This week, on This-or-That Tuesday.
1. Dr. Seuss characters: the Cat in the Hat or the Grinch?
The Grinch. Loved the old TV special (with Boris Karloff doing the narration and some wonderful deep-voiced guy singing the incomparable “Mr. Grinch” song). Cat in the Hat was always a bit anarchic for me.
2. “Anne of Green Gables” or “Little Women”?
Never read either as a child. Played in a HS production of Little Women in high school (Laurie, in case you’re interested). Loved the Anne TV series, and read a few of those books, later in college. Given a choice, I’d offer Katherine Anne.
3. Nancy Drew or the Hardy Boys?
Hardy Boys rocked.
4. Winnie the Pooh characters: Tigger or Eeyore?
Being an Eeyore personality at times, I should choose that, but Tigger has more fun.
5. Which author: Judy Blume or Beverly Cleary?
Never much cared for Blume. Cleary’s Ramona (et al.) books were faboo.
6. Roald Dahl books: “Charlie & the Chocolate Factory” (Willy Wonka) or “James & the Giant Peach”?
Peach was a hidden treasure, until they made the movie. But my heart belongs to Wonka. I knew a lot of the Oompah-Loompah songs by heart, too.
7. “Harry Potter” or “The Wizard of Oz”?
Get real. Oz.
8. Curious George or Madeline?
Never had any exposure to Madeline until I started watching the Disney Channel. On the other hand, I seriously told my Mom once that I wanted to be named George.
9. “A Wrinkle in Time” or “Little House on the Prairie”?
L’Engle rocks. I like the Wilder books, don’t get me wrong, but A Wrinkle in Time is just fabulous. (And her other books are pretty damned good, too.)
10. Dr. Seuss again: “Horton Hears a Who” or “The Lorax”?
The Lorax? Bah. Environmentalist twaddle. Horton, on the other hand, was most excellent, teaching fine lessons of commitment, honor, faith and trust.
I can’t think of his name – but the “Mr. Grinch” singer is the same guy that does Tony the Tiger.
Ah. Yes, of course he is. Excellent.
Thurl Ravenscroft. Jeez, what a cool name.
Also known to many as the voice of Disney’s Haunted Mansion ride.
I know Ravenscroft did at least some of the voices at the Haunted Mansion (certainly the bass singer line), but I think the narrator/host of the ride was the equally inimitable Paul Frees.