Horton Hears a Who!

Horton Hears a Who! is a 1970 television half-hour long special based on the Dr. Seuss book of the same name. It was produced and directed by Chuck Jones, who previously produced the Seuss special of How the Grinch Stole Christmas! for MGM Television. The special contains songs with lyrics Seuss and music by Eugene Poddany, who would later write songs for Seuss' book, The Cat in the Hat Song Book.

In this special, Horton the Elephant struggles to protect a microscopic community in the small speck of dust from his jungle neighbors who refuse to believe it exists. But Horton believes that "a person's a person, no matter how small." The special features the voices of Hans Conried as Horton, the narrator, and Dr. H. Hoovey. June Foray as Jane Kangaroo and the birds. Chuck Jones as Junior Kangaroo, JoJo, and the black-bottomed eagle named Whizzer McWoff. And the Mellomen as the Wickersham Brothers.