The Battle of Pekes and the Pollicles Part 1 | Cats the Musical

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    Lyrics:
    Jellicle Cats meet once a year
    On the night we make the Jellicle Choice
    And now that the Jellicle Leader is here,
    Jellicle Cats can all rejoice!
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    About:
    Based on T. S. Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats, the show is set amongst a larger- than-life junkyard playground and is alive with our favourite feline characters including Rum Tum Tugger, Mr. Mistoffelees, Macavity, Jennyanydots, Old Deuteronomy, Grizabella and Skimbleshanks.
    The Jellicle Cats come out to play on one special night of the year - the night of the Jellicle Ball. One by one they tell their stories for the amusement of Old Deuteronomy, their wise and benevolent leader, who must choose one of the Cats to ascend to The Heaviside Layer and be reborn into a whole new Jellicle life.

КОМЕНТАРІ • 936

  • @BornAScout
    @BornAScout 4 роки тому +2787

    Munkustrap being an exasperated theatre dad trying to manage all the kittens is adorable and hilarious.

    • @annepearn4545
      @annepearn4545 4 роки тому +48

      I still havent figure out which Cat is reenacting the part of the Great Rumpus Cat. or is that the REAL Great Rumpus Cat?

    • @waffledemonoverlord4232
      @waffledemonoverlord4232 4 роки тому +27

      @@annepearn4545 it's George, or Admetus

    • @annepearn4545
      @annepearn4545 4 роки тому +8

      @@waffledemonoverlord4232 Thanks! I couldnt tell!

    • @amphioxusanniversary
      @amphioxusanniversary 4 роки тому +60

      Would you say he's...
      [sunglasses emoji]
      ...herding cats?
      /YEEEEEEEAAAAH

    • @giantsean
      @giantsean 4 роки тому +9

      @@amphioxusanniversary Beat me to it :(

  • @scarlett6015
    @scarlett6015 4 роки тому +1792

    If you subscribe to the idea that Munkustrap is Old Deuteronomy's son, then the whole number he seems like a young man trying so hard to impress his father, and getting stressed because everyone else is making a mess; meanwhile Old D's having a grand old time watching the youngsters have fun.

    • @hanako-kun5480
      @hanako-kun5480 4 роки тому +90

      I've heard that too. I've also heard that tugger might be Old Deuteronomy's son too-

    • @GodofThunder343
      @GodofThunder343 3 роки тому +119

      @@hanako-kun5480 tugger is munku’s younger brother so if old Deuteronomy was his dad that’d make sense

    • @ashlynnheller8400
      @ashlynnheller8400 3 роки тому +102

      The cherry on top is him indulging Munkus and pretending like this is the best play ever.

    • @ashlynnheller8400
      @ashlynnheller8400 3 роки тому +17

      @Gabrielle Delatte
      I've heard that one to. Although personally I think Munk isn't Jemima's biological father

    • @choryllis6646
      @choryllis6646 3 роки тому +55

      @@hanako-kun5480 There's a lot of fan theories going around about who is related to who, but as far as I know nothing is confirmed. The closest we get to a confirmation is Old Deuteronomy's actor saying that his character is probably the father to a good chunk of the cats.

  • @MariaThePotterNut
    @MariaThePotterNut 4 роки тому +1221

    Munkustrap after this part: "So my little brother ran around playing the bagpipes during my show again, so I'm starting a kickstarter to put him down. The benefit of killing him is being able to get through the show for dad for once-"
    Edit: realized not everyone may be as vine literate as others (or my dumb ass communicating in vines) so this is based on this one- ua-cam.com/video/r4tOIFPwyUo/v-deo.html

  • @Pooblast2
    @Pooblast2 4 роки тому +1458

    Munkustrap’s actor is just so extra I’m-

    • @heresfrankbetches921
      @heresfrankbetches921 4 роки тому +57

      Michael is everything

    • @MariaThePotterNut
      @MariaThePotterNut 4 роки тому +60

      @Logan Underhill I'd argue that Robbie did a pretty good job with him, considering the writing and direction. He could have nailed it if it weren't for how bad the movie around him is. Though Michael's manic Dad energy and dramatic squats will always be the fave.
      (to myself: It's ok, John Partridge Munk can't hurt you, it's not real, the photos are all made up, the video is a lie, you're safe from it)

    • @kristinebuyson3796
      @kristinebuyson3796 4 роки тому +9

      ikr

    • @renoloverxoxo
      @renoloverxoxo 4 роки тому +25

      MariaThePotterNut he's on the stage, you have exaggerate to be seen by the whole audience. Same reason why the principle cats stick out so much.

    • @flamex6587
      @flamex6587 Рік тому +8

      @@MariaThePotterNut Wait John Partridge has played Munk?? Can you please tell me where the video is? I think I have to see this-

  • @theelephantpig3662
    @theelephantpig3662 7 років тому +2623

    Throughout this whole song, Munskurap is just like "no one is doing anything right except me, and I'm just narrating!"

    • @dr.burtgummerfan439
      @dr.burtgummerfan439 6 років тому +176

      The part of Munkustrap usually goes to the best actor in the company.

    • @dmen7280
      @dmen7280 3 роки тому +24

      @@dr.burtgummerfan439 so as it should

    • @zeableunam
      @zeableunam 2 роки тому +1

      Oh thanks! I actually never understood what was going on here..

    • @LadyJuse
      @LadyJuse Рік тому +1

      If only Skimbleshanks was here...

