"Calculatus Eliminatus" is a song that tells about how you find lost things. It appeared in the 1971 cartoon, The Cat in the Hat.
Lyrics[]
The Fish: Very well then, Dr. Calculatus, find it and eliminatus yourself.
The Cat in the Hat: I shall indeed.
The Cat in the Hat: When you've mislaid a certain something, keep your cool and don't get hot. Calculatus eliminatus is the best friend that you've got.
Calculatus eliminatus always helps an awful lot.
The way to find a missing something is to find out where it's not.
It isn't here. I'll mark this "X." It isn't there. I'll mark that "Y." It isn't underneath the apple. Mark the apple "HKI."
Conrad: It isn't in this keyhole.
The Cat in the Hat: No?
Sally: And it isn't on my knee.
The Cat in the Hat: Mark the keyhole "K-300." Mark the knee "5-7-B."
We just jot down all the places where it isn't and gee whiz--very shortly we will locate where the missing object is.
Conrad: (spoken) It isn't here.
The Cat in the Hat: 842-J.
Sally: It isn't there.
The Cat in the Hat: F-607--You can mark the piano "22,000-decimal point-11."
Sally: It isn't in the icebox.
The Cat in the Hat: That's strange.
Conrad: It's not on this TV.
The Cat in the Hat: Icebox: 0-2-4 1/2. TV: 1,000,003.
When you mislaid a certain something, keep your cool, don't go to pot.
The Cat in the Hat and Kids: Calculatus eliminatus is the best friend that you've got.
Kids: Calculatus eliminatus always helps an awful lot.
The Cat in the Hat: The way to find a missing something
The Cat in the Hat and Kids: Is to find... out... where... it's... not!
The Fish: Look at this house!
The Fish: Look at this! Look at that! This uncouth, barbaric, pompestuous lout! He should not be here when their mother is out!