Halloween Is Grinch Night
| Halloween Is Grinch Night | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Comedy-horror |
| Written by | Dr. Seuss |
| Directed by | Gerard Baldwin |
| Voices of | Hans Conried Henry Gibson Gary Shapiro Hal Smith Irene Tedrow Jack DeLeon |
| Narrated by | Hans Conried |
| Composer | Joe Raposo |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | David H. DePatie Friz Freleng |
| Producer | Ted Geisel (Dr. Seuss) |
| Running time | 26 minutes |
| Production company | DePatie–Freleng Enterprises |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | October 28, 1977 |
Halloween Is Grinch Night (titled It's Grinch Night for the 1992 videocassette release and Grinch Night for the sing-a-long videocassette release) is a 1977 children's animated Halloween television special and is a prequel to the 1966 television special How the Grinch Stole Christmas! It premiered on ABC on October 28, 1977. Boris Karloff, the original voice actor for The Grinch, had died and was replaced by Hans Conried, with Thurl Ravenscroft singing as he did in the original special. The songs and score were written by Sesame Street composer Joe Raposo.
The special won the 1978 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Program.