How the grinch stole christmas the grinch stole christmas
How the grinch stole christmas the grinch stole christmas
How the grinch stole christmas the grinch stole christmas
How The Grinch Stole Christmas
Every Who
Down in Who-ville
Liked Christmas a lot.
But the Grinch,
Who lived just North of Who-ville,
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 that his head wasn’t screwed on quite 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.
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 Who-ville beneath
Was busy now, hanging a mistleoe 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 a way to keep Christmas from coming!»
For, tomorrow, he knew.
. All the Who girls and boys
Would wake up 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 start 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 Who-ville, 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 the 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.
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’ll 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 top of his head.
THEN
He loaded some bags
And some old empty sacks
On a ramshakle sleigh
And he hitched up old 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. Quiet snow filled the air.
All the Whos were all dreaming sweet dreams without care
When he came to the first house in 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 little 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 he 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
The 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 a-snooze
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 Mount Crumpit,
He rode to the tiptop to dump it!
«Pooh-pooh to the Whos!» he was grinch-ish-ly 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
«The all the Whos down in Who-ville will all cry BOO-HOO!»
«That’s a noise,» grinned the Grinch,
«That I simply must hear!»
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.
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 Who-ville!
The Grinch popped his eyes!
Then he shook!
What he saw was a shocking surprise!
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: «How could it be so?
It came without 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 Who-ville 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!
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How the Grinch Stole Christmas
[The review starts with opening credits much like the Grinch cartoon, with pictures from the Grinch movie showing while The Critic does a parody of Boris Karloff’s narration]
NC: Why would shoes affect how I feel about something? I-I don’t get that.
Narrator: (voiceover) But the most likely reason of all, I should think, is the Grump thought his brain was two sizes too big. But whatever the reason you might want to pick, the Grump spent his time HATING the flick. Staring down with a grumpy Grump frown, he never got what pleased all the people in town.
NC: Can’t they see—
(Clips from ‘The Grinch’ are shown)
(Brief cut back to the clips)
NC (voiceover): Seuss was never child friendly!
(Cut back to the Nostalgia Critic)
Narrator: (voiceover) And the more the Grump thought how this movie could stink, the more the Grump thought.
NC: [throws movie on the floor] I must stop this whole thing! Why, for 11 damn years, I put up with it now! I must stop Christmas from sucking. But how?
[Cuts to the movie that’s on the floor and back to NC)
Narrator: (voiceover) And then, The Grump got an idea, an awful idea. [as the Critic does a scarily good imitation of the Grinch’s evil smile] The Grump got a wonderful, awful idea.
NC: I know what to do!
[Cuts to the Critic who is sitting in his chair with movie in hand]
Narrator: The Grump said sitting tall.
NC: If I can’t enjoy it, I’ll RUIN IT for them all! A critique of this stinker is just what they need, I’ll tell them the truth, MY WORDS must take heed!
[Opening title from the movie is shown]
NC (voiceover): So, come on, you pansies, let the bashing begin!
NC: Stop smoking that Who-Hash, and let us dive in.
[Opening footage from the movie is shown]
NC (voiceover): So, this world we discover takes place on a flake.
[Back to NC with a snowflake falling, NC crushes it, man screaming sound effect is heard]
NC: Trust me, I did them a favor, for God’s sake.
(Back to the movie)
NC (voiceover): We see the Whos in Whoville are merry and bright, many of them you’ll be seeing in your nightmares tonight. Seriously, these Whos are freaky as hell. Were their mothers all pregnant when they fell down that well?
[In the movie, we first see Cindy Lou Who, talking with her father]
Cindy Lou Who: Dad?
Cindy Lou Who: Doesn’t this seem like a bit much?
Lou Lou Who: This is what Christmas is all about!
NC (voiceover): But we see our main innocent and, of course, her dad, too. This is Cindy-Lou Who, who is no more than two. welve, but we’ll give them a little leeway.
Cindy Lou Who: Everyone’s getting all kerbobbled. Doesn’t it seem. superfluous?
NC: Good God, kid, did someone put your hair in a blender? It looks like the penis-do from the film Last Airbender.
(Picture of what he mentions is shown, Cut back to film, where we are introduced to the Grinch)
Grinch: I guess I could use a little. social interaction.
