Jack Frost (TV special)

Jack Frost
Title page
Written byRomeo Muller
Directed by
Voices of
Narrated byBuddy Hackett
Theme music composerMaury Laws[1]
Country of origin
  • United States
  • Japan
Original languageEnglish
Production
Producers
  • Jules Bass
  • Arthur Rankin Jr.
Cinematography
  • Akikazu Kono
  • Ichiro Komuro
  • Hiroshi Tabata
  • Seiichi Araki
Running time48 minutes
Production companyRankin/Bass Productions
Original release
NetworkNBC
ReleaseDecember 13, 1979 (1979-12-13)
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Jack Frost is a 1979 Christmas, Winter and Groundhog Day stop motion animated television special produced by Rankin/Bass Productions.[2] It is directed by Jules Bass and Arthur Rankin Jr., written by Romeo Muller, narrated by Buddy Hackett, and starring the voices of Robert Morse, Debra Clinger and Paul Frees.[3] The special premiered on NBC on December 13, 1979, and tells the tale of Jack Frost and his adventures as a human.[4] It airs annually on AMC as part of its Best Christmas Ever programming block.

  1. ^ VanDerWerff, Emily Todd (December 22, 2017). "The makers of Rudolph also created some of the most off-the-wall Christmas specials ever". Vox. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
  2. ^ Cronin, Brian (December 23, 2019). "Did the Rankin-Bass Jack Frost Accidentally Enter the Public Domain?". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
  3. ^ Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays--Animated!: A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland p. 112. ISBN 978-1-4766-3646-7.
  4. ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. p. 281. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.


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