You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch

Overview
This song has been a classic favorite of all Grinch fans everywhere. Made popular by the late Thurl Ravenscroft (best known for his vocal talents as Frosted Flakes mascot Tony the Tiger), You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch made its mark with children and the young at heart who still remember the classic Dr. Seuss character.

In the motion picture of the same title—Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas—Jim Carrey sang his own rendition, and on Radio Disney, a rock version of the song (performed by Korn) used to be played during the Christmas holidays.

Lyrics
The writers of the song wanted to make certain that the Grinch was not to be liked, even though he was the main character in the animated special, so they thought up the most disgusting descriptions about him.

The song plays in three parts in the animated cartoon. These verses are played when the Grinch is creating his Santa suit:


 * You're a mean one, Mr. Grinch


 * You really are a heel


 * You're as cuddly as a cactus


 * And as charming as an eel, Mr. Gri-inch...


 * You're a bad banana with a... greasy black peel.


 * You're a monster, Mr. Grinch


 * Your heart's an empty hole


 * Your brain is full of spiders


 * You've got garlic in your soul, Mr. Gri-inch...


 * (SPOKEN:) I wouldn't touch you with a...


 * 39–1/2-foot pole!

This verse, though short, is played when he's in one of the Who houses


 * You're a vile one, Mr. Grinch


 * You have termites in your smile


 * You have all the tender sweetness


 * Of a seasick crocodile, Mr. Gri-inch...


 * (SPOKEN:) Given the choice between the two of you, I'd take...


 * The seasick crocodile!

And these verses are played as the cartoon is nearing the end:


 * You're a foul one, Mr. Grinch


 * You're the King of Sinful Sots


 * Your heart's a dead tomato splotch


 * With moldy purple spots, Mr. Gri-inch...


 * (SPOKEN:) Your soul is an appalling dung heap, overflowing with the most disgraceful assortment of deplorable rubbish imaginable, mangled up in...


 * Tangled-up knots!


 * You're a rotter, Mr. Grinch


 * You're a nasty-wasty skunk


 * Your heart is full of unwashed socks


 * Your soul is full of gunk, Mr. Gri-inch...


 * (SPOKEN:) The three words that best describe you are as follows, and I quote...


 * "Stink... stank... stunk!"


 * You nauseate me, Mr. Grinch


 * With a nauseous super "Naus"


 * You're a crooked, jerky jockey


 * And you drive a crooked "Hoss", Mr. Gri-inch...


 * (SPOKEN:) You're a three-decker sauerkraut and toadstool sandwich...


 * With arsenic sauce!