Favorite Depatie-Freleng Dr. Seuss Special (again)

[The "Chase"]

Yeah, yeah, I know you guys already did this poll, but I want to make another one, since, after all, there might be new members who would like to speak their opinion on these.

Now, personally, other than The Hoober-Bloob Highway and Halloween is Grinch Night, I enjoy all of the specials. I think it's probably the music, songs, and following the orginal stories pretty well. Though, there's something about The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat that I like than the others. Probably because of nolstagia or something, I'm not sure.

Alright, what's your own opinion on these?

[A. Flea]

The Lorax, beacuse he has a beard and is a dwarf. Plus truffula trees are awesome.

[Vdubdavid]

I chose three:

Horton Hears a Who: For the sticks-in-your-head song by the Wickersham Brothers.

Halloween is Grinch Night: For the incredible, almost operatic, nightmare sequence. "First-class grinching" indeed!

The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat: Once again, it's the songs that make this one for me. And the person doing the Grinch does a very good approximation of Boris Karloff.

[MF TOON]

First off, Horton Hear A Who was not a DePatie-Freleng Production. It was produced by M-G-M & Chuck Jones Enterprises (his television prod. co. that produced all those children's specials in the mid-70's and Looney Tunes Christmas & Thangsgiving specials in '79/80). A solo project of Chuck Jones and Ben Washam with the usual cast & crew: Irv Spence, Maurice Noble, etc. and voice acting credit to Hans Conried and June Foray...

That said, speaking strictly of the D-F-E Seuss adaptations, I offer the following list in order of greatest (in terms of originality, creativity, story, design, etc.) to suckiest (the last being almost intolerable for me!)...


01. - The Cat In The Hat

02. - Halloween Is Grinch Night

03. - The Hoober-Bloob Highway

04. - The Lorax

05. - Pontofell Pock, Where Are You?

06. - Dr. Seuss On The Loose

07. - The Grinch Grinches The Cat In The Hat

[The "Chase"]

First off, Horton Hear A Who was not a DePatie-Freleng Production. It was produced by M-G-M & Chuck Jones Enterprises (his television prod. co. that produced all those children's specials in the mid-70's and Looney Tunes Christmas & Thangsgiving specials in '79/80). A solo project of Chuck Jones and Ben Washam with the usual cast & crew: Irv Spence, Maurice Noble, etc. and voice acting credit to Hans Conried and June Foray...


Sheesh, can't take a joke?

I know that, that's why there's a symbol after it (I mean, I'm not THAT stupid, and besides, I already seen it like 10 times). Besides, I meant the 2007 CGI movie, not the Chuck Jones one.

[MF TOON]

ok... good joke?

[Brandon Panther]

The Lorax is a wonderfully made cartoon with a strong message. I like the air of mystery in the Once-ler, whose face we never see (although in the book, his eyes can be seen in one illustration), and the songs are catchy too.

I still get a kick out of the line, "I hear things are just as bad up in Lake Eerie". Even if it is dated.

Also love Thurl Ravenscroft's small vocal cameo during one of the songs.

[speedy fast]

I voted for The Cat in the Hat, Dr. Seuss on the Loose, Halloween is Grinch Night, and The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat. But all of them were great (though I remember the least amount of details of Hoober-Bloob Highway).

This may be a bit off-topic, but does Universal own the rights to the various Dr. Seuss characters and works? I know that the characters currently appear at Universal Studios, and there are Dr. Seuss rides there, and Universal has released the recent movies. Yet it's a bit ironic, as (I think) Warner Bros. owns the rights to all of the animated specials, though Warner didn't initially produce any of them (and I'm counting the two Chuck Jones-directed ones and Daisy-Head Maisey).