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Cats is mentioned several times. The first definition is
Cats which reads, "A popular Broadway musical based on Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats." The second is another word for
a cat lover which mentions T.S Eliot and says, "Is this the reason
that he wrote the poems that would one day be Cats?" Thanks,
Ricfam!
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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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They mention some Broadway musicals and Cats (along with
Phantom) is mentioned (thanks, Colleen!).
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There was this question that had to do with the longest running
musicals, and there was this adorable pictures of Skimble playing
with the Jennyanydots tail (thanks, Casio!).
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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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p.289 - This is a chapter review and they ask you to do an activity
using poets. One of the poets is T.S. Eliot (thanks, Kari!).
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p.455 - It begins talking about musicals, and I quote, "The British
import, Cats, which was very popular, toured the nation."
Thanks, Kari!
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Terrence Mann, the original Broadway Tugger, played the Beast in the
original cast of "Beauty and the Beast". On page 96, it says "There
was never any question that Mann, who had played Rum Tum Tugger
in 'CATS' and Javert in 'Les Miserables', would be convincing . . ." etc, etc, etc. (thanks, Ozzie!)
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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 book is available at the Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Aids
website (thanks, R.J.!).
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Starring Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, the twins are performing the
play "Bye Bye Birdie." Ashley can't sing, so she signs up for the job
as assitant fashion designer. When the head fashion is giving her
instructions, she says "and don't mention to Miss So and So the
costumes from Cats. Talk about hairballs!" Later the girls
are talking about a girl competing with Mary-Kate for the lead of
"Bye Bye Birdie" and someone says "Last year Valerie (Mary-Kate's
Opponent) played the lead hairball in Cats." Cats is
mentioned several other times as well (thanks, Morgan!).
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When Greebo the cat is found curled up asleep on the throne, Nanny
Ogg is ordered to take them off and she says "I guess a cat can look
at king." I'm pretty sure it refers to Cats (thanks, Rubyfire!).
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There is a story called "Death of a Glamour Cat" which focuses on an
actress who played Grizabella and her mysterious murder (thanks,
Bomby Aerin!).
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View book cover.
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It has a large chapter on the opening night of "Cats" in
London, as well has how the idea developed (thanks,
Becky!).
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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 line: "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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In the time-line, there is one itty-bitty sentance that mentions
Cats. I don't remember exactly what it says, and the book is
far to thick to go in search of it, but I do know it's there (thanks,
Ozzie!).
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"THE BAD PLAYS: among the other 'apocrypha' are many which didn't
make it into standard lists of Shakespeare's complete works these
include the tragedies 'Sir Thomas More' and 'A Yorkshire Tale' as
well as comedies 'Ye Odd Couple' and early musicals such as 'Ye Cats',
'Ye Miserables', and 'Joseph and Ye Amazing Technicolor Dreamdoublet"
(thanks, Zia!).
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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 girls win a trip to go and see Cats in Indiana (thanks,
Kate!).
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The sentence was: In New York, Julia saw the musical Cats (thanks,
Hannah!).
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This is a book that chronicles a lot of movie stars from the 1910's
to the 80's. One of the celebs in here is John Mills, Gus on the
video (thanks, Ozzie!).
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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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Cats is mentioned on the page for 1982. It says "Andrew Lloyd
Webber's 'Cats' makes it Broadway debut". Thanks, Ozzie!
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There are several cats named after "Cats cats" (ex. Mungojerrie, Rum
Tum Tugger, Rumpleteazer, Coricopat and Growltiger) on p.290 Headline
Feature paperback. The only cat that takes place in the story (so
far) is Mungojerrie (thanks, Morden!).
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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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It has three poems - "Growltiger", "Song of the Jellicles", and
"Pekes". On the back of the book, it mentions the Object of Our
Obsession (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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On one of the pages he joins a poetry class and his homework is:
1. Bring a daffodill, 2. Ring T.S. Eliot (thanks, Mistoteazer!).
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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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In a picture book, they go to see Cats and in the next
picture, there's a Cats poster with badly drawn Jellicle Eyes.
The book is about a family who's looking for a name for their new cat
that looks just like Mistoffelees. Now, you'd think that since they
saw Cats they'd name it after him, right? They ended up naming
it Lucky (thanks, Yvelle!).
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A woman named Lisa is in a slinky leapord spotted dress with ears and painted
on wiskers. A guy named Max asks her if she is Mistoffelees or Jellylorum. She promptly replies
"Rumpelteazer". He goes on to say "Oh, so you've seen the show?" and she says
"No, when I was a kid I read T.S. Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats."
Thanks, Alliphoria!
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In this comic, it had a group of punk kids in it, and one was wearing
a Cats shirt (thanks, Shadis!).
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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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Libby dresses up as a cat and was going to sing Grizabella, and Salem
says cats have people imitating them on Broadway (thanks,
Crysta and Yvelle!).
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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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In the book "The Kindly Ones": Lucifer is playing the piano in a
resturant and a man comes up and asks, "Will you play 'Memories' from
Cats? You know, 'Miiiiidnight, all alone onn
paaaaavement . . . that one." Lucifer replies, "I will not play
'MEMORY'." The man goes back to his wife, and she asks him, "Is he
going to play 'Memories?'" (Thanks, Zia!)
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There are several cats named after "Cats cats" (ex. Mungojerrie, Rum
Tum Tugger, Rumpleteazer, Coricopat and Growltiger) on p.290 Headline
Feature paperback. The only cat that takes place in the story (so
far) is Mungojerrie (thanks, Morden!).
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There's a character bio of the Count. It says that he is a Libra and
that he shares his sign with (and I quote) "Charlton Heston (he sure
could count those Commandments), Ed Sullivan (who counted those acts)
and TS Eliot (who counted cats)." Thanks, Ozzie!
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The two main characters, Haley and Andy are trying to decide what
their costumes for the Halloween dance should be. Haley announces
that they should go as cats from Cats because she can do the
makeup, knows where to get the wigs, and they would have different
costumes from everyone else. Andy doesn't like her idea and says that
the class already thinks he is weird and asks her to imagine what
would happen if he came to the school dance dressed as a cat. The two
don't end up going to the dance as cats, but go as their class
mascot (thanks, Cara a.k.a. Broadwaykitty16!).
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There's a photograph of a Cats production in the book (forgot
who wrote it, sorry). It says that Cats is a "popular musical
worldwide" (thanks, Ricfam!).
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In the issue on "100 Greatest Episodes of All Time", there's an
article on cat woman (pg. 20). At the very end, it said, "The first
cat woman remains the best. Meow and forever (thanks, Teazer
Kitten!).
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An excerpt: "On Saturday night, two days after he arrived, they took
him to see a revival of Cats on Broadway." Thanks, Cat/Darkmage!
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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!