    • @mini_mochi_071
      @mini_mochi_071 8 місяців тому

      ​@@LadyJuseoh but Skimbleshanks IS there
      but he's not Skimbleshanks yet so that may be it

  • @clementcachico5240
    @clementcachico5240 5 років тому +1914

    During the entire musical, Mukunstraps is like: "Guys I'm trying to tell a story and no one's doing anything correctly, I'm soooo done with your shits..."
    It's even more obvious in this particular song more than the others.

    • @raedroid1703
      @raedroid1703 4 роки тому +28

      Clément Cachico that’s why I love him

    • @teaartist6455
      @teaartist6455 4 роки тому +55

      So he's...herding cats.
      (Yes, I'm horrible)

    • @dragonfire2000ful
      @dragonfire2000ful 4 роки тому +3

      Clément Cachico this is sooo true...I agree 😊😊

    • @haydenbob5974
      @haydenbob5974 3 роки тому

      Furry!

    • @Lizz85257
      @Lizz85257 2 роки тому +1

      NOOOOOOOOOOOW!!!

  • @xxwhispersxx2856
    @xxwhispersxx2856 4 роки тому +1695

    Is this the song where it goes 'How can we make Munkustrap have a stroke?'

    • @ashlynnheller8400
      @ashlynnheller8400 4 роки тому +79

      It seems that they want to make him angry.

    • @KawaiiLollypop
      @KawaiiLollypop 4 роки тому +215

      a Munkustroke?

    • @teaartist6455
      @teaartist6455 4 роки тому +97

      Well, I mean, it's kinda his own fault. He should know what it's like to be herding cats.

    • @andrewm2970
      @andrewm2970 4 роки тому +48

      @@teaartist6455 especially when this is yard full of kittens

    • @musicaltrash2024
      @musicaltrash2024 4 роки тому +5

      basically

  • @meluuunia6949
    @meluuunia6949 5 років тому +845

    Bark!
    *Bark!*
    Bark!
    *Bark! Bark!*
    Bark?!
    *Bark?*
    ...bark...

    • @theamericanyoutuber
      @theamericanyoutuber 4 роки тому +49

      . . . *NOOOOOOO!!!*

    • @dragonflower17
      @dragonflower17 4 роки тому +36

      Until you could hear them all over the park

    • @gailstepo69
      @gailstepo69 4 роки тому +16

      I thought they said f***

    • @Qgual
      @Qgual 4 роки тому +16

      That make munkustrap reeeeally angry 😂😂😂😂

    • @tiariapotaka6981
      @tiariapotaka6981 3 роки тому +5

      Until you could hear them
      All over the park

  • @ellison_4710
    @ellison_4710 7 років тому +1520

    I laugh everytime Mungojerrie messed up the ' Bark '

    • @Reposessor
      @Reposessor 5 років тому +83

      Corrin. bOcK!

    • @raspberrycrowns9494
      @raspberrycrowns9494 4 роки тому +121

      But you gotta admit
      It was really cute
      Gods I love Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer

    • @WackusBonkusIsNaughty
      @WackusBonkusIsNaughty 4 роки тому +70

      They’re cockney... they don’t pronounce the R. It’s pronounced “bahk

    • @commentcopbadge6665
      @commentcopbadge6665 4 роки тому +15

      It's not a real mess up. The vocals are recorded sperately in a studio so any "mess ups" would've been fixed before they layed it over the performance.

    • @commentcopbadge6665
      @commentcopbadge6665 4 роки тому +14

      Feyt Me
      Or maybe.... they're cats. They don't naturally bark.

  • @amanda6993
    @amanda6993 5 років тому +1507

    I have no idea wtf is going on but munkustrap and mungojerrie are hot as hell

    • @kassidyscott5609
      @kassidyscott5609 4 роки тому +51

      Your not wrong 😏

    • @lewisyoung4531
      @lewisyoung4531 4 роки тому +128

      I'm sort of partial to Rumpleteazer.
      And Victoria.
      And Jemima.
      And Cassandra.
      And Demeter.
      And Electra.
      And Etcetera...

    • @awhellyeah12
      @awhellyeah12 4 роки тому +36

      Amanda they are CATS

    • @WhiteScorpio2
      @WhiteScorpio2 4 роки тому +172

      @@awhellyeah12 You may think that, but they are actually human actors in cat costumes.

    • @vanessabonanno1617
      @vanessabonanno1617 4 роки тому +34

      Munkustrap omg

  • @laserwolf65
    @laserwolf65 4 роки тому +914

    Can you imagine what the actors must have thought when they were workshopping this show? "You mean to tell me you want me to be in a leotard pretending to be a cat, and then you want me to wear a gian show on my head and boxes on my head so I can pretend to be a cat pretending to be a dog?"

    • @andrewm2970
      @andrewm2970 4 роки тому +174

      Also the actors: I'm in

    • @lvx_rose
      @lvx_rose 4 роки тому +28

      Must've been super exciting 😁

    • @the2tailedfoxy861
      @the2tailedfoxy861 4 роки тому +48

      You son of a bitch, I'm in.

    • @lewisyoung4531
      @lewisyoung4531 4 роки тому +10

      Two words: Gillian Lynne.
      Aw Hell Yeah!

    • @ashlynnheller8400
      @ashlynnheller8400 3 роки тому +20

      Honestly as an actress I can confirm Id be down. Like the only downside I can find is that your in a very weirs musical. Besides that I see nothing but good things.

  • @hannahperrone8097
    @hannahperrone8097 7 років тому +1546

    I love how annoyed Munkustrap is. He's my spirit animal. But by far my favorite thing is the Rum Tum Tugger coming in with his giant bagpipe and skipping around 😂

    • @ashlynnheller8400
      @ashlynnheller8400 6 років тому +51

      Unigoat Potato
      Its even funnier the second time around.

