With a corncob pipe, that button nose and those eyes made out of coal, Frosty the Snowman has been making children laugh and play for eons. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the character’s eponymous Rankin/Bass classic TV special, which first aired on CBS Dec. 7, 1969.
As historian and biographer for the Rankin/ Bass library of TV specials and series, I once asked the late, great Arthur Rank…
