More Information: This is the 40th Anniversary of the premiere of the Chuck Jones produced and directed “Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas.” The most watched animation special ever created for television, “Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas” is a perennial favorite of children of all ages. The animated film of Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas popularity may be unsurpassed today, but when Chuck Jones set out to bring it to the screen he was unable to find a sponsor and eventually ended up pitching the story 26 times. “In those days, the network wouldn’t accept something unless you had a sponsor,” he said. “So, I went to every one of the people who were logical: the breakfast food and chocolate people. I had done the storyboards, there were seventeen hundred drawings and I went over that thing again and again. It got to the point where I could almost shut my eyes and say it! At last, in the depths of my despair, success came from the most unlikely source of all: the Foundation of Commercial Banks!” “No More Than Two” Anniversary issue sericel with new background and embossed commemorative 40th anniversary logo. The “No More Than Two” Anniversary sericel will be hand-numbered and limited to only 100 examples. Each of the 100 sericels in the commemorative issue will be numbered on the sericel and the certificate. |