Frosty's Winter Wonderland

Frosty's Winter Wonderland
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GenreFantasy comedy
Supernatural fiction
Based on"Frosty the Snowman" by
Steve Nelson and Jack Rollins
Written byRomeo Muller
Directed byArthur Rankin Jr.
Jules Bass
StarringDennis Day
Paul Frees
Jackie Vernon
Shelley Winters
Narrated byAndy Griffith
Music byMaury Laws
Country of originUnited States
Japan
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducersArthur Rankin Jr.
Jules Bass
CinematographyToru Hara
Tsuguyuki Kubo
Running time25 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkABC
ReleaseDecember 2, 1976 (1976-12-02)
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Frosty's Winter Wonderland is a 1976 animated Christmas television special and a standalone sequel to the 1969 special Frosty the Snowman, produced by Rankin/Bass Productions[1] and animated by Topcraft. It is the second television special featuring the character Frosty the Snowman. It returns writer Romeo Muller, character designer Paul Coker, Jr., music composer Maury Laws and actor Jackie Vernon as the voice of Frosty, while Andy Griffith stars as the narrator (replacing Jimmy Durante, who had been incapacitated by a stroke three years prior and retired from acting)[2] with the rest of the cast consisting of Shelley Winters, Dennis Day, and Paul Frees. The special premiered on ABC on December 2, 1976.[3]


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  1. ^ VanDerWerff, Emily (December 22, 2017). "The makers of Rudolph also created some of the most off-the-wall Christmas specials ever". Vox. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
  2. ^ Potempa, Philip (July 4, 2012). "OFFBEAT: Andy Griffith's memory will live on through legendary TV career". The Times of Northwest Indiana. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
  3. ^ Woolery, George W. (1989). Animated TV Specials: The Complete Directory to the First Twenty-Five Years, 1962-1987. Scarecrow Press. pp. 165–166. ISBN 0-8108-2198-2. Retrieved 27 March 2020.

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