<<< MORE SIGHTINGS
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Betty Buckley played the mother. E! True Hollywood did the
behind the scenes of Eight is Enough. They mentioned how
Betty Buckley went on to play Grizabella in Cats (thanks,
CHRBroadway!).
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The gal who plays Annie Spadaro on Caroline in the City goes to the
Winter Garden to meet the cast, and they're all sitting in a
stairwell and she has some conversations, then Marlene Danielle comes
down the stairs and meets "Annie" because Annie plays Bombalurina on
CitC. AT the end of the show, during the credits, "Annie" and cast
are meowing the theme music from Entertainment Tonight
(thanks, Marzi!).
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They were doing a "Whatever Happened To" show, and it showed a man
from some old T.V. show (don't remember who it was) walking past a
huge billboard for Cats (thanks, Ozzie!).
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Leroy is planning to audition for Cats. He's looking at the
Cats poster and goes off into day dream land. He comes out of
the performing arts school, and cat start popping out to the music,
and they all come out, and then there is music playing (it was like a
Cats medley, a lot of the songs were sort of mingled together), and
they all start dancing and he dances along with them. Then there's
Macavity fight scene music and it looks like the cats are attacking
him, but when they back up he's dressed as a cat, and they dance a
lot more. Then bam, they all disappear and he's dressed normal again,
and he starts to look around for some cats, and when he looks in a
garbage can one of them sorta pops out, and he hears a real cat meow
in the other direction and when he looks away the cat in the can
disappears, and it fades back into normal land (thanks, Marzi and
Ivy!).
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The students were practicing for some big show and some of them came
out dressed as different characters from other musicals. Two
people came out dressed as Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer an did the
cartwheel thing (thanks, CHRBroadway!).
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They were at the table eating dinner a talking about The King and
I because the mom was directing it. The dad wanted to make a few
changes. Then Stuie (how ever you spell it) threw mashed potatoes at
him a said, "You're the worse thing to happen to musical theater
since Andrew Lloyd Webber." Then Trews some at the mom and says, "I
just plainly don't like you." Thanks, Fleckenfell!
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Brian had gone to Hollywood and was directing a porn film. He didn't
want the others to see it so he kicked them out of his studio. Lois
told Peter he just didn't want them to get in the way and that it
wouldn't be the first time Peter had wrecked a performance. Then we
see a performance of Cats (I saw Misto, Victoria,
Skimbleshanks, and I think Tumblebrutus) on stage. Then Peter broke
through the wall on stage in his car and ran over the one I
think was Munkustrap (thanks, CHRBroadway!).
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On channel E! the show "Fashion Emergency" was on. On the show the
two girls that were getting the makeover went to the opening of a
cruise and Jennyanydots, Coricopat, and Jellylorum were there all
dressed up in their costumes. I remember one of the girls that had
the make-over went over and talked to the cats and told them she had
just gotton a make-over and Jennyanydots said, "Well we went in to
get a make-over and look what happened to us!" I'm not sure why they
were there but they were (thanks, Lixue!).
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"Memory" was played for about five seconds, and the question was
'that was Memory from which famous musical written by Andrew Lloyd
Webbber?' Thanks, Alissa!
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While Rusty is looking through music sheets for a song to work on
with Walt for his voice lessons, a Cats booklet makes its way
to the top; unfortunately they didn't choose to work on anything from
it (thanks, Obsidia!).
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I was watching Monty Python's Flying Circus with a friend
today, and a sketch came on with a man (Eric Idle) reading children's
books. They were about fairies and elfs, and some how they kept turning into
really nasty stories. One of the charcters he was reading about was
called, "Rumpletweaser". Perhaps it has something to do with the fact
that the troupe is British, and so are T.S. Elliot and Andrew L.
Webber. Weird (thanks, Samantha!).
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The guy (played by Matthew Perry) is driving through the city after
his girlfriend leaves and he wants to get back with her, but doesn't
know where she is. A Cats billboard is on top of a
building while he's driving.
