IN SEARCH OF DR SEUSS 

I directed and choreographed this. Wonderful to see it on here to be shared. Incredible cast.

Am I the only one who considers this the best live action portrayal of the cat in the hat?

I loved making this movie. We all had a great time. Incredible art direction. I think it was a little ahead of its time. It is a little out there. Love reading that it brought joy to so many people. Thanks. Vincent

I was a construction assistant! Kathy Nijimy gave the crew thoughtful presents. It was my first job in the movies. We were at Canyon Country studios and Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis where filming True Lies in the sound stage next door. I got to see her, but every time Arnold appeared I was busy carrying a wall! Never saw him. Lol Oh and the breakfast that Craft Services put on was AMAZING!

There are two types of people in this world. The people that somehow miraculously stumbled upon this as a kid and those who didn’t. I love being apart of the prior.

Let us mourn the loss of this truly great man. R.I.P Robin Williams. You will live on forever in our hearts.

Rewatching in 2024 baby! Still gives me goosebumps! Im moving overseas to america i think doctor seuss would be proud ❤️🥹

Oh my god, I finally found it. As a young child, I watched this for HOURS, especially the Yertle The Turtle song. I loved that song. Thank you for releasing this online. It was a huge part of my childhood.

Fun Fact: Before he died Dr. Seuss said these last words "Yes. I'm not going to die tomorrow." He was right; his spirit is kept alive in the hearts and minds of the children who (today and many years to come) read, enjoyed, and will continue to be inspired by his imaginative and mind opening stories. R.I.P Theodore Geisel, and thank you for all the "Thinks" you've inspired and encouraged us to think.

I loved this documentary. My favorite part was seeing and hearing Robin Williams narrate "The Cat in the Hat". He's the ideal choice to narrate a kids book

When I was younger I found this same video hidden in a Horton hears a who special features, it was one of my favorites when I was little and I’m so happy I found it

Just here....reliving my childhood....then realizing how amazing this was for it's time. I was born in '93....this has animation​, accurate live action, appropriate live portrayal of animated sources, book recitations, historical facts, adorable musicals, a plus size lead actress who is ambitious, inquisitive and NOT a walking stereotype and they even unlocked the "Robert Williams" bonus! Oh what today's kids are missing out on.....

R.I.P Robin Williams and thank you Dr. Seuss for all the amazing stories you created.

R.I.P. Graham Jarvis (1930-2003) (The Farmer), Kay E. Kuter (1925-2003) (Dr. Seuss) (voice), Eileen Brennan (1932-2013) (The Who-Villian), Robin Williams (1951-2014) (Father) and Andraé Crouch (1942-2015) (Yertle The Turtle).

Literally my childhood, kind of freaking out

Has anyone else noticed that, in a weird sort of way, "Oh, the Places You'll Go!" was quite appropriate for Dr. Seuss' last book?

I remember watching this when I was a young child and watching Hocus Pocus as an adolescent. Somehow, in my late 20’s I realized Kathy Najimy played such a huge role in two parts of my life.

This has brought back memories to me because as a little kid I use to always watch this on either my VHS or DVD player and then I simply forgot about it and I lost it and I simply grew away from it, but I always thought about it. Then today I watched The Butter Battle Book on RU-vid and In Search of Dr. Seuss was one of the suggestions and I got so excited because I thought about it all the time and now I finally get to see my memories come to life!

Wow I thought this was a short film, not a whole movie! I remember this movie from my childhood

I’ll never forgive my mom for making us throw out all our vhs tapes when we moved one time, the movie included. Whenever someone asks me my favorite movie I forget this one and just say I have a bunch, but this one is really my absolute favorite.

To me, Dr Seuss was like a real life Willy Wonka. Their potential was only limited by their imagination (wether it was candy or literature).

I grew up watching this and know it's older, but it hurts that people still butcher his name to this day. Despite that, this was so fantastic and educational, and I'm glad I can show it to my nieces and nephews.

I spent so long trying to find this, this is a DEEP memory from my childhood that I’ve just now unlocked 😂😂

YES. Thank you!!! I remembered this at work out of nowhere. Crazy how our brains work. What a treat. ❤

I watched this as a child on a DVD of a cat in the hat puppet show... Now I can't stop crying.. I've thought of this often, and can't believe it... I've found it :)

Nostalgic!!! I thought I'd never find this again!!!

My favorite Guest star appearance was when Robin Williams came in narrating the cat in the hat. HA HA HA HA HA HA!

I loved this film as a kid i remember watching every week and now i found it my favorite moment is the places you'll go

I don't know what possessed me to buy this at Seuss Landing at Universal Islands of Adventure...but I'm glad I did. It's a very thorough little documentary with a unique approach, and I LOVE Matt Frewer's Cat In The Hat. (And the recital of "How Did It Get So Late So Soon?" at the end is really poignant. I always wondered if the sadness we see there is coming from Matt-As-Cat...or Matt-As-Matt.)

