Dr. Seuss Beginner Books

Okay, this is it. Here's one last post of the Dr. Seuss page from the Beginner Books that I used to read when I was little.

The Dr. Seuss characters from the Beginner Books are published in the Random House for young children ages 4 to 8, co-founded by Phyllis Cerf and Ted Geisel more often known as Dr. Seuss, and his wife Helen Palmer Geisel. No more than 200 words were taken from that list to write The Cat in the Hat in 1957. Subsequent books in the series were modeled on the same requirement. Beginner Books had only four titles in their catalog in 1958. Two years later they were earning a dollars a year and Random House was the largest publisher of children's books in America.

So the list of the Beginner Books are Hop on Pop, One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish, Dr. Seuss's ABC, The Foot Book, Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You?, Fox in Socks, Oh Say Can You Say?and Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now!

The Lorax 2012

Dr. Seuss' The Lorax is a 2012 American computer-animated 3D musical fantasy comedy film produced by Illumination Entertainment and based on Dr. Seuss children's book. The film was released by Universal Pictures on March 2, 2012, the 108th birthday of Dr. Seuss.

It is the second adaptation of the book, following the 1972 animated musical television special. It builds on the book by expanding the story of Ted, the previously unnamed boy who visits the Once-ler. The cast includes Danny DeVito as the Lorax, Ed Helms as the Once-ler and Zac Efron as Ted Wiggins. New characters introduced in the film are Taylor Swift as Audrey, Ted's love interest. Rob Riggle as Aloysius O'Hare, the evil mayor of Thneedville. Betty White as Grammy Norma. Jenny Slate as Ted's mother, Mrs. Wiggins. Stephen Tobolowsky as Uncle Ubb. Elmarie Wendel as Aunt Grizelda.

Both Ted is named after the author of the book and Audrey is named after Dr. Seuss' wife Audrey Geisel. The film was a box office success, although it received mixed reviews.

Horton Hears a Who! 2008

Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! is a 2008 American computer-animated adventure comedy film, based on the Dr. Seuss' book. The film was directed by Jimmy Hayward and Steve Martino, and was produced by Blue Sky Studios. It features the voices of Jim Carrey and Steve Carell. Released on  march 14, 2008 by 20th Century Fox, it received generally positive reviews, and grossed $297 million on a budget of $85 million.

The film is the third Dr. Seuss feature film adaption, the second Dr. Seuss film starring Jim Carrey after How the Grinch Stole Christmas in 2000, and the first adaptation of a Dr. Seuss fully animated using Computer-generated imagery technology. It is also Carrey and Carell's second collaboration after Bruce Almighty in 2003.

The film features the voices of Jim Carrey as Horton. Steve Carell as Mayor Ned McDodd, the mayor of Whoville. Carol Burnett as the Kangaroo. Will Arnett as Vlad Vladikoff the vulture. Seth Rogan as Horton's best friend, Morton the mouse. Amy Poehler as Ned's wife, Sally O'Malley. Dan Fogler as Yummo Wickersham. Jesse McCartney as Ned's son, JoJo. Isla Fisher as Dr. Mary Lou LaRue, the teacher as Who U. Jonah Hill as Tommy. Laura Ortiz as Jessica. Josh Flitter as the Kangaroo's son Rudy. And Joey King as Katie the little baby yak and the film is narrated by Charles Osgood.

The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat

The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat is an American animated musical television film and crossover starring Dr. Seuss famous character, The Cat in the Hat and antagonized by The Grinch from How the Grinch Stole Christmas!. It premiered on May 20, 1982 on ABC and won two Emmys.

In this special, The Cat in the Hat is all set for a lovely picnic, but the evil Grinch changes his plans by inventing a contraption that captures noise and makes it sound ferocious. He calls it, "Acoustical Anti-Audio Bleeper, otherwise known as my Vacu-Sound Sweeper." The Cat has to save the world from the clutches of the Grinch and the only way to do it is to reach Grinch's soft spot.

The special features the voices of Bob Holt as the Grinch. Mason Adams as The Cat in the Hat. Frank Welker as Grinch's dog Max and the Waiter. And Joe Eich as the Chef.

Pontoffel Pock, Where are You?

