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| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Hawley Pratt |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 10 March, 1971 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Mca Home Video |
| MPAA RATING: | NR (Not Rated) |
| FEATURES: | Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Cartoons & Animation, Children's Video, Movie |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 025192351822 |
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Customer Reviews of Dr. Seuss - The Cat in the Hat (Original Television Episode)
Dr. Seuss - The Cat in the Hat (Original) I saw this movie once or twice as a child, but always remembered it. I bought it for my 3 year old and he loves it. He enjoys the songs and already loved the story. I highly recommend this because it is simple and positive, silly fun.
Our Family Loves This Version!
I don't recall ever seeing this version of the animated Cat in the Hat before, even though I was a kid who watched television faithfully in 1971, when this first aired on network television. My husband bought the video at a neighborhood garage sale last fall for $1 - what a bargain! The animation is very 1960's, combining both Dr. Seuss-ish artwork and a Chuck Jones/dePatie-Freleng style that seems at once very familiar, and yet, is now considered very oldtimey.
My 2-1/2 year old loves the songs. She asks for the video by demanding to watch "Chat Chapeau," the French names for cat and hat which the cat sings about in the wackiest song on the video, where he recites his name in about ninety gazillion languages. I personally love hearing Thing 1 and Thing 2 sing in those ridiculously deep voices about the "killjoy fish" who doesn't like fun and doesn't want to fly kites in the house. And since my parents used to play Allan Sherman records, I love hearing his authoritative voice, as the Cat, reciting the most nonsensical stuff.
Even though the video departs from the book in major ways, I don't mind because Dr. Seuss himself was involved in this production. I figure this made-for-TV version gave him a new opportunity to create additional riffs and plays on words to his own classic book.
The REAL Thing!
This is the original CBS TV special from 1971. How old was I? 1 year old but thankfully there was always reruns and yes, this is the one from my childhood.
After spending $5 to see a horrible parody of the book (ie: the Movie) I decided I might as well spend $12 to have the real deal. Well here it is, on DVD.
The TV show is just as I remember it. The songs, the animation, everything is true to the book.
My biggest complaint is about the stupid trailers you have to watch before you can see the cat. You insert the DVD and you gotta see previews for Casper, Babe, and Sinbad. To make things worse, you can NOT press menu or even "stop". I'd give it 5 stars if it weren't for the previews.