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In 1969, Rankin/Bass Productions produced a 25-minute television special, Frosty the Snowman, featuring the animation of Japanese studio Mushi Production, and the voices of comedians Jimmy Durante as the narrator (who also sings a version of the song), Billy De Wolfe as Professor Hinkle and Jackie Vernon as Frosty.
Frosty the Snowman is a 1969 American animated Christmas television special produced by Rankin/Bass ... (though at the time the song had slightly different lyrics ...
In 2015, both the special and Frosty the Snowman were released on Blu-ray-DVD combo packs in the 45th Anniversary Collector's Edition. In 2022, the special was released on 4K Ultra HD as part of The Classic Christmas Specials Collection (with Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Frosty the Snowman).
‘Frosty The Snowman’ (1969) Twenty20 "There's a certain magic that comes with the very first snow. For when the first snow is also a Christmas snow, well, something wonderful is bound to ...
Durante is known to most modern audiences as the character who narrated the 1969 animated special Frosty the Snowman. He also performed the title song of the 1968 comedy-adventure movie Monte Carlo or Bust! (titled Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies in the U.S.) over the film's animated opening credits. [citation needed]
That latter entry found Rudolph amidst the Rankin/Bass world of Frosty the Snowman, which premiered on CBS in 1969, while Rudolph also made his cameo appearances in two more Animagic TV specials ...
Walter Engle "Jack" Rollins (September 15, 1906 – January 1, 1973) was an American musician born in Scottdale, Pennsylvania and raised in Keyser, West Virginia. [1] Rollins wrote the lyrics to holiday favorites "Here Comes Peter Cottontail," "Frosty the Snowman," and "Smokey the Bear."
Vernon supplied the voice of the title character of the popular family friendly Rankin-Bass television special Frosty the Snowman (1969), which has been broadcast annually on CBS since its debut. He later reprised the voice in two more Rankin-Bass specials: Frosty's Winter Wonderland (1976) and Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July (1979).