Pontoffel Pock, Where Are You? is an animated musical television special written by Dr. Seuss, directed by Gerald Baldwin, produced by DePatie-Freleng Enterprises, completed in 1979 and first aired on ABC on May 2, 1980. This was one of the final cartoons done at DePatie-Freleng as the studio would be sold to Marvel Comics and become Marvel Productions in 1981. The songs are by Joe Raposo.

In this special, Pontoffel Pock gets fired from his job at a pickle factory, wishing he could get away from it all and receives a magical piano from jolly fairy McGullicuddy. Pock embarks on a series od loopy misadventures as the flying piano enables him to travel around the world. In Casbahmopolis, which is in the Middle East, Pontoffel catches his eyes on a famous eyeball dancer named Neefa Feefa, who dislikes her job of dancing for the Sultan, and like Pontoffel, wants to get away from it all. Unfortunately, Pontoffel is separated in several places and he has to go back to Neefa Feefa. With the help of the fairies who sang, "Pontoffel Pock, Where The Heck Are You?", they bring Pontoffel and Neefa home together on the piano and for proving his worth, Pontoffel is rehired as a Dill Pickle Factory employee along with Neefa Feefa.

The special features the voices of Sue Allen as Neefa Feefa. Ken Lundie as Higbee. Don Messick as Humboldt. Wayne Morton as Pontoffel Pock. Joe Raposo as Gil Gickler the Pickle Factory President. And Hal Smith as both McGillicuddy and Good Fairy-in-Chief.

Halloween is Grinch Night

Halloween is Grinch Night is a 1977 Halloween musical TV special and prequel to How the Grinch Stole Christmas!. It won the 1977 Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program. It premiered on ABC on October 29, 1977.

In this special, the evil Grinch who stole Christmas is back to steal Halloween! When the sour-sweet wind starts blowing again, the Whos in Whoville retreat to their homes because they know the Grinch will soon be a'prowlin'. It's Grinch Night and young Eukariah Who has to make a trip to the Euphemism when the wind blows him away to a confrontation with the gruesome Grinch. Eukariah decides that Grinch must be stopped from terrorizing the Whoville, so he faces his fears and confronts the Grinch and his spooks in the surreal imaginary filled with numerous monsters. In the end, the Whos celebrate the little Who's courage in preventing the Grinch releasing the Paraphernalia Wagon's full horrors on their town and up in the mountains the Grinch, who is hauling the wagon home himself, hoping that one day there will be another Grinch Night when the Sour-Sweet Wind blows once more.

The special features the voices of Hans Conried as the Grinch and the narrator. Gary Shapiro as Eukariah Who. Hal Smith as Josiah. Irene Tedrow as Mariah. Jack DeLeon as Sergeant Samuel McPherson. Thurl Ravenscroft as the singing monsters. And Henry Gibson as Max in the singing part of "What Am I Doing Here?"

The Hoober-Bloob Highway

The Hoober-Bloob Highway is an animated musical special written by Dr. Seuss and produced by DePatie-Freleng Enterprises for CBS in 1975. The special is a musical and features songs written by Dr. Seuss and composed by Dean Elliott, which is the last special to feature music, and is the first DFE Dr. Seuss special not to have been based on any of Geisel's books. This special would be the last time to be aired on CBS and produced by A Cat in the Hat Productions like the other five Dr. Seuss animated shorts. Bob Holt voices Mr. Hoober-Bloob while Hal Smith does the Additional voices are the only cast in the Dr. Seuss special.

Mr. Hoober-Bloob, a dispatcher of newborn children from some location in space, is preparing to send a new child down his highway to Earth, but first, he gives a child, who he refers to as Bub, a chance to decide for himself whether he wants the life of a human. Mr. Hoober-Bloob shows him the realistic problems and pleasures that people face in life. The story suggests that while things may be pretty bad, but there's always something to be thankful for. With the help of a lute with arms and legs that often breaks into fast-paced solos, which annoys Mr. Hoober-Bloob, his explanations are often accompanied by musical vignettes of the baby, depicted as a pre-adolescent boy in an unusual situation that accompanies the song. Eventually after the "Answer Yes or No", the baby makes its decisions, and Mr. Hoober-Bloob excitedly pushes it down the Hoober-Bloob Highway at last.