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Unfrosted might not be fully accurate in its portrayal of the race to create the first toaster pastry, but it does capture an essential truth: The more specific nostalgia is, the more universal its appeal. Which is why Unfrosted’s director, co-writer, and star Jerry Seinfeld’s personal passion for the Pop-Tart can be seen through the lens of a subversive yet somehow sweet look back at the ’60s, a time when kids roamed free (and right into dumpsters) and Shakespearean actors moonlighted as cereal mascots.

About that — the mascot in question is Tony the Tiger, and the real-life actor who voiced him was named Thurl Ravenscroft. And while, no, he was not a thespian who specialized in the Bard’s work, that’s the spin Hugh Grant has put on the character in Unfrosted, to great effect. Below, Grant talks to Tudum about playing a “frustrated old actor,” whether...

In the '90s and early 2000s, few leading men could match the unassuming star power of Hugh Grant. After some early roles, mostly in period pieces, Grant broke out in a big way in 1994's Four Weddings and a Funeral, quickly becoming one of the most bankable romantic leads in Hollywood. His status as a box office heavyweight began to slip somewhat in the latter part of the 2000s, and he eventually took a few years away from the business, returning in smaller supporting roles in the 2010s.

In recent years, Grant has started playing more of a certain type of role that he never got to play in his heyday: villains. He's managed to leverage his public persona both on and offscreen to delightful effect, playing antagonists in everything from Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thievesto Paddington 2, culminating in his role in 2024's Heretic. It's a career second act...

Disney is still committed to adapting their most beloved animated films into live-action movies, despite their past attempts receiving mixed reviews at best. Cinderella, which they already remade in 2015, is next on the chopping block. However, according to a new report, the film will potentially be the most unfaithful adaptation thus far. In fact, it won't even include Cinderella. The new live-action Prince Charming movie was announced last October, with Paddington's Paul King developing the film. Chris Hemsworth was also in talks to play the titular Prince, although, that appears to have fallen through. Since then, Twisters star Daisy Edgar-Jones has reportedly been cast in the movie, and her role has just been revealed.

Disney's live-action Prince Charming is reportedly moving ahead, according to Hollywood scooper Daniel Richtman. According to the report, the film will follow an unnamed animator (Edgar-Jones) who sketches drawings of Prince Charming from Cinderella. One day her drawing comes to life.

Disney has created hundreds of cinematic masterpieces with over a century of classics. However, even the best of these incredible stories have some glaring plot holes. And once fans find out about these story mistakes, it's difficult to forget.

While most are understandable as its in service of a more fun and lighthearted story, these plot holes are still big enough for fans to never look at their favorite films the same way again.

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How Do Anita And Roger Take Care Of 101 Dalmations? One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961)

One Hundred and One Dalmatians probably has one of the most adorably ridiculous movie premises of all time. In the film, married couple, Roger and Anita, start with their two dogs,...

By 1973, singer-songwriter Kris Kristofferson had starred in a handful of feature film roles, playing outlaw Billy the Kid in Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, which also co-starred Bob Dylan. That same year, just after her 14th birthday, Marie Osmond, of the performing Osmond clan, launched her recording career, becoming the youngest female act to hit Number One on the country chart with her song “Paper Roses.”

Although their career (and, indeed, personal) trajectories couldn’t be more divergent, the paths of Kristofferson — who died Saturday at 88 — and Osmond, along with her teen-idol brother Donny,...

In Chris Columbus' holiday musical "The Christmas Chronicles 2," Kurt Russell plays Santa Claus, a jolly tough guy living in connubial bliss with Mrs. Claus (Goldie Hawn) at the North Pole. The film reunites Santa with Kate (Darby Camp) and Jack (Jahzir Bruno), the stars from the first film. While they visit the cozy Claus home, a bitter ex-elf named Belsnickel (Julian Dennison) attempts to steal a magical Christmas Tree Star from Santa's village, throwing the future of Christmas into question. Santa, you see, needs the star to freeze time on Christmas night and provide the power needed to keep his village running. It will be up to the kids and the Clauses to recruit the help of Turkish forest elves (represented by Malcolm McDowell) and retrieve the stolen star. 

The film has a notable scene in an airport where Russell got to sing a huge soul number called "The Spirit of Christmas...

