Dr. Seuss Paid For His Darkest Secret
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Amateurish
Never confuse having talent with having a good character. They are two separate things.
Man, isn't that the truth.
that's a good way to see things, I never thought of it like that.
FACTS!💯
Nonsense. Who are you to say Dr. Seuss didn't have good character?
@@37BopCity
Well apparently as it relates to keeping one's marital vows that would be Dr. Seuss himself.
Dear Dr Seuss,
not a nice thing to do.
We do not expect, this behavior from you.
Not from The Cat, or from Pop or from Hop,
This kind of thing,
Just needs to stop!
You have brains in your head,
You have feet in your shoes
You can do so much better,
If you so choose.
You should not, could not, in the rain.
Not in the dark. Not on the train.
We do not like this here or there.
We do not like this behaviour, ANYWHERE!
Love it! 😂
Well done.
👏👏👏👏👏cleaver👍
BRILLIANT!❤
Very nicely put!
Let me say Theodore Geisel
Was the most unpleasant person. I say this at being 67 years old and when I was in fourth grade approximately nine years old, I visited my friend Ann’s grandmother‘s house. We were playing outside and this man’s house was next-door I suppose has happy children we were running around laughing. It must’ve annoyed him. He started throwing things across from his property. at us , including sticks…we went in and told Ann‘s grandmother and she said us to stay away from that nasty man he’s nothing but a problem. I have always remembered that and as I grew up and had children, we never had any of the Dr. Seuss books in my house because I think this guy was nothing but a bum.
True story.
My family has also heard about the the grouchy, mean Old Man, Ted ‘Get Off My Lawn’ Geisel stories through my grandparents that knew other neighbors of his.
He was most definitely NOT the man that has been glorified.
Talent doesn’t always go to the kindest of people.
Wow…..thank you for telling this. What a cranky and cruel man. 😒
Very true. Had several close encounters with him for work. Dreaded it.
Shocking!
Wow I would like to hear about them! @Msfifisquarepantz
Narcissists suck you in and hold you down while devouring your energy.
This is so true and scary.
Agreed
Absolutely right!
Both my parents were total narcissists all my life and tried to tell me how to live my life even though they'd always done exactly what they wanted to do with no consideration for me. Still trying to get rid of all the narcissistic people around me that sadly you don't immediately realise are bleeding you dry, but once you do it's a gradual process of getting away from them and keeping them away from you. They expect you to keep giving and giving until you have had enough and then they're actually annoyed that you won't let them use and abuse you anymore. The self entitled greed displayed by narcissistic people is genuinely astonishing isn't it?!?!😮😮😢😊
NEVER kill yourself over a man. He'll bring his girlfriend to your funeral.
True 💯
Or his boyfriend.
@@YouHadMeAtMoonPie 😂
Mine brought his to our wedding
@@karenconroy-3dogma You probably wouldn't be the first or last with that one!
There is NO F-CKING WAY I'm killing myself because my spouse cheated. If anyone ever says, "Cary killed himself!", it was a murder y'all.
It's good to have that on the record, just in case. LOL
I love your name by the way. One of my favorite actors is Cary Elwes.
@Bethlam My mother named me after her favorite actor, Cary Grant 😊. She passed away in October and I'm devastated and I miss her terribly 😓. She was an awesome and amazing Mom. 🥲
@@carycoller3140 I love Cary Grant movies, as well. I wanted to name my son Cary after Grant and Elwes but I couldn’t talk my husband into it. I’m sorry to hear about your mother. If she loved Cary Grant I’m sure I would have liked her.
@@Bethlam Everybody was her friend 😊. Too bad your husband wouldn't cooperate.
When someone’s happiness is dependent on another person, that is a problem. Happiness should be within. A relationship is icing on the cake and not the cake itself.
True but we are human beings with feelings. Not angels or computers.
I doubt if she sought any medical treatment for her obvious depression. So sad.
When you are rejected after many years of being faithful and loving, it is so painful to lose that person. The Bible, if you believe in it , said to love the wife of your youth. It says you are one and not to separate. IN youth , lust can bring you together, but as you age, the appreciation of friendship and comfort should hold you together.
@@nancysmith4848 yes, that is how it used to be or should have been, but few believe in being honorable today. Too. Many temptations.
I don’t believe that one person can or should try to own another person’s sexual we being. If all that you value is controlling another person, it’s just sad.
When we were little, we lived in San Diego. Dr. Seuss lived in my friend’s neighborhood. He was known for being the mean old man who didn’t like kids. You didn’t dare to ride your bike on his sidewalk. This story explains a few things.
Wow, what a bummer!
😮
My kindergarten teach was his neighbor growing up and tells a completely different story...
@@kuroneko334 you teacher was an adult. Sounds like he treated children differently
GET OFF MY LAWN.....
You can be brilliantly creative and still be a complete and total tool. He was no exception, he was a prime example of this.
And morally corrupt because he had no knowledge of Jesus in his life. He sold his soul much earlier.
This is a ridiculous takedown of Seuss. Nearly a quarter of married men and 15% of married women admit to having affairs. Nearly half first marriages and two thirds of second marriages end in divorce. Seuss didn't divorce his wife, he remarried after she died and remained married until his death. He could have 'lived in sin' with Audrey Dimond but he chose to marry her. If this is what constitutes the 'terrible behaviour' alluded to - then a huge proportion of Americans are guilty as charged.
No one is perfect, but I know what you mean. I was shocked at the way Charles Dickens treated his younger sons and his wife. Firstly he was the victim of a less than perfect father himself. And secondly, he was incredibly empathetic in his novels.
@@psychologicalprojectionist Yes, it was a big disappointment to learn how he treated his wife. Up until then i always thought he was a great humanitarian. The hypocrisy is hard to stomach.
@@dreamsofturtles1828 It shows how wrong you can be about some people, and how dangerous it is to go on impressions alone.
