'Jellicle Songs for Jellicle Cats' | Cats The Musical

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  • Опубліковано 28 чер 2020
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    The showstopping opening number from Andrew Lloyd Webber's hit musical, Cats!
    From Cats (1998): Andrew Lloyd Webber's CATS, the most famous musical of all time, first exploded onto the West End stage in 1981. 'Memory', one of its many classic songs, became an instant worldwide hit. Since then CATS has smashed records and conquered the world. Using the latest technology, all the excitement, thrill, romance and intimacy of this theatrical legend has been captured on screen. Breathtaking visuals and full digital sound (that has been completely re-recorded with a seventy piece orchestra) will leave you deep into the mysterious world of CATS as you've never seen it before -- more intoxicating and magical than you could possibly imagine. With a star cast including Elaine Paige and Sir John Mills.
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  • @TheShowsMustGoOn
    @TheShowsMustGoOn  3 роки тому +421

    Which number from Cats would you LOVE to see on the channel?

  • @Uajd-hb1qs
    @Uajd-hb1qs 5 місяців тому +165

    I like that the shoe falling in front of them implies this isn’t a catchy song and great choreography, it’s just a bunch of cats meowing obnoxiously at 2am.

    • @ninarances9074
      @ninarances9074 7 днів тому +7

      Now this made me realize that the whole show is literally just a bunch of cats loudly meowing a lot in a junkyard.

    • @Uajd-hb1qs
      @Uajd-hb1qs 7 днів тому +3

      @@ninarances9074 Exactly lol

  • @weavrr1153
    @weavrr1153 3 роки тому +583

    Rum Tum without his FLOOF kills me every single time. HE LOOKS SO SMALL AND TINY.

  • @shun2145
    @shun2145 3 роки тому +1001

    i'm telling you, it's hilarious when you're at a live performance of cats and they just start appearing out of nowhere

    • @davidlhorton4906
      @davidlhorton4906 2 роки тому +34

      You are right all the way

    • @munkumunks
      @munkumunks 9 місяців тому +9

      Real so real

    • @d-meth
      @d-meth 9 місяців тому +19

      And rubbing against your legs

    • @Maestro47
      @Maestro47 9 місяців тому +56

      In my show when it started, the cat came out of the hidden hatch beside us. What happened though when the door closed was her tail got caught when it closed. Shd had to tug it several times to get it loose. That was definitely something unique for me.

    • @picklecat4819
      @picklecat4819 8 місяців тому +9

      Like normal cats 😂

  • @greypandatic
    @greypandatic Рік тому +574

    the girl who plays rumpletiezer is seriously so adorable there’s something so fun about how she moves and her expressions make it look like she really loves performing

    • @sethmascolo1885
      @sethmascolo1885 Рік тому +21

      Jo Gibb. Love her!

    • @kueller917
      @kueller917 Рік тому +41

      There's an interview where she mentioned that it was her dream role and she got it really fresh from school so makes sense she put all her enthusiasm into it.

    • @tiamaye2203
      @tiamaye2203 Рік тому +4

      Rumpleteazah*

    • @moxxie4882
      @moxxie4882 Рік тому +1

      @@tiamaye2203 no, Rumpleteazer*

    • @shawnn7502
      @shawnn7502 Рік тому +14

      No, RUUMMMMpulTEAZUH !!
      She's the best in a cast of great cats. She has made that role pretty much impossible for anyone else to touch.

  • @puppyhowler
    @puppyhowler 3 роки тому +775

    the cats: singing
    person *throw's shoe*
    the cats:....... SINGS EVEN LOUDER

  • @SavouryGalette
    @SavouryGalette 2 роки тому +212

    "Were you there when the pharaohs commissioned the sphinx? If you were and you are, you're a Jellicle Cat!" Favorite line, right there.

    • @havehope646
      @havehope646 Рік тому +3

      I see you and agree

    • @havehope646
      @havehope646 Рік тому +3

      Spread the gospel

    • @SavouryGalette
      @SavouryGalette Рік тому +3

      @@havehope646 "Spread the gospel"?

    • @shawnn7502
      @shawnn7502 Рік тому +4

      All the lines in that run leading up to that one is my favorite segment of this wonderful number.

  • @racheld8920
    @racheld8920 3 роки тому +817

    Even ensamble Tugger is SO sassy lol.

    • @nicolemiller7760
      @nicolemiller7760 3 роки тому +42

      Ikr? It seems almost paradoxical to give him a part in the ensemble 😆

    • @lindseysquire8417
      @lindseysquire8417 3 роки тому +32

      @khymera915 Such an older brother move I love it

    • @the.geekghoul
      @the.geekghoul 3 роки тому +29

      And how smugly Tugger looks back at him. Omg

    • @MICHAELMYERS37
      @MICHAELMYERS37 3 роки тому +4

      he is so sasdy

  • @anavgeekspassion5727
    @anavgeekspassion5727 3 роки тому +739

    I remember being so obsessed with the Cats musical as a kid. I would jump over pillows making cat noises and singing Jellicle cats.

  • @pazuzu126
    @pazuzu126 3 роки тому +2751

    This movie had such a great cast, so many memorable faces. The guy playing Munkustrap is so good at moving like an actual feline.

    • @art-n-animals6724
      @art-n-animals6724 3 роки тому +179

      IKR- Hes on his toes and stuff and slightly bending his knees n stuff, its actually impressive

    • @strongrex2615
      @strongrex2615 3 роки тому +132

      He also has some of the best facial expressions.

    • @sabbathjackal
      @sabbathjackal 3 роки тому +45

      @@art-n-animals6724 hes probably a ballet dancer

    • @katiemurray4901
      @katiemurray4901 3 роки тому +99

      @@sabbathjackal He actually trained as a diver in his youth and could've made the Olympics, but didn't make the cut. He went on to study theatre to become the actor that he is now.

