I find it interesting that nowadays, if you made a cartoon that mirrored modern events this much, you are gonna get in trouble with both the public, and your producers, but back during the cold war, people were getting payed to make this type of stuff. This story really fascinates me. It shows that no matter what politics are involved, human life is far more sacred than any war.
@@e.g.8018 yeah no bruh, that's nothing new. People did that back then too, and pretending we were somehow more enlightened in the 50s through the 70s is clinging to a mythic past that didn't exist. The red scare wouldn't have existed without conservatives strawmanning anyone who threatened their power.
I was going to write this if I hasn't seen this comment. I recommend this show, even to adults. Even the first season is good (and the second season makes a bit more sense as they are connected) but the second season can be watched on its own.
@@LFTRnowit's so good. both seasons do a great job making the material a little more serious but not going overboard like the cat in the hat movie. I feel like Dr. Seuss would have loved it honestly.
@@namenotfound8525 "Loosely" as in it takes a Hell of a lot of liberties with it, and adds so much it's almost unrecognizable. _Almost._ Yookia and Zookia are still there, the bread and butter are still there, but everything else has changed. They even gave it a definitive ending.
I always took the ending of this book as "We're all the same, we can come up with the same ideas, the same messes, and the same mistakes. It shouldn't matter how or what we do to tick people off, just accept each other, we are all capable of doing the same things"
The Butter Battle Book is my favorite of Seuss' work. I find it still prevalent, especially since were still all fighting over the most ridiculous of things. Also, it has one of my favorite opening lines of any story. "On the last day of Summer, ten hours before Fall, my Grandfather took me out to the wall.
A few Seuss books are directly political. "Yertle the Turtle" is a direct Hitler parody. "Horton Hatches an Egg" springs from political cartoons Seuss drew for PM, a weekly socialist magazine. Later, "Horton Hears a Who" has the hapless elephant become a target of McCarthyism.
When I first watched this, I hated the cliffhanger for being a cliffhanger, but now as an adult: I LOVE these types of cliffhangers & wish we did more of these!
The heck? I was literally talking about this book/short with a friend who'd never heard of it. Impeccable timing. It's also kinda neat, and appropriate, that the guy that voiced the grandfather was a war veteran himself. Definitely one of my favourite Suess shorts along with The Lorax and Grinch.
I love how the core of the book and special is that no matter how the US and the Soviet Union got into their 44 year schism, whatever your political leanings on the topic, if the end result of either ideology or political agenda is nuclear weapons and the looming specter of MAD, it may just as well be "where do you butter your toast"? No matter what, if the end of the argument is the destruction of both sides, or more likely *ALL LIFE ON LITERALLY THE ONLY PLANET WE KNOW FOR A FACT HAS LIFE!!!!* it doesn't matter who's right or wrong at that point.
I remember seeing this as a kid on a dvd, it gave me a feeling I can’t really explain. Like it was just different than the rest of the small films on the dvd. Never knew it had to do something with the Cold War until now.
Notice The Grinch invaded Whoville to steal annoying Christmas, but I am sure Yook or Zook Patriots Day would be way worse. But they will nuke the Grinch's @$$ if he tries to steal that
@ParkNarcz If you really want to get hardcore, a peaceful whoville can be like a small peaceful European country cause they are either in the Yook orbit or Zook orbit. Maybe the Who's REALLY celebrated the Grinch stealing Christmas so they didn't have to worry about buttering rolls during the Roast Beast Feast!
@@ParkNarcz The fact that Netflix's Green Eggs and Ham had a whole second season dedicated to this book, and resolved the issue by having the Zooks and Yooks put their differences aside to make a Butter Sandwich, just goes to show that good morals can affect great storytelling.
4:02 I never that there were Zook spies in the Yookeroos, to be honest. It felt more likely to me that the Yookeroo high command were actually feeding both sides of the war through the use of shell companies to create a forever war, and that Grandpa Yuke wasn't the only Yuke operator to fight in the war, he was simply the one who survived the longest. The reason I feel that way? The Yookeroo high command when he deploys Grandpa Yuke with the Big Boy Bomb notably stays in his home, and simply closes the window after egging Grandpa Yuke into basically committing a kamikaze attack on the Zooks. It was as if he _knew_ the Zooks already had a Big Boy of their own, and basically told Grandpa Yuke to be the scapegoat for _his_ crimes, while High Command stays in what is quite likely a luxury safehouse of a bunker with a lot of supplies and living space, and everyone else is forced to be housed in communial Shelters like sardines in a can and with limited supplies. In fact, people have noticed elites suspiciously buying out land in areas that are supposedly "Going to be underwater in about a decade" according to those same elites, and building highly expensive luxury villas in those areas, that also seem to serve as strongholds of some sort, all while pushing locals and natives off their lands.
From a British Ani Nuke song called "20 Tons of TNT" (by, of all people the comedy duo of Flanders and Swann). "Ends the tale that has no sequel (refrain) Now in death are all men equal." (refrain).
me and a friend connected the grinch and horton one day and came to the conclusion that there is a whole whoniverse and every book takes place within the expanded whoniverse.
