Frosty the Snowman (1969 TV Short)

Paul Frees: Santa Claus, Traffic Cop, Additional Voices

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Quotes 

• Santa Claus : Now you go home and write "I am very sorry for what I did to Frosty" a hundred zillion times. And then maybe - just maybe, mind you - you'll find something in your stocking tomorrow morning.

  Professor Hinkle : Like - a new hat, maybe? Ohh, yes, sir! Goodbye, everyone! Sorry to lose and run, but I've got to get busy writing, bus-y, bus-y, bus-y!

• Santa Claus : Too late? Why, nonsense. Ohh, don't cry, Karen. Frosty's not gone for good. You see, he was made out of Christmas snow, and Christmas snow can never disappear completely. Oh, yet sometimes it goes away for almost a year at a time, and takes the form of spring and summer rain. But you can bet your boots that when a good, jolly December wind kisses it, it will turn into Christmas snow all over again.

  Karen (later airings) : Yes, but... He was my friend.

  Santa Claus : Just watch.

  [goes to the greenhouse door and opens it to let snow and wind in in the shape of a funnel to bring Frosty to life again] 

• Professor Hinkle : [after seeing that Santa Claus has brought Frosty back to life]  Wait a minute! I want that hat, and I want it now!

  Santa Claus : DON'T YOU DARE TOUCH THAT.

  Professor Hinkle : And just what are *you* going to do about it?

  Santa Claus : If you so much as lay a finger on the brim, I will never bring you another Christmas present as long as you live.

  Professor Hinkle : [traumatized]  Never?

  Santa Claus : Never.

  Professor Hinkle : No more... trick cards or... magic balls or...?

  Santa Claus : No more anything.

• Traffic Cop : Aaall right, didn't you see that traffic light?

  Frosty : What's a traffic light?

  Traffic Cop : Up there on that lamppost.

  Frosty : What's a lamppost?

  Traffic Cop : Ohh, so you want a ticket, wise guy?

  Frosty : I'd love one. To the North Pole, please.

  Traffic Cop : Huh?

• Karen (later airings) : You've got to excuse him, sir. You see, he just came to life, and he doesn't know much about such things.

  Traffic Cop : Oh, well, okay, if he just came to life.

  [blows whistle] 

  Traffic Cop : Move along!

  [to himself after Frosty and the kids leave] 

  Traffic Cop : That silly snowman. Once they come to life, they don't know nothin'.

  [blows his whistle squeakily] 

  Traffic Cop : Come to life?

  [accidentally swallows his whistle]