In 1971 a children's librarian in Troy, Michigan wrote dozens of letters to various celebrities and political leaders and asked them to send back inspirational messages to the children.
Ninety-seven of them wrote back.
posted by gman
on Jun 7, 2011 -
33 comments
Like a lot of people, I grew up with Theodor Geisel, alias Dr. Seuss, as a huge part of my childhood. Books like Cat in the Hat and Oh, The Places You'll Go helped me learn how to read, and the Chuck Jones version of How The Grinch Stole Christmas! is still a holiday tradition at my house. But until this week, I had no idea that two years before his book was published, Dr. Seuss created a sadly short-lived newspaper comic strip called Hejji -- and it turns out that it's one of his most interesting works. [more inside]
posted by hippybear
on Jun 5, 2011 -
80 comments
"Your responsibility is to defend Yertle. You may argue that Yertle is the king and, as protector of the realm, has a right to order his subjects to do whatever he thinks is necessary. He thought it was necessary to see what was beyond his pond and pressed other turtles into service so that he could see that far. They were hurt in the line of duty, so he wasn't personally liable for Sadie's injury. He did not realize how young she was, or he wouldn't have ordered her to join the stack of turtles."
Turtle on Trial, a lesson from the
ABA for
Law Day, May 1.
posted by ocherdraco
on Feb 7, 2010 -
17 comments
Many a music fan out there in
MeFitown and beyond was delighted with and intrigued by that now-vanished website,
Dylan Hears a Who! It featured backing tracks that captured, with an astonishing believability, both the sound and the feel of Highway 61-era Bob, not to mention an uncannily good Dylan vocal imitation. And of course, as is now legend, "Dylan" was singing lyrics straight out of the wonderful works of the good
Dr. Seuss. Well, back in April Salon magazine broke the story of the very, very talented individual who put the whole thing together. Those for whom this is old news please forgive me, but it's news to me, and I can't find any notice of it here at MeFi, so,
here it is.
posted by flapjax at midnite
on Aug 28, 2007 -
13 comments
Back in the dark days of World War II, the
man who would become
Dr. Seuss was in the business of military propaganda . One of the characters he created was
Private Snafu.
Private Snafu was an animated depiction of a bumbling soldier in military training films, whose voice sounded suspiciously close to
Bugs Bunny'
s. Warner Bros. animation studios produced the cartoons with the talents of
Mel Blanc,
Chuck Jones, and
Bob Clampett.
Private Snafu has been discussed here
previously but now you can watch some of the original cartoons on
youtube and download them
here! (unfortunately, I am still unable to locate the awesomely-titled
"Private Snafu vs. Malaria Mike")
posted by elr
on Aug 23, 2006 -
9 comments
Education for Death. (YouTubefilter.) Disney-produced
anti-Nazi cartoon short from 1943. Look for Hitler's Satanic horns. More weirdness from WWII: Warner Bros
Snafuperman, starring Pvt. Snafu (originally created by Dr. Seuss!), who also deals with
spies, all while jabbering away in a voice that sounds disconcertingly like that of a certain cwazy wabbit. From Archive. org -- Pvt. Snafu learns about
booby traps, in one case literally. Bugs himself joined the Air Force, and was faced with
gremlins for his trouble. Superman himself got in on the act, battling
Japoteurs. After all, during the War we were plenty worried about those canny
Japanese.
posted by Astro Zombie
on Mar 23, 2006 -
26 comments
The Dr. Seuss Parody Page : Offered to help wash the image of the Cat in the Hat movie out of your minds... If you've been on the net for more than 3 days, you've seen at least some of these:
For
Techies
And
Trekkies
And
Biblical Scholars,
Biologists,
Psychologists
And
Vikings who holler.
Political Seuss
Starring
Bush,
Gore and
Newt.
From
E-Mail to
ER
And
B5, that's cute.
From
Purity Tests
To
Deconstruction-ests.
From
Shakespeare to
Dante,
Who knows what's the best?
I'd list every one, I am so unabashed,
But do so, my rhymes would become
Ogden Nash.
So click and enjoy
Some of
this,
Some of
that,
And avoid Mr. Myers in 'Cat in the Hat'.
posted by wendell
on Nov 21, 2003 -
25 comments
Dr. Seuss, politcal cartoonist. Before the Cat strode in wearing a Hat, and before Horton heard a Who, Dr. Seuss drew for a liberal New York newspaper called PM. Through most of 1941 he drew
images that criticized isolationists who thought we could sit out the war. He already had developed his idiosyncratic style, and the University of California at San Diego has all 400 of his PM cartoons on its site. Here's what he drew
Dec. 5, 1941, and this is his cartoon of
Dec. 8. Later in the war, he wrote scripts for 28 "
Private Snafu" animated cartoons, which taught servicemen what not to do. Some were directed by Chuck Jones.
posted by Holden
on Jul 31, 2003 -
42 comments
Bush and Chirac debate Iraq
"I will bomb him in his car;
I will bomb him from afar.
I will bomb him in his house;
I do not like him, he’s a louse.
I’m going to bomb him here and there.
I’m going to bomb him everywhere."
posted by Perigee
on Mar 20, 2003 -
12 comments
How the Grinch Stole Wisconsin's History? So, here in Wisconsin, the state government managed to screw up the economy so bad that its making historic budget cuts. Rather than take it lying down, anonymous members of the Historical Society have struck back via the Internet. Thus far, the rewriting of "the Grinch" into "How the Grinch Stole Who-story" is classic. Perfect for Friday.
posted by rev-
on Mar 7, 2003 -
4 comments
Dr. Seuss Went to War.
This page has many of the comics that show up in the book of the same name. WWII era political cartoons from Dr. Seuss.
posted by alan
on Oct 7, 2001 -
4 comments
I know it's early for the story of the Grinch, but I thought everyone should re-read it. It is a wonderful diversion from and a good fable about the 9/11 attacks. Granted, he won't be carving our roast beast, but in some pithy, corny way, Bin Laden may realize that our spirit -- our livelihood "doesn't come from a store."
posted by edwardko
on Sep 23, 2001 -
11 comments
Not a terribly serious topic, but I saw the Grinch movie on the weekend and hated it savagely. Just deplored it from beginning to end. And as time has passed and I've thought more about my extreme reaction, I've grown to hate it even more. This dude at Entertainment Weekly makes a
pretty good case for why this blockbuster is a big chunk o' crap. Thoughts?
P.S. I did see
Quills last night however, and it was amazing.
posted by Niccola Six
on Nov 29, 2000 -
17 comments
You can own art by Dr. Suess. It seems that Theodore Geisel (Dr. Suess) in addition to turning out dozens of books beloved by children (and not a few adults) was also a serious artist, but he kept all the serious art in his home. He did this work just for his own pleasure, and for no other reason.
His widow has now offered much of that art for sale as lithographs and this link shows what is available. It is recognizably the same artist, but equally it is dramatically different.
Available also are pictures from the books.
posted by Steven Den Beste
on Nov 19, 2000 -
6 comments