Don't remember The Butter Battle Book. I'll have to check it out. Reminds me of Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels": "The novel describes an intra-Lilliputian quarrel over the practice of breaking eggs. Traditionally, Lilliputians broke boiled eggs on the larger end; a few generations ago, an Emperor of Lilliput, the Present Emperor's great-grandfather, had decreed that all eggs be broken on the smaller end after his son cut himself breaking the egg on the larger end. The differences between Big-Endians (those who broke their eggs at the larger end) and Little-Endians had given rise to "six rebellions ... wherein one Emperor lost his life, and another his crown". The Lilliputian religion says an egg should be broken on the convenient end, which is now interpreted by the Lilliputians as the smaller end. The Big-Endians gained favour in Blefuscu." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilliput_and_Blefuscu
my elementary school had us watch this I remember being confused about racism or whatever the theme is but I wanted to see how the war ended and only cared about that
I remember being really freaked out by the part in the original book where the Yooks were marching into the underground bunker. Little me thought they were walking into some kind of grave. Guess the truth was worse.
I find it interesting that nowadays, if you made a cartoon that mirrored modern events this much, you are gonna get in trouble with both the public, and your producers, but back during the cold war, people were getting payed to make this type of stuff.
This story really fascinates me. It shows that no matter what politics are involved, human life is far more sacred than any war.
We need stuff that mirrors modern events.
I don't think it was that simple, this cartoon was likely controversial even then, especially during the red scare.
My take is that back then people would genuinely represent the other side, as opposed to nowadays where we strawman the other side.
@@e.g.8018 yeah no bruh, that's nothing new. People did that back then too, and pretending we were somehow more enlightened in the 50s through the 70s is clinging to a mythic past that didn't exist. The red scare wouldn't have existed without conservatives strawmanning anyone who threatened their power.
@@HeavyMetalHindu yep
Dr Seuss got a lot of heat back then when he made the book and had it published
The second season of "Green Eggs and Ham: The Second Serving" is loosely based on "The Butter Battle Book"!
Loosly? We got both Yookia and Zookia in there!
I was going to write this if I hasn't seen this comment. I recommend this show, even to adults. Even the first season is good (and the second season makes a bit more sense as they are connected) but the second season can be watched on its own.
@@LFTRnowit's so good. both seasons do a great job making the material a little more serious but not going overboard like the cat in the hat movie. I feel like Dr. Seuss would have loved it honestly.
@@namenotfound8525 "Loosely" as in it takes a Hell of a lot of liberties with it, and adds so much it's almost unrecognizable. _Almost._ Yookia and Zookia are still there, the bread and butter are still there, but everything else has changed. They even gave it a definitive ending.
I always took the ending of this book as "We're all the same, we can come up with the same ideas, the same messes, and the same mistakes. It shouldn't matter how or what we do to tick people off, just accept each other, we are all capable of doing the same things"
The Butter Battle Book is my favorite of Seuss' work. I find it still prevalent, especially since were still all fighting over the most ridiculous of things. Also, it has one of my favorite opening lines of any story. "On the last day of Summer, ten hours before Fall, my Grandfather took me out to the wall.
Ah yes, the book that taught me to fear the bomb at age 3
A few Seuss books are directly political. "Yertle the Turtle" is a direct Hitler parody. "Horton Hatches an Egg" springs from political cartoons Seuss drew for PM, a weekly socialist magazine. Later, "Horton Hears a Who" has the hapless elephant become a target of McCarthyism.
When I first watched this, I hated the cliffhanger for being a cliffhanger, but now as an adult: I LOVE these types of cliffhangers & wish we did more of these!
The heck? I was literally talking about this book/short with a friend who'd never heard of it. Impeccable timing. It's also kinda neat, and appropriate, that the guy that voiced the grandfather was a war veteran himself.
Definitely one of my favourite Suess shorts along with The Lorax and Grinch.
That's a fun piece of trivia! Thanks for commenting!
What a spine-chilling story. Thank you for sharing this with us!
Thank you for watching!
I love how the core of the book and special is that no matter how the US and the Soviet Union got into their 44 year schism, whatever your political leanings on the topic, if the end result of either ideology or political agenda is nuclear weapons and the looming specter of MAD, it may just as well be "where do you butter your toast"? No matter what, if the end of the argument is the destruction of both sides, or more likely *ALL LIFE ON LITERALLY THE ONLY PLANET WE KNOW FOR A FACT HAS LIFE!!!!* it doesn't matter who's right or wrong at that point.
You can feel the fear and uncertainty in the voice of Grandpa Yook when he says "We will see".
I remember seeing this as a kid on a dvd, it gave me a feeling I can’t really explain. Like it was just different than the rest of the small films on the dvd. Never knew it had to do something with the Cold War until now.
Notice The Grinch invaded Whoville to steal annoying Christmas, but I am sure Yook or Zook Patriots Day would be way worse. But they will nuke the Grinch's @$$ if he tries to steal that
A crossover between the two would be amazing 🤣
@ParkNarcz If you really want to get hardcore, a peaceful whoville can be like a small peaceful European country cause they are either in the Yook orbit or Zook orbit. Maybe the Who's REALLY celebrated the Grinch stealing Christmas so they didn't have to worry about buttering rolls during the Roast Beast Feast!
