Daisy-Head Mayzie debuted on TNT in 1995. It was the last Dr. Seuss TV special overall and the only one produced by Hanna-Barbera after Dr. Seuss' death in 1991.
Plot[]
The Cat in the Hat narrates a story about a girl named Mayzie McGrew, who mysteriously has a daisy growing from her head! This happens during school hours, so she's ridiculed by her friends and speculated by her teacher, principal, parents, and other adults, confirmed Mayzie's problem. The situation reaches its high point when Finagle steps in and offers Mayzie a place in stardom based on the daisy in her head. Mayzie herself, for reasons unknown, takes the offer not long before she finds out the hard way how fame & fortune can bring unhappiness. It's some time after her daisy disappears that Mayzie realizes that the love of her family & friends is what really matters. From then on, things are back to normal (except for a few of Mayzie's daisies occasionally sprout up every now & then).
Cast[]
- Fran Smith - Mayzie McGrew
- Henry Gibson - The Cat in the Hat
- Tim Curry - Finagle
- George Hearn - Mayor
- Lewis Arquette - Principal
- Jonathan Winters - Dr. Eisenbart
- Susan Silo - Miss Sneetcher
- B.J. Ward - Mrs. McGrew
- Paul Eiding - Mr. McGrew
- Robert Ridgely - Finch
- Benjamin Smith - Butch
- John Graas - Einstein
Uncredited[]
- Unknown voice actor - Mayor's Owner, Mr. McGrew's Customer, Dr. Eisenbart's Customer, News Reporter, Daisy-Head Book Owner
Trivia[]
- This was the only other Dr. Seuss TV special (the first being The Butter Battle Book) to be aired on TNT.
- This was the only Dr. Seuss TV special to have been released before the book was.
- This is the last Dr. Seuss TV special to date.
- This was the only Dr. Seuss TV special produced after Dr. Seuss' death in 1991.
- Fran Smith, who voiced Mayzie, is a known voice for Helga Pataki on Nickelodeon's Hey Arnold.
- This is the last animated Dr. Seuss production to be animated with digital ink and paint as most later projects would no longer be produced in hand-drawn animation.
- Mason Adams would not reprise his role as The Cat in the Hat for unknown reasons, here he is voiced by Henry Gibson. Mason Adams would eventually pass away in 2005. Gibson also had passed away in 2009 four years after the death of Adams.
- This would be the last Dr. Seuss project where The Cat in the Hat would appear in 2D animation until the 2010 PBS series The Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That!
- This would also be the last time in a Dr. Seuss project where the Cat in the Hat would appear in hand-drawn animation as the 2010 series would use Flash animation instead.
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