# Let's get in the spirit! Who sings You're a Mean One?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 9, 2004, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-get-in-the-spirit-who-sings-youre-a-mean-one/278845 "2004-12-09T00:25:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2004, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-get-in-the-spirit-who-sings-youre-a-mean-one/278845/21 "2004-12-09T03:23:51Z")

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> [@twickster](#):
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> Well, since we’ve completely hijacked this to a Mr. Magoo appreciation – how about “Winter Was Warm,” the song Belle sings? Just lovely!

Hauntingly performed by Jodi “Ariel” Benson on the _Hollywood Christmas_ CD.

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**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2004, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-get-in-the-spirit-who-sings-youre-a-mean-one/278845/22 "2004-12-09T04:12:03Z")

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My mom insists that Anthony Hopkins did the narration on both the original and the Carrey. I knew it wasn’t him on the original, but rather “someone who starred in a lot of horror movies,” but I couldn’t remember who…thanks.

But Hopkins does a good job, relative to the other aspects of the live action, in staying close to the original.

(But NO ONE will ever repeat Thurl’s songs.)

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**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2004, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-get-in-the-spirit-who-sings-youre-a-mean-one/278845/23 "2004-12-09T19:05:02Z")

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Wow. Going over Thurl’s credits on the IMDB is taking a trip down memory lane.

- The singing voice of Stewpot in _South Pacific_.
- Paul Bunyan in the Disney cartoon.
- The Captain in _101 Dalmatians_
- The Elder Spirit of Progress in _Donald and the Wheel_
- A single sung line in _The Music Man_ – “Provided you are CON-[sub]trar-y[/sub]”
- The pig in Mary Poppins
- The Russian Cat in _The Aristocats_
- The singing voice in _Snoopy Come Home_ – “No dogs a-[sub]loud[/sub]!”

And those are just the ones I recognize.

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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2004, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-get-in-the-spirit-who-sings-youre-a-mean-one/278845/24 "2004-12-10T03:09:20Z")

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He also sang the incredible bass voice in “This Old House” by Rosemary Clooney in 1954. Million seller.

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