The second wife abandoned her own daughters for him. Poor kids
The second wife had said, even before sending her daughters away, she had been “the type of mother she regretted but she didn’t live with regret.” She made no secret that she had never liked being a mother. Her daughters were probably better off at boarding school than with a mother who felt no shame in publicly stating how much she disliked children.
That is unforgivable. My husband gave me an ultimatum in 2015, either I cut off all contact with my adult son who suffers from schizophrenia, or he would leave.
He gave me 24 hours to decide, but I told him I don't even need a minute to make that decision. I basically told him, "Don't let the screen door hit ya where the good Lord split ya!"
He left and moved in with his girlfriend. I suspected for years that they were more than coworkers, so I was not the least bit surprised to find out my suspicions were correct.
My son has lived with me since 2019, and I've been able to get him help for his mental illness. He's doing well on medication, and he is a joy to be around. I can't say that about my ex. NO ONE is missing him around here! Even my sweet dog hated him.
I have no respect for any parent who abandons their children for a spouse. I'm glad she ended up having to take care of that nasty old man when his body failed him. She made that choice.
You are what a mother should be! Hod bless you.
Perhaps fortunate girls…
@@LazyIRanch: I completely understand and support your decision. It wasn’t until after I had been married for a year that I realized how little I knew my husband and his parents. It has been a nightmare of his two year old like temper tantrums shortly after we married, and my subsequent anxiety and depression! I have been the one to obtain necessary medical attention for spouse and make apologies for his actions or lack of actions. I’m doubt he is dependable in an emergency.
What is worse is abandoning your kids for man. Smh
She could have had them aborted, so, which is better?
Agree, but severe heartbreak can rob a person, at least for a time, of clarity. I have known someone with severe depression. No one would choose that severe emotional, never-ending dark state.
@@s.c.581 so very very well said..
it is a slow torturous life of pain and suffering
@@staceymoral4289 Thank you, yes.
@@s.c.581 audrey is the one who abandoned her kids, not helen. helen never had kids.
Never confuse talent with integrity. The two are frequently mutually exclusive.
True
Talent has nothing to do with character, or morals. The nature of a person who might have talent is entirely arbitrary and up to chance, and if people fool themselves into thinking otherwise, that is completely upon them.
Exactly, look at Robin Williams' personal life
Talent??/ Or is it a good publicist and publisher. Most of us could write those books.
@@edie4321 90% of his attraction was his unique illustrations.
Sad to hear that his second wife abandoned her children because she thought he wouldn’t want them around. Seems like these two very selfish, self-absorbed people deserved each other; although we can never truly know as outsiders. Just a cautionary tale for us all.
I'll never understand how Mother's dump their young children to be with a man. I've seen it in real life 3 times all the adult kids now have serious abandonedment issues and other major problems with relationships.
@@robinsanders1352i know this too well
Yes and she looked like a boring old librarian, and to get rid of her two kids because he didn't like kids and wouldn't want them around shows her up to be a selfish b____. In fact they were both selfish as Seuss wife gave him ideas and did a great deal of his work for him.
All this on the say so of a TH-camr! Try employing some critical thinking and not believe everything some shit some guy alleges.
@@greyedgamer Presumably all checkable facts -- have you checked them and found something different from this video? Or are you just shaming us?
I remember my mom asking my dad if he " would cheat on her with one of her friends " ? My dad replied , " you gotta get better looking friends " ! 😂😅😁 52 years of marriage and Pop never loved anyone , like he loved my Mom . 💞
Aww, just like my Dad❤
so why was your mother so insecure and unsure of her relationship? A confident and secure person would never ask such a question, it would never ever enter their mind. How sad.
@@deborahwilson7349
Go find your sense of Humor. It is dying on the vine somewhere.
That is hilarious 😂😂😂😂
@@deborahwilson7349I think it was the opposite. She wouldn’t have asked if she was insecure.
After 35yrs of marriage, 2 beautiful kids, after I had done 90% of his education, 3 degrees and I took care of his parents after each had had a stroke, 2mos after I had cared for his Dad for 6yrs, hubby ran off with a gal our daughter's age. Fortunately for him she's a nurse because 2yrs after he abandoned our family and divorced me, he had a serious stroke and now she, as his new wife, has a permanent patient who can no longer speak or write, while I am loving my freedom. 😉😁
Karma, baby ❤😂
Congratulations!! What a blessing for you😂
Karma!
I had a similar experience. My charmer decided after I was pregnant with no. 2 son decided he didn’t want to be daddy. But without getting into everything, I got a respectable job as a legal assistant and my two sons grew up to be wonderful family men and Christian’s.
Karma
That so-called "best" friend is equally as despicable as he is. She left her husband and shipped her daughters off to boarding school because the not-a-doctor Seuss didn't like or want kids around. Mom of the year right there. 😬
I believe adultery is much more common than anyone wants to believe.
I believe you are right.
Agree. Although married for 60+ years most of that time I have felt devalued and depressed. No way out for some.
@@e.conboy4286 you're not alone; may the Lord help you find value and truth in him. God bless you.
And usually by the woman.
Sad but true!
Why do people constantly confuse famous people for good people? It drives me nuts! We are all human. 😳
I am the same of course, you have the most decent people who are celebs but you have the jerks who are celebs such as Kevin James, and Rosanne Barr Tom Arnold and Rosie O'Donnell are supposed to be some of the nastiest celebs😅🤬😡🤬😡🤬😡
@@JulieLeach-n3mWe want them to be, that's human too.
All human but not all inhuman.
No one could be successful if medias presented them as they are. You also have to sell an ideal image, 'cause that's what people expect, and support, this way they make believe they're good persons too. This age of innocence is long gone anyway. Nothing surprises me anymore. Hitler really married his dog. They ate the same dogfood, slept together and all. Ahh OK.
