

Due to Cindy Lou Who's appealing cute design, Jones redesigned her as seeming to be the great-granddaughter of the Grinch in appearance, reluctantly having her role parted down, which broke Jones' heart. The song "Trim Up the Tree" was written in a square-dance type form by Albert Hague.

After all, 'Fahoofores, Dahoodores' seems to have much authenticity as 'Adeste fideles' to those unauthored in Latin.". He came up with an answer, which Jones said "Write our new carols in Seussian Latin. Jones questioned how to make a Christmas special without the typical elements (orthodox religion, Santa, etc.). CBS, coming off the surprise success of A Charlie Brown Christmas a year before, allotted Jones and MGM a $315,000 budget (around $2,465,000 in 2018), more than four times what Bill Melendez was offered to produce A Charlie Brown Christmas. How the Grinch Stole Christmas! was produced by The Cat in the Hat Productions in association with the television and animation divisions of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, where Jones was under contract at the time. Although Geisel was initially reluctant due to his unpleasant experiences making the film The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. Jones was interested in adapting one of Geisel's books into a television special and approached him to turn How the Grinch Stole Christmas! into one in time for the holiday season.

Seuss) had worked together on the Private Snafu training cartoons at Warner Bros. Additional Story: Irv Spector and Bob Ogleĭirector Chuck Jones and children's-book author Ted Geisel ( Dr.Backgrounds: Philip DeGuard, Bob Inman and Hal Ashmead.

