Frosty Returns

Frosty Returns is an animated Christmas television special starring Jonathan Winters as the narrator and John Goodman as the voice of Frosty the Snowman. The special was directed by Bill Melendez and Evert Brown and features music by Mark Mothersbaugh. It first aired in 1992 on CBS. The special is not a direct sequel to the original 1969 special, as the two were produced by different companies RankinBass produced the original, while this special was made by Lorne Michaels Broadway Video, with help from longtime Peanuts director Bill Melendez, for CBS, and feature different characters, setting and voice actors. Since Broadway Video produced this special and owned the 1969 original prior to DreamWorks Classics acquisition of the Videocraft International catalog, Frosty Returns follows the CBS showings of the original and is coupled with the original on all DVD releases. Although RankinBass had produced a sequel to Frosty with most of the original cast and in the original style, the rights to the original and the sequel were broken up when the company dissolved in 1987. The original, having been produced prior to the 1974 dividing line, had been owned by CBS in terms of the broadcast license, but Frostys Winter Wonderland was produced after 1974 and was thus part of the package now owned by Warner Bros. and licensed to ABC Family.

We then see Holly DeCarlo, a relatively lonely young girl and aspiring magician with only one friend, a tonedeaf, somewhat geeky character named Charles who has a knack for climatology. While practicing a magic act with Charles, the wind blows Hollys hat off her head, out the window, and onto a snowman who comes to life as Frosty, thus revealing that Hollys hat was that old silk hat featured in the original song and previous adaptations.Meanwhile, a new product appears in Beansboro that successfully causes snow to instantly disappear and Frosty to scream in agonizing pain, an aerosol spray called Summer Wheeze. Summer Wheezes inventor, Mr. Twitchell, hopes to use the product to win over the people of Beansboro so that he will be crowned King of the Beansboro Winter Carnival, apparently believing that the title will give him actual dominion over the townspeople at least once, Twitchell also indicates he is waging war against Mother Nature, implying he is actually seeking world domination and that Beansboro is simply his first step. When one of the members of the town council voices concern about the environmental impact of the untested product, Mr. Twitchell has her dropped through a trapdoor. ........

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