Dave Garroway

La historia es narrada por una marmota llamada Pedro Perdona (con la voz de Buddy Hackett), quien tiene un acuerdo con Juanito Escarcha para extender el invierno por seis semanas, permitiéndole dormir por mucho más tiempo. Pedro Perdona comienza a hablar de la leyenda de Juanito Escarcha. Todo comienza cuando Jack Frost (con la voz de Robert Morse ), un espíritu inmortal de invierno, se enamora de una chica humana llamada Elisa (con la voz de Debra Clinger), quien proclama su amor por Juanito después de que la rescata. Juanito le pregunta al padre Invierno (expresado por Paul Frees) si él puede volverse humano para estar con ella. El padre Invierno le da una oportunidad, pero le advierte que Juanito debe probar que puede tener éxito como humano, al ganar una casa, un caballo, una bolsa de oro y una esposa a la primera señal de la primavera...

Clips from assorted television programs, B-movies, commercials, music performances, newsreels, bloopers, satirical short films and promotional and government films of the 1950s and 1960s are intercut together to tell a single story of various creatures and societal ills attacking American cities.

Jane Osgood (Doris Day) tiene dos hijos e intenta salir adelante gracias a un pequeño negocio de venta de langostas. Pero cuando uno de sus pedidos queda olvidado en la estación del tren, el negocio se va a pique. Jane responsabiliza entonces al dueño de la compañía de ferrocarriles (Ernie Kovacs) y, con la ayuda de su amigo y abogado George Denham (Jack Lemmon), le pone una demanda.

A young girl becomes lost in a department store during the Christmas shopping rush. The frightened child is comforted by a department store Santa Claus who tells her a tale of storybook characters brought to life - of Tommy Tucker's love for the lovely Jane Piper and the cold-hearted villainy of evil Silas Barnaby. Through the girl's dreams, the viewer is transported to Toyland. Based on the classic Broadway operetta by Victor Herbert and Glen MacDonough, this was its second live television special production, with some new cast members and some returning.

Based on the classic Broadway operetta by Victor Herbert and Glen MacDonough, this live television special became an annual Christmas tradition with rotating cast members.

Patty Nelson lands a job as a singer with orchestra leader Al Tyler, and tours with the band as "Patty Hart." Patty's father Russ is dismissed from his radio-station job, and the disc jockey selected to replace him is Al Tyler. Patty rushes home to keep Russ company on the air for the final few days, and Al wonders why she suddenly walked out on him. The new "Patty and Russ" radio show catches on, causing complications with Al and the radio-station bosses.