Summary: In this episode, Betsy and Kate decide to try to steer clear of Seussian controversy, unaware that even as they record this there is a debacle brewing with a school librarian, Melania Trump, and a host of Dr. Seuss books. Fortunately, while this book has been challenged in a library system (we'll get to that) it was not one of Ms. Trump's donations. Thank goodness for small favors. Along the way Kate identifies the most terrifying person in the book, Betsy has flashbacks to an old Smurfs episode, and the sisters talk seriously about why you can't put a skirt embedded with lights on a blow-up T-Rex costume. Show Notes: - The horrifying Smurf Rage Zombies. ComingSoon.net had exactly the same reaction to the episode that Betsy did and even makes a very strong case for why this story originally (in comic form) preceded George Romero's zombies by years. http://www.comingsoon.net/horror/news/749789-terror-tv-gnap-gnap-zombies-vs-smurfs-purple-smurfs - Washington State University says that any spelling of "good-by" is legitimate and that "goodbye" is simply the most popular right now. https://brians.wsu.edu/2016/05/19/good-by-good-by-goodbye/ - Here, for your reading enjoyment, is a fully written complaint against Hop On Pop: http://www.cbc.ca/newsblogs/yourcommunity/2014/04/toronto-library-asked-to-ban-violent-dr-seuss-book-hop-on-pop.html?cmp=fbtl - If you wish to follow The Niblings on our Facebook page you may do so here: https://www.facebook.com/TheNiblings/ - Here is Minh Le's full post on Hop On Pop. http://www.bottomshelfbooks.com/2007/04/hop-on-pop_09.html - All the Dirty Parts by Daniel Handler: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/all-the-dirty-parts-9781632868060/ - Kate's magnificently cool skirt can be purchased here: http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/jhsu/?srp=18 - For full Show Notes visit Betsy's blog here: http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2017/10/03/new-fuse-8-n-kate-episode-hop-on-pop-by-dr-seuss/
