Cats has been in some television shows, movies, articles, and
books. They will be listed here for you to look out for, search for,
etc (it's kind of fun to spot Cats). If you know of any
places Cats has been mentioned in, please let me know
here.
Thanks!
For some additional articles, please go here.
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On p. 61, there is a little picture of Skimbleshanks and Jennyanydots
from "The Gumbie Cat" (I haven't a clue why it's Skimble instead of
Munkustrap - he's wearing the vest, too!). Anyway, there are a couple
of problems dealing with Cats as well as the picture (thanks,
Jadadaye!).
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The quote is on pg. 165 as follows:
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"When I worked for Good Morning America we thought it would be fun if
I went to see Andrew Lloyd Webber's stage hit CATS with Morris, the
highest paid cat in television." Thanks, Jemima Mistoffelees!
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On the inside front cover of the London production of Disney's Beauty
and the Beast: the Musical is a picture of Jemima holding the Cats
video. It advertises that the video will be available in October
(it's kind of old, I guess) and suggests you should go to
www.catsvideo.com (thanks, Kati Etcetera!).
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Jerome had left him again, after first taking him back and the get
together with is old boyfriend, who was a member of the Cats
course (one of Bridget's best friends aren't straight, so it is him
this is about). Thanks,
Lone!
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The author mentioned the musical several times, and when trying to
name his cat, he copied The Naming of Cats (thanks, Demeter1111!).
On p. 156 has the following (this is an excellent series, by the way):
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"Oh no, you don't, young man!" Qwilleran scolded as he carried him
back into the house. "Where do you think you're going? To the
Jellicle Ball with the barncats?"
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On p. 38 about mid-page, "The Rum Tum Tugger Syndrome" (thanks,
Gintora!).
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A poster of Cats becomes the center of attention in a chapter. As the
lead writes down a lot of loose words under some sort of trance, he
writes down "Cats now and forever". Later, a woman is found murdered,
and she has a Broadway poster in her apartment (thanks,
Stratyon!).
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The sentence was: In New York, Julia saw the musical Cats (thanks,
Hannah!).
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They are kinda like science books for all ages, and each book is
about something else: rocks, dogs, dinosaurs, fossils, and so on.
Anyway, in the book about cats, it shows an illustration of
Mistoffelees from "Old Possum's", and mentions the book. It doesn't
talka bout the show, though (thanks, Ozzie!).
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One of the cartoons showed a picture of a bunch of cats wearing ties,
coats, hats, dresses, and other clothes, lined up to buy tickets
outside a theater. And what were these eloquently dressed felines
going to see? "Humans" (thanks, Ozzie!).
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In a hint book by Peter Spear for the King's Quest computer
game, there's a spell from King's Quest V called "Tiger's
Claw" where a person can transform into a tiger. One of the
paragraphs reads:
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"The only other big cats more feared than the jungle tiger are its
larger relatives, the were-tiger and the saber-tooth tiger, Growl
Tiger the Bravo Cat, and the mysterious Cheshire Cat . . ." Thanks,
Jennine!
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On p. 26, it has a little story and it mentions Cats. Then on
the next page, it has a tiny picture of three people under the
Cats eye logo.
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Here's the article in German:
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Zuerst sind wir nach Berlin gefahren. Dort haben wir erst mal ein
Hotel gesucht, dann sind wir in ein Restaraunt gegangen, weil wir
grossen Hunger hatten. Dann sind wir ins Theeater gegangen, wo wir
"CATS" gesehen haben. Dann sind wir in ein Cafe gegangen und haben
einen Cappuccino getrunken. Zuletzt sind wir zurueck zum Hotel
gegangen. Ich bin dann gleich ins Bett gegangen. Mensch, war ich
muede! Am zwieten Tag haben wir zuerst die Reste der Berliner Mauer
besichtigt, dann haben wir mit einem Bus eine Stadtrundfart gemacht.
Dann haben wir zu Mittag gegessen. Wir sind dann in den Zoo gegngen.
Ich habe dort viel fotografiert, aber ich weiss leider nicht mehr,
was wir zuerst gesehen haben und was zuletz.
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Here's the article in English (using an online translator):
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First we drove to Berlin. There we looked only times a hotel up, then
we went into a Restaraunt, because we had large hunger. Then we went
into the Theater, where we saw Cats. Then we went into a cafe
and to have a cappuccino drank. We went last back to the hotel. I
went then directly to bed. Humans, I was tired! On the zwieten day we
visited first the remainders of the citizens of Berlin wall, then we
made a Stadtrundfart with a bus. Then we ate to noon. We are then
into the zoo gegngen. I photographed there much, but I unfortunately
do not know no more that we to have first seen and which zuletz
(thanks, Evaearlong!).
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Maskerade, a Discworld novel by Terry Prachett is a spoof of
The Phantom of the Opera but includes lots of references to
other musicals including Cats. Nanny Ogg find some manuscripts
written by Walter Plinge and one of them includes "a lot of cats
leaping around and singing". Thanks, Sapphire Jellicle!
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Mutts is a comic strip in the U.S. It features a cat named
Mooch and a dog named Earl. In one strip, the head title shows the
Cats logo, only Mooch is dancing in one eye, and Earl is
dancing in the other (like in the Cats logo), and Mutts is
written like the logo. Through the comic strip, Mooch sings, and the
last thing he sings are lines from "Memory", before Earl throws a
boot at him.
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It's a book about cats, the animal, but there's a little entry in the
refrence section. It is as follows:
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"Most famous fictional cats: the cat characters in T.S. Eliot's Old
Possum's Book of Practical Cats (1939), on which the award-winning
musical Cats is based." Thanks, Sam!
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In the third book, they are making a movie. It was not at all meant
to be a Cats joke or hidden message or anything like that, but
the movie company is called "Electra Enterprises" (thanks,
Peyton!).
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Salem says cats have people imitating them on Broadway (thanks,
Crysta!).
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Libby dresses up as a cat and was going to sing Grizabella (thanks,
Crysta!).
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It's in the book: "Brief Lives" In one of the frames there is a
Cats poster drawn in the backround (thanks, Zia!).
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This sighting is from my language arts book The Writer's Craft:
Level 8. One of the exercises to to correct punctuation and
spelling errors in sentences they give you, and here are some of
them (already corrected):
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1.) Andrew Lloyd Webber set poems to music in the Broadway musical Cats.
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2.) The poems were from T.S. Eliot's book "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats."
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3.) The most popular song from this show was "Memory."
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4.) Critics said that "each cat has his or her own different voice, giving them
each unique personalities."
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Thanks, Jemima Mistoffelees!
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View the below listed Cats sighting
here
(thanks, Sam!) found from
Comics.com.
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The Sunday newspaper comic "Grand Avenue" by Steve Breen had a
Cats refrence. The date of this particular one was September
12, 1999. It shows the kid in his room, which has all sorts of
theater posters all around it, one of which is a Cats poster.
The other one you can see on that date was a Les Miserables poster
(the kid's hair also poofs out similar to a Cats wig, but I
don't think that counts). Thanks, Fleetpaw!
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The boy was standing on a cardboard box on his front lawn, with a
sign propped up that read, "Cats: 25 cents." He had put a bunch of
stuffed cats on the box, and he was wearing a cat costume and had his
face painted up, and coming out of his mouth was a broken musical
note, no lyrics (thanks, Jemima Mistoffelees!).
