Which Dr. Seuss character was featured on the author's license plate?
Theodor Seuss Geisel, aka Dr. Seuss, cruised the streets of California in a stylish gray Cadillac adorned with a fitting custom license plate that read "GRINCH." According to a 1979 Washington Post article, Geisel had to wait several years to secure his own character’s name on his license plate because the custom plate was already registered to someone else in California. However, as fate would have it, the Dr. Seuss fan eventually relocated to Iowa City and relinquished his cherished "GRINCH" plate, along with a note of apology to Dr. Seuss.
Nice bit of trivia!
ReplyDeleteInteresting!
ReplyDeleteSmiling - though I can't see the man himself being a grinch.
ReplyDeleteHow interesting!
ReplyDeleteI like hearing about interesting licence plates.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad he did finally get that plate. I wonder if anyone has Lorax or CatNHat or some such.
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