The Cat in the Hat

The Cat in the Hat is an animated musical television special first aired on CBS on March 10, 1971, based on the 1957 Dr. Seuss children's book, and produced by DePatie-Freleng Enterprises. With the voices of Allan Sherman and prolific vocal performer Daws Butler, this half-hour special is a loose adaption with added musical sequences.

Instead of following the adaption from the Dr. Seuss book, The Cat has lost his Moss-Covered Three-Handled Family Grudunza so the kids marked the letters and number in the entire house wherever they checked there during the song of "Calculatus Eliminatus." The fish who didn't have a name in the Dr. Seuss book is named Karlos K. Krinklebein who demands the Cat to leave and accuses him of not being a real cat and his hat of not being a real hat. Then Thing One and Thing Two emerged from the pink box to aid the Cat singing that they can find "Anything Under The Sun." And The Cat asserts legitimacy by singing his name in several languages including Chat Chapeau in French, El Gato Sombrero in Spanish, Katze Hut in German, Gwonka Bonkequank in Eskimo, and Shapka in a Shylapa in Russian. And like in the book, The Cat cleans up the entire house he and the kids made using the motorized vehicle just before their mother returns.

The special features the voices of Allan Sherman as The Cat in the Hat. Daws Butler as Karlos K. Krinklebein. Tony Frazier as the Boy. Pamelyn Ferdin as Sally. Gloria Camacho as Mother. Thurl Ravenscroft as Thing one. And Lewis Morford as Thing Two.