    • @Cloudywarrior1
      @Cloudywarrior1 2 роки тому +85

      Michael Gruber is the actor's name. So many of them are great at moving like a cat, Jo Bingham who plays etcetera had so many moments where I thought "omg I have seen a cat do that before!" And the Mungojerrie and Rumpleteaser song has a dance move that is incredibly catlike and reminds you of a cat who got spooked and jumped into the air. It's just great.

  • @demielemo9875
    @demielemo9875 3 роки тому +2283

    John partridge is still the best rum tum tugger ever

  • @Gene_Solomon
    @Gene_Solomon 3 місяці тому +38

    The best part about this song is that the lyrics are easy to follow as identifiable cat traits and then Old Deuteronomy comes out of nowhere and goes "Do you know how to go to the Heaviside Layer?????" and throws us all for a loop.

  • @samanthazanchettin9299
    @samanthazanchettin9299 3 роки тому +1419

    I'm a simple girl, I see Munkustrap, I click

  • @stephenbyrne2170
    @stephenbyrne2170 3 роки тому +1006

    Now thats a more realistic face for a humanoid cat.

    • @lizh8468
      @lizh8468 3 роки тому +48

      And you can get a pair of whiskers and a nose better than that film in a village fete XD

    • @willfomes406
      @willfomes406 3 роки тому +5

      Yes

    • @fossilfighters101
      @fossilfighters101 3 роки тому

      +

    • @garsia2490
      @garsia2490 3 роки тому

      저기요

    • @UrpleSquirrel
      @UrpleSquirrel 2 роки тому +38

      Everything about the costumes and the choreography is meant to evoke the *idea* of a cat. All that money spent on digital fur technology and the movie ended up with actors looking less catlike than the lycra, leg warmers, and face paint of the stage show.

  • @AlanMDee
    @AlanMDee 3 роки тому +1493

    This specific version of CATS is one of my favorite things in the world.
    That being said, I would love to see the bloopers and outtakes of this particular version.

    • @toniisaacson6282
      @toniisaacson6282 3 роки тому +35

      You don't really understand theatre, do you?

    • @sgillman16
      @sgillman16 3 роки тому +142

      There's some in the behind the scenes documentary.
      But they recorded the audio in studio, so all they had to remember were the moves and be able to look decent lip-syncing.

    • @sgillman16
      @sgillman16 3 роки тому +133

      @@toniisaacson6282 this is the movie, not an actual stage production

    • @facename9493
      @facename9493 3 роки тому +3

      @@sgillman16 ehh

    • @dmen7280
      @dmen7280 3 роки тому +28

      @@sgillman16 I agree and I don't agree at the same, time for me its just recorded theater. like the les mis 25th anniversary. But with no audience.

  • @plazasta
    @plazasta 3 роки тому +431

    2:32 holy crap, that voice just came out of nowhere! One line and bam, that's my favourite female singer in the entire play, she sounds phenomenal!

    • @levi_ackerman_119
      @levi_ackerman_119 2 роки тому +49

      Honestly, yes… I get chills every time I hear that line.

    • @nicolemiller7760
      @nicolemiller7760 2 роки тому +62

      I love altos…and her voice specifically is just so regal.

    • @Mungoteazer11581
      @Mungoteazer11581 2 роки тому +45

      Becca Parker. She also played Bombalurina in West End.

    • @angoballs
      @angoballs 11 місяців тому +5

      She has the best voice omg

  • @bbenjoe
    @bbenjoe 3 роки тому +690

    I think the boot at 4:04 is hilarrious.
    Obviously a human threw it to shut these noisy cats up.

    • @isaiahchapman7660
      @isaiahchapman7660 3 роки тому +104

      But it only made them louder.

    • @morrisdenny394
      @morrisdenny394 2 роки тому +30

      That scared my sister when she was younger and I was scared of macavtiy lol

    • @Dragon1813
      @Dragon1813 2 роки тому +31

      And they're all like "Everybody's a critic"

    • @CrazyAlienLady051
      @CrazyAlienLady051 2 роки тому +12

      Also back then, people use to throw boots at cats if they’re being too noisy outside so it’s hilarious. 😂

    • @Theonepieceisreal2103
      @Theonepieceisreal2103 2 роки тому +13

      They went speechless for a second

  • @vallraffs
    @vallraffs 3 роки тому +584

    "Are you mean like a minx?" "Are you lean like a lynx?"
    Damn, this thing writes itself! 😂

    • @EntrancedG
      @EntrancedG 3 роки тому +64

      Well it IS based off a book of poetry

    • @AdmiralBonetoPick
      @AdmiralBonetoPick 2 роки тому +15

      How will we get past this moat?
      We will cross it in a boat.

    • @Dragon1813
      @Dragon1813 2 роки тому +13

      @@AdmiralBonetoPick Would you, could you in a house?
      Would you could you with a mouse?

    • @evelyn4120
      @evelyn4120 Рік тому +6

      @@Dragon1813 no, no Sam I Am
      I do not like green eggs and ham

  • @ellapretzel07
    @ellapretzel07 3 роки тому +460

    Last time I was this early, Grizzabella was young.

  • @spacemonkey340
    @spacemonkey340 3 роки тому +426

    4:10 when Mungojerrie looks straight at the camera is giving me life.

    • @GiyuuTomioka25
      @GiyuuTomioka25 3 роки тому +11

      Hahah o my god u'r right xD

    • @chani3644
      @chani3644 3 роки тому +11

      Noticed because of your comment! That's amazing lol

    • @nicolemiller7760
      @nicolemiller7760 3 роки тому +26

      I’ve been watching this film ever since I was three, and never noticed that! God, there’s so many great little details in this version.

