Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now!
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| Author | Dr. Seuss |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Children's literature |
| Publisher | Random House |
Publication date | August 12, 1972 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover and paperback) |
| ISBN | 0-394-82490-3 |
| OCLC | 314222 |
| [E] | |
| LC Class | PZ8.3.G276 Mar |
| Preceded by | The Lorax |
| Followed by | Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are? |
Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now! is a 1972 children's book by Dr. Seuss. Written as a book for early beginning readers, it is suitable for children who can not yet read at the level of more advanced beginning books such as The Cat in the Hat. The book presents, in short and funny fashion, Dr. Seuss's nonsensical words, rhymes, and illustrations. In the book, Marvin K. Mooney—ostensibly a young child whose bedtime has come—is asked to "go" in many ways.
In political culture
In a July 1974 collaboration with political humorist Art Buchwald, Dr. Seuss took a two-year-old copy of his book, crossed out "Marvin K. Mooney" wherever it occurred and wrote in "Richard M. Nixon". With Dr. Seuss's consent, Buchwald and his editors reprinted the markup as a newspaper column, published July 30, 1974.[1] Beset by Watergate, U.S. President Nixon resigned ten days later on August 9.
In Maureen Dowd's column for The New York Times, "Wilting over Waffles", dated April 23, 2008, she suggests that Democrats in the 2008 presidential election might take a cue from this book in their approach to Hillary Clinton's prolonged campaign against Barack Obama, asking her to "just go. I don't care how".
Even more recently, MEP Daniel Hannan quoted the book in reference to Gordon Brown after the 2009 EU elections.[2]
During the protests that led to the 2011 Egyptian Revolution, various parody versions of the book appeared on the Internet as "Hosni Mubarak Will You Please Go Now".[3]
References
- ↑ Buchwald, Art (July 30, 1974). "Richard M. Nixon Will You Please Go Now!". The Washington Post. p. B01. Retrieved 2008-11-14.
- ↑ "Hannan's poetic call for Brown to go". BBC News. June 8, 2009.
- ↑ "Hosni Mubarak will you please go now!". Daily Kos. Retrieved 3 August 2013.