The reason why Grinch doesn’t have magical powers in the original special is because it takes place on Christmas… which is a HORRIBLE night for eyebrows.
Sad we didn't get more of these Grinch prequels. Would've love to see "How the Grinch stole Easter", "How the Grinch stole Thanksgiving", or "How the Grinch stole Valentine". Or better yet, "How the Grinch stole Black Friday".
I portrayed a character in a Thanksgiving themed Grinch play back in middle school so I guess somebody wrote a story about it online that my school used
I can't get over "It's a wonderful night for eyebrows". It's just such a random sentence that comes out of nowhere and doesn't have anything to do with the story whatsoever.
How could this be? There was no Grinch Night to be had! It came without Ghosts! It came without Screams! It came without Monsters, Spooks, and Bad Dreams!
@@fritzy8318 Don't turn things that aren't slurs into such. Is it offensive to ghost? Zombies, ghouls or vampires, or Frankenstein's monster? Otherwise it is not... if it otherwise I think you’re trying way too hard, that you invented it. In which case, keep it to yourself or forget it. Don't give anyone the idea, let it keep at it's original meaning. Definition: spook /spo͞ok/ noun noun: spook; plural noun: spooks 1. INFORMAL a ghost. 2. INFORMAL•NORTH AMERICAN a spy. "a CIA spook" 3. OFFENSIVE•DATED View definition verbINFORMAL verb: spook; 3rd person present: spooks; past tense: spooked; past participle: spooked; gerund or present participle: spooking So, just forget it, because you're the only one who thought that, forget it let that definition be lost like Greek fire, and even as that one Greek flexible glass that Ceasars destroyed because for some dumb reason thought it would destroy the value of gold.
@@MrXemrox But, it's literally a slur. Although it's technically an outdated one, it's really risen in prominence recently thanks to, of course, bastards on the internet.
The complete nonsense of this cartoon is exactly why I like it honestly. Plus the animation has such a Halloween feel to it. The colors look so surreal and saturated it looks really cool. I wish the non-story wasn't so boring though lol
This has been my favorite Halloween special since I can remember. That whole haunted wagon thing might be my first ever delving in the "weird for the sake of weird." It's great.
A few things (other people have mentioned some of them, but oh well) 1. The Grinch is voiced by Hans Conried. He also voiced Captain Hook and Mr. Darling in Disney’s Peter Pan and King Azaz and the Mathemagician in the ‘70s adaptation of The Phantom Tollbooth. 2. Max’s singing is done by Henry Gibson, Wilber’s voice from the animated Charlotte’s Web. 3. The outhouse is called “The euphemish” in this world. When I was growing up, I just thought it was a Seussian word. Now, it’s like the most in-your-face adult joke there is.
To bring up another point about #1 - the actor also narrated and voiced Horton in Chuck Jones’s adaptation of Horton Hears a Who. Interesting side fact - much like Hans Conried, Jim Carrey would both perform as the Grinch and voice Horton years later. Felt like it came full circle.
Yay someone else who knows The Phantom Tollbooth!!! Hans Conried did a great job in his dual role. Did you also know Candy Candido (The Indian chief in Peter Pan and many a Disney ride voice) was the Awful Din? And Mel Blanc was the Dodecahedron!
Hans Conried also voiced Thomas Jefferson ("Ben and Me"), Thorin Oakenshield (Rankin and Bass "The Hobbit"), and Snidely Whiplash. The dude was a legend in voicework.
The Paraphernalia Wagon sequence is uncanny in its ability to captures the feeling of a fever dream and I’m not saying that in a “haha this is trippy” way but the fact it has its own internal logic that those dreams usually force your brain to mull over. it’s pretty great. Also, there’s a cameo by The Jibboo from “Oh the Thinks you can Think!” depicted a bit more threatening than its appearance in the book. Knowing Seuss, it wouldn’t surprise me if that was intentional on his part (I’m told the original text did frighten some kids and even got complaints from parents)
For some reason I was obsessed with this cartoon as a kid, but I'm not sure why since NOTHING happens until that freak-out scene at the end, then it's instantly over. I was even more enamored of Witch's Night Out, but that one has some legit magic to it and some of the dialogue and voice acting are freaking brilliant--way, way better than a no-budget Halloween special had any business being.
If you go with the angle that the Grinch, and whatever his race are, has a centuries-long lifespan, this actually not only makes sense but becomes that much more interesting. The issue with Max at the end of this film can be explained away as the Grinch liking dogs of this particular breed, and liking the name "Max", as Phelous suggested. Also, the vast differences between the Who's here and in the Christmas cartoon makes more sense if we assume that this story happened hundreds of years before that one. In that time, the people of the community have evolved more of their own distinct, ethnic look. Also, this gives room to head-cannon that Euchariah and his family are distant ancestors of Cindy Lou.
The funnier way to interpret this special is that it's actually a sequel instead of a prequel, and the Grinch just went back to hating the Whos after Christmas was over. It would explain the whole "Max leaves the Grinch" part at the end.
Halloween is Grinch Night is one of my favorite holiday specials of all time. It's so needlessly creepy and unsettling, especially considering how loved and lighthearted the Christmas special is comparatively. Nothing like when an icon tries to sell you paraphernalia!
I think the eyebrows, the idea of Grinch Night, the magic powers disappearing by December, and the Grinch suddenly having to leave are all connected. Perhaps this is the one night a year the Grinch has all these powers. Either way I personally liked this. Then again, I also like Homer’s rivalry with the Grumple.