    • @dawnjohnson3263
      @dawnjohnson3263 3 роки тому +3

      He is amazing

    • @pastelfrog6178
      @pastelfrog6178 3 роки тому

      @@GiyuuTomioka25 God*

  • @thesiberiancoon6313
    @thesiberiancoon6313 9 місяців тому +41

    The cat that says "when you're walking alone" *is literally Grizabella, and you can actually see her leaving on the right*

  • @haniyehlavoi3070
    @haniyehlavoi3070 3 роки тому +1266

    I love the 1998 version ! Everyone is just perfect ; the dancing , singing and everything is great ❤ thanks for uploading

    • @Dim4323
      @Dim4323 11 місяців тому +3

      Still better then the movie ugh

    • @may9681
      @may9681 3 місяці тому

      ​@@Dim4323But the movie is soo good! Such an underestimated icon.

  • @gradeacontent-o1751
    @gradeacontent-o1751 3 роки тому +675

    11:59 pm (sleeping)
    12:00 am: ARE YOU BLIND WHEN YOUR BORN

    • @PlugInKali
      @PlugInKali 3 роки тому +13

      YOU'RE

    • @gradeacontent-o1751
      @gradeacontent-o1751 3 роки тому +2

      @@PlugInKali jawohl mean grammer fuhrer

    • @masarusenpai1952
      @masarusenpai1952 3 роки тому +12

      Can you see in the dark?

    • @gradeacontent-o1751
      @gradeacontent-o1751 3 роки тому +11

      @@masarusenpai1952 can you look at a king would you sit on his throne

    • @marga8732
      @marga8732 3 роки тому +11

      Grade A Content-o _Can you say of your bite that it's worse than your bark?_

  • @johnkodhek1
    @johnkodhek1 3 роки тому +354

    Been singing this song absentmindedly ever since this show was aired.

  • @b.d6642
    @b.d6642 3 роки тому +345

    Cats on the streets: walking around and meowing
    Me: haha that's cute
    What the cats are actually doing:

  • @carolinedixon8091
    @carolinedixon8091 2 роки тому +61

    Imagine walking in a alleyway to get home, and just seeing this

  • @TableTopsy
    @TableTopsy 2 роки тому +96

    I love how well the costume and makeup crew distinguished the Kittens versus the adult cats. Through context of the songs and choreo you could tell but the visuals just add an amazing layer to it

  • @dolphabear8754
    @dolphabear8754 3 роки тому +178

    1:53
    MY GOD! That's a hell of a voice!

  • @annikaceceliapalm4252
    @annikaceceliapalm4252 3 роки тому +560

    Who else here knows that Old Deuteronomy is the voice of Oogie Boogie (Nightmare Before Christmas)?

  • @Vcxnt_dracxlaV
    @Vcxnt_dracxlaV 3 роки тому +67

    5:09 Bless Michael Gruber's little exhausted eye roll.

  • @AdmiralBonetoPick
    @AdmiralBonetoPick 2 роки тому +782

    Fun fact: the word "Jellicle" occurs 131 times in Cats (more than the 78 instances of "cat" and 81 instances of "cats"). And never once does anyone explain what it means.

    • @carolynmartin1268
      @carolynmartin1268 2 роки тому +27

      Check out author Paul Gallico who's written several books about adventurous cats.

    • @myheartismadeofstars
      @myheartismadeofstars 2 роки тому +96

      My personal headcanon is that "Jellicle" was the first name of Old Deut in his first life (who was the first magical cat in the vein of Macavity and Misto). They are known as Jellicles because they are all related by blood or spirit (via reincarnation) to Jellicle. That's why they all revere OD. They are his descendents! and according to my belief, he gave them certain abilities that allowed them to be found

    • @Jgaldragon
      @Jgaldragon 2 роки тому +57

      @@myheartismadeofstars Well in his song it is stated that he had at least nine mates. That's a lot of kittens.

    • @KrolKaz
      @KrolKaz 2 роки тому +51

      It doesn't matter what Jellicle means. What matters is the feeling you get through the music.
      Like how many big songs have the words " na na na na" in them despite not meaning anything?

    • @AdmiralBonetoPick
      @AdmiralBonetoPick 2 роки тому +25

      @@KrolKaz When I saw the preview of your comment, I was imagining in Bane's voice:
      Macavity: "It doesn't matter what 'Jellicle' means. What matters is our plan."
      Rum Tum Tugger: "Was getting caught part of your plan?"
      Macavity: "Of course."
      Rum Tum Tugger: "Well congratulations, you got yourself caught. Now what's the next step of your master plan?"
      Macavity: "Crashing this plane - with no survivors!"
      🐈 🐈‍⬛️

  • @indigothecat
    @indigothecat 3 роки тому +519

    I'm all about #tuggoffelees personally, but Cassandra makes every shot she's in count, and the last line she gets about Pharaohs and Sphinxes is haunting and beautiful. (I also read somewhere that the reason she has no leg nor arm warmers is because she's supposedly a Sphinx Breed, so no fur.)

    • @TarynnSunDragon
      @TarynnSunDragon 3 роки тому +50

      i always thought Cassandra to be just a very sleek furred cat. where'd you read she was sphinx? I'd be interested to to see that.

    • @gemfan2002
      @gemfan2002 2 роки тому +36

      I always thought she was an Abyssian 😭

    • @indigothecat
      @indigothecat 2 роки тому +44

      @@gemfan2002 I think that was a possibility as well. She does sing about the Pharoahs and Sphinx early on, but the Abyssinian is also from Africa, whereas the Sphinx breed is Canadian. So who knows. 😉

    • @lara_young
      @lara_young 2 роки тому +4

      @@gemfan2002 That’s what I thought too.

