Dr. Seuss on the Loose
Encyclopedia
Dr. Seuss on the Loose is an animated
musical
television special
, cartoon first airing on CBS
on October 15, 1973, and hosted by The Cat in the Hat
. who appears in bridging sequences where he introduced animated adaptations of Dr. Seuss
children's stories The Sneetches
, The Zax
and Green Eggs and Ham
.
Animation
Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. The effect is an optical illusion of motion due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision, and can be created and demonstrated in several ways...
musical
Musical film
The musical film is a film genre in which songs sung by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, though in some cases they serve merely as breaks in the storyline, often as elaborate...
television special
Television special
A television special is a television program which interrupts or temporarily replaces programming normally scheduled for a given time slot. Sometimes, however, the term is given to a telecast of a theatrical film, such as The Wizard of Oz or The Ten Commandments, which is not part of a regular...
, cartoon first airing on CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
on October 15, 1973, and hosted by The Cat in the Hat
The Cat in the Hat
The Cat in the Hat is a children's book by Dr. Seuss and perhaps the most famous, featuring a tall, anthropomorphic, mischievous cat, wearing a tall, red and white-striped hat and a red bow tie. He also carries a pale blue umbrella...
. who appears in bridging sequences where he introduced animated adaptations of Dr. Seuss
Dr. Seuss
Theodor Seuss Geisel was an American writer, poet, and cartoonist most widely known for his children's books written under the pen names Dr. Seuss, Theo LeSieg and, in one case, Rosetta Stone....
children's stories The Sneetches
The Sneetches and Other Stories
The Sneetches and Other Stories is a collection of stories by Dr. Seuss . It is composed of four separate stories, unrelated except in the fact that most of the stories have important morals...
, The Zax
The Sneetches and Other Stories
The Sneetches and Other Stories is a collection of stories by Dr. Seuss . It is composed of four separate stories, unrelated except in the fact that most of the stories have important morals...
and Green Eggs and Ham
Green Eggs and Ham
Green Eggs and Ham is a best-selling and critically acclaimed book by Dr. Seuss, first published on August 12, 1960. As of 2001, according to Publishers Weekly, it was the fourth-best-selling English-language children's book of all time....
.
Voice Cast
- Allan ShermanAllan ShermanAllan Sherman was an American comedy writer and television producer who became famous as a song parodist in the early 1960s. His first album, My Son, the Folk Singer , became the fastest-selling record album up to that time...
- The Cat in the Hat - Hans ConriedHans ConriedHans Georg Conried, Jr. was an American comedian, character actor and voice actor.-Early years:He was born on April 15, 1917 in Baltimore, Maryland to Hans Georg Conried, Sr. and Edith Beyr Gildersleeve. His mother was a descendant of Pilgrims, and his father was a Jewish immigrant from Vienna,...
- Narrator, North-going Zax - Paul WinchellPaul WinchellPaul Winchell was an American ventriloquist, voice actor and comedian, whose career flourished in the 1950s and 1960s...
- Sam-I-Am, Joey and Sneetches - Bob Holt - South-going Zax, Sylvester McMonkey McBean and Sneetches
Production notes
- The 1971-1975 Cat in the Hat Productions logo is replaced with a logo variant takes place on the same sky blue background just like in the 1966 Cat in the Hat Productions logo taken from How the Grinch Stole Christmas!How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV special)How the Grinch Stole Christmas! is a 1966 American animated television special directed by Chuck Jones. It is based on the homonymous children's book by Dr. Seuss, the story of The Grinch trying to take away Christmas from the townsfolk of Whoville below his mountain hideaway...
with the gold circle outline around it and the circle inside is dark blue with the Cat's hat. Then the Cat pops up wearing his hat and then says his catchphrase, "That's me!" He then pulls a yellow sign reads, "Dr. Seuss on the Loose". Then, we turned to the left side of the gold outline and then it cuts it in half forming red, yellow and green color circles. The Cat in the Hat pops up and puts them together. He puts up one finger and he puts "The Sneetches", then he puts up two fingers and he puts "The Zax", and he puts up three fingers and he puts "Green Eggs and Ham". The Cat in the Hat closes his eyes and drums his left fingers until the screen fades to black. On the recent DVD release of Green Eggs and Ham, the variant is replaced with the 1971-1975 logo. - This is the last Dr. Seuss special to be directed by Hawley Pratt.