Frosty Returns

Frosty Returns
Title page
GenreChildren's animated Christmas television special
Fantasy
Family
Musical
Written byOliver Goldstick
Jim Lewis
Directed byEvert Brown
Bill Melendez
StarringJohn Goodman
Elisabeth Moss
Michael Patrick Carter
Brian Doyle-Murray
Andrea Martin
Jan Hooks
Narrated byJonathan Winters
Theme music composerMark Mothersbaugh
Denis M. Hannigan
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producerLorne Michaels
ProducersEryk Casemiro
Bill Melendez
CinematographyNick Vasu
EditorsChuck McCann
Warren Taylor
Running time22 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkCBS
ReleaseDecember 1, 1992 (1992-12-01)

Frosty Returns is an American animated Christmas television special directed by Bill Melendez and Evert Brown, starring the voices of Jonathan Winters as the narrator and John Goodman as Frosty the Snowman. The special premiered on CBS on December 1, 1992. It is the fourth special in a series beginning with Rankin/Bass Animated Entertainment's 1969 television adaptation of Steve Nelson and Jack Rollins's 1950 holiday song. It was produced by Bill Melendez Productions in association with Broadway Video and CBS Entertainment Productions in 1992, and released on VHS by Family Home Entertainment as part of their "Christmas Classics Series" line on September 15, 1993.