Green Eggs and Ham (TV series)
Green Eggs and Ham, also known as Green Eggs and Ham: The Second Serving for its second and final season, is an American animated comedy adventure television series based on the 1960 Dr. Seuss book of the same title and created by Netflix.
Green Eggs and Ham
Green Eggs and Ham: The Second Serving (season 2)
- Rivers Cuomo (Season 1)
- Daniel Pemberton (Season 2)
- Gary Go (Season 2)
- "Back Flip" performed by Rivers Cuomo (Season 1)
- "Come With Me" performed by Yola (Season 2)
- "Back Flip" (cont.) (Season 1)
- "Come With Me" (cont.) (Season 2)
United States
English
2
23 (list of episodes)
- Jared Stern
- Ellen DeGeneres
- Jeff Kleeman
- Mike Karz
- David Dobkin
- Helen Kalafatic (season 2)
- Sam Register
Helen Kalafatic (season 1)
- Mark Rosenbaum
- Margaret Hou
- Paul Carrera
27–28 minutes
Chromosphere Studio (season 1; season 2, theme song)
Company 3 Animation (season 1; season 2, post-production)
Folimage (season 1)
Snipple Animation Studios
Tonic DNA (season 1)
Yowza! Animation
FuseFX (season 2)
Digital eMation (season 2)
Neon Creation (season 2)
Inspidea (season 2)
November 8, 2019 –
April 8, 2022
The first season premiered on November 8, 2019 on Netflix.[1][2][3][4][5] The series has received critical acclaim for its animation, humor, story and voice acting. In December 2019, Netflix ordered a second season, titled Green Eggs and Ham: The Second Serving,[6] which was released on April 8, 2022,[7][8] and is a loose adaptation of The Butter Battle Book.[9]
Premise[edit]
In Season 1, Sam-I-Am rescues a rare Chickeraffe from a zoo, saying that he intends to return it to its natural habitat. After he accidentally swaps his briefcase, containing the Chickeraffe, for that of failed inventor Guy-Am-I (the unnamed man in the book), Sam and Guy end up on a road trip adventure with E.B., a girl who wants to adopt the Chickeraffe as a pet, and E.B.'s overprotective mother Michellee, who is also a romantic interest for Guy. The four are pursued by Mr. Hervnick Z. Snerz, a tiny evil poacher and collector, who wants to claim the Chickeraffe (named Mr. Jenkins by E.B.) as a trophy, two mysterious agents called the "BAD GUYS", named McWinkle and Gluntz, and Mr. Snerz's bounty hunter, the Goat (as in the goat that rhymes with "boat" in the book).
In Season 2, titled The Second Serving, which is a sequel miniseries to Season 1 that takes place one week after Mr. Snerz and the Goat's defeat and Mr. Jenkins' departure in Season 1, Sam, Guy, and E.B. set off on another adventure to East Flubria to find Sam's biological mother Pam-I-Am, who reveals that she is stopping the nations of Yookia and Zookia, which are at war with one another as a precious orb-like object (the Moo-Lacka-Moo) is stolen by her. So it is up to Sam, Guy, Pam, E.B., and her new friend Looka to return the Moo-Lacka-Moo and stop the war.
Production[edit]
Development[edit]
On April 29, 2015, Netflix announced that it had given the production a series order consisting of thirteen episodes. At the same time, Deadline Hollywood reported that production on the series would take three years and was expected to be the most expensive animated program to make with each episode costing five to six million dollars. Production companies involved in the series include Warner Bros. Animation, A Very Good Production, A Stern Talking To and Gulfstream Pictures. Animation services for Season 1 were provided by Chromosphere Studio, Company 3 Animation (formerly Deluxe Animation Studios), Folimage, Snipple Animation Studios, Tonic DNA, and Yowza! Animation. In Season 2, they were provided by FuseFX, Snipple Animation Studios, Yowza! Animation, Digital eMation, Neon Creation, and Inspidea, with Chromosphere Studio animating the theme song, and Company 3 Animation doing post-production. The series was originally slated to premiere in the autumn of 2018 before receiving its autumn 2019 premiere window.[10] On December 21, 2019, Netflix renewed the series for a second season with 10 episodes loosely based on The Butter Battle Book as revealed from the trailer on March 10, 2022.[6] On October 8, 2022, Jared Stern announced that the series would not be returning for a third season.[11]
Casting[edit]
On February 19, 2019, the cast of the series was announced with Adam DeVine and Michael Douglas voicing the lead roles while Diane Keaton, Ilana Glazer, Eddie Izzard, Tracy Morgan, Daveed Diggs, John Turturro, Jeffrey Wright and Jillian Bell would have supporting roles.[12]
Music[edit]
The music for the series is composed by David Newman, who previously composed the score for The Cat in the Hat (2003). It is Newman's first score for a television series, as well as his first score for an animated project since Ice Age (2002). For the first season, Newman conducted the score, performed by at least a 79-piece ensemble of the Hollywood Studio Symphony and recorded at the Eastwood Scoring Stage at Warner Bros. Studios, while the scoring session for the show's season finale took place in the Newman Scoring Stage at Fox Studios.
Reception[edit]
Critical response[edit]
On Rotten Tomatoes, the first season has an approval rating of 100% and an average rating of 8.5/10, based on 8 reviews. The website's critical consensus reads, "Critics love its animation, the way it plays with expectations. With goofy jokes and surprising wham, you may just love Green Eggs and Ham."[13] Metacritic assigned the season a score of 89 out of 100, based on 4 reviews, signifying "universal acclaim".[14]
Home media[edit]
Season 1 was released on Digital on November 22, 2020 and on DVD on December 1, 2020, by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment.[24]
Season 2 (The Second Serving) was released on Digital on June 26, 2023 by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment