"Pictures. Bagpuss Bagpuss is a British children's television series, made by Peter Firmin and Oliver Postgate through their company Smallfilms. The series of 13 episodes was first broadcast from 12 February 1974 to 7 May 1974. The title character was ""a saggy, old cloth cat, baggy, and a bit loose at the seams"". Although only 13 episodes were made, it remains fondly remembered, and was frequently repeated in the UK for 13 years. In 1999 ""Bagpuss"" topped a BBC poll for the UK's favourite children's TV programme. Each programme began in the same way: through a series of sepia photographs,"
"a tough, but suave cat who fancied himself incredibly debonair even though he was an alley cat. He often had get famous and/or get rich schemes which formed the basis of many of the episodes. He is shown always dressed with a blue scarf which he wears like a cravat and table leg which he uses as a cane, as well as a sideways cap. The other cats in the group were Hector, Wordsworth, and Mungo. Hector, a brown and beige cat who speaks with a New Jersey accent, was sometimes depicted as feeling that he should be the head"
"her first wash in the year '71"". In 1942, the year before she died, Potter's thoughts returned to Kitty MacDonald when she wrote about a piece of crockery:Seventy eighty years ago it belonged to another old woman, old Katie MacDonald, the Highland washerwoman. She was a tiny body, brown as a berry, beady black eyes and much wrinkled, against an incongruously white frilled mutch. She wore a small plaid crossed over shawl pinned with a silver brooch, a bed jacket, and a full kilted petticoat. She dropped bob curtsies, but she was outspoken and very independent, proud and proper ..."
"parent cat. There have now been five generations born in the warehouse, the fur of each a little longer and thicker than that of the preceding generation, until now they are covered with fur as thick and close as that of a muskrat, and when removed from the warehouse they cannot stand the warm climate, and soon die. It is a distinct breed of cold-storage cats.” In Britain, the respected naturalist, Richard Lydekker appears to have taken the story at face value. His monograph in a volume of Allen's Naturalist's Library in 1895, though wholly based on an American newspaper"
"the surrounding commotion, allowed himself to be picked up by Gair. The cat, estimated to have been 8 years old when found, had survived within the city throughout the siege. Gair took the cat back to his quarters and he lived and ate with a group of British officers who initially named him ""Tom"" and later ""Crimean Tom"" or ""Sevastopol Tom"". The occupying armies were struggling to find supplies, especially of food, in a city much-deprived by the year-long siege. It is said that the officers noticed how fat Tom was getting and realised he must have been feeding off"
"Simon Edy Simon Edy, known as Old Simon, was a London beggar who lived in a derelict ""Rats' Castle"" in the rookery of Dyott Street. He was born in Woodford in Northamptonshire in 1709 and died on May 18, 1783. He had a succession of dogs and the last of them was a drover's sheepdog called Rover. He begged outside the churchyard of St Giles in the Fields and was a well-known figure, being portrayed by artists including John Seago and Thomas Rowlandson. He wore several hats, coats, rings and collected much bric-a-brac such as cuttings from old newspapers like"
"bun. She wears emerald green robes, a pointed hat, and always has a very prim expression. She speaks with a slight Scottish accent. She is, according to Rowling, a sprightly 70-year-old. McGonagall wears square spectacles that match the markings around the eyes of her Animagus form of a British Shorthair silver tabby cat; she has the distinction of being the first Animagus introduced in the series and being one of the few registered Animagi of the century, though she is rarely seen using the ability. Harry's immediate impression of her is of someone who is not to be crossed. She"
"baths, there rises and drifts like a miasmic tide the all but palpable odor of the day's bellytimber. The arrogance of this fat head exudes itself like an evil sweat. Nannie Slagg: An ancient dwarf who serves as the nurse for infant Titus and Fuchsia before him. She is somewhat unintelligent, deeply self-pitying and has an inferiority complex. Nevertheless she is kind and loving, and is the only figure who shows any real affection to the children when they are young. ... she is so minute, so frightened, so old, so querulous, she neither could, nor would, head any procession,"
"Snape is described as a thin man with sallow skin, a large, hooked nose, and yellow, uneven teeth. He has shoulder-length, greasy black hair which frames his face, and cold, black eyes. He wears black, flowing robes which give him the appearance of ""an overgrown bat"". The youthful Snape had a ""stringy, pallid look"", being ""round-shouldered yet angular"", having a ""twitchy"" walk ""that recalled a spider"" and ""long oily hair that jumped about his face"". In the chapter illustrations by Mary GrandPré in the American editions of ""The Prisoner of Azkaban"", ""The Order of the Phoenix"", and ""The Half-Blood Prince"","