    • @Liz-be1wq
      @Liz-be1wq 6 років тому +49

      Rum Tum Tugger ain’t too proud to be a part of their performance. 😂❤️

    • @Reposessor
      @Reposessor 5 років тому +7

      Unigoat Potato XD

    • @amanda6993
      @amanda6993 5 років тому +14

      He's a sexy cat

    • @dawndipierro373
      @dawndipierro373 5 років тому +37

      Watching John Partridge (Rum Tum Tugger) is literally everything. He’s my life and even though the actor is gay, he’s absolutely beautiful and amazingly funny. You can tell he had fun in this musical as well as the number. ❤️❤️😍😍

  • @BirdyMisha
    @BirdyMisha 4 роки тому +477

    2:11 i love Mungojerries expression. After he meesed up his lines and Munk helps him rermember the right order he just grins happily as if to say: "Look i got it right, now"

    • @Emma-fw9ms
      @Emma-fw9ms 4 роки тому +48

      He did it wrong again tho xD

    • @jasminedubois6711
      @jasminedubois6711 2 роки тому +31

      @@Emma-fw9ms He was still proud of himself, though.

  • @caincosplays
    @caincosplays 4 роки тому +443

    This song is so funny, because you can see the narrator getting frustrated like "Come on guys! We practiced this! You're embarrassing me in front of Old Duteromity!"

    • @strbourne
      @strbourne 3 роки тому +47

      And all the while deuteronomy is just happy they’re all having fun and appreciates all of munkustrap’s efforts

    • @yamiatemyugi
      @yamiatemyugi 3 роки тому +18

      Like one of the previous comments mentioned, he's the threatre Dad trying to manage the kittens and stop them from getting into trouble and yet their not listen to a word he's saying

    • @ChristineTheHippie
      @ChristineTheHippie 3 роки тому +2

      Typical catd

  • @TheHedgehogGiraffe
    @TheHedgehogGiraffe 4 роки тому +699

    This song, "Jellicle Songs," and "Old Deuteronomy" are really where Munkustrap shines for me. Whenever he's presenting to the tribe (and the audience) he gets this certain stance, with his feet spread apart, chest out, shoulders back. It's exactly like a self-important tabby preening in the sun and I love Gruber for being able to do it in a way that conveys the character's grace and strength at once.

    • @42shin60
      @42shin60 2 роки тому +4

      Can’t agree with you more!!

    • @PercydeRoloFangirl
      @PercydeRoloFangirl 2 роки тому +3

      My favorites are this one and the old gumbie cat.

    • @liam6396
      @liam6396 Рік тому +6

      It's also how I, an autistic person, stand all the time

    • @mini_mochi_071
      @mini_mochi_071 8 місяців тому +1

      ​@@liam6396you MAY be Munkustrap then :0
      (silly joking btw)

  • @hedvigkhaugen
    @hedvigkhaugen 5 років тому +487

    My favorite part of this whole thing is that Munkunstrap is trying so hard to put on a good play for the leader, but every cat just messes up. i love how he just gets sligthly more annoyed each time something happens XD

    • @jasminedubois6711
      @jasminedubois6711 2 роки тому +12

      Then when Tugger comes out with his bagpipes. He was really done after that.

  • @mariaskanal8500
    @mariaskanal8500 4 роки тому +265

    1:31 Skimple is just like: "and don't forget the part with the drink! There ya go"

    • @mikulover9452
      @mikulover9452 4 роки тому +18

      Makes sense if you've seen 'Skimbleshanks the Railway Cat'

    • @verkaforever
      @verkaforever 4 роки тому +9

      Never noticed that LOL.

    • @HendaDnD
      @HendaDnD 4 роки тому +13

      Yeah, I've never noticed that and now I'm lying on the floor laughing. So true!

    • @MariaThePotterNut
      @MariaThePotterNut 4 роки тому +41

      Honestly watching the whole show just focusing on whatever the hell Skimble is up to is an actual delight and something all fans should do. Ultimate dad award goes to him.

    • @mikulover9452
      @mikulover9452 4 роки тому +4

      MariaThePotterNut facts

  • @crsedwolf6513
    @crsedwolf6513 5 років тому +417

    2:28, the only time Munkustrap stands with his legs together throughout the movie.

    • @kenaicozry-gallant5217
      @kenaicozry-gallant5217 4 роки тому +67

      Not for long, little rascal Rumpelteazer lol

    • @MariaThePotterNut
      @MariaThePotterNut 4 роки тому +206

      Munks moods are; squats protectively, squats defensively, squats dramatically, squats caringly, and annoyed at Tugger (usually while squatting).

    • @mikulover9452
      @mikulover9452 4 роки тому +53

      @@MariaThePotterNut Nobody:
      Munkustrap: i s q u a t

    • @ashlynnheller8400
      @ashlynnheller8400 3 роки тому +34

      The thing is as a dancer I can confirm a lot of stuff he does is probally a lot easier to do starting from the stance.

    • @tiariapotaka6981
      @tiariapotaka6981 3 роки тому +1

      MariaThePotterNut oh yes boo xD

  • @voodoo2063
    @voodoo2063 4 роки тому +380

    I just realized that Mungojerrie's "dog" costume is different from the other "dog" costumes. While everyother pollice costume is a shoebox for everything Mungojerrie's costume is Juice Boxes for his hands, a Shoe for his head and pin cushions on his feet. It's very Mungojerrie-like

  • @XxriroxbaixX
    @XxriroxbaixX 7 років тому +909

    The best part is when Rum Tum Tugger shines with that Bagpipe solo!