It's Grinch Night is a mandatory Halloween watch at our house. It's silly, it's downright absurd, makes no damn sense, climaxes in a frightening trip... and we love it lol. There was probably a solid month where us kids kept calling the bathroom "the euphamism."
in 2020 I read a new biography of Dr. Seuss that had come out, the author goes into these late 70s specials he made with Friz Frieling after the smash hit that was How the Grinch stole christmas, and apparently Dr. Seuss really enjoyed it because it allowed him to flex his skills as a song writer and to do a darker story he had not done since the days of Private Snafu.
@@gracekim1998 Boris Karloff also played as Imhotep in The 1932 Original Movie of The Mummy The 1999 Version with Brendan Fraiser is A Remake and A really good Remake too I have never seen The 2017 version with Tom Cruise but I have heard that pretty much Everyone hated that Movie when it came out and it was A Box Office Bomb sad to know
I don't know about the other ones I haven't seen, but I really wouldn't consider this particular special 'dark', considering all that happens is a bunch of vaguely spooky nothing. Is it darker than the Christmas special? Marginally, I guess. "It's a wonderful night for eyebrows, it's a wonderful night for teeth" is pretty original and amusing though, I'll say that much, along with the Grinch using his eyebrows as a weapon. It's silly, but in a fun, creative Seuss sort of way. Dark though? Nah.
I've always loved the "you put your glasses back on and face the facts!" thing, and had no idea it came from this. Very glad to know where it's from now!
You know, the fact that the Grinch concentrated all his attention on a young boy and all he did was scare him a bit makes we wonder why the entire town is terrified of him.
My assumption is that people fear the Grinch because of his Paraphernalia Wagon. With the monstrous creatures in it, he could unleash them and terrorize Whoville. As for the ball... well, he did mention that nobody would dance with him at all. So I assumed he would unleash Seuss-hell on the town while he had the ball to himself. That's my best guess.
Of course proper eyebrow care gives you superpowers. I mean have you seen Heihachi Mishima? The dude ate a tomahawk and regularly teaches bears martial arts! Oh and of course that party the Grinch was going to was worth it I mean Wabbu and Goron would have been there!
Making the grinch green was Chuck Jones (who worked on the animated special) idea. Theodor Geisel (aka dr. Suess) had soured a lot to animated adaptations of his work, but after Jones himself personally drove out to meet him, he decided it was OK, since Jones was the same kind of perfectionist Geisel himself was. But the book was in black and white, and Jones knew it needed to be colored, so he used the color of the rental car he had taken on the drive out to meet Geisel- a sickly green. He also was the one who put some songs into the special to pad it out a little. Despite initial objections with this, upon seeing the finished product and how well it did, Geisel was impressed and was more open to more adaptations of his books
It helps if you think of Grinch night as a stand-alone story, with no relation to How the Grinch Stole Christmas. That's basically what it is: it's own stand-alone story, much like how all the Ernest movies were stand-alones and didn't follow one another.
honestly that might be the problem he feels made for halloween while for chrismas he antithesis of it so it actually weirdly worked as a result but because his personality kind of fitting for halloween it really does not give much to work with when it comes to the character he works because of contradiction but for halloween there is not contradiction
I want to see a Halloween sequel to the 2018 Grinch movie based on this. Grinch loves Classic Halloween where you scare kids and hates the commercialized "kiddie" Halloween, so he uses the Paraphanelia Box as a haunted house attraction.
I watched this the other night for the first time and I loved it! Hans Conried was a great choice after Karloff and the music was done by frequent Muppet collaborator Joe Raposo, with lyrics by Dr Seuss himself. Plus they really don't hold back from the weird and bizarre aspects of Halloween, it was a lot of fun.
This special is good cause it inspired my family to have the head cannon that the Grinch gradually becomes evil again over thr course of each year culminating in Christmas and the 1960s special isn't a rerun, it's just how it goes down each year
That scene where The Grinch laughs as he heads back home, right after saying "I'll be coming back some day", hella scared me as a kid. That is one sinister laugh, and Joe Raposo's score helps set the tone.
I remember coming across the special on TH-cam a few years back and thinking “Wait, the Grinch had a Halloween Special? How come no one ever said anything about it?” So then I watched it and…yeah, what CAN you say about it; it’s so bizarrely boring. Also love the new outro music Phelan! Really rocks!
I absolutely love this whacky tripy Halloween story! Pretty good job on your review! Please review more Dr. Seuss content! I like how this is the only story where the Grinch doesn’t turn good in the end!
Dunno why, but this rendition of the Grinch looks to me like a weird green Garfield, lol Also, if he teams up with Goron, they'd be unbeatable, nobody would be able to resist their eye and eyebrows powers combined!
The Cat in the Hat crossover at least has a plot and a much shorter acid trip sequence. Then again, there's NOTHING as good as the original Chuck Jones special, not even Chuck Jones's follow up Horton Hears a Who. That one REALLY had a lot of padding in it that not even slow burn animation could solve.
