6/9/2023 0 Comments Dr seuss sam i am![]() ![]() The Food Network's website is littered with recipes for green eggs and ham. ![]() Jesse Jackson's famous recitation on "Saturday Night Live". The book entered the zeitgeist in 1991 with the Rev. presidents and Miss Americas Heisman trophy winners and Hall of Fame baseball players, and by millions of moms and dads. About 200 million copies have been sold, besting "Harry Potter". Since then it has become one of the bestselling children's books of all time. writer and cartoonist, whose full name was Theodor Seuss Geisel, won the bet and $50, one dollar for each word. Seuss, using 50 words, write an intelligent, entertaining children's book? In a word, yes (which is one of the 50 words). The Seuss classic, published in 1960, was a result of a wager between the author and his editor at Random House. Seuss's famous book, "Green Eggs and Ham." Watch "World News With Diane Sawyer" tonight for more on Dr. Sam-I-Am encouraging, cajoling, begging his unnamed, put-upon friend to try, just try green eggs and ham. 12, 2010 — - It was 50 years ago today that one of the most beloved and well-read children's books first asked the enduring question: "Do you like green eggs and ham?" ![]()
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