Frosty the Snowman (film) Frosty the Snowman (film) Frosty the Snowman is a 1969 animated Christmas television special based on the song "Frosty the Snowman". The program, which first aired on December 7, 1969 on CBS (where it continues to air annually), was produced for television by Rankin/Bass Productions and featured the voices of comedians Jimmy Durante as the film's narrator (Durante's final performance in a film) and Jackie Vernon as the title character. The special's story follows a group of school children who build a snowman called Frosty and place a magic hat on his head, which makes him come to life. But
Live-action animated film Dyke's character created. One of the best-known scenes was an improvised number in which Van Dyke's character dances around with penguin waiters, as Andrews watches happily. "Bedknobs and Broomsticks," from 1971 features a live action and animated sequence in which Angela Lansbury and David Tomlinson dance together in an underwater nightclub, while Tomlinson must bear the brunt of aggressive, anthropomorphic soccer-playing animals in the latter half. Inspired by the 1974 Swedish film "Dunderklumpen" , Walt Disney Productions's "Pete's Dragon" from 1977 experimented with this and does the opposite of its predecessors, putting the animated dragon, Elliot, in a live-action setting.