You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch from How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966)the original animated How the Grinch Stole Christmas! the song “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch” plays as a playful, almost theatrical roast of the Grinch while he prepares to steal Christmas from Whoville. In the brief 19 second segment, the deep, booming narrator singer describes just how rotten and foul the Grinch truly is comparing him to moldy food, rotten bananas, or a cactus with a soul “full of unwashed socks.” During