America worships $$$. More than character, loving God, goodness, etc.
My husband of 26 years, was secretly gay, he left me and has a boyfriend, he is a narcissist, never never date a narcissist, don't ever ignore the red flags.
Gay, straight, or bi--that's really irrelevant, but yeah, having a relationship with any narcissist is horrible. You have my condolences.
I bet spotting narcissists, since then, has become easy, now, hasn't it? Yes, every single moment with a narcissist causes serious damage; they are THE WORST kind of person, for people like me.
@@aprilflynn
Except that it explains why _his_ brain chose _this_ particular way of coping with that kind of predicament. Narcissism is one of the many ways our brains decides to cope with persistent trauma and I can only imagine what it must be like having to hide one's sexuality.
@@jeaniebird999 Yes, unfortunately we definitely still live in a world full of homophobia.
@@zipperpillow wow super cool edge lord
Ladies please don't let any man lead you to take your own life. You are precious and no man is worth you not being here any more 😢
It works the same with the genders reversed.
I think what it is, is realizing everything you thought was true isn't, particularly if you have been conned, by lies, to get involved with the guy after a history of his lies. It's like having the rug you were standing on ripped out and you feel you have nothing to stand on. Just feeling such painful emptiness and nothing seems to matter anymore.
I felt that way with my ex. I was better than that and was not about to leave my kids for him. Thus, why he is an ex.
You realize that a lot more men die of suicide than women, right? And the ones who do it over a woman are seen as weak simps, because they couldn't "maker her happy" or get over her. They are mocked when she leaves him for another man.
There’s not a man walking ( boyfriend, husband, lover)that’s worth putting yourself in a box six feet down. They wouldn’t give a damn what you do. Move on, make a good ( better ) life ,it will really really annoy them. 👍👍
My husband threw me out for my friend. They have both died. Betrayal never has a happy ending.
😮😬
Yes mine husband threw me away for his secretary 15 years his junior. He died a premature death
Yikes
Are the police currently looking for you per chance
@@NellieNutkins LOL. ~ all natural causes ~ LOL
He and his 2nd wife were regular customers at an expensive restaurant in La Jolla where I used to play piano. Every time they came in he'd request "God Didn't Make The Little Green Apples" only because it briefly has his name in one of the lines. He just wanted to hear his name. He never tipped. The wait staff said he was kind of an A hole.
Imagine singing it with a different name 😅
Self-centered narcissist fool! I never cared for his stupid books anyway! 😠
People who never tip always are.
Was this George's?
That just figures
“She (Helen) was an uncredited author for many of her husband’s books and ideas.” - Wikipedia. Why is this NOT surprising?
Wikipedia?
She looked at what Wikipedia has to say about it. 😅@darthtaylor513
@@SFVGIRL and this bothers you? 🤔 What does the SFV stand for? Senseless Feebleminded Vacuole?
@@darthtaylor513 And exactly why is this a problem for you?
Exact same with Einstein's wife.
I would NEVER pick a man over my kids. Audrey is heartless. She took another woman's husband ; then abandoned her girls?
Money and greed do crazy things
I thought that too.
He wouldn’t exist without his first wife. A tale as old as time…
Wrong. He wouldn't exist without parents. She was just company.
Hahaha yeah dr Frankenstein
His.parents obviously didn’t recognise his talents. Parents are random, you choose a partner.
What tale? Oldest tale I know is man listened to his wife and got in trouble.
@@codymadison9993 Love that story, but don't forget that before that Heaven and Earth got created, and it was good.
Losing your spouse to your best friend is absolutely the worst betrayal. It happened to me and it utterly destroyed me. I considered suicide but then I feared she would raise my children and that brought me to my senses. Ironically I decorated my sons' bedroom with Dr Suess characters.
Wow, how ironic. I'm sorry you went through that and I'm so glad you didn't do that. That was a good thought that she'd raise your kids. I hope you are doing well in life. 🫂
Revenge is best served cold! Make yourself laugh out loud with a prank! Get super creative 🧐
Mine too. With My favorite sister n law. (His brothers wife) I also caught him kissing and making out twice with my younger sister. After I let her move in with her son. She was homeless
And that was never their best friend.
Betrayal is hard to overcome. It is not about the other person cheating, it is about you feeling safe in your world.
Audrey's kids were only 9 and 14 when they were sent away to bording school to be out of Ted's way. Sounds like these two deserved each other.
That's what my mom always used to say about movie stars that run off with someone else.😅
Ugh
I think that any parent that sends there children off to boarding school is sick
Success isn't everything , but a loving family is
It would be nice to know how those children did after boarding school.
I must be a rare person who has NEVER liked Dr. Seuss, no matter HOW you pronounce it. I always read to my two boys when they were younger and then I had the opportunity to daycare full time for my grandson. I would read them just about anything, but not a Dr. Seuss. If they wanted it, they would have to wait till they could read themselves. It didn’t damage them. They’re all avid readers and great spellers!
I never liked him
How horrible to put him before your children!
Susan Smith clone.
My husband had an affair and child with my good friend. She’s now in senior memory care, he’s been ill for years now, and I have a small cosmetic business and just had a facelift! That’s revenge! I couldn’t be happier.
Good luck with your business! 😊
@kathleenholt6008. Good for you,sending you peace, love & empathy.
My mother always said "Looking good and doing good is the best revenge, hell you don't have to be doing good, just look good".
Maybe you should have gotten that face lift sooner?
To the lady with the cosmetic business, all I've got to say is "you go girl!"
I had no idea Dr Seuss was such a wicked man. It seems character and integrity don’t necessarily follow talent. Thank you for the documentary, well done sir!
Dont believe ANYTHING ON YT
TBF his level of talent is debatable.
And what exactly was her talent?
He was addicted to heroin and cocaine, too.
