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Dec 2018
51m 26s

Dr. Seuss: The Good, the Bad and the Ugl...

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The Seuss is loose in this episode about legendary children's book author Ted Geisel. The funny thing is, he didn't ever want children of his own, and his past work was a bit problematic.

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