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Special Features
- Includes:
- Disc 1:
- How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966) deluxe edition
- Horton Hears a Who! (1970)
- Dr. Seuss and the Grinch: From Whoville to Hollywood
- Songs in the Key of Grinch
- Making-of featurette and pencil test
- Disc 2:
- The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974) deluxe edition
- Rudolph's Shiny New Year (1976)
- Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey (1977)
- Featurettes: We Are Santa's Elves, Stop Motion 101
- Disc 3:
- Frosty's Winter Wonderland (1976)
- 'Twas the Night Before Christmas (1974) (TV)
- Disc 4:
- Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July (1979)
Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
It may not be what you think at first glance, but Christmas Television Favorites is indeed a set of vintage holiday specials, mostly from the team of Rankin/Bass (all previously available on DVD). Start with the one that's not Rankin/Bass, but is a flat-out classic, How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966), the Dr. Seuss tale about a curmudgeon who tries to stop Christmas from coming. From its Seussian zaniness to its humor to its music, Grinch is just about perfect in every way. The version included is the 2006 remastered version with Horton Hears a Who! (1970) and other material. The next most famous special is The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974), a stop-motion story in which Santa (voiced by Mickey Rooney) decides to take the holiday off, only to have the movie stolen by Heat Miser and Snow Miser. The 2007 deluxe edition has some documentary material and the two specials that were on the previous DVD, Rudolph's Shiny New Year (1976) and Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey (1977). On the third disc are the cel-animated Frosty's Winter Wonderland (1976, narrated by Andy Griffith), in which Frosty gets a snow wife, and 'Twas the Night Before Christmas (1974), which uses the Clement Moore poem as an excuse to tell a story about a human and a mouse who have to make amends when an offended Santa decides not to visit their town.
Finally, the stop-motion Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July (1979) is a feature-length (105 minutes!) special that follows the reindeer and the snowman as they get jobs at a Fourth of July circus! One of the fun things about this special is how a number of the original voices return to give the programs a similar look and feel: Jackie Vernon puts in his third stint as the voice of Frosty, Billie Richards again voices Rudolph, Shelley Winters three-peats her role as Crystal (Frosty's wife), and Mickey Rooney returns as Santa. A quick look at the cover may lead one to think that this is all the original Rankin/Bass specials--Santa Claus Is Coming to Town, Frosty the Snowman, etc. These aren't those, but they're still vintage Rankin-Bass and many people think of them just as fondly. --David Horiuchi
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Genre: Children's Video
Rating: NR
Release Date: 2-OCT-2007
Media Type: DVD
Genre: Children's Video
Rating: NR
Release Date: 2-OCT-2007
Media Type: DVD
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
70 of 71 people found the following review helpful
This serviceable DVD set contains the exceptional (Chuck Jones, Boris Karloff) "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" along with seven Rankin/Bass Christmas shows -- the '70s sequels to Rudolph and Frosty.
The true joy of this disk is the Grinch, which my kids watch over and over - much more than the (pretty good) Jim Carey movie.
The very same Grinch disc in this set is available separately --
Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (50th Birthday Deluxe Remastered Edition). However, this 4-disc DVD set is only a few dollars more, with the assorted Rudolph & Frosty sequels. It's a very handsome bookshelf edition of four Christmas disks already separately published from the Warner Brothers library, three of them the Rankin/Bass sequels.
(If you want the original Rankin/Bass cartoons of Rudolph and Frosty, not the sequels, they're available on this terrific DVD: The Original Television Christmas Classics (Rudolph, Santa Claus is Comin' to Town, Frosty and Frosty Returns, Little Drummer Boy, and Cricket on the Hearth).)
DVD Contents:
Disc 1: Dr Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (50th Birthday Deluxe Edition, 26 mins., 1966, animated)
Also includes
- Dr Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! (26 mins., 1970, animated)
- Special Features - From Whoville to Hollywood, Grinch Songs, Who's Who in Whoville, Grinch Pencil Test, TNT's Special Edition: Phil Hartman on making the Grinch (19 min), and Trailers
Disc 2: The Year Without a Santa Claus (Deluxe Edition, 125 mins., 2007)
Also includes
- Rudolph's Shiny New Year (50 mins., Stop motion, 1975)
- Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey (24 mins., Stop motion, 1977)
- Special Features: We Are Santa's Elves, School of Stop Motion, & Trailers
Disc 3: Frosty's Winter Wonderland (24 mins., 1976, animated, with Andy Griffith) (Frosty takes a wife!)
Also includes
- 'Twas the Night Before Christmas (24 mins., 1974, animated, with Joel Grey)
Disc 4: Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July (97 mins., 1979, Stop motion, with Red Buttons, Ethel Merman, Mickey Rooney, & Shelley Winters)
The true joy of this disk is the Grinch, which my kids watch over and over - much more than the (pretty good) Jim Carey movie.