"unique, and one that only the cat knows. He refers to one cat in particular: Gus, short for Asparagus. Gus: The Theatre Cat ""Gus: The Theatre Cat"" is a poem by T. S. Eliot included in Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats. Known as ""The Theatre Cat"" due to his career as an actor, Gus is an old and frail, yet revered, cat, who ""suffers from palsy, which makes his paws shake."" His coat is described as ""shabby"" and he is ""no longer a terror to mice or to rats."" Gus, whose full name is Asparagus, is also a character"
"Foss (cat) Foss (c. 1873 – November 1887), formally named Aderphos, was the pet cat of Edward Lear, the 19th-century author, illustrator, and poet. A stumpy-tailed, portly, and unattractive tabby cat, he was a favourite of Lear's and played an important role as a companion in the poet's lonely later years. Foss is mentioned frequently in Lear's correspondence and makes an appearance in his illustrations and at least one poem. Foss is said to have been the inspiration for the pussycat in Lear's illustrations for his poem ""The Owl and the Pussycat"". The funeral that Lear provided for Foss, which"
"depth and fur. He is ""the original conjuring cat"" and wears black and white striped legwarmers on only 3 limbs. Underneath he wears a black velvet unitard. For his feature song he wears a black jacket covered with rhinestones, white and black gloves, and black loafers. He is also referred to as Quaxo during the rest of his show until his song. In the 1976 movie ""Logan's Run"", Peter Ustinov's character makes an offer to trade: ""I'll give you one of my best cats, my favorite. I'll give you a Jellicle cat."" In the Netflix show ""BoJack Horseman"", Princess Carolyn's"
"is a red and white, rotund cat with a blue nose, purple eyelids, no tail, hands with gloves that have fingernails, human-style buttocks, flat feet and a brain the size of a peanut. He is portrayed as intelligent enough in some episodes to be a chef or a scientist and sometimes as nonsensically stupid. Martin ""Dr. Toon"" Goodman of ""Animation World Magazine"" described Stimpy as ""obese"" and ""brain-damaged."" Andy Meisler of ""The New York Times"" described Stimpy as ""bosom,"" ""barrel-chested"" and ""good-natured."" Stimpy's trademark facial expression is a blissfully ignorant smile with his tongue hanging out. When he gets excited,"
"Scarface Claw Scarface Claw is a fictitious tom cat who features in the Hairy Maclary children's stories written by New Zealand author Lynley Dodd. A large, black cat with big yellow eyes and chunks missing from his ears, Scarface has a reputation as the ""toughest Tom in town"". Scarface Claw is introduced in the first Hairy Maclary story, the 1983 Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy, where he appears from the shadows to terrify Hairy Maclary and his canine friends as they prowl through the town. He features in several of the books that follow, including ""Hairy Maclary Scattercat"" (1985), ""Caterwaul"
"picture book, ""Scarface Claw, Hold Tight"", to be released on October 2, 2017. Scarface Claw Scarface Claw is a fictitious tom cat who features in the Hairy Maclary children's stories written by New Zealand author Lynley Dodd. A large, black cat with big yellow eyes and chunks missing from his ears, Scarface has a reputation as the ""toughest Tom in town"". Scarface Claw is introduced in the first Hairy Maclary story, the 1983 Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy, where he appears from the shadows to terrify Hairy Maclary and his canine friends as they prowl through the town. He features"
"as ""the sage"" by some (including the narrator) and as ""Gapa"" by his granddaughter, spends his time mainly with, and for, his pets—his albino sow, Daisy, his cat, Alice, and his goose, Ted. He describes himself as ""a bit stiff about the joints these days"", he has some difficulty climbing steps, has poor eyesight, is deaf in one ear and almost deaf in the other, and has recently had problems with his memory. In addition, one of his idiosyncrasies consists in putting all the post he gets in a big trunk without opening any of it, ever. Edge, one of"
"young lamb. His mother was extremely ill at his birth and did not survive. Sonny Wool (real name Bart) and his blind sister Maggie were sent to Zippity Zoo, a mobile farm petting zoo based near Levin in the Horowhenua of New Zealand. As a youngster Sonny Wool would predict rainfall by knocking on office door to advise Beverley to get animals in, he also had a penchant for chasing flashlight reflections on the ground, similar to a cat chasing a laser spot. Sonny Wool also had a favourie rugby ball that he used as a pillow to sleep with."
