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.
The titular highway is a long, winding road that leads to Earth from an area high up in space where newborn babies come from. The plot revolves around a newborn child as he tries to decide what he wants out of its life, or even ...
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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.
The titular highway is a long, winding road that leads to Earth from an area high up in space where newborn babies come from. 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...
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