NC (voiceover): We then see the Grinch, the epitome of cruel. And, yes, to be fair, that makeup is pretty cool. He looks just like the Grinch, despite the film’s flaws. But, hey, it could be worse, they could have given him cat claws.
Grinch: I merely noticed that you were improperly packaged, my dear.
NC (voiceover): So, as you’d guess, he hates Christmas to a T. And so would I if I lived in this town constantly. For Whoville looks dirty and kind of polluted, there’s smog everywhere, and the colors are muted. The wide angle makes things look strangely intense, and is it me or did someone rub Vaseline on the lens?
(A picture of Vaseline is shown)
Lou Who: What happened to you?
Stu Who: It was the Grinch!
(Everyone stops what they’re doing, cars crash, etc.)
NC (voiceover): And the constant camera movement has gotta be the worst. There’s more Dutch angles here than in Battlefield Earth! (Quick clip from Battlefield Earth plays, cut back to ‘The Grinch’) This doesn’t look magical, it’s ugly and heinous! This isn’t Christmas time, it’s Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas! (Poster from the movie of same name shows and goes back to NC)
NC: But, at least we know the Whos have Christmas spirit in check.
Betty Lou Who: Well, I’d blow every fuse if I tried to keep up with you, Martha May.
(Cut to Martha May, using a gadget to put on her lights)
NC (voiceover): Uh, no, strike that; they’re as phony as Glenn Beck.
Martha May: Isn’t this antique darling?
NC (voiceover): For you see, these Whos are competitive and beyond materialistic. (as clip from the 1966 Grinch plays) A town that just loves the spirit? [Scoffs] I guess that was unrealistic. For these Whos are corrupted and commercial to the max. But don’t worry, it’s just a story arc written by talentless hacks.
Martha May: Well, good night, Betty.
NC (voiceover): And, geesh, is it me or are the decorations really bright?
Aunt Bethany: Is your house on fire, Clark?
Clark W. Griswold: No, those are Christmas lights.
(Cut back to the movie as Cindy Lou Who starts to sing «Where Are You, Christmas?»)
Cindy Lou Who: (singing) Where are you, Christmas?
NC: (groans, annoyed) Really? We’re letting the brat sing here?
NC (voiceover): It sounds like something that came out of Charlotte Church’s rear.
Cindy Lou Who: (singing) My world is changing, I’m rearranging.
NC (voiceover): But don’t get me wrong, I’m sure she’s trying her best. But we need this song like we needed one in Polar Express. (as the short clip from The Polar Express plays, cut back to The Grinch) It’s pointless, unneeded, and doesn’t sound good.
[Cut to several scenes of the Grinch]
Grinch: (singing) Be it ever so, uh, heinous.
NC (voiceover): Aaaand speaking of things that should be avoided if they could.
NC (voiceover): (sighs) I give Carrey credit, this role can’t be easy. To act in green latex is probably not breezy.
Grinch: Hate, hate, hate, hate, hate, hate, double hate, (short pause) LOATHE ENTIRELY!
NC (voiceover): But, GOD, is he annoying! I’m sorry, but it’s true! Is there a law to how much mugging a single person can do?
Grinch: What if it’s a cash-bar? How dare they? Alright, I’ll go, but I’ll be fashionably late.
NC (voiceover): (sighs) Just because you can make faces doesn’t mean that you should. Can’t you once say a line like a normal person would?!
(Grinch acting and sounding like he’s dying)
NC (voiceover): (sighs) Didn’t you take anything from the great Boris Karloff? You sound like Sean Connery if his nostrils just fell off!
Grinch: Those Whos are hard to frazzle, Max! But we did our worst, and that’s all that matters.
(Cut to clip of Sean Connery from SNL’s Celebrity Jeopardy played by Darrell Hammond)
Sean Connery: Only on account of villainy.
(Cut back to the film)
NC (voiceover): But little Cindy Lou wants to find out about him. If I was her, I’d avoid him at every single whim.
Cindy Lou: Where did he come from?
Clarnella: Oh, well, he came the way all Who babies come. [On calm nights, baby Who girls and tiny Who fellas drift from the sky in their own Pumbercellas.]
Baby Grinch: (cries out as he lands)
NC (voiceover): So we see the Grinch as a small little baby. That, or, perhaps, a young Gary Busey maybe. As he grows up even older and we see school’s at hand. He looks like Gizmo if he was thrown in the washer with a green crayon.
