Three Seinfeld Writers Rewrote The Grinch Script – But Were Left Out Of The Credits

Ron Howard‘s live-action take on Dr. Seuss‘s “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” was a holiday season smash when it hit 25 years ago. It grossed $348 million against a budget of $123 million, and received a respectable A- Cinemascore. It was not, however, a hit with critics, who found Jim Carrey‘s performance as the title creature unsettling (if not downright horrifying), and its depiction of Whoville oddly off-putting. Sure, the production design and, of course, Rick Baker‘s makeup FX work on the rubber-faced Carrey were astonishing, but what was enchanting on the page and in animated form just looked wrong when brought to tactile life.

Nevertheless, Howard and Universal Studios…