Wicked? Take a chill pill. He fell in love with another woman and had an affair and then married her after his wife took her life. Most mentally balanced people don't kill themselves over an unfaithful partner. This suggests she was an unstable woman and perhaps difficult to live with. We just don't know. But wicked? You need some perspective.
I worked in a daycare many years ago and we were celebrating Dr. Seuss' birthday all week, it was something the director did every year. I dreaded it because I never, even as a child liked his books. As the director and I are preparing to kick off the Dr. Seuss week with story time, she reaches for the chosen book as she says under her breath, "I hate Dr. Seuss..." I laughed so hard that I almost fell off of my teeny tiny chair....LOL. His style doesn't appeal to everyone.
I agree - never liked them. Annoying rhymes. The repetition. Silly names for made up animals. So many characters acting poorly. Cruelty. Ugh.
I never liked his books either. I thought I was the only one lol
The mistress knew he didnt like kids, and much more because the wife told her everything. Wives keep your life out of others ears. Especially your best friend.
But it would not have made a difference. He was a self centered, soulless man.
Point well taken. Sage advice.
Seriously! 👍🏿
😂😅😁 You can't trust anyone ! 😂😅😁 In my town , A woman had an affair with her sister's husband . Both women had children by the loser . He drank himself to death . The sister's walked their babies together and eventually , mover into a house together . They both had girls and the sister / cousins , moved out of town as soon as they graduated high school . Cheaters gonna cheat ... 🙃🙄😉
@@cottoncandisandi6109How auful.....
Evidently you were the mean one, Mr. Grinch.
You mean Dr. Grinch!😂
That was excellent
@@nmartin5551 The Grinch!
Spot on! 😱
It was an autobiography
Narcissism at it's finest. He wasn't charming, his deceit was alarming, and he wasn't handsome either.
How did u get that from this post?
@@Bumpa1962 First thing I thought when he said his new wife abandoned her children for him... because he wouldn't like being around them. Narcissists isolate their partners. So many other clues, but of course it would require an actual diagnosis to be sure.
He had a license to print money. He could have anything he wanted.
@@WilcoTree Whole-heartedly agree. But see how it's become a magnet for disgruntled judgmental women who want to tear down a successful man based on rumor, by tarnishing his reputation?
@@WilcoTree
Back then "boner" meant "boneheaded mistake", and was not a crass term.
My mother told other divorced women, "Once a jerk, always a jerk." I never forgot that. RIP Mom.
What dumb advice. What kind of woman dates and then marries a jerk? A very stupid woman. My dad told me once a bitch always a bitch. Thanks dad.
A man who wants everything from you for his own success no matter the cost to you, isn’t worth it. We’re slowly learning this lesson...
A hard to learn lesson when culture has saturated us with ideal virtues or else!
yeah, we gotta remember that dependence was often a matter of practicality for many women? some put up with A LOT to keep a roof over their heads. it was different when a woman couldn't even have her own credit card, I think folks underestimate how much harder it was to be a single woman in the fairly recent past
Isn't that the whole premise of being an employee?
According to Esther Villar, you just pointed out how women traditionally treat men, like we are your work horses.
Yes, we are.
Imagine shipping off your kids so you could marry your friend's husband. Grooooosssss
I am quite glad that she did not kill them like chris watts did...
same thing happened with Hemingway. These men are so creative in so many ways
and stupid women fall for it
My husbands mistress sent the book oh the places you’ll go to my family home we built together while I had 4 children 12,10 and twins that were 8 . She was his boss never had kids and had never been married. I’ll never understand women who go after married men with families, I blame him more because he was the one who committed to me but every time I see or hear the name Dr. Suess it brings it back, the nerve of that woman.
mind telling wha t happened , di d he leave her ? did you divorce him?
It's the responsibility of the person in the middle. Dr. Seuss was the one who'd made the commitment to his first wife. He at least could have divorced her before starting up with another woman.
Shannon, hold your head high ❤ our kids are watching us .
This also happened to me. My ex introduced me to his girlfriend 4 weeks after I kicked him out. She was 8 months pregnant. So many stories. I kept it together for my kids. They worked everything on their own in the end ❤
How do you know "she went after him"? Your husband probably chased and swooned over this woman and told her all types of lies. Women have to stop blaming other women for their dog ass husband's infidelities.
He’s still your husband?
Even as a child I never warmed up to Dr. Suess.... I tried reading his books but found them insipid.
Living with him, probably a narcissist, likely broke that poor woman. Pity she didn't get away from him.
She chose a married man 🤷🏻♀️
@@swarti2036 The referral was to the first wife who killed herself, not the second.
What a sad, sad way to have life turn out. Abandoning your children is never ok.
That's how turtles do it. And octopus. And all the homeboys in the 'hood.
Let he without sin cast the first stone................
Yup AND he doesn't even like kids. The mistress sent her kids away for this reason.🙄🙄🙄
Yes, and let’s not forget he’s a children’s book author from where his stardom came! 🤷🏻♀️🤯
So crazy!
@@brendapeterson7039 the bent irony of it.
In my opinion betrayal is the most devastating thing that a person can experience second only to the death of a young child. After all betrayal led to the crucified Christ.
the 9th circle of hell is reserved for the betrayers. cant wait.
And according to Dante the deepest level of hell is reserved for betrayers. It's not firey either- it's a frozen wasteland where there is no motion.
@HarmoniMcG Really. I didn't know that. Thanks for sharing.
@@vdoniel sorry I'm full of useless info. I'm not even religious but Dante was a poet and his observations of human evil always hit home for me.
Charles Dickens was also cruel to his wife who had many children, then was kicked out and not allowed to see her daughters.
Whaaa?! Such a compassionate writer too.
Yes, this is true & shocking. He’s one of my favourite writers.
Every one wants to hate on the dead guy. Like they ever met him or his wife. Welcome to social media. Lord save us.
