There was a wonderful story on NPR recently (at least I think it was NPR),
on the man who sang the Grinch song (it wasn't Mr. Karloff). His name was
Thurl Ravenscroft, and had been doing voice work for Disney for a few
decades.

His work included voices for the Haunted Mansion ride at Disneyland, and
they honored his work by using his face as one of the busts singing the
four-part harmony (he also sang the bass part in that ditty).

Hilary Henkin
City of Los Angeles Records Center and Archives

On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 6:41 AM, Kathryn Johnson <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> What is your favorite Christmas movie/special that you try to watch each
> year?
>
> Definitely the Grinch - the original animated one with Boris Karloff doing
> the voice.  Max's facial expressions are hilarious and the song is filled
> so perfectly with disgusting adjectives describing the Grinch.  It's just
> so fun!
>
> You're a mean one, Mr. Grinch.
> You really are a heel.
> You're as cuddly as a cactus,
> You're as charming as an eel, Mr. Grinch.
> You're a bad banana with a greasy black peel.
>
> You're a monster, Mr. Grinch.
> Your heart's an empty hole.
> Your brain is full of spiders.
> You've got garlic in your soul, Mr. Grinch.
> I wouldn't touch you with a
> Thirty-nine and a half foot pole.
>
> You're a vile one, Mr. Grinch.
> You have termites in your smile,
> You have all the tender sweetness of a seasick crocodile, Mr. Grinch.
> Given the choice between the two of you,
> I'd take the seasick crocodile.
>
> You're a foul one, Mr. Grinch.
> You're a nasty wasty skunk.
> Your heart is full of unwashed socks.
> Your soul is full of gunk, Mr. Grinch.
>
> The three best words that best describe you,
> Are as follows, and I quote"
> Stink!
> Stank!
> Stunk!
>
> You're a rotter Mr. Grinch
> You're the king of sinful sots.
> Your heart's a dead tomato splotched with moldy purple spots, Mr. Grinch
>
> Your soul is an appalling dump heap
> Overflowing with the most disgraceful
> Assortment of deplorable rubbish imaginable,
> Mangled up in tangled up knots.
>
> You nauseate me, Mr. Grinch
> With a nauseous super-naus
> You're a crooked jerky jockey and,
> You drive a crooked horse, Mr. Grinch!
>
> You're a three-decker sauerkraut
> And toadstool sandwich,
> With arsenic sauce!
>
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