Lost it at the hat.' Another likened the cat to a Dr Seuss character, saying: 'The cat in the hat!' An account set up for Basil the beagle left a comment saying: 'This epic.

With PBS’ new toon series “The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That,” the answer is yes, and for pretty much the same reason the rhyming Cat has been a hit with fledgling readers since 1957.