“The Grinch that stole Christmas” on vhs, was on constant rewind in the 1990’s at our house. My three sons watched it at Christmas, in the spring, in the summer, and in the fall. They loved Dr. Suess’s classic Christmas special so much, they wore out the tape from rewinding it so many times, that a message appeared at the beginning of the tape that said “tracking” for the first five minutes.
The original 1966 version of the animated Christmas special was expertly narrated by Boris Karloff. My son’s favorite part of the show was when the song: “You’re a Mean One Mr. Grinch” was sung. I assumed Boris Karloff was the singer of the famous song, until I learned that Boris Karloff couldn’t sing. Instead, actor Thurl Ravenscroft, ( who did the voice of Tony The Tiger for Frosted Flakes), sang the song, but his name was left out of the credits in error on the original film. Isn’t that grrrrrreeeat trivia?