Dr. Seuss

Acclaimed American writer born Theodor Seuss Geisel (March 2, 1904 – September 24, 1991) was an American children's author and cartoonist. He is known for his work writing and illustrating more than 60 books under the pen name Dr. Seuss. His work includes many of the most popular children's books of all time, selling over 600 million copies and being translated into more than 20 languages by the time of his death. After attending Dartmouth College and Oxford University, he began a career in advertising. His advertising cartoons, featuring Quick, Henry, the Flit!, appeared in several leading American magazines. Dr. Seuss's first children's book, titled "And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street", hit the market in 1937, changing the face of children's literature forever. It was rejected 27 times before it was finally published by Vanguard Press in 1937.

Works

Oh, the Places You'll Go!

A globetrotting animated musical which follows a young adventurer as they journey the joys and heartaches, and the peaks and the valleys of life.

Release Date: 2028-03-17

Department: Writing

Job: Book

Thing One and Thing Two

No plot details are known yet.

Release Date: 2026-11-02

Department: Writing

Job: Characters

The Cat in the Hat

The Cat takes on his toughest assignment yet… to cheer a pair of siblings struggling with their move to a new town.

Release Date: 2026-03-05

Department: Writing

Job: Book

There's a Wocket in My Pocket

It features about the strange creatures that live in his house, such as the yeps on the steps, the nooth grush on his toothbrush, the wasket in his basket, the zamp in a lamp, the yottle in the bottle, and the Nureau in the bureau.

Release Date: 2024-01-15

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

The Mean One

In a sleepy mountain town, Cindy witnesses the murder of her parents by a blood-thirsty green figure in a red Santa suit. Twenty years later, the Christmas-hating monster begins to terrorize the town once more. Cindy finds new purpose in stopping the creature and saving the holiday.

Release Date: 2022-12-08

Department: Writing

Job: Original Concept

Vote Count: 80

Minions & More Volume 2

This collection of 11 short films produced by Illumination includes: From the "Despicable Me" franchise: Mower Minions (2016); Yellow Is the New Black (2018); Competition (2015); Cro Minion (2015); Binky Nelson Unpacified (2015); Panic in the Mailroom (2013). From the "Secret Life of Pets" franchise: Super Gidget (2019). From the "Sing" franchise: Eddie's Life Coach (2017); Gunter Babysits (2017). From the "Lorax" franchise: Serenade (2012); Wagon Ho! (2012).

Release Date: 2022-11-08

Department: Writing

Job: Characters

Vote Count: 118

Minions & More Volume 1

This collection of 10 short films produced by Illumination includes: From the "Despicable Me" franchise: Puppy (2013); Minion Scouts (2019); Training Wheels (2013); The Secret Life of Kyle (2017); Santa's Little Helpers (2019). From the "Grinch" franchise: The Dog Days of Winter (2019). From the "Secret Life of Pets" franchise: Norman Television (2016); Weenie (2016). From the "Sing" franchise: Love at First Sight (2017). From the "Lorax" franchise: Forces of Nature (2012).

Release Date: 2022-09-27

Department: Writing

Job: Characters

Vote Count: 298

Dr. Seuss' The Grinch Musical

A musical version of the classic story of the mean spirited Grinch who plots to steal Christmas from Whoville.

Release Date: 2020-12-09

Department: Writing

Job: Book

Vote Count: 13

The Zax

They are stubborn and arguable and have messy hair and hairy bodies. They live in the Prairie of Prax. Varieties of Zax include a North-Going Zax and a South-Going-Zax.

Release Date: 2020-01-01

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Green Eggs and Ham

Guy-Am-I, an inventor, and his friend Sam-I-Am go on a cross-country trip that would test the limits of their friendship. As they learn to try new things, they find out what adventure brings.

Release Date: 2019-11-08

Department: Writing

Job: Book

Episode Count: 23

Vote Count: 62

The Dog Days of Winter

Max braves the harsh winter weather and an uncooperative Who to bring a sick Grinch his favorite hot tea.

Release Date: 2019-02-05

Department: Writing

Job: Book

Vote Count: 24

The Grinch

The Grinch hatches a scheme to ruin Christmas when the residents of Whoville plan their annual holiday celebration.

Release Date: 2018-11-08

Department: Writing

Job: Book

Vote Count: 4114

The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!

