One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish
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One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish is a 1960 children's book by Dr. Seuss
. A simple rhyming book for learner readers, it is a book with a freewheeling plot about a boy and a girl, and the many amazing creatures they have for friends and pets. One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish was part of the Beginner Book Video series which included Oh, the Thinks You Can Think! and The Foot Book
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Rik Mayall
narrated this story as part of a HarperCollins audiobook that also includes The Lorax
, Dr. Seuss's ABC and How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
in the Seuss Landing area of the park, called "One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish". The attraction has riders enter vehicles based on various colored fish from the book, and they must follow directions given on the ride to avoid getting wet. However, on days when it is too cold, the ride will operate without the water. The ride was constructed by the German attraction builder, Zierer.
Dr. Seuss
Theodor Seuss Geisel was an American writer, poet, and cartoonist most widely known for his children's books written under the pen names Dr. Seuss, Theo LeSieg and, in one case, Rosetta Stone....
. A simple rhyming book for learner readers, it is a book with a freewheeling plot about a boy and a girl, and the many amazing creatures they have for friends and pets. One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish was part of the Beginner Book Video series which included Oh, the Thinks You Can Think! and The Foot Book
The Foot Book
The Foot Book: Dr. Seuss's Wacky Book of Opposites is a children's book written by Dr. Seuss and first published in 1968....
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Rik Mayall
Rik Mayall
Richard Michael "Rik" Mayall is an English comedian, writer, and actor. He is known for his comedy partnership with Ade Edmondson, his over-the-top, energetic portrayal of characters, and as a pioneer of alternative comedy in the early 1980s...
narrated this story as part of a HarperCollins audiobook that also includes The Lorax
The Lorax
The Lorax is a children's book written by Dr. Seuss and first published in 1971. It chronicles the plight of the environment and the Lorax, who speaks for the trees against the greedy Once-ler. As in most Dr...
, Dr. Seuss's ABC and How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
Parodies
- The Fedora Core 2 Test 2 announcement contained a "One bugComputer virusA computer virus is a computer program that can replicate itself and spread from one computer to another. The term "virus" is also commonly but erroneously used to refer to other types of malware, including but not limited to adware and spyware programs that do not have the reproductive ability...
, two bugs, tar bugs, su bugs" poem that resembled and parodied the original book as well as Green Eggs and HamGreen Eggs and HamGreen Eggs and Ham is a best-selling and critically acclaimed book by Dr. Seuss, first published on August 12, 1960. As of 2001, according to Publishers Weekly, it was the fourth-best-selling English-language children's book of all time....
, another book by Dr. Seuss written in metered rhyme.
- An article on the scientific technique fluorescent in situ hybridizationFluorescent in situ hybridizationFISH is a cytogenetic technique developed by biomedical researchers in the early 1980s that is used to detect and localize the presence or absence of specific DNA sequences on chromosomes. FISH uses fluorescent probes that bind to only those parts of the chromosome with which they show a high...
(FISH) is titled "One FISH two FISH red FISH blue FISH." - A book titled One Dad, Two Dads, Brown Dad, Blue DadsOne Dad, Two Dads, Brown Dad, Blue DadsOne Dad, Two Dads, Brown Dad, Blue Dads is a children's book by Johnny Valentine and Melody Sarecky. It is designed for 4-8 year olds, and discusses all kinds of different dads, including having two dads...
was published in 2004. - An episode of PokémonPokémonis a media franchise published and owned by the video game company Nintendo and created by Satoshi Tajiri in 1996. Originally released as a pair of interlinkable Game Boy role-playing video games developed by Game Freak, Pokémon has since become the second most successful and lucrative video...
is titled "One Team, Two Team, Red Team, Blue Team." - An article in the May 2005 National GeographicNational Geographic MagazineNational Geographic, formerly the National Geographic Magazine, is the official journal of the National Geographic Society. It published its first issue in 1888, just nine months after the Society itself was founded...
on coral reef color is titled "One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish, Why are Coral Reefs so Colorful?" - An episode in season 2 of The SimpsonsThe SimpsonsThe Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical parody of a middle class American lifestyle epitomized by its family of the same name, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie...
is titled One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue FishOne Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish"One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish" is the eleventh episode of The Simpsons second season. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on January 24, 1991. In the episode, Homer consumes a poisonous fugu fish at a sushi restaurant, and is told that he has only twenty-two hours...
. - One Fish, Two Fish, Crawfish, Bluefish: The Smithsonian Sustainable Seafood CookbookOne Fish, Two Fish, Crawfish, BluefishOne Fish, Two Fish, Crawfish, Bluefish: The Smithsonian Sustainable Seafood Cookbook is a collection of seafood recipes specifically chosen for their environmental sustainability. It was written by Carole C. Baldwin and Julie H...
is a cookbook with recipes specifically chosen for their environmental sustainability. - An episode in season 6 of EntourageEntourage (TV series)Entourage is an American comedy-drama television series that premiered on HBO on July 18, 2004 and concluded on September 11, 2011, after eight seasons...
is titled "One Car, Two Car, Red Car, Blue Car." - In the movie Imagine That, Evan Danielson says "One sky! Two sky! Red sky! Blue sky!" after Johnny Whitefeather's phrase "One sky".
- In one episode of TV show FlashForwardFlashforwardA flashforward is an interjected scene that takes the narrative forward in time from the current point of the story in literature, film, television and other media. Flashforwards are often used to represent events expected, projected, or imagined to occur in the future...
, character Dyson Frost mentions the book while talking to Charlie Benford. - The comic strip Cyanide & Happiness contains a parodic reference.
- The webcomic Rock, Paper, Cynic has a sequence of five comic strips, using the book and Mario KartMario Kartis a series of go-kart-style racing video games developed by Nintendo as a series of spin-offs from its trademark Mario series of platformer adventure-style video games...
as themes,known as "One Shell, Two Shell, Red Shell, Blue Shell". - The novel as well as its author are cited also in an episode of the sitcom "the big bang theory" (episode 7 season 5)
Theme park attraction
The book was the basis of a theme park attraction located at Universal's Islands of AdventureIslands of Adventure
Universal's Islands of Adventure is a theme park located in Orlando, Florida. It opened May 28, 1999 as part of an expansion that, along with CityWalk Entertainment District, the Portofino Bay Hotel, and Hard Rock hotel, converted Universal Studios Florida into the Universal Orlando Resort...
in the Seuss Landing area of the park, called "One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish". The attraction has riders enter vehicles based on various colored fish from the book, and they must follow directions given on the ride to avoid getting wet. However, on days when it is too cold, the ride will operate without the water. The ride was constructed by the German attraction builder, Zierer.