Rod Serling's anthology series "The Twilight Zone" may not have had a perfect run all the way through (you can check out our ranking of the original classic seasons right here), but it sure kicked off with a bang. Its second episode, "One For The Angels," was tonally much different than the show's unconventional pilot, and fairly quickly, audiences learned that they were going to be seeing many familiar faces pop up across the show's delightfully twisted and thought-provoking episodes. One such face belonged to Ed Wynn, who audiences would have known at that time for his many stage, film, and TV roles, including leading the Peabody- and Emmy-winning variety series "The Ed Wynn Show." Wynn carried this "Twilight Zone" episode on his shoulders, playing a pitchman who is visited by the personification of Death and trying to outsmart him, only to eventually have to give the pitch of his...

Jerry Seinfeld, the legendary comedian, recently teamed up with the charming and versatile actor Hugh Grant, in their new Netflix film Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story. While the pairing may seem unexpected, much like Seinfeld initially felt after learning about Grant’s interest in the movie, the two eventually delivered a humorous and endearing on-screen chemistry.

A still from Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story | Columbus 81 Productions, Netflix

But to people’s surprise, the iconic collaboration didn’t actually begin on a happy note. Appearing on The Tonight Show, Jerry Seinfeld noted how he suffered excruciatingly while teaming up with Hugh Grant. Calling the actor difficult to work with on set, Seinfeld later disclosed how they both gradually bonded through the movie, after going out on a dinner together.

Jerry Seinfeld and Hugh Grant Resolved Their Feuds Over Dinner

During his appearance on The Tonight Show to promote his then-upcoming Netflix film Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story,...

Jerry Seinfeld said he is nostalgic for the “agreed-upon hierarchy” of American culture in the 1960s, adding that he misses “dominant masculinity.”

Seinfeld shared the comments on Tuesday’s episode of the Honestly With Bari Weiss podcast, where he said he feels cultural hierarchy has “absolutely vaporized in today’s moment.”

“That is why people lean on the horn and drive in the crazy way that they drive,” he continued. “Because we have no sense of hierarchy. And as humans, we don’t really feel comfortable like that.”

Seinfeld was speaking in connection to his recent Netflix film (and feature-length directorial debut) Unfrosted, which tells the fictionalized origin story of the Pop-Tart and takes place in Michigan in the ’60s. During their conversation, Weiss told the comedian she felt the film represented a nostalgia for “a sense of one conversation, a common culture.”

Seinfeld agreed with Weiss’ assessment. “That’s...

The creation of Pop-Tarts in Unfrosted left out important events like the addition of frosting and sprinkles in later years. Real-life figures like John F. Kennedy, Thurl Ravenscroft, and Andy Warhol had interesting events happen post-Unfrosted release. The movie featured historical nods like the moon landing and pop culture references, making it a mix of fact and fiction.

The latest Jerry Seinfeld movie, Unfrosted, told the story of the creation of the Pop-Tart and the feud between the cereal companies Kelloggs and Post that led to its creation. While Unfrosted was a highly fictionalized account of the story, it also featured many real people and events that continued to have highly interesting consequences well after the credits rolled. As a movie packed with cultural and social allusions, hilarious anecdotes about historical moments, and even funny cameos from iconic characters, many fascinating real-life events occurred after the end of Unfrosted.

Warning! This article contains Spoilers for Unfrosted (2024)!

Thurl Ravenscroft, famous for voicing Tony the Tiger, had another iconic role as the vocalist for the 1966 song "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch." Ravenscroft's enduring legacy in pop culture includes singing the classic Christmas song and various animated Disney characters. While Netflix's Unfrosted movie ends in 1964, Ravenscroft continued voicing Tony the Tiger until his death in 2005.

The unreality presented in Jerry Seinfelds Unfrosted movie happens to leave out Thurl Ravenscrofts most famous kids-related role after being the voice of Kelloggs mascot Tony the Tiger. The cast and characters of Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story feature various celebrities and comedians portraying real and fictional figures in a semi-true telling of the origin of Kelloggs hit Pop-Tart brand. Unfrosted includes numerous mascots from breakfast products and cereal brands of the 1960s, some of whom were originally voiced or portrayed in real life by famous actors,...

Aside from the whimsical blend of truth and fiction, Jerry Seinfeld's first movie directing credit, Netflix's Unfrosted, immediately captures the attention with its stacked cast. In particular, the co-writer, director, and star's choice for the man behind the legendary voice of Tony the Tiger, Hugh Grant, seems to perfectly fit the playful tone of the movie. Described as a "grand actor who feels he's having to work beneath his status," in the film, Thurl Ravenscroft lent his rich voice to numerous projects, including The Artisocats and The Brave Little Toaster, and is one of the few Unfrosted characters not created for the movie.

Seinfeld brings humor to the breakfast race of '63. Unfrosted surprises with exciting cameos, including famous food mascots and actors portraying historical figures. The star-studded cast of Unfrosted features well-known comedians like Bill Burr, Fred Armisen, and Tony Hale.

