Felix the Cat - Opening

[nanlisa]

This was on in the morning when I was out in Los Angeles back in 1983. I just love the theme song. And besides, Felix the Cat is so cute.

[thetman102771]

i remember watching this cartoon back in the late 70's. haven't seen it since then. wonder if they have this on DVD somewhere...

[125sonicboom]

I just realized how much his face looks like Sonic the Hedgehog with seperated eyes 0.0

[PicandPiku]

@125sonicboom

Sonic's design has a lot of influences from cartoon characters from the 1920's and 30's, his facial structure being one of them. It's much more prevalent in "Classic Sonic" (especially because he doesn't speak; cartoons were silent back then) but even the newer Sonic retains a lot of the traits.

[JosephandGeoff]

THIS IS CARTOONS.

[schtive81]

Anyone who lives in Canada can get this show on Telleton retro. It's great!

[2473512]

my last name is felix lol..

[thinkyization]

will you marry me! my name is Fabio Napoleon XIV and i want to live in the toilet filled with my mexican poop

[Blooperguy229]

Is this show still on? I doubt it!

[McJewBacon]

@Blooperguy229 Actually I just saw it on the other day O:

[Blooperguy229]

@McJewBacon (demon voice) WHAT CHANNEL?!....i have direct T.V

[babygiraffe123]

@Blooperguy229

Yes it is. The reruns are on Teletoon Retro. My kids watch it every day.

[HeroADI1]

Felix change really too much after that.... Look the twisted tales of the felix the cat and you will understand xD

[DiaMondIce2k8]

just watched this on teletoon retro. the intro is so cute

[hebneh]

I remember the song very well, but I also clearly recall the shifting amoeboid shapes around his head. I remember trying to keep track of how many of them there were, and when they repeated.

I also am glad, with all the other non-original versions of this song on YouTube, that this is the REAL one.

[IwillKillYourCereal]

Incase you can't read roman numerals, it says copyright 1960. My dad was a huge fan of the show, but my heart will always belong to the 1920's shorts :)

[AbrilCuatro]

They should release Vinylmations of Felix.

[iEatwoMensbuTThoLes]

this cat dude was from like the 1920s! shit or somethin, so fuck off mickey mouse, wayyyyyyyyy before ur time..........then u got heathcliff, garfield, and i dont know how many more, i dont even know why they made some cartoon characters like scooby dum, scooby dee, and shit, goober and the ghost chasers, im surprised scooby do didnt sue them, and clue club, too, lol, i remember devlin being pretty cool, of course all old school stuff is cool, today is for shit

[graythaprince]

Felix reminds me of Filas. (the shoes)

[elroymarshall50]

3 yrs old watching the Felix in 1963 brings tears to a time of innocents

[brb1006]

The Nostalgia Critic sent me here.

[TheJediMB]

:3

[FoxPlant2006]

You'll laugh so much your sides will ache your heart will go pitter pat watching Felix the wonderful cat.

[DCFunBud]

I just love that opening!

[TheBestGameIsSkyrim]

I think it goes you'll laugh so much your sides will leak your heart will go pit and pat watching felix the wonderful cat. Correct me if I'm wrong

[TheBestGameIsSkyrim]

my friend thinks it goes you'll laugh so hard your head will split your heart will stop pumping when you watch felix the cat lol

[handinside]

Felix the cat outdates Mickey mouse by about a decade

[cullmurr]

I remember the villain was called the Master Cylinder ! lol Also the Professor and his henchman Rock Bottom

[Blackwolff9]

FINALLY!!! The original version I remember! Thanks for posting!

[SirCrooner]

I never particularly cared for this program and haven't seen this in years, but somehow I stil recall the theme. It's funny the things you remember...

[heidimariemclean02]

@SirCrooner i saw this today XD on telatoon retro

[hesecrets]

@heidimariemclean02 Yeah me too

[Astraldragon1]

Trans Lux all so did Speed Racer

[MrNickmani]

I always thought the line was, "Whenever he needs a fix he reaches into his bag of tricks."

Guess I was wrong.

[MarkMattWinky]

Check out felixcollectibles

[lanie1116]

i remembered seeing it when i was around 5. good ol' times :'D

[SexualPhelps69]

kitty!

[davehutchinson67]

1960..wow...

[loytokega]

My cat was named felix after this song. He died today. I will always remember him by this song. It describes him in everyway.

[Kerohamuzu2009]

He looks exactly like my cat! And my cat's name is Felix! O: I has the real felix xD

[StiGisSim0]

Felix !

TSS TSS TSS XD

[WebkinzCollieluvr101]

Awesome!

[nanlisa]

I remember seeing this when I was last in L.A. back in 1983. It was on in the morning then.

[j5muscle]

You had a bootleg tv. lol!

[drbotanus]

I was seeing it around 1977-78. Probabaly on a B&W TV. It was usually shown as a replacement between two other series. A lot of sixties cartoons like King Kong and Milton the Monster would show up for about a week until the station got their regular series going. That might explain b&w episodes. The stations may have held on to one or two.

[tritonrocks]

Also ... many cartoons were in color in the 40's and 50's (think Warner Brothers) but were shown in B&W on TV. While color TV was developed and demonstrated in the 1940's, it wasn't until the mid to late 1960's before color TV was affordable to the masses (I was a 9-year-old kid in 1969 when we got our first color TV).

[Zardoz2293]

tv development: first color transmission 1928, first color broadcast 1938

[q8maaad]

thnxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

[drbotanus]

It wouldn't say technicolor because this is a TV show. Not a theatrical release.

[drbotanus]

I always thought that trans lux Felix was in black and white. Maybe my TV was.

[McJewBacon]

@drbotanus No idea, doesn't say technicolor either, though it looks legit. PERHAPS IT WAS YOUR TV

[tritonrocks]

@McJewBacon Felix was in color, but not until after a few seasons. Very early it was in B&W. I was surprised to see this intro version in color - I too remember it in B&W, but this TransLux intro endured for a long time.

[Keleigh3000]

@McJewBacon It was everybody's TV, until the Sixties, anyway. Before that, you only saw them in color in a theater.

[bossradio930]

@drbotanus It depended on your local station carrying "Felix" because station owners didn't have or refused to give money to upgrade current facilities to transmit programs to color. KBSC-TV Corona/Los Angeles (now KVEA) was one example. Many programs aired in B/W (although in color) until the station went to color full-time in 1973 or 1974.

[rgarcia77]

