Horton Hears a Who!

Horton Hears a Who! is a 1970 television half-hour long special based on the Dr. Seuss book of the same name. It was produced and directed by Chuck Jones, who previously produced the Seuss special of How the Grinch Stole Christmas! for MGM Television. The special contains songs with lyrics Seuss and music by Eugene Poddany, who would later write songs for Seuss' book, The Cat in the Hat Song Book.

In this special, Horton the Elephant struggles to protect a microscopic community in the small speck of dust from his jungle neighbors who refuse to believe it exists. But Horton believes that "a person's a person, no matter how small." The special features the voices of Hans Conried as Horton, the narrator, and Dr. H. Hoovey. June Foray as Jane Kangaroo and the birds. Chuck Jones as Junior Kangaroo, JoJo, and the black-bottomed eagle named Whizzer McWoff. And the Mellomen as the Wickersham Brothers.

How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

Welcome to the Dr. Seuss Page where all the characters are created by the one and only Dr. Theodore Seuss Geisel. Here is the first Dr. Seuss post I'm going to put up.

Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! is a 1966 American animated television special directed by Chuck Jones. It is based on the homonymous children's book by Dr. Seuss, the story of The Grinch trying to take away Christmas from the townsfolk of Whoville below his mountain hideaway. The special, which is considered a short film as it runs less than an hour, is one of the classic Christmas specials from the 1960s still shown regularly on television. Jones and Geisel previously worked together on the Private Snafu training cartoons for United Productions of America during World War 2.

The 26-minute short was originally telecast on CBS on December 18, 1966. CBS repeated it annually during the Christmas season until 1987. Beginning in 2006, ABC began broadcasting it annually during the Christmas. It was eventually acquired by Turner Broadcasting System, which now shows it several times between November and December. Boris Karloff, in one of his final roles, narrates the film and also provides the speaking voice of The Grinch. The special was originally produced by The Cat in the Hat Productions in association with the television and animation divisions of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios. Of course June Foray provides the voice of Cindy Lou Who, who is not more than two and Thurl Ravenscroft performs the song, "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch."