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Submitted by Johnny’s Girl
If your childhood wasn’t touched by Dr. Seuss, you should probably run out to the nearest bookstore right away and catch up. Every Christmas, families across the globe sit down and watch How The Grinch Stole Christmas. Green Eggs and Ham is like required reading for young’uns. Most importantly though, Dr. Seuss cleverly disguised socio-political messages in his books, like The Butter Battle Book, which was a criticism of the Cold War.
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There is no win more epic than Dr. Seuss.
I would win him in my house.
I would win him with a mouse.
I will miss him lots, I say.
I will miss him every day.
Very touching
I read Green Eggs and Ham so many times that the cover fell off. It was one of my favorite childhood books. I never liked Cat in the Hat though; it gave me too much anxiety about the kids’ mom coming home to catch them and then they’d be in trouble.
How funny! I always felt that way, too.
my mom had to get 5 different copies
and i only read Cat in the Hat like…twice
And who could forget the pro-anarchist classic Yertle the Turtle?
Acutally that one was a commentary on Hitler.
So would that make it more pro-anarchist or anti-fascist?
I will always love “The Lorax” and that one about the giant goldfish, which taught me (really!) to make sure you know how to take care of a pet before you commit.
The Lorax is my favorite too – “The trees have no tongues.”
I cried my eyes out when he died. It was in Mrs. Chudd’s sixth grade social studies class and I heard it on the radio.
At least now I can relive his stories with my daughter.
Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dwellers are teaching our children?! Oh the humanity!
Bwha ha ha ha ha! That slayed me!
Hi GIG! >wink<
This is like the joke about the roof, isn’t it?
our seinor class shirts were cat in the hat tye dye shirts! our names were swirled around the back and our class quote was “oh the places you’ll go” that was also around the time of the dreadfull “cat in the hat, hat” craze! but dr seuss rocks!
every senior class motto is “oh the places you’ll go.” a class doesnt graduate without hearing it about a million times from someone.
On my birthday, mom always made me green eggs and ham. Ahhh…memories.
Springfield, MA, for the WIN!!!!!!!
How about “Oh The Places You Will Go” for the first day of school or during graduation?
Does Paul Winchell (the voice of Tigger) do the voice in this? It sure sounds a lot like him.
I love Dr. Seuss books as a child. And I love that I can share them with my own children. Definitely a legacy to live on forever!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0134628/ says you guessed right.
I couldn’t get past the artwork. Everything was so hairy and lumpy. I always found his books creepy and could never get into them myself.
this guy is so good.
The Lorax,
The Sneetches
Horton Hears a Who
All three have very powerful messages. Being careful how you treat nature, not picking on some one just because they are diffrent and anti-abortion. I know that isn’t his intended message with Horton, but you have to admit it fits very well.
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“I am the Lorax. I speak for the trees. I speak for the trees, for
the trees have no tongues.”
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‘‘…even though you can’t see or hear them at all, a person’s a person, no matter how small’’
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Possibly two of my mostest favroiteest quotes ever! Right up there with a “fox in sox on a box eating lox!”
Anti-abortion. What an interesting point of view. I’ve always thought Horton was about Christianity. The kangaroo goes on and on about “If you can’t see it, feel it, or touch it, it isn’t real.”
And Horton kept saying “Just because you can’t see it, doesn’t mean it’s not real. A person’s a person, no matter how small.’’ I always thought that was atheists vs Christians, IMO. But I like the abortion standpoint now.
That might have been his actual point, the Christian vs Atheist idea.
A lot of people saw is as anti-abortion but Seuss was very upset and insisted that wasn’t it. Not sure if he was pro-abortion, or if he just didn’t like his idea being hijacked by a potentialy extreamist group. *shrugs*
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Frankly I’m amazed that they didn’t cut that line from the movie. Kids tend to remember things like that… I know I did.
Actually….
“And of course when the little boy stands up and yells “Yopp!” and saves the whole place, that’s my statement about voting- everyone counts.”
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I couldn’t make this up. It seems random, but that’s exactly what he said.
“A person’s a person, no matter how small” has NOTHING to do with abortion. It’s his “statement about voting”. “Everyone counts.” Everyone counts, every voice needs to be heard, no matter how seemingly insignificant. I wish people would hear THAT and not what people want to hear. Also, it has nothing to do with religion vs. atheism. He often tried to get people to NOT find things that aren’t there in his books. One of the quotes: “Preachers in pulpits talked about what a great message is in the book. No matter what you do, somebody always imputes meaning into your books.” People need to hear that, too.
Poor man. Guy tries to make a message and it gets torn every which way BUT the way he intended it. I’ve seen people try to make THE CAT IN THE HAT an analogy of JESUS.
TL;DR: Abortion and religion needs to get off of Horton Hears a Who, it’s about getting your voice heard.
One of my favorites was One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish. Stuff like “Why are they mad and bad and sad? I do not know, go ask your dad” always cracked me up.
ah, green eggs and ham, I read it to mom when I was 2, she didnt know till I was 18 that she had read it to me so often that I had memorized it, I didnt really read it, LOL
I used to use ‘This one, I think, is called a yink’ as an audition piece. Everybody remembered it but nobody could ever place it.
My son loves Dr. Seuss. The Cat in the Hat Strikes Back is a regular for bedtime. My favorite is Yertle the Turtle.
Huh…I never knew they animated Green Eggs and Ham.
How very cool.
When I was in kindergarten they gave us eggs and ham dyed green with food coloring for snack because it was Dr. Seuss’s birthday, and I remember thinking it was the coolest thing ever.
