Was Frosty the Snowman a hypochondriac?

[Freudian_Slit]

Hmm. Clearly, he’s only playing dumb and his idiotic antics mask a staggering intellect. The only question–why hide it? I smell a government conspiracy!

[Mister_Rik]

@Justin_Bailey

But you’re talking about a kid’s movie. You’re seeing cartoon logic in effect and then proceeding to jump to the totally wrong conclusion. “When the thermometer turns red” is a visual shorthand for “the temperature has gone up.” No more, no less.

But it’s not just what it shows, it’s what he actually says

[Manduck]

@Mister_Rik

Now that you mention it, he does put on a hat every time he goes outdoors, regardless of the weather, even if he’s just stepping out to fetch the mail from the mailbox that’s nailed to the front porch.

There must be some magic in it.

[cochrane]

@Freudian_Slit

Hmm. Clearly, he’s only playing dumb and his idiotic antics mask a staggering intellect. The only question–why hide it? I smell a government conspiracy!

Or Frosty is hiding homicidal tendencies.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELxeSadruMI

Caution: NSFW!

[Chefguy]

@Wile_E

You rang?
He may not be a hypochondriac but there was definitely something wrong with Frosty. I think he was a little brain damaged, why was he always saying “Happy Birthday”? I think he might have had some yellow snow* mixed in his head.
*[sub]From a crack addict[/sub]

Or he was smoking some serious shit in that corncob pipe.

[Ellen_Cherry]

And don’t forget the stupid magician. And the fact that they kept the kids all day at school on Christmas Eve. To see an incompetent magician.

I can’t stand that show. And I have it on VHS (so thankfully I don’t have to watch it any more). I would get irritated every time Frosty invites Karen to go to the North Pole with him in the refrigerated boxcar. “I don’t think my mother will mind,” says Karen, “as long as I’m back by supper.” To the North Pole. And back by supper.

I must say I do enjoy the fact that Frosty is a champion belly whopper, though. It’s the show’s one redeeming feature.

[Mister_Rik]

Ellen Cherry, going back and rewatching it on YouTube did effectively remind me what a wasteland '70s cartoons were.