    • @raedroid1703
      @raedroid1703 4 роки тому +17

      Sciffer Akori it’s beautiful

    • @codenamejinza
      @codenamejinza 4 роки тому +35

      The fact that Pouncival is starting to dance next to him and making that face just added to the hilarity :3

    • @milkycat6901
      @milkycat6901 4 роки тому +6

      L u m b a g o

    • @hanako-kun5480
      @hanako-kun5480 4 роки тому +21

      Misto is proud

    • @MrNoUsername
      @MrNoUsername 4 роки тому +14

      3:17

  • @k.e1891
    @k.e1891 5 років тому +1985

    can we all just appreciate how good looking Munkustrap is
    and no im not a furry thank you

  • @cannibalisticrequiem
    @cannibalisticrequiem 4 роки тому +170

    To paraphrase Caitlin Koy, I love how Muskustrap is basically like, "Goddamn it guys, we've been rehearsing this for weeks! Do NOT embarrass me in front of him (Old D)!"

  • @Elnont
    @Elnont 3 роки тому +292

    Michael Gruber (Munkustrap)‘s voice is absolutely incredible. It’s got such an operatic quality despite basically just narrating. That and the fact that he’s one of the most feline like in his movements out of everyone - no wonder the role of Munkustrap usually goes to the best actor in the company. It’s such a deceptively difficult role.

  • @Ladyrhan
    @Ladyrhan 3 роки тому +83

    Tugger coming in with the bagpipe just to cause more chaos for his brother kills me 🤣

  • @pazuzu126
    @pazuzu126 4 роки тому +173

    What I like about this musical is you feel you are getting a glimpse into a secret "cat culture." The fact that things like the Heaviside Layer don't completely make sense just seems to show that it is something known only to cats and not fully understood by humans. The things they sing about are things you can imagine cats would talk about if they could, like their fur and hunting mice or the fact that they are not dogs. This story just sounds like the kind of thing a cat would love to hear: a bunch of silly dogs fighting, then being scared away by a single, all-powerful cat. They would be thinking, "Yeah, cats are so badass!"

    • @ashlynnheller8400
      @ashlynnheller8400 3 роки тому +20

      Honestly that might just be one of the reasons i love this show. It feels like you just stumbled into a junkyard found a bunch of cats doing there thing. And then they decided to let you stay.

    • @sweatyskeleton7390
      @sweatyskeleton7390 2 роки тому +4

      I love imagining this show is from the perspective of some drunk guy enamored with whatever the fuck these alley cats are doing

  • @raedroid1703
    @raedroid1703 4 роки тому +156

    I know that the song is supposed to be a story but seeing Munkustrap done with everyone is literally me, Rum Tum Tugger playing those bagpipes, and mungojerrie messing up bark is so hilarious. Munkustrap is literally my spirit animal in this song

  • @meap6474
    @meap6474 4 роки тому +75

    Munkustrap: *singing*
    Rum Tum Tugger: *Imma bouta end this whole man's career*

  • @elsagreen1476
    @elsagreen1476 3 роки тому +68

    This feels like all the kids putting on a chaotic Christmas play for Grandpa with the oldest cousin trying his hardest to keep everything orderly

    • @jasminedubois6711
      @jasminedubois6711 2 роки тому +6

      At least Old Deuteronomy is having fun watching.

  • @doo_roo_mi
    @doo_roo_mi 6 років тому +248

    2:01 bark! bark! bark! bark! bark! bark? bark??? bark????? lol

  • @oopsydaisy5923
    @oopsydaisy5923 4 роки тому +133

    victoria’s movements at 3:40 have me DYING

  • @finleyforevermore
    @finleyforevermore 3 роки тому +76

    I love Teazer and Jerrie's visible confusion about who says "BARK!" next.

    • @MeganAllen1738
      @MeganAllen1738 Рік тому +6

      Teazer knew what she was doing, it was Jerrie that was confused & messed it up.

  • @annagracemccurdy794
    @annagracemccurdy794 6 років тому +368

    TUGGER ON THE BAG PIPES HAS ME DEAD 😂😂😂

    • @raedroid1703
      @raedroid1703 4 роки тому +5

      Same! When I watched it for the first time I had to pause for a second to breathe

    • @MrNoUsername
      @MrNoUsername 4 роки тому +5

      3:17

    • @gltchundertale2756
      @gltchundertale2756 4 роки тому +42

      he's like: Oh we're annoying Munkustrap? Let me get my bagpipes, im not being left out!

    • @Princess2737
      @Princess2737 3 роки тому +17

      And miss the chance to annoy/embarrass my stuck-up older brother in front of our Dad? I’m so in!

    • @jasminedubois6711
      @jasminedubois6711 2 роки тому +2

      @@Princess2737 He wasn't going to miss the opportunity to embarrass his brother. Also it was probably payback for not letting Mistoffelees play Rumpus Cat (which he probably wanted).
      Tugger: This is what you get for not giving my Misto the part he wanted.

  • @KayNanArie
    @KayNanArie 4 роки тому +77

    Munkustrap used to be a brown tabby but the stress turned him gray

  • @jacobmorejead8122
    @jacobmorejead8122 3 роки тому +100

    You may not like it but this is what peke performance looks like.

  • @danjellapenny
    @danjellapenny 8 років тому +563

    The best part is when mungojerrie messed up the "bark" xD

  • @taranisthejellicle5761
    @taranisthejellicle5761 7 років тому +320

    Love how Plato marches the wrong way and Alonzo hits him on the head! XD

  • @wolflove1298
    @wolflove1298 4 роки тому +92

    as someone who as a teen was in theater productions where i was also in charge of wrangling the younger kids i deeply deeply deeply relate to Munkustrap in this song

  • @trucetruce335
    @trucetruce335 4 роки тому +101

    “Rejoice!”
    Everyone: flops like a fish

  • @HellMonarch000
    @HellMonarch000 4 роки тому +111

    Is no one going to talk about THIS!?? 1:25 MY HEART! MUNKUSTRAP IS SO BEAUTIFUL!

