ABC Network - "Halloween Is Grinch Night" - WLS-TV (Complete Broadcast, 10/28/1979) 📺 🎃

Here's a repeat airing of the animated cartoon special "Halloween Is Grinch Night" (originally aired on October 29th 1977), as rebroadcast over the ABC Network via its Chicago O&O WLS Channel 7.
This, a sequel to Dr. Seuss' "How the Grinch Stole Christmas," features Hans Conreid as both the Grinch and the narrator; the title character in this tale, out to cause grave harm on a rainy Halloween, is confronted by a kid named Eucariah. Music was by Joe Raposo (of Sesame Street, The Electric Company and Three's Company fame). All segments end with a "We'll Return After These Messages" bumper, and the next begins with the title card and "We now return to Halloween Is Grinch Night" (voiceovers by Bill Rice?)
Includes:
Station ID / promo for American Indian display at Field Museum (voiceover by Wayne Atkinson)
Show opening titles and main credits
Sponsor billboard for Parker Brothers (voiceover by Bill Rice?)
Commercials for:
Clue - from Parker Brothers (posted separately here: • Parker Brothers - Clue... )
McDonald's - with "fun in the snow" motif
Show Act I
Commercials for:
Merlin portable computerized board game - from Parker Brothers (voiceover by John Bartholomew Tucker) (posted separately here: • Parker Brothers - Merl... )
Kellogg's Sugar Corn Pops (with Big Yellow) (posted separately here: • Kellogg's Sugar Corn P... )
Promo for Happy Days and Angie for Tuesday (voiceover by Ernie Anderson)
Animated ABC ID (with lower-third station ID)
Show Act II
Country Time - "Tastes Like Good Old Fashioned Lemonade" (jingle sung by Jake Holmes)
Rom, "the Space Knight" (9 volt battery not included - dang!) (voiceover by Jackson Beck) (posted separately here: • Parker Brothers - ROM ... )
Ending credits [with voiceover promo for Mork & Mindy (episode as broadcast posted here: • ABC Network - Mork & M... ) and The Associates, with "The Halloween That Almost Wasn't" coming up next (posted separately here: • ABC Network - "The Hal... ), by Allan Jefferys]
Promo for 240-Robert for Monday, followed by NFL Monday Night Football (main voiceover by Ernie Anderson) (ending voiceover by Allan Jefferys)
Commercial: Diet Rite Cola (ending voiceover by Dan Ingram, longtime disc jockey for New York's WABC Musicradio 77 - sister station to Chicago's own WLS Musicradio 89)
Station ID / promo for Museum of Science & Industry coal mine exhibit (voiceover by Wayne Atkinson)
This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, October 28th 1979 during the 6:00pm to 6:30pm timeframe.
This was from a tape donated to The Museum of Classic Chicago Television as part of The George Jen Collection.
About The Museum of Classic Chicago Television:
The MCCTv (FuzzyMemoriesTV) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit whose primary mission is the preservation and display of off-air, early home videotape recordings (70s to early 80s, mostly) recorded off of TV (in Chicago or other cities now too); things which would likely be lost if not sought out and preserved digitally. If you have any old 1970s videotapes recorded off of TV please email: [e-mail] Even though (mostly) short clips are displayed here, we preserve the entire broadcasts in our archives - the complete programs with breaks (or however much is present on the tape), for historical preservation. For information on how to help in our mission, to donate or lend tapes to be converted to DVD, please e-mail [e-mail] Thank you for your help!

[@aaronberns8485]

Wow. Everyone's seen the grinch on Christmas, but nobody's seen him on halloween. A hidden gem indeed.

[@bigwillietheb]

I actualy saw this when I was 5 years old back in 1979 , haven't seen it since until now

[@retroguy9494]

@@bigwillietheb But it first came out in 1977.

[@wendyderamus9606]

Mom taped it off the Disney Channel in the 80s, but all my vhs tapes have significantly degraded. I'm so happy to find this and I was born in 1979, the year of this broadcast. It's fun to see the commercials as well.

