Halloween Is Grinch Night

On Halloween in Whoville, a huge storm blows and a chain of events causes the Gree-Grumps and Hakken-Krakks to arouse the Grinch into descending to Whoville in his paraphernalia wagon and wreaking havoc in the town on "Grinch Night". All of Whoville dreads the smell of the wind as an omen, and everyone retreats to their home as the whole village goes into lockdown.

Euchariah, a young Who with astigmatism, goes out to the "euphemism" and blows away. He runs into the Grinch as he is picking brickles out of his fur, the result of a failed attempt to hunt down the last Wuzzy Woozoo. After giving Euchariah a brief spook, the Grinch decides the young boy is too small to waste time on and resumes his trek to Whoville.

Euchariah decides that he must stall the Grinch in order to save Whoville. Catching up to the Grinch's wagon, the irritated Grinch decides to give Euchariah the "spook's tour", and Euchariah is drawn in to a surreal nightmare with spooks and monsters in all directions. Euchariah endures the spooks just long enough for the storm to die down, forcing the Grinch to abandon the trek and return home. His dog Max, visibly depressed and nostalgic throughout the special, refuses to return with the Grinch and follows Euchariah home where he is greeted as a hero; the Grinch laments that he will "miss that Grinch Night Ball" but finds solace in "that wind will be coming back, someday; I'll be coming back, someday!" and then ends this promise with a sinister laugh.

• Hans Conried as The Grinch/Narrator
• Gary Shapiro as Euchariah
• Henry Gibson as Max (singing)
• Hal Smith as Josiah
• Jack DeLeon as Sergeant Samuel McPherson
• Irene Tedrow as Mariah
• Thurl Ravenscroft as Singer, Monsters (uncredited)

1. "I Wouldn't Go Out on a Night Like This" – Josiah
2. "The Grinch Night Ball" – The Grinch
3. "How Many Times" – Max's inner voice, The Grinch
4. "As the Grinch Creaks Ever Closer..." – Chorus
5. "I Wouldn't Go Out on a Night Like This" (reprise) – Chorus
6. "He Is Wandering in the Wind" – Chorus
7. "The Eyebrow Song" – The Grinch
8. "The Spooks Tour"
9. "Grinch Is Gonna Get You" – Monster Chorus
10. "Members of the Un-human race" – Monster Chorus
11. "The Spooks Tour Finale" – Monster Chorus
12. "Gone Is the Grinch" – Chorus

The special was first released on VHS by CBS/Fox Video via their PlayHouse Video banner in 1985. In 1992, it was released again by Random House Home Video on VHS under the title It's Grinch Night. It was also released on VHS by CBS Video through Fox Kids Video in 1996 under the title Grinch Night, along with a sing-along version, which was later re-released on VHS in 2000 by Paramount Home Video and again in 2001 by Universal Studios Home Entertainment. In 2003, the special was re-released once again, this time as a bonus special on the VHS and DVD release of Dr. Seuss on the Loose from Universal, and also under its original title (though the packaging and menu still referred to it as Grinch Night). On October 18, 2011, the special was re-released on DVD, this time through Warner Home Video under Dr. Seuss's Holidays on the Loose!, along with How the Grinch Stole Christmas! and The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat.[https://www.wbshop.com/Dr-Seusss-Holidays-on-the-Loose/1000227816,default,pd.html?cgid=PRE Dr. Seuss's Holidays on the Loose! DVD – Warner Bros.: WBshop.com – The Official Online Store of Warner Bros. Studios] On October 23, 2018, it was released on Blu-ray by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment as an extra on Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas: The Ultimate Edition, along with The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat. Both extras were remastered in high definition for this release.[https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Dr-Seuss-How-the-Grinch-Stole-Christmas-Blu-ray/211538 Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas: The Ultimate Edition]

• How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, original 1957 book
• List of films set around Halloween

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