Frosty the Snowman

TV Short
1969
TV-G
25m

IMDb RATING

7.3/10

23K

YOUR RATING

June Foray, Suzanne Davidson, Billy De Wolfe, Paul Frees, and Jackie Vernon in Frosty the Snowman (1969)

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Holiday Animation Holiday Family Animation Comedy Drama Family Fantasy Holiday Musical Short

A living snowman and a little girl struggle to elude a greedy magician who is after the snowman's magic hat.A living snowman and a little girl struggle to elude a greedy magician who is after the snowman's magic hat.A living snowman and a little girl struggle to elude a greedy magician who is after the snowman's magic hat.

Directors
- Jules Bass
- Arthur Rankin Jr.
Writer
- Romeo Muller
Stars

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IMDb RATING

7.3/10

23K

YOUR RATING

Directors
- Jules Bass
- Arthur Rankin Jr.
Writer
- Romeo Muller
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

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Jackie Vernon

Frosty
(voice)

Billy De Wolfe

Professor Hinkle
(voice)
…

Jimmy Durante

Self - Narrator
(voice)

Paul Frees

Santa Claus
(voice)
…

June Foray

Suzanne Davidson

Karen (re-dubbed version)
(voice)
(uncredited)

Thurl Ravenscroft

Moose
(uncredited)
…

Greg Thomas

Directors
- Jules Bass
- Arthur Rankin Jr.
Writer
- Romeo Muller
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Featured review

6/10

A very well done Christmas classic...

It's Christmas time and the kids are trying to get ready for their Christmas break when they notice that their snowman has come to life. With joy in their hearts they have to make sure that "Frosty" manages to get to a colder climate before he becomes nothing more than a puddle of water.

This is a true classic film utilizing the stars of the day. This is truly a film that can inspire children. Frosty the snowman is fairly simple and the voice acting is for par not really bad or really good. If there was a Christmas cartoon to show your kids this time of year this is probably my second favorite.

SeptumSin
Dec 22, 2008
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Trivia
Originally, June Foray voiced Karen, the Teacher, and the other children. Karen and most of the childrens' voices were replaced with those of actual children before the original broadcast. The end credits were never changed. In late 2017, some sources started listing Suzanne Davidson as the actor who provided the new voices. The original voices can still be heard however on the original MGM soundtrack, re-released years later by Rhino.

Goofs
When the train heading for the North Pole stops to let another train cross, it stops *after* it has already crossed the track.

Quotes
[repeated line]
Frosty: Happy birthday!

Crazy credits
In the end of the credits, Frosty gets back into Santa's waiting sleigh and they return to the North Pole, with Frosty proclaiming, "I'll be back on Christmas Day!"

Alternate versions
The December 2002 broadcast on a Canadian TV network was truncated. The sequence surrounding the lyric "He led them down the streets of town right to a traffic cop" was cut, with the cartoon fading out just before the cop appears and then fading up with Frosty already arrived at the train station.