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This show which parodies current Broadway shows, mostly as protest to
the modern, glamourized musical business contains noteable parodies
of Cats including "A Chorus Cat" with such lyrics as "And now,
welcome to auditions for the longest running musical in Broadway
history...Again! Scratch, lick, lick, purr, kick, scratch, again...
that connects to purr, purr, hiss, flick, kick, step...etc." and
"Meow, I hope I get it...How many kitties does he need?" and "Once
Chorus Line topped the list of Broadway shows. But Cats is so God-d--
n witless the public goes!" and "Andrew Lloyd Superstar" a parody on
ALW with one part where "ALW" sings a song to the tune of Memory with
such lyrics as "Memory". Is my power a memory, even though Cats and
Phantom will forever play on. I remember a time when all of Broadway
was mine. Is that era ever gone?" Not to mention that a whole lot of
the other songs make cracks on Cats along with Phantom and Les Mis
and how they will never close. (Sadly, that's not quite so
funny anymore considering Broadway...) Thanks, Masked Rose!
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He and his female boss were having an affair. When she got
transfered to Chicago, he thought he was going to lose her, so he
went to the airport to talk her out of leaving. Since her plane was
delayed, they decided it was fate and tried to really get to know
each other. He asked her her favorite musical. She replied,
"Cats!" The look on Frazier's face was priceless (thanks,
Catlyn!).
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Niles comes over to spend some time with his brother and mentions how
Maris (his wife) and her lady friends were putting on a production of
Cats. He says how the ladies were purring around the house and
how Mrs. Brown was even caught scent-marking the drapes (thanks, Kay
Koch a.k.a. Sillabub!)!
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Frasier and Kate were telling each other their favourite musicals,
and Kate's was Cats (thanks, Bombalurina!).
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Monica lost her credit card, and found the thief in a dance class.
The two become friends and the thief tells Monica there are auditions
for Cats and they could sing "Memories" (which should have
been "Memory"). However, Monica sang only as far as the first
word, but she found it interesting to be in the Winter Garden
Theatre.
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Rachel was trying to throw a pizza box into a chute. She struggles
with it, but finally decides to leave it halfway out of the chute.
She turns around and sees a janitor (???) who chews her out about it
because he spent half and hour unclogging it. He mimicks her on how
she's a "princess". One of the things he said was, "Daddy, make the
cast of Cats sing happy birthday to me!"
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Rachel lost Ross's monkey named Marcel. They all decide to go and
look for him. Joey says, "All right, you're a monkey. You're loose
in the city. Where do you go?" Chandler replies, "Okay, it's his
first time out so he's probably going to want to do some touristy
things. I'll go to Cats and you go to the Russian Tea
Room." Thanks for more info on this one, Bomby!
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Joey and Jessie had come up with a jingle about cat food and Joey
wanted to dress up like a cat when they go to promote the jingle
saying, "Yeah, I know this guy who plays a cat on Broadway! I can
borrow his costume . . . I just can't remember what show he's in
. . ." Jessie gives him a weird look and goes, "Cats?" and
Joey answers, "Oh yeah, that's the one!" Thanks, Lixue!
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Jesse and Becky go to a twin support group. The instructor tells them
to pay separate attention to each one depending on their interests.
He says, "If one likes science and one likes music, take one to a
museum and the other to see . . . Cats!" Thanks, Taline!
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Rosemarie Ford (Bombalurina) used to be in an English game show
called the Generation Game as an assistant (thanks,
Richard!).
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He's in the subway, and they show a Cats poster in the
background hanging on the wall (thanks, Jadadaye!).
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Blanch and Rose get parts at their community theatre's production of
Cats. The costumes they used didn't look like the ones in the
show, but they look cool (thanks, MunkustrapALW!)!
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Rose and Blanche come home from an audition. Dorothy asks, "How was
it?" Rose pipes up, "I think we got a part! Everyone else was really
stinky. You might've even got a part." Blanche replies, "Rose, we
were auditioning for the award-winning musical Cats. You have
to be fierce, agile, sensual." Dorothy comebacks with, "Well,
Blanche, you seemed to have been fit for the part. You do a lot of
performances in back alleys." Later on, when Sophia is sent to the
hospital, Rose and Blanche came in wearing COSTUMES! I think Blanche
was Bombalurina, and Rose was Demeter or Rumpleteazer. They both
looked more like Jennyanydots with spots on one side and stripes on
the other of their costume. They had only ears, no wigs or makeup.