Richard Dahl cheated on wiife Particia Neal after she had a stoke. Richard was a serial adulteror and misanthrope who was very cruel.
No, this is true. He left her almost destitute, obsessed with a much much younger actress who despised him (he called him a creepy old guy) but loved his money. He actually forbid his children to meet their mother or else they would be completely cut off from him and his money. The sons went to Indian civil service and army and did ok but the daughters, along with his sister in law, became his unpaid maids. He gave most of his money to the actress till she was "adequately provided" then she left him for a much younger and poorer cleric whom she married. He was so saddened that died soon after.
Even Stephen Hawking who married his wife and had children before he became motionless in a wheelchair cheated on and left his devoted wife. Disgusting.
😮
Did not know that ...
S. Hawking ...wow ! 😳
He was at Epstein Island
He cheated on more than one wife!
Cheated AND disabled.
Glad he was guilt ridden for the rest of his life. What a horrible man. Poor Helen, feel so sorry for her. Another cheating sh*t of a husband.
What about the horrid wife he married? She only got rid of her kids. I'd take an affair any day over losing my children.
IF you choose to beLIEve that? His kind were SHAMEless...
Helen Wheels CHOSE her own misery, like most of us do...
He was so guilt ridden that he married his mistress 8 months later. He was a POS.
@@mr.blackhawk142 How so?
She died from a broken heart 💔 condolences to those people who are too beautiful for a cruel world. ❤
Not to mention what happened with Helen, but his prejudices were also covered up for SO many years!
Agree. I thought this video glossed over the racism part.
@@Chariots1981People always seem to gloss over racism toward Asians.
This is America. You can be racist to anyone you want.
I say this as a black man.
@@Cloudfive55 I was about to say the same thing.
Japanese citizens here in the US were victims. But the Japanese army was incredibly cruel.
Dr. Seuss came to visit my 4th grade classroom in 1965. (I was 9 years old.) He was the uncle of one of my classmates. He brought books for the whole class and signed them all. I was really uneasy about him, to the point that I gave away my signed book that same day after school. This is the first time I’ve heard this story about him. No regrets.
I never met him, but his books made me uncomfortable.
I am a children’s librarian and before that, an avid childhood reader. I have always found Seuss incredibly overrated and disturbing. The books aren’t aging well, relics of a bygone era. I love the Grinch but have to grit my teeth every March, the annual Dr. Seuss birthday celebration.
Weren't you psychic! ❤
Karen N., that was God WARNING you about him! (intuition) My 3 yr old daughter KNEW to STAY AWAY from an SDA pastor in 1992ish! I found out soon after that incident that she was right about him! He had stolen my $500.00 musical keyboard while I was away... Live and LEARN.
@@mr.blackhawk142 What does SDA stand for?
The Cat in the Hat creeped me out because he told the children to keep him a secret from their parents. I don’t know how I knew that that is what a pervert would do, but I always hated that book.
Yeah of all his books that was always my least favorite because the cat was such a monster. Your insight helps me understand my own reaction better!
I think he's a pedo. He also wrote a book called, "Hop on Pop!" He wrote a bunch of questionable things.
Yeah I found it depressing and creepy.
Wow, I am beginning to think Dr. Seuss was creepier than most realized, having kids home alone, and some stranger comes into your home you are not to tell your mom about. The Grinch to me is very anti -Christ.
I always associated that Cat with Satan. You know, or the Pied Piper, trying to get trusting kids to do wicked things with him. I have a vivid and fantastic imagination by nature but I never was a Dr. Seuss fan.
I’m fed up with these stories where a wife helps her husband be successful but, after he reaches success, abandons his wife for someone else. What happened to integrity/loyalty?! He wouldn’t be famous without her 🙄
(Also happened with Garth Brooks)
Garth brooks wanted to divorce hid wife after being married only a short time but his mother made him promise on her death bed that he would stay with his wife no matter what. I believe that is incredibly unfair when a parent forces their will upon their child. It's sad.
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He was as selfish & egotistical as his 2nd wife, thats what they had in common.
Sad for his first wife. May she RIP.
He met a gal named Cindy-Lou, With sparkly eyes and laughter too. They shared a wink, they shared a smile, And wandered off to chat a while.
And wandered off to cheat a while.
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With a gleam in his eye, illicit thoughts in his head
His mistress and he were off to bed
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While the wife from the rafters was hanging quiite dead
@@misselanys1219--- While the wife from rafters was hanging quite dead
I had a co-worker/friend who really wasn't a very nice person, but I can kind of tolerate most people. Her husband had died. She stole her BEST FRIEND'S HUSBAND. I thought it was just an awful thing to do. But it kind of went along with her personality. (he wasn't even worth stealing in my opinion).
I think perhaps anyone 'worth stealing' cannot be stolen 😉
A husband can’t be stolen, he is a willing participant.
Trust no one, not even your spouse of 30 years. The betrayal must’ve been excruciating for that women. Both her husband and her friend. So sad.
I disagree , because trust is the foundation to be able to love freely. If this love is betrayed, cut the offender from your heart , have a good cry, get your ducks in order and get on with your life. Life is short, live it to your fullest, find a lover if you wish, find your passion. Sometimes, the plant must be pruned to be healthy, that is life, understand that fact. To love freely and deeply to a lover gives Joy in life, if you have been true and your lover false- take it as a lesson , get up off your knees dry your tears and start the best revenge- you making a new life for yourself and loving life again. ❤❤❤
Very well said !
Yes. Had the same thought. If you don’t trust anyone don’t expect to be trusted. Bit of a miserable existence. Big difference between trust and blind devotion
To love & be loved is risky but being alone is sad
Trust God and marry someone who does as well.
My 16 year old son just said…. “One wife, two wife, three wife, four.” 🤭🤦🏼♀️
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂❤
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LOLOLOL!!! Teenagers have the wildest sense of humor, I love it
Mormon?
