by Ted Davis Original Air Date: January 3, 1976 Directed by: Eddie Ryder Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains a spoiler for this episode! Synopsis: Mild-mannered psychologist Bob Hartley (Bob Newhart) has an opportunity to make a bundle of loot by investing in a real estate scheme provided by his perennially pessimistic […]
Original Title: Sen’ya ichiya monogatari Directed by: Eiichi Yamamoto Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A nomadic water vendor named Aldin (voiced by Yukio Aoshima) falls in love with a slave girl named Milliam (Kyôko Kishida) which leads to a series of wild adventures. Cartoon Cats: […]
Starring: Marmelade, Katyusha, Hector Directed by: Lasse Linder Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Christian Amann is an avid cat lover who sets out to have one of his cats impregnated to increase his little family. Reality Cats: This short documentary follows Christian, a self-admitted cat lover […]
Directed by: Remi Weekes Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Bol and Rial Mujar (Sope Dirisu and Wunmi Mosaku) are South Sudan refugees granted temporary residence in London but who find themselves battling demons from their past. Kitty Cameo: The couple have an older neighbor (Vivienne […]
Directed by: André De Toth Synopsis: Federal Army Captain David Porter (Randolph Scott) finds himself caught between his duty to protect greedy carpetbaggers and his own down on their luck townspeople being taken advantage of by them. Purr Blur: One of the Robin Hood gang who are helping the poor, Walter Morgan (Trevor Bardette), is […]
by Mark Murton Directed by: Roy Boulting Synopsis: As the 1940s approach, British reporter David Charleston (Michael Redgrave) tries to alert the public to the political unrest that he believes is leading to another war with Germany, but no one listens to him. Disillusioned, David retires to a small town in the American Midwest, where […]
by Mark Murton Original Air Date: Sept 14, 1970 Directed by: Ken Turner Cat Out Of The Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this episode. Synopsis: Straker (Ed Bishop) and Freeman (George Sewell) investigate when a UFO crashes into the home and kills the wife of a man with Extra Sensory Perception, John […]
Music Artist: Was (Not Was) Directed by: Christoph Simon Synopsis: The unforgettable music video for this Was (Not Was) song glorifying incarceration. Cartoon Cat (and Purr Blur!): The very first scene of this animated short is of a black cat chasing some mice. Final Mewsings: As much as cats are shown in jail on film […]
Directed by: R.B. Donaldson Synopsis: An experimental puzzle box designed by George Plant Horton and Edwin Ray Guthrie at the University of Washington tests cats’ ability to learn and adapt. Reality Cats: The first cat to go through the puzzle box is a small cream-colored tabby who is called Cat A. By the fifteenth experiment, […]
by Mark Murton Directed by: John Gilling Synopsis: A woman with a hidden past (Jane Hylton) arrives in a quiet coastal village to take over the local pub and strikes up a friendship with one of her customers, a painter with a lucrative sideline in smuggling (Derek Bond). Kitty Cameo: There’s no mention or sight […]