Blanche wore a cape, and they had high-heeled boots and collars
(thanks, Miss Bombalurina!).
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In the audience, there was a woman with a sign that said, "I
travelled 13,070 miles to see Cats!" Thanks, Ozzie!
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Her daughter Libby are in New York and Grace wants her daughter to
see a cultured show, so she asked rudely at the information desk for
a good show to watch, and he writes down Cats they are so
excited to be going to see Cats, but when they get there, they
find out he tricked them and sent them to "Hats", a show where the
only thing the actors wear are hats (thanks, Jason!).
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One of the questions was "What is considered 'the greatest show on
earth?'" One of the answers was CATS, even tho the real answer was
Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus (thanks, Froster!).
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I think there was a question like, "Which of the four are Andrew
Lloyd Webster musicals?" and Cats was one of the correct
answers (thanks, Lady Grizabone!).
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Mike and Carol were in a bar, and they were in New York and there was
a Cats poster in the background (thanks, Sarie!).
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Mr. Moore, the teacher who was also an actor, was putting on a
production about Hamlet. He invited his class down to view the dress
rehearsal. It was in a tiny off-off-off-Broadway building (bleachers
instead of chairs, tiny audience space). Rich Girl Darlene made a
comment about the surroundings. Someone told her, "Calm down,
Darlene. This is a tiny production. It's not Cats." Thanks,
DivaTud!
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Helga and her father go to see a musical called Rats. They
found it extremely funny and corny. The music was not related to
Cats though.
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However, I have been told that Rats is an actual musical, so
it is questionable as to whether the show was using Cats or
Rats (thanks, Bomby!).
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They were looking for someone to write the national anthem for the
newly liberated America and a bunch of different composers were up on
stage being interviewed. Under ALW is written "Phantom of Broadway"
instead of his name and ALW says, "Hello, I'm Andy, king of the
musical theater. I wrote the music to Cats, Phantom of the Opera, and
a little something I like to call "The National Anthem." And then he
sings his anthem which my sister insists is a rip-off of Memory, but
it's not exactly. He later gets crushed by a chandelier (thanks,
Obsidia and Masked Rose!).
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This comes from the T.V. cartoon 'Histeria' in which they spoof on
historical events and people. I dont know the characters names but at
any rate, they are 'advertising' for a new musical - something having
to do with an event that happened in history . . . I wasnt really
paying attention until they said the slogan of the 'new musical'
which is: "NOW BUT NOT FOREVER" (thanks, Tantomeele!).
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That old dude (father time, I think) was talking about Egypt, or
something. He was talking about how they worshiped cats and stuff.
Then the next scene he is at a theatre and there is a show playing
there called Egyptian Cats, which was an obvious knock-off of Cats.
There were a bunch of cats on stage wrapped up like mummies screaming
their heads off like they were dying or something. Quite insulting
(thanks, SWLeia!)!
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Brad injurs his leg and gets a big bruse on it, and Tim looks at it
and says "Mungo Jerrie! Look at the size of that thing!" I think
that is how he said Mungojerrie, as two words (thanks, Cerrita!).
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This show reviews music, films, shows etc. One of these shows was
called Challenge Anarka. It was about giving this lady a task to do
like building somthing for a school or for charity. She would run
around all over the place dressed in a track suit/leotard. They cost
a thousand pounds each, and they got the costume designer from
Cats to design and make them (thanks, Steve!).
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In this sketch comedy show, recurring characters Clavell and Howard
Tibbs III (David Alan Grier and Tommy Davidson), two phony talent
agents who run their very low-budget company, Funky Finger
Productions, have met their female match in one particular sketch.
The female counterparts are played by T'keyah "Crystal" Keymah and
Kim Wayans, and they show them their play, "DreamCats" (a cross
between Dreamgirls and Cats). Their "play" is actually taped very
shakily on a camcorder, and they come out in full length Diana
Ross-style gowns and "meow" to the tune of "Memory", off-key (thanks,
Matt!).