Netflix's newest comedy film, Unfrosted, is led by Jerry Seinfeld as Bob Cabana and features many notable cameos. Unfrosted is co-written and directed by Seinfeld and follows the breakfast race of 1963 as Kellogg's and Post compete to see who can get their breakfast pastry on shelves first. Audiences and critics agree on Unfrosted's low reviews, negatively comparing the films content to soggy or stale breakfast food. However, Unfrosted manages to include exciting cameos that keep audiences on their toes waiting to see who appears next.

Seinfeld has had a long career in comedy and he uses that to his advantage in Unfrosted. Many of Seinfeld's friends and well-known comedians...

[This story includes spoilers for the Netflix movie Unfrosted.]

The buzz around Unfrosted is heating up, with Jerry Seinfeld’s heavily fictionalized Pop-Tart origin story now streaming on Netflix.

Seinfeld, who stars in the comedy movie that marks his feature directorial debut, also co-wrote the project’s screenplay. Contributing to the script was Spike Feresten, who worked with Seinfeld on the legendary NBC sitcom Seinfeld, with Feresten having penned one of the show’s most beloved and quotable episodes, “The Soup Nazi.”

During a conversation with The Hollywood Reporter, Feresten discussed some of the most memorable moments for the film that is set in 1963. This includes a plot point involving the Kellogg’s cereal mascots boycotting the company out of concern that the Pop-Tart will make them irrelevant, which leads to a sequence in which the mascots storm the company’s offices à la the attack on the U.S. Capitol Building on Jan. 6, 2021.

Feresten explained...

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Unfrosted on Netflix follows the story between "sworn cereal rivals" Kellogg's and Post, whose race to create pastry "will change the face of breakfast forever."

The ensemble cast includes Jerry Seinfeld as Bob Cabana, the head of development at Kellogg's, Melissa McCarthy as Donna "Stan" Stankowski, the wunderkind technician to make Pop-Tarts come to reality, and Hugh Grant's Thurl Ravenscroft as Tony the Tiger mascot at Kellogg's, to mention a few.

However, the film also includes a few kid actors who landed their first film role,...

Hollywood’s recent predilection for depicting the invention of particular products has, so far, relied on demonstrating the gravitas of said product’s eventual existence: Nike’s Air Jordans in Air; the dawn of the smartphone in BlackBerry; Tetris in, well, Tetris. Unfrosted, Jerry Seinfeld’s Pop-Tarts movie takes the opposite approach. It is, by design, extremely silly — an exaggerated parody of those tropes that ascribes history-altering importance to the creation of a fruit-goo-filled rectangle. For kids, Unfrosted argues, the arrival of the Pop-Tart was the most seismic cultural event of the ’60s; Seinfeld himself was one of those kids.

His feature directorial debut, then, is a madcap, candy-coloured retro romp through a cereal civil war, as breakfast rivals Kellogg’s and Post tool up to take first place in the toaster-pastry revolution. There is a small grain of truth in there (the companies really did battle over Kellogg’s...

By most standards, "Unfrosted" is not what you'd call a "good" movie. It's visually flat — as a filmmaker, Jerry Seinfeld will never win an award or be thought of as one of the greats (his direction is limited to "point and shoot"). Its screenplay doesn't even attempt to tell a complete narrative — the third act crumbles, as if everyone ran out of ideas and threw up their hands. None of these things are promising. And yet ... I laughed. A lot. I laughed because Seinfeld's movie about the invention of Pop-Tarts is very, very silly, and sometimes you just want to watch something silly. Seinfeld and his co-writers Spike Feresten, Andy Robin, and Barry Marder have cobbled together a gloriously ridiculous feast; a film that doesn't even slightly attempt to take itself seriously. I mean, this is a movie about Pop-Tarts, for crying out loud — how serious can it be?

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Melissa McCarthy, Jerry Seinfeld, and Jim Gaffigan in Unfrosted Image: Netflix Jerry Seinfeld has never been a great actor. He’d agree that surrounding himself with comedic performers like Jason Alexander and Julia Louis-Dreyfus made his sitcom sing more than his acting chops. So, why he decided not only to...

If you appreciated Barbie’s eye-popping zaniness but its virtuous speechifying set your teeth on edge, have I got a sugary treat for you. And by “sugary,” I mean empty calories, not saccharine sentimentality. Gleefully silly — this is, after all, the directing debut of TV’s master of the domain of nothing — Unfrosted takes the origin-story template, wrings it dry of emotion, mixes basic facts with goofy fiction and serves up a bit of toasted history about the search for a “fruit-filled pastry dingus,” the 20th century creation we now know as the Pop-Tart.

