Did I Hear This Right? Cat in the Hat goes Eldritch

[Shhalahr Windrider]

Had The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That on in the background while eating breakfast this morning. It featured the cat taking the kids on a trip to the bottom of the ocean. One of the characters they met was a baby angler fish.

Now, I only caught the fish’s name once. But it sounded like they called him O’R'lyeh—A pun on the prison of Cthulu.

Way to go, Cat.

[The Glyphstone]

http://marclaidlaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/internet-o_rlyeh.jpg

[irenicObserver]

That...is quite an esoteric reference on a kid's show.

[Traab]

Bah, it was probably named O'reily. Perhaps it was an irish angler?

[Kindablue]

If Dr. Seuss wrote The Call of Cthulhu:
http://th05.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/f/2011/272/2/6/the_call_of_cthulhu_cover_by_drfaustusau-d4ba34e.png (http://drfaustusau.deviantart.com/art/The-Call-of-Cthulhu-Cover-260811086?q=gallery%3Adrfaustusau%2F30462549&qo=6)

[Dr.Epic]

http://shopofmagic.com/lite/images/pi_24318.jpeg

:smalltongue:

[BiblioRook]

Considering the rate of geeky mashups and remakes lately, an Eldritch version of Dr. Seuss wouldn't surprise me.

Man, that would sell like hotcakes at the college I RP at. They are both very fond of the Cthulu mythos there (at least the geek crowd) as well Dr. Seuss having a particularly special place at that college (the library is even named after him).

[tensai_oni]

Considering the rate of geeky mashups and remakes lately, an Eldritch version of Dr. Seuss wouldn't surprise me.

A parody is already being made. That cover linked above was real.

Here is the thing (http://drfaustusau.deviantart.com/art/The-Call-of-Cthulhu-Cover-260811086). 31 pages exist so far.

[BiblioRook]

I'm holding my judgement until I see it in dead tree form

[Aidan305]

There's already a few eldritch parodies of children's books out there. I particularly enjoy "Where the Deep Ones Are" and "The Antarctic Express".

[Kindablue]

There's already a few eldritch parodies of children's books out there. I particularly enjoy "Where the Deep Ones Are" and "The Antarctic Express".

The original cover painting for The Shadow Out of Time always looked like it could've been from a children's book to me.

http://www.uvulaaudio.com/astound1.jpg

[mikeejimbo]

There's already a few eldritch parodies of children's books out there. I particularly enjoy "Where the Deep Ones Are" and "The Antarctic Express".

The Ken Hite ones? He also has "Cliffourd the Big Red God".

(Though I don't think "Where the Deep Ones Are" would actually have required much changing.)

[Dr.Epic]

The original cover painting for The Shadow Out of Time always looked like it could've been from a children's book to me.

http://www.uvulaaudio.com/astound1.jpg

Why does that look like that one shapeshifter from Futurama that tried to marry Leela and a bunch of other beings?

[Kindablue]

Why does that look like that one shapeshifter from Futurama that tried to marry Leela and a bunch of other beings?

That's what that was a reference to.

[Shhalahr Windrider]

Bah, it was probably named O'reily. Perhaps it was an irish angler?
Hm, Cthulu or Irish Fishing Magazine… (http://www.facebook.com/Irishangler) Tough choice.

[CoffeeIncluded]

Considering the rate of geeky mashups and remakes lately, an Eldritch version of Dr. Seuss wouldn't surprise me.

Man, that would sell like hotcakes at the college I RP at. They are both very fond of the Cthulu mythos there (at least the geek crowd) as well Dr. Seuss having a particularly special place at that college (the library is even named after him).

Ooh, I think I know which college you're talking about! :smalltongue: And even though I don't go there, I'd love to see this too.

[grimbold]

The original cover painting for The Shadow Out of Time always looked like it could've been from a children's book to me.

http://www.uvulaaudio.com/astound1.jpg

man i remember the first time i read Shadow out of Time
it scared me to death :smallbiggrin:

Also The Call of Cthulu a la seuss is AMAZING