@@rogerdat7807 Haha! Us? No.
Like so many people in history, he created great things, but was less than stellar as a human being.
yes we need to stop making mean ppl famous
plenty of astonishingly talented ppl in the world who don't have a nasty streak of status ambition corrupting their decency
Most people in history didn't create anything.
So sad that after so many years of love ❤️ and devotion, he paid his wife with treachery and adultery! 😢
Been there. It's a really sadistic person who would do that to the person who has been there during the rough times and devoted their life to making the other person's better. Beware of fixer upper mates. Women tend to be caretakers. Nothing worse than giving up stuff you wanted for the other person then to find out that isn't anything they were even aware of, and it doesn't make them loyal.
Good Video. Never Knew That About Him. Kind Of Goes With That Old Expression, 'Never Meet Your Heroes'. Thank You.
old? first time i ever heard it. but yes probably true.
Even better, I think, never to have heroes in the first place. Nobody can live up to ideal perfection, humans just aren't like that.
'Worship your heroes from afar, for nearness tarnishes them'
It is more than the deception from someone you deeply loved and trusted. It is the ultimate betrayal-something it is almost impossible to get over- doubly hurtful when it involves the two people you loved and trusted most. ❤
So true. She lost the two most important people in her life in one awful betrayal. So sad.
Look up the word "threesome".
I over invested in what I thought was a good man. After 16 years, he left me for a female from our circle of friends. It killed me.
"Audrey gave Ted something that Helen couldn't." That was a pretty crappy thing to note
that was so low....you are right is was so crappy...didn't have the balls to say first wife old and sick....sex is better with a healthy younger woman....that's what was the problem....he was a punk and a user.....
It's ALWAYS
...ALWAYS...ALWAYS about the T and A.
Lack of morals, they had matching lack of morals. Helen did not fit in, she had morals.
Yeah, like duh, she was younger and flattered his ego. Helen was obviously devoted to him and in his 60s he''s screwing around behind her back! What a jerk.
Yep stupid as F
The second "wife" had the same lack of character as he had...
I say they were made for each other then!
You knew her personally? Wow 😮
Oh, yes. She had it in spades.
It’s frightening to imagine being so devoid of heart to your spouse.
Love and lust can be and often are two different things.
Commenting on the comment by “design”…my goodness, you are SO RIGHT … the pain never ends although I will never get over my previous pain, I have gotten through it. Found out how strong I am!!
what a really awful pair…! the second wife and him were horrible human beings… what an awful mother and friend
I think he made a book about it titled, "Out with the old, and In with the new".
Those kind often find each other.
@@Maria-d9k5m Grandma, It seems true. Not because they were calculating people, but because they found some sanctuary amidst each other, against the world.
I never liked his books when I was a kid and never bought them for my kids. Just too weird and strange.
20:03 I never had them either as kid. I read them in the lobby of a doctors or dentist clinic. But thought the art work was weird.
I actually bought one. It was like ....there must be something in these because they're so famous. I better get one. And yeah...just weird. One for the charity bin now.
RIP Helen.
I agree. I always thought his books had a creep factor. Now I know why… because he was a creep.
Wizard of Oz too!
Felt the same
I talked to his wife in La Jolla in the 1980s She told me he hated children
Two people that deserved each other, but nothing else they got to enjoy.
Really disgusting that he remarried so soon after his first wife died by suicide because she couldn't take the pain of her broken heart anymore.
How magnanimous of you to only be disgusted. Oh that you could be God, and judge all of us oh righteous one.
Suicide is never the answer
@@johnminer1407 That isn’t true. There are reasons and we don’t get to judge
@@johnminer1407Sometimes, it is.
@@pixseedust4140Wow, you really are taking this personally, aren't you? This isn't the right place, you know.
As a kid i used to find his books weird. Some of the creatures frightened me.
Me too!!😳
So did I. Trust our instincts.
Same!!! 😮
Never liked his books! The prose was boring and his illustrations were hideous!
Agree, that smug creepy cat in a stupid hat looks like him
After reading some of the comments, it's a good thing he never had children.
Makes me consider that he may have forced Helen into having abortions for his self centered convenience.
He fid not have them here or there he did not gave them anywhere.
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I knew someone who worked for him in La Jolla, back in the late 80's. Grumpy old guy was how he described him.
Don’t get sad, get mad and don’t take your life, take as much as you can in the divorce settlement instead.
she didn't need the weird artwork or its creator. At this point she didn't need anything. She just gave up. Ever feel like that?
@@caroltenge5147 uh, you have to look at bright beautiful things in life outside the relationship. and leave , if it's too toxic.
You're definitely an American girl. That's why guys don't want to get married anymore. Congratulations.
She came for the talent. She stayed for the money.
And never a tear shed.
He made the woman who encouraged his success so demoralized that she killed herself.
She had been ill for years. That too can be disheartening. Maybe she wanted to get out sooner because it was inevitable and she was in pain.
@@heidibee501Or maybe she fell ill because she was so unhappy. We now know that many diseases such as cancer can be brought on by stress. What's more stressful than an unhappy marriage?
Piece of crap
@@vericarauza5830 Exactly, unhappy with and sick of a cheating husband! Helen was born in 1898. She was 6 years older than Seuss, who was born in 1904. Audrey, wife #2 was born in 1921. Helen was 23 years older than Audrey...
Extreme Narcissistic Personality Disorder
His 2nd wife is called a hospice wife. Men want a younger woman to be thier caretaker 😮
And his first wife was a Barb the Builder, she built him up and it killed her 😮
A nurse with a a purse
I think they want a younger wife because they're prettier, and maybe more flexible, and not tired all of the time.
A nurse or a purse
@@karylmorgan7320 A nurse, a purse, a curse, a hearse.
Shipping your kids off to boarding school for a man is crazy work
Story of his first wife is one of the saddest stories I have ever heard This story I did not know The love the first wife had for him. That love was the strongest love A human being can have Even.
