The Cat in the Hat (TV special) Mayzie", a special based on a posthumously published Dr. Seuss book. In 1997, a puppet version of the Cat starred in "The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss", where he was voiced by Bruce Lanoil and Martin P. Robinson. "The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!", an educational animated series based on the "Random House Library" series, premiered in September 2010; the Cat is voiced by Martin Short. The production began at Chuck Jones' MGM Animation Studio in the late 1960s after the studio had finished "The Phantom Tollbooth" and another Dr. Seuss special, "Horton Hears a Who!".
The Cat in the Hat "My Hassle With the First Grade Language", he also told a story of the "three excruciatingly painful weeks" in which he worked on a story about a King Cat and a Queen Cat. However, "queen" was not on the word list, nor did his first grade nephew, Norval, recognize it. So Geisel returned to the work but could then think only of words that started with the letter "q", which did not appear in any word on the list. He then had a similar fascination with the letter "z", which also did not appear in any word on the list.