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With Halloween come and gone, MeTV Toons is getting ready for their annual "'Tis the Season for Toons" lineup, but what really puzzles the private toon detective Sam Valentino is how every year they include the 1970s Dr. Seuss TV specials (mostly from DePatie-Freleng Enterprises), yet no sign of the classic "How the Grinch Stole Christmas." So what do "The Cat in the Hat," "The Lorax," "Dr. Seuss on the Loose" and others exactly have to do with Thanksgiving or Christmas? (And it has NOTHING to do with the CGI-animated "Cat in the Hat" movie coming out shortly!) It brings to mind when ABC Family also showed those same specials as part of their "25 Days of Christmas" lineup nearly 20 years ago. Though the Turner networks did something similar in the 1990s, but actually throwing the original "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" special in the mix. It's almost as confusing as MeTV Toons's holiday lineup also being announced to show the movie "FernGully: The Last Rainforest!"
All Dr. Seuss special clips © 1966-1995 Dr. Seuss Enterprises and Skydance Corporation; "FernGully: The Last Rainforest" footage © 1993 20th Century Studios and Disney Enterprises; FAIR USE!