The Cat in the Hat (TV special)

The Cat in the Hat is an animated musical television special first aired on CBS on March 10, 1971, based on the 1957 Dr. Seuss' children's book of the same name. Produced by DePatie-Freleng using veteran Warner Bros. theatrical-cartoon animators, and featuring the voices of comedian and song satirist Allan Sherman and prolific voiceover performer, Daws Butler, this half-hour special is a loose adaptation with added musical sequences.

Narrator

 * The sun did not shine, it was too wet to play. Just sit in a house all that cold, cold, wet day.

Dialogue

 * Mr. Krinklebine the Fish: Out of this house! I'm warning you, get!
 * Cat in the Hat: Who's that? I believe that we haven't yet met.
 * Mr. Krinklebine the Fish: The name is Krinklebine. Carlos K. Krinklebine.
 * Cat in the Hat: Ooh.
 * Mr. Krinklebine the Fish: Now please go away. Tell that top-hatted cat he should not be about. He should not be here when your mother is out!
 * Cat in the Hat: My dear, Mr. Krinklebein. My tricks are quite safe. I invite you to join in the fun, if you wish, in a game that I call... Up, Up, Up, With a Fish!


 * Mr. Krinklebine the Fish: [about the Cat In the Hat] Now, let me repeat, and I don't like to shout, but he should not be here when your mother is out!
 * Cat in the Hat: It's up to you kids, whatever you say. If you think me untrustworthy, send me away.
 * Sally: Well, he is getting the house sort of messy and dirty, and Mother...
 * Boy: Yeah, Mother; back home at 3:30.
 * Cat in the Hat: A vote of no confidence. I most humbly bow to the voice of the majority. Good bye, now. Off to Siberia. Somebody stole my moss-covered, three-handled family gredunza! Nobody's gonna leave this room until I find it!
 * Boy: Pardon me, sir. You lost a moss-covered, what?
 * Cat in the Hat: ...three-handled family gredunza! So, that's your attitude, eh, Krinklestein? Did you steal it?

Cast

 * Allan Sherman - Narrator / Cat in the Hat
 * Daws Butler - Mr. Krinklebine the Fish
 * Tony Frazier - The Boy
 * Pamelyn Ferdin - The Girl
 * Gloria Camacho - The Mother
 * Thurl Ravenscroft - Thing One
 * Lewis Morford - Thing Two