the first frosty the snowman was made in 1998.
the first frosty the snowman was made in 1998.
when was the first frosty the snowman made?
1998
"frosty the snowman" (or "frosty the snow man") is a popular christmas song written by walter "jack" rollins and steve nelson, and first recorded by gene autry and the cass county boys in 1950 and later recorded by jimmy durante, releasing it as a single. it was written after the success of autry's recording of "rudolph the red-nosed reindeer" the previous year; rollins and nelson shipped the new song to autry, who recorded "frosty" in search of another seasonal hit. like "rudolph", "frosty" was subsequently adapted to other media including a popular television special by rankin/bass productions, "frosty the snowman". the ancillary rights to "frosty" are owned by warner bros., but due to the prominence of the rankin/bass tv special itself, merchandising of the character is generally licensed in tandem with that special's current owners, dreamworks classics.
frosty the snowman
in 1969, rankin/bass productions produced a 25-minute television special, "frosty the snowman", featuring the animation of japanese studio mushi production, and the voices of comedians jimmy durante as the narrator, billy de wolfe as professor hinkle and jackie vernon as frosty. paul frees and june foray both also voice characters including karen and santa claus in this animated special produced and directed by arthur rankin jr. and jules bass. this was a story based on the discovery of frosty the snowman. three sequels were produced, "frosty's winter wonderland" (based upon the song "winter wonderland" and animated by topcraft in japan) in 1976, in which frosty got married, and "rudolph and frosty's christmas in july" (with japanese stop motion animation technique "animagic") in 1979, followed by "the legend of frosty the snowman" in 2005 (a collaboration between dreamworks classics and the canadian company studio b, and the last of which had bill fagerbakke take over as frosty's voice after vernon's death, while the philippines' top draw animation carry out the services of animation, ink and paint, and composition).
frosty the snowman