Martha May Who: Although I hardly remember him. I didn’t have time to socialize. (cut to young Martha May licking a lollipop, looking at young Grinch) I was far too busy with my. (beat) studies.
NC (voiceover): We see a girl who likes him, [I] guess she has a thing for green, too.
NC: (leans in toward camera) You think that’s weird? I know a chick who has a thing for blue.
(Picture of Lindsay Ellis a.k.a the Nostalgia Chick along with a picture of Nightcrawler from X-Men are shown. Cut back to the movie)
Augustus MayWho: You don’t have a chance with her, you’re 8 years old, and you have a beard!
(Class starts laughing and pointing fingers at him)
NC (voiceover): So the Grinch was made fun of for being so damn hairy. Boy, who’d’ve thought the guy from Passions (Picture of the young Grinch’s actor, Josh Ryan Evans, is shown) would be more subtle than Jim Carrey?
Young Grinch: What a lovely family heirloom!
NC (voiceover): So, he makes her a gift out of all that he saved, but then he thinks that maybe he should give himself a shave. So, he goes ahead and shaves his chin and it leaves a couple knicks, and for some reason, that gets the class laughing all like hicks.
Young Grinch: (walks up to the front of his desk where he had put Martha May’s gift and throws it to the wall) STUPID PRESENT!
NC (voiceover): Is it me or are the Whos just WHO-rrible creatures? They show us the true meaning of Christmas in this feature? Even the teacher is laughing! Dude, what’s up with that? It’s not that funny, lady, she’s as contrived as those brats!
(Cut to the Grinch climbing up Mount Crumpit)
Young Grinch: I hate Christmas! I HATE IT!!
(Back out from young Grinch and dissolve to the Grinch of now with Anthony Hopkins’ narration following)
Narrator (movie): So, whatever the reason, his heart or his shoes, he stood outside his cave, hating the Whos.
NC: Wait a minute! «Whatever reason»?? Dude, are you high.
(Cut back to movie)
NC (voiceover): THEY JUST TOLD YA THE REASON, YA DUMB STUPID GUY!! It’s because he was mocked all the way from the start!
NC: What, did you just fall asleep at that part.
(Back to the movie)
NC (voiceover): So, they look for a ringleader, a «Cheermeister» they say, to take on the role just before Christmas Day.
Cindy Lou Who: «The Cheermeister is the one who deserves a backslap or a toast, and it goes to the soul at Christmas who needs it most.» And I believe that soul is the Grinch.
Other Whos: She’s right.
(They applaud her)
NC (voiceover): So, Cindy tells the Grinch in his Grinchy Grinch lair— Dude, do her parents ever accompany her anywhere?
Grinch: HOW DARE YOU ENTER THE GRINCH’S LAIR?! THE IMPUDENCE! THE AUDACITY! THE UNMITIGATED GALL! Another unmistakable sign of the heebie-jeebies! Now, you’re doomed!
NC (voiceover): (sighs) So if you’re a strange person, for one reason or another, who likes to watch men act like Snarf’s deformed brother, then this scene’s for you. I’m so filled with glee. Now, please, never make eye contact with me.
Grinch: WHAT DO YOU WANT.
Cindy Lou Who: (confidentially) I came to invite you. to be «Holiday Cheermeister.»
NC (voiceover): So, the Grinch heads on down, he’ll be glad that he did. Because this scene happens.
(Scene of Grinch landing on Martha May’s chest shows, Cut back to NC)
NC: (sarcastically) You know, for kids!
NC (voiceover): So, they force him to party and have a good time, but one certain present starts to eat at his mind. A razor, it appears to have dampered his cheer. It didn’t make sense then and it really doesn’t here.
Grinch: This whole Christmas season is. stupid! Stupid! STUPID! (Cut to the Grinch holding, you guessed it) Mistletoe. Now, pucker up and kiss it, Whoville! Boiiiiiiiiinggggg! (waggles a bit of mistletoe over his backside)
NC (voiceover): Dr. Seuss would be proud, this is what he intended: Mistletoe butts for moms to get offended! And Jim Carrey’s range once again is in stock! Can you believe he used to talk from his ass? I’m shocked!
(Cut to Grinch breathing fire on the Christmas tree in town as the Whos run in terror)
NC (voiceover): So, the Grinch goes crazy and starts attacking the folks.
