British Pathé Synopsis: Newsreel footage with Dutch narration shows various cats competing at a cat show held by Felikat in Amsterdam’s stock exchange building. Reality Cat: A wide variety of cats are shown in cages. The winners were a Persian Chinchilla and a Dutch Siamese cat. Final Mewsings: Amsterdam does cats right! Relevant Links: To […]
Original Air Date: February 6, 1986Directed by: Paul Lally Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Mr. Rogers (Fred Rogers) shows a film of a kitten being born and talks about making and creating things. Reality Cat: Mr. Rogers enters his house carrying a little tabby kitten. He […]
British Pathé Synopsis: Newsreel footage shows miniature dachshund pups being groomed and fed in a country inn. Reality Cats: This footage was taken at a country inn in Dunsmore, Buckinghamshire, England where the proprietors, Ted and Georgina Fox, are walking their dachshunds. As they approach the front door of the inn, a tuxedo cat can be seen […]
British Pathé Synopsis: Newsreel footage shows a domesticated hare named Hoppity living in a residence in West Mersea, Essex. Reality Cat: The hare lives with Mrs. Joan Bullin and her tabby cat Bustamante (at least we think that’s what they’re saying) Bullin (or Buster for short). Buster seems to be taking the whole thing in stride, even […]
British Pathé Synopsis: Unused and unissued newsreel footage of a cat show at Shepherd’s Bush, London. Reality Cats: The newsreel begins with a couple of takes of two women, Irene Ashton and Diana Morrison, looking into a basket to find some Siamese kittens. Several shots of the show cats are then seen. What’s interesting about this footage […]
British Pathé Synopsis: Silent newsreel footage shows three Turkish Van cats eating and being forced to swim in tubs. Reality Cats: The unused and unissued footage shows the cats with a couple of women who seem to be demonstrating how they are “teaching” the cats to swim. While Turkish Vans are naturally good swimmers, these poor cats […]
Original Air Date: May 22, 1968 Starring: Fred Rogers Directed by: David F. Chen Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Mr. Rogers (Fred Rogers) attends a dance class and then comes home to find a surprise waiting for him. Reality Cat: The surprise turns out to be a visit from Mr. Rogers’ […]
British Pathé Synopsis: Newsreel footage from Wellingborough, Northamptonshire shows zookeeper Morris Sharpe at home and at the pub with a fifteen month old lion named Simba. Reality Cat: While showing the lion in the Sharpe home, a tuxedo cat peeks in through a doorway, then beats a hasty retreat as the narrator explains, “Lions, of course, are […]
Cargo Film Directed by: Tao Ruspoli Synopsis: A look at the history of man’s relationships poses the question of whether or not humans have ever truly been monogamous creatures. Reality Cats: The families of some of the participants are reviewed. In one of these, photos of a family with two girls and a Siamese cat are shown. Later […]
Music Artist: Veruca Salt Synopsis: The official video for Veruca Salt’s song Seether. Cat Cattle Call: Throughout the videos numerous cats are seen in and around a shelter where the band is assembled. The segments with the cats were filmed at the Tree House Humane Society in Chicago. Final Mewsings: Cats make music videos even better! Relevant Links: […]