[alanh]

The reference is narrowly escaping me. Help?

edit in reply: Haha, no, not Green Eggs & Ham

another edit: I thought the parent & grandparent posts might belong together, but apparently not. I think GP is simply using this trope: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HaveYouTriedNotBe... — or perhaps this recent Dilbert strip http://dilbert.com/strip/2016-03-08

[Sanddancer]

Mister Horse from Ren and Stimpy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDGlN6mluGA

[spacemanmatt]

Mister Horse is correct!

[ghurtado]

Dr Seuss?