Grinch: Taxi! (Cab drives by him) It’s because I’m green, isn’t it?!
NC: Okay, that’s a good joke.
NC (voiceover): He takes all his antics and goes all the way.
(Grinch is shown running from the exploding car and yelling)
NC (voiceover): There’s an explosion in The Grinch. (beat) Who directed this? Michael Bay?
(Cut to the carnage the Grinch left)
Mayor: I’m hurt, Lou. I’m hurt, and I don’t hurt easily.
NC (voiceover): So, he didn’t steal Christmas, more assassinated it, when we FINALLY get the plot that the writers had procrastinated. He wants to steal Christmas after Santa gets moving. Wait, Santa’s in this movie? That’s a little confusing. But no matter, he gets his stuff and starts to head down to visit the sleeping Whos in their quiet little town.
(Grinch is shown flying down in his rocket-powered sleigh and screaming)
NC (voiceover): (sighs) At the risk of sounding incredibly droll. D’oh, I can’t help it!
Peppy Hare: Do a Barrel Roll!
(Grinch starts stealing all the gifts while laughing)
NC (voiceover): So, this stuff is actually pretty close to the book. Yeah, I know. I guess someone actually did take a look.
Cindy Lou Who: Santa Claus? What are you doing with our tree?
Narrator (movie): But you know, that old Grinch was so smart and so slick.
NC (voiceover, as the narrator): And thankfully, Cindy was as dumb as a brick!
Cindy Lou Who: Santa, what’s Christmas really about?
Grinch: (popping his head out of the tree) VENGEANCE. I mean, presents.
Narrator (movie): Then he patted her head and he got her a drink and he sent her to bed.
Cindy Lou: Santa?
Cindy Lou: Don’t forget the Grinch.
NC (voiceover): Odd, seeing as the Grinch is someone she knows. But it fooled her in the book, so I guess we’ll let it go. But here’s a scene I simply cannot let fly. It’s when the Grinch sees the Mayor’s house and needs to drop by.
Mayor: (asleep) Martha, have you ever kissed a man whose lost his tonsils twice?
Grinch: (female voice) No, silly! (Mayor kisses the air as The Grinch picks up Max) But it’s an experience that I’ve always longed for. Kiss me, you fool!
(He then proceeds to put Max’s rear onto the Mayor’s lips resulting in Max getting bug-eyes and wiping his butt on the floor and the Mayor is shown with a smile on his face)
(Cut to NC with a disgusted look on his face)
NC: (disgusted) Really, film? Really? You had to go there?
(Cut back to the movie)
NC (voiceover): The Arrested Development guy kissing a dog’s derrière? Did your five-year-old decide to start writing this part? (as a little kid) «Kissing dog’s anuses? Ha-ha! This is high art!»
NC: (normal) Now, just to clarify: This is the Christmas classic you all love?
(once again, cut back to the movie)
NC (voiceover): A dog’s ass? A guy’s lips pleasantly shoved? Have you gone crazy or totally insane? How can this scene cause none of you pain!? What the hell would PETA say for this little canine?
NC: Oh, hell, as long as he’s not wearing a Tanuki suit, it’s fine.
NC: (voiceover) So as the film promised, he steals the holiday, which puts all the Whos in alarming dismay.
Mayor Augustus: (yelling) Invite the Grinch, destroy Christmas! (chuckles) You choose to listen to a little, not-to-be-taken-seriously. (stops and looks at Cindy Lou with serious eyes) girl.
NC: (voiceover) It takes them a while, oh, five minutes or more, to realize that Christmas doesn’t come from a store.
Lou Lou Who: I’m glad he took our presents. (Crowd looks at Lou in shock) You can’t hurt Christmas, Mr. Mayor, because it isn’t about the-the gifts. (Crowd awes) I don’t need anything more for Christmas than this right here, (walks toward his wife and children and they go to him) my family. (Cindy Lou hugs her father as everyone says Merry Christmas to each other)
NC: (voiceover) You know, I kinda like the original, (cut to 1966 cartoon version) yeah, I know, big surprise, but it made sense that they already knew where Christmas lies. For nothing could dampen it, and that was uplifting. (cut back to movie) Here, there’s blaming and yelling before they start shifting. The message is there, but it doesn’t stand as tall. And if you can’t remake it better, WHY REMAKE IT AT ALL.
