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unusual facts about The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss



Al Ferrara

He visits elementary schools and reads Dr. Seuss books to the kids; he cautions teens about the evils of alcohol, tobacco and drugs; and he entertains guests at some Dodger home games.

Ames Hill/Crescent Hill District

The Ames Hill/Crescent Hill Historic District includes Mulberry Street, the upper-class street made famous by Dr. Seuss's first children's book, And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, (1937.) Dr. Seuss's grandparents lived on Mulberry Street.

Big Brother Mouse

Taking inspiration from The Foot Book, by Dr. Seuss, the author used rhymes, repetition, and the pairing of opposite words, to create a book for very young readers.

Brian Boyd

It also shows evolutionary literary criticism in practice in studies of Homer’s Odyssey and Dr. Seuss’s Horton Hears a Who!.

Casque and Gauntlet

Notable members of past delegations include Theodor Seuss Geisel (Dr. Seuss), Nelson Rockefeller, David T. McLaughlin, James Nachtwey, and Robert Reich.

Charles Osgood

He is also known for being the voice of the narrator of Horton Hears a Who!, an animated film released in 2008, based on the book of the same name by Dr. Seuss.

Christmasville

* These are covers from the original How the Grinch Stole Christmas, which were written by Albert Hague (music) and Dr. Seuss (lyrics).

Craven Laycock

He is perhaps best known as the dean who suspended Theodor Geisel from editing the Dartmouth humor magazine, after which Geisel wrote under the pen name Dr. Seuss.

Creative Wonders

It created computer games based on children's characters like Sesame Street, Madeline, Schoolhouse Rock!, Arthur, Little Bear, Dr. Seuss and ABC World Reference.

Drake, North Dakota

A city named Drake is mentioned in Horton Hatches the Egg by Dr. Seuss as one of the communities visited by the traveling circus.

Dritok

Boozer first entered the world of conlanging as a child, when he read Dr. Seuss' On Beyond Zebra and traced the Seussian alphabetical extensions in this author's constructed script (conscript).

George Keverian

Keverian had been scheduled to read a Dr. Seuss book to first-graders at the school on the day of his death.

Green Party of Ontario candidates, 1990 Ontario provincial election

A Globe and Mail article described the device as a "rainbow-coloured jungle gym of discarded wrought iron welded into an outlandish Dr. Seuss-like contraption topped by a colossal wire umbrella and powered by a unicycle", adding that "one rider pedals while a grab bag of musicians (the Subtonic Monks) ride, playing improvisational rhythms".

Grim Grinning Ghosts

One of the voice talents in the attraction is Thurl Ravenscroft, who was recognizable from other Disney projects, the annual Chuck Jones/Dr. Seuss Christmas special How The Grinch Stole Christmas and as the voice of Tony the Tiger.

Hans Suess

He was disappointed by being confused, by the US Postal Service among others, with famous children's writer Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel) his contemporary living in the same locality, La Jolla.

Helen Palmer Geisel

She was married to fellow author Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss, from 1927 until her death.

Horton Hears a Who!

Horton Hears a Who! was adapted into a half-hour animated TV special by MGM Animation/Visual Arts in 1970, directed by Chuck Jones (who also directed the television version of How the Grinch Stole Christmas), produced by Theodor Geisel, and with narration by Hans Conried, who also voiced Horton.

Irwin Russell

Irwin E. Russell (January 24, 1926 - August 23, 2013) was an American entertainment lawyer, whose clients included Dr. Seuss, Michael Eisner, Jim Henson, David Wolper, Christina Crawford and Robert Preston.

Jack DeLeon

He was the voice of Sergeant Samuel McPherson in the Dr. Seuss animated telefilm Halloween Is Grinch Night.

Jessica Sara

After appearances in the films The Next Best Thing, Gepetto, and The Amati Girls, Sara appeared as Sophie in the film adaptation of How the Grinch Stole Christmas.

Jim Henson Television

The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss 1996—1997 - Live-action/puppet series produced for Nickelodeon

John Cole's Book Shop

Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss, was a close friend of both John and Barbara Cole as early as the 1940s, lived in La Jolla and regularly signed books for the shop.

