gives me a warm fuzzy feeling. Not necessarily because the Whos are going to get all their stuff back, but because the Grinch is now happy and wants to be with them and his heart is bigger! “And what happened then…? Well…in Who-ville they say That the Grinch’s small heart Grew three sizes hat day! And the minute his heart didn’t feel quite so tight, He whizzed with his load through the bright morning light And he brought back the toys! And the food for the feast! And he……HE HIMSELF…! The Grinch carved the roast beast!” Источники информации: http://www.nanascorner.com/how-the-grinch-stole-christmas-poem/ http://universalstudios.fandom.com/wiki/How_the_Grinch_Stole_Christmas http://ninjamonkeyspy.livejournal.com/585154.html http://seussblog.wordpress.com/2013/01/29/how-the-grinch-stole-christmas/ ← How the grinch stole christmas book How the grinch stole christmas the grinch stole christmas → Вам также понравится Кулема что это такое 23.01.202309.03.2023 admin 0 Лодка мкм что это 24.01.202311.03.2023 admin 0 Где в бийске пройти техосмотр легкового автомобиля 18.01.202310.02.2023 admin 0 Добавить комментарий Отменить ответ Ваш адрес email не будет опубликован. 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