(Cut to the Grinch)
Grinch: Maybe Christmas. perhaps. means a little bit more.
(He suddenly feels a thump in his heart, flies back into some rocks, and starts acting crazy)
NC: (voiceover) Wow. Way to ruin such a touching little scene. Good God, for a moment, I almost saw a subtlety!
(The Grinch starts sobbing)
NC: (voiceover) That’s right. Keep yelling. Make faces like a whore. It’s lasted the whole movie, we can take a bit more!
(The Grinch then sees a light in the sky)
NC: (voiceover) So, God’s in this movie? Well, that I didn’t know. Does he say.
(Clip from The Truman Show)
Christof: I am the creator of a television show.
Cindy-Lou Who: Hi, Mr. Grinch!
NC: (voiceover) So with a smile from Cindy and a. pedo-smile from him, he brings the gifts back and the town lets him in. He hands back the presents and everyone is happy. Only one other thing could make this ending more sappy.
Martha May: My heart belongs to. someone else.
NC: (voiceover) The girl all grown up wants to DATE him now. See? Because. once you’ve gone green, there’s nothing in-between? So, Christmas is as high as anybody reaches, and the Grinch carves the beast made from fresh roasted Sneetches.
Grinch: WHO WANTS THE GIZZARD?!
Grinch: TOO LATE! That’ll be mine.
(We fade out from the Christmas feast to show Mount Crumpit as the movie ends)
[Clips from the movie are shown as NC speaks]
NC: (voiceover) The original was fine, spend your time watching that, [it’s] much better than this horrifying crap in a hat! It’s downright unpleasant, unbearable, unfunny, nothing in this movie seems colorful or sunny! It’s not fun to look at, it’s not fun to watch. How on Earth did this classic get so goddamn botched?
NC: I really hate this movie, and you know what? So should you! I’m the Nostalgia Critic. I remember it so you don’t have to!
(The Critic then runs down the hall and types at his computer)
Narrator: (voiceover) Said the Grump, uploading his hit.
NC: They’re finding right now that this movie is shit! They’re watching right now, I know just what they’ll do! Their mouths will hang open for a moment or two, and then, they’ll cry, «The genius of You-Know-Who!» Now those are reactions that I simply must read!
Narrator: (voiceover) He went to the comments to take a look and see. But the reactions he got didn’t seem very sad. If anything, these reactions seemed rather. glad.
(He then sees all the positive comments from people who genuinely like the movie. The comments include, «I liked the Grinch. DON’T JUDGE ME!», «I actually like the Grinch», «I should explain WHY I like the Grinch movie», «The Grinch is actually a masterpiece», «I actually quite like the Grinch. I guess you could call that my guilty pleasure.», «OH CRITIC, BUT I LOVE GRINCH», and «The Grinch? But that’s a great movie!»)
Narrator: (voiceover) They still loved the movie from beginning to end. There was no one to anger, upset, or offend.
(Clips from the movie are shown once more)
Narrator: (voiceover) He didn’t stop the people from liking it. They loved it. Somehow or other, it was still just as beloved.
(NC puts his hand on his cheek in dismay)
Narrator: (voiceover) And the Grump, feeling like he’s been horribly conned, sat puzzling and puzzling.
NC: WHAT THE HELL’S GOING ON. They like Mistletoe butt! (clip of that is shown) They like boobs being harassed! (clip from that is also shown) They like seeing a PERVERT KISS A DOG’S ASS! (Lastly, the clip for that is shown)
Narrator: (voiceover) He puzzled and he puzzled til his puzzler was sore. Then the Grump thought of something he hadn’t before. Just because he hates something doesn’t mean others should. He could share, not force, his opinion like others would. For it’s all our different outlooks that makes us people grow and everyone is different like every flake of snow. For different points of view could exist for a reason: to learn about one another and to make each other decent.
[Just as NC is realizing this. ]
NC: Nah, I’m right, they’re wrong!
[He gets up and leaves]
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Answer: Mount Crumpit
Mount Crumpit is just North of Whoville. The Grinch has lived there since he was only eight years old.