Lempel–Ziv–Storer–Szymanski

Here is the beginning of Dr. Seuss's Green Eggs and Ham, with character numbers at the beginning of lines for convenience.

Lookin' Out My Back Door

Fogerty has also said that the reference to a parade passing by was inspired by the Dr. Seuss book, And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street.

Loraxichthys lexa

The Lorax was a fictional character created by Dr. Seuss who had tried to protect the environment from industrial devastation by speaking for the things that couldn't speak.

Male Call

Along with George Baker’s Sad Sack, Bill Mauldin's Willie & Joe and Dr. Seuss' Private Snafu, Lace was among the most celebrated of World War II’s military-related cartoon characters.

MGM Animation/Visual Arts

The first was a 1966 adaptation of Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, which has become a mainstay of the holiday season.

Nonsense verse

Among writers in English noted for nonsense verse are Edward Lear, Lewis Carroll, Ogden Nash, Mervyn Peake, Colin West, Roald Dahl, Dr. Seuss, Brian P. Cleary, and Spike Milligan.

P. D. Eastman

He was assigned to the Signal Corps Film Unit, which was headed by Theodor Geisel, later to become known as Dr. Seuss; here, Eastman conducted picture planning for animated sequences in orientation and training films, and he also wrote scripts and drew storyboards for the Private Snafu series for Army-Navy Screen Magazine.

A protégé and colleague of Theodor Geisel by the time the latter had begun using the pen name of Dr. Seuss, Eastman wrote many books for children, in his own distinct style under the Dr. Seuss brand of Random House, many of which were in the Beginner Books series.

Political messages of Dr. Seuss

Geisel, a cartoonist and author for children, was also a progressive and a moralist who expressed his views in his books through the use of ridicule, satire, wordplay, nonsense words, and wild drawings to take aim at bullies, hypocrites, and demagogues.

The yellow star was inspired by the yellow Star of David that the Jews were required to wear on the clothing to identify them to the Nazis.

Pontoffel Pock, Where Are You?

Pontoffel Pock, Where Are You? (titled Pontoffel Pock & His Magic Piano for the sing-a-long videocasette release) is an animated musical television special written by Dr. Seuss, directed by Gerard Baldwin, produced by DePatie-Freleng Enterprises, completed in 1979 and first aired on ABC on May 2, 1980.

Ron Lamothe

In 2000, Lamothe began pre-production on The Political Dr. Seuss, a documentary on the life and "political" works of Theodor Geisel.

Selinsgrove Area Intermediate School

The food service department engages the students through special events like serving Green Eggs and Ham to celebrate Dr. Seuss day.

Southfield Public Library

; Dr. Seuss prints: Singing Cats; Oh, the Places You’ll Go; Fox in Socks; A Plethora of Fish; Oh, The Stuff You Will Learn

Dr. Seuss sculptures:The Tufted Gustard, Two Horned Drouberhannis, Andulovian Grackler, Blue-Green Abelard, Seuss Sawfish, Mulberry Street Unicorn, Semi-Normal Green Lidded Fawn, Flaming Herring, Carbonic Walrus, Gimlet Fish, Sea Going Dilemma Fish, Powerless Puffer and Sludge Tarpon.

Spinoloricus nov. sp.

With a visual resemblance to tiny cups with tentacles sticking out, the species has been said to look like something out of a Dr. Seuss book.

The Bad Child's Book of Beasts

The illustrations have also drawn comparison to the works seen in Dr. Seuss books.

The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat

The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat is an 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!.

The Rice School

The street leading into the school was named "Seuss Drive," after the children's literature author Dr. Seuss.

The Unknown Witches of Oz

The star has "a planet that corresponds to Earth" — though it differs in possessing "two extra moons and a polychromatic ring system...." The planet contains continents and archipelagoes that include "Dodgesonia" and "Geiselgea" as well as "Baumgea."

Woodkirk Academy

This show celebrated the works of Dr. Seuss, famous for his creation of the "Grinch" and "Green Eggs and Ham".

World Oceans Day

In partnership with Dr. Seuss and the Census of Marine Life, World Oceans Day 2010's theme of "Oceans of Life: Pick your favorite * Protect your favorite" sparked the biggest and most exciting worldwide participation to date.


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