@@ParkNarcz The fact that Netflix's Green Eggs and Ham had a whole second season dedicated to this book, and resolved the issue by having the Zooks and Yooks put their differences aside to make a Butter Sandwich, just goes to show that good morals can affect great storytelling.
@@robbiewalker2831A BUTTER SANDWICH!?! It’s so obvious! I never would have thought of that.
i think that the "planes" looking the same is a reference to how the russins copied the b-29 , making the tu-4
Interesting idea! That makes sense to me!
4:02 I never that there were Zook spies in the Yookeroos, to be honest. It felt more likely to me that the Yookeroo high command were actually feeding both sides of the war through the use of shell companies to create a forever war, and that Grandpa Yuke wasn't the only Yuke operator to fight in the war, he was simply the one who survived the longest.
The reason I feel that way? The Yookeroo high command when he deploys Grandpa Yuke with the Big Boy Bomb notably stays in his home, and simply closes the window after egging Grandpa Yuke into basically committing a kamikaze attack on the Zooks.
It was as if he _knew_ the Zooks already had a Big Boy of their own, and basically told Grandpa Yuke to be the scapegoat for _his_ crimes, while High Command stays in what is quite likely a luxury safehouse of a bunker with a lot of supplies and living space, and everyone else is forced to be housed in communial Shelters like sardines in a can and with limited supplies.
In fact, people have noticed elites suspiciously buying out land in areas that are supposedly "Going to be underwater in about a decade" according to those same elites, and building highly expensive luxury villas in those areas, that also seem to serve as strongholds of some sort, all while pushing locals and natives off their lands.
Butter Battle Book is my favorite Dr. Seuss special.
4:28 - 4:31
Yookenheimer
Lol
The fact that Ralph Bakshi, a director better known for his X-rated animated films, was picked to collab with Dr. Seuss
From a British Ani Nuke song called "20 Tons of TNT" (by, of all people the comedy duo of Flanders and Swann).
"Ends the tale that has no sequel (refrain)
Now in death are all men equal." (refrain).
me and a friend connected the grinch and horton one day and came to the conclusion that there is a whole whoniverse and every book takes place within the expanded whoniverse.
Bakshi is my favorite director anyway, and Seuss made sure that I was literate. I love it when geniuses collaborate
Don't remember The Butter Battle Book. I'll have to check it out.
Reminds me of Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels":
"The novel describes an intra-Lilliputian quarrel over the practice of breaking eggs. Traditionally, Lilliputians broke boiled eggs on the larger end; a few generations ago, an Emperor of Lilliput, the Present Emperor's great-grandfather, had decreed that all eggs be broken on the smaller end after his son cut himself breaking the egg on the larger end. The differences between Big-Endians (those who broke their eggs at the larger end) and Little-Endians had given rise to "six rebellions ... wherein one Emperor lost his life, and another his crown". The Lilliputian religion says an egg should be broken on the convenient end, which is now interpreted by the Lilliputians as the smaller end. The Big-Endians gained favour in Blefuscu." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilliput_and_Blefuscu
That's a trivia bit I left out that many people think BBB was inspired by a bit in Gulliver's Travels!
theory: the boomaroos touched
It has not ended, Putin is old school KGB.🤔
U cant uninvent inventions after they have been invented. Its not just russia and america.
I genuinely want to know who tries to put butter on bread upside down.
To be honest, I don't think the cold war ever ended.
It's the cool wars now
I know the true ending!
The butter side down nation collapsed and then the butter side up nation completely fumbled its advantage in 1 generation.
Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's travels with the Lilliputian quarreling over eating eggs from the large end or the smaller end.
my elementary school had us watch this I remember being confused about racism or whatever the theme is but I wanted to see how the war ended and only cared about that
I remember being really freaked out by the part in the original book where the Yooks were marching into the underground bunker. Little me thought they were walking into some kind of grave.
Guess the truth was worse.
Haven’t you seen Oppenheimer? They didn’t know what the bomb was going to do either.
In the moment I'm referring to, they're talking about a "plane", but your point is taken.
Thanks for the edutainment
Thanks for watching!
Butter side down is clearly flawed, so I don't think it's drawing a parallel so much as showing that the consequences are worse than the cause.
*but grandpa.i want to eat with my butter side down*
We're living in the shadow of the cold war.
They have a ‘concept of a plane’!
you got yourself a new subscriber sir
Thank you!
i never read that one but it was in season 2 of netflix's green eggs and ham
Films you missed: War Games
Except those side-downers oppress their own people and imprison those that dissent.
What if there was no more butter or bread? What's left to fight over?
Savages both of them. I prefer to eat my bread butter side round!
Spread along the sides of the bread.
Seuss didn’t always colour his backgrounds either, so that checks out!
You could take a look at Krakatit by Karel Čapek as it predicted atomic bombs
Thanks for the recommendation!
4:24 Oppenheimer and Truman?
I couldn't resist.