Am I crazy or doesnt anyone know who The Mad Hatter was?

hi Grandpa Bob right you are, and I just loved that silly' character. happy postings back at you

PS==here's an image of The Mad Hatter...some seem to think he's either a rabbit or catepiller...LOL

hi pye yes moms can either help us get into reading or not' my mom was a great reader and thus I read really early and have been avid ever since. glad you taught yourself.

hi whitefeather that was my first thought, I thought all people had read Alice in wonderland. wow.

HI jerzgirl you are so right. I feel sorry for those who never read it as they are in for a treat if they do.

I know people who absolutely HATE reading. But, I really suspect it's either they have some sort of reading disability no one has diagnosed or, like my guy friend, are truly hyperactives and can't sit still enough to do it, so their thoughts run wild and it doesn't grab them like it does us. But, if they only knew what they were missing. Books were my refuge as a child. In many ways, they still are. There's a comfort in books, even just owning them, or being in a library, that other things can't provide. More of a serenity, in a way. The book I'm reading now is VERY hard to read - it's about the links between gnosticism, druidism, the Essenes and the Catholic church and how knowledge was kept alive during the dark ages brought on by the Catholic church's denial of education to anyone but clergy as well as monopolizing the interpretation of scripture. Very "academic" so it's a tough read - but also very interesting as I'm learning things I'd never known.

I think the alternate title was "Through the Looking Glass".

hi Mandy right on. He was a wild zany character who was always looking at his watch.

Whew! And here I thought I was crazy! But it did give me another discussion to start!

hi scorpiobabes Gene Wilder did play the Mad Hatter' if I remember right. nope not off your rocker.

I never knew there was a Mad Hatter character in the Batman series; I only knew of him from Alice in Wonderland. But since that tale is fictional, I would naturally assume that the Mad Hatter from DC Comics is too. Thanks for sharing!

hi stephcjh. yep the Mad Hatter from Carroll's book came 'first and what a character he was. loll

Thanks Hatley! I will search that!

checapricorn you have a treat in store asyou can get it at your local book story, the story of Alice In Wonderland, with one of the characters the Mad Hatter.

hi sheperdspy hi I always knew that lol I think my favorites' are between the Mad Hatter and The Cheshire Cat. and I am'crazy, crazy over Alice In wonderland

hi cobrateacher yes idea they have missed a wonderful childhood story that lots of people still read today my dad read this to me, and I read it to my son years later. the mad hatter was my favorite character. wow you have an original cel from theDisney film. thats fantastic.

Before all these "budget cuts" nibbled away at my pay, I actually could buy something if I really wanted it, without taking a loan.

Fewer people read any kind of books today Hatley, let alone the classics. Here's some info and a pic for those of you who need a classical education: lol"The Hatter is a fictional character initially encountered at a tea party in Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and later again as "Hatta" in the story's sequel, Through the Looking Glass. He is popularly referred to as the "Mad Hatter," but is never called by this name in Carroll's book- although the Cheshire Cat does warn Alice that he is mad, and the Hatter's eccentric behavior supports this. (Likewise, the chapter in which he first appears, "A Mad Tea-Party", is often erroneously called "The Mad Hatter's Tea Party")."

hi sparks,that was my first thought too, maybe Alice In Wonderland is on the infamous banned books list lol lol hard to belive so many had never heard Of The Mad Hatter.

The book is a classic Hatley. My daughter's studying English at university and has some very weird and wonderful books to read!

hi pikey oh yes its a real classic. I loved those English classes so much as I loved to read anyway, but I hated the criticism' class asit was so stuffy and boring, and made really for those who were going to teach English , but I was not into teaching, I wanted to write fiction. I did get a degree BA in English but I have yet to have any of my writing published. lol

hi pikey yep mine also had some really odd almost scary pictures in it, and my dad would read it to me. then later when I was much older I read it for my self. lol.Would you 'believe in college Alice In Wonderland was on our 'reading list for one of my English classes.wow.

hi gitfiddleplayer oh would love to play him, but Im a girl, ra rather an old lady, but yes you are so right. he is oneof the'funniest characters in the book.

hi minnie oh wow yep I am a nut, Ilove Alice In Wonderland and that wacky teaparty with the Mad Hatter. yes a lot of p;eople from other countries probably have never heard of' it. and some people just may have missed it.that should make a fun theme for your baby shower

Hi AmbiePam of yes indeed Alice In Wonderland thats' what I was talking about. odd that a lot of people have not read the book. lol.

ibwise righ he was one of the funniest characters in the story.

hi ellie yes indeed. he was one of the main and funniest' characters in Alice In Wonderland.

hi dragonfly right a character from Alice In Wonderland a wacky wonderful looney one at that, and was always looking at his watch.

hi munchkin you are correct indeed he had a crazytea party and he was always looking at his watch.