[@retroguy9494]

@@wendyderamus9606 They've degraded eh? I should start checking MINE. I must have over 200 VHS tapes from the 80's and '90's. Most of them I taped myself off the TV.

[@Tertullian1971]

This one slid into obscurity, but lots of people saw it back then, and it was rerun for several years. It also won the award for best children's program of 1977, edging out another classic, the Fat Albert Halloween Special.

[@teresadalton741]

Wow. The husband and I are huge fans of the Grinch's Christmas special, yet somehow neither one of us had ever seen, much less heard of, this! Neat.

[@tracyanne1548]

Me either!

[@chanbara8683]

Me either...hah...lol

[@siobhansweeney7376]

Ni yo tampoco,y me gusta. me neither, I like it.

[@S-no3yy]

My 1st time time seeing this & I watched a lot of tv !

[@Snobert99]

I'm just now learning about the Halloween variation of the Grinch cartoon myself in spite of growing up with The Grinch Who Stole Christmas.

[@Xenwing]

I'm 51 and never seen this before, I love it. Classic TV at it's best.

[@markr8755]

I was 12 when this came out. I remember it but it was in the back behind all the stuff I forgot about...

[@Sachkigal143]

Hey I'm 51 too. I've never seen or heard of this

[@loveinspired7]

I had NO IDEA this existed! And for once, I'm NOT bothered by the commercials. You really pulled this one out of a time capsule! Thanks for posting this!😊

[@bradjames891]

True historians never are :)

[@loveinspired7]

@@bradjames891 💗💗💗💗💗💗

[@anthonychihuahua]

Truth be told, I fast forwarded TO the commercials, to catch all the ol' nostalgia 📺👀

[@amywatts3306]

I also adore this and this is the first I've ever heard of it. (7nov 2022). I also dig the commercials...for once. I swear I was born too late

[@fanaticat1]

I had no idea this existed, either, but here I am, October 1, 2023, totally getting into the Halloween "spirit"! 😆👍

[@neilschmid4991]

I love how you left in the original commercial, such a perfect window on a time gone by

[@ericmoody3944]

That is why I love watching these old programs, the commercials are a snapshot into the past....

[@starmnsixty1209]

So true. And my thanks too👍

[@sherryceltic9856]

I admit we enjoyed the commercials as much as the show. The good ole days were indeed good.

[@reginaldforthright805]

No its actually really misleading since you can no longer get the items. In fact maybe the channel should be sued for false advertising.

[@tracyjacoby2382]

Always felt sorry for Max the dog🥺🐾

[@culpit]

I wonder why Max decided to go back to The Grinch in the Christmas special?

[@Vox-Multis]

@@culpit I was wondering this as well. In fact it's kind of something I've thought about since I first saw this as a kid. Either this takes place before "How the Grinch Stole Christmas", in which case case Max somehow ended up back with the Grinch (by Max's own choice or not), or it takes place afterward, and the Grinch's heart shriveled back down to three sizes too small sometime after the events of that story. Kind of a downer either way.

[@Matrixpandagamer]

​@@culpit Maybe the Grinch kidnapped him 😨

[@mssingh6612]

Me 2

[@Kojow7]

I wonder where Max is now.

[@lisadandrea5175]

If only they would bring back these fun shows on Halloween

[@aleph9006]

Did anyone else get excited when he told max to get the paraphernalia wagon??

[@switchemcee3775]

Def lol’d

[@mysticakhenaton1701]

I was 11 at the time...probably was watching this program, since we only had 3 networks at the time. LOL in a day, the WHOLE family would watch tv TOGETHER.

[@mysticakhenaton1701]

and MAN, I am Nostalgic for all those old commercials.

[@wintersnow4413]

Hey, remember McDonald’s gift certificates, and the Halloween happy meal buckets?

