Henri le Chat’s Worst Noël

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Henri, Henri 5, Henri le Chat, Henri Le Chat Noir, The Worst Noël

Can’t believe I missed this one when it was first posted. But here it is:

“Non, Je ne regrette rien”

Oh, Monsieur Henri…

A very late post about my very special Christmas present

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Christmas, Chuck Galey, Cool Cat, Illustrations, Jazz Cats, Present

You may remember that a while back I wrote a post about some special Jazz Cats from New Orleans.

Well, look what I got for Christmas!

But that is not all. I opened the book and guess what I found?

The book is signed to me by Mr. Galey, who made the illustrations for the book!!!

A little more detail. He even did a drawing of me! Isn’t that great?

Well, that was an amazing present. Thank you so much Mr. Galey. I hereby declare you are one cool cat yourself!

And you should all buy the book about the coolest cats that ever lived in New Orleans!

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When Stray Cats Strut

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80's, Bad Luck Blackie, Stray Cat Strut, Stray Cats, The Cat Came Back

Some of you will remember the 80’s.  Now, I’m a millennial cat but my human has told me about those crazy days of silly fashion and even sillier hairdoes.

Don’t worry, you’re not about to be rick-rolled.

I’m talking about the Stray Cats and in particular, their most famous song, Stray Cat Strut

And since these cats are also 80’s cats hilarity naturally ensues. Stray Cats of a very particular kind, if you ask me but with a nice beat nonetheless.

How do I know cats are hep?

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Aristocats, caveman days, entertainment, Hep Cats, Swing

Because….

Everybody wants to be a cat,
because a cat’s the only cat
who knows where it’s at.
Everybody’s pickin’ up on that feline beat,
’cause everything else is obsolete.
Now a square with a horn,
can make you wish you weren’t born,
ever’time he plays;
and with a square in the act,
he can set music back
to the caveman days.
I’ve heard some corny birds who tried to sing,
but a cat’s the only cat
who knows how to swing.
Who wants to dig
a long-haired gig
or stuff like that?
When everybody wants to be a cat.
A square with that horn,
makes you wish you weren’t born,
ever’time he plays;
and with a square in the act,
he’s gonna set this music back
to the Stone Age days.
Everybody wants to be a cat,
because a cat’s the only cat
who knows where it’s at;
while playin’ jazz you always has a Welcome mat,
’cause everybody digs a swingin’ cat.
Everybody digs a swingin’ cat.

’cause everybody digs a swingin’ cat

Oh yeah!

Duetto buffo di due gatti*

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Boys Choir, Cat Duet, Humour, Meow

Yes, Jazz Cat Jay also speaks Italian.  Jazz Cat Jay is a very accomplished cat.

Jazz Cat Jay also likes humourous things.  And he wants to share them with you. Cause smiling (and laughing) is good for the soul.

Don’t forget to smile today!

 

Meooooooooooooooooooooooooooow

*Humorous duet for two cats

The Cat Concerto

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Academy Award, Cat, Concerto, Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2, MGM, Tom & Jerry

This time, I’d like to feature another famous cat.  Tom Cat. Which -incidentally, ties nicely with my previous post.

Tom Cat

Now, Tom Cat is a short hair cat like me who unfortunately has to share living quarters and screen credits with the most annoying mouse in the history of mice.  However, despite all the grief he gets from Jerry Mouse, the pair went on to win several Academy Awards in their long acting career (which includes 275 short movies, a three-decade running TV show and a feature film).  And he got to have some fun doing it so I guess it’s not all bad.

In the Cat Concerto short,  Tom plays a piano virtuoso who is giving a piano recital of the Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 by Franz Liszt.

Then, un-cool, un-hep and definitely un-cat Jerry the mouse ruins the recital -even changing the rhapsody to a song called On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe at some point, tortures poor Tom and ends up taking all the applause and credit for himself!  The nerve of that insolent mouse!

Now, don’t get me wrong.  I have nothing against mice.  They’re great to play with.  Tons of fun, actually.  But this Jerry mouse is bad, bad news.

And the same goes for the song.  On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe is a very fine song, sung by the very fine Judy Garland.  So fine, that it also won the Academy Award for Best Original Song that year.  And Judy Garland, well, she’s simply too cool for words.

But so rudely interrupting such a beautiful performance of the Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 by Tom Cat? well, that is nothing short of blasphemous.

Nonetheless, this is a great short movie.  Just ignore the little pest.