RTTugger1977
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Signs that you are obsessed with "Cats"1. You know all the songs...
2. ...not only in English, but in at least five other languages.
3. You can play the entire score on more than one musical instrument.
4. You adopt 50 real cats and attempt to teach them the choreography...
5. ...and they pull it off...
6. ...and you put on your own production and charge admission.
7. Your collection of "Cats" merchandise takes up at least 2 rooms of your house.
8. You can't pay the bills on time, but you can pony up the money for that Broadway Mungojerrie costume on EBay.
9. "Star Trek" fans tell you to get a life.
10. Andrew Lloyd Webber has a restraining order on you.
11. Instead of saying the dog ate your homework, you say that Mungojerrie & Rumpleteazer stole it.
12. All your non-"Cats" cast CD's happen to be of "Cats" alumni (Betty Buckley, Sarah Brightman, Paul Nicholas, Elaine Paige, Jessica Molaskey, etc.)
13. You only recognize "Cats" alumni as the character(s) they performed.
14. You build a startrap in your basement, so you can make a Rumpus Cat-like entrance into your kitchen for breakfast.
15. Your grocery bill exceeds the national debt because you always feed your cat(s) caviar, Strassburg pie, potted grouse, and salmon paste.
16. Not only that, but you also feed the fat tuxedo-colored cat winkles, shrimps, venison, curry, cabbage, rice pudding, and mutton.
17. Every time you hear something break or fall over, you scream "MACAVITY!!!!".
18. You follow the cast on tour as if you were a Deadhead.
19. ...And they all know you well, and are completely weirded out by you.
20. You only travel long distances by train in hopes of meeting Skimbleshanks.
21. All your clothes are made out of lycra and yak hair.
22. You're often seen attaching rockets and firecrackers to old tires.
23. One day you hope to summon up the courage to sit close enough to the stage so you can join the Cats during the Jellicle Ball (seeing as how you already know the choreography).
24. You begin a petition to change either your school fight song, state song, or country's national anthem to "Memory".
25. You actually know the deeper meaning to "The Moments Of Happiness".
26. "Rocky Horror" fans think you've lost it.
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abbeycat
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Spot On.
ha ha ha ha!!!! 
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Luc
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27. You made an account on Musicals.Net, but you have only ever posted in the CATS forum. 
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RTTugger1977
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28. You find a cat that looks just like Alonzo, but don't adopt it because it's a female and you need one that's male to complete your 'real cat' cast.
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darkmage
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| musikal_geek wrote: | | 27. You made an account on Musicals.Net, but you have only ever posted in the CATS forum. |
Guilty as charged.
29) You collect stuffed cats based on their resemblance to the characters, and are often found in FAO Schwarz, Toys R Us, and the like muttering to oneself, "Geez, I wonder if I could find my Demeter/Skimbleshanks/etc. this time."
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Rallers
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| Quote: | | 25. You actually know the deeper meaning to "The Moments Of Happiness". |
It involved catnip, a dozen bottles of Mountain Dew and no sleep for a week, but by god I figured it out.
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RTTugger1977
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30. You not only collect stuffed cats based on character resemblance, but spend hours making the appropriate costumes for them (i.e. Skimble's vest, Mistoffelees' light-up jacket, etc.)
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JelliclePat
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Some of these remind me of the list Matt made up for the old board - not that that's bad, mind! I especially remember the star-trap one. But I really like the new additions; the Star Trek one really gets me!! Well done, everyone!
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Roller Boy
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Re: Signs that you are obsessed with "Cats" | RTTugger1977 wrote: | .
26. "Rocky Horror" fans think you've lost it. |
oh that's not because I'm a CATS fan...I promise.
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RTTugger1977
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| JelliclePat wrote: | | Some of these remind me of the list Matt made up for the old board - not that that's bad, mind! I especially remember the star-trap one. But I really like the new additions; the Star Trek one really gets me!! Well done, everyone! |
That's because this *is* Matt. I couldn't remember my old password!
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RTTugger1977
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| Rallers wrote: | | Quote: | | 25. You actually know the deeper meaning to "The Moments Of Happiness". |
It involved catnip, a dozen bottles of Mountain Dew and no sleep for a week, but by god I figured it out. |
I remember a while back, when a former Old D performer in London used to post here frequently, that a fan told him that this song was Old D telling the cats to...well...breed like rabbits, for lack of a better way of putting it.
