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One Fish Two Fish
Red Fish Blue Fish
Author(s) Dr. Seuss Country United States Language English Genre(s) Children's literature Publisher Random House Publication date 1960 (renewed 1988) Media type Print (Hardcover and paperback) OCLC Number 184473 Preceded by Green Eggs and Ham Followed by The Sneetches and Other Stories One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish is a 1960 children's book by Dr. Seuss. A simple rhyming book for learner readers, it is a book with a freewheeling plot about a boy and a girl, and the many amazing creatures they have for friends and pets. One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish was part of the Beginner Book Video series which included Oh, the Thinks You Can Think! and The Foot Book.
Rik Mayall narrated this story as part of a HarperCollins audiobook that also includes The Lorax, Dr. Seuss's ABC and How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
Parodies
- The Fedora Core 2 Test 2 announcement contained a "One bug, two bugs, tar bugs, su bugs" poem that resembled and parodied the original book as well as Green Eggs and Ham, another book by Dr. Seuss written in metered rhyme.
- An article on the scientific technique fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) is titled "One FISH two FISH red FISH blue FISH."[1]
- A book titled One Dad, Two Dads, Brown Dad, Blue Dads was published in 2004.
- An episode of Pokémon is titled "One Team, Two Team, Red Team, Blue Team."
- An article in the May 2005 National Geographic on coral reef color is titled "One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish, Why are Coral Reefs so Colorful?"
- An episode in season 2 of The Simpsons is titled One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish.
- One Fish, Two Fish, Crawfish, Bluefish: The Smithsonian Sustainable Seafood Cookbook is a cookbook with recipes specifically chosen for their environmental sustainability.
- An episode in season 6 of Entourage is titled "One Car, Two Car, Red Car, Blue Car."
- In the movie Imagine That, Evan Danielson says "One sky! Two sky! Red sky! Blue sky!" after Johnny Whitefeather's phrase "One sky".
- In one episode of TV show FlashForward, character Dyson Frost mentions the book while talking to Charlie Benford.
- The comic strip Cyanide & Happiness[2] contains a parodic reference.
- The webcomic Rock, Paper, Cynic has a sequence of five comic strips[3], using the book and Mario Kart as themes ,known as "One Shell, Two Shell, Red Shell, Blue Shell".
- The novel as well as its author are cited also in an episode of the sitcom "the big bang theory" (episode 7 season 5)
Theme park attraction
One Fish Two Fish
Red Fish Blue Fish
Entrance of the One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish ride at Islands of Adventure. Location Islands of Adventure Area Seuss Landing Soft opening date March 1999 Opening date May 28, 1999 Attraction Type Water Ride Theme One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish Vehicle type Fish Duration 3 
Universal Express availableThe book was the basis of a theme park attraction located at Universal's Islands of Adventure in the Seuss Landing area of the park, called "One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish". The attraction has riders enter vehicles based on various colored fish from the book, and they must follow directions given on the ride to avoid getting wet. However, on days when it is too cold, the ride will operate without the water. The ride was constructed by the German attraction builder, Zierer.
References
- ^ Le Beau MM (April 1996). "One fish, Two fish, Red fish, Blue fish". Nat. Genet. 12 (4): 341–4. doi:10.1038/ng0496-341. PMID 8630478.
- ^ http://www.explosm.net/comics/441/
- ^ http://www.rockpapercynic.com/index.php?date=2009-06-01
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