The Cat in the Hat is back -- and this time, he's teaching Sally and her brother, Nick, some awfully nifty things to think about!

Release Date: 2013-03-11

Department: Writing

Job: Idea

Episode Count: 147

Vote Count: 8

Wagon Ho!

The barbaloots are told by the Once-Ler that they can sit on the wagon and that it had better not move. They and the donkey nod in agreement. The barbaloots try to get the donkey to move. He won't move. The small barbaloot taunts the donkey with what looks like an apple in front of him on a long pole the he's off. Did they get the wagon back in time? Yes, but what transpired from start to finish?

Release Date: 2012-08-07

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 23

Forces of Nature

Determined to scare The Once-ler out of Truffula Valley, The Lorax decides to create the illusion of ominous forces of nature.

Release Date: 2012-08-07

Department: Writing

Job: Characters

Vote Count: 35

The Lorax

A 12-year-old boy searches for the one thing that will enable him to win the affection of the girl of his dreams. To find it he must discover the story of the Lorax, the grumpy yet charming creature who fights to protect his world.

Release Date: 2012-03-01

Department: Writing

Job: Book

Vote Count: 3599

Horton Hears a Who!

The classic and beloved story from Dr. Seuss is now a CG animated film from 20th Century Fox Animation, the makers of the Ice Age films. An imaginative elephant named Horton (Jim Carrey) hears a faint cry for help coming from a tiny speck of dust floating through the air. Horton suspects there may be life on that speck and despite a surrounding community, which thinks he has lost his mind, he is determined to save the tiny particle! Jim Carrey and Steve Carell lead an all-star cast in bringing this wonderful family picture to life!

Release Date: 2008-03-03

Department: Writing

Job: Book

Vote Count: 3302

Gerald McBoing-Boing

Gerald McBoing-Boing is an original Canadian-American 2D animated children's television series based on the original cartoon. It premiered on Cartoon Network on August 22, 2005, as part of their Tickle-U programming block, and on Teletoon in English and French on August 29, 2005. It uses the same basic art style as the original, but with more detail. Each 11-minute episode features a series of vignettes with Gerald, of which the "fantasy tales" are done in Seussian rhyme. There are also sound checks, gags, and "real-life" portions of the show. Gerald still only makes sounds, but he now has two speaking friends, Janine and Jacob, as well as a dog named Burp, who only burps. Gerald's parents also fill out the regular cast. The television series was produced in Canada by Cookie Jar Entertainment, and directed by Robin Budd and story edited/written by John Derevlany. The animation was done by Mercury Filmworks in Ottawa & Vancouver. The music and score for the series was composed by Ray Parker and Tom Szczesniak. It is shown on ABC TV in Australia, Channel 5's Milkshake! in the UK and RTE Two's The Den in Ireland

Release Date: 2005-08-22

Department: Creator

Job: Creator

Vote Count: 6

The Cat in the Hat

During a rainy day, and while their mother is out, Conrad and Sally, and their pet fish, are visited by the mischievous Cat in the Hat. Fun soon turns to mayhem, and the siblings must figure out how to rid themselves of the maniacal Cat.

Release Date: 2003-11-21

Department: Writing

Job: Book

Vote Count: 1665

How the Grinch Stole Christmas

The Grinch decides to rob Whoville of Christmas - but a dash of kindness from little Cindy Lou Who and her family may be enough to melt his heart...

Release Date: 2000-11-17

Department: Writing

Job: Book

Vote Count: 7708

The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss

The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss is an American live-action/puppet television series based on characters created by Dr. Seuss, produced by Jim Henson Productions. It aired for two seasons on the Nick Jr. Block on Nickelodeon. For the first few episodes, the show aired during Sunday night prime time, immediately before Nick News. It also premiered on PBS from January 12, 1998 until May 25, 2002. It is notable for its use of live puppets with digitally animated backgrounds, and in its first season, for refashioning characters and themes from the original Dr. Seuss books into new stories that often retained much of the flavor of Dr. Seuss's own works. It derives its name from wubble, a type of unicycle mentioned in the Dr. Seuss book I Had Trouble in Getting to Solla Sollew.

Release Date: 1996-10-13

Department: Creator

Job: Creator

Vote Count: 4

Daisy-Head Mayzie

Daisy-Head Mayzie wakes up one morning to find a daisy has sprouted from the top of her head. Facing her classmates' taunts and her parents' dismay, Mayzie triumphs at last with the hard-won knowledge that love is more important than fame!

