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
Walking in the Zoo Walking in the Zoo "Walking in the Zoo" is a popular English music hall song published in 1869. It was composed by Alfred Lee with lyrics by Hugh Willoughby Sweny, and was first and most successfully performed by Alfred Vance, billed as "The Great Vance". The song is notable for first popularising, in Britain, both the Americanism "O.K.", and the word "zoo" as a short form of "zoological gardens" – specifically, the London Zoological Gardens. It also introduced to British audiences the American slang word "skedaddle". The song's chorus goes: "Walking in the Zoo, walking in the Zoo / The