"Prince Chunk Prince Chunk (also known as Princess Chunk and Captain Chunk, real name: Powder) (1998 – November 21, 2010) was a domestic shorthair cat, who at one time was alleged to weigh thirty-nine pounds, a world record. He was found in Voorhees, New Jersey, on July 26, 2008, by Animal Control, who nicknamed him ""Captain Chunk"". After a search for his owner, it was found that his name was Powder and that he was abandoned by Donna Oklatner, an elderly Voorhees resident. Oklatner claimed she could not afford to take care of the cat when she lost her home"
"included an epigraphed headstone, is said to have been more elaborate than Lear's own. Foss is said to have been adopted by Edward Lear whilst a kitten in 1873, though he was later claimed by Lear to be older. His full name was the Greek Aderphos, but he was generally known by the shortened form of ""Foss"" or, particularly by Lear, ""Old Foss"". Foss was a tabby cat described as unattractive. His tail was cut short by Lear's servants in an attempt to prevent him from wandering. No photographs survive of the cat, as he jumped out of Lear's arms"
"cat, Pitty Sing, in a basket on the floor in the back of the car. She is worried that the cat would die while they were gone. Bailey finds her sitting in the car, dressed in her best clothes and an ostentatious hat; she says that if she should die in an accident along the road, she wants people to see her corpse and know she was refined and ""a lady."" The Grandmother talks constantly during the trip, trying to engage her two grandchildren in games and telling them jokes and a story, about which June Star makes disdainful comments."
"the aging cat. A wide-eyed, beautiful innocent cat with an ethereal voice, she truly hears Grizabella's plea for re-acceptance and encourages the older cat for a chorus in ""Memory"". Her coat is a rich satin red with black, brown and white tinges and a white chest. Her gloves/leg warmers are black and white, and the actress portraying her often has large eyes to make the character seem more innocent. When the show was reworked in 2014, her wig colors were changed from red and black to a less blocky, scruffy brown. She is the youngest kitten, and is attracted to"
"that having a cat in the neighborhood would take him down a few notches. Her choice of cat ended up being more comical than intimidating; Faron is seemingly boneless, and she carries him everywhere, draped over her arms. He seemed to be as unpopular with the other neighborhood kids as he was with Snoopy; Frieda tried to find someone to hold Faron for her whenever she needed to go somewhere like the library that wouldn't allow cats inside, but she usually had a lot of trouble finding a willing volunteer. A running gag included Charlie Brown, Linus, and even Snoopy"
"by beings that looked like men, women, and children. One night a peasant who had wandered farther than most came back with the same tale, adding that an old crone stirred the fire now and again, which sent the children away, shrieking, and an old man had carried a sack into the woods, with women and children weeping and trying to pull down the sack, and a black cat as big as a foal. No one believed him. A peasant had remarried, and he and his new wife quarreled, and she abused her stepdaughter Elsa. One day, the children were"
"Liddell of ""The Guardian"" said: ""Pinter has become the Macavity of English letters"". Macavity is the name given by several bus drivers from the West Midlands, United Kingdom to a white odd-eyed cat which, since January 2007, has been observed to regularly use the local bus service on its own. Macavity's fur is reported to be completely white, he has a green left eye and a blue right eye, and he wears a purple collar. His owner and true name are unknown. Macavity Macavity is a fictional character who is described in a poem in ""Old Possum's Book of Practical"
"Sam the Skull Sam the Skull is a fictional cat, said to roam around Glasgow, Scotland, most famously in the song with the same name. He is often also called The Glasgow Cat. Sam the Skull is said to be a very tough cat, and in the song, written by Harry Hagan, he states that he has claws like a crocodile's jaw, and he often strangles both rats and occasional dogs. It is also told that the bars on the prisoner windows are not to keep prisoners inside, they are to keep out the Skull. However, the story is that"
"bred for lack of barring and wide banding on the hair shaft, the resulting pattern is referred to as Shaded. Since the tabby pattern is a common wild type, it might be assumed that medieval cats were tabbies. However, one writer believed this to be untrue, at least in England. Some time after the mid-17th century, the natural philosopher John Aubrey noted that William Laud, the Archbishop of Canterbury was ""a great lover of Cats"" and ""was presented with some Cyprus-cats, i.e. our Tabby-Cats"". He then claimed that ""I doe well remember that the common English Catt, was white with"
"trouser-less, barefoot, almost featureless character (save for his large nose). He is often drawn in just his shirt with no pants on, though the lower half of his torso is never seen. He lives in a simple house with a garden, and he is often seen working at an office job, at which his foibles often reflect the absurdities that many readers encounter on a daily basis. On the name Ziggy, Tom Wilson Jr. noted: Ziggy is seen throughout the years as an animal lover, and he is the owner of a number of pets, including a dog, a cat,"
"ought to have: a bit shabby, academic, basically loyal, and sceptical of the enthusiasms of his political masters."" In contrast to other spies of the era, Smiley is described as being short, overweight, balding, and middle aged, and he is frequently compared to either a toad or a mole. While cinematic adaptations tend to depict him in dark, three piece suits, the novels describe his clothing as being ""really bad"", with other characters remarking that he ""dresses like a bookie""; characters and narration clarify that this refers to his clothes being very loose and baggy, the result of his tailor"
"Gus: The Theatre Cat ""Gus: The Theatre Cat"" is a poem by T. S. Eliot included in Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats. Known as ""The Theatre Cat"" due to his career as an actor, Gus is an old and frail, yet revered, cat, who ""suffers from palsy, which makes his paws shake."" His coat is described as ""shabby"" and he is ""no longer a terror to mice or to rats."" Gus, whose full name is Asparagus, is also a character in Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical adaption of the book, ""Cats"". In the musical, the poem is used almost verbatim"
"with his own superficial attractiveness and has an enormous and flamboyant wardrobe, which he couples with an obsession with his reflection and a penchant for preening. He has been described as ""a vain, preening fashion plate who resembles James Brown with fangs"", and Danny John-Jules has described the character of Cat as based on a combination of Little Richard's look, James Brown's moves and Richard Pryor's facial expressions. When auditioning for the show John-Jules attended the audition in character, wearing his father's wedding suit, which he described as a ""zoot suit"". In order to understand the role, John-Jules studied the"
"not thought to be a house cat, stray cat, or an Iriomote cat. In 1965, Togawa spoke with a local hunter who claimed to have killed a large cat with fur like a tiger's. He disposed of the body, and Haemi on the southern part of the island, where the body was disposed of, was searched. The hunter said that, until ten days prior to the interview, the cat's skeleton was still where he had left it, but the recent rains had washed it away. He described that cat as having a shoulder height that reached an adult human's knee,"
"The Caboose Who Got Loose The Caboose Who Got Loose is a children's picture book written and illustrated by Bill Peet. ""The Caboose Who Got Loose"", published in 1971 by Houghton Mifflin, tells the story of Katy Caboose, a caboose who is tired of being dragged around at the end of the train by the Engine. She dreams of being part of the beautiful sceneries she passes during her trips, but she cannot because she is always on the move. One day, when the engine is pulling the train up a steep mountain grade, the caboose is jolted loose from"
"Peter, the Lord's cat Peter, the Lord's cat (1950 – 5 November 1964), also known as The Marylebone mog, was a cat who lived at Lord's Cricket Ground in London from 1952 to 1964. He is the only animal to be given an obituary in the standard cricket reference book, ""Wisden Cricketers' Almanack"". The obituary appeared in the 1965 edition of Wisden, under the name ""CAT, PETER"". It described him as ""a well-known cricket-watcher"" who ""could often be seen prowling on the field of play""; he ""loved publicity"" and ""frequently appeared on the television"". Despite this, it seems that no"