Talk:The Cat in the Hat

message: I've removed a pseudo-intellectual parody review from this talk page that had no bearing on the article content. If you like this sort of thing, it's available here, among other locations. 82.92.119.11 20:41, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Misc.

message: The article writes Dr. Seuss also regrets the association of his book and the 'look say' reading method adopted during the Dewey revolt in the 1920's. I don't know what the Dewey revolt is, but it sounds interesting. However, the lined article refers to a Thomas Dewey who was a New York City prosecutor in the 1930s, and later a politician. I suspect the link is wrong. Can anyone who knows what this means correct it? Notinasnaid 07:15, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dewey revolt? 

message: User:Pig de Wig moved the TV section into a subarticle without discussing it here. It doesn't seems necessary to me, since the article was only 8k long before the move. I reverted, but would be happy to hear if there is a good reason for the move. Walter Siegmund (talk) 00:08, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It did seem nicely symmetrical with the film. If the movie gets its own entry, why doesn't the TV adaptation? What criteria are used to decide?  If the decision is made NOT to accept this subarticle, there is a big mess unless The Cat in the Hat (television special) is deleted soon, as there is the potential for well meaning editors to edit either one. Notinasnaid 15:03, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Notinasnaid and User:Pig de Wig seem to agree and I don't have a strong opinion either way, so the move stands. I'll make sure that the changes are merged. Walter Siegmund (talk) 02:50, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Subarticle for TV adaptation? 

message: The first line of this article says that the Cat in the Hat is featured in three books, but as far as I can tell the entry only mentions two. (Although I could be being blind!) 
Is there a third book, in which case can someone edit to add it, or is the first line wrong? Tasiel 14:51, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  The third book 

message: Hello, i usually just use wikipedia but i saw the following so i logged in and removed it:
:Alternate Endings
Dr. Seuss is transfered to Sootopolis City, where a bunch of cats push Dr. Seuss down a cliff. Then he lands inside water where a Gyarados is almost about to eat him whole until Pookeyman captures it. Then Dr. Seuss is free for a while ... then he appears in the night, touching peoples faces. Then he touches that kid who said Sonic Riders was for kids races and that kid gets freaked out and calls the bolice! "THIS IS BOLICE!!!" the bolice said and the police sent Dr. Seuss to jail until he came back to say "I will touch your face! And when the moonlight leaves and the dawn settles, you will know you've been visited!" to people. Then one night, when he was trying to go to Blue Kirby's house, Magna Centipede came saying "MAGNA BREAKOUT CENTIPEDE!!!" and scared him away. Dr. Seuss tried to call for help but then Sonja, Jess, and Eagle sent out their armies towards Dr. Seuss. THEY SENT BOMBERS, NEOTANKS, AND ROCKET LAUNCHERS AT DR. SEUSS!!! Dr. Seuss was shot some but then chased more by them and Magna Centipede. Then a few Natus came. Since he wasn't near, but was still a pain, Natu still wanted to kill people. Natu told Dr. Seuss to go to the Safari Zone up in Hoenn and gave him a bike and told him how to use it. Dr. Seuss went to Safari Zone still while being chased by Magna Centipede, Eagle, Sonja, and Jess. Then Dr. Seuss ended up in Safari Zone. When Dr. Seuss went to Safari Zone and then the Axbot appeared singing a lame Lumberjack song which the Missile launcher instantly destroyed. Then Xatu appeared yelling out "I R SNIPE UR HEAD OFF!!!" and Dr. Seuss was severely injured afterwards. Black Mage tried to appear but Magna Centipede told him no and to tell him to try it later. Magna Centipede then grabbed Dr. Seuss and told him to go to the nearest T Copter and "to go to Heaven" or be killed once and for all. Dr. Seuss decided to go to the T Copter when the T Copter bought Dr. Seuss to Sly Cooper section, where there were strangely lots of Porygons everywhere. Then Sly Cooper said "LAME ANIMAL CHARACTER!!! YOU DIE!!!" and then Sly Cooper ran over Dr. Seuss with his Porygon!!! CAT IN THE HAT PWNED!!! COOL CHARACTERS WIN!!!
I'm reasonably cerain rocket launchers and pokemon have exactly nothing to do with Dr. Seuss and the Cat in the Hat. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by CheshiresMasquerade (talk • contribs) 03:32, 5 September 2006.
:I think it is a solid candidate for WP:BJAODN! Thank you for moving it to the talk page. Walter Siegmund (talk) 04:15, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vandalism? 

