Halloween Is Grinch Night 1977 The prequel to How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Halloween Is Grinch Night is a 1977 Halloween musical TV special. It premiered on ABC on October 29, 1977 and the only special to be produced by Dr. Seuss Enterprises. Plot: In Whoville, on a night known as "Grinch Night", which commences when a "Sour-Sweet Wind" blows and a chain of events causes the Gree-Grumps and Hakken-Krakks to prompt The Grinch into terrorizing the Whos, as he believes such nights are the perfec