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

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Hauntingly performed by Jodi “Ariel” Benson on the Hollywood Christmas CD.

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