    • @mamamim6167
      @mamamim6167 4 роки тому +5

      I have to admit.. I can't say I mind the close up of his crotch 😏

    • @silviaakamee2958
      @silviaakamee2958 4 роки тому +6

      I KNOW, RIGHT?! I LOVE HIM

    • @coolname8802
      @coolname8802 4 роки тому +3

      hes my fav cat UwU

  • @mariposa8430
    @mariposa8430 5 років тому +113

    1:52 jerrie was ready to *f i g h t* teazer
    also
    This video just reaffirms my absolute love for Pouncival because he's just living his best life and having so much fun

    • @codenamejinza
      @codenamejinza 4 роки тому +7

      I know. He's just so adorable, right?

    • @jenniferseville2939
      @jenniferseville2939 Рік тому +1

      i know right this is why Pouncival is one of my favourite cats

  • @tana8223
    @tana8223 4 роки тому +47

    LMAO skimbleshanks is like "Munkustrap, make sure you mention the alcohol" When Munkustrap is singing in the beginning!!!

  • @abby5474
    @abby5474 4 роки тому +57

    i love pouncival during this scene especially when he’s trying to swing at munkustrap
    he’s a kitten which means this is his first year doing it and he’s just trying to have fun and keep up 🥺

    • @scarline02
      @scarline02 Рік тому +8

      And his "hat" is on backwards lol

  • @fynncarter2327
    @fynncarter2327 6 років тому +168

    Mukustrap looked so pissed at tugger when he started to play bagpipes! :D

    • @codenamejinza
      @codenamejinza 4 роки тому +17

      Munkustrap: "Seriously, bro?"
      XDDD

    • @nylathemysticalcat9518
      @nylathemysticalcat9518 4 роки тому +1

      I always thought he was looking at Skimbleshanks and Misto

    • @MrNoUsername
      @MrNoUsername 4 роки тому +5

      3:17

    • @mamamim6167
      @mamamim6167 4 роки тому +17

      Munk: I've told you a million times Tugger.... I don't want you playing your bloody bagpipes in my very serious play
      Mungojerry: BARK BARK!!!
      munk: FOR GODS SAKE JERRY I keep telling you it one bark each over and over again not one bark then two.......AND PLUTO YOUR WALKING THE WRONG WAY!!!!!!!..................,...............
      I'm surrounded by iduts

    • @fatimacastro8354
      @fatimacastro8354 3 роки тому +6

      In 3:19 munkustrap just looks at him in disbelief.

  • @TheAdventuresOfLiz
    @TheAdventuresOfLiz 5 років тому +82

    Oh so my theatre professor was in the austrian touring production and he lied and said he spoke german and he didn't. So they cast him and this dude had to memorize this song with perfect german pronunciation in a week and a half. So when i said i didnt believe him he straight up started singing in german and fucking proved me wrong. But my god what an entertaining class period.

  • @pacificmoose
    @pacificmoose 6 років тому +183

    Lol the rum tum tugger aced those candy cane bagpipes

    • @fynncarter2327
      @fynncarter2327 6 років тому +4

      lesley vogel yep

    • @rainwater6643
      @rainwater6643 5 років тому +6

      Candy cane football bagpipes

    • @MrNoUsername
      @MrNoUsername 4 роки тому +1

      3:17

    • @munkustrap2
      @munkustrap2 3 роки тому +1

      You mean there's something he didn't ace? God John Partridge was perfect in this role 😻

  • @renathystdream7855
    @renathystdream7855 4 роки тому +63

    Tugger showboating on the bagpipes, Rumpus Cat coming out in the wrong place...poor Munk just wanted to impress Deut, and all these kittens are blowing it for him, lol......funniest part of the play, because it's so realistic.

  • @pseudonymphmusic7721
    @pseudonymphmusic7721 7 років тому +496

    "Heathen Chinese" oh, that's why we're cutting it from our school play...

    • @chickenofrobot567
      @chickenofrobot567 7 років тому +82

      brianna breezy Yeah, most high schools cut this song out or change that lyric

    • @blueturtle3623
      @blueturtle3623 6 років тому +83

      Actually most productions in general since the 2000s changed it. I just saw it, said "Winsome chin ease"

    • @nahnope8581
      @nahnope8581 6 років тому +30

      "Winsom chinese"

    • @docktorwho4793
      @docktorwho4793 6 років тому +80

      Andrew Lloyd Webber's casual racism in a nutshell.

    • @Blazing_Warrior_Cat-
      @Blazing_Warrior_Cat- 6 років тому +134

      Docktor Who- That was in the original book this was based on, Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats, by T.S. Elliot. He’s the kinda racist person here.

  • @lorendaemon7945
    @lorendaemon7945 4 роки тому +39

    Munkustrap: respected guide of the Jellicles, scruffy tomcat that's the veteran of enough battles that he takes on Macavity
    Also Munkustrap: ropes the rest of the Jellicles into his theater production

  • @snowembrace9432
    @snowembrace9432 4 роки тому +86

    I love how Rumpleteazer just won’t let Munkustrap alone at some point. The way she rubs her butt on him at 2:15 makes me believe there’s something going on there 😂

    • @laraendlight9887
      @laraendlight9887 2 роки тому +16

      She has good taste, probably most of the cats there, males and females, wants to do that to Munkustrap and Tugger😂

    • @snowembrace9432
      @snowembrace9432 2 роки тому +6

      @@laraendlight9887 Very true c:

    • @rowanaforrest9792
      @rowanaforrest9792 Рік тому

      I think she's just acting like a dog (which cats believe have no dignity). :D

    • @shawnn7502
      @shawnn7502 Рік тому

      Best part of the number.