    • @lauriesmith4575
      @lauriesmith4575 2 роки тому +17

      She could be an Egyptian Mau. I had one growing up, and his fur was so sleek and smooth, that in the right (or wrong, depending on who you asked) light, he looked like he just had really dark skin. She also talks about the Pharaohs and Maus were the poster cat for the Egyptians, so to speak.

  • @phillipasoocinnamonroll4812
    @phillipasoocinnamonroll4812 3 роки тому +121

    I have two cats, their names are Munkustrap and Mister Mistoffelees

  • @kaylatangaere44
    @kaylatangaere44 3 роки тому +222

    I’m really impressed with how in sync and fit they all are... this version is like a million times better then the movie

    • @Jgaldragon
      @Jgaldragon 2 роки тому +8

      Just about every bad film ever made is better than that disgrace what was the 2019 release.

    • @KrolKaz
      @KrolKaz 2 роки тому +2

      That's because the actors are lip synching and the music is added later
      Whereas the hit Hollywood film the actors actually sing in it too

    • @laysmaxx5789
      @laysmaxx5789 Рік тому +15

      @@KrolKaz "Hit" Hollywood film? Sure buddy.

    • @PKBitchGirl
      @PKBitchGirl Рік тому +14

      The fact that this doesnt have James Corden in it automatically makes it better

    • @danielwilson7193
      @danielwilson7193 Рік тому +7

      @Casimir III Mate, this is the filmed version. They did all of this in the actual live performances too. No lip-syncing or voice dubs whatsoever.

  • @pilymontano
    @pilymontano 3 роки тому +499

    I think the artists spent more time in putting this incredible makeup to the actors than the designers of the movie in the CGI. This is pure art 🥰

    • @Ysckemia
      @Ysckemia 3 роки тому +67

      i agree, the makeup is really something, but about the movie, who is more to blame : the CGI team, or the people who approved the infamous design? i invite you to have a look at Lindsay Ellis' video about "Cats" the movie for *fur*ther explanations :)

    • @sobersplash6172
      @sobersplash6172 3 роки тому +30

      I mean the makeup is like a third of the whole appeal, the other 2 thirds are the music and the choreography

    • @underscore4505
      @underscore4505 3 роки тому +2

      It’s fucking hilarious

    • @little_ghosty1854
      @little_ghosty1854 3 роки тому +38

      i think it was the person who approved the design(Tom Hooper) and the studio(Universal) who cut their funding and gave them basically 4 months to cgi the rest of the movie. Since y'know they had 6 months to work on the trailer, didn't have the use of mocap suits(like the people on avatar and Andy Serkis did) and were dealing with a boss who demeaned their efforts and didn't know anything about 3d modeling. It was all Tom Hooper's fault.

    • @dmen7280
      @dmen7280 3 роки тому

      @@Ysckemia you didn't

  • @Carolina013
    @Carolina013 3 роки тому +89

    I'm so happy that the *fucking disgrace* that was Cats (2019) led me here, to check the original musical. The cast is outstandingly talented, I adore every single song and everything is so enjoyable!

  • @sawyer6264
    @sawyer6264 3 роки тому +49

    Human: *throws a boot at **4:06*
    Jellicle Cats: and we took that personally

  • @labyfan1313
    @labyfan1313 3 роки тому +649

    The make-up is just amazing. The new movie was a disappointment in a lot of ways but going with the human faces was so boring. Munkustrap in the movie hardly stands out from the other cats. Here he's just magnificent with his beautiful mane of fur and his look presents an air of authority.

    • @levi_ackerman_119
      @levi_ackerman_119 2 роки тому +28

      *Y e s .* He’s a lion, protector of his pride, not some quiet sidekick.
      (I will _forever_ be salty; they massacred our boy…)

    • @KrolKaz
      @KrolKaz 2 роки тому +1

      Don't be a hater, the hit Hollywood film was spectacular and a real CATS! fan would see that and not be negative about it because negativity doesn't get u to the heavy side layer

    • @astrocake584
      @astrocake584 Рік тому

      @@KrolKaz A real Cats fan would realize that Tom Hopper is a fucking idiot and can’t properly adapt any musical.

    • @kimberlinsmith9232
      @kimberlinsmith9232 Рік тому +20

      @@KrolKaz Universal lost $70 million because of this movie… it was not a “hit.”

    • @PKBitchGirl
      @PKBitchGirl Рік тому +5

      @@KrolKaz A hit hollywood movie wouldnt have James Corden in it
      And using the word "hater" makes you sound like an annoying teen

  • @Noorullah1
    @Noorullah1 3 роки тому +101

    1:23 I just love the head tilts, that is such a amazing moment.

  • @craigltisdale
    @craigltisdale 2 роки тому +82

    2:32 She has the perfect voice for that part

  • @octopine1223
    @octopine1223 3 роки тому +129

    subtitles be like: [music]

  • @anjabukvic9908
    @anjabukvic9908 3 роки тому +171

    They look so offended when someone throws a boot at them😂❣

    • @xTHExWRAITHx
      @xTHExWRAITHx 3 роки тому

      When??

    • @anjabukvic9908
      @anjabukvic9908 3 роки тому +1

      @@xTHExWRAITHx 4:07

    • @aurorajof9857
      @aurorajof9857 3 роки тому +14

      Except mungojerrie. He is very smug

    • @dmen7280
      @dmen7280 3 роки тому +38

      I like to think that their singing is just a bunch of meowing and they just woke someone up at midnight

    • @anjabukvic9908
      @anjabukvic9908 3 роки тому +4

      @@dmen7280 me too😂

  • @UndeadGaming888
    @UndeadGaming888 10 місяців тому +12

    4:08 I love Mungos face as the boot hits the ground, just that smug "hm well someones upset" look to it lol

  • @imjustlucy_29
    @imjustlucy_29 3 роки тому +107

    Me: *over with my Cats phase*
    Also me: *instantly clicks on this video*

    • @CosplayCore
      @CosplayCore 3 роки тому +2

      I feel your pain. My CATS phase was about 11 years ago, now and here I am.

