CATS commercial

[junder89]

Remember seeing this commercial while eating my trix; I became scared as hell

[daabbot]

this commercial ran every 2 seconds in the 80s.

[AAAANNNNDDYYYY100]

they need to revive this?!

[MahouSai]

Ah.. The bane of my childhood.

I remember being scared to death of this. They aired it so much and I'd be just as scared each time. It was pretty traumatic.

[bombamercury3]

Revival revival revival!!!!

[ValtronW]

@bombamercury3 I second that!

[fallsdeep]

I remember watching this as a child.

[cdc2200]

now and forever.... #fail

[That70sloseR]

this is so funny to me. i thought i was the only one who was scared shitless by the cats commercials

[putridpansy1]

cats....cats....CATS CATS CATS OMG FUCKING CATS BLARRRRGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[anythinggoesjoe]

after all this time i finally saw it

[McKay4429061]

Always used to see this commercial and see the characters fly away on the soaring hockey puck

[morwenmur]

so... what was the title again?

(joke everyone)

[ZapatistasForever]

I always thought Cindy Lauper was one of them (Cat's)...especially in the beginning of the commercial...

[bigprettyk1]

saw it when i was 8 and i use to have a video!! good times good times!!!

[darrius15]

Winter garden, fl?

[cvm8281]

You know they used to air this commerical during the afternoon cartoons and the afternoon live shows like, "Charles in Charge" I guess they were aiming it at teenagers and adults although it looks like it'd either intrigue adults or teenagers that were into drama.

[cvm8281]

Yeah I'm a guy, as a kid in New York it scared me but more intrigued me and I asked my dad what it was and he said, "It was a musical about cats" I actually wanted to check it out and when I was in the 11th grade in Florida I finally saw it and have to admit the story wasn't that bad. Not a bad story for a Musical. Great Cheoregraphy, I know I misspelled that.

[kawaiiangelbabe]

had this commercial back in 89' as a kid I wanted to see it lol

[strawbanana12]

Oh good Lord I remember this commercial. Ahh to be 7 or 8 again :(

[gundanout11]

remain me of the is thundercats.

[TheTwilightGMR]

They used to play this commercial on Fox 36 out of Atlanta during some of the Kids cartoons. I remember watchin Ninja Turtles and even that old crap cartoon Peter Pan and the Pirates and this would come on. I think the show played at the Omni back when it was around.

[Jennyy51495]

wow I can rememeber this commerical coming on afetr the bounty commerical

[cvm8281]

@Jennyy51495 hahahaha, yeup bounty the paper towel, "The quicker, bigger, picker uper, BOUNTY!"

[noodle0912]

Someone should call that number....

[jackette55]

"The memory will live forever"

Okay, I gotta say I never went to see CATS, but I certainly havn't forgotten about this commercial.

[jb26508]

Maxwell should have never passed on CATS, Tommy or HAIR!(it a joke from the Nanny)

[Dleushon]

This use to scare me as a child I couldnt figure out why these ppl were mutated or why the cats were soo huge.

[NJHater]

@Dleushon lol, me too. Do you remember zoobilee zoo? i thought it was like a spin off of this show.

[retroman84]

@Dleushon The other commerical before that was scarier than this one with the cat and the camera zooming in its eyes in which its pupils morphed into the silhouetted dancers not to mention the synthesized music.

[the430movie]

I remember the commercial, and even went to see the play... at the wintergarden theatre.... It was a birthday gift to me and my sister... we were not going to see it initially, but then we decided to do so! Unbelievable play! Im glad we went to see it! The best!

[MrPetenice09]

Wow thanks for the memories!!!!!!! I cant believe i wasent creeped out by this as a child.....lol

[theanarchist000]

wow i'm from long island and man does this bring back memories. what the hell is up with that creepy as track they play underneath?

[toocoolforreel]

To kid112390: So as I brings me back old memories but never seen the play but this commercial only does!!!

[horror780]

saw in in the winter garden theater in the 80s NYC

[kid112390]

wow, brings back so much memories! :-D

[BrooklynEagle]

Oh, shit!!! I haven't seen this one in a minute. Those "Cats" promos used to fuck me up 'bout 20 years ago. :-) I remember Channel 9 (WWOR--now My9) used to always air these promos on Sunday afternoons for some odd-ass reason. Channel 5 (FOX, before it became too corporate and filled with GOP propaganda) did as well. Real talk, I'm just glad that play is over with and done. Lol...

[thewaythatushine]

this commercial used to scare the shit out of me as a kid. i would run out of the room crying. lol!

[constan1678]

I remember this comercial XD !!!!!!! thank you very much

[pasatio]

Man, I remember seeing this commercial back in the day, '85, '86...

