Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas2000

Augustus May Who:
Well, it's time for our Holiday Cheermeister of the Year Award! [chuckles; everyone cheers] Congratulations, Mr. Grinch! [turns out the Grinch is not in the Whobilation] He isn't here. What, he didn't show? Who could've predicted this?

Grinch:
[after standing grumpily with his arms crossed] All right. I'll swing by for a minute, allow them to envy me, grab a handful of popcorn shrimp and blow outta there. [heads for the door, then stops abruptly and returns nervously] But what if it's a cruel prank? What if it's a cash bar?! How dare they? [scowls, then calms down] All right, I'll go. But I'll be fashionably late. No, yes, no, yes, no. Yes! [groans in frustration] Definitely not. [heading for the door with his hand behind his back] All right! I've made my decision - I'm going! And that's that! [shows his crossed fingers on his hand] Ah, had my fingers crossed. [Max pulls the rope, sending the Grinch falling through the garbage chute towards Whoville] Maybe I should have flipped a coin! [screams as the picture spins rapidly from him and stops to Cindy-Lou Who]

Augustus May Who:
Well, I-I guess the award goes to the, the runner up.

Whobriss:
That's right. A man for whom Christmas comes, not once a year, but every minute of every day. A handsome, noble man. A man who's had his tonsils removed twice.

Augustus May Who:
[chuckles] That's an interesting story. You see, what happened was--