Oh, the places you'll go!

Believe it or not this was the first documentary I’ve ever watched at just age 5, and also my first time learning about not just Dr. Seuss the author’s life but also my first education about the horrors of World War II, the Nazis and Adolf Hitler. Yes, it’s way more unsettling as an adult but this documentary ingeniously incorporated the education of it all in a way that’s not too much nightmare-fuel for the little kids who are curious to watch this thing. But seriously, I love the hell out of this documentary. It translates the world of Dr. Seuss into live-action and feature-length film MILES above ANY of the movie adaptations that came after, everyone’s acting was spot on and exactly in spirit of the original books, it tells an original story in spite of it being a documentary, the songs just slap, the abridged versions of the animated Seuss specials are a joy to see and it’s inspirational for any artist or storyteller to see just what Dr. Seuss went through in his life to be so successful and beloved, and that they can achieve that too. I think the only Seuss work that comes this close in spirit is Seussical, but nonetheless, that and In Search of Dr. Seuss are ultimately the definitive pinnacles of celebrating the life of arguably the greatest children’s author who ever lived.

This is the happiest I’ve been in so long!!! My mom bought this in a shop on the army base we lived when I was just a little girl. We moved a lot so I didn’t really have any friends, I watched this everyday on repeat and watching it right now brings instant comfort

Dr. Suess will forever be one of my favourite childhood authors. Such a great man!

Funnily enough, Seussland BECAME a thing, but only under the strict supervision of Audrey Geisel. God bless her.

Further proof that Robin Williams should've been the Cat in The Cat in the Hat.

After seeing Robin Williams read The Cat in the Hat, I had one question: why couldn’t he play The Cat in the Hat in the 2003 movie?

I used to watch this movie all the time when I was a kid. It was my favorite from that Horton hears a who dvd. I would watch it over and over again. Props to the cast and crew that brought the world of dr Seuss to life. 😊👍

This was the best video ever to really show the inside of T.S.G and his wonderful stories. And getting a true understanding why and how he wrote them, as well as the History behind the stories. All teachers should watch this before they teach about Dr. Suess. Or Read across America. LOVE LOVE!!!

51:23 Robin Williams - and one of the two girls is his daughter Zelda :)

Brings me back to my childhood memories of bedtime stories and my mom reading his books. Dr. Suess will always stay in my heart forever.

I use to watch this movie as a kid but I lost it but here it is!

i started crying when they started singing "Oh thew places you'll Go" at the end, and started balling my eyes out when they read the poem after This was one of my favorite movies as a kid, i'd watch this all the time, i broke my VHS copy a long time ago and have been in search of "In search of Dr. Seuss" for far longer than i should have been whether it's nostalgia for watching this as a kid, or just actually thinking of how far i've come since i last watch this to where i'll go for here... I just can't help crying near the end of this video! haha, maybe i'm just a big old sap, but i wouldn't want it any other way Thank you for posting this, it truely means alot to see this again!

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!

I bought a Horton Hears A Who! disc 5 years ago, and I found this movie in the bonus features. Unfortunately, the disc got caught in a fire. I'm 13 now and have been looking for this film ever since! And at last I found it! :D

I was extremely OBSESSED with Dr.Seuss stuff when I was little. I read most of the books, owned some of the merchandise, I even got a kick out the movie adaptations. But I ended up moving on to Star Wars, and Doctor who. And looking back at the film adaptations of the books, they're not the best, but they're nthe worst either(except for Mike Myer's Cat In the hat, that one was the worst). It's so refreshing to look back at my favorite childhood memories

AAAHHH!! this was my favorite movie as a kid! i used to get it from the library like every week. haha! i'm 20 now and so happy to have found it again.

THE NOSTALGIA!!!!!!!!! I LOVE THIS DOCUMENTARY SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!

I didn't understand a lot of the ideas presented in this when I first saw it as a child. But as a 30-year-old now, WHEW, did Dr. Seuss hit the injustices hard! (Plus, being of German heritage, I think he wanted to be sure NO ONE thought of him as even having an inkling of support for fascism in WWII.)

awwww Rest In Paradise Robin Williams, it gave me joy to see you in this video!

My grandmother showed this film to me when i was little

I just watched this with my 20 year old son. He loved it today as he did when he first saw it. He understands the books better.

I like nonsense - it wakes up the brain cells . . . How indubitably true!

I love Kathy Najimy, Matt Frewer, Christopher Lloyd, Graham Jarvis, Brady Bluhm, Andrea Martin, David Paymer, J.D. Daniels, Patrick Stewart, Billy Crystal, Andraé Crouch, Bright Eyes, Maxi Anderson, Troy Burgess, Reggie Burrell, Rick Charles, Sandra Crouch, Kristle Murden, Voncielle Faggett, David Gibson, Tammie Gibson, Kathy Hazzard, Linda McCrary, Gene Montoya, Kim O’Kelley, Alife Silas, Kevin Alexander Stea, Bambi Swayze, Jonathan Webb, Robin Williams, Zelda Williams, Eleanor Columbus, Howie Mandel, Raymond Del Barrio, T.J. Espinoza, Susan Lonergan, and Eileen Brennan.