[@mysticakhenaton1701]

@@wintersnow4413 YES SIR, or Miss LOL...the GOOD old day's

[@michaelgorman9843]

Even the commicals are good!😁

[@lapservice25]

Poor Max! His song is so heartbreaking😢

[@jodifoster9820]

Yeah it really is, and the fact that dogs can have depression is super upsetting lol I know it’s just a show but it hits the feels 😢

[@crxzycxctus2901]

The first tradition as an adult was to revisit this gem every year. I loved it as a kid and still do as an adult💕

[@DarkFire352]

9:33-10:33 The song that the Grinch’s dog Max is singing in his head as he’s pulling the wagon down the mountain is very sad 😢 if you think about it part of it is him wishing he could go back to being a puppy and the other is how his family member that he really loved wouldn’t care for him if they could see what he’d become it’s truly heartbreaking 💔 just thinking about it makes me want to cry 😭

[@caroldefender4144]

It reminds me of Memory from Cats.

[@3katfox]

Right??? I'm watching this for the first time ever and I don't think I'll be watching it again after this. Max didn't seem so absolutely miserable in the Christmas special, this is just gut wrenching 😢 💔

[@culpit]

I wonder if after Max went to live with Euchariah, The Grinch got himself another dog named Max for the Christmas special?

[@1969maxpower]

I remember this as a child in the late seventies

[@freddiemartin699]

lol I knew this cartoon existed. I'm surprised so many didn't. It was shown on CBS like other Holiday cartoons. Raggedy Ann and Andy also had a Halloween special as well as Peanuts, Bugs Bunny, The Berenstain Bears, Casper the Friendly Ghost, Fat Albert, Winnie the Pooh, and Garfield. I looked forward to the Holiday cartoons every year!

[@supme7558]

I just think people didnt tie it to Halloween

[@CalebBurnsGamesDotCom]

Just watched this for the first time and they did NOT need to go as hard on the score as they did. This earned the Emmy if you’re asking me.

[@coolmanchu29]

Greetings from Memedroid! I'll leave a reply. Didn't know this existed.

[@CalebBurnsGamesDotCom]

@@coolmanchu29 Very cool! Glad to see you here.

[@kurlykayla9013]

That grinch is gonna get ya song slaps hard

[@user-jo9ql6iy4u]

That last song is a broadway rip-off I’m sure. What song is it

[@TheCorrectViews]

I replayed the sad dog song before I even saw this comment.

[@commentingcollector]

I can’t believe this one flew under my radar. It’s no Christmas Grinch but after the billionth time , this is a great fresh change of pace. Thanks for sharing!

[@shirleynitka5030]

my kids watched it when it first aired. I also bought the video somewhere.

[@catloverd3671]

Totally missed this one, too. 👀

[@tq644]

My 3 yo loves this. Knows 90% of it by heart including the orchestration! Hilarious. I think the guy who played this grinch is fantastic.

[@starmnsixty1209]

Afraid I have to say it wasn't very good to be blunt. The commercials are great!

[@edreid7872]

My same thought.. Must've been after I discovered the opposite sex...

[@barkingtree88]

Please, Hollywood! Make a feature length version of this TV special!!

[@chestergreen4234]

I’m 59 years old and I’ve never seen this before thank you for putting it on I enjoyed it immensely appreciate your time and effort

[@garymckee448]

Same here 😊

[@The1NightBaker]

I'm 62 and never seen it.

[@gwenmloveskpopandmore]

@@The1NightBaker it’s because it’s not as popular unfortunately

[@eddiewrightjr5698]

wow to me this is pretty awesome I'm 66 years old and I have never seen this one before keep up the good work my daddy always said you never get too old to learn God Rest his soul thank you so much

[@gwenmloveskpopandmore]

@@eddiewrightjr5698 yeah it came out in 77 but it wasn’t too popular

[@TheVideoScientist-bi7px]

To this day, I still wonder what would happen if Grinch and his paraphernalia wagon managed to make his way to Whoville without any interruptions.

[@culpit]

That giant wheel monster chasing everyone in town.

[@CharlietheWarlock]

Everybody gets high it ain't called the paraphernalia wagon for nothing

[@tinklvsme]

1979. I was in the 9th grade. I love the old commercials. 😉✌️❤️🦋😎

[@maryfranceshann1201]

I never knew this existed. It's a shame this never became a Halloween tradition on TV, the way the Christmas one did. Thanks for sharing,really enjoyed watching it. Even the old commercials were fun to see after so many years.

[@apexone5502]

Probably because, over time, the networks started slowly phasing out Halloween cartoon specials while continuing with Christmas cartoon specials.

[@j.a.greene3523]

Somehow, I remember this after all these years. I'm 35, and I think I last saw this when I was like... 5? The internet can be a beautiful thing...

[@grace7701]

I'm almost 46 and thought I watched it all growing up but never seen this or knew it existed. Weird

[@robear888]

How did I miss this when I was a kid. I didn't know that they made this special.

[@joannedeherrera340]

This movie was in 1977, born without the net, now it's getting nuts with high tech. Thank you for posting this for everyone. I have so many tapes from the first VHS my brother bought. He recorded endlessly. I keep finding some great ones, and I love watching the commercials.

[@FuzzyMemoriesTV]

Joanne - we can help with transferring them to digital. (the right way). Let’s make sure the recordings are saved. Email: [e-mail]

[@v.l.dozier-talton5645]

No wonder why I never seen this I was born in 1977...

[@bilhamcobbly2957]

I loved when Max found ownership with the boy!!! What a fantastic ending. Thanks for this.

[@retroguy9494]

We prefer the term 'pet parent' rather than 'ownership.' Max is a living thing. He's not a car!

[@retroguy9494]

I love Hans Conried as the voice of the Grinch. He was 60 when he did this, but his voice is unmistakable. When I was a boy, I never cared for Dr. Seuss much as I was a Peanuts fanatic. But now that I'm getting to be an old man, I have a new appreciation for his work. I think my favorite is The Lorax.

[@Glycenide]

Never knew this existed.

[@unbrokenandalive1089]

Thanks for allowing me to transcend the years for a little while.

[@TralfazConstruction]

They were fortunate to get Hans Conried to participate in this. The actor had a long history of voice-over work and spent years as a character actor on radio, TV and in films. Lucky to have this memory of him. Of course I have found out a number of things about Hans Conried from listening to Sirius-XM's Radio Classics and I've retained some of what I've heard over these past eighteen years.

[@Regal99]

The Rankin Bass version of The Hobbit was my introduction to his work.

[@TralfazConstruction]

@@Regal99 Now that's one I have yet to see. I'll look for it here. It was a cartoon, Hoppity Hooper, back in the '60s when I first remember hearing his distinctive voice.

[@starmnsixty1209]

Conried was great, but nobody could replace Karloff.

[@paisleydunbar7218]

Hans Conried? I think i can picture him as the guest actor on the Monkees who hated the Monkees. I believe he said "Fuck, i hate these kids". Astonishing for a show to add an outtake or a blooper where the guest star swears and confesses to hating the lead actors of the show he's on.

[@starlaw3320]

Hans Conried is in The Phantom Tollbooth too. Such a great movie if you haven't seen it. Still a favorite from my childhood, just like this.

[@audreyblackburn1624]

I bought How The Grinch Stole Christmas on Apple TV and this was included with it. I never watched it until the other day. Totally trippy and my kids loved it.

[@xXSKY64Xx]

I like how the commercials are still hear, really is a time capsule!

[@zeroxromance]

So many childhood memories. We had this on VHS. I still own that VHS. My little brother and I watched this over and over. I still quote it to this day.

[@helgmelia84]

It’s a wonderful night for eyebrows

[@Old_Goth_Lady]

Same! We watched this every year. My mother had taped it off TV for my brothers and I. This and The Halloween Tree she had on a VHS for us. I found the Halloween Tree on DVD a few years back and have been looking for this for ages.

[@debbyfronke3227]

How could I not know of this IM a Grinch fanantic lol!!!

[@tapthatt2012]

Wow! Great to see an early broadcast with ads.

