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Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town is a 1970 American stop-motion Christmas television special produced by Rankin/Bass Productions in New York, New York. The film is narrated by Fred Astaire and stars the voices of Mickey Rooney, Keenan Wynn, Robie Lester, Joan Gardner, and Paul Frees, as well as an assistant song performance by the Westminster Children's Choir.
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town: 1970: The Year Without a Santa Claus: 1974: The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow: 1975: Rudolph's Shiny New Year: 1975: The Little Drummer Boy, Book II: 1976: Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey: 1977: Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July: 1979: Jack Frost: 1979: Pinocchio's Christmas ...
In 1970, Rankin-Bass produced Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town, an hour-long animated TV film based on the song, with Fred Astaire narrating the origin of Santa Claus. The same year, the Jackson 5 included the song on their best-selling album Jackson 5 Christmas Album. The Jackson 5 version would chart 50 years later on the Billboard 100 at #33.
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment released a Deluxe Edition of the special, along with other specials on Blu-ray and DVD, on October 16, 2018. In 2022, Universal released the special in 4K Ultra HD as part of The Classic Christmas Specials Collection (with Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town).
Raggedy Ann and Andy in The Great Santa Claus Caper; Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale; Red One (film) Rise of the Guardians; Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1948 film) Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (TV special) Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Island of Misfit Toys; Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie
Robie Lester (March 23, 1925 – June 14, 2005) was an American voice artist, actress, and singer, best known as the voice of "Miss Jessica" in the Rankin/Bass animated special Santa Claus is Comin' to Town, the singing voice of Eva Gabor in Disney's The Aristocats and The Rescuers, and the original "Disneyland Story Reader" for Walt Disney Records read-alongs.
“Santa Claus is coming to town!” Schwarzenegger captioned a photo on Dec. 17 on Instagram with costar Alan Ritchson. “It is fantastic to be shooting The Man with the Bag with @alanritchson ...
"Santa Claus is coming to town!" the Terminator actor captioned a photo of himself playing Kris Kringle. "It is fantastic to be shooting The Man with the Bag with @alanritchson.