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Jake Hanna was in New York to be on a show, and as they were driving
around, they showed the Winter Garden Theatre and Cats was
performing there (thanks, Kari!)
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A character is a dancer in Cats. When he dies from AIDS,
Jeffery imagines seeming him ascend to heaven in a pure-white version
of his Cats costume (thanks, SideShow Lew!)
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This is a cartoon (anyone else remember that one from the 80's?).
The episode was "Broadway Magic." They had a scene in a record
office and a Cats poster was on the wall, complete with the
eyes (thanks, Denise!).
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On June 16, 2000, there was a question where the answer was
Cats, "In February 2000, this longest-running musical
announced that it would become a "Memory" on June 25, 2000." The answer was 'What is Cats?' This was in Double Jeopardy in the
$200 question (thanks, Meter!).
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There was a category named Musicals. Then we heard a song clip from
"Memory", and the answer was then "What is Cats?" (This was the
Norwegian Jeopardy.) Thanks, Lone!
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The catergory was "Kitty Lit" and the question was: "Your cat would
love the poems in "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats" by this
author." The answer was "Who is TS Eliot?" Thanks, Phantom!
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The catergory was "The End" and the question was: "The term "Now and
Forever" became finite when this show closed on September 10, 2000."
The answer was, of course, "What is Cats?" Thanks, Phantom!
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The question was "T.S. Eliot created the character Macavity who was a
fiend in feline shape and a monster of what?" The guy said deformity,
but we all know it was depravity (thanks, CHRBroadway!).
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Rebecca Parker [Cassandra] played one of Herod's dancing girls in
it (thanks, Cat/Darkmage!).
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Fergus Logan [Tumblebrutus] plays one of Herod's guys with the pink
tennis shoes (thanks, Megan!).
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Drew Varley and Bryan Walters are in it (thanks, Mistoteazer and
Jemima Kitten!).
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Josie's boyfriend (the guy played by Gabriel Mann, I forgot the
character's name) is talking on a pay phone. Behind him, you can see
the Cats logo on a paper on the wall (thanks, Fleetpaw!).
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There was a brief, but funny Cats sighting. Dennis was explaining to
someone (I don't remember who, I think the model he just married,
though) why cats (the animal) are good, because she thought it was
stupid to have a show cat. He says "The ancient Egyptains worshiped
them like gods. So-and-so (can't remember name here, either) has
cats, too. And what, I ask, is the longest-running Broadway show?"
The person rolled her eyes. It was pretty funny (thanks,
Fleetpaw!)!
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Henry and June were telling about their new musical. It was called
Kablam!: The Musical. Then Henry said "Kablam: Now and
Forever." Thanks, GermnMisto!
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When they showed the main character's (Sarah) room, there was a
poster from Cats on her wall (thanks, Kari and Kristen!).
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They had a bunch of people from Ripley's Believe It or Not.
They had this man who had surgery to make himself look like a cat. He
was wearing a Cats shirt. It was the one with the video cover
on it (thanks, Fleckenfell!).
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One of the detectives makes a comment to the other about how the
killer is "probably one of the ones camped outside of the Winter
Garden hoping to get CATS not too close". Thanks, Evaearlong!
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Jez (the reporter) went backstage of a London show, dressed up as
Skimbleshanks and then Rumpelteazer and Mungojerrie gave him a dance
lesson! Then he awards the cast with a huge "Record Breakers" medal.
Also features snippets from the video, an interview with Andrew Lloyd
Webber and snippets of the London cast rehersing (thanks, Sapphire
Jellicle!).
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There is some old guy that the hero and heroine meet. The old guy has
about a bazillion cats. The heroes never saw a cat, so to explain
about cats, the old guy starts reciting "The Naming Of Cats" to them
(thanks, Razzle!).
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At the beginning, the character, played by Jason Alexander, is
packing to go visit his friends, and he has a bunch of musical CD's.
One of them is Cats (thanks, Whimsey!).
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From Martin: Logan's Run dates from 1976.
CD's didn't exist until the early 1980s and Cats also dates from that
later decade. The old man is in fact quoting T.S. Elliot's Old
Possum's Book of Practical Cats.
