MetaFilter posts tagged with drseuss

Oh the places yoo'll go dude!

blue_beetle — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 21:30:23 -0800

Oh the Places You'll Go. In 68 different accents. Not necessarily accurate, but different. SLYT

Overthinking a plate of Whos

asnider — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 09:06:42 -0800

All the Whos Down in Whoville are Aliens

But just what are the Whos down in Whoville? Are they human? What is the Grinch? What’s the connection between these Whos and the Whos living on the speck-of-dust planet in Horton Hears a Who!? Are those Whos who Horton heard the same species of Whos of which Cyndi Lou Who (who was not more than two) is a member?

Related: Is Whoville located on a Who Planet? Previously on the Blue: The Grinch.

EPIC RAP BATTLES OF HISTORY! ...RHAOMI! ...VERSUS... RHYTHM! ...BEGIN!!!

Rhaomi — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 12:33:49 -0800

Every Radio Has Them

flapjax at midnite — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 05:26:52 -0800

WHAT IS A WILD TONE? "Wild Tones" live in Radios. They're the Bad Tones that escape from the back of your speaker. They like to howl and screech and beat booming drums... they ruin good music... every chance they get. Yeoooooooo EEK! BONG! BOOM And there's so much more that you might not have yet seen from good ol' Dr Seuss at The Advertising Artwork of Dr. Seuss.

Dr. Seuss does nudity

Chocolate Pickle — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 11:09:40 -0800

The Seven Lady Godivas: The True Facts Concerning History's Barest Family is a Dr. Seuss book for adults, which features nude women in every panel.

"I gotta tell you something — this is a lot better than the movie."

OverlappingElvis — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 09:25:52 -0800

Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber reads The Lorax (SLYT)

Who will speak for the SUVs?

finite — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 11:02:50 -0800

Dr. Seuss' The Lorax [previously] has been licensed to advertise an SUV.

"those Who bastards down there in their posh little private community talking shit about him all day"

bardic — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 21:35:20 -0800

Why "'You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch' Is Hatemongering" The video in question (YT). I'll let you decide for yourselves but meanwhile, Merry Fucking Christmas!

No one goes to the euphemism on a night like this

Mchelly — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 07:10:03 -0800

You've probably all seen or read Dr. Seuss's How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1 2 3). But did you know about its Halloween sequel, Halloween Is Grinch Night? The first Dr. Seuss special to feature music from Joe Raposo, it has finally been released on DVD. Or you can watch it on YouTube (1 2).

Horton Fails His Sanity Roll

hippybear — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 18:49:01 -0800

DeviantArt artist DrFaustusAU has been hard at work on a Dr. Seuss-inspired adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's The Call Of Cthulhu. It's not finished, but you can see what he's done so far: Cover, Page 1, Pages 2-3, Pages 4-5, Pages 6-7, Pages 8-9, Pages 10-11.

So like one, two, red, blue, I’ll call this one “fish”!

veedubya — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 03:46:50 -0800

The Quadratic Equation, Dr. Seuss Style.

Letters of Note

gman — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 17:47:35 -0800

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.

Hejji

hippybear — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 21:18:20 -0800

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. Extensive (and yet incomplete) collection of Hejji comics can be seen here (thumbnailed, can be clicked to be viewed large).

Dr. Seuss does Star Wars

nrobertson — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 18:57:19 -0800

Dr. Seuss does Star Wars. Transmogrifications by Seattle cartoonist Adam Watson.

New Dr. Seuss

morganannie — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 12:53:28 -0800

Lost, Unpublished Dr. Seuss Manuscript Found

But no green bacon, man, that's where I draw the line.

not_on_display — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 21:49:47 -0800

Green Eggs and Ham: music by Dylan Hears a Who [previously previouslier], animation from Dr. Seuss on the Loose (1973). ...The Zax and Oh, the Thinks You Can Think get the same treatment, but neither work quite as well as Green Eggs and Ham, IMHO.

"I’m Yertle the Turtle! Oh, marvelous me! For I am the ruler of all that I see!” "He's made our case for us, your honor, you see. And so prosecution rests our case, don't we?"

ocherdraco — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:34:17 -0800

"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.

I can't blab such blibber blubber! My tongue isn't make of rubber.

ardgedee — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:11:16 -0800

Fox in Socks with beatbox

The Marines Will Like My Shooting. And They Are Going to Like Me.

jonson — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 18:22:33 -0800

Do You Know What I'm Going To Do Next Saturday? is a Flickr set of the pages from Helen Palmer Geisel's (Dr. Seuss's first wife) now out of print children's book that gained notoreity for its depiction of children doing fun & very dangerous things like joining the marines, playing with guns & fighting American Gladiator style.

We Heard That Who, Too!

flapjax at midnite — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 04:22:00 -0800

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.

Partisan Politics for Kids

ericb — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 10:31:39 -0800

Move over Harry Potter! Political books for children have hit store shelves! From the right side of the political spectrum there is HELP! MOM! There Are Liberals Under My Bed!; from the left, Why Mommy Is a Democrat. "Putting political messages in children's books isn't new. More than 20 years ago, Dr. Seuss did it with The Butter Battle Book^*, where the Zooks and the Yooks build competing arsenals, modeled after the nuclear arms race [animation -- 1, 2, 3]."

You need a Thneed

homunculus — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 15:18:34 -0800

The Lorax by Dr. Seuss. [25 min Google Video.]

Seuss via Zimmerman

staggernation — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 13:11:47 -0800

Dylan Hears a Who! Bob, that is. Caution: autoplaying audio. (Via)

Situation Normal: All Fucked Up

elr — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 14:07:38 -0800

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")

I'll take my propaganda with a side of loony tunes

Astro Zombie — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 22:46:38 -0800

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.