Release Date: 1995-02-05

Department: Writing

Job: Book

Vote Count: 6

In Search of Dr. Seuss

A nosy reporter wants to find out all she can about Dr. Seuss, aka Ted Geisel, and gets told the real facts by several of his characters, with large snippets of his stories and songs interspersed.

Release Date: 1994-11-06

Character: Self (archive footage)

Vote Count: 11

Scrambled Eggs Super!

The story is told from the point of view of a boy named Peter T. Hooper, who makes scrambled eggs prepared from eggs belonging to various exotic birds.

Release Date: 1993-08-18

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are?

Dr. Seuss's irrepressible optimism is front and center in Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are? The perfect send-off for grads getting ready to venture off into the world.

Release Date: 1993-06-17

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Dr. Seuss's Sleep Book

Catch a case of the yawns with Dr. Seuss in this classic rhyming picture book. Bedtime has never been more fun. A yawn is quite catching, you see.

Release Date: 1993-04-24

Department: Writing

Job: Story

Hunches in Bunches

It tells the story of a bored indecisive boy who is urged by a string of Hunches - that come in the guise of bizarre furry creatures - first to do this and then to do that until, finally, he follows the Munch Hunch and goes for lunch.

Release Date: 1993-04-24

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

How The Grinch Stole Christmas!

This short video features illustrations from the Dr Seuss story book with narration by Walter Matthau. A hermit known as the Grinch hates Christmas and is tired of the Whos of Who-ville celebrating it. This year, he plans to steal it from them. Video also includes the story If I Ran The Zoo.

Release Date: 1992-12-12

Department: Writing

Job: Story

Vote Count: 6

If I Ran the Circus

Young Morris McGurk's has a BIG imagination. He wants to turn the vacant lot behind Sneelock's Store into the Circus McGurkus-the most colossal, stupendous, tremendous show in the world.

Release Date: 1992-01-01

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

If I Ran the Zoo

A child goes to the zoo and is disappointed with the quality of creatures there. He daydreams about running the zoo himself. Features illustrations from the book accompanied by narration.

Release Date: 1992-01-01

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

I Can Hear You

An adaptation of the story by Seuss, of an elephant who could hear the voices of little people even when nobody else could.

Release Date: 1992-01-01

Department: Writing

Job: Original Story

The Butter Battle Book

The Zooks and the Yooks are at war over the butter and bread - on which side should one spread?

Release Date: 1989-11-13

Department: Writing

Job: Novel

Vote Count: 16

The Sneetches

No one will argue that fashion is a terrible force. But it’s bad when people follow it blindly, turning their appearance into a cult.

Release Date: 1989-04-01

Department: Writing

Job: Original Story

Dr. Seuss - Hop On Pop: Beginner Book Video

Page after page of silly rhymes and comical pictures will keep your little one giggling in this Dr. Seuss favorite. The book's simple words, sentences, and meanings are wonderful learning material for early readers, who will be captivated by Seuss's magical wackiness. Pat Sat, Pat sat on a hat accompanies a picture of a smiling, white-gloved bear sitting on a hat. The bear sits on a cat and then a baseball bat before squatting over a prickly cactus. No Pat No, Don't sit on that, warns a smaller bear.

Release Date: 1989-01-01

Department: Writing

Job: Book

The Turtle King

There was an island inhabited by turtles. Their king above all else loved all kinds of praise and flattery, so subjects always followed them trying to play along to him. One day he decided to climb very high, using a very unstable structure.

Release Date: 1988-02-05

Department: Writing

Job: Book

Vote Count: 1

Where Are You, My Friends?

Soviet Ukrainian adaptation of Dr. Seuss’s Horton Hears a Who.

Release Date: 1987-06-07

Department: Writing

Job: Book

Vote Count: 1

Welcome

A friendly moose lets an insect hitch a ride on his antlers. But the moose is soon taken advantage of, as more and more forest creatures (including a bear!) take up residence in his antlers. How can the moose get rid of these unwanted guests? Based on a Dr. Seuss story.

Release Date: 1986-01-01

Department: Writing

Job: Book

Vote Count: 9

The Cat in the Cap

An animated short-form adaptation of Dr. Seuss' "The Cat in the Hat" by Alexei Karaev.

