There will be an educational animated series starring Dr. Seuss' most famous character on PBS Kids. This Cat in the Hat series will begin in the fall of 2010.
In The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!, the giant feline takes six-year-olds Nick and Sally "on a magical journey to all corners of the globe to make natural science discoveries," in a vehicle called the Thinga-ma-jigger.
The writer wonders about the idea of cleaning up and reforming an irreverent character such as the Cat in the Hat for the sake of educational TV.
The Cat didn't visit the children's homes to teach them about undersea life—except by balancing their pet goldfish on top of a tower.
He didn't set out to instruct them and improve our national scientific literacy.
The cat was an irresponsible hedonistic ne'er-do-well who wreaked disaster, encouraged children to disobey their mothers and ate cake in the bathtub, then tried to clean up the pink stains using Dad's ten-dollar shoes.
He stormed in like a whirlwind to shake them out of their complacency, get them into a little ultimately harmless trouble, and clean up the mess when he was done.
He wasn't a science teacher; he was a partying, raging id.
Will we get that on PBS Kids?Or will he be muzzled?
Will he be wuzzled?
Will he be foofery-fiff-faff-fer-nuzzled?
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