Teaming again with his Bee Movie screenwriting collaborators, but this time without the strained punning and belabored narrative mechanics, Jerry Seinfeld has lured a cast of thousands to play characters both real and invented, often a hybrid of the two, in a straight-up comedy — no therapeutic underpinnings or civic lessons — that’s funniest when it isn’t trying too hard.

For years various producers have pitched doing something like a zany It’s A Mad Mad Mad Mad World, only populated by an epic cast of contemporary comedy stars just like that Stanley Kramer supercomedy did during its time in 1963. So it is probably not a coincidence that Jerry Seinfeld selected that very year in which to set his live action filmmaking debut, Unfrosted, as a quadruple threat of star, director, co-writer, producer.

Placing it in Battle Creek, Michigan and taking the real life story of the rivalry of cereal kingpins Kellogg’s and Post in their race to create a revolutionary breakfast pastry, Seinfeld and his longtime writing partner Spike Feresten, along with their Bee Movie collaborators Andy Rubin & Barry Marder, have chosen to use some real life people, made up several others, salted it all with some basic truths, and basically let the laughs and comedy lead the way in the telling.

Melissa McCarthy, Jerry Seinfeld, and Jim Gaffigan in UnfrostedImage: Netflix

Jerry Seinfeld has never been a great actor. He’d agree that surrounding himself with comedic performers like Jason Alexander and Julia Louis-Dreyfus made his sitcom sing more than his acting chops. So, why he decided not only to star in but also direct Unfrosted,...

Hugh Grant's homemade iPhone audition clip left the 'Unfrosted' writers "stunned".The 'Notting Hill' star features in Jerry Seinfeld's comedy 'Unfrosted' as Thurl Ravenscroft – the actor who played Tony the Tiger for several decades – and his home-filmed try-out couldn't have gone down any better.Recalling his audition, Seinfeld's co-writer Spike Feresten told IndieWire: “He had a glass of wine in his hand, and he was on the couch.“We were just stunned on how homemade his audition was — and how good it was. Here’s Hugh Grant at 8 o’clock at night before he goes to bed, crushing the lines. Crushing. That’s when we said, ‘Jerry, close this for us. Get this guy.’”It was no doubt a relief that Grant was perfect for the role because they were "terrified" of not being able to cast anyone.Seinfeld - who also plays Bob Cabana,...

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Hugh Grant in a Pop-Tart movie? Wait. Lets back it up six months. Hugh Grant as an Oompa Loompa in Wonka? The very fabric of the comedy universe has greatly shifted, folks. Enter: Unfrosted. Grant stars as fallen stage actor turned cereal promoter Thurl Ravenscroft in the hilarious new Netflix comedy from writer-director Jerry Seinfeld. The story is based on the real-life 1963 saga between Kelloggs and Post in Battle Creek, Michigan when the cereal rivals feverishly raced to create a pastry that would revitalize the breakfast experience.

Grants character, Thurl, voices Tony the Tiger. Fate allowed Thurls voice, and the character, famous for the Frosted Flakes slogan Theyre Great! The actor is part of an all-star cast featuring comedy legends such as Melissa McCarthy, Jim Gaffigan, Amy Schumer, Max Greenfield, Christian Slater, Sarah Cooper, Bill Burr, Bobby Moynihan, Mikey Day, and others.

While Jerry Seinfeld and his writing partner Spike Feresten didn’t necessarily have an initial plan for the casting in Unfrosted, the pair knew they had to have Hugh Grant as Frosted Flakes’ mascot Tony the Tiger.

The director and writer recently spoke to IndieWire about how they scored the Notting Hill star for the role of Thurl Ravenscroft in the Netflix Pop-Tart comedy.

“There was a long time where we didn’t have anybody to make this movie. We had the budget, we had the script, but we didn’t have any people to play the parts,” Seinfeld recalled. “That was one of the most terrifying moments. We would go into this little room that we had with each part on a 3×5 card on the wall. And we had [Jim] Gaffigan as Kellogg — and that was it. And there were like 30 parts.”

They started filling out the cast, one by one,...

"Star Wars" has always been a fairy tale at its core. The phrase "A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away" conjures visions of mythic adventures and imaginative settings as much as "Once upon a time" does. Yet, no entries in the franchise have held truer to this ethos than, arguably, the infamous live-action Ewok movies (and if you're surprised to hear me say that, then you clearly haven't looked at my author page before).