Release Date: 1984-05-08

Department: Writing

Job: Book

The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat

The Cat in the Hat is all set for a lovely picnic, but the evil Grinch changes his plans by inventing a contraption that captures noise and makes it sound ferocious. The Cat has to save the world from the clutches of the Grinch and the only way to do it is to reach Grinch's soft spot.

Release Date: 1982-05-20

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 32

Pontoffel Pock, Where Are You?

A young man wishes he could get away and his wish is granted in a globetrotting, song singing way.

Release Date: 1980-05-02

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 4

Halloween Is Grinch Night

When the sour-sweet wind starts blowing again, the Whos retreat to their homes because they know the Grinch will soon be a'prowlin. Young Eukariah Who has to make a trip to the Euphemism (outhouse), when the wind blows him away to a confrontation with the gruesome Grinch. Eukariah decides that the Grinch must be stopped, so he faces his fears and confronts the Grinch and his spooks.

Release Date: 1977-10-29

Department: Production

Job: Producer

Vote Count: 59

The Hoober-Bloob Highway

The Hoober-Bloob Highway is an animated musical special written by Dr. Seuss. Visit the magical island where Mr. Hoober-Bloob sends babies to Earth in his own musical way.

Release Date: 1975-02-19

Department: Production

Job: Producer

Vote Count: 12

Dr. Seuss on the Loose

The pressure to conform, the inevitability of change, and the resistance to trying something new form the basis for the usual madcap adventures associated with the creative mind of Dr. Seuss. "Dr. Seuss on the Loose" builds upon three short stories - "The Sneetches," "The Zax" and "Green Eggs and Ham" - to create a thematic trio that explores the often fickle and flexible world of attitudes.

Release Date: 1973-10-15

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 17

The Lorax

The Once-ler, a ruined industrialist, tells the tale of his rise to wealth and subsequent fall, as he disregarded the warnings of a wise old forest creature called the Lorax about the environmental destruction caused by his greed.

Release Date: 1972-02-14

Department: Production

Job: Producer

Vote Count: 137

The Cat in the Hat

In a marvelously animated version of one of the most beloved of all Dr. Seuss tales, two youngsters find themselves at home with nothing to do on a rainy afternoon. But when the magical, mischievous Cat in the Hat arrives on the scene, they're all cat-apulted into a day of rousing, romping, outlandish antics they - and you - will never forget!

Release Date: 1971-07-04

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 50

Horton Hears a Who!

In this story, Horton discovers there is a microscopic community of intelligent beings called the Who's living on a plant that only he can hear. Recognising the dangers they face, he resolves to keep them safe. However, the other animals around him think Horton has gone crazy thinking that there are such beings.

Release Date: 1970-03-18

Department: Writing

Job: Teleplay

Vote Count: 49

How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

Bitter and hateful, the Grinch is irritated at the thought of a nearby village having a happy time celebrating Christmas. Disguised as Santa Claus, with his dog made to look like a reindeer, he decides to raid the village to steal all the Christmas things.

Release Date: 1966-12-18

Department: Production

Job: Producer

Vote Count: 1042

The Gerald McBoing-Boing Show

Release Date: 1956-12-16

Department: Writing

Job: Characters

Episode Count: 13

Vote Count: 1

Gerald McBoing! Boing! on Planet Moo

While meeting a new friend, Gerald is abducted by aliens and whisked to the planet Moo. The king of Moo mistakenly thinks that all Earthlings - like Gerald - speak only in sound effects, and he attempts to converse with Gerald. Hoping to lure Earth tourism to his planet, the king brings the boy back to Earth in the hope of establishing good relations, but Earth diplomats are puzzled by the king's unusual language

Release Date: 1956-02-09

Department: Writing

Job: Characters

Vote Count: 5

How Now Boing Boing

Gerald's parents, frustrated at his inability to talk, call in various experts (including the world's greatest voice professor) to teach their boy to speak in words instead of sound effects. They all fail until, by chance, Gerald tries to phone home.

Release Date: 1954-09-08

Department: Writing

Job: Characters

Vote Count: 2

Gerald McBoing-Boing's Symphony

Gerald McBoing Boing, a little boy who can't talk but can imitate any sound, is working as a one-man sound effects department for a radio station. When a scheduled symphony orchestra does not show up, Gerald replaces them. He is doing fine until he mixes up the score with the sound effects script, and creates an original symphony. He is fired, but the critics hail his work as that of a genius.