[idkmybffroserox]

This is my favorite show

[tigahwood]

Haha I must remember to pick up the Record to CATS (this commercial used to scare the shit out of me when I saw it on WPIX)

[CBA1990]

@tigahwood me too

[redleter]

i luv the BG Music especially the horn at 0:17.. they should bring back bg music like this in today's commercial

[HunterHuiet105]

Is there a dvd/vhs  of the play's final performance

[elphabasfriend001]

Not Of The Final Performance But of The Whole Show Yes

[redleter]

CATS

[cb335]

This commercial uesd to scard the hell out of me when I was a child.

[AJGreene007]

Me too till I was 12. When I was 5, I had a dream where I was in their world at night and they gathered around me and started to tickle me and I woke up crying and wet the fucking bed. lmao!

[bbbm65]

omgosh, u mean Im not the only one!!

[BCoriginal1]

@cb335 For me it always made me cry. Lol I went to a performance as a kid had my face painted and everything and by the time it was over I cried so much the makeup was messed up.

[HotKit]

I remember seeing this commercial countless times as a child.

[disgracefulangel]

i grew up in new york. this commercial would show up time and again. it became a joke

[JohnDimatteo]

@disgracefulangel

LOL !! I cant imagine what their advertising budget was !

[maxim1986]

I remember this commercial the thing is they kept on repeating it over and over and over, I had never seen cats and was already sick of it thanks to this, Then I saw it and became a fan, not thanks to this commercial though, seriously it went on for years in the 90's

[idkmybffroserox]

disneydanny i totally agree with you. there really should be a broadway revival of cats.

[rlee1976]

Gah - that's LAURIE BEECHMAN (RIP) in that video - I know it for sure!

[invaderzim1414]

CATS!

[musicfreak1760]

i remember this commerical running all the time when i was younger.

this show is so much fun to do. i got to do it two years ago and it was amazing. However, we couldn't figure out the plot lol

as one of the people i did it with says: "Cats didn't teach us anything because we had no clue what was going on" but i still love this show

[Disneydanny]

I hope they bring the show back to Broadway at some point. The current U.S, Tour is NOWHERE near as good as Broadway they've cut quite alot out IE: verses missing,"Pekes & Pollicles" TOTALLY gone. but worst of all the inflatable set is the CHEAPEST thing i've ever seen!

[lcj1986]

wash your dirty hands LOL

[921144666]

LOL! yeah...the critics diss the show for the plot. But, the the J. Ball is hands down the best visual of any play...ever! :-)

[CBA1990]

This commercial use to scare me to death when i was little

[bbbm65]

omgosh, me too..lol... I am 25 now and it no longer does, but it sure brings back memories..glad to see I was not the only one!!

[Sprocketman]

I think I'd need to see this again. I saw CATS when I was 12 and had no idea what was going on.

Then I saw Phantom when I was 16 and once again, I had no idea what was going on.

This commercial, however, is my freaking childhood. I must have seen the ads for CATS on New York's Fox 5 watching Thundercats a million times. Now if I could only find the ad with the dancers in the cat's eyes.

[Sprocketman]

You think that's bad? Try having to watch this ad every single freaking day because you were four and loved Thundercats.

I swear, the ads for the Broadway run of this musical are etched into my freaking brain.

[toplaycool101]

I remember this commercial, I haven't seen this in like 16 years.

[Selendomono]

i know that cats has some wonderful music in it but it is still the dumbest show in the world

[921144666]

it just lacks plot, but the visuals and music is good. :-)

[jordandiminich]

lmao I decided to do a theatre review about the original showing of Cats just based on this hilarious commercial. First time I actually saw it since the late 90's I'd say and this commercial is still spooky and odd!

"In a word....CATS!" lolol

[Disneydanny]

Mamma Mia NEEDS to go bye bye so that the Winter Garden can be free should Cats ever return to Broadway. I can't see HOW MM is STILL popular yet it won 0 Tony's

[Butterflysrhappy]

CATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MrsAngelaPascal]

I remember this commercial from when I was little. My aunt went to go see it and I thought it looked so cool. Watching this commercial again I now realize how silly it looks. Especially how he says "Cats" about 75 times in 30 seconds. The way he says it is hilarious.

[MaskedLion]

CATS! the most confusing plotless musical ever created!

[sherribailey75]

HA HA! ah, that was funny. you're right. that dumb commercial ran endlessly here in nyc throughout the 80s. thank goodness it's finally over.

[adam747sp]

Same here, I remember this commercial as well. This commercial usually came on between the after school cartoon, during the early 90's.

[Rockerchick86]

I totally remember this when I was a kid.

[hillaruse]

haha thanks for posting this. i like hearing familiar reminders of my childhood.

[GOTHMIDNIGHTMERMAID]

Is Cats the musical any good?

[dietcokeaholic123]

LOL i'm crying with tears! everytime he says "cats" is hilarious. it's the way he says it!

[efil4own1]

They even showed this commercial (minus the Telecharge number) for the touring versions!

[Jarrod005]

i almost pissed myself when they all came out at 00:03

great memories <3

[skeems24601]

This commercial played for YEARS. I remember it well, Thanks.