The Hoober-Bloob Highway

The Hoober-Bloob Highway

Infobox Film
name = 'The Hoober-Bloob Highway'
imdb_id = 0248875
writer = Dr. Seuss
starring = Bob Holt
Hal Smith
director = Alan Zaslove
producer = David H. DePatie
Friz Freleng
Theodor Geisel
distributor = DePatie-Freleng Enterprises and CBS (original telecast)
released = February 19, 1975
runtime = 30 min.
language = English
music = Dean Elliott

"The Hoober-Bloob Highway" is an animated special written by Dr. Seuss and produced by DePatie-Freleng for CBS in 1975. The special is a musical, and features several songs written by Dr. Seuss and composed by Dean Elliott.

Plot

The plot revolves around a newborn child as he tries to decide what he wants out of its life, or even if he wants to go at all, before being sent down the Hoober-Bloob Highway to be born. Mr. Hoober-Bloob, with the help of a lute with arms and legs that often breaks into fast-paced solos (which annoys Mr. Hoober-Bloob), explains to the child what to expect in human life. His explanations are often accompanied by musical vignettes of the baby, depicted as a pre-adolescent boy, in an unusual situation that accompanies the song (such as being placed in front of a long and quickly scrolling tape with checkboxes on it and being expected to check the boxes quickly in the "Answer Yes or No" segment). Eventually, the baby makes its decisions, and Mr. Hoober-Bloob excitedly pushes it down the Hoober-Bloob Highway at last.

Cast

*Bob Holt - Mr. Hoober-Bloob
*Hal Smith - Additional voices

Reception

The Hoober-Bloob Highway was nominated for a Primetime Emmy, but it lost to "Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus". Today, it's one of the lesser-known Dr. Seuss animated specials, having not been a book adaptation. It was given limited release on VHS, and can also be found alongside the VHS release of "The Cat in the Hat" and the VHS and DVD releases of "The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat".

oundtrack

"The Hoober-Bloob Highway", being a musical, features a number of songs. All the lyrics are written by Dr. Seuss, all music by Dean Elliott.
*The Hoober-Bloob Highway
*...And That's the Way It Is, Bub
*West Watch-A-Ka-Tella
*This Is Your Life
*Among the Daisies
*That's Just the Beginning
*Things You Have to Know
*I Know the Way You Feel, Bub
*On the Other Hand, Though
*It's Fun to be a Human
*What Do You Do?
*Answer Yes or No
*You're a Human

Trivia

This was DFE's first Dr. Seuss special not based on Geisel's books and the last for CBS, as the studio would make the last four for ABC.


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