Release Date: 1953-07-04

Department: Writing

Job: Characters

Vote Count: 2

The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.

Young Bart Collins lives with his widowed mother Heloise. The major blight on Bart's existence is the hated piano lessons he is forced to endure under the tutelage of the autocratic Dr. Terwilliker. Bart feels that his mother has fallen under Terwilliker's sinister influence, and gripes to visiting plumber August Zabladowski, without much result. While grimly hammering away at his lessons, Bart dozes off and enters a fantastical musical dream.

Release Date: 1953-06-19

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 57

Gerald McBoing-Boing

The story of a little boy who would only talk in sound effects. With story by Dr. Seuss (and Bill Scott of Rocky and Bullwinkle fame) this cartoon won the Oscar for best short subject (animated) for 1950.

Release Date: 1950-11-02

Department: Writing

Job: Story

Vote Count: 63

Design for Death

Documentary Feature winner "Design for Death" (1947) examines Japanese culture and how it led to Japan's role in WWII.

Release Date: 1948-06-10

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 2

Our American Heritage

Public service featurette shown in connection with the 1947-1949 biannual nation-wide tour of the Foundation Freedom Train, a government-endorsed campaign to "re-sell Americanism to Americans."

Release Date: 1947-08-01

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Private Snafu Presents Seaman Tarfu in the Navy

Private Snafu (Situation Normal All Fucked Up) presents his brother Tarfu (Things Are Really Fucked Up) who was a carrier pigeon keeper and has joined the Navy

Release Date: 1946-03-02

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 3

Operation Snafu

Private Snafu steals secret Japanese war plans, is captured and tried. He escapes and rows out to sea.

Release Date: 1945-10-15

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 8

No Buddy Atoll

Private Snafu is stranded on a tiny island with a Japanese officer; he must depend on his wits to defend himself against his sword-wielding foe.

Release Date: 1945-10-15

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 7

Hot Spot

As the Devil watches Pvt. Snafu and his unit stationed in Iran, he talks about the hazards of working in the heat.

Release Date: 1945-07-15

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 8

It's Murder She Says...

A haggard mosquito complains how tough life is with the military taking the proper precautions against malaria infection.

Release Date: 1945-05-15

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 7

A Few Quick Facts: Fear

Private Snafu learns about fear

Release Date: 1945-04-15

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 3

Your Job in Germany

Your Job In Germany is a short film made for the United States War Department in 1945 just before Victory in Europe Day (VE). It was shown to US soldiers about to go on occupation duty in Germany. The film was made by the military film unit commanded by Frank Capra and was written by Theodor Geisel, better known by his pen name Dr. Seuss.

Release Date: 1945-04-15

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 9

In the Aleutians

A humourous look at the Aleutian Islands and their strategic value.

Release Date: 1945-02-15

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 8

Our Job in Japan

Our Job in Japan was a United States military training film made in 1945, shortly after World War II. It is the companion to the more famous Your Job In Germany. The film was aimed at American troops about to go to Japan to participate in the 1945–1952 Allied occupation, and presents the problem of turning the militarist state into a peaceful democracy. The film focused on the Japanese military officials who had used the traditional religion of Shinto, as well as the educational system, to take over power, control the populace, and wage aggressive war.

Release Date: 1945-02-08

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

The Inside Story

U.S. Coast Guard training film about the adjustment from civilian life to military life. Anxiety, lack of privacy, homesickness, uncertainty, and worry are all addressed. Distributed by U. S. Navy Training Films.

Release Date: 1944-11-05

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Target Snafu

An armada of malaria-laden mosquitoes seeks human targets and finds Private Snafu, who fails to protect himself adequately against their onslaught.

Release Date: 1944-10-15

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 6

Three Brothers

Dissatisfied with being assigned to shoe consignment detail, Snafu learns about the true value of his responsibilities

Release Date: 1944-09-15

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 6

Pay Day

Technical Fairy First Class shows Snafu the consequences of frittering away his pay.

Release Date: 1944-09-15

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 6

Outpost

Snafu has an object lesson on the value of complete and accurate regular reports when he discovers and reports evidence of the enemy's presence at his assigned area.

Release Date: 1944-08-15

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 7

And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street

1944 animated short film by George Pal, based on the book by Dr. Seuss.

