Jack Frost (TV special)
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| Written by | Romeo Muller |
| Directed by |
Jules Bass Arthur Rankin Jr. |
| Voices of |
Buddy Hackett Robert Morse Paul Frees Larry Storch |
| Theme music composer | Maury Laws |
| Country of origin | United States Japan |
| Original language(s) | English |
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| Producer(s) | Jules Bass Arthur Rankin Jr. |
| Running time | 48 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Rankin/Bass Productions |
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| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | December 13, 1979 |
Jack Frost is a 1979 Christmas stop motion animated television special produced by Rankin/Bass Productions. It was directed by Jules Bass and Arthur Rankin, Jr., written by Romeo Muller and premiered on the NBC network on December 13, 1979. The special tells the tale of Jack Frost, the winter sprite, and his adventures as a human.
The story is narrated by a groundhog named Pardon-Me-Pete (voiced by Buddy Hackett), who has a deal with Jack Frost to extend winter by six weeks, letting him sleep that much longer.
Jack Frost (voiced by Robert Morse), an immortal winter sprite, falls in love with a human girl named Elisa (voiced by Debra Clinger) after rescuing her and she said she loves Jack. Jack asks Father Winter (voiced by Paul Frees) if he can become human in order to be with her. Father Winter gives him a chance, but warns that Jack must prove he can succeed as a human, by earning a house, a horse, a bag of gold, and a wife by the first sign of spring.
Jack agrees and turns human, assuming the identity of Jack Snip. He runs a tailor shop in the town of January Junction with two friends who also turned human, Snip the snowflake maker (voiced by Don Messick) and Holly the snow gypsy (voiced by Dina Lynn). Snip and Holly were sent by Father Winter to ensure Jack does not get into trouble. Elisa is charmed by "Jack Snip," but she harbors romantic dreams of Sir Ravenal Rightfellow, a, literally, "knight in golden armor."
Elisa is kidnapped by Kubla Kraus (also voiced by Paul Frees), the evil Cossack king who lives all alone in a castle on Miserable Mountain with his army of Keh-Nights, his horse, Klangstumper, his butler, Fetch-Kvetch, and a ventriloquist's dummy named Dummy as his sidekick, all made of iron since no people or any animals could stand to live with him due to his arrogance and greed. Kraus also possesses all the brick, gold, and timber that January Junction used to have. He immediately notices Elisa for her beauty and madly wants her to be his wife. After Elisa is rescued by Sir Ravenal, Kraus vows to destroy January Junction by sending one-thousand Keh-Nights in an attempt to recapture his bride, and throws Jack, Snip, and Holly in the dungeon.
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