    • @alienbastard55
      @alienbastard55 2 роки тому +4

      You're never out of your CATS phase, same with the rocky horror picture show...

    • @imjustlucy_29
      @imjustlucy_29 2 роки тому +1

      @@alienbastard55 how do you know about my Rocky Horror Picture Show phase?😨

    • @alienbastard55
      @alienbastard55 2 роки тому +1

      @@imjustlucy_29 WE ALL HAD ONE
      MWAHAHAHAHA

    • @alienbastard55
      @alienbastard55 2 роки тому +1

      @@imjustlucy_29 also I know about your thing for David Bowie

  • @richanderson1275
    @richanderson1275 3 роки тому +223

    This is the song that plays endlessly in the background during the afterlife if you were ever mean to a cat.

    • @selestial.x
      @selestial.x 3 роки тому +4

      damn

    • @ethanlivemere1162
      @ethanlivemere1162 3 роки тому +29

      There are worse fates

    • @alansmithee419
      @alansmithee419 3 роки тому

      I'd better find one to kick then... Wait hang on.

    • @CosplayCore
      @CosplayCore 3 роки тому

      Wait... why wouldn’t the song be “Heavyside Layer”? Why would it be this???

    • @cassidyb.3531
      @cassidyb.3531 2 роки тому +11

      @@CosplayCore "Can you do all the cool stuff cats can do? No? Loser." Vibe

  • @majesticmicrobes60
    @majesticmicrobes60 3 місяці тому +8

    The fact that this absolutely bizarre and nonsensical musical about cats somehow works will never cease to amaze me.

  • @LTAD-xi6sw
    @LTAD-xi6sw Рік тому +24

    1:22 anyone else see the foreshadowing in Elaine Page singing “when you’re walking alone” because she plays an outcast in Grizabella?

  • @lemongloves
    @lemongloves 3 роки тому +27

    Human: *throws boot*
    Cats: oh no! anyway

  • @elisgoingtohelly
    @elisgoingtohelly 3 роки тому +73

    I can't believe they made Jellylorum a kitten in thee 2019 movie, while in 1998, she was one of the older and wiser Jellicles. And Jennyanydots, too.

    • @levi_ackerman_119
      @levi_ackerman_119 2 роки тому

      🤦🏽

    • @egobang0716
      @egobang0716 2 роки тому +15

      They massacred Jennyanydots.....

    • @levi_ackerman_119
      @levi_ackerman_119 2 роки тому +1

      @@egobang0716 Indeed…

    • @MariaThePotterNut
      @MariaThePotterNut Рік тому +3

      @@egobang0716 It's even sadder when you notice Rebel (and James Cordon as well to a point) have moments where they show they do know what character they're supposed to be playing, and want to be playing, but they were unfortunately hired to be caricatures of themselves and not to actually act the part. You can see moments of Jenny shine through, before she's forced into doing another lol fat joke moment.

  • @Seussenshmirtz
    @Seussenshmirtz 2 роки тому +67

    What I would give to have seen this cast live...

    • @camillechauve1352
      @camillechauve1352 Рік тому +10

      To be fair, this cast doesn't exist outside of the movie - some actors (Elaine Paige, Susan Jane Tanner, Ken Page, Michael Gruber, Sir John Mills) were brought on specifically for this, and most of the actors played different roles in the running productions at the time. (Doesn't stop us from wishing, though!)

  • @richard2845
    @richard2845 Рік тому +35

    my biggest respect to all actors, producers, and every staff involved

  • @kentinson1670
    @kentinson1670 3 роки тому +93

    It just occurred to me that the cat at 1:22 is Grizabella without her costume

    • @sophiad.871
      @sophiad.871 3 роки тому +25

      When you go to 1:30 you can see her in the back going off stage :D

    • @ChristopherLynnShow
      @ChristopherLynnShow 3 роки тому +15

      22 years. Thanks for pointing that out 😂

    • @kentinson1670
      @kentinson1670 3 роки тому +7

      @@sophiad.871 omg you're right

    • @SirCraigius
      @SirCraigius 3 роки тому +16

      @@sophiad.871 Never noticed that before! The way she slowly dances off to the side, it makes it easy to miss.

    • @Broadwaygirl918
      @Broadwaygirl918 3 роки тому +6

      That’s her as a kitten😘

  • @ramandeepnijjar8281
    @ramandeepnijjar8281 3 роки тому +223

    This is how it should be done! Thanks for this. I just wish the film didn't exist as it isn't a true representation of the true art of the show. The show is just incredible.

    • @labyfan1313
      @labyfan1313 3 роки тому +10

      I know. The stage musical Cats is my favourite musical. It's amazing seeing it live with these giant cats roaming around. You totally forget they're people dressed up. Now I'm afraid the film will hurt the stage show. The make-up is just so brilliant. I don't know what they were thinking going for human faces in the movie. And the way the songs were done just sucked all the fun and life out of it (with the exception of the Railway Cat.)

