This was Jimmy Durante's final film (not counting documentaries and one short film appearance).
The original recording of Frosty The Snowman by Gene Autry was his seasonal follow-up to his successful recording of Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer in 1949.
This time he peaked at #7 in December 1950.
The Snowman in July (1944)
The film uses music and animal sounds, but little to no dialogue. The only spoken words are the snowman's dying song: "Da ist der Sommer meines Lebens..." (German: "that's the summer of my life")
Frosty The Snowman (1953)
This short was commissioned by music publishers Hill & Range in 1950. They provided animation studio United Productions of America (UPA) a finished recording for the soundtrack. The short cost $7,500 to produce and was made for television showings to promote the song.
Snowman's Dilemma (1960)
The Snowman (1982)
When this program first aired on PBS stations in the United States, the introduction featured a newly filmed introduction by David Bowie instead of Raymond Briggs on the grounds that the animation needed a star.
Before you go - I couldn't resist this mashup of I Melt With You and Frosty The Snowman by Les Skivvies
I should have known what the costumes for The Skivvies were going to be.
I will not play the songs featuring Olaf from Frozen (the earworms they cause has led to a UN report being issued concerning possible war crime being committed by yours truly.) Really, don't bother to look for them if you can help yourself.
The family you come from isn't as important as the family you're going to have.
No family is perfect - Even kids abused by their domineering father
Today's second Christmas special - A Beach Boys Christmas
Toy Drive Public Service Announcement
Little Saint Nick -
The "Run run, reindeer" line was copped from Chuck Berry's song Run Rudolph Run, where Berry sings, "Run run, Rudolph." By making the reindeer generic, The Beach Boys avoided copyright issues - Berry had to turn over royalties to his song to the creator the Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer story.
The Man With All The Toys -
As a single in 1964, the song had limited success (No. 6 on the Billboard Christmas chart), but built sales over successive Christmases and is listed by Billboard in the Top 100 selling Christmas songs in history.
Merry Christmas, Baby -
In Germany, three years after the album's initial release, Merry Christmas, Baby was a surprise selection for a holiday single.
Christmas Day -
Christmas Day was Al Jardine's first lead vocal on a Beach Boys record, but in less than a year his voice would be heard again — on the group's Number One hit, Help Me, Rhonda.
Another Christmas song they got around to sing in between the verbal abuse from their father
Santa's Beard -
On Santa's Beard, the Beach Boys themselves provide the song's instrumentation. Although Brian often used studio musicians to lay down instrumental tracks for the Beach Boys to sing over, the group was quite capable of doing the job themselves.
There is no place like home for the holiday.
Demand Euphoria!
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