  • @tobealostwanderer
    @tobealostwanderer 4 роки тому +48

    Tugger with a candycane bagpipe is the best thing ever created

  • @sugars2070
    @sugars2070 4 роки тому +38

    I love that Munkustrap is _visibly_ hella annoyed

    • @jasminedubois6711
      @jasminedubois6711 2 роки тому +1

      I love how the longer it goes on and the more the other kittens mess up, the more annoyed he gets.

  • @rosesandmilk
    @rosesandmilk 4 роки тому +48

    This is basically musical theatre when half of them fail to show up to rehearsals.

  • @zodiackitten6110
    @zodiackitten6110 4 роки тому +36

    Munkustrap at 3:07: **briefly imitates a Scottish accent to introduce the Scottish pollicles**
    Skimbleshanks at 3:13: _Am I a joke to you_

    • @kytrensol9777
      @kytrensol9777 2 роки тому +3

      Skimble just be like: You shittin' on me hometown mate?

  • @mrgwaed2852
    @mrgwaed2852 3 роки тому +44

    I cannot be the only one that often finds his eyes drawn to the background during these numbers watching Deuteronomy and just his little gestures his little subtle facial expressions his attentiveness and body language. He is so adorable I love Ken Ward.

  • @kimgoestowonderland1429
    @kimgoestowonderland1429 6 років тому +159

    Mungojerries voice is soo cute :D

    • @andrewm2970
      @andrewm2970 4 роки тому +9

      His accent fits him well

    • @xoxodizzydiva
      @xoxodizzydiva 4 роки тому +5

      I think he is way too cute.

    • @strbourne
      @strbourne 3 роки тому +1

      I prefer rumpleteazer but I respect your opinion

  • @DeepStoneCrips
    @DeepStoneCrips 3 роки тому +28

    0:50 when Jemima almost starts mouthing along and then catches herself. I feel that, whether that was acting or just the actor, mad vibes.

  • @SirCraigius
    @SirCraigius 4 роки тому +44

    If you thought it was hard to herd cats, that's nothing compared to trying to herd Jellicle Cats.
    Munkustrap will now demonstrate...

  • @Thomas_H._Smith
    @Thomas_H._Smith Рік тому +10

    2:53 - 2:57 I like the detail of Plato going the wrong way and then Alonzo tapping on the head like "Dude it's this way!"

  • @liamsvoice6363
    @liamsvoice6363 4 роки тому +39

    When Munk is holding back pouncavle and he's swinging at him lol

  • @mini4632
    @mini4632 4 роки тому +33

    2:00 the fact they are siblings makes this scene even better

  • @noididntstealurcar
    @noididntstealurcar 3 роки тому +38

    The cats from Cats: we are refined, ancient, dignified, proud creatures
    Also cats from Cats: *dress up in trash to take the piss out of dogs*

  • @BornAScout
    @BornAScout 4 роки тому +126

    Things you notice after watching way too much:
    The youngest kittens (Victoria & Jemimah) watch with Old Deuteronomy for most of the "play" only showing up at the very end as poms.
    Jennyanydots has to make Rumpleteazer go back and participate in the play after the "bark" mishap.

    • @autumnmist1012
      @autumnmist1012 3 роки тому +30

      I noticed the part with Jennyanydots too! It's like:
      Teazer: Mum, 'e's impossible!
      Jenny: Keep going. This is for Deuteronomy.
      Teazer: I don't wanna-
      Jenny: Go! (pushes her towards Munkustrap)
      Also no one can convince me that Jennyanydots isn't Rumpleteazer's mom.

    • @jasminedubois6711
      @jasminedubois6711 2 роки тому +10

      @@autumnmist1012 Jenny: You are going to participate in this play and you are going to like it young lady!
      Teazer: Yes, ma'am.

    • @vampiratewolf1988
      @vampiratewolf1988 2 роки тому +2

      Also the actress playing victoria switches occasionally in the song

  • @raz3905
    @raz3905 7 років тому +249

    Any1 notice that Munkustrap turned Scottish for a bit?

    • @rebeccamayson7556
      @rebeccamayson7556 6 років тому +9

      Ruthie Hyry-Weintraub haha yeah I just noticed 😅

    • @leostarlight300
      @leostarlight300 6 років тому +3

      when?

    • @thewall2636
      @thewall2636 6 років тому +25

      That's the point he's suppose to do that

    • @abcdefg3829
      @abcdefg3829 5 років тому +13

      He's supposed to lol

    • @fuckwit107
      @fuckwit107 4 роки тому +5

      REPRESENT 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @CazuhLynn
    @CazuhLynn 5 років тому +44

    When I was younger, I didn't really care for this piece as it was not melodic enough for my liking. But re-watching it now I think it is a beautiful mess. All the confusion, the annoyed Munkustrap, the confused Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer (until know I hadn't even realized it's them), and the overall nonsense going on in the background. Hilarious!
    I've just watched it three times in a row and I still find more details that highly amuse me.

  • @gigi_monster
    @gigi_monster 4 роки тому +44

    Once you actually understand what's going on this is the funniest thing

  • @ameliajane8355
    @ameliajane8355 3 роки тому +20

    Everyone: cats has no plot
    Munskurap: I just want to be appreciated

  • @Aimee_3526
    @Aimee_3526 7 років тому +38

    The best part was when Mungojerrie nest up the "bark".🤣😂

  • @arianewinter4266
    @arianewinter4266 3 роки тому +13

    I just love how Old deuteronemy reacts to Munkustrap like, yeah yeah, totaly know what you are talking about and than exchange glances with Victoria beside him . . .

