Frosty the Snowman

Frosty the Snowman is a 1969 American animated Christmas television special produced by Rankin/Bass Productions. It is the first television special featuring the character Frosty the Snowman. The special first aired on Sunday, December 7, 1969 at 8:00pm on the CBS television network in the United States; it has aired annually for the network's Christmas and holiday season every year since. The special was based on the Walter E. Rollins and Steve Nelson song of the same name. It featured the voices of comedians Jimmy Durante (in his final film role) as the film's narrator, Billy De Wolfe as Professor Hinkle, and Jackie Vernon as Frosty.

Background
June Foray and Paul Frees voiced all the children for the original broadcast. However, beginning with the third broadcast in 1970, their voices were dubbed over by Suzanne Davidson as Karen and Greg Thomas as two of the boys. However, June and Paul's voices are still heard for most of the children's additional dialogue and most of the singing. The redubbed version is what is included on most home video releases. The original dialogue does exist, and can be heard on vinyl records and CD releases of the entire soundtrack.