Today is Dr.Seuss' Birthday (if you are reading this on March 2nd) Theodor Seuss Geisel, was born on March 2nd ,1904 so we take a look back at one of his TV specials , in a fun fact... he had involvement in his TV specials.
Where do children come from ? Well when ...(forget that) they come from space , that is the Hoober Bloob Highway.
The one highway that never has congestion /Copyright Dr.Seuss
The premise of the special is there's a man (in the non literal sense) named Hoober Bloob and he talks to a new born human baby who he calls Bub. The Highway is a highway to earth... and the mission is to see what the human wants to be. We see the human as young boy as Hoober Bloob shows him some problems on Earth life... like Tigers in the Attic ( I hate when that happens) , milking a walrus,or a bathroom in a badly planned spot. The wheel is spun and the boy will end up in a place called West- Watch-a-ka-tella ( much better than the north) The special then turns to seeing his life would be like in West (you know the rest) where we have him grow through a bunch of commands and the chaos of life.
math is hard/ Copyright Dr.Seuss
They ask him what he wants to be going through an assortment of creatures ,but showing how it would be a human some more. Hoober Gloob gets a bit worked up about seeing what the Earth and has to be reminded by his lute that he has to remain neutral. (thanks lute) The baby decides he wants to be go to Earth and be human. That's the special.
It's a 30 minute special ,but it's not story heavy , its very musical , it's pleasant and the imagery is wonderful and it has the Dr.Seuss wording and style. It's one of my favorites of the TV specials.. If you never head of a book called that , that's because this one is TV original. It's a good special that says there's good in life and there's bad in life, but that's life. That's a good message that we can look for the good in things and that we can try things and not always be successful.
If you ever wondered how to Milk a Walrus
I recommend while honoring the birthday with the books take a look at this special too. Anyway that's our lookback .
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