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technology, and the stubbornness of two communities that will undoubtedly never see eye to eye, but this wildly inventive short is still highly entertaining. Making use of Escherian backgrounds and a thought-provoking cliffhanger conclusion, the highlight of the film are the many lines of completely made-up rhyming words and the Butter-Up Band's song stating that you should "believe in yourself and the bread that you butter."

Daisy-Head Mayzie, narrated by the Cat in the Hat, finds a symbiotic daisy growing out of the head of blonde child Mayzie. Her classmates mock her incessantly in a catchy tune, and she quickly abandons friends and family for fame and fortune with a false-faced agent. She finds her dream but loses her way, and by the end she realizes, in morals that are spelled out for the audience, that "love means more than fame and glory." This short is the most musically oriented, although simultaneously the most forgettable.

Lastly, a Merrie Melodies cartoon entitled Horton Hatches the Egg is included, featuring a bird also coincidentally named Mayzie, who convinces the simple-minded Horton to sit on her egg while she goes on vacation. "An elephant's faithful 100%," explains Horton repeatedly, as he suffers through winter storms and the bullying of his jungle friends, and finally the humiliation of being captured by hunters and placed in a circus sideshow. The lazy Mayzie, who frequently dons a Katharine Hepburn impression, returns to reclaim her egg, only to find it ready to hatch, thanks to Horton's unyielding dedication. A funny and wry short, this film is the least like Dr. Suess' more heavily influenced other works and takes on the very recognizable aura of a Looney Tunes classic.

The entire set is a pure delight for Dr. Seuss and nostalgia fans and should make a great evening of preparation for viewers who plan to see the computer animated remake of Horton Hears a Who! due out March 2008.

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