[@tacocatvlogs]

I’m surprised how few people have heard about this or seen this.

[@charitysghost1207]

I'm watching this exactly 45 years to the day that it originally aired on T.V. 🎃💕

[@otaking3582]

Years ago, I had a VHS tape with this and a bunch of other kid-friendly Halloween material, like safety PSA's involving a talking pumpkin. I don't remember ever getting to the end of it, possibly because I was either too scared or too bored.

[@ameliawarfield5637]

Toys and games come and go, but Halloween is Grinch Night is forever. I first saw the special when I was a kid, and I had it on videotape. I hope that I can get it on DVD!!

[@thecomicmaster9010]

I watched this as a kid and my family doesn't remember it AT ALL. I was starting to believe I was going crazy, but no, Grinch at Halloween is a legit thing!! Very interesting plot, but its still cool to see!

[@Insaniquangrybirds]

My interest has been flowing on this for a while… This is WELL worth the watch!

[@Doggeslife]

At this moment in time I am within a couple of months of turning 20 (no more teenager!), the very first Star Trek movie is less than a year away from hitting theaters and a friend bought the first home VCR I ever saw (RCA VHS). A week after this show aired I suffered the worst broken heart of my life. Small wonder I have no memory of this Halloween special.

[@spacewurm]

Wow. I'm surprised this never gets aired at Halloween. I've never seen this on DVD either. Too bad.

[@NJ_Dsneybuf]

WB's "Ultimate Edition" DVD of Chuck Jones' _How The Grinch Stole Christmas!_ has it.

[@spacewurm]

@@NJ_Dsneybuf thanks for the info!

[@MusicMan32K]

It's a bonus on the Green Eggs and Ham DVD

[@NJ_Dsneybuf]

@@MusicMan32K WB removed it from the _Green Eggs and Ham_ DVD when they started selling it.

[@harveycasey1900]

Oh the memories from the 80's 🙃 Good times were had. After them good times spending all day outside running around playing hide & go seek riding bikes jumping over garbage cans on our huffys with no helmets & drinking out of the water hose we had specials like this on TV @ night to put us to bed. Those were the days.

[@OofusTwillip]

Referring to the outhouse as "the euphemism" also happens in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf". "Spook's Tour" refers to Cook's Tours, a travel company that began in the Victorian era, and went belly-up a few years ago.

[@TomoyoTatar]

He told Max to get the paraphernalia whacker....lol what...that Grinch is a menace!!!

[@jaysonklein6018]

Wagon

[@kathleenyoung8916]

I must have missed this one in my youth.

[@sdgojdfpghj]

Must've been a prequel to the Christmas one. :)

[@angievincent2458]

I love this especially since it came from my childhood and it has vintage commercials! Thanks for the trip back to the 70’s!

[@anthonywilliams9170]

Wow 😳 the kids watching this when they get older will be surprised they televised this to everyone w the language ...really good to watch wish they had more of the Halloween by Dr Seuss never knew he made this even

[@keilahmichalspann8883]

I have vague memories of this. Thanks for posting. I'm feeling so nostalgic I want to cry. This brings back fond early memories.

[@andreawill9017]

I don't remember ever seeing this on Halloween or any other time. it was a new vintage for me.

[@schwartztastick]

"It's a wonderful night for eyebrows"

[@shellytjohnson]

Thank you so much for sharing this classic with all of us….I watched this as a child in the 80’s and it is so nostalgic every time I see it and this version takes me back to a time when life was so much happier and not so chaotic.

[@slinky_malinki5330]

I remember watching this one all the time as a little kid. The music and visual always creeped me out, and I thought it was so unnerving. But they were also so incredibly captivating in an unsettling way. It was like a car crash, I just couldn't looks way from it.

[@ReubenToussaint-lk9fs]

So... How old are you now?

[@shellrika]

Commercials remind me of my childhood

[@transvision6492]

Literally felt like I was sitting in front of my television as a kid all over again. Commercials and all. Made me emo. This was awesome.