Now relegated to the non-canon sectors of the "Star Wars" universe, 1984's "Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure" (originally released as "The Ewok Adventure") was a made-for-tv movie following the cuddly murder teddy bears of the forest moon of Endor as they set out to reunite two young humans with their parents. Despite its limited budget, "An Ewok Adventure" is often just as visually accomplished as other theatrical '80s fantasy features thanks...

Hugh Grant relishes playing "twisted, angry little men" as he gets older.The 63-year-old star features in Jerry Seinfeld's comedy 'Unfrosted' as Thurl Ravenscroft – the actor who played Tony the Tiger for several decades – and says it is typical of the type of part he has taken in recent movies such as 'Paddington 2' and 'Wonka'.Speaking to MovieWeb, Hugh said: "The older I get, the more I enjoy playing twisted, angry little men, and here was a perfect one."His poisonous, disappointed rage at the way he's ended up in life. I enjoy those guys. And his shocking vanity and narcissism. Why do I like playing those guys? Is that me? The older I get, the more I wonder if I'm a monster."The 'Notting Hill' actor explained that he now sends footage of himself to film bosses when offered a role...

Hugh Grant's career renaissance is delightful, with the actor interested in "playing twisted, angry little men," as he told MovieWeb. "Is that me? The older I get, the more I wonder if I'm a monster." Grant has reinvented himself in movies like The Gentlemen, Wonka, and Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves. The actor stars in Jerry Seinfeld's new comedy, Unfrosted. Grant will return to the Bridget Jones franchise in the fourth film, which he says has the best script of them all.

Hugh Grant has had somewhat of a renaissance in recent years. After some years as a comedic talent in England, Grant reigned supreme as the go-to British heartthrob. Movies like Nine Months, Sense and Sensibility, Mickey Blue Eyes, Love Actually, About a Boy, Notting Hill, and, of course, Bridget Jones's Diary cemented Grant's status as a romantic leading man. Two decades later, Grant is experiencing...

Unfrosted examines the creation of Pop-Tarts and Thurl Ravenscroft's struggle for dignity in a comedic light. Hugh Grant portrays Ravenscroft as a disgruntled character, a departure from his rom-com roots. Grant used a unique approach to audition for his role, showcasing his versatility as an actor.

In the early 1960s, the world of breakfast changed forever with the invention of the Pop-Tart. The story of the tasty breakfast treat gets delightfully skewered in Unfrosted, the directorial debut of legendary comedian Jerry Seinfeld, who co-wrote the story and stars as a Kellogg's executive whose dream of a new lawn depends on his ability to revolutionize the American breakfast.

The supporting cast features a plethora of recognizable faces, from Christian Slater and Amy Schumer to James Marsden and Bill Burr. Hugh Grant appears in a key role as Thurl Ravenscroft, the real-life actor who portrayed Tony the Tiger. Needless to say,...

In his feature directorial debut, actor and comedian Jerry Seinfeld also stars in an upcoming comedy movie titled Unfrosted: The Pop Tart Story, based on a screenplay he co-wrote with a team of writers. His team of writers included Spike Feresten, Barry Marder, and Andy Robin. The movie stars Melissa McCarthy, Jim Gaffigan, Amy Schumer, James Marsden, Hugh Grant, Dan Levy, and more, in addition to Seinfeld leading the cast.

The movie, which is scheduled to make its debut on Netflix in May, is loosely based on the true story of the creation of Pop-Tarts toaster pastries. The actor-comedian reportedly deconstructed his Pop Tart stand-up bit from his last Netflix special, 23 Hours to Kill, and explored it into a giant comedy movie. The debutant director talks about casting Hugh Grant in the movie.

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What’s the deal with all the frosting! And all the pains in the ass! Jerry Seinfeld has never been one to hold back on what he thinks of anything or anyone in the industry, and he may have found his latest target: Hugh Grant. While appearing on The Tonight Show, Seinfeld said his Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story co-star was not grrreat!, calling him “horrible.”

Jerry Seinfeld told Jimmy Fallon that he and Hugh Grant didn’t initially get along while making Unfrosted, saying, “We had lots of fights. He’s a pain in the ass to work with. He’s horrible…He tells you before you work with him, ‘You’re gonna hate this.’ And he’s so right.” While said in jest, we wouldn’t exactly be surprised if Grant was a bit of a grump on set, considering that’s pretty much a solidified part of his reputation.

Jerry Seinfeld’s Unfrosted – The Pop Tart Story looks like it might be something interesting. The movie revolving around how Kellogg’s and Post came up with an idea that would go on to change the world seems to be heading in the right direction. But it was not at all an easy run for some cast members. Especially Jerry Seinfeld. The Seinfeld star had a nice experience on set except for his interaction with one star – Hugh Grant. He couldn’t help but lament what a pain it was in the end.

