The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss

You ruined the Cat in the Hat, one of the most beloved children's book characters of all time! You made him a kind and nurturing host! You don't care about his characterization, do you?! Dr. Seuss didn't make him like that, nor is this how he's supposed to be!

Anyone who likes this show is a childhood destroyer!

This one, despite trying so hard to stay true to the works of Dr. Seuss, feels like it doesn't want to be anything more than a preschool show. Unlike some Dr. Seuss books, there aren't even any episodes to serve as metaphors for mature and serious issues like environmentalism, racism or war. Instead, its episodes focus on preschool show fare like "don't be afraid of the dark," "cleaning up can be fun," and "let's cure a hiccup."

Apparently, a focus group thought this was for much younger kids and some viewers complained about how scary it was in the first season. What happened next? The show, of course, had to undergo a drastic shift in the second season to compete with Bear in the Big Blue House. This resulted in Flanderization of multiple characters, especially the Cat in the Hat, who lost his book counterpart's snarky persona and became more of a host like Bear. Unsurprisingly, the show was cancelled after its second season.

Terrence McBird is basically the Snarf of the show. An annoying, overly-talkative bird who, like Snarf, doesn't have anything important to do whatsoever. Same for Little Cat Z, except he spouts "zip-zap" and the like.

I'm surprised no one has reviewed this show considering it's already 15 years old now. So let me state what I remember of it.

It was a Dr. Seuss related show with the help of the Muppet company creating and supervising the Muppets designed to resemble all of the characters in the Seuss universe. During Season 1 contain entirely original episodes with stories not adapted from any book but feature at least one recognizable character such as The Grinch or Horton the Elephant. While Season 2 was considered a lighter approach to the series with a formula later used for "Bear in the Big Blue House" except with The Cat in the hat as the host.

Why was this series so underrated? I'm wondering the same thing as well. It was either because of the sudden change of format from non-moral story telling to educational story telling. Or it was because it aired on prime-time on Nick when it was more for Nick Jr.

Whatever case, I thought it was a unique thing that happen to Dr. Seuss's books and there will likely won't be another show like this one again.