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The Disaster That Was The Cat In The Hat Movie

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In 2003, Mike Myers played The Cat in the Hat in a live-action comedy film. The movie was so bad that Dr. Seuss’s widow specifically said that she wouldn’t allow any more live-action adaptations of his work.

Good thing we got The Grinch before Mike Myers destroyed a good thing.