Acclaimed writer Dr. Seuss was born Theodor Geisel in Springfield, Massachusetts on March 2, 1904. After attending Dartmouth College and Oxford University, he began a career in advertising. His advertising cartoons, featuring Quick, Henry, the Flit!, appeared in several leading American magazines. Dr...See full bio »
1990Home Alone
(writer: "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" / as Theodore Giesl)
1975The Hoober-Bloob Highway
(TV movie)
(lyrics: "The Hoober-Bloob Highway", "...And That's the Way It Is, Bub", "West Watch-A-Ka-Tella", "This Is Your Life", "Among the Daisies", "That's Just the Beginning", "Things You Have to Know", "I Know the Way You Feel, Bub", "On the Other Hand", "It's Fun to be a Human", "What Do You Do?", "Answer Yes or No", "You're a Human")
1971The Cat in the Hat
(TV short)
(lyrics: "Nothing to Be Done", "The Gradunza", "Calculatus Eliminatus", "I'm A Punk", "Beautiful Kittenfish", "Anything Under The Sun", "Cat, Hat", "Sweep Up The Memories")
1970Horton Hears a Who!
(TV short)
(lyrics: "Mrs. Toucanella Told Me", "Old Doc Hoovey", "Wickersham Brothers' Song", "Dr. Hoovey, You Were Right", "Horton the Elephant's Going to Be Caged", "We are Here!", "Be Kind to Your Small Person Friends")
(When asked why he had no children): You keep having kids, I'll keep writing books for them.
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Trivia:
The University of California, San Diego renamed its main library in 1995 to the Geisel Library in honor of Audrey and Theodor Geisel, both La Jolla residents. The library maintains a 8,500 item collection of the works of Dr. Seuss, with items ranging from 1919 to 1991.
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,4,136,14,196,arialbd,7,255,255,255,1_.jpg "Saturday Night Live: Season 17: Episode 1 -- Reverend Jesse Jackson does a dramatic reading from Dr. Seuss.")
,4,136,14,196,arialbd,7,255,255,255,1_.jpg "Making a Scene: Season 3: Episode 4 -- Discover how the crew adapted this classic children's book for a modern audience, preserving the essence of Dr. Seuss's two-dimensional masterpiece in a three-dimensional movie.")
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