Jerry Seinfeld was tired of this Unfrosted: The Pop Tart Story star

Jerry Seinfeld had a hard time working with Hugh Grant

In the course of the shooting of their upcoming film, Unfrosted: The Pop Tart Story, Jerry Seinfeld, and Hugh Grant had the chance to work together. While the comedian was happy to have been associated with the film,...

Gnomeo & Juliet is a Disney film that cleverly uses Elton John's songs to add nostalgic charm and enhance themes of love and conflict. The soundtrack is carefully chosen to complement specific scenes, from upbeat numbers for playful moments to soulful melodies for emotional scenes. The Gnomeo & Juliet soundtrack is as much a character in the movie as the gnomes themselves, providing a bridge between the classic tale and its animated adaptation.

Gnomeo & Juliet, a delightful and whimsical animated film, offers a fresh, garden-centric twist on Shakespeare's timeless tragedy, Romeo and Juliet, with significant help from the Gnomeo & Juliet soundtrack. The 2011 movie captures the hearts of both young and old audiences through its unique portrayal of star-crossed lovers, here represented as garden gnomes from rival families. What sets Gnomeo & Juliet apart, aside from its vibrant animation, is its exceptional soundtrack, which plays a pivotal role...

One cannot understate the popularity of Ron Howard's over-designed 2000 winter holiday film "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas." Although made for an exorbitant budget of $123 million, "Grinch" would earn over $345 million worldwide and become a Christmastime staple in many a home. This despite being a bloated, 105-minute expansion of a 1957 Dr. Seuss picture book that was only 64 pages.

Seuss' "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" was previously adapted into a 25-minute TV special in 1966, which itself garnered animated follow-ups in 1977 and 1982. Since 2000, the book was also made into a 2007 stage musical, a 2018 animated film called merely "The Grinch," and a 2020 filmed version of the stage production. 2022 also saw the release of a horror spoof of "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" called "The Mean One."

This is all in addition to an unending deluge of Grinch-themed merchandise that floods malls every winter holiday season. The merch, some might say,...

The Grinch is one of the most famous holiday characters - who isn't filled with holiday cheer! From the animated special to the Jim Carrey live-action movie and the animated creation (voiced by Benedict Cumberbatch), the Grinch is an integral part of Christmas for a lot of people.

The popularity of this creature is so widespread that there was a Grinch musical starring Matthew Morrison. The Grinch is everywhere. However, when talking about movies, which version is the best Grinch movie — 1966, 2000, or 2018's?

Update: 2022/12/12 00:02 Est By Shawn S. Lealos

He may be a mean one, but every Christmas, people love to watch The Grinch as he sets out to destroy Christmas for those annoying partiers in Whoville. However, the question remains which version people prefer to watch every Christmas. While most people profess their love for the original cartoon from 1966, there are still fans of the Jim Carrey live-action version from 30 years later.

Whether they teach us lessons about responsible mischief or protecting the environment, the whimsical stories of famed children's author Dr. Seuss were built to last. His characters, most of whom share an impeccable disposition for rhyming, exist in a fantastical world of make-believe, where traditional lessons become adventures. Of Seuss' many, many characters, few are as ingrained into the pop culture zeitgeist than that of the Grinch. Given what time of year it is, you've likely heard the famous Thurl Ravenscroft song plenty of times already.

Where the season pleads us to spread kindness and goodwill towards others, "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" offers something very different. We're witness to every detail of the villainous scheme as it comes to fruition. Christmas stories largely follow good people, but the Grinch invites you to revel in his wickedness -- prior to his revelatory change of heart, of course. It's no wonder...

Snow is beginning to fall, and lights have gone up all over the place to celebrate the holiday season. Families are watching their favorite old movies like 1954's "White Christmas" to get in the mood. Unfortunately, if you want the full, official soundtrack to that particular film, you are out of luck. Even Santa can't fix record contract issues. He really should leave coal in a few record executives' stockings.

If you've never seen Michal Curtiz's "White Christmas," it's the story of Bob (Bing Crosby) and Phil (Danny Kaye), old WWII war buddies who have gone into show business and had great success. They meet sisters Judy (Vera-Ellen) and Betty (Rosemary Clooney), a performing duo dealing with some hard times. They all end up in Vermont at a failing resort owned by the guys' disgraced Major General (Dean Jagger), putting on a show to save the place and restore some holiday cheer.

The Grinch's blood-red Santa Claus coat isn't the only splash of crimson that'll be decking the halls this holiday season. Inspired by Dr. Seuss's classic children's story, the hairy green villain is making a killer comeback in XYZ Films' new parody horror movie.

