Green Eggs and Ham (TV series)

Green Eggs and Ham, also known asGreen Eggs and Ham: The Second Servingfor its second season, is an American animated comedy adventure television series developed byJared Sternand produced byWarner Bros. AnimationforNetflix. It is based on the 1960Dr. Seussbook of the same title.
The first season premiered on November 8, 2019 onNetflix.The series has received critical acclaim for its animation, humor, story and voice acting. In December 2019, Netflix announced a second season, entitledGreen Eggs and Ham: The Second Serving,which was released on April 8, 2022,and is a loose adaptation ofThe Butter Battle Book.
In Season 1, Sam-I-Am rescues a rare Chickeraffe from a zoo, saying that he intends to return it to its natural habitat. After he accidentally swaps his briefcase, containing the Chickeraffe, for that of failed inventor Guy-Am-I (the unnamed man in the book), Sam and Guy end up on a road trip adventure with E.B., a girl who wants to adopt the Chickeraffe as a pet, and E.B.'s overprotective mother Michellee, who is also a romantic interest for Guy. The four are pursued by Mr. Hervnick Z. Snerz, a tiny evil poacher and collector, who wants to claim the Chickeraffe (named Mr. Jenkins by E.B.) as a trophy, two mysterious agents called the "BAD GUYS", named McWinkle and Gluntz, and Mr. Snerz's bounty hunter, the Goat (as in the goat that rhymes with "boat" in the book).
In Season 2, titledThe Second Serving, which is asequelminiseriesto Season 1 that takes place one week after Mr. Snerz and the Goat's defeat and Mr. Jenkins' departure in Season 1, Sam, Guy, and E.B. set off on another adventure to East Flubria to find Sam's biological mother Pam-I-Am, who reveals that she is stopping the nations of Yookia and Zookia, which are at war with one another as a precious orb-like object (the Moo-Lacka-Moo) is stolen by her. So it is up to Sam, Guy, Pam, E.B., and her new friend Looka to return the Moo-Lacka-Moo and stop the war.
On April 29, 2015, Netflix announced that it had given the production a series order consisting of thirteen episodes. At the same time,Deadline Hollywoodreported that production on the series would take three years and was expected to be the most expensive animated program to make with each episode costing five to six million dollars. Production companies involved in the series includeWarner Bros. Animation,A Very Good Production, A Stern Talking To and Gulfstream Pictures. Animation services for Season 1 were provided by Chromosphere Studio, Company 3 Animation (formerly Deluxe Animation Studios),Folimage, Snipple Animation Studios, Tonic DNA, andYowza! Animation. In Season 2, they were provided byFuseFX, Snipple Animation Studios, Yowza! Animation,Digital eMation, Neon Creation, and Inspidea, with Chromosphere Studio animating the theme song, and Company 3 Animation doing post-production. The series was originally slated to premiere in the autumn of 2018 before receiving its autumn 2019 premiere window.On December 21, 2019, Netflix renewed the series for a second season with 10 episodes loosely based onThe Butter Battle Bookas revealed from the trailer on March 10, 2022.On October 8, 2022, Jared Stern announced that the series would not be returning for a third season.
On February 19, 2019, the cast of the series was announced withAdam DeVineandMichael Douglasvoicing the lead roles whileDiane Keaton,Ilana Glazer,Eddie Izzard,Tracy Morgan,Daveed Diggs,John Turturro,Jeffrey WrightandJillian Bellwould have supporting roles.
The music for the series is composed byDavid Newman, who previously composed the score forThe Cat in the Hat(2003). It is Newman's first score for a television series, as well as his first score for an animated project sinceIce Age(2002). For the first season, Newman conducted the score, performed by at least a 79-piece ensemble of theHollywood Studio Symphonyand recorded at the Eastwood Scoring Stage at Warner Bros. Studios, while the scoring session for the show's season finale took place in the Newman Scoring Stage at Fox Studios.
OnRotten Tomatoes, the first season has an approval rating of 100% and an average rating of 8.5/10, based on 8 reviews. The website's critical consensus reads, "Critics love its animation, the way it plays with expectations. With goofy jokes and surprising wham, you may just loveGreen Eggs and Ham."Metacriticassigned the season a score of 89 out of 100, based on 4 reviews, signifying "universal acclaim".
Season 1 was released on Digital on November 22, 2020 and on DVD on December 1, 2020, byWarner Bros. Home Entertainment.
Season 2 (The Second Serving) was released on Digital on June 26, 2023 byWarner Bros. Home Entertainment.