The Cat in the Hat

TV Movie
1971
TV-G
30m

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A red and white-striped top-hatted cat visits two children left home alone.A red and white-striped top-hatted cat visits two children left home alone.A red and white-striped top-hatted cat visits two children left home alone.

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7.2/10

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Allan Sherman

The Cat in the Hat
(voice)

Daws Butler

Mr. Krinklebein the Fish
(voice)
(as Dawes Butler)

Pamelyn Ferdin

Sally
(voice)

Tony Frazier

Conrad
(voice)

Gloria Camacho

Mother
(voice)

Thurl Ravenscroft

Thing 1
(voice)

Gene Morford

Thing 2
(voice)
(as Lewis Morford)

Judy Garland

Additional voices
(voice)
(uncredited)

Director
- Hawley Pratt
Writer
- Dr. Seuss
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Trivia
This was the first Dr. Seuss television special produced by DePatie-Freleng Productions.

Goofs
At one point during "Anything Under the Sun," Thing 1 and Thing 2 switch voices.

Quotes
Cat in the Hat: Cat, hat. In French: chat, chapeau. In Spanish: el gato in a sombrero.

Crazy credits
In the DePatie-Freling Enterprises logo seen at the end of the program, the Cat's hat is suddenly superimposed on top of the paintbrush oval with the word "films" printed inside, looking as if the oval is "wearing" the hat.

Connections
Featured in Dr. Seuss Playhouse Video (1989)

Soundtracks
Nothing to be Done
(uncredited)
Lyrics by Dr. Seuss
Music by Dean Elliott

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One of TV's Best Written Cartoons

I have seen The Cat in the Hat since the 70s and I think it's the best written cartoon on TV between the runs of Rocky and Bullwinkle and The Simpsons. The line I remember the most was the song that went "Hey! I'm a punk. A gratunculous shlunk." I also remember that the cat was messing up the house looking for his moss covered, three handled, three family gradunza. That would definitely be a Dr. Seuss line.

Allan Sherman, in one of his last TV roles before his death in 1974 was sensational as the voice of the cat. I would also like to add that Gloria Camacho was the voice of the kid's mother.