In death, worried about him, taking her own life to spare. Any kind of grief, this could cause him. My heart goes out to this woman And I shed tears for her And prayer's for her
I feel so sorry for his 1st wife. She was the one who encouraged him etc. In the end it seems as if je was not thankful or acknowledging her at all. 😢
Women were for the most part back then, not valued by society, their families, or their husbands back then. I lived through those times. I found out, after many years, that most women my age were in the same boat, regardless of social status or nationality. It was the times. The 60's were rough to grow up in, especially for women. Helen had nothing else in her life but her marriage, and when that failed, she had nothing. I have to agree with what others have said here, don't invest everything in a man. Back then, though, women had little choice.
@@Carol120454 ironically women didn't learn from their struggles and from the 80's onward started taking advantage of men and taking all of their earned money when they didn't earn it.
A friend in SF, was sponsored by Seuss as one of the last Jewish applicants to be on a refugee list to come from Amsterdam to the US. He had her stay in a small cottage behind his house, probably when he was married to Helen. One night she was astounded to find him in her room attempting to seduce her. She pushed him away, told him never try that again or she'd expose him. After gaining employment she saved to move up to SF. In the late 60's she met and befriended my sister when they worked at St. Mary's Clinic, When I moved to SF in 1970, I met her and she told me about the mind boggling incident.
So he was a creepy creeper and not for the one off.
It looks & sounds like he was pretty pervy, I believe it.
I enjoyed his. Bookss as a cchild & shared them with my children when i grew up. I feel bad for his wiife who took her life due to his loving a younger woman who was an aquaintance of them both. May she restin heavenly peace. 🙏
His wife was ill and in a lot of pain. His actions plunged her into what she ended up doing. Somebody must like his stories because they sold millions. Green Eggs and Ham is my favorite. Dr. Suess wasn't perfect, he was a bad man, he was helped by his wife, so I will give her a hand, that means to clap and thank God for her grit, without her he wouldn't have done any of it. Never kill yourself over your spouse, love yourself and leave the louse. ❤
And get them out of the house.
I would never kill myself in that situation. I would sue him for divorce and make sure that everyone knew her name and dishonor. I would windup with the house and all of his money.
Brilliant 😊
@@abbatrouble She had cancer and then no love or support. I doubt that she had the energy or stomach for it.
@@MaryBywaters True!
We women have been socialized from birth to devote and defer ourselves to men; boyfriends, husbands, bosses, professors, etc. Let’s continue to lift each other up so we can break this cycle ❤
No one cares what you do
Once upon a time, men remembered that they had a role to play as well, but they have abdicated their responsibilities, leaving us women holding the bag. Devotion must be mutual. Sadly, deep unconditional devotional love is no longer desired nor appreciated by most men. They want easy come easy go.
Best thing we as mothers can do is NOT read, Cinderella to our daughters. There will NOT be a handsome prince saving us from our druggery. What a load of 💩 to deceive our daughters in such a way.
11:30 Japan bombing Pearl Harbor a day after they signed peace treaty at the White House that next day! They also used tortured on war prisoners so they were very dangerous to Military. There was good reason at the time for his political cartoons
You missed the worst part: When she had cancer and was going through painful treatments, he had AN AFFAIR with that hag. so basically, they were stepping out while his wife was fighting for her life. She knew that he was leaving her. and I doubt he felt any guilt. And his second wife, what a waste… Throwing her children away so it will be better for her and GRandpa Suess and his millions of dollars. I have zero respect for either. RIP Helen❤
PS: Thanks for ruining my childhood Suess or “Zouce” or however you say it I don’t care. Green eggs and ham was my favorite book along with Silverstein‘s “the giving tree“….. the giving tree wins out
I think you shouldn't link beautiful works of art too closely with the overall morals of the people or cultures who created them. I mean, the Meso-Americans captured people and cruelly sacrificed them -- yet their architecture was grand; the Egyptians & Greeks had slaves -- yet they had wonderful art. It's the same with the painters & musicians & authors of every era. A lot of them were debouched or dirt-bags -- openly or secretly. But I choose to believe that, for most of them, at the moment they were creating something beautiful, they were usually drawing from the beauty they had deep within them -- even if this reservoir of niceness was just one little swan-graced pond in the middle of their mind's boundless noxious swamp. No doubt artists also often channel the beauty of the people they know, or of the world around them. It's like taking a picture... Have you ever cared who took it?
Ultimately, you might think of art as being freed from its maker once it's finished being created. It often outlives them, is better than them, and deserves to be judged on its own merits.
Why is the narrator saying Zeus instead of Seuss? And why isn’t anyone mentioning it?
@@lisalarouge6309 I think the narrator is from overseas, and probably pronounces a lot of things a little differently.
Shel Silverstein was not the best human being either.
@@lisalarouge6309they mentioned that the correct pronunciation was "soyss" at the end but nobody would pronounce it that way unless you lived in Germany.
What a horrible thing to do to someone. Honesty would have been a better choice but so many people have to hold on to one hand while reaching out to another
From Dr. Suess to Stephen King, it seems aspiring professional writers back then had more opportunities. They would write stories, mail them into various magazines and periodicals, someone there would actually read the submission, and decide whether to pay and publish. King even recalls a rejection letter that said something like "your story is good, just not for us....but keep at it". Nowadays it seems you have to already be somewhat successful or famous to get published. "No unsolicited manuscripts". Most folks don't even get a chance. Sad.
Since the 90s though when Indy publishers were going out of business and then the big bookstores boomed then busted it became easy to self publish a vanity press and grow one’s own social media following-the publishing houses then get information from agents by authors who have already sold X amount of books
Life gets worse and worse...
Geisel had his first book. Which I think was To think I saw it on Mulberry St, rejected NUMEROUS times
So true! I have sent dozens and dozens of query letters to literary agents and publishers, and 90% don’t even bother with a reply.