Release Date: 1944-07-28

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 2

Censored

Private Snafu wants to tell his sweetheart, Sally Lou, that he thinks his unit will be sent to the South Pacific. But every effort he makes to get his letter through uncensored is thwarted by a resourceful (and unseen) censor with an array of contraptions and booby traps. Not even Snafu's carrier pigeon can avoid the censor -- not when he has a hawk for an assistant. Technical Fairy, First Class, comes to the rescue and agrees to deliver the letter -- but he has good reason to say that he'll hate himself in the morning.

Release Date: 1944-07-15

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 13

The Chow Hound

Snafu learns of the folly of hoarding and wasting military food supplies.

Release Date: 1944-06-15

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 4

Gas

Snafu learns the need of keeping his gas mask at hand when he is attacked by anthropomorphic gas cloud.

Release Date: 1944-05-15

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 7

A Lecture on Camouflage

Using Snafu as an example, Techanical Fairy First Class teaches the methods of effective camouflage.

Release Date: 1944-04-15

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 7

Snafuperman

Pvt. Snafu becomes a superhero, only for him to become the world's dumbest one because he won't study his field manuals.

Release Date: 1944-03-15

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 15

Private Snafu vs. Malaria Mike

Snafu learns hard way the consequences of not protecting himself from malaria infection.

Release Date: 1944-03-15

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 6

A Few Quick Facts: Inflation

Private Snafu learns about inflation

Release Date: 1944-03-02

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 2

Booby Traps

Pvt. Snafu thinks he's too smart to get caught by an enemy booby trap, but he soon finds that the traps are alluring and that he is every bit the booby.

Release Date: 1944-01-15

Department: Writing

Job: Story

Vote Count: 13

Going Home

Pvt. Snafu's unit suffers the consequences of blabbing military secrets while on leave at home.

Release Date: 1944-01-01

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 7

Rumors

Snafu inadvertantly starts a panic on his base when he begins a mistaken rumour that the base is about to be bombed.

Release Date: 1943-12-01

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 13

The Home Front

A homesick Pvt. Snafu learns that his family are almost as committed to the war efforts as himself.

Release Date: 1943-11-01

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 14

Fighting Tools

Pvt. Snafu suffers the consequences of not keeping his equipment and weapons properly maintained.

Release Date: 1943-10-01

Department: Production

Job: Supervising Producer

Vote Count: 8

The Infantry Blues

Pvt. Snafu complains about being assigned to the infantry only to learn that other branches have their own problems.

Release Date: 1943-09-01

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 6

The Gold Brick

A fairy encourages Snafu to duck out of his training regime for his own reasons.

Release Date: 1943-09-01

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 12

Spies

The doltish but self-confident and self-congratulatory Private Snafu is in possession of a military secret during World War II. Over the course of the day, spouting rhymed couplets, he divulges the secret a little at a time to listening Axis spies. He tells his mom some of the secret when he calls her from a phone booth; the rest he spills to a dolly dolly spy who plies him with liquor. Snafu's loose lips put himself at risk.

Release Date: 1943-08-01

Department: Production

Job: Supervising Producer

Vote Count: 25

Gripes

Private Snafu learns the hard way about the need for military dicipline and procedures to maintain an effective army.

Release Date: 1943-07-01

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 13

Coming!! Snafu

Introducing Private Snafu, the nation's worst soldier and his various versions in different branches of the armed forces. The cartoon, ironic and humorous in tone, was created during World War II and it was designed to instruct service personnel about security, proper sanitation habits, booby traps and other military subjects, and also to improve troop morale. The main character's name is a play on the military slang acronym SNAFU, "Situation Normal: All Fouled Up."

Release Date: 1943-06-01

Department: Production

Job: Supervising Producer

Vote Count: 11

500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins

Bartholomew Cubbins has SO MANY HATS. Every time he removes one in the presence of the King, it is replaced magically with another. This enrages the King, who brings him to trial, and to the ultimate sentence.

Release Date: 1943-04-30

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 7

Horton Hatches the Egg

Horton the elephant agrees to watch over lazy Maisie bird's egg while she vacations. Much later, after...

Release Date: 1942-04-11

Department: Writing

Job: Novel

Vote Count: 28

PBS Kids Goes On Vacation

Department: Creator

Job: Creator

Vote Count: 1