    • @sgillman16
      @sgillman16 3 роки тому +5

      In my mind, this is the ONLY Cats movie

    • @soofiasiddiqui7160
      @soofiasiddiqui7160 3 роки тому +3

      I honestly loved the actual movie cats

    • @dawnjohnson3263
      @dawnjohnson3263 3 роки тому +2

      @@soofiasiddiqui7160 the movie is fantastic i can't see it enough. Coukdnt care less what the critics in the papers ramble on about

    • @soofiasiddiqui7160
      @soofiasiddiqui7160 3 роки тому +1

      @@dawnjohnson3263 me too! I’m so glad someone finally sees the movie how I see it

  • @ArleneHJ
    @ArleneHJ 2 роки тому +32

    My best friend in year 9 had a vhs tape of this and we watched it every afternoon after school. (We weren’t theatre kids, just musical geeks!) This version of CATS above all the others >>>

  • @SatansFire
    @SatansFire 3 роки тому +112

    I’m actually kinda creeped out cuz I was singing this all morning

  • @Pyberspace
    @Pyberspace 3 роки тому +206

    3:28
    They were Naruto running decades before it was cool

  • @silverkitty2503
    @silverkitty2503 Рік тому +36

    its cool how their choir actually sounds like cats howling

  • @rjhollenbeck8442
    @rjhollenbeck8442 3 роки тому +42

    One simple fact...THIS IS A MILLION TRILLION TIMES BETTER THAN THE 2019 VERSION.

  • @Elnont
    @Elnont 3 роки тому +59

    Really disappointed that the 1998 version of these songs aren’t on Spotify!

  • @cjrogers9060
    @cjrogers9060 3 роки тому +25

    Everyone watches their favourite cat in this ensemble. I was constantly looking for dear Rumpleteaser.

    • @AnamFatima
      @AnamFatima 3 роки тому +8

      Or select one cat for each view and just rewatch the video many, many times.

    • @Synchronisedstumbling
      @Synchronisedstumbling 2 роки тому +2

      I like Alonzo/swing he’s one of my favourites

    • @Synchronisedstumbling
      @Synchronisedstumbling 2 роки тому +2

      During the choir part he’s standing next to Munkustrap (not sure on spelling)

  • @jaredvecchio
    @jaredvecchio 3 роки тому +70

    Cats is my all time favourite musical

  • @SneakerMaxMax
    @SneakerMaxMax 2 роки тому +25

    1:27 i like how elaine page just delivers one line and leaves lol

    • @dce040186
      @dce040186 Рік тому

      I was about to ask if that was her.

    • @whistle_missile
      @whistle_missile 7 місяців тому +2

      ​@@dce040186yeah young version of herself

  • @Tropicalpisces
    @Tropicalpisces Місяць тому +3

    Forever a dream to see this!!!

  • @kimtaylor3515
    @kimtaylor3515 Рік тому +73

    I have just convinced my fiance that our bridal party popping up like each of the cats do at the beginning would be so cute when they are introduced at the reception. Now time to convince my bridal party.

    • @dragonclaws9367
      @dragonclaws9367 Рік тому

      Do it!

    • @guywholivesforart
      @guywholivesforart Рік тому +6

      How did that go over with your bridal party?

    • @guywholivesforart
      @guywholivesforart Рік тому +13

      @@riledupbuttercup Well, the username checks out.

    • @roselover411
      @roselover411 Рік тому +6

      I did hear about a Cats themed wedding. They asked their guests to wear cat ears, it sounded really cute. It was longer ago than this post though so hey, you would not be the first to do it!

    • @KittyStarlight
      @KittyStarlight Рік тому +4

      @@roselover411 That does sound cute. (To me anyway.) (Please closely observe my name and I believe you will understand very well why that would be.) 🐈

  • @KittyStarlight
    @KittyStarlight Рік тому +15

    Boot. (flies through the air and lands on the stage)
    Cats. (stare at it for a few seconds)
    (continue singing as if nothing whatsoever has happened)
    ("Well. I never."
    "Oh, so what, carry on.")
    🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵

  • @rune-turtlesmith
    @rune-turtlesmith 6 місяців тому +4

    Hard to believe that this was the inspiration for 80's cartoon "Thundercats". Yet it is a well-known fact and everyone agrees it is true.

