Frosty the Snowman (1969 TV Short)

Suzanne Davidson: Karen (re-dubbed version)

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Quotes 

• 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] 

• Karen (later airings) : We'd like a ticket to the North Pole, please.

  Ticket Master : [awakens from his nap]  Oh! Wha - The North Pole? Ohh, yes, ma'am!

  [He rapidly stacks thousands of tickets, lays them out, and stamps them all, but they fly everywhere, and he gest tangled up in them] 

  Ticket Master : Route you by the way of Saskatchewan, Hudson Bay, Nome, Alaska; the Klondike, and Aurora Borealis! Gotta make a change at Nanook of the North, though.

  [chuckles] 

  Ticket Master : That'll be $3,000.04, including tax.

  Karen (later airings) : Ohh, but... we don't have any money.

  Ticket Master : NO MONEY?

  [Tickets fly everywhere again] 

  Ticket Master : No money, no TICKET!

  [He slams the window shut] 

• Frosty : Uh-oh!

  Karen (later airings) : What's the matter, Frosty?

  Frosty : Whew! Is there a thermometer around here?

  Karen (later airings) : Over there in the wall. Why?

  Frosty : [looks at the thermometer]  Oh. I was afraid of that. The thermometer's getting red. I hate red thermometers.

  Karen (later airings) : Why, Frosty?

  Frosty : 'Cause when the thermometer gets all reddish, the temperature goes up. And when the temperature goes up, I start to melt! And when I start to melt, I get all wishy-washy.

• Professor Hinkle : If that hat is magic, I want it back!

  Karen (later airings) : But it's not yours anymore; you threw it away!

  Professor Hinkle : Don't talk back to your elders, you... you naughty, naughty, little girl.

  [to Hocus, as he loads him back into the hat] 

  Professor Hinkle : And you, stay in there, or there'll be no carrots for Christmas!

• 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] 

• Karen (later airings) : [seeing Hocus-Pocus with Frosty's hat]  Look, the hat's back. Let's see if it'll make Frosty alive again.

• Frosty : Are you coming to the North Pole, too?

  Karen (later airings) : I'm sure my mother won't mind, as long as I'm home in time for supper.

• Professor Hinkle : You silly children believe everything you see. When you're grown up, you'll realize that snowmen can't come to life.

  Karen (later airings) : But we...

  Professor Hinkle : Silly, silly, silly!

• Narrator : Now actually, a refrigerated boxcar was a splendid way to travel. Splendid, that is, if one is a snowman or a furry coated rabbit. But for Karen...

  [Karen sneezes] 

  Frosty : Are you cold, Karen? Now that's a silly question. You wouldn't be sneezing if you weren't cold.

  Karen (later airings) : [shivering]  Well... just - a lit - a little.

  [sneezes] 

• Frosty : It's got to be all warm and snug inside for those Christmas flowers to grow so beautiful. Let's go in.

  Karen (later airings) : Oh, but... but you'll melt.

  Frosty : Just a little. I'll only stay inside for a minute. Besides, I've been meaning to take off a little weight, anyway.

• Boy #1 : But you can't take that hat back! It brought Frosty to life.

  Karen (later airings) : You saw it happen!

  Professor Hinkle : I saw nothing of the kind.