The 10% that do reply give a canned response that says, “not accepting inquiries at this time.”
I have two books which were self published and have been very successful.
Even after the books were successful, I still couldn’t get a literary agent to represent me.
So I continue on my own, but yes, the publishing world doesn’t work unless you’re a politician or a celebrity.
I never tried sending a whole story! I don't know what happens. I was afraid they would maybe steal it and not credit me. Has that happened to anyone here? Just wondering.
There's no greater solace for unremarkable people than to wax indignant about the failings of those who succeed in leaving their mark.
The mark of the B3ast?
Pay yourself ladies you are working at home 24/7. Make sure you have a rainy day fund in case you ever have to parachute!
Working at home doing what? Surfing social media, watching daytime TV. Thanks for reminding all men reading this who are single to stay single.
Women cheat too
@calvinhobbes6118 oh right, I forgot men and women who work out of the home never scroll social media at work or on a break. Sounds like your single for a reason.
Apparently you do not know how much work children are, but so worth it.
@@calvinhobbes6118 from the sounds of it you staying single does everyone else a favour. You sound dreadful. But I'm sure my husband hates having all his meals made for him. He probably think I'm lazy when I get up before he goes to work to prepare his coffee, a hot breakfast and lunch. It's miserable to have your drs appointments made for you, your clothing purchased, home maintenance seen to and cleaning done. I don't know any wives who lay around all day.
my father had many affairs which led to my mother's illness and alcoholism, or did my mom's illness lead to my father's wandering, i was to young to know, no one is here to talk with me about it without exacting bias, we did not make the newspaper's, we are not celebrities etc. it happens everywhere, whether the persons are artists ,engineers or factory workers. I try so hard to find the good that both parents/ all people give to the world, of course this does not always work and I beg for tears to wash away those other thoughts. At 14 I bought the entire catalogue of Dr. Seuss knowing I wanted to be a teacher one day, I read everyone of those books to every child I came in contact with, they are tattered and much loved now being read to my grandchildren.
thank-you for the historical information regarding the creation of The Cat and the Hat grouping, and this entire video.
Thank you, i enjoy your perspective on many levels, as a teacher, a childhood reader hooked on the unique lyrics, and the reality that we are all human, flawed and gifted in many ways
You are quite correct in what you assert. Thank you.
I appreciate your contribution. Reading the comments on this video is nauseating. Everybody knows everything about everyone and what they experienced and how they responded and why. It's a bitter torrent of judgment and projection. But your comment reflects a pure heart.
Too is spelled "too", NOT "to"... teacher.
I'm 56 and knew none of this. It's heartbreaking that she took him by his talented hands and led him to the centre of the world stage, then he opened the trap door under her. Take a lesson people, if someone helps you to stardom the right thing to do is help them achieve something too.
if it's your WIFE, just LOVE HER because that 's what she needed.
Managers get 10%, and they are not credited with the person having TALENT. Im sure she was well taken care of while his wife.
I went to a book signing of Cat In the Hat in the 1960s. I was probably 4 years old and was so excited, but then so disappointed that it just turned out to be this man. I thought I was going to meet the Cat in the Hat. That's the only thing I remember about it, what a bummer it was that the cat didn't write his own books.
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I'm 68 and still remember almost by heart Dr.Seuss's Green Eggs and Ham,lol, very clever writer and artist. So sorry he disappointed his 1st wife who was his biggest fan, I wish she could have found the courage to move forward without him.💔
Thank you, well done!👍
Moving forward would have been very difficult when one is as sick as she was. She would not have had much physical or emotional energy. She needed to be taken care of not abandoned.
@@barbarakrall4331 Agreed, but sadly it didn’t.
On a different note, when I moved to San Diego I was amazed at all the plants, flowers and trees that looked just like the ones in his books! I think he was credited as more imaginative than he really was because so many of his readers had/have never seen those plants and thought he made them up in his mind!
I noticed the same things when I was in La Jolla!
My ex husband read this story to me as I found out he had been having an affair for years and had dragged me across the the country two times uprooting our lives trying to hide it. He said … Dr Seuss’s wife killed herself… and then he slowly looked at me .. this was after he told me the mistress would be a better mother than me.
I'm so sorry you married that loser of a husband! Sometimes we can use the bad stuff in our lives to grow and help others. Take care of yourself!
I had one of those. Creepy, huh? I fled to the other side of the country and disappeared.
Wow that’s insane…do you think he was psychopathic?
@@i.ehrenfest349-sounds a bit more psychotic with the slow turn of the head…👀
wow ! well honey, your next hubby might just be a better father than your last jerk.
I never liked Suess's books and something about the illustrations gave me the creeps. Consequently I never bought or borrowed them from the library for my own three children. They were exposed anyway, receiving them as gifts and at school. Those books gave me an off vibe. It is not surprising to me that quite a few children's authors have crap personalities and/or dislike children.
Right. And he didn't even have children
And people and courts say "Affairs are harmless".
My own duaghter told me: "I don't care if mom had an affair, I love her and I forgive her." Which also says: "I don't care that Mom's Affair crushed you!"
I'm so sorry...I'm living this right now too...my daughter doesn't care how much 20 years of being married to a narcissistic cheating husband almost destroyed me. It's difficult to help your child understand what you have gone through without 'over-sharing' and blurring the lines of a parent/child dynamic. Affairs so NOT harmless!!!
@@mishmish2261 Some times the kids picked up the other spouse's feelings and learned some of thier lack of conscience.
In my case, I saw how much my father’s philandering ways hurt my mother and hating being around him. I wasn’t sad when he passed.
@@mishmish2261 All mistresses are somebody's daughter.
I know kids feel like they shouldn’t pick sides, but it’s not about choosing Dad over Mom, it’s about choosing right over wrong.