My wife's fishtank reminds me of Dr Dolittle blowing big bubbles and fish complaining he's shouting

I wish the Dolittle franchise inspired pastiches the way Sherlock Holmes does. I gather though that the books have been out of print pretty much since I was a kid because of the ambient racism level due to their dating from about a century ago.

Yeah, yeah, the African prince Bumpo aspires to be a white man because he wants to wake Sleeping Beauty. The recent edition I read a few years ago was edited so that Bumpo thought he'd win Sleeping Beauty if Dr Dolittle changed him into a lion. But Bumpo's plan fails either way. However, he then becomes a valued member of the Doctor's household. Is that really any more racist than Huckleberry Finn? Notwithstanding the fuss kicked up over Huckleberry Finn every decade or so.

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