  • @theamericanyoutuber
    @theamericanyoutuber 4 роки тому +24

    0:46 And Michael Gruber goes full cat mode.

  • @Troublethecat
    @Troublethecat 4 роки тому +43

    Poor Munkustrap. Everyone gives him such a hard time throughout this number. He's basically the only one taking it seriously. I love Rumpleteaser trying to hit on him and him holding one of the others back with one arm while they try to swing at him.

    • @theamericanyoutuber
      @theamericanyoutuber 4 роки тому +3

      Troublethecat The one he holds back is Pouncival. ☺️

  • @brandoncolis3841
    @brandoncolis3841 4 роки тому +65

    so disappointed this was not included in the 2019 film

    • @chaoticcatartist
      @chaoticcatartist 3 роки тому +12

      Probbaly for the "heathan Chinese" part. The song is fun but a studio wouldnt tolerate even a single line thats controversial

    • @munkustrap2
      @munkustrap2 3 роки тому +14

      There were SO many disappointments in that movie. Difficult to pick one. This; Rum Tum Tugger's treatment; no duet between Munk and Tugger; the 2 "comedic actors (Rebel Wilson and James Corden) that they crammed down our throats (where's a barfing emote when you need one); what they did to Macavity... Do I need to go on??

    • @strbourne
      @strbourne 3 роки тому +9

      @@munkustrap2 THEY REMOVED MONGOJERRIE AND RUMPLETEAZER’S DOUBLE CARTWHEEL

    • @shayla106
      @shayla106 3 роки тому +3

      @@chaoticcatartist They could change some of the lyrics. They already made a lot changes that didn’t make sense, this change actually would.

  • @saravuchova6583
    @saravuchova6583 7 років тому +96

    Did someone notice Tugger's jump in 0:17? xD

    • @ahoystetson
      @ahoystetson 7 років тому +20

      there he go

    • @natasha807
      @natasha807 7 років тому +3

      I didn't recognize him if you don't remind me

    • @AmandaWhite0295
      @AmandaWhite0295 7 років тому +10

      I believe he's the one that jumps out from once the camera pans out. In the top left corner. It's only for a split second that you see him.

    • @maddieB2023
      @maddieB2023 6 років тому +7

      He just nopes out

    • @itzsheepnchill5875
      @itzsheepnchill5875 4 роки тому +5

      And he’s gone

  • @diehounderdoggen
    @diehounderdoggen 4 роки тому +16

    Munkustrap is every theater parent ever. They could have set this number in a Denny's and triggered some repressed memories tbh.

  • @toodleloos
    @toodleloos 4 роки тому +23

    electra at 0:36 lol . i love how they made her so attached to munkustrap

  • @andygutierrez4512
    @andygutierrez4512 3 роки тому +17

    Pouncival's face straight from 2:41 to 3:06 is one of the most adorable things I've ever seen

  • @blueshell292
    @blueshell292 3 роки тому +15

    I never really noticed, but at 1:47 Munkustrap pulls up his sleeve because it had slipped down too much

  • @louie297
    @louie297 4 роки тому +25

    Munkustrap is just doing his best and for that I love him

  • @AbdianysPaul
    @AbdianysPaul 5 років тому +55

    Lyrics:
    Munkustrap
    Jellicle Cats meet once a year
    On the night we make the Jellicle Choice
    And now that the Jellicle Leader is here,
    Jellicle Cats can all rejoice!
    Of the awful battle of the Pekes and the Pollicles
    Together with some account
    Of the participation
    Of the Pugs and the Poms, and the intervention of the Great Rumpus Cat
    The Pekes and the Pollicles, everyone knows,
    Are proud and implacable, passionate foes;
    It is always the same, wherever one goes
    And the Pugs and the Poms, although most people say
    That they do not like fighting. Yet, once in a way,
    They now and again join into the fray
    And they:
    All
    Bark Bark Bark Bark
    Bark Bark Bark Bark
    Munkustrap
    Until you could hear them all over the park
    Now on the occasion of which I shall speak
    Almost nothing had happened for nearly a week
    (And that's a long time for a Pol or a Peke).
    The big Police Dog was away from his beat -
    I don't know the reason, but most people think
    He slipped into the Wellington Arms for a drink -
    And no one at all was about on the street
    When a Peke and a Pollicle happened to meet.
    They did not advance, or exactly retreat,
    But they glared at each other, and scraped their hind feet,
    And they:
    Peke
    Bark
    Pollicle
    Bark
    Peke
    Bark
    Pollicle
    Bark
    Bark
    Peke
    Bark
    Pollicle
    Bark
    Peke
    Bark
    Munkustrap
    Until you could hear them all over the park
    And they:
    Pekes
    Bark
    Pollicles
    Bark
    Pekes
    Bark
    Pollicles
    Bark
    Bark
    Pekes
    Bark
    Pollicles
    Bark
    Pekes
    Bark
    Munkustrap
    Until you could hear them all over the park
    Now the Peke, although most people may say what they please,
    Is no British Dog, but Heathen Chinese
    And so all the Pekes, when they heard the uproar,
    Some came to the window, some came to the door;
    There was surely a dozen, more likely a score.
    And together they started to grumble and wheeze
    In their huffery-snuffery Heathen Chinese.
    But a terrible din is what Pollicles like,
    For your Pollicle Dog is a Doryorkshire tyke,
    Pollicles
    There were dogs out of every nation
    The Irish, the Welsh, and the Dane
    The Russian, the Dutch, the Dalmation
    And even from China and Spain
    From the poodle, the balmy Alstation
    And the Basset who growls on the train
    Munkustrap
    And to those that are frisky and frollicle
    That my mean be perfectly plain
    Pollicles
    That my name is Little Tom Pollicle
    And you better not do it again!
    Munkustrap
    And his braw Scottish cousins are snappers and biters,
    And ever dog-jack of them notable fighters;
    and so they stepped out with their pipers in order,
    Playing When the Blue Bonnets Came Over the Border
    Then the Pugs and the Poms held no longer aloof,
    But some from the balcony, some from the roof,
    Joined in
    To the din
    With a:
    All
    Bark Bark Bark Bark
    Bark Bark Bark Bark
    Munkustrap
    Until you could hear them all over the park
    All
    Huffery-snuffery, huffery-snuffery,
    Huffery-snuffery, huffery-snuff!
    Munkustrap
    Until you could hear them all over the park.

    • @Soepsas
      @Soepsas 5 років тому

      Thanks!

    • @AbdianysPaul
      @AbdianysPaul 5 років тому

      Soepsas np :)

    • @andrewm2970
      @andrewm2970 4 роки тому

      @@AbdianysPaul
      Munkustrap: Noooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @FitnessUSAFriend
      @FitnessUSAFriend 4 роки тому +1

      THANK YOU! I could =not= understand what the Pollicles were singing and was about to post, asking if anyone did! Nitpick: It's "dour Yorkshire type," not Doryorkshire tyke.

  • @st.stboneboner2707
    @st.stboneboner2707 6 років тому +584

    This musical is so damn bizarre.

  • @lavecchiabessie
    @lavecchiabessie 2 роки тому +16

    2:06 Teazer does the smallest most confused voice and it’s adorable

    • @bloodyxwreck6173
      @bloodyxwreck6173 2 роки тому +1

      She's adorable through the whole number. The headshake at 2:14 is so cute

  • @smolten0015
    @smolten0015 4 роки тому +28

    Okay Munkustrap is litterly me in theater the one who brought the coustumes, wrote the script, got the music,is making people come and is the only one who knows their lines.Then proceeds to lose their head in the process of this cuz nobody is do ANYTHING right.

  • @n_duck9696
    @n_duck9696 4 роки тому +17

    The thumbnail summarizes this song perfectly lol
    Munkustrap is just done with the kitties 😂😂

  • @Domorrigana
    @Domorrigana 4 роки тому +22

    Michael Gruber is such a treasure

  • @coryman125
    @coryman125 3 роки тому +20

    I have seen this musical about 50 times now. Plus maybe another 10-20 times I've watched this video. And only JUST NOW did I notice, at about 0:17 Jemima goes to do a weird sideways somersault and ends up getting stuck on her back. I love all the little background things the characters do, I swear this has unlimited rewatch potential

  • @AshenSmokescreen
    @AshenSmokescreen 4 роки тому +19

    The way Rumpleteaser says bark makes me so happy 😂

  • @marybarnes6407
    @marybarnes6407 4 роки тому +10

    tugger is just having to much fun with the bagpipe.

  • @jasminedubois6711
    @jasminedubois6711 2 роки тому +9

    I love how everything slowly descends into chaos and Munkustrap is trying to get everyone to do their part right.

  • @Gabi.Dunkel
    @Gabi.Dunkel 7 років тому +63

    poor munkustrap😂

  • @katiusicaklain9850
    @katiusicaklain9850 4 роки тому +11

    No one:
    Munkustrap: no one helps me in this house.

  • @Rose_Nightingale
    @Rose_Nightingale 5 років тому +37

    Munkostrap's had enough of everybody's bs.

  • @KISSINGJUDAS
    @KISSINGJUDAS 3 роки тому +14

    The first time I watch this number I thought it was kinda boring 🤣 but then I started to pay attention to the details and the story Munk is trying to tell, and now is one of my favorite numbers 😍

  • @AdamThessen
    @AdamThessen 7 років тому +41

    Pouncival is so tiny xD

    • @liamsvoice6363
      @liamsvoice6363 4 роки тому

      I mean he is still a kitten

    • @andrewm2970
      @andrewm2970 4 роки тому +8

      He, tumblebrutus, and quaxo are usually the smallest Male characters

  • @VioletWillowTree
    @VioletWillowTree 4 роки тому +16

    Munkustrap is my favourite, love his voice and performance! (Also he’s handsome)

  • @arwenemeny7124
    @arwenemeny7124 4 роки тому +12

    3:17 Munkustrap is so done

  • @jonquilgemstone
    @jonquilgemstone 4 роки тому +14

    2:20
    Munkustrap: Now is NOT the time for this!

  • @DarkRelm22
    @DarkRelm22 4 роки тому +18

    Munkustrap needs a hug, those poor babies,

  • @godshinin300
    @godshinin300 7 років тому +38

    3:50 Me when I had enough XDDD

  • @maikenzupancicdanko9377
    @maikenzupancicdanko9377 4 роки тому +14

    2:34 I thought I was being soooo smart, going "oooh Michael Gruber is Scottish, is he, his accent really comes through on the word 'Yorkshire'' turns out he's American and I have no idea what I'm talking about.

  • @nylathemysticalcat9518
    @nylathemysticalcat9518 4 роки тому +17

    Jemima and Mistoffelees looked cute when they did the bark part

  • @moonkitty5274
    @moonkitty5274 4 роки тому +19

    Munkustrap's face when they actually get the barks right near the end xD