I loved “The Lorax” the best, even though The Once-ler still scares the crap out of my to this day. But I’d read the book and think, “That’s a lot of pressure on that one kid they gave the seed to. What if it dies? Is it all his fault if the Lorax doesn’t come back?”
Love you Dr. Seuss!
I have a copy of _Dr. Seuss Goes to War_, a collection of his political cartoons from before he started doing children’s books. Epic Win.
flawless victory for Dr. Seuss
ONE FISH TWO FISH RED FISH BLUE FISH!!!
I Love you so much Doctor Suess
I Love you like a chocolate mousse
I love it how you always rhyme
I love it almost all the time
I Love you lots I really mean it
Does anyone want a peanut?
*cries with laughter*
That just won everything.
Ha ha ha ha! That’s cute!
Dr. Seuss-y-ness rhyming and Princess Bride! Awesome!!!
Mabye ‘anybody’ would go better on the last line, rather than ‘anyone’?
Just my thought
In Germany, Seuss is not as popular as in the US. The Grinch came here only by the film starring Jim Carrey (at least in my perception – ah ok, and not to forget the appearance in “Home Alone”).
Does anyone else remember reading elsewhere that Dr Seuss was really dirty-minded and used to switch the nonsense words with um slightly more um inappropriate things for his friends? I think it was in an Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader.
But it always made me laugh =)
Dr. Seuss actually had a whole collection of “Secret Art,” in addition to all the wonderful art that he did in the children’s books mentioned here. He told his widow, Audrey Geisel, not to share these pieces until after his death. Audrey honored his wishes. I actually work at an art gallery that carries his work. You can see it at http://www.rmichelson.com/Artist_Pages/Seuss/dr_seuss_gallery.htm . The pieces are wonderful (check out the sculptures, too!). Feel free to send me an email if you want more information!
From what I’ve heard, Dr. Seuss made Green Eggs and Ham on a dare from a friend that he couldn’t write a book with less than 50 different words.
I’ve never really kept track, but I’ll assume he won.
Andrea, you are correct, from Wiki:
Bennett Cerf, Dr. Seuss’s publisher, wagered $50 that Seuss could not write a book using only fifty different words.[2][3] The bet came after Seuss completed The Cat in the Hat, which used 225 words.
The fifty words used are:
a
am
and
anywhere
are
be
boat
box
car
could dark
do
eat
eggs
fox
goat
good
green
ham
here house
I
if
in
let
like
may
me
mouse
not on
or
rain
Sam
say
see
so
thank
that
the them
there
they
train
tree
try
will
with
would
you
Oddly enough, one of my favorites Seuss characters is Bartholomew Cubbins. He’s just a guy, but with more sense than the important people.
“Happy Birthday to You” remains a family tradition on each child’s birthday. My mom did it for me, I’m doing it for my kids.
Aprpopos of nothing, click my name for a version of Green Eggs and Ham written as a Norse Saga.
“Lutefisk and Yams” is the most epic Epic I have read since “Hansel and Grendel”.
And the turtles, of course… all the turtles are free
As turtles and, maybe, all creatures should be.
Does anyone remember “If I ran the Zoo?” Loved it – and the 1000 hats of Bartholomew Cubbins. Next is Yertle the Turtle. Gods, what memories!
What gets me is the 46 people who gave this a Fail…
I cut my teeth on Dr. Seuss. I remember my parents reading to me “Cat In The Hat” and “Cat In The Hat Comes Back.” I also remember other Dr. Seuss-like books, like “Go Dog Go” and “Inside A People House.”
He also did a lot of work during World War II, mainly the “Private SNAFU” cartoons produced solely for the U.S. Army. Some of them are available on YouTube. If you watch “Spies”, you will hear the all-to-familiar “Seussian” rhyming scheme.
My favorties are “Two Many Daves” and “What Was I Scared Of?” from “The Sneetches and Other Stories.” I gave everyone in my family, including pets, new names from “Daves.” I also liked “Bartholomew and the Oobleck” mostly because I liked to say oobleck.
“Can I have those back now?”
My two-year-old shares a birthday with Dr. Suess. His first birthday was Seuss themed. Others will be too, as he gets older and can play Pin the Star on the Sneetch and other fun things. Epic win!!!!
I remember reading the Butter Battle book. It was a decent read, but I never thought it was cold war criticism.
Who can forget this man?
Who can forget his poetry from green eggs and ham?
Or everything else he ever did?
sadly How the Grinch Stole Christmas at least the animated one is no longer shown at christmas al least not on cartoon network which has shown it every year on christmas eve since I was 4 except for last year
I always loved the Seuss-inspired Chuck Jones animated specials, even the ones that didn’t have corresponding books — like “The Hoober-Bloob Highway” and my favourite which NOBODY seems to remember, “Pontoffel Pock, Where Are You?”
My mother got the Seuss books for my brother to try to encourage him to read and used to crack both of us up reading One Fish Two Fish to him. Are You My Mother? was another favorite.
Nothing busted all of us up like the animated Grinch show though. Personal favorite parts are Thurl Ravenscroft singing “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch” and the downhill sequence with Max and the sled, which left us gasping for breath every year.
hey how your doing!!!!!?????
Все отлично: и по стилю изложения, и по содержанию тоже. Так держать!
Так интересно, но так банально…
Я с вами согласен
Для меня это как раз очень актуально 
I cant believe there are 101 people who failed Dr Seuss! 101 total a**holes in the world!
One memorable seuss cartoon is grinch night
Talk aboun mindf**k