[@Tertullian1971]

Though not as famous as the Christmas one (which was produced by Chuck Jones) this one did well enough to win an Emmy. Hans Conried replaced the late Boris Karloff. Thurl Ravenscroft, best known as the voice of Tony the Tiger, sang in both cartoons.

[@jesusnodal8948]

Thank you so much for this. They really never aired this much on television. Too bad it's really good.

[@lightenddragon100]

I remember this on I think it was tbs around. Halloween time

[@shirleynitka5030]

we watched it every year. Even bought the tape or dvd

[@lightenddragon100]

@@shirleynitka5030 yeah we did too. we didn't know that it was out on DVD lol.

[@debbiebrown4420]

I also once saw The Cat in the Hat Teaches the Grinch a Lesson. It was good, too.

[@lightenddragon100]

@@debbiebrown4420 never seen that lol is it like Halloween is grinch night?

[@dootuss83]

I remember seeing this on the Disney Channel way back when. Nice to see a recording of one of the ABC rebroadcasts.

[@mcpeanutful]

It originally aired on ABC, and later on the Disney Channel.

[@johndavis3921]

David H. DePatie, one of the producers. He passed away on September 23, 2021, at the age of 91. He also worked in the animation divisions of MGM. He started DFE films (Pink Panther, The Inspector, Mr. Jaws, The Aardvark, and the Ant, and Ratfink.) and Looney tunes/Merrie Melodies. He SOLD DFE Films in 1981 to Marvel Productions (Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends).

[@Musicradio77Network]

David DePatie was the last surviving founder of the studio has died last month. Fritz Freling, his co-founder and former WB animator also died back in 1995. Now both them are all gone.

[@matthwe3468]

I didn't know David died. Thanks for filling us in.

[@tamaraclaw]

Thanks for the update

[@Poever]

Wow I didn’t know he was still alive this long. He helped make the worst Looney Tunes shorts

[@matthwe3468]

@@Poever To be fair, they had very very tight budgets so while yes they were arguably terrible shorts there was nothing they could have done at the time.

[@CJPurplePrincess]

I watched this every Halloween when I was ages 0-3. Then it disappeared. I never forgot it though. I am so glad to have finally found it 14 years later.

[@denisel.1327]

Never saw this Grinch Halloween cartoon before. Thanks so much for sharing. It is so awesome!

[@cannonmovietalesfan]

Fun fact: the Hakken Kraks that appear at 5:16 would later appear on Dr. Seuss's final best selling book Oh, the Places You'll Go! When I read the book and saw this when I was a child, I always knew they were the same ones.

[@jctoon627]

I used to have this on Sing-Along VHS back in the 90s, and I still love watching this special! 🎃👻💚

[@sammerz50]

The sing-along VHS was released by CBS Video, distributed by Fox Video (later 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment) in the mid-90s.

[@kittylozon2106]

Oh wow, how did I missed this one from all these years? Thank you for featuring this one.

[@dorafan4379]

6:06 it's a wonderful night for eyebrows 6:09 it's a wonderful night for teeth 6:13 it's a wonderful night for Grinch night

[@pricemoore2022]

6:17 their troubles will now commence

[@omegaflowey9932]

23:51 J I B B O O

[@mikejohnson515]

This was during the time that the soap opera "The Edge of Night"(which was also on ABC) was doing their "Mansion of the Damned" storyline starring the great KIm Hunter as Nola Madison.

[@jwlundgren]

wow

[@libslayer4280]

Oh my gosh! I watched this with our kids. Forgot all about it. Fun days.

[@tech_obsessed]

OMG, it is nice to know that The Grinch got started a lot earlier than Christmas with his shenanigans! I am so glad I stumbled upon this hidden gem! I never knew about this before. Another Christmas gift delivered early. ❤🎉😊🎃

[@allenlovell1604]

Seen the Christmas 🎄 version dozens of times ; never heard of this one 😳 though ! Thanks KZbin 😊

[@MichelleAntonia]

It feels like I'm back in the 70's. Even though I was born in the 80's lol

[@michaelgorman9843]

This is better than the Grinch stole Christmas!