  • @_x._kay_.x_
    @_x._kay_.x_ 3 роки тому +53

    Anyone else think that Pouncival and Rumpleteazer are the cutest 😍🥰

  • @alinasuresh1819
    @alinasuresh1819 3 роки тому +47

    [MUNKUSTRAP]
    Are you blind when you're born?
    [DEMETER]
    Can you see in the dark?
    [SKIMBLESHANKS]
    Can you look at a king?
    [ASPARAGUS]
    Would you sit on his throne?
    [RUM TUM TUGGER]
    Can you say of your bite that it's worse than your bark?
    [ALONZO]
    Are you cock of the walk
    [GRIZABELLA]
    When you're walking alone?
    [COMPANY]
    Because Jellicles are and Jellicles do
    Jellicles do and Jellicles would
    Jellicles would and Jellicles can
    Jellicles can and Jellicles do
    [JELLYLORUM]
    When you fall on your head do you land on your feet?
    [CORICOPAT]
    Are you tense when you sense there's a storm in the air?
    [JEMIMA]
    Can you find your way blind when you're lost in the street?
    [OLD DEUTERONOMY]
    Do you know how to go to the Heaviside Layer?
    [COMPANY]
    Because Jellicles can and Jellicles do
    Jellicles do and Jellicles can
    Jellicles can and Jellicles do
    Jellicles do and Jellicles can
    Jellicles can and Jellicles do
    [TANTOMILLE]
    Can you ride on a broomstick to places far distant?
    [JENNYANYDOTS & VICTORIA]
    Familiar with candle
    [ELECTRA]
    With book and with bell?
    [BOMBALURINA]
    Were you Whittington's friend?
    [MR. MISTOFFELEES]
    The Pied Piper's assistant?
    [TUMBLEBRUTUS]
    Have you been an alumnus of Heaven or Hell?
    [COMPANY]
    Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats
    Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats
    Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats
    Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats
    Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats
    We can dive through the air like a flying trapeze
    We can turn double somersaults, bounce on a tire
    We can run up a wall, we can swing through the trees
    We can balance on bars, we can walk on a wire
    Jellicles can and Jellicles do
    Jellicles can and Jellicles do
    Jellicles can and Jellicles do
    Jellicles can and Jellicles do
    Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats
    Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats
    Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats
    Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats
    Can you sing at the same time in more than one key
    Duets by Rossini and waltzes by Strauss
    And can you, as cats do, begin with a "C"?
    That always triumphantly brings down the house!
    Jellicle cats are queen of the nights
    Singing at astronomical heights
    Handling pieces from the Messiah
    Hallelujah, angelical choir
    The mystical divinity
    Of unashamed felinity
    Round the cathedral rang "Vivat"
    Life to the Everlasting Cat!
    Feline, fearless, faithful and true
    To others who do what
    Jellicles do and Jellicles can
    Jellicles can and Jellicles do
    Jellicle cats sing Jellicle chants
    Jellicles old and Jellicles new
    Jellicle song and Jellicle dance
    Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats
    Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats
    Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats
    Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats
    Practical cats, Dramatical cats
    Pragmatical cats, Fanatical cats
    Oratorical cats, Delphic-oracle cats
    Skeptical cats, Dispeptical cats
    Romantical cats, Pedantical cats
    Critical cats, Parasitical cats
    Allegorical cats, Metaphorical cats
    Statistical cats and Mystical cats
    Political cats, Hypocritical cats
    Clerical cats, Hysterical cats
    Cynical cats, Rabbinical cats
    Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats
    Jellicle bells that Jellicles ring
    Jellicle sharps and Jellicle flats
    Jellicle songs that Jellicles sing
    Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats
    [ASPARAGUS, spoken]
    There's a man over there with a look of surprise
    As much as to say "Well now, how about that?"
    [MUNKUSTRAP, spoken]
    Do I actually see with my own very eyes
    A man who's not heard of a Jellicle cat?
    What's a Jellicle cat?
    [COMPANY, spoken]
    What's a Jellicle Cat?

    • @onnimannimaki8846
      @onnimannimaki8846 2 роки тому +1

      In this version I think Runpleteazer who sings "can you sit on his throne".

    • @annierose5100
      @annierose5100 2 роки тому

      @@onnimannimaki8846 no he didnt

    • @onnimannimaki8846
      @onnimannimaki8846 2 роки тому

      @@annierose5100 at least not asparagus

    • @couragew6260
      @couragew6260 2 роки тому +1

      I think you missed a bit between 2:24 to 2:40

    • @MeganAllen1738
      @MeganAllen1738 Рік тому

      This isn't the lyrics for this version of Jellicle Cats

  • @amanda2296
    @amanda2296 3 роки тому +105

    Can we get Cats and Phantom of the Opera re-uploaded to this channel because I need them again

    • @ESC-lover
      @ESC-lover 3 роки тому +4

      The new show is Celtic Tiger!

    • @sgillman16
      @sgillman16 3 роки тому +8

      You can buy this 1998 Cats movie on DVD, and Phantom's 25th anniversary performance on DVD

  • @fluteninja15
    @fluteninja15 3 роки тому +21

    This brings me back to when my little sister and I did our own mini play of 'Cats' for our family. We watched it so many times I'm surprised we didn't wear out the VHS tape.

  • @laurad3497
    @laurad3497 3 роки тому +36

    Saw Cats in Detroit back in 2010 for our first wedding Anniversary. I was pregnant with my first daughter (now almost 10). I remember her enjoying the music as much as I did! Bought this version on dvd soon after and we all enjoy it as a family still! ❤️

  • @doc_1116
    @doc_1116 3 роки тому +26

    Last time I was this early Grizzabella lived her memories.

    • @alansmithee419
      @alansmithee419 3 роки тому

      The prequel to Cats - Grizzabella in the Daylight.

  • @erintwomey3846
    @erintwomey3846 Рік тому +12

    Who knew a concept as strange as people in costumes reciting poems about cats in a musical form could have worked so well?

  • @ingakit5381
    @ingakit5381 3 роки тому +83

    Wow! That actually looks cool and doesn't creep me out unlike the movie. :D

  • @henryhammond7393
    @henryhammond7393 Рік тому +4

    Cats has always been a guilty pleasure for me.
    Whenever people ask me how can you like it? There’s nothing going on… I’m like… yes.. there is nothing going on… in fact there is so much nothing going on that you start to notice things…

  • @iza724
    @iza724 3 роки тому +12

    Last two Halloweens I painted my face as one of these cats and loved it.

  • @KingdomHeartsFan3211
    @KingdomHeartsFan3211 3 роки тому +12

    After a while, you start to hear “Jellicle” less and start hearing “Jericho” or the phrase the word “Jellicle” is based on, “Dear little”.

  • @user-gt6rv8ib5p
    @user-gt6rv8ib5p 3 роки тому +10

    when covid19 is finish, and Cats team perform in Korea again I’ll go again. It was awesome. I’ll never forget that feeling.

  • @gabrielladiaz6933
    @gabrielladiaz6933 2 роки тому +10

    This vhs version of cats will always be my favorite I remember burning the tape out!! I saw cats right before the show ended on Broadway in 2000 when I was 7 years old

  • @marissaflores418
    @marissaflores418 3 роки тому +37

    0:59
    Munkustrap: Are you blind when you're born?

    • @virgo14
      @virgo14 3 роки тому +10

      1:02
      Demeter: Can you see in the dark?