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Lady Jemima
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| Quote: | | 8. You can't pay the bills on time, but you can pony up the money for that Broadway Mungojerrie costume on EBay. |
Guilty.
| Quote: | | 13. You only recognize "Cats" alumni as the character(s) they performed. |
Guilty again.
| Quote: | | 17. Every time you hear something break or fall over, you scream "MACAVITY!!!!". |
Did that once when the lights went out...made my mom laugh 
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Rallers
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| RTTugger1977 wrote: |
I remember a while back, when a former Old D performer in London used to post here frequently, that a fan told him that this song was Old D telling the cats to...well...breed like rabbits, for lack of a better way of putting it. |
Pfft, well of course. How else would the Jellicles build up an army large enough to take over the world?
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Roller Boy
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| Rallers wrote: | | RTTugger1977 wrote: |
I remember a while back, when a former Old D performer in London used to post here frequently, that a fan told him that this song was Old D telling the cats to...well...breed like rabbits, for lack of a better way of putting it. |
Pfft, well of course. How else would the Jellicles build up an army large enough to take over the world? |
I've had unfixed female cats...and I can tell you, THEY DO breed like rabbits!
We had 25 kittens in our house at one point. 25!!!! Not including the mothers!
~and yes, we found homes for every single one of them, and had all their vet visits before they were adopted, and got them all spayed and nutuerd. (no easy task)
we now own (7) of the original 25.
I have 3.
My parents have 3.
and my sister has 1.
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Rallers
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Roller Boy. You gets BIGRALLIHUG(tm) for being even more awesome than you already are by having all those kittens get homes, spayed and neutered and all that important oft-neglected stuffs.
*BIGRALLIHUG(tm)*
...dang, I hate veering off topic, but I HAVE to know- how much did getting 25 kittens spayed and neutered cost?  And the vet visits?
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JelliclePat
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Tugger/Matt: Yeah, that could explain it. I have trouble keeping track of who's who anymore... <sigh> Brain is not what it once was...
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Roller Boy
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| Rallers wrote: | | how much did getting 25 kittens spayed and neutered cost? And the vet visits? |
A TON!!!!
(LOL)
We went through the SPCA, and had them all in little kennels. It was done in trips of 6. Mom and her kittens. (1 mom...5 kittens) We had already given some away at this point, and their new owners met us there for the transfer.
after they got out of the "snip van" we handed off said baby to their new parents.
The snip van was 10$ for males and 15$ for females, and additional 10$ if the female was pregnant and needed an abortion.
In all we paid roughly 300$ Not to mention a generous donation because they gave the kittens booster shots for free.
We made sure to get phone numbers of new parents, and My parents and I called and checked up on the kittens a bit. I am still in contact with 3 of the owners to this day. ^.^
The rest of the kittens were given out to people in our church, and local fire department.
One male by the name of Lancelot is a trucking kitty. He was adopted by a man who drives a rig. He delvers Vinyl covers for farm equipment to stores across the USA and Lancelot is his seat side travel companion.
One female and her two sons (Shadow, William, and Porgey) were adopted by a widow raising her grandson. Her grandson didn't want to take the boys from their mother, because god had taken his mother from him, and he knew they'd miss her. So they adopted the trio. Shadow is living happily in Arkansas catching mice with her sons and spoiled rotten by the boy and his gran.
Belle, (Named from Belle from this forum) a fluffy silver girl with a very refined taste, gave birth to 5 little girls. She was separated from her daughters, but adopted by Nishi. A friend of mine from The University of Memphis drama department. At last count she is living high on the hog, and loved to lounge on top of the grand piano.
Michelle, Named Chellekitty online, adopted some of the kittens from a CATS forum post I made back when we had the kittens. She drove MANY miles to meet me, and choose 2 strapping young males, whom she named Munkustrap and Pouncival.
The list goes on and on. 
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RTTugger1977
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I myself was *very* tempted to pull off #17. A long time ago my folks had theatre season tickets and one of the shows they went to (but I couldn't make it to for some reason) was the tour of "Annie Get Your Gun", and ex-Demeter Celina Carvajal was in the cast. Having missed seeing Celina on Broadway by a few months, I joked that if I did get to "Annie Get Your Gun", I'd hang out at the stage door in hopes of meeting her, and I'd bring something glass to drop on the ground in hopes of at least hearing her say it...
I didn't, though! It was one of those things that seemed like a good idea at the time.
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Alonza0
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| Quote: | | 26. "Rocky Horror" fans think you've lost it. |
Yup. My Dad was a RH fan and now my brother is. They both think I've totally lost my mind. Probably because I have.
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Vice
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Re: Signs that you are obsessed with "Cats" | RTTugger1977 wrote: | | 13. You only recognize "Cats" alumni as the character(s) they performed. |
I'd be like that if it weren't for Ken Page's Oogie Boogie-ness. 
| RTTugger1977 wrote: | 14. You build a startrap in your basement, so you can make a Rumpus Cat-like entrance into your kitchen for breakfast.
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Oooooooh. That sounds FUN!!! *Whuph!- "Weeee!" - "Oh Cra..." - CRASH*
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Alonza0
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Re: Signs that you are obsessed with "Cats" | Vice wrote: | | RTTugger1977 wrote: | | 13. You only recognize "Cats" alumni as the character(s) they performed. |
I'd be like that if it weren't for Ken Page's Oogie Boogie-ness. |
Yeah, I have that problem too. That and Sir John Mills with Swiss Family Robinson. And also as Hayley's dad.
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RTTugger1977
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Not to mention the numerous other characters Terrence Mann has created on Broadway since playing the Rum Tum Tugger. And oddly enough, I seem to give Harry Groener as much recognition for playing Will in "Oklahoma!", Ralph on "Dear John", and creating the role of Bobby in "Crazy For You" as I do for his originating the role of Munkustrap on Broadway.
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Vice
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| RTTugger1977 wrote: | | Not to mention the numerous other characters Terrence Mann has created on Broadway since playing the Rum Tum Tugger. |
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I know he's played Frank-n-furter.
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RTTugger1977
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Yes, he did play Frank N. Furter, but he didn't create the role in that cast, Tom Hewitt did. But I'm sure Terrence did an awesome job, as many Frank N. Furters make good Tuggers, and vice versa. (What I wouldn't give to see John Partridge as Frank!)
For those who might not know, Terrence also created the roles of the Beast, Chauvelin, and Javert on Broadway. And while he was the Tugger, he married an actress/dancer who played Cassandra opposite him.
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Belle
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John Partridge just finished in the London production of The Drowsy Chaperone, and the role he played was a very similar character to a Rocky Horror role - only, not Frank, but he was playing everythig Brad Majors believes himself to be! It was more than a little disconcerting! I can't see him as Frank after that... tho if they ever made a stage show of Doctor Who/Torchwood, he'd replace John Barrowman pretty seamlessly! Partridge vs. Barrowman, an epic battle to the end...
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RTTugger1977
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If they made a stage show of Doctor Who, does that mean Bonnie Langford would reprise her role too?
Someone sent me a bootleg of the final London CATS performance (read: she taped the monitor at Covent Garden that was showing the performance) and Bonnie Langford was interviewed beforehand. She's adorable, especially how she played along later when John picked her to dance with him.
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Yip1982
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I would probably like to add some experiences:
I would more often than not exclaim "Macavity!" if I hear any loud noise, and blame any missing things on him.
I would wear my CATS T-shirt to national functions like the National Day Parade.
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RTTugger1977
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More signs...You can't carry on a conversation in a foreign language, but you can sing all the songs from "Cats" in it.
Your real cats think you've lost it.
You work out to the "Cats" video, and become more flexible than Victoria.
People start referring to you as "that crazy cat person", even if you don't own a cat.
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JelliclePat
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Bonnie Langford as Mel in her Rumpleteazer outfit? This I *GOTTA* see!
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Vice
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[quote="RTTugger1977"]Yes, he did play Frank N. Furter, but he didn't create the role in that cast, Tom Hewitt did. But I'm sure Terrence did an awesome job, as many Frank N. Furters make good Tuggers, and vice versa. [quote]
I know that, it's just...
I have images of Tugger dressed jup as frank-N-Ferter now... moreso than StEx's Electra now! *gasp*
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