The FORGOTTEN voice behind 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas'
The iconic voice that sings the song “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch” from the animated special “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” ensured the tune has stayed a classic for ages — but the man behind the voice was never given credit.
“They needed somebody that could bring the Grinch, somebody who had a scowl that could match the Grinch. And that’s when the guy who was never named comes into the picture and walks into the studio,” Blaze Media co-founder Glenn Beck explains.
“And somewhere in a Los Angeles recording booth late at night, I think 1966, he steps up into a booth, up to a microphone, and his voice is so deep, it’s almost as if it rolled out of the earth itself,” he continues.
“He steps up to the microphone, and he records the now really super famous anthem in ‘The Grinch,’” he adds.
The song may only be six verses, but while he recorded the song, the crew and those who worked on it said that “they knew that that performance would outlive all of them.”
“They put it in the show. The show airs. Credits roll. His name’s not on it. Not a mention, not a whisper,” Glenn says.
While he was never officially given credit, the man who delivered what Glenn calls “one of the most unforgettable performances in Christmas history” was named Thurl Ravenscroft.
“His name is nowhere to be found, but it should be. And it should be remembered, because he’s great,” Glenn adds.
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Allie Beth Stuckey delivers bold speech at TPUSA AmericaFest: 'Truth divides'
BlazeTV host Allie Beth Stuckey took the stage at the Turning Point USA conference and delivered a bold speech to thousands of attendees on Saturday.
Stuckey, who helms the hit Christian podcast "Relatable," challenged societal notions about the conservative movement and the Christian's role in politics.
'Truth divides. It's not always a bad thing.'
"While I do think it's important to find unity, I actually think that truth is more important than that. I think truth is more important than that," Stuckey said.
"And it's important to remember this analogy: If you're discouraged by the disagreements and the division and the debates, I understand. It can feel demoralizing, but let me tell you why this happens so much on the right, seemingly more than it happens on the left," she added.
"There is a difference in the nature of progressivism versus conservatism. Progressivism sets out to destroy, and if you are destroying something — destroying Western civilization, destroying the church, destroying the family — it does not matter how you do it. It doesn't matter what tool you hold or what material you use. As long as you are destroying whatever institution or edifice it is, that's fine. You don't really have to agree on much," Stuckey explained.
"But on the right, on the conservative side, we are trying to build something. And when you're building something, you have to agree on a lot. You have to agree on the materials used, the tools being used to build, and most importantly, you have to agree on a foundation. And if we cannot agree on a foundation, then it's going to be very hard to build something together," she said.
"But the debates and working out what that edifice looks like, of what the future of America should be, there's going to be some discomfort and division within that," Stuckey added. "Truth divides. It's not always a bad thing."
She went on to say that the job of Christians is to pull people to their side and not compromise on their principles.
Elsewhere in her speech, Stuckey said that politics should be one of the methods through which Christians show their love of their neighbors.
"Let me tell you, as a Christian, something that a lot of people don't want to talk about, but I know everyone in this room wants to hear and agrees with," Stuckey said.
"One way that Christians can glorify God, one way that Christians can love our neighbor as we await the perfect and sure victory of Jesus Christ is through politics. It's through politics. Politics matter because policy matters, because people matter," she added.
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"Progressivism sets out to destroy. And if you are destroying something, it does not matter how you do it. But on the Right, on the conservative side, we are trying to BUILD something." - @conservmillen #AmFest2025 pic.twitter.com/OSZT4uxcGM
— TheBlaze (@theblaze) December 21, 2025
"Politics affects policy. Policy affects people. People are made in the image of God. People matter to God, and therefore they matter to us," Stuckey continued.
"And so Christians don't have an option, nor should we want the option not to be political," she added. "That doesn't mean that politics is the primary way or the only way that we love our neighbor, but it is a way to love our neighbor. Because our most vulnerable neighbors are affected by politics."
Vice President JD Vance and rap artist Nicki Minaj were among the more prominent speakers at the Turning Point USA conference that lasted until Sunday.
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