How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV special) animation divisions of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, where Jones was under contract at the time. CBS, coming off the surprise success of "A Charlie Brown Christmas" a year before, allotted Jones and MGM a $315,000 budget, more than four times what Bill Melendez was offered to produce "A Charlie Brown Christmas". The original broadcast was sponsored by the Foundation for Full Service Banks whose sponsor plugs within the original airing were later edited out for subsequent broadcasts. The entirety of the book's text, with some slight embellishment, was adapted into the special; to pad the special to a full 30-minute time slot,
Christmas Special (The Naked Brothers Band) based on his song. Draper persuaded Goldberg to appear in it, since she and Sherri Shepherd interviewed the band after they performed "I'm Out" on ABC's "The View" in February 2008. "Save The Children" is a real charity, and the ending credits of the show gave information about contacting it. Christmas Special (The Naked Brothers Band) Christmas Special is the sixth episode and the first Christmas special on the part documentary and part rock-mockumentary musical comedy series "The Naked Brothers Band", which was created by Polly Draper. The premise of "Christmas Special" is that Nat has the holiday blues since