What was the name of the parrot who taught Doctor Dolittle to talk to the animals?
"medical doctor, lives with an extended menagerie, including a chimpanzee named Chee-Chee, a dog named Jip, and a talking parrot named Polynesia (the uncredited voice of Ginny Tyler). Dolittle claims that he can talk to animals. In a flashback, he explains that he kept so many animals in his home that they created havoc with his human patients, who took their medical needs elsewhere. His sister, who served as his housekeeper, demanded that he dispose of the animals or she would leave; he chose the animals. Polynesia taught him that different animal species can talk to each other, prompting Dolittle"
"the ability to talk to animals. Doctor Dolittle travels around the world by ship to help out any sick animal in need. He is aided in his missions by his first mate, young sailor Tommy Stubbins (voiced by Hal Smith), who can also talk to animals. Tommy who was apparently taught how to talk to animals by Dolittle share the ship with its animal crew, which includes The series' other notable characters are George and the Grasshoppers (a rock group of grasshoppers that lives inside Doctor Dolittle's medicine case). At one point during each episode of the series, the group"
"The song first appears in Dolittle's residence, when the Doctor fully realizes from his parrot, Polly, that intelligently communicating with animals is an acquirable skill. In reaction, Dolittle resolves to master it with as many species as possible and starts the song as he muses about the skill's possibilities. The song is reprised outdoors when the Doctor finds he has mastered the skill and joyfully celebrates, surrounded by animals. The song has also been performed by Herb Alpert, Alvin & the Chipmunks, Bing Crosby (on his album ""Thoroughly Modern Bing""), Bobby Darin, Sammy Davis, Jr., Roger Moore and the Muppet"
"Doctor Dolittle Doctor John Dolittle is the central character of a series of children's books by Hugh Lofting starting with the 1920 ""The Story of Doctor Dolittle"". He is a doctor who shuns human patients in favour of animals, with whom he can speak in their own languages. He later becomes a naturalist, using his abilities to speak with animals to better understand nature and the history of the world. Doctor Dolittle first appeared in the author's illustrated letters to his children, written from the trenches during World War I when actual news, he later said, was either too horrible"
"Doctor Dolittle (musical) Doctor Dolittle is a stage musical with book, music and lyrics by Leslie Bricusse, based on the 1967 movie of the same name and the children's stories by Hugh Lofting about the adventures of a doctor who learns to speak the language of various animals and treats them as patients. The musical features the same songs as the film (which starred Rex Harrison, Samantha Eggar, Anthony Newley and Richard Attenborough), including the Academy Award-winning ""Talk To The Animals"". The musical made its world premiere in London at the Hammersmith Apollo in 1998, followed by tours of the"
"Doctor Dolittle (TV series) Doctor Dolittle is an animated series produced by DePatie-Freleng Enterprises in association with 20th Century Fox Television. It was created for television by David H. DePatie and Friz Freleng in association with Paul Harrison and Lennie Weinrib. The series was broadcast on the NBC network. An altered version of the song ""Talk to the Animals"" was heard during the opening credits. The series is loosely based on the books by Hugh Lofting, as well as the 1967 film of the same name which center around Doctor Dolittle (voiced by Bob Holt), an animal doctor who has"
"The Story of Doctor Dolittle The Story of Doctor Dolittle, Being the History of His Peculiar Life at Home and Astonishing Adventures in Foreign Parts (1920), written and illustrated by the British author Hugh Lofting, is the first of his Doctor Dolittle books, a series of children's novels about a man who learns to talk to animals and becomes their champion around the world. It was one of the novels in the series which was adapted into the film ""Doctor Dolittle"". John Dolittle, MD, is a respected physician and quiet bachelor living with his spinster sister in the small English"
"story based on Doctor Dolittle. All the books in the series have been translated into Japanese by Ibuse Masuji and into Lithuanian by Pranas Mašiotas (few decades after appearance of an original). Doctor Dolittle Doctor John Dolittle is the central character of a series of children's books by Hugh Lofting starting with the 1920 ""The Story of Doctor Dolittle"". He is a doctor who shuns human patients in favour of animals, with whom he can speak in their own languages. He later becomes a naturalist, using his abilities to speak with animals to better understand nature and the history of"
"Talk to the Animals ""Talk to the Animals"" is a song written by British composer Leslie Bricusse. Written for the film ""Doctor Dolittle"", it won the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 40th Academy Awards. It was performed in the film by Rex Harrison. The song was not generally well appreciated, and in some cases was disliked, by those who were working on the film during the time of its production. However, it has since become the signature song of the character as evidenced by it being sung in the 1998 remake of the film starring Eddie Murphy."
"Dolittle is the girl who can talk to animals; so can her older sister Charisse Dolittle and father John Dolittle. John is away on animal expeditions while Charisse Dolittle's fate remains unknown. When the President asks for him to help with the Presidential dog and save an African forest, Maya takes her father's place. The dog Daisy has a very hot temper but after a lot of trouble, they begin to get along. At a dinner with the prince and princess of the kingdom that the forest is located in, things are going well until they suddenly take a turn"
"Lanka as ""Dosthara Hoda hitha"" Doctor Dolittle (TV series) Doctor Dolittle is an animated series produced by DePatie-Freleng Enterprises in association with 20th Century Fox Television. It was created for television by David H. DePatie and Friz Freleng in association with Paul Harrison and Lennie Weinrib. The series was broadcast on the NBC network. An altered version of the song ""Talk to the Animals"" was heard during the opening credits. The series is loosely based on the books by Hugh Lofting, as well as the 1967 film of the same name which center around Doctor Dolittle (voiced by Bob Holt),"
"series based on ""Doctor Dolittle"" has the song as its opening and closing themes, with vocals in the opening (lyrics changed to have song verses sung by the character Sam Scurvy). Talk to the Animals ""Talk to the Animals"" is a song written by British composer Leslie Bricusse. Written for the film ""Doctor Dolittle"", it won the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 40th Academy Awards. It was performed in the film by Rex Harrison. The song was not generally well appreciated, and in some cases was disliked, by those who were working on the film during the"
"Dr. Dolittle 2 Dr. Dolittle 2 is a 2001 American comedy film and a sequel to the 1998 film ""Dr. Dolittle"". The film again stars Eddie Murphy in the title role of a doctor who can talk to animals, as well as Raven-Symoné as his daughter. It was written by Larry Levin, one of the co-writers of ""Dr. Dolittle"" and directed by Steve Carr. In the film, Dr. Dolittle tries to help the animals protect their forest from unscrupulous human developers. He decides to populate the forest with a species of animal that the law protects, and enlists the help"
"the seamless morphing between a human actor and a photorealistic CGI model of the actor. In 1993, Ted Fay created the first photorealistic talking dog for ""Northern Exposure"", a technology that was further advanced for the film version of ""Dr. Dolittle"". The talking dog was created for season 5, episode 12 entitled "", which aired January 10, 1994. ""The CBS hit series is known for its offbeat scripts and quirky guests, and next week's episode is no exception,"" observed E! News Daily's Bianca Ferrare, adding ""The dog talking here in fluent French-Canadian is a figment of the character's imagination, but"
"house a collection of animals including 'zebra, Asiatic buffaloes and mountain goats', as well as jackals. In the house itself, Hunter boiled down the skeletons of some of these animals as part of research on animal anatomy. A newspaper article reported that many animals there were 'supposed to be hostile to each other but . . . in this new paradise, the greatest friendship prevails', and this image may have been the inspiration for the Doctor Dolittle literary character. Hunter was elected as Fellow of the Royal Society in 1767. At this time he was considered the leading authority on"
"to force him to reveal how he is capable of talking to animals. However, due to Doctor Dolittle's skills as well as the pirates' ineptitude, they never succeed. Aside from a brief period in the early 1980s as part of ""The Krofft Supershow,"" the series has never been shown in syndication, possibly due to the politically incorrect stereotypes of the pirate crew, as well as the strong drug implications present during George and the Grasshoppers' rock and pop numbers. It first appeared on British TV on BBC 1 on Thursday, 25 November 1971. It was dubbed in Sinhala in Sri"
"the doctor’s inability to remove the metal fragments. Soon after his injury he left active service and moved to the United States where he wrote his popular children’s series about a country physician who learned to communicate with animals. Lofting wrote his ""Dr. Dolittle"" series in order to give the animals he saw in World War I a voice they didn't have. In a larger sense, however, it was clear from the start that the ""Dr. Dolittle"" series was about the cruelty of war itself and the hope that Lofting saw from peace and cooperation. As early as 1924, Lofting"
"requires bribery to be of any assistance. By contrast, the rats appearing in the Doctor Dolittle books tend to be highly positive and likeable characters, many of whom tell their remarkable life stories in the Mouse and Rat Club established by the animal-loving doctor. Some fictional works use rats as the main characters. Notable examples include the society created by O'Brien's ""Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH"", and others include ""Doctor Rat"", and Rizzo the Rat from The Muppets. Pixar's 2007 animated film ""Ratatouille"" is about a rat described by Roger Ebert as ""earnest... lovable, determined, [and] gifted"" who"
"Dolittle"", most of which involved blending 3D elements integrated with 2D animation of the live-action animal, involving everything from muzzle replacement to full head replacement on a given animal actor. VisionArt believed that key to creating successful talking animals was keeping a real animal's eyes, even when much of the animal's face was CG: ""The eyes are so much of what brings them to life,"" said Josh Rose, executive vice president of VisionArt, adding ""On many of the close-up shots of Rodney the guinea pig, we ended up doing muzzle replacements; almost two-thirds of his head was 3-D, but we"
"nose dolphin named Peter. All of them were taken from Marine Studios and had been co-starring in the television show ""Flipper"". In 1964 the ""Dolphinarium"" was fully functional and as Lilly was often traveling he assigned Howe Lovatt to train the dolphins. The goal of the ""Dolphinarium"" experiment was to teach dolphins human language. Over a period of two years, Lilly and Howe Lovatt, both with very different approaches, tried to prove that human language could be mimicked by dolphins. Howe Lovatt reasoned that if she lived with the dolphins and made human-like sounds, similar to how a mother teaches"
"animals on ""The Muppet Show"", and Chief Wiggum of ""The Simpsons"", in the episode ""Homer's Barbershop Quartet"". Chief Wiggum's voice was provided by Hank Azaria The children's television show, ""Kidsongs"", produced a music video of their rendition of the song. Larry Hooper included the song as a semi-regular part of his repertoire on ""The Lawrence Welk Show"". A cover recording of the song by Louis Armstrong is played during the end credits of the 1998 film, ""Dr. Dolittle"", starring Eddie Murphy. It was the theme song of the Australian ""Talk to the Animals"" television show. The 1970 De Patie-Freleng cartoon"
"squirrel injured by a hawk so the mussel man informs him to get help from Doctor Dolittle. Tommy goes to Mathew Mugg to find out where the doctor lives who tells him that the Doctor can speak the language of animals so they go to his house but find out he's gone away on a voyage and is guarded by his dog Jip. Later the Doctor comes home to meet Tommy and takes care of his squirrel then explains when Tommy sees a strange fish creature in his house that it's a Wiff-Waff and is trying to learn shellfish language"
"Dr. Dolittle (1998 film) Dr. Dolittle is a 1998 American fantasy comedy film directed by Betty Thomas, written by Larry Levin and Nat Mauldin, and starring Eddie Murphy in the titular role. The film was inspired by the series of children's stories of the same name by Hugh Lofting, but used no material from any of the novels; the main connection is the name and a doctor who can speak to animals, although the pushmi-pullyu, a much-loved feature of the books, notably makes a very brief appearance in a couple of scenes. The first novel had originally been filmed in"
"Although parrots have long been known for their capacities in vocal mimicry, Pepperberg set out to show that their vocal behavior could have the characteristics of human language. She worked intensively with a single grey parrot, Alex, and reported that he acquired a large vocabulary and used it in a sophisticated way, which is often described as similar to that of a five-year-old child. Pepperberg and her colleagues have sought to show that Alex can differentiate meaning and syntax, so that his use of vocal communication is unlike the relatively inflexible forms of ""instinctive"" communication that are widespread in the"
"from ""Dr. Dolittle 2: Original Soundtrack"" liner notes: The song ""Life Is Good"" did not appear in the film. Dr. Dolittle 2 Dr. Dolittle 2 is a 2001 American comedy film and a sequel to the 1998 film ""Dr. Dolittle"". The film again stars Eddie Murphy in the title role of a doctor who can talk to animals, as well as Raven-Symoné as his daughter. It was written by Larry Levin, one of the co-writers of ""Dr. Dolittle"" and directed by Steve Carr. In the film, Dr. Dolittle tries to help the animals protect their forest from unscrupulous human developers."
"as well as complete strangers who recorded findings, though such interactions do not involve the strict conditions required to exclude rote and operant responding. Alex (parrot) Alex (May 1976 – 6 September 2007) was a grey parrot and the subject of a thirty-year experiment by animal psychologist Irene Pepperberg, initially at the University of Arizona and later at Harvard University and Brandeis University. When Alex was about one year old, Pepperberg bought him at a pet shop. The name ""Alex"" was an acronym for ""avian language experiment"", or ""avian learning experiment"". Before Pepperberg's work with Alex, it was widely believed"
"Gub Gub's Book Gub Gub's Book: An Encyclopedia of Food: In Twenty Volumes is a 1932 children's book in the Doctor Dolittle series by Hugh Lofting. Gub-Gub the pig was one of the first animals with whom Doctor Dolittle learned to talk and appears in most of the books. This book features stories from and about Gub-Gub's attempt to write an encyclopedia of food. The frontispiece of the book introduces ""An Encyclopedia of Food in Twenty Volumes"", going on to explain that ""Prof. GUB GUB Announces that Owing to the High Cost of Living the other 19 Volumes of this"
"how to speak to some species of animals at that date, suggesting that the early chapters of ""The Story of Doctor Dolittle"" take place before that date. However, it is possible that the internal chronology is not consistent. The internal chronology of the books is somewhat different from the publishing order. The first book is followed by ""Doctor Dolittle's Post Office"" (1923), ""Doctor Dolittle's Circus"" (1924) and ""Doctor Dolittle's Caravan"" (1926). Only then follows the second book, ""The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle"" (1922), continued by ""Doctor Dolittle's Zoo"" (1925). After that, the publishing order is restored; ""Doctor Dolittle's Garden"" (1927)"
"appears in the name elsewhere. Gub Gub's Book Gub Gub's Book: An Encyclopedia of Food: In Twenty Volumes is a 1932 children's book in the Doctor Dolittle series by Hugh Lofting. Gub-Gub the pig was one of the first animals with whom Doctor Dolittle learned to talk and appears in most of the books. This book features stories from and about Gub-Gub's attempt to write an encyclopedia of food. The frontispiece of the book introduces ""An Encyclopedia of Food in Twenty Volumes"", going on to explain that ""Prof. GUB GUB Announces that Owing to the High Cost of Living the"
"for the PlayStation 2 on November 29, 2006. Dr. Dolittle (1998 film) Dr. Dolittle is a 1998 American fantasy comedy film directed by Betty Thomas, written by Larry Levin and Nat Mauldin, and starring Eddie Murphy in the titular role. The film was inspired by the series of children's stories of the same name by Hugh Lofting, but used no material from any of the novels; the main connection is the name and a doctor who can speak to animals, although the pushmi-pullyu, a much-loved feature of the books, notably makes a very brief appearance in a couple of scenes."
"Lester E. Fisher Lester E. Fisher is a noted zoologist, who studies apes and other animals. He began his career in 1947 when hired part-time as Lincoln Park Zoo’s first veterinarian. He became affectionately known as Chicago's Dr. Doolittle and Mr. Chimps. Fisher received his Doctorate in Veterinary Medicine from Iowa State University in 1943. Then, Fisher served in World War II in Europe as a veterinarian for Gen. George S. Patton's bull terrier, Willie. From 1947 to 1962, he also had a private veterinary practice in Berwyn. In 1962, Marlin Perkins left as director of Lincoln Park Zoo for"
"ability in a grey parrot named Alex. Alex was trained to use words to identify objects, describe them, count them, and even answer complex questions such as ""How many red squares?"" with over 80% accuracy. N'kisi, another grey, has been shown to have a vocabulary around a thousand words, and has displayed an ability to invent, as well as use words in context and in the correct tense. Parrots do not have vocal cords, so the sound is accomplished by expelling air across the mouth of the bifurcated trachea, in the organ called the syrinx. Different sounds are produced by"
"Alex (parrot) Alex (May 1976 – 6 September 2007) was a grey parrot and the subject of a thirty-year experiment by animal psychologist Irene Pepperberg, initially at the University of Arizona and later at Harvard University and Brandeis University. When Alex was about one year old, Pepperberg bought him at a pet shop. The name ""Alex"" was an acronym for ""avian language experiment"", or ""avian learning experiment"". Before Pepperberg's work with Alex, it was widely believed in the scientific community that a large primate brain was needed to handle complex problems related to language and understanding; birds were not considered"