The very same Grinch disc in this set is available separately --
Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (50th Birthday Deluxe Remastered Edition). However, this 4-disc DVD set is only a few dollars more, with the assorted Rudolph & Frosty sequels. It's a very handsome bookshelf edition of four Christmas disks already separately published from the Warner Brothers library, three of them the Rankin/Bass sequels.
(If you want the original Rankin/Bass cartoons of Rudolph and Frosty, not the sequels, they're available on this terrific DVD: The Original Television Christmas Classics (Rudolph, Santa Claus is Comin' to Town, Frosty and Frosty Returns, Little Drummer Boy, and Cricket on the Hearth).)
DVD Contents:
Disc 1: Dr Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (50th Birthday Deluxe Edition, 26 mins., 1966, animated)
Also includes
- Dr Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! (26 mins., 1970, animated)
- Special Features - From Whoville to Hollywood, Grinch Songs, Who's Who in Whoville, Grinch Pencil Test, TNT's Special Edition: Phil Hartman on making the Grinch (19 min), and Trailers
Disc 2: The Year Without a Santa Claus (Deluxe Edition, 125 mins., 2007)
Also includes
- Rudolph's Shiny New Year (50 mins., Stop motion, 1975)
- Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey (24 mins., Stop motion, 1977)
- Special Features: We Are Santa's Elves, School of Stop Motion, & Trailers
Disc 3: Frosty's Winter Wonderland (24 mins., 1976, animated, with Andy Griffith) (Frosty takes a wife!)
Also includes
- 'Twas the Night Before Christmas (24 mins., 1974, animated, with Joel Grey)
Disc 4: Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July (97 mins., 1979, Stop motion, with Red Buttons, Ethel Merman, Mickey Rooney, & Shelley Winters)
20 of 25 people found the following review helpful
Amazon Verified Purchase
OK, what can I say but here is the DVD you want for the holidays! It has "The Year Without a Santa Claus" and with the Mr. Cold Miser (My Favorite) and Mr. Heat Miser acts, plus Dr. Seuss and others listed! Boy do I love the Cold and Heat Miser songs!
Play this while you're putting up decorations, to help get into the Christmas mood! Buy it so you don't have to keep looking through the TV Listings to see when it'll be on to watch/record.
It's sad they don't make this type of Christmas shows anymore.
Play this while you're putting up decorations, to help get into the Christmas mood! Buy it so you don't have to keep looking through the TV Listings to see when it'll be on to watch/record.
It's sad they don't make this type of Christmas shows anymore.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
So if you were born after 1964, you will undoubtedly have already purchased the 1st "Christmas TV Classics" boxset that contained Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer, Frosty the Snowman, Santa Claus Is Coming To Town, Little Drummer Boy and Frosty Returns.
Now here is all you will need to complete your Christmas nostalgia memories to pass it on to your kids. Not only did the makers manage to pull together the remaining classic Rankin Bass holiday cartoons (including The Year Without A santa Claus, the woefully grim Nestor The Long Eared Christmas Donkey, Twas The Night Before Christmas, the Frosty's Winter Wonderland that SHOULD have been in the previous set instead of that execrable Frosty Returns, and the feature-length Rudolph's & Frosty's Christmas In July), but somehow also added How The Grinch Stole Christmas---all in one pretty blue box for under $20.
All of the discs contain the features that would also be included if they were bought seperately, such as the featurettes and bonus cartoon of Horton Hears A Who! What more could animation/Christmas junkies need?!
Now here is all you will need to complete your Christmas nostalgia memories to pass it on to your kids. Not only did the makers manage to pull together the remaining classic Rankin Bass holiday cartoons (including The Year Without A santa Claus, the woefully grim Nestor The Long Eared Christmas Donkey, Twas The Night Before Christmas, the Frosty's Winter Wonderland that SHOULD have been in the previous set instead of that execrable Frosty Returns, and the feature-length Rudolph's & Frosty's Christmas In July), but somehow also added How The Grinch Stole Christmas---all in one pretty blue box for under $20.
All of the discs contain the features that would also be included if they were bought seperately, such as the featurettes and bonus cartoon of Horton Hears A Who! What more could animation/Christmas junkies need?!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
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I enjoy watching these toons, especially the one with Mr. Heat Miser and Mr. Snow Miser (HILARIOUS)! Read more
Published 18 months ago by Faith_SLT
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This is a must have for everyone. Great all time favorites that will last forever!
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I bought this as a Christmas present for my mom and she loves it. It has a lot of her favorite holiday specials on it that do not air much on tv anymore. Read more
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All in One Christmas DVD
I was searching for these TV specials for years and could only find some of them as single DVD's. When I found them as a set, I was excited. Read more
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These DVD's are really great. Some of the best all times children Christmas movies.
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I really enjoyed this set. I told my mom that I wanted something like this for Christmas, because all of the Christmas videos were at her place. Read more
Published on April 21, 2009 by Meowzart
Good value
This is a great little deal. Good ole Christmas tales for adults and children alike and helps bring on the Christmas spirit.
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Fast and Easy
This seller was fantastic! I receivedmy items right away and in the exact condition I was told! Thanks!
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