In this day and age it is clear some people were'nt raised with doctor seuss

I think about this movie all the time it informed so much of my childhood!! The messages are so deep and they are all articulated and performed/animated so well 💚

I can’t even remember when or where I first watched this. It’s been living in my mind for the past decade and a half though.

I was born and raised in Springfield Massachusetts and I was in Dr. Seuss Museum.

10:25 GREAT SCOTT! It’s him the legend of legends the doc from Back To The Future

Dr Seuss 1904-1991 He must have been very proud of these people making this movie.

We miss you so much, Robin. Rest in peace forever. 💔

I was watching Watchmen and really realized how much this movie affected me when I see the character “Moloch” and all I think about was this guy as cat in the hat. ❤Thanks for the wonderful weird childhood movies. ❤

Only because I watched it air for the first time live, Sunday, November 6th, 1996 on TNT. Aired a week before my 8th birthday.

OMG, THIS BRINGS ME BACK!!! I used to watch this all the time as a kid :')

I never knew what this movie was called but it always remembered it when I saw Kathy najimy im so glad I found it

My parents borrowed this from the library when I was 5 years old. It stuck in my mind like a fever dream. I would hum the tune of the intro for years to come but forget where it originated.

I remember watching this as a kid it nice to see it again

This song popped up randomly in my head. I had this on dvd and when I was little I used to watch this everyday. Omg the tears 😭❤️

Watching this brings back memories from when I was a little kid, Thanks for uploading this, it really makes me happy that other kids will be able to see it and love it like I once did and still do.

Jesus I'm 18 now and watching this 2021 I was 2009 and was 7ish when I got this on a Horton hears a who (+3 other something melodies cartoons) like holy shit I feel old

I absolutely loved watching this as a child and it's great to share this with my child. ❤️

YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW HARD THIS WAS TO FIND!!! THANK YOU! THE BEST DR SEUSS MOVIE IN MY OPINION! (I find it a bit sad that I could only find this by searching "forgotten dr seuss movies" on yahoo) THAAAAAAAAANNK YOUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!

I watched this thing ALL THE TIME.

I ow a lot to Dr. Suess. Thanks to his books it is the reason why I draw to this day. And writing about there adventure. So thank you Dr. Suess. And I can not wait to see Green eggs and ham season 2.

Oh my god, I thought I would never see this again! The memories, they're all coming back! :-D

"Huh! Mendacity!" 🥰

I remember how obsessed my sister and I were with this movie as kids!! I watched it so many times in the backseat of the car, on the car DVD player ❤️ now I know why I’ve grown up to be obsessed with documentaries :)

Frank Welker's portrayal of Mayzie literally sounds like a mix of Elmo and a Looney Tunes character (ironic)

“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing will get better…it’s not”.

I like this movie, it makes me think about my Dr. seuss books such The Cat in the Hat and The Lorax.

Holy shit....i loved this movie when i was a kid....i knew the whole rap sequence and used to walk around the house saying it over and over as fast as i could and thought i was cool.

I had this video on dvd and I thought it was the best

One of my sons favorite movies, ever since he was a toddler!!

Brings back so many memories

I watched this so many times when I was younger

The world would be a better place if everyone read and thought like Dr. Seuss every day!

I can't believe I found this movie; it's a very lost VHS that needs to be seen.

R.I.P. Robin Williams

Oh wow, I haven’t seen this in ages!

Matt frewer played a very good Cat in the Hat

I had this on vhs as a kid and loved every minute of it. It always inspired me to use my imagination and look at things differently.

We had this on VHS tape when we were kids!!!!

I clicked on this video thinking it was a twelve second meme. I ended up watching the whole thing

I can’t help but notice that Matt Frewer sounds a lot like Jim Carrey

Omg I had this on VHS back in the day

I love watching this it brings me back to my childhood memories and when I first saw this in 1st grade. My first grade teacher still loves Dr. Sues and still loves collecting dr. Suess books.

My family had a dvd of Horton Hears a Who (the 2D animated one) and it had this in the bonus features. We watched this more than the actual animation that was featured. I haven’t seen it in years. I’m an illustration student in college now.

Still one of my favorite movies. I have it on VHS and DVD! I try to watch it every year on his birthday!

this is the best Suess adaptation

I actually saw this a few times on TV around the mid 1990’s along with Mother Goose Rock N’ Rhyme. My mom finally got around to recording both TV movies on a VHS. The commercials make the VHS a time capsule as well. Gotta love that Mentos wedding commercial 😂

It reminded me SOOOOOOOOOOOOO much of my younger years