R.I.P. George S. Irving

American actor George S. Irving -- best known for Broadway roles and for narrating the animated Underdog TV series as well as for being the voice of the Heat Miser in the 1974 stop motion animated Christmas special The Year Without a Santa Claus -- silenced his voice for the final time on December 26, 2016. at age 94.

He will be missed.

Christmas and TV Songs of the Week: "The Snow Miser Song" and "The Heat Miser Song"

From the 1976 special The Year Without a Santa Claus, it is a song that dares not leave my memory for some reason even though I don't recall seeing this special during prime time. The Snow Miser was voiced by the late Dick Shawn -- an actor most famous for his role as Hitler in the 1969 comedy The Producers -- and the Heat Miser was voiced by George S. Irving -- best known to my generation for being the narrator of the Underdog cartoon series.