Each episode ended with the question, “What about Naomi?” an inside joke referring to show staffer Naomi Foner (who is the mother of Jake and Maggie Gyllenhaal). It seemed so simple but it spoke volumes its minimalism, repetition, sluggish of story advancement, returns to point zero and other tropes. Created by two-time Emmy nominated actor/writer Paul Dooley ( Breaking Away), who was the head writer of the series, Love of Chair spoofed soap operas. It was called “Love of Chair,” and it wasn’t really a show, but a regular sketch on The Electric Company in which Hinnant sat in a room, in a chair, sadly staring into space. To many of his fans, Hinnant’s iconic onscreen role is in one of the funniest and most bitingly satirical TV shows in history. His late brother Bill Hinnant played Snoopy in the same 1966 production, and was also the original Snoopy on the premiere recording with Orson Bean, discussed in this Spin, and in the 1973 NBC Hallmark Hall of Fame TV Special in this Spin. Hinnant appeared on and off screen in commercials and on the New York Stage, most famously as Schroeder in the original Off-Broadway cast of You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown. He was seen every day for most of the decade (and remembered long afterward) on The Electric Company as Fargo North, Decoder and countless other sketch comedy characters. Skip Hinnant was one of the busiest character actors and voice artists of the seventies. None of the performers are credited on the album, but the voice of Horton is unmistakable. On the same disc with Horton Hatches the Egg, it is an unpretentious adaptation with three actors and bouncy electronic keyboard music. In the case of 1954’s Horton Hears a Who, this LP recording came from the publisher itself, Random House, in 1976. Published in 1940, Egg was a 78 RPM record set in 1947.

Horton Hatches the Egg was adapted for records relatively fast, as we saw in the last Spin. As in the earlier story, Horton the elephant finds himself at the center of one chaotic situation after another, usually being ridiculed, while he clings both to his values and his goal. Part science fiction, part social commentary, Horton Hears a Who is as much at home in high school and college classes as it is in grade schools today. Total Running Time: 32 minutes (Horton Hears a Who: 18 minutes, Horton Hatches the Egg: 14 minutes). Random House Records 4-6 (12” 33 1/3 RPM / Mono)

Seuss’ HORTON HEARS A WHO and HORTON HATCHES THE EGG A look at the vinyl LP of the second “Horton” book recorded by the publisher, and the soundtrack from the classic Chuck Jones TV special with Hans Conried and June Foray.ĭr.

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