So The Grinch will be arriving in theaters tomorrow and what better way to celebrate than tell you about the man who created the character himself Dr. Seuss. So let's begin.
1. Two of his books have been translated to Latin. The Cat in the Hat is "Cattus Petasatus" and How the Grinch Stole Christmas! is "Quomodo Invidiosulus Nomine Grinchus Christi Natalem Abrogaverit".
2. He once worked as a commercial artist and was known for his humorous drawings for Standard Oil products, he most famous being Flit bug spray.
3. One night while riding a train to get back to his home, who noticed a pompous stuffy-looking man with a hat on his head. Seuss what would happen if someone were to knock his hat off his head. He thought the man was so full of himself that there was probably another hat underneath the other hat as a replacement. This would inspire his book "The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins."
4. 2012's The Lorax was released on what would have been his 108th birthday.
5. Dr. Seuss was quite the recluse. He would often spend much of his time alone in his studio.
6. Four of his works can truly be political. The Lorax was a parable on short-sighted exploitation of natural resources, The Butter Battle Book was a commentary on the arms race, The Sneetches dealt with racism, and Yertle the Turtle was representing Adolf Hitler and the Third Reich.
7. Seuss (his mother's maiden) is pronounced to rhyme with "voice" not "loose" as people commonly do.
8. During World War I he was giving the nickname "The Kaiser" due to his German ancestry.
9. Although his famous for having morals in his stories, he usually doesn't have them on his mind when writing his books. He prefers to let the story grow out saying "A kid can see a moral coming a mile away".
10. In the late 80's Seuss wanted to make a movie based on his book "The Cat in The Hat". His choices for the the cat were Robin Williams, Steve Martian, John Candy, or Eddie Murphy. His book was finally made into a movie in 2003 but none of the actors he wanted were considered.
11. He was awarded his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Mar 11, 2004. The star was put there on what would have been his 100th birthday.
12. He was once a vocal voice of America First, a movement that wanted to keep America out of World War II. He drew numerous of political cartoons expression his belief.
13. He supposedly wrote "Green Eggs and Ham" on a bet with his publisher. Bennett Cerf (the publisher) bet Seuss couldn't write a book with only 50 words in it. This bet was made because The Cat in The Hat had 225 words.
14. Before working on children's books, he made sculptures of animals in the form of taxidermy. Some of these animal's surreal designs would later appear in his books.
15. His first book "And to Think I Saw It on Mulberry Street" was rejected by 20 publishers. The main reason for the rejections was the publishers thought that fantasy wasn't salable, the children's books written in verse were out of style, and that it lacked a mortal message. Seuss angrily expressed to his wife "what's wrong with kids having fun reading without being preached at?" She cited that maybe for the rejections were because the book had cartoon-like drawings and the story might be seen as a way to encourage daydreaming and lying to one's parents.
Well that's going to do it for me. Come back next time for my review of the newest Dr. Seuss adaptation The Grinch. Until then enjoy your day or look at other things to read about on this blog.
7. Seuss (his mother's maiden) is pronounced to rhyme with "voice" not "loose" as people commonly do.
8. During World War I he was giving the nickname "The Kaiser" due to his German ancestry.
9. Although his famous for having morals in his stories, he usually doesn't have them on his mind when writing his books. He prefers to let the story grow out saying "A kid can see a moral coming a mile away".
10. In the late 80's Seuss wanted to make a movie based on his book "The Cat in The Hat". His choices for the the cat were Robin Williams, Steve Martian, John Candy, or Eddie Murphy. His book was finally made into a movie in 2003 but none of the actors he wanted were considered.
11. He was awarded his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Mar 11, 2004. The star was put there on what would have been his 100th birthday.
12. He was once a vocal voice of America First, a movement that wanted to keep America out of World War II. He drew numerous of political cartoons expression his belief.
13. He supposedly wrote "Green Eggs and Ham" on a bet with his publisher. Bennett Cerf (the publisher) bet Seuss couldn't write a book with only 50 words in it. This bet was made because The Cat in The Hat had 225 words.
14. Before working on children's books, he made sculptures of animals in the form of taxidermy. Some of these animal's surreal designs would later appear in his books.
15. His first book "And to Think I Saw It on Mulberry Street" was rejected by 20 publishers. The main reason for the rejections was the publishers thought that fantasy wasn't salable, the children's books written in verse were out of style, and that it lacked a mortal message. Seuss angrily expressed to his wife "what's wrong with kids having fun reading without being preached at?" She cited that maybe for the rejections were because the book had cartoon-like drawings and the story might be seen as a way to encourage daydreaming and lying to one's parents.
Well that's going to do it for me. Come back next time for my review of the newest Dr. Seuss adaptation The Grinch. Until then enjoy your day or look at other things to read about on this blog.
State of The Project (Oct 22nd - Nov 10th)
Oct 22nd - Cinematic Disasters - Jaws 3-D
Oct 25th - Cinematic Disasters - Jaws: The Revenge
Oct 29th - Underrated Films - The Monster Squad Review
Nov 1st - Update Regrading The Road to Dark Phoenix
Nov 5th - My Aquaman Easter Eggs Post is Coming Back
Nov 8th - What You Probably Didn't Know About Dr. Seuss
Nov 10th - The Grinch Review
NOTE: IF ANYTHING CHANGES I WILL TELL YOU!
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