Carrey, born on January 17th, 1962 in Newmarket, Ontario, Canada, was cast as The Grinch when he was older. The Grinch hated Christmas and lived on top of Mount Crumpet in Whoville, isolated from the rest of the townsfolk. The Grinch had a way of getting to Whoville by going through a secret passageway connected to a dumpster in town. Midway through the movie, The Grinch went down to Whoville one day but was embarrassed by the mayor so he went back up to his home on Mount Crumpet. The Grinch came up with a plan to steal Christmas by stealing everyone’s presents. In one scene during his plan to steal Christmas, Cindy Lou Who encountered him and asked him why he was taking her Christmas tree. The Grinch lied and stated there was a light on the tree which would not light so he would take it to his workshop, fix it and bring it back. After he took all the Whoville residents’ belongings, he was shocked when the townsfolk were still joyful after noticing everything was stolen. The Grinch eventually got over his hatred for Christmas and became a goodhearted person. Carrey starred in the movies «Once Bitten», «Earth Girls Are Easy» and «The Truman Show».
Answer: His school classmates laughed at him when he tried to shave his chin.
He’s hated Christmas since he was born. When he was a baby, he ate a Santa plate. It could be because he had a crush at school and made her a homemade angel for her tree. Then he looked into the mirror and remembered a kid saying, «You’re eight years old and you have a beard.» The kids at his school made fun of and laughed at his «shaved» face, which happened around Christmas time. He got angry and ruined the classroom and threw their Christmas tree across the room.
Answer: Taylor Momsen
Momsen, a native of St. Louis, Missouri, portrayed Cindy Lou Who. Cindy was a young girl who knew about The Grinch’s hatred for Christmas and wondered why he hated the holiday. She sought off on a journey to interview people who knew The Grinch over the years to see if she could decipher just why she hated him. When it came time to put on a show called «The Whobilation», the townsfolk had to nominate a beloved someone to head it and Cindy Lou Who said The Grinch should head the celebration. The townsfolk reluctantly agreed after Cindy Lou Who persuaded them, and so she went to Mt. Crumpet to get The Grinch to come down and celebrate with them. Cindy was disappointed when The Grinch went on a rampage after the mayor embarrassed him by reminding him of a traumatic memory from childhood. Near the end of the movie, Cindy Lou Who went up to Mt. Crumpet to see The Grinch and he asked her what she was doing there. She responded that she went to see him since nobody should be alone on Christmas. Momsen was seen in the films «Saving Shiloh», «Paranoid Park» and «Spy School».
The Grinch says this because a taxi passes him by and he’s being sarcastic because he’s just caused a whole bunch of destruction at the Who-bilation. The Grinch is green so this is why he makes this statement.
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
The Grinch:
That’s what it’s all about, isn’t it? That’s what it’s ALWAYS been *about*! Gifts. Gifts. Gifts, gifts, gifts, gifts, gifts, gifts! You wanna know what happens to your gifts? They all come to me. In your garbage. You see what I’m saying? In your GARBAGE! I could hang myself with all the bad Christmas neckties I found at the dump! And the avarice.
The Grinch:
The avarice never ends! «I want golf clubs. I want diamonds. I want a pony so I can ride it twice, get bored and sell it to make glue.» Look, I don’t wanna make waves, but this *whole* Christmas season is
The Grinch:
stupid, stupid, stupid!
The Grinch:
Those Whos are hard to frazzle, Max. But, we did our worst, and that’s all that matters.
The Grinch:
Blast this Christmas music. It’s joyful and triumphant.
Narrator:
So, whatever the reason, his heart or his shoes, he stood outside his cave hating the Whos.
The Grinch:
. Alphabetically.
The Grinch:
Hate, hate, hate. Hate, hate, hate. Double Hate. LOATHE ENTIRELY.
The Grinch:
What’s that stench? It’s fantastic.
The Grinch:
Are you having a holly, jolly Christmas?
The Grinch:
WRONG-O!
Cindy Lou Who:
Santa, don’t forget the Grinch. I know he’s mean and hairy and smelly, and his hands are cold and clammy, but I think he’s kinda. sweet.
The Grinch:
SWEET. You think he’s sweet?
The Grinch:
Cute kid, bad judge of character.
The Grinch:
MAX. HELP ME. I’m FEELING.
Lou Lou Who:
I’m glad he took our presents. I. I’m glad.
Augustus Maywho:
He’s glad! You’re glad everything is. is gone. You’re glad that the Grinch virtually wrecked- No no no, not wrecked, *pulverized* Christmas. Is that what I’m hearing from from you, Lou?
