Dr. Seuss on the Loose

Dr. Seuss on the Loose is an animated musical television special, cartoon first airing on CBS on October 15, 1973, and hosted by The Cat in the Hat who appears in bridging sequences where he introduced three animated adaptions of Dr. Seuss children's stories including The Sneetches, The Zax, and Green Eggs and Ham. Allan Sherman reprises his role as the voice of The Cat in the Hat from the 1971 TV special. This special was the final project Sherman worked on before his death.

First in The Sneetches, some of the Star-Belly Sneetches have stars on their bellies and some of the Plain-Belly Sneetches don't have their stars. With the help of Sylvester McMonkey McBean, the Fix-It-Up Chappie, the Sneetches learned a valuable lesson either they have a star or not from McBean's Star On and Star Off Machines. Then in The Zax, the North-Going Zax and the South-Going Zax stand respective headings around each other because both are stubborn and none of them went any directions until the highway overpass is built around them. And finally in Green Eggs and Ham, Sam-I-Am tries to convince a grumpy grouch guy to eat his favorite dish, but he refuses to sample them. He gets really grumpy wherever Sam-I-Am follows repeating his respond, "I would not like them here or there. I would not like them anywhere!" in various locations from a house, a box, a car, a tree, a train, in the dark or the rain, and on a boat. Along with a mouse, a fox and a goat, but the fox in the special was chased by the fox hunters. Finally, the grouchy guy gives into Sam's pestering and sample green eggs and ham, which he certainly does like them after all.

The special features the voices of Allan Sherman as The Cat in the Hat. Hans Conried as the narrator, North-Going Zax and South-Going Zax. Paul Winchell as Sam-I-Am, Grouchy Guy, and the Sneetches. And Bob Holt as Sylvester McMonkey McBean and the Sneetches.