[@razorshark9320]

Love this.

[@shonseibert48]

Awesome didn't even know this existed......thx

[@carterbentonjr399]

Ah....., the classics. Those were the days. When movies and t.v. were movies and t.v.

[@katherinehunter9526]

Bwahahah! Exactly! Plus we all were tuned into the same show's, it wasn't so divided!

[@kelleyjogirl]

I remember watching this with my son in the early 2010s! He was a huge Dr Seuss fan, and we had a load of the DVDs. This was on one of them. We watched them all on repeat. Good stuff! I love the commercials on this version. So nostalgic. :)

[@MelissaHash]

Honestly never knew Grinchy Poo had a Halloween special?!?! It's pretty good, but still love the Grinch Who Stole Christmas!!! Thank you for uploading this!

[@greeneyedelk]

had this taped off tv when i was a kid. great childhood memories

[@tommywalker5348]

okay im 45 and this is my first time seeing this tonight and even hearing of this🤷‍♂️👍

[@christiandnv6052]

Wow, i had never seen this before. I'm surprised and honestly thinking this definitely deserves a live action

[@lyndaporter9156]

Two thumbs up! Never knew it existed and the old commercials add just the right touch. Thanks! 😊👍❤👍

[@strangenrare8663]

OMG I've never heard of this, but I just saw Joe Raposo's name in the opening credits so I already know I'll love the music! Followed up with DePatie and Freleng... I'm stoked :) Thank you for this.

[@alexanderscalzo340]

Man I remember watching this on VHS

[@yehudivenuti]

dang, it gets trippy.

[@OofusTwillip]

Henry Gibson (of "Laugh In" voiced Max the Dog. Fellow voice artists, Irene Tedrow and Hal Smith, were radio actors.

[@GothicTopicPodcast]

So was Hans who is also familiar to most because he voiced Captain Hook in Disney's Peter Pan.

[@lynnd4328]

I'm a lifelong Grinch fan but had never heard of this...Definitely not as good as the Christmas one but still fun to watch...and love the retro commercials 😄🧡 I hope the new book that came out last month will hold true to the original story. Mine is on the way.😁

[@MrShonH]

I watched the whole thing straight through...even the commercials...VERY nostalgic...such a simpler time its crazy this could easily entertain kids (and interested adults) back then but would never fly today.

[@loringbush1455]

Wow! I haven't seen this Haunted Who Ville cartoon since I was a kid! Nothing beats these animated classic cartoons!

[@rebeccahiggins2369]

First time seeing this. How fun and very cool! 💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚

[@mary-annemueller9885]

This was a treat not a trick🎃. I really enjoyed this. Max has a home that someone lo💙es him.🥰

[@lupemilian2504]

Awesome Just Love ❤️ These Cartoons

[@josephtisdale5262]

i LOVE THAT TEMPLATE FROM 1979

[@psalms27sneadspd46]

Thank you for uploading this. I didn't know about this one!

[@affliction6911]

I didn't know about this one. Thank you for posting on here.

[@carolannramos6691]

Thanks for sharing. As others, it the first time seeing this grinch.

[@RoTTieification]

Unreal, that never caught this in childhood or until now. It was enjoyable

[@norahnewman7600]

Wow!😮 I remember this classic gem from my childhood! I still love this.❤️❤️❤️❤️ Thank you so much for making my day complete☺️

[@Misfit_Kitten]

I love this one. The Paraphernalia Wagon scene is just spooky enough to stay with you for a while. Also, that poor flower...

[@Misfit_Kitten]

Also, we loved our Merlin. The smaller one they came out with a few years back just wasn't the same.

[@johnraymma]

I thought I dreamed this for years

[@starmnsixty1209]

I vaguely recall this special, very vaguely! It must not have been broadcast motecthan s couple of times at the most. Many thanks.🎃🎃👻👻🧛🧛🎂🤖🤖