Lou Lou Who:
You can’t hurt Christmas, Mr. Mayor, because it isn’t about the. the gifts or the contest or the fancy lights. That’s what Cindy’s been trying to tell everyone. and me. She was trying to tell me.
Augustus Maywho:
This is a child!
The Grinch:
I’m gonna die. I’m gonna throw up, then I’m gonna die.
The Grinch:
Jury duty, jury duty, jury duty, blackmail, pink slip, chain letter, eviction notice, jury duty.
Cindy Lou Who:
Santa, what’s the meaning of Christmas?
The Grinch:
VENGEANCE. I mean. presents, I suppose.
The Grinch:
Oh, the Who-manity.
Narrator:
The Who’s young and old would sit down to a Feast, and they will feast, and they will feast.
The Grinch:
And they’ll feast, feast, feast, feast. They’ll eat their Who-Pudding and rare Who-Roast Beast. But there’s something I just cannot stand in least. Oh no. I’M SPEAKING IN RHYME.
The Grinch:
It’s because I’m green isn’t it?
The Grinch:
The nerve of those Whos. Inviting me down there. and on such short notice. Even if I wanted to go, my schedule wouldn’t allow it!
The Grinch:
One man’s toxic waste is another man’s potpourri.
Max:
*barks*
The Grinch:
I don’t know, it’s some kind of soup.
Narrator:
Then the Whos young and old would sit down to a Feast, and they’ll feast, and they’ll feast.
The Grinch:
. And they’ll feast, feast, feast, feast! They’ll eat their Who-Pudding, and rare Who-Roast BEAST! But there’s something I just cannot stand in least. Oh no. I’M SPEAKING IN RHYME! BLAST YOU, WHOS!
Man:
Honey! Our baby’s here!
Man:
. He looks just like your boss.
The Grinch:
I am the Grinch that stole Christmas, and I’m. sorry.
The Grinch:
. Aren’t you going to cuff me? Put me in a choke hold? Blind me with pepper spray?
Mayor Augustus Maywho:
You heard him, Officer. He admitted it. I’d go with the pepper spray.
Officer Wholihan:
Yes, I heard him all right. He said he was sorry.
The Grinch:
Now you listen to me, young lady! Even if we’re horribly mangled. there’ll be no sad faces on Christmas.
Mayor Augustus Maywho:
The anger.
Martha May Whovier:
The muscle.
The Grinch:
Oh. Bleeding hearts of the world UNITE.
Lou Lou Who:
Let’s see, we’ve got a munkle for your uncle, a fant for your aunt and a fandpa for your Cousin Leon.
Cindy Lou Who:
Everybody seems too kerbabbled. Isn’t this just a little superfluous?
The Grinch:
Who wants the gizzard?
Man:
I do!
The Grinch:
Too late! That’ll be mine.
Lou Lou Who:
Hello? Is my Subzero Chillibrator running? I suppose.
The Grinch:
Well then you better go catch it.
Martha May Whovier:
Did I have a crush on the Grinch? Of COURSE not.
Cindy Lou Who:
Uh. I didn’t ask you that.
Mayor Augustus Maywho:
And if you marry me, you get this new car, which has been generously paid for by the taxpayers of Whoville.
The Grinch:
It came without ribbons. It came without tags. It came without packages, boxes, or bags.
Mayor Augustus Maywho:
He had hair. Not pleasant. He shed. Not right.
The Grinch:
All right, you’re a reindeer. Here’s your motivation: Your name is Rudolph, you’re a freak with a red nose, and no one likes you. Then, one day, Santa picks you and you save Christmas. No, forget that part. We’ll improvise. just keep it kind of loosey-goosey. You HATE Christmas, you’re gonna steal it. Saving Christmas is a lousy ending; way too commercial. ACTION.
The Grinch:
BRILLIANT. You reject your own nose because it represents the glitter of commercialism. Why didn’t I think of that? Cut, print, moving on.
The Grinch:
Well, pucker up and kiss it, Whoville.
The Grinch:
Am I just eating because I’m bored?
The Grinch:
It’s because I’m green, isn’t it?!
points long finger at taxi.
Grinch referring to Martha May:
She’ll be on me like flaggle fleas on a flat-faced fleaggle horse.
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