I'm pretty sure the big threat was what he had in that wagon. Random monsters, spooks and other terrors? He literally had Dr. Seuss's version of Hell inside of that thing. And he was gonna unleash it upon the entire town. Either way my theory is that this special was actually anti Halloween. A song about staying in doors? (Halloween is about people going out) And as Phealous pointed out, they used the number 6 multiple times in that same song. And the Grinch never acts more like the devil than he does here. Almost as if he his powers are at their peak because of what night it is. Halloween is Grinch Night = Halloween is the Devil's night? This did come out at a time when many Christians were going about saying how the Halloween is the Devil's night. Thankfully the majority of my brothers and sisters in Christ have thankfully died down on this belief (my parents and myself included). Orrrrrrr....it could simply be about facing what scares you. One little Who goes out to face the Grinch despite all of the horrors he had at this disposal. That is another common theme in Seuss's works. So often it's the smallest character who makes the biggest difference. Like Jojo in "Horton's Hears a Who" and little Cindy Lou in "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" ...okay she didn't do much in the original but other the years her role was expanded! And here we have our little hero saving the whole town. That is another thing about Halloween thats been touched upon over the years, confronting what might scare you the most and getting past it!
I think the story was suppose to revolve around how every "Grinch Night" the Grinch comes down the mountain to unleash all those ghosts and weird creatures in his cart upon whoville to scare them or drive them insane, this is why Zach took the oppertunity to meet the Grinch and basically sacrifice himself to the Grinch's spirits so that he can either placate the Grinch with a victim to send him away or endure the horrors of his cart long enough so that the Grinch runs out of time and has to go back up the mountain. If I had to guess at a moral or theme it's to give little kids a story where a kid was able to endure nightmarish horrors because he loved his family enough to gather what courage he had to endure the Grinch's evils, this way kids in the real world might take that and learn to apply it themselves to not be afraid of things that might seem spooky. sort of like a watered-down version of Egon's speech during the Ghost Busters Halloween special
"you put your glasses back on and face the facts" - the Grinch. Enduring terror incarnate while simultaneously overcoming ones own discomforts. Only to see that those obstacles were nothing more than surmountable inconveniences we put up with for the sake of friends, family and self betterment. Yeah, sounds about a moral! =]
Ya'know, I just watched the Jim Carrey Grinch last Christmas and while not a perfect movie it was surprisingly better than I remembered it being. I guess I associated it with all the later crappy Suess movies. You can see it starting a lot of the bad trends that pervade those films, but they're far more tolerable in it and Carrey acting being the focus is a lot more palatable than say Mike Meyer's Cat in the Hat (oh god).
Yeah, I enjoy the 2000 Grinch movie and think they did pretty well expanding the story to a full length film. Cat in the Hat though was absolutely terrible, it was a punishment film for Mike Myers and a punishment film for the audience.
I really liked the Jim Carrey Grinch movie and never quite understood why it got so much hate. Gave me There's Something About Mary vibes, which I guess the tone was what threw some people for a loop.
Perfect. Now in the future, whenever I get stuck in an argument, I'll say "It's a wonderful night for eyebrows.". (I wonder how people will react to that)
Catching up with some videos I missed. I am always so happy that the Mortal Komedy bits are still being used in your videos. Every single one of them is gold.
I think the kid just got hit by a hallucinagenic substance that the Grinch was keeping in his wagon. It is very fast-acting, so much so, that the boy immediately perceives the effect as a monster popping out of the door.
This is regularly included as a special feature alongside the Christmas special on DVD releases. Apparently, Dr Seuss actually liked this special much more than Christmas. Especially the climax with all its weird imagery, the brief shots of the various eyes looking at the camera most of all. Sadly, Boris Karloff had died a few years earlier, which is why Hans Conried does the narration and the Grinch's voice. Conried was a very famous actor in the 50s and 60s. Among his roles was Captain Hook in Peter Pan, and Wrongway Feldman on Gilligan's Island (a character based on real-life pilot Douglas Corrigan, who earned the nickname "Wrongway" after going in the opposite direction he said he would).
Thanks for this video, Phelan. The funniest thing is that I never actually watched "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" as a kid, but I probably saw this about 3-5 times when it was on TV. And I still enjoy the trippy visuals. That "Grinch if gonna get you"-part in the end is certainly the best thing about it. Watching this video made me re-watch it. Actually, I think it's pretty good at capturing a certain nightmarish feel.
I never knew this existed until now and the fact that you referenced the Jim Carey version is insane, especially since most people did not like that one. Though damn when you do think about it, the Who's are assholes and the Grinch if he had those powers in the Christmas one, the holiday would be his lol. This was very strange but hey nice to know that Grinch tried to steal another holiday back in the day and soild Halloween video!
@@phelousI'm glad that I'm not the only person who likes the Jim Carey version of The Grinch that Stole Christmas. Oddly though, Mr. Grinch seemed more likeable than the Who's down in Whoville, from the live action film. Movies a guilty pleasure for me. :)
Man, my brother watched this in preschool and came home to tell me there was a “Halloween” version of the Grinch. Not being smart enough to look up information online, I spent a good eight years wondering. When I finally found and viewed it, I spent eight years wondering how my brother was able to gloss things over so quickly. I would’ve filled my pants with who hash.
It's a wonderful night for eyebrows... and traumatizing who children! I remember seeing this as kid and it was both creepy but fascinating with all the surreal imagery. Kinda like horror for kids almost haha. Definitely a nostalgia trip seeing you cover this.
Why is Phelous the only one talking about the REAL issues in Whoville? Nobody else will stand up for the red Who, or talk about the Illwhominati with the Dingsniffler Industrial Complex under their heel. Big Truffula doesn't want you to know about all the Who Hash they shipped in, and that's why The Grinch HAD to steal all the holidays. He was hopelessly addicted and needed his fix.