"The Mean One" - which got its title from the song "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch," originally performed by Thurl Ravenscroft in the 1966 animated TV special "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" - reimagines the story of the infamous Grinch by sucking out all the childood whimsy and replacing it with a gruesome storyline that results in piles of blood-stained snow.

If Dr. Seuss's original Grinch was as cuddly as a cactus and as charming as an eel, it sounds like director Steven Lamorte's The Mean One (David Howard Thornton) is someone Cindy You-Know-Who (Krystle Martin) might need to fight off with a 39-and-a-half-foot pole.

North West is inviting the Grinch into her home this holiday season.

Kim Kardashian, 42 and North, 9, share a joint mommy-daughter TikTok account. In a new video posted on Monday, North gave her mom a Christmas makeover. North expertly applied green face paint onto her mom for a Grinch makeover.

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♬ You’re A Mean One, Mr. Grinch – Thurl Ravenscroft

North covered Kardashian’s face with foundation and then applied green eyeshadow. A tape-assisted winged eyeliner was drawn and subsequently topped with more green eyeshadow. Grinch’s iconic frown was drawn with dark green eyeliner to complete the look.

The video was set to “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch,” a song originally written and composed for the 1966 animated special, “Dr. Suess’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas”.

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With the holiday season in full effect and Christmas right around the corner, I took it upon myself to bug the GeekTyrant staff about their favorite holiday movies. While we often spend the year watching and reading up on comic book, fantasy, and sci-fi movies, when December rolls around we make time for some more wholesome holiday classics. And even if they’re not classics, per se, they still put us in the Christmas spirit. And before you get disappointed, none of us chose Die Hard. Admittedly, I considered it, but isn’t that whole thing played out already?

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“I've watched A Christmas Story every year during Christmas for as long as I can remember, and I've never gotten bored or tired of it. Every time I watch it, I still laugh at the wonderfully comedic scenes. Over the years it's connected with me in different ways.

The original “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch” from the 1966 animated The Grinch is so great and so menacing. That song was perfectly performed by Thurl Ravenscroft.

Of course, with the new The Grinch film coming out, Illumination Entertainment felt the need to give us a new rendition of the classic Christmas song. This one was performed by Tyler the Creator and I’m not impressed.

The new version of the song keeps many of the familiar elements, but it also adds a few new things and it’s done in a completely different more modern style that I personally didn’t care for.

I’m sure there are some people that will like the song and think it’s hip, but it’s no where near being as good as the original. You can listen to it below and I also included the original song so that you can compare the two.

Tyler the Creator has released his take on the iconic "You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch" for Illumination's upcoming The Grinch. The updated holiday classic features Tyler with a smoother vocal attack this time around, leaving behind his trademark growl on top of Danny Elfman's new orchestration. Eminem took aim at Tyler and Earl Sweatshirt last month with the release of his surprise Kamikaze album and there has been speculation that the latest song from The Grinch soundtrack could be a response to Em.

Back in 2015, Earl Sweatshirt, who has collaborated with Tyler, the Creator in Odd Future, declared that hip hop fans who still listen to Eminem, "drink way too much Mountain Dew." Later, Tyler attacked Em's collaboration with Beyonc&#233, "Walk On Water," on social media, stating that it was "horrible."Eminem wasn't going to let these youngsters take shots at him all day long, so he dissed...

The Holiday season is upon us and that means all the Hallmark and Lifetime movies are unleashed on the public. Now not all of these movies are bad, but there’s a much wider variety of holiday movies available to the masses. I would like to propose three movies that are perfect for this time of year that won’t have half the family ripping their hair out. These films are in no particular order of greatness or Christmas-ness.

1. How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1966)

The classic animated version of this story is a holiday must. The narration is spot on and no one, No One does a better rendition of "You’re A Mean One, Mr. Grinch" than Thurl Ravenscroft. I will admit that at times the animation does look old, but it is old, so there’s that. This is a perfect film to watch before putting the kids...

These days, it’s all about the Disney princesses, but Perdita is merely a dog without high pedigree. As a result, she and her mate Pongo, are often overlooked. They’re certainly overshadowed by their antagonist, the Dalmatian loving Cruella De Vil, about the chew every scene in Once Upon a Time. Thank goodness, then, that Walt Disney reminds us about the utter charm contained within their 1961 release 101 Dalmatians. Out Tuesday in a handsome Diamond Combo Pack, their 17th film holds up remarkably well.

