Christmas Television Favorites (Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! / The Year Without a Santa Claus / Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July / Rudolph's Shiny New Year / and More)
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: Unknown
EAN: 0085391160779
Format: Animated, Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Original recording remastered, Widescreen, NTSC
Item Dimensions: 20
Label: Warner Home Video
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 1.0EnglishSubtitled
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
MPN: D116077D
Number Of Items: 4
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: October 02, 2007
Running Time: 322 minutes
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: December 10, 2007
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Genre: Children's Video
Rating: NR
Release Date: 2-OCT-2007
Media Type: DVD
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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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. The gift arrived in great condition.
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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. I will keep this for years to come and hand them down as keepsakes for generations to enjoy.
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These DVD's are really great. Some of the best all times children Christmas movies.
I love to see these movies on hollidays but is not easy to find them on TV, so now it's no more a problem.
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This movie collection is great for the holiday season, and it also makes a great gift for kids. All the holiday favorite movies are in this collection, and you would have to buy any of them separate.
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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. She found this gift set and it brought me back to a little girl watching them with my sister. I love it and I watch it a lot!
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