On a misguided whim, I saw End of Days in the theater. The only thing that kept it from ruining my night was noticing that a little movie called Dogma was also playing. It both washed away the Arnie stank and started a short-lived obsession with Kevin Smith's films.
I remember watching the Grinch Night special when I was a kid, I saw it whenever I went to my great grandmother's house. I even just watched this special earlier.
The 'Whos are tripping balls' bit got me surprisingly well :p. I completely forgot this film existed until I saw clips from the weird nightmarish section lol.
I feel like Grinch Night makes more sense as a sequel. Like there would be a Grinch alert system because he did previously break into everyone's home. Maybe he's down with Christmas now, but still wants to come out on "Grinch Night" every once in a while.
The reason why Grinch doesn’t have magical powers in the original special is because it takes place on Christmas… which is a HORRIBLE night for eyebrows.
It’s also a horrible night for teeth, judging by the Grinch’s creepy grin in the original special.
@@xylaharrison7822 he has termites in his smile
His powers are useless because the Whos have too much Christmas spirit
Sad we didn't get more of these Grinch prequels. Would've love to see "How the Grinch stole Easter", "How the Grinch stole Thanksgiving", or "How the Grinch stole Valentine".
Or better yet, "How the Grinch stole Black Friday".
"How the Grinch stole Arbor Day:" The epic crossover between the Grinch and the Lorax.
@@TheEmeraldWeirdo How The Grinch Gave It A Rest During Lent
I portrayed a character in a Thanksgiving themed Grinch play back in middle school so I guess somebody wrote a story about it online that my school used
Comparitively, The Grinch on Black Friday would be a saint.
Or the Grinch stole Columbus Day actually I wouldn’t mind if that is stole
*"It's a wonderful night for eyebrows."*
I want this on a t-shirt.
Me too
I KNOW! It’s so insane I love it😂
Yeah it just so out there.🤣
It's a wonderful night for teeth
I totally do too
I can't get over "It's a wonderful night for eyebrows". It's just such a random sentence that comes out of nowhere and doesn't have anything to do with the story whatsoever.
I never get tired of that Clint-Howard 'Cancelled' joke.
I may not fully get it but I can’t help but laugh too🤣
You guys gotta try this!
What's the original clip from?
@@someguy3752 um ice cream man I THINK
Me too. I hope he does that Space Rangers show someday
To be fair, that kid did do a flip at the bottom of the slide, so I was pretty impressed
How could this be? There was no Grinch Night to be had!
It came without Ghosts!
It came without Screams!
It came without Monsters, Spooks, and Bad Dreams!
Don’t say that second one in the last part. You’re using a slur.
@@fritzy8318 Don't turn things that aren't slurs into such. Is it offensive to ghost? Zombies, ghouls or vampires, or Frankenstein's monster? Otherwise it is not... if it otherwise I think you’re trying way too hard, that you invented it. In which case, keep it to yourself or forget it. Don't give anyone the idea, let it keep at it's original meaning.
Definition:
spook
/spo͞ok/
noun
noun: spook; plural noun: spooks
1.
INFORMAL
a ghost.
2.
INFORMAL•NORTH AMERICAN
a spy.
"a CIA spook"
3.
OFFENSIVE•DATED
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verbINFORMAL
verb: spook; 3rd person present: spooks; past tense: spooked; past participle: spooked; gerund or present participle: spooking
So, just forget it, because you're the only one who thought that, forget it let that definition be lost like Greek fire, and even as that one Greek flexible glass that Ceasars destroyed because for some dumb reason thought it would destroy the value of gold.
But it had a extra helping of Eyebrows.
@@MrXemrox But, it's literally a slur. Although it's technically an outdated one, it's really risen in prominence recently thanks to, of course, bastards on the internet.
@@TheSmart-CasualGamer it should be forgotten as a slur now. The meaning WE all are used is GHOSTS so there 😅
The complete nonsense of this cartoon is exactly why I like it honestly. Plus the animation has such a Halloween feel to it. The colors look so surreal and saturated it looks really cool. I wish the non-story wasn't so boring though lol
There's a weak buildup but the payoff with worth it
This has been my favorite Halloween special since I can remember. That whole haunted wagon thing might be my first ever delving in the "weird for the sake of weird." It's great.
A few things (other people have mentioned some of them, but oh well)
1. The Grinch is voiced by Hans Conried. He also voiced Captain Hook and Mr. Darling in Disney’s Peter Pan and King Azaz and the Mathemagician in the ‘70s adaptation of The Phantom Tollbooth.
2. Max’s singing is done by Henry Gibson, Wilber’s voice from the animated Charlotte’s Web.
3. The outhouse is called “The euphemish” in this world. When I was growing up, I just thought it was a Seussian word. Now, it’s like the most in-your-face adult joke there is.
To bring up another point about #1 - the actor also narrated and voiced Horton in Chuck Jones’s adaptation of Horton Hears a Who.
Interesting side fact - much like Hans Conried, Jim Carrey would both perform as the Grinch and voice Horton years later. Felt like it came full circle.
@@thomasleone8313 Too bad he didn't narrate either film.
Yay someone else who knows The Phantom Tollbooth!!! Hans Conried did a great job in his dual role. Did you also know Candy Candido (The Indian chief in Peter Pan and many a Disney ride voice) was the Awful Din? And Mel Blanc was the Dodecahedron!
Hans Conried also voiced Thomas Jefferson ("Ben and Me"), Thorin Oakenshield (Rankin and Bass "The Hobbit"), and Snidely Whiplash. The dude was a legend in voicework.
Hans Conried was also the title role in The 5000 Fingers of Dr T, a far superior Dr. Seuss movie than this one (imo).
The Paraphernalia Wagon sequence is uncanny in its ability to captures the feeling of a fever dream and I’m not saying that in a “haha this is trippy” way but the fact it has its own internal logic that those dreams usually force your brain to mull over. it’s pretty great.
Also, there’s a cameo by The Jibboo from “Oh the Thinks you can Think!” depicted a bit more threatening than its appearance in the book. Knowing Seuss, it wouldn’t surprise me if that was intentional on his part (I’m told the original text did frighten some kids and even got complaints from parents)
To be fair, I thought the Jiboo was pretty terrifying in the book too
That book has a lot of cameos in the movie.
@Tareltonlives
''What would you do if you met a Jibboo?''
The Sub- Zero joke came outta nowhere, and I laughed 3x harder that day.
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"The doctor said I almost died, you idiots!" XD
It will never not be funny 😂
For some reason I was obsessed with this cartoon as a kid, but I'm not sure why since NOTHING happens until that freak-out scene at the end, then it's instantly over. I was even more enamored of Witch's Night Out, but that one has some legit magic to it and some of the dialogue and voice acting are freaking brilliant--way, way better than a no-budget Halloween special had any business being.
Prolly because Grinch looks hella cute in this one, at least when he's properly on-model and not wearing a mean expression.
It is like 70% of the Grinch stories, movies, and tv shows
Probably the same reap I was obsessed with "Pooh's Grand Adventure" as a kid, cuz it's trippy as balls.
This special is mostly composed of that haunting 70s echo style narration music which makes the filler hardly seem like filler at all.
@@RettMikhal Dude I am DEFINITELY looking this up!
The "It's a wonderful night for eyebrows" sent me into a laughing fit. Like...What does that mean??
If you go with the angle that the Grinch, and whatever his race are, has a centuries-long lifespan, this actually not only makes sense but becomes that much more interesting. The issue with Max at the end of this film can be explained away as the Grinch liking dogs of this particular breed, and liking the name "Max", as Phelous suggested. Also, the vast differences between the Who's here and in the Christmas cartoon makes more sense if we assume that this story happened hundreds of years before that one. In that time, the people of the community have evolved more of their own distinct, ethnic look. Also, this gives room to head-cannon that Euchariah and his family are distant ancestors of Cindy Lou.
The funnier way to interpret this special is that it's actually a sequel instead of a prequel, and the Grinch just went back to hating the Whos after Christmas was over. It would explain the whole "Max leaves the Grinch" part at the end.
😂true
The Grinch monster scene is really reminiscent of Dr. Seuss's wild collection of surrealism he's painted I've seen in one of his art books.
Genuinely upset that the Grinch isn't an eldritch god-king in any other Grinch media than this.
Ahh, nothing takes me back to childhood more than that immortal line "it's a great night for eyebrows!!"
5:14 I MEAN, TO BE FAIR, $1.50 in 1977, when this special premiered, is equal to $7.19 nowadays
Inflation sure is a bitch
Halloween is Grinch Night is one of my favorite holiday specials of all time. It's so needlessly creepy and unsettling, especially considering how loved and lighthearted the Christmas special is comparatively. Nothing like when an icon tries to sell you paraphernalia!
I just watched it this year and they did NOT need to go as hard on the score as they did lmao
I think the eyebrows, the idea of Grinch Night, the magic powers disappearing by December, and the Grinch suddenly having to leave are all connected. Perhaps this is the one night a year the Grinch has all these powers. Either way I personally liked this. Then again, I also like Homer’s rivalry with the Grumple.
It's Grinch Night is a mandatory Halloween watch at our house. It's silly, it's downright absurd, makes no damn sense, climaxes in a frightening trip... and we love it lol. There was probably a solid month where us kids kept calling the bathroom "the euphamism."
I just took a big dump in the Euphamism.
in 2020 I read a new biography of Dr. Seuss that had come out, the author goes into these late 70s specials he made with Friz Frieling after the smash hit that was How the Grinch stole christmas, and apparently Dr. Seuss really enjoyed it because it allowed him to flex his skills as a song writer and to do a darker story he had not done since the days of Private Snafu.
Whoa 😮
@@gracekim1998 Until Phelous made this Video I never saw or heard anything about how The Grinch stole Halloween
@@gracekim1998 Boris Karloff also played as Imhotep in The 1932 Original Movie of The Mummy The 1999 Version with Brendan Fraiser is A Remake and A really good Remake too I have never seen The 2017 version with Tom Cruise but I have heard that pretty much Everyone hated that Movie when it came out and it was A Box Office Bomb sad to know
@@jackgarrison8497 me too 😂
I don't know about the other ones I haven't seen, but I really wouldn't consider this particular special 'dark', considering all that happens is a bunch of vaguely spooky nothing. Is it darker than the Christmas special? Marginally, I guess.
"It's a wonderful night for eyebrows, it's a wonderful night for teeth" is pretty original and amusing though, I'll say that much, along with the Grinch using his eyebrows as a weapon. It's silly, but in a fun, creative Seuss sort of way. Dark though? Nah.
I've always loved the "you put your glasses back on and face the facts!" thing, and had no idea it came from this. Very glad to know where it's from now!
Every year when Halloween comes, I greet it by telling my little sister "it's a wonderful night for eyebrows Max."
“It’s a wonderful night for eyebrows!”
Phelan: 😳
Cracked me up!
You know, the fact that the Grinch concentrated all his attention on a young boy and all he did was scare him a bit makes we wonder why the entire town is terrified of him.
“I wouldn’t go out on a night like this…for a dollar and fifty cents”
Next time the Grinch takes on his arch nemesis the Cat in the Hat
'Well I'll be Grinched'
Apparently even to The Grinch his name is a euphemism...
That or his kind speaks a language similar to the Smurfs.
Had to pause the video I was laughing so hard when he says "apparently the grinch had a pocket universe"
My assumption is that people fear the Grinch because of his Paraphernalia Wagon. With the monstrous creatures in it, he could unleash them and terrorize Whoville.
As for the ball... well, he did mention that nobody would dance with him at all. So I assumed he would unleash Seuss-hell on the town while he had the ball to himself.
That's my best guess.
More like how Phelous stole my sadness and replaced it with happiness.
Of course proper eyebrow care gives you superpowers. I mean have you seen Heihachi Mishima? The dude ate a tomahawk and regularly teaches bears martial arts! Oh and of course that party the Grinch was going to was worth it I mean Wabbu and Goron would have been there!
Heihachi is is so cool :o
I remember the Mishima Eyebrow Joke in Spoony's Tekken Reviews.
That also explains Dr. Wily given his eyebrows. Also, of course Wabuu and Goron would attend that party.
Making the grinch green was Chuck Jones (who worked on the animated special) idea. Theodor Geisel (aka dr. Suess) had soured a lot to animated adaptations of his work, but after Jones himself personally drove out to meet him, he decided it was OK, since Jones was the same kind of perfectionist Geisel himself was. But the book was in black and white, and Jones knew it needed to be colored, so he used the color of the rental car he had taken on the drive out to meet Geisel- a sickly green. He also was the one who put some songs into the special to pad it out a little. Despite initial objections with this, upon seeing the finished product and how well it did, Geisel was impressed and was more open to more adaptations of his books
Grinch night is the perfect encapsulation of Halloween. You pretend things are spooky for fun, then you drop some acid and party
It helps if you think of Grinch night as a stand-alone story, with no relation to How the Grinch Stole Christmas. That's basically what it is: it's own stand-alone story, much like how all the Ernest movies were stand-alones and didn't follow one another.
"I was trying to send my eyebrows at you, but it didn't work."
Must not have been a wonderful night for eyebrows, then.
Ironic that the Grinch would be defeated by a nerd, and nerd is a word invented by Dr. Seuss.
You would think a character like the Grinch would be ready made for Halloween🤷🏿♂️
honestly that might be the problem he feels made for halloween while for chrismas he antithesis of it so it actually weirdly worked as a result but because his personality kind of fitting for halloween it really does not give much to work with when it comes to the character he works because of contradiction but for halloween there is not contradiction
I think the only reason they put Halloween in the title was to pass it off as a holiday special.
@@tacaloking4 similar to Jack Skellington
"A Phelous Halloween Grinch video?! I wouldn't miss a Phelous Halloween Grinch video on a night like this for $60 and $.60!"
I can beat that. I wouldn’t miss it for $60.66!
@@dancepiglover Let me wager on that! I wouldn't miss a Phelous Halloween Grinch video on a night like this for ALL THE DIAMONDS!!!
@@Bakusz72 Hmm, I don’t know. I think we should be enemies.
@@dancepiglover Certainly. But, only because you have driven away my father.
@@Bakusz72 where’s my DAMN hairbrush?!😂
They’re so loud the grinch lives on a fucking mountain and he still can’t sleep because they’re so loud
Halloweenie feels like a fever dream. What a great character.
I want to see a Halloween sequel to the 2018 Grinch movie based on this. Grinch loves Classic Halloween where you scare kids and hates the commercialized "kiddie" Halloween, so he uses the Paraphanelia Box as a haunted house attraction.
Too bad Illumination doesn't have the balls to actually scare children.
@@jlev1028 mmm yeah 😅
I watched this the other night for the first time and I loved it! Hans Conried was a great choice after Karloff and the music was done by frequent Muppet collaborator Joe Raposo, with lyrics by Dr Seuss himself. Plus they really don't hold back from the weird and bizarre aspects of Halloween, it was a lot of fun.
13:52 Oh boy, I always wondered what the Dr. Suess version of Hell looked like 👍
This special is good cause it inspired my family to have the head cannon that the Grinch gradually becomes evil again over thr course of each year culminating in Christmas and the 1960s special isn't a rerun, it's just how it goes down each year
That scene where The Grinch laughs as he heads back home, right after saying "I'll be coming back some day", hella scared me as a kid. That is one sinister laugh, and Joe Raposo's score helps set the tone.
I loved this flick growing up. This, the Great Pumpkin and Garfield Halloween are a good family friendly windup for Halloween night!
It's a wonderful night for a Pheleous video.
The Grinch: Professional Eyebrowmancer.
I remember coming across the special on TH-cam a few years back and thinking “Wait, the Grinch had a Halloween Special? How come no one ever said anything about it?”
So then I watched it and…yeah, what CAN you say about it; it’s so bizarrely boring.
Also love the new outro music Phelan! Really rocks!
Trivia: a month later, Hans Conreid was Thorin Oakenshield
I absolutely love this whacky tripy Halloween story! Pretty good job on your review! Please review more Dr. Seuss content! I like how this is the only story where the Grinch doesn’t turn good in the end!
Me: *Reads description* Really? How weird are we talkin'?
Grinch: *It's a wonderful night for eyebrows.*
Me: 😐 Oh boy.
This is why we love Phelous's content. Always classic, but new everytime.
The Sub-Zero joke kills me every time
Dunno why, but this rendition of the Grinch looks to me like a weird green Garfield, lol
Also, if he teams up with Goron, they'd be unbeatable, nobody would be able to resist their eye and eyebrows powers combined!
This and the Cat in the Hat crossover were definitely not as good as the original book and TV special
The crossover has the Grinch's Oath! But then again, that happens in the first ten minutes, so you can switch off the video after that. :D
The Cat in the Hat crossover at least has a plot and a much shorter acid trip sequence. Then again, there's NOTHING as good as the original Chuck Jones special, not even Chuck Jones's follow up Horton Hears a Who. That one REALLY had a lot of padding in it that not even slow burn animation could solve.
GREEN FACE
@@waterh2o299 the Grinch's mom lol
Considering that the conflict is resolved by the Cat in the Hat reminding the Grinch about his dead mom, are we sure Zach Snyder didn't rip it off?
Wow someone is actually acknowledging that Jim Carrey's Grinch was actually good.
Finally.
This special is still better then the 2018 Grinch where that Grinch wasn't even grinchy
I forgot that had even existed, until you reminded me.
He was a mildly annoyed neighbor than the Grinch.
@@bearerofbadnews1375 I mean, isn't the Grinch already an annoyed neighbor?
looking back, yeah The Whos do give of massive "singing carols to your Jewish neighbor knowing full well they don't celebrate Christmas" vibes
I remember watching this special as a kid and to this day it's still one of my favorites! The wagon part has a lot of dark moments.
It's a wonderful night for
*the scourge of Carpathia, the sorrow of Moldavia...*
I may have seen this one long ago in school; all I remember is the Max song
Seems the Grinch was in his short-lived eyebrows phase
I'm pretty sure the big threat was what he had in that wagon. Random monsters, spooks and other terrors? He literally had Dr. Seuss's version of Hell inside of that thing. And he was gonna unleash it upon the entire town.
Either way my theory is that this special was actually anti Halloween. A song about staying in doors? (Halloween is about people going out) And as Phealous pointed out, they used the number 6 multiple times in that same song. And the Grinch never acts more like the devil than he does here. Almost as if he his powers are at their peak because of what night it is. Halloween is Grinch Night = Halloween is the Devil's night?
This did come out at a time when many Christians were going about saying how the Halloween is the Devil's night. Thankfully the majority of my brothers and sisters in Christ have thankfully died down on this belief (my parents and myself included).
Orrrrrrr....it could simply be about facing what scares you. One little Who goes out to face the Grinch despite all of the horrors he had at this disposal. That is another common theme in Seuss's works. So often it's the smallest character who makes the biggest difference. Like Jojo in "Horton's Hears a Who" and little Cindy Lou in "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" ...okay she didn't do much in the original but other the years her role was expanded! And here we have our little hero saving the whole town.
That is another thing about Halloween thats been touched upon over the years, confronting what might scare you the most and getting past it!
Love this special!
It can get a lil' crazy!
AND THAT SONG IS STILL STUCK IN MY HEAD.
I think the story was suppose to revolve around how every "Grinch Night" the Grinch comes down the mountain to unleash all those ghosts and weird creatures in his cart upon whoville to scare them or drive them insane, this is why Zach took the oppertunity to meet the Grinch and basically sacrifice himself to the Grinch's spirits so that he can either placate the Grinch with a victim to send him away or endure the horrors of his cart long enough so that the Grinch runs out of time and has to go back up the mountain.
If I had to guess at a moral or theme it's to give little kids a story where a kid was able to endure nightmarish horrors because he loved his family enough to gather what courage he had to endure the Grinch's evils, this way kids in the real world might take that and learn to apply it themselves to not be afraid of things that might seem spooky.
sort of like a watered-down version of Egon's speech during the Ghost Busters Halloween special
"you put your glasses back on and face the facts" - the Grinch.
Enduring terror incarnate while simultaneously overcoming ones own discomforts. Only to see that those obstacles were nothing more than surmountable inconveniences we put up with for the sake of friends, family and self betterment.
Yeah, sounds about a moral! =]
06:24 yes, he said $6.66 but then the art style changed and the characters looked hyper-realistic... At least that's what Old Man's book said. 😁
All while "You're a Mean One Mr. Grinch" played backwards in a low pitch in the background!
Ya'know, I just watched the Jim Carrey Grinch last Christmas and while not a perfect movie it was surprisingly better than I remembered it being. I guess I associated it with all the later crappy Suess movies. You can see it starting a lot of the bad trends that pervade those films, but they're far more tolerable in it and Carrey acting being the focus is a lot more palatable than say Mike Meyer's Cat in the Hat (oh god).
Yeah, I enjoy the 2000 Grinch movie and think they did pretty well expanding the story to a full length film. Cat in the Hat though was absolutely terrible, it was a punishment film for Mike Myers and a punishment film for the audience.
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Yeah….Um I feel GUILTY for liking the cat in the hat growing up😅 I’m aware NOW that there’s INSANE adult jokes in it😶
The stink from The Cat in the Hat and the Lorax darkened everyone's memory of the Jim Carrey movie.
I really liked the Jim Carrey Grinch movie and never quite understood why it got so much hate.
Gave me There's Something About Mary vibes, which I guess the tone was what threw some people for a loop.
I have a weird Mandela affect experience with this special. I remember the cat in the hat being in it but apparently that’s another special.
Perfect. Now in the future, whenever I get stuck in an argument, I'll say "It's a wonderful night for eyebrows.". (I wonder how people will react to that)
Ooo I’m SO gonna try that on Monday 😂
Catching up with some videos I missed. I am always so happy that the Mortal Komedy bits are still being used in your videos. Every single one of them is gold.
I’m glad to see someone finally giving the Jim Carrey version some credit
I think the kid just got hit by a hallucinagenic substance that the Grinch was keeping in his wagon. It is very fast-acting, so much so, that the boy immediately perceives the effect as a monster popping out of the door.
This is regularly included as a special feature alongside the Christmas special on DVD releases. Apparently, Dr Seuss actually liked this special much more than Christmas. Especially the climax with all its weird imagery, the brief shots of the various eyes looking at the camera most of all.
Sadly, Boris Karloff had died a few years earlier, which is why Hans Conried does the narration and the Grinch's voice. Conried was a very famous actor in the 50s and 60s. Among his roles was Captain Hook in Peter Pan, and Wrongway Feldman on Gilligan's Island (a character based on real-life pilot Douglas Corrigan, who earned the nickname "Wrongway" after going in the opposite direction he said he would).
8:17 It’s a wonderful night for
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Thanks for this video, Phelan.
The funniest thing is that I never actually watched "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" as a kid, but I probably saw this about 3-5 times when it was on TV.
And I still enjoy the trippy visuals. That "Grinch if gonna get you"-part in the end is certainly the best thing about it. Watching this video made me re-watch it. Actually, I think it's pretty good at capturing a certain nightmarish feel.
I never knew this existed until now and the fact that you referenced the Jim Carey version is insane, especially since most people did not like that one. Though damn when you do think about it, the Who's are assholes and the Grinch if he had those powers in the Christmas one, the holiday would be his lol. This was very strange but hey nice to know that Grinch tried to steal another holiday back in the day and soild Halloween video!
The Jim Carey Grinch should be appreciated more. I mean it has Clint Howard in it so automatically it's the best version.
I find a lot more people appreciate it now than they did back when it was first released.
@@phelousI'm glad that I'm not the only person who likes the Jim Carey version of The Grinch that Stole Christmas. Oddly though, Mr. Grinch seemed more likeable than the Who's down in Whoville, from the live action film. Movies a guilty pleasure for me. :)
@@phelous it DOES?!😮 that movie is the very reason I know about the grinch 😂
@@Bunny23723 cool, I’m pretty sure I enjoyed it too🤷♀️ kinda have to rewatch it again though
Man, my brother watched this in preschool and came home to tell me there was a “Halloween” version of the Grinch. Not being smart enough to look up information online, I spent a good eight years wondering. When I finally found and viewed it, I spent eight years wondering how my brother was able to gloss things over so quickly. I would’ve filled my pants with who hash.
Hans Conried also played the main villain in the Seuss-written live action film "The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T."
I guess the Grinch's magic powers only work on Halloween.
Makes sense? I think 😅
And the Grinch alarm center guy must've been on vacation during How The Grinch Stole Christmas.
Well, Christmas is a terrible night for eyebrows after all
It's a wonderful night for eyebrows... and traumatizing who children!
I remember seeing this as kid and it was both creepy but fascinating with all the surreal imagery. Kinda like horror for kids almost haha. Definitely a nostalgia trip seeing you cover this.
Awesome Vigo painting. I've always loved Ghostbusters 2 and have seen it more than the first.
Haha what the hell even was this special? I found myself cracking up multiple times during this one thank you phelan
That green blob monster in the carriage was the ultimate evil to be unleashed on Whoville... Slimer and the Real Grinchbusters!
I watched this one more than "Stole Christmas." Hans Conried was excellent as the Grinch, and the animation movie paraphernalia wagon was excellent.
I agree
Why is Phelous the only one talking about the REAL issues in Whoville? Nobody else will stand up for the red Who, or talk about the Illwhominati with the Dingsniffler Industrial Complex under their heel. Big Truffula doesn't want you to know about all the Who Hash they shipped in, and that's why The Grinch HAD to steal all the holidays. He was hopelessly addicted and needed his fix.
I always liked these Sr Suess TV specials. It was always the right length for this kind of MADNESS.
The Grinch's eyebrows grew 3 sizes that day. It was weird and not emotionally significant at all.
You put your glasses back on and face the facts! XD
On a misguided whim, I saw End of Days in the theater. The only thing that kept it from ruining my night was noticing that a little movie called Dogma was also playing. It both washed away the Arnie stank and started a short-lived obsession with Kevin Smith's films.
I remember watching the Grinch Night special when I was a kid, I saw it whenever I went to my great grandmother's house. I even just watched this special earlier.
clearly the christmas spirit is the grinch's one true weakness
I heard from some people that this was Dr.Seuss's favorite Grinch special, even more than the Christmas special.
oooh a new Phelous video? It's a wonderful night for eyebrows!
It's Zach from Oneyplays 13:45
The 'Whos are tripping balls' bit got me surprisingly well :p. I completely forgot this film existed until I saw clips from the weird nightmarish section lol.
Not ashamed to say that I still really enjoy this one.
I feel like Grinch Night makes more sense as a sequel. Like there would be a Grinch alert system because he did previously break into everyone's home. Maybe he's down with Christmas now, but still wants to come out on "Grinch Night" every once in a while.