Green Eggs and Ham

“green next in hand which we're gonna talk about so that book came from a bet from their editor bennett seth i'm gonna say as a pronunciation bet him fifty dollars that he couldn't write an entire book using fifty different words so green eggs and ham has got fifty distinct words repeated throughout the book ”

“our finish line is basically able to read easy reader books on your own so think green eggs and ham hop on pop the elephant and piggy series ”

“in david epstein's book he talks about something like that where he talks about the doctor zeus books you know the the green eggs and ham ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 7s

“so it is named after the dr seuss book green eggs and ham ”

“famously wrote the book green eggs and ham on a bet with a publisher ”

“he was bet by a famous publisher that he couldn't write a book using only 50 words and that became green eggs and ham ”

“and the result of that bet was green eggs in hand ”

“how dr seuss wrote green eggs and ham using only 57 words ”

“writes green eggs and ham where he even more has to rely on this like rollicking rhythm because he has no flexibility with the vocabulary ”

“and that becomes green eggs and ham where again so few words that he has to focus on rhythm and story and all this other stuff ”

“this one psychologist calls it the green eggs and ham effect which is named for the fact that dr seuss wrote green eggs and ham on a bet that he couldn't write a children's book using only 50 words ”

“the origin story of green eggs and ham by dr seuss ”