    • @nathanbarnes8535
      @nathanbarnes8535 3 роки тому +8

      1:07
      Skimbleshanks: Can you look at a king?

    • @Aqselish
      @Aqselish 3 роки тому +10

      1:08
      Asparagus:Would you sit on his throne?

    • @marissaflores418
      @marissaflores418 3 роки тому +9

      1:12
      The Rum Tum Tugger: Can you say if your bite that is worse than your bark?

    • @Aqselish
      @Aqselish 3 роки тому +7

      1:17
      Alonzo: Are you co.k of the walk?

  • @Louisjcx
    @Louisjcx 10 місяців тому +4

    I was today years old when I just found out the 1998 version is actually from 1988… I thought it was a remastered version from the past past… mind you I’ve been watching this film since I was a baby and I’ve it live as well.. I watch at least once a month.. I am so mind blown. 😂😂😂

    • @jaysteelsun
      @jaysteelsun Місяць тому

      The musical is from the 80s but this particular recording is from 1998

    • @Louisjcx
      @Louisjcx Місяць тому

      @@jaysteelsun oh ok I wasn’t crazy. Thanks so much 😂

  • @user-mg4ni5kb6b
    @user-mg4ni5kb6b 6 місяців тому +3

    As Someone who saw this live in 1998 it was so good and one of my favourite musicals also we don’t talk about the film

  • @Harpy-with-Legs
    @Harpy-with-Legs 6 місяців тому +3

    I’ve watched so much cats stuff today that the word “cat” did that thing where it’s lost meaning

  • @exogenesus6841
    @exogenesus6841 3 роки тому +29

    Mungojerrie’s face at 4:09

  • @lauriesmith4575
    @lauriesmith4575 2 роки тому +8

    Saw this live on tour in 1998, my mom and grandma weren't fans, but this is what introduced me to ALW. I will always love this show, moreso for the dancing (as a dancer), but of course for the music as well. This absolutely trumps the shite that is 2019s version.

  • @squifli6456
    @squifli6456 2 роки тому +4

    John Partridge really encapsulates how RTT acts

  • @jameshetfieldno1fan
    @jameshetfieldno1fan 3 роки тому +8

    When I was younger me and my sister would watch this at my grandmas house all the time. Watching this ten years later gives me so much nostalgia

  • @lucasjerez3995
    @lucasjerez3995 3 роки тому +36

    Eternal love to this musical ❤️🐱

  • @robinantivar9223
    @robinantivar9223 3 роки тому +8

    Now this is how you open a musical!!

  • @amjthe_paleosquare9399
    @amjthe_paleosquare9399 Рік тому +4

    The 2019 served for something. For us to appreciate even more THIS master work right here

  • @MichielBLKorte
    @MichielBLKorte 2 роки тому +6

    1:23 Young Grizabella! It took me quite some time to realise Grizabella appears as a young cat in the prologue. She is still part of the tribe.

  • @moonpaw_gacha6147
    @moonpaw_gacha6147 3 роки тому +29

    Idk why but my friends always get annoyed when I sing Cats ITS THE BEST MUSICAL EVER HOW CAN SOMEONE NOT LIKE IT

    • @alansmithee419
      @alansmithee419 3 роки тому +4

      The problem with cats is it takes a bit of getting used to the absurdity in order to like it, and people just don't want to put in that effort *because they think it's absurd.*
      It's a bit of a *cat*ch 22.

  • @EditorOfSL
    @EditorOfSL 3 роки тому +64

    Ok, I need to know - is it or is it not Elaine Paige singing the line “When you’re walking alone?”
    (And please no comments on how she also plays Grizabella in this, I already know and that was not what I asked.)

    • @ESC-lover
      @ESC-lover 3 роки тому +3

      Yes, see my comment !

    • @samantharedacted9226
      @samantharedacted9226 3 роки тому +41

      I'm pretty sure this song is a flashback in the play. That is Grizabella before she left the tribe. That explains why Rum Tum Tugger doesn't have his full coat yet and Old Deuteronomy looks much less fluffy too.

    • @han7559
      @han7559 3 роки тому +3

      yes that’s her!

    • @supershepherd
      @supershepherd 3 роки тому +10

      @@samantharedacted9226 Yeah, because you also see Tugger and Old D looking much younger so this is kinda like a flashback

    • @run2gowon573
      @run2gowon573 3 роки тому +1

      Yep

  • @smartsugardoll
    @smartsugardoll 2 роки тому +6

    Watching this clip is made so much more better when you're watching it in your car at 11:30 at night time in a dark parking lot😸

  • @galenhoover3566
    @galenhoover3566 3 роки тому +52

    such a good show!

  • @emilyedwards1819
    @emilyedwards1819 Рік тому +5

    I tend to get a negative reaction when I tell people that Cats is my all-time favorite musical. When they say I'm crazy, I just break out into 'Memory.'

  • @ats6880
    @ats6880 Рік тому +3

    The 1999 Cats is nothing short of amazing athletic and theatrical talent. 😲👏👏👏👏👏

  • @kittiecandy747
    @kittiecandy747 3 роки тому +29

    any Etcetera fans out here? the cutest kitten queen ❤️

  • @sincerecinnamon
    @sincerecinnamon Рік тому +6

    I assigned my most of my friends a cat from cats the musical. The two rambunctiously mad ones are Mungojerri and Rumpleteazer, the one with what looks like a mane and is basically the rpg powerhouse of the group but extremely chaotic and quiet is Macavity, and I am Mr. Mistoffelees because I love him and would definitely be a mage type character who is shy and definitely gay

  • @caiodemmachado
    @caiodemmachado 3 роки тому +33

    Love it!! After watching the show here I bought the DVD!