message: Regarding the article subsection on "The Cat NOT in the Hat": wouldn't that be satire, not parody? Parody is fair use in the US, satire not so much. WindAndConfusion 06:26, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: "Parodies"?

message: There is no documentation or source to support "Dr. Seuss books were created to supplement the 'look say' reading programs taught in schools."  Once the books were published, they might support the 'look say' method, however I'm fairly certain this was not a primary motivation during the creative pre-publication process. Picturebooks 17:57, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Look Say Reading Programs?

message: This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 13:48, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  WikiProject class rating

message: The article gives credit to John Hersey's Life Magazine article for the inspiration of The Cat in the Hat, but I believe there was another powerful influence from Rudolf Flesch's book Why Johnny Can't Read. From the history I remember, It was Flesch who first created the list of easy-to-read words from which Theodore Geisel wrote his book. Geisel got the list not from Flesch directly, but from Random House publisher Bennett Cerf, who hired Geisel to write a book using those words. Does anybody have a reference for any of this? —MiguelMunoz (talk) 00:51, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why Johnny Can't Read 

message: Can someone please remove the "References in Popular Media" section? It's TOTOLLY irreavent. Also, to the iws, please add fr:Le Chat chapeauté (livre) and no:The Cat in the Hat. 74.230.35.77 (talk) 16:59, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Done Tagged instead of removed. Thanks.—C45207 | Talk 23:15, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Editprotected 

message: There is a reference in the media for Dr. Suess in one of the episodes of my Life as a Teenage Robot were Jenny gets a dream chip and sees most of the characters as Dr. Suess drawn characters.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.38.177.58 (talk • contribs) 
: Not done: Do you have a source to support this claim? Would adding this claim improve the article? Others (see above) think that the "In popular culture" section should be removed altogether. —C45207 | Talk 14:09, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Can someone add this?

message: Not sure how there could only be one three syllable word--another--when the cat is also described as balancing an umbrella.  That should make at least two, unless the umbrella is described in some other way.  Don't have the book in front of me but perhaps someone would like to check.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.34.199.77 (talk) 02:49, 12 November 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't have the book in front of me, at the moment, either.  However, if I remember correctly ... the balancing of an umbrella (among other items) was an illustration in the book.  Perhaps, the visual was enough ... and the text did not actually incorporate the term "umbrella"?  Just a guess, at the moment, from my best recollections of the book.  Thanks.  (Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 04:02, 6 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text:  I have the book in front of me and can confirm that the umbrella appears only in the illustrations. Yaniv256 (talk) 00:36, 26 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  One three syllable word? 

message: To my eyes, this article is in desperate need of being split into two articles, one about The Cat in the Hat, the 1957 book, and one about the Cat in the Hat, the character who first appeared in that book and has since featured in a sequel, a movie, a TV show, etc. How does everyone feel about this? And how do we go about making the move? Bobnorwal (talk) 21:50, 25 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article split? 

message: The book has 223 "beginngers'" words, less than half of them only occurring once or twice.  It is written in anapestic tetrameter,Source: p. 218 of Dr. Seuss The Cat Behind the Hat, by Caroline M. Smith; Andrews McMeel : Kansas City, MO;  ISBN: 978-1-4494-3260-7.Kdammers (talk) 19:46, 24 November 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Style 

message: The Warner Animation Group article stated that the CGI film has the release date is 2024. MaxietheFoxWiki (talk) 03:53, 15 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  CGI film release date