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* LookBehindYou: Kathy pulls this on the Cat before rushing into Dr. Seuss' house.
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* WrongfullyAttributed: Kathy and The Voice of America state that Dr. Seuss wrote and Creator/FrankCapra directed the short documentary ''Hitler Lives''. The reality is somewhat more complicated. "Hitler Lives" was a re-edited version of a Army training short called ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=821R0lGUL6A Your Job in Germany]]'', which explained to US troops why they couldn't go home immediately and why they couldn't make friends with the ''frauleins''. ''Your Job in Germany'' was written by Theodore (Dr. Seuss) Giesel, and directed by Frank Capra. The film was given a re-edit and repackage for the home front via Warner Brothers, and it was this film, ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEYeJKCFQgA Hitler Lives]]'' that is credited to Saul Ekins as the writer and Gordon Hollingshead as "Supervisor" (Don Siegel apparently directed the new sequences, but was left uncredited). Roughly half the short is still the work of Giesel and Capra, with the first 9 or so minutes having only light edits to Giesel's script to remove military-specific information and directives and one profanity that would have caused the short to be rejected due to the Hayes Code.

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* WrongfullyAttributed: Kathy and The Voice of America state that Dr. Seuss wrote and Creator/FrankCapra directed the short documentary ''Hitler Lives''. The reality is somewhat more complicated. "Hitler Lives" was a re-edited version of a Army training short called ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=821R0lGUL6A Your Job in Germany]]'', which explained to US troops why they couldn't go home immediately and why they couldn't make friends with the ''frauleins''. ''Your Job in Germany'' was written by Theodore (Dr. Seuss) Giesel, Geisel, and directed by Frank Capra. The film was given a re-edit and repackage for the home front via Warner Brothers, and it was this film, ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEYeJKCFQgA Hitler Lives]]'' that is credited to Saul Ekins as the writer and Gordon Hollingshead as "Supervisor" (Don Siegel apparently directed the new sequences, but was left uncredited). Roughly half the short is still the work of Giesel and Capra, with the first 9 or so minutes having only light edits to Giesel's script to remove military-specific information and directives and one profanity that would have caused the short to be rejected due to the Hayes Code.
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* {{Redubbing}}: The original voices in the ''Literature/HortonHatchesTheEgg'' segment were removed and replaced with new voices, all performed by Creator/FrankWelker. He also redubbed a couple characters in ''Literature/TheButterBattleBook'' segment, to talk the viewer through plot points the whole special covered in song instead.

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* {{Redubbing}}: The original voices in the ''Literature/HortonHatchesTheEgg'' ''WesternAnimation/HortonHatchesTheEgg'' segment were removed and replaced with new voices, all performed by Creator/FrankWelker. He also redubbed a couple characters in ''Literature/TheButterBattleBook'' segment, to talk the viewer through plot points the whole special covered in song instead.
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* NiceHat: Dr. Suess' office has several hats from his stories on display. The Cat tries some of them on (including one from ''Film/The5000FingersOfDrT'', which he wears when greeting Kathy) before putting back on his signature red-and-white striped hat.
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It follows reporter Kathy Lane (Kathy Najimy) who befriends Literature/TheCatInTheHat (Matt Frewer) after she barges into Dr. Seuss' house in an attempt to get a new angle for a story about the author. She then meets several of Dr. Seuss' characters, who involve her in their stories and deliver the biographical information.

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It follows reporter Kathy Lane (Kathy Najimy) (Creator/KathyNajimy) who befriends Literature/TheCatInTheHat (Matt Frewer) (Creator/MattFrewer) after she barges into Dr. Seuss' house in an attempt to get a new angle for a story about the author. She then meets several of Dr. Seuss' characters, who involve her in their stories and deliver the biographical information.

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