The film arrived at a precarious time for the studio as rising costs made their animated fare very expensive. Tastes were changing and they were now competing with television for the younger eyeballs so a different approach was called for. From a technological standpoint, the arrival of Xerography allowed them to streamline the filmmaking process, reducing costs. Ub Iwerks, one of the grand animators in Walt Disney’s employ,...

Given how revered Disney's "Pinocchio" is today, it's hard to believe it was a flop when it was first released exactly three quarters of a century ago. Upon its New York City premiere, on February 7, 1940, critics hailed the film as a masterpiece, and even to this day, many prefer it to Disney's pioneering first animated feature, 1937's "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs." Yet it took the film many years and multiple re-releases to make a profit.

Today, of course, the legacy of "Pinocchio" is inescapable. Everyone's image of the puppet-boy with the nose that grows when he lies comes not from Carlo Collodi's original novel but from the kid with the Tyrolean hat and the Mickey Mouse gloves, as drawn by Disney animators. And the opening tune, Jiminy Cricket's "When You Wish Upon a Star," is ubiquitous as the theme music played before every Walt Disney movie and home video release.

Lee Marshall, one of the actors who supplied the booming voice of Tony the Tiger in commercials, has died. He was 64. His son, Jason VanBorssum, tells the Los Angeles Times Marshall died of esophageal cancer on April 26 at a Santa Monica hospital. Marshall began voicing the Kellogg's Frosted Flakes mascot in 1999, filling in for the original actor, Thurl Ravenscroft. Marshall got his first full-time radio job at the age of 14 in Phoenix. He had a prematurely deep voice and lied about his age. His career included radio newsman, rock 'n' roll disc jockey, sports broadcaster

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Lee Marshall, one of the voices of Kellogg's Tony the Tiger, died of esophageal cancer at the age of 64 in Santa Monica, Calif., on Saturday, April 26, the Associated Press reports. Marshall first began voicing the iconic cereal mascot—with his catchphrase "They're g-r-r-r-e-a-t!"—in 1999 while filling in for its original actor, Thurl Ravenscroft. He took over the role full-time after Ravenscroft's death in 2005. Marshall became a disc jockey at the age of 14 in Phoenix, Az, and was a newscaster for Cklw in Windsor, Ontario. In [...]...

Santa Monica, Calif. (AP) — Lee Marshall, one of the actors who supplied the booming voice of Tony the Tiger in commercials, has died. He was 64. His son, Jason VanBorssum, tells the Los Angeles Times (http://bit.ly/1uH8hbv ) Marshall died of esophageal cancer on April 26 at a Santa Monica hospital. Marshall began voicing the Kellogg's Frosted Flakes mascot in 1999, filling in for the original actor, Thurl Ravenscroft. Marshall got his first full-time radio job at the age of 14 in Phoenix. He had a prematurely deep voice and lied about his age. His career included radio newsman, rock 'n' roll disc jockey, sports broadcaster and wrestling ring interviewer. ___ Information from: Los Angeles Times, http://www.latimes.com Copyright © 2014 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

Lee Marshall, one of the men who supplied the voice of Tony the Tiger, has died. He was 64. According to the Los Angeles Times, Marshall passed away on April 26 at a Santa Monica, Calif., hospital of esophageal cancer. Marshall first began voicing the iconic Kellogg's Frosted Flakes cereal mascot (and the character's signature catchphrase "They're g-r-r-r-e-a-t") in 1999 when he began assisting original voice Thurl Ravenscroft, who was in his 80s at the time and started having difficulty with the dialogue. After Ravenscroft's death in 2005, Marshall took over full-time. He began his career as a radio disc jockey at the age of 14 in Phoenix, when he lied about his age with...

There is nothing grrrrrrrreat about this news ... the guy who voiced Tony the Tiger has passed away. Lee Marshall died of esophageal cancer on April 26 at the age of 64 at a hospital in Santa Monica, his son told the La Times. Marshall first got the Kellog's gig in 1999, filling in for the original Tony, Thurl Ravenscroft. He took over the gig full time in 2005 when Ravenscroft passed away at the age of 91.Marshall got his...

Lee Marshall, the man who provided the voice of Tony the Tiger for more than a decade, died last month in a Santa Monica hospital of esophageal cancer, reports the Los Angeles Times. He was 64, according to the paper, though some sources list his age as 67. Marshall's thunderous bass earned him gigs as a wrestling announcer, DJ and voice-over actor. Yet he became best known for uttering just two words while pitching Kellogg's Frosted Flakes cereal as the iconic spokestiger beginning in 1999: "They're g-r-r-r-e-a-t." The Los Angeles native is only the second actor to give voice to "Tony" -...