The Grinch – A Furry Green Sleep-Deprived Scrooge

I Can’t Sleep

Benjamin Boster & Glassbox Media

Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Alternative Health

4.6 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2024

⏱️ 33 minutes

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The Grinch: a grumpy, cave-dwelling recluse with a heart problem and serious insomnia. We explore his origins, his disdain for Whoville, and whether a nap could have fixed everything. Ideal for those who’d rather snooze through the holiday season. Want More? Request a topic: https://www.icantsleeppodcast.com/request-a-topic Listen ad-free & support: https://icantsleep.supportingcast.fm/ Shop sleep-friendly products: https://www.icantsleeppodcast.com/sponsors This content is derived from the Wikipedia articles on The Grinch and Dr. Seuss, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) license. Read the full articles: Wikipedia - The Grinch | Wikipedia - Dr. Seuss Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:39.8	Welcome to the I Can't Sleep Podcast, where I read random articles from across the web to
0:45.7	bore you to sleep with my soothing voice. I'm your host, Benjamin Boster, and today's episode is
0:52.8	from a Wikipedia article titled Grinch.
0:57.6	The Grinch is a character created by children's author and cartoonist Dr. Seuss.
1:04.4	He is best known as the main character of the 1957 children's book, How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
1:13.2	He has been portrayed and voiced by many actors, including Boris Harloff, Hans Conrad,
1:20.2	Bob Holt, Walter Mathau, Anthony Asbury, Jim Carey, Rick Myall, Benedict Cumberbatch, Matthew Morrison, David Howard Thornton, and James Austin Johnson.
1:36.3	The Grinch is depicted as a green, furry, pot-bellied, pear-shaped, sub-nosed humanoid creature
1:43.5	with a cat-like face and cynical personality.
1:48.8	In full-color adaptations, he is typically colored green. He has spent the past 53 years living
1:56.7	in seclusion on a cliff overlooking the town of Hooville.
2:08.2	In contrast to the cheerful Hoos, the Grinch is misanthropic, ill-natured, and mean-tempered.
2:15.7	The reason for this is a source of speculation. The consensus among the Hoos is that he was born with a heart that they say was two sizes
2:18.4	too small.
2:21.3	Though always hateful, he especially hates the Christmas season, making particular note
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