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Duchess
Is the elegant cartoon
Persian cat created for Walt Disneys 1970 animated
feature, The Aristocats. She and OMalley the Alley
Cat were amongst the most loved of cartoon cats ever
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Garfield
The fat, lazy funny patter cat, was
created by Jim Davis in 1978. Within four years, Garfields
comic strip was appearing in a thousand newspapers around
the world. He also has computer animated and cartoon
movies under his belt. |
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Felix
the Cat
Unlike other cartoon felines, Felix began
his career as a movie star, rather than a cartoon strip.
Created by Australian Pat Sullivan, Felix was the star
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year
before Mickey Mouse began to talk. Felix was also the
subject of the very first television test broadcasts
in 1928, and was NBCs official test pattern until the
late 1930s. |
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Fritz
the Cat
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Robert Crumb was born in Philadelphia
in 1943. One of the characters he invented was Fred the
Cat, after the family's pet. Fred eventually became Fritz
the Cat, one of Crumb's best-known characters. |
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When animator Ralph Bakshi turned to Crumb
to make Fritz the Cat into an animated movie, Crumb eventually
agreed, but soon became exhausted with the pressure and
left it to his wife, Aline Kominsky. Crumb hated the film
so much that he killed off Fritz once and for all in a
strip in The People's Comics. |
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Sylvester
The animated cartoon character, first
appeared in the Life With Feathers, television cartoon
episode in 1945, by Warner Brothers. |
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Krazy
Kat
George Herrimans cartoon creation made
its debut in the New York Journal in 1910. Krazy Kat
became the star of the first cat comic strip, sharing
funnies stardom with the brick-throwing Ignatz Mouse. |
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Morris
The most famous cat in America, was a
fourteen pound orange tabby charmer who was rescued from
a Chicago animal shelter, by Bob Martwick, a professional
animal trainer. Morris became spokes-cat for Purinas
9 Lives cat food in 1969, and |
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eventually became honorary director of Star-Kist Foods,
with veto power over any cat food flavor he didnt like.
President Nixon invited Morris to co-sign (with a paw-print)
the National Animal Protection Bill. Up until the time
he died in 1978, Morris lived with Bob in a Chicago dog
kennel where there was never any question who was top
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The
Cat in the Hat - Buy
the Video
The creation of
Theodor Seuss Geisel, who called himself Dr.Seuss, first
appeared in the childrens book of the same name published
in 1957.
He may be an old standby, but he never lets
us down. When in doubt, turn to the story of the cat that
transformed a dull, rainy afternoon into
a magical and just-messy-enough
adventure. |
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his simple and often single-vowel vocabulary, the Doctor
knew what he was doing: hear it, learn it, read it--laughing
all the way. The Cat in the Hat is a must for any child's
library. |
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Socks
First pets have always been popular. President
Clinton's cat, Socks, and his chocolate Labrador, Buddy,
have also managed to attract quite a few fans since landing
in the White House, the majority being curious children
who have lots of interesting questions and aren't shy
about sharing! |
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Tom
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and Jerry Online)
The ever-dueling duo have chased each other
from the Hollywood Bowl to Hungary to outer space and
back, and fifty years after their movie debut, are still
going strong. Vintage Tom & Jerry cartoons still play
at the cinema, on television, and are packaged for sale
or rental on videotape.
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personalities. Tom is a fiendish opportunist, always
anxious to ingratiate himself with the powers that be,
whether housekeeper, dog, or even, on occasion, mouse;
while Jerry, the impish schemer, is happy minding his
own business until cornered, piqued or generally provoked.
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