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Green Eggs and Ham Season 1 Review

Green Eggs and Ham is a family comedy series that premiered on Netflix in 2019. It’s a wonderful show that is a treat for the entire family.

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“Would you like green eggs and ham?“

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Opposites Guy and Sam take a road trip to save an endangered animal, learning to try new things like hope and friendship – and a certain delectable dish. This show is based on the famous Dr. Seuss book that was incredibly short and only focused on the central relationship and the titular meal. Thus, it was a huge achievement on the part of these creators that they managed to spin a whole series of thirteen episodes out of such thin material. Also, there is talk of more seasons coming, which is even more impressive.

The show works because what Jared Stern did here is nothing short of miraculous. He stretched a short book into a longer series while consistently maintaining the tone of the book and the overall Dr. Seuss world building. Everything here fits the style of this famous children’s author from the world to the characters to the tone, and to have such a timeless show be released in 2019 is to be respected.

There is undeniably a certain repetitiveness to the plot proceedings where the two escaping others and trying to save this animal did lead to too many overly action-oriented escapades that were continually too high in stakes and overly chaotic. But other than this gripe, the series is very well realized in its plot as it is mostly simple on the surface, but made complicated just enough, so that kids can follow it intently.

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The humor is especially worthy of praise. I adored it. The character interactions are an absolute treat and a lot of the amusing situations come from the characters and their great dynamics, but also the writing and the dialogue are so good that there are some excellent word puns at display as well as a particularly hilarious ironic and absurd humor that will undoubtedly appeal to more mature watchers.

The characters are the heart of the show. Guy is such a well developed, likable protagonist and his troubles are well dealt with. Sam is an overly enthusiastic companion of his with their dynamic being pleasantly reminiscent of the central relationship in ‘Planes, Trains and Automobiles’. This main relationship is the heart and soul of the entire series and the main reason why it worked so well as it genuinely moved me at times.

Green Eggs and Ham has a narrator who does a very good job not being annoying whatsoever. Michellee is a wonderful love interest to Guy and Ilana Glazer is wonderful as her sweet daughter. Everybody in this voice cast is terrific and all voices fit the characters superbly. There are so many other minor characters that are less significant, but most are a memorable presence on the show.

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The animation is incredible as well. The world building is fantastic and the CGI is polished, but admirably old-fashioned in character designs and in capturing the traditional style of Dr. Seuss material. Some of the imagery here is quite unforgettable. The score is also wonderful, but the pacing could be all over the place admittedly.