Frosty's Winter Wonderland

*Frosty's Winter Wonderland*
Frosty's Winter Wonderland
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Genre	Fantasy comedy; Supernatural fiction
Based on	"Frosty the Snowman" by; Steve Nelson and Jack Rollins
Written by	Romeo Muller
Directed by	Arthur Rankin Jr.; Jules Bass
Starring	Dennis Day; Paul Frees; Jackie Vernon; Shelley Winters
Narrated by	Andy Griffith
Music by	Maury Laws
Country of origin	United States; Japan
Original language	English
Production
Producers	Arthur Rankin Jr.; Jules Bass
Cinematography	Toru Hara; Tsuguyuki Kubo
Running time	25 minutes
Production companies	Rankin/Bass Productions; Topcraft Limited Company;
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	December 2, 1976
Related
	Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964); Frosty the Snowman (1969); Santa Claus is Comin' to Town (1970); Here Comes Peter Cottontail (1971); 'Twas the Night Before Christmas (1974); The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974); The First Easter Rabbit (1976); Frosty's Winter Wonderland (1976); Rudolph's Shiny New Year (1976); The Easter Bunny is Comin' to Town (1977); Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey (1977); The Stingiest Man in Town (1978); Jack Frost (1979); Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July (1979); Pinocchio's Christmas (1980); Frosty Returns (1992); Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Island of Misfit Toys (2001); The Legend of Frosty the Snowman (2005); A Miser Brothers' Christmas (2008);

Frosty's Winter Wonderland is a 1976 Japanese-American animated Christmas television special and a standalone sequel to the 1969 special Frosty the Snowman, produced by Rankin/Bass Productions and animated by Topcraft. It is the second television special featuring the character Frosty the Snowman. It returns writer Romeo Muller, character designer Paul Coker, Jr., music composer Maury Laws and actor Jackie Vernon as the voice of Frosty, while Andy Griffith stars as the narrator (replacing Jimmy Durante, who had been incapacitated by a stroke three years prior and retired from acting) with the rest of the cast consisting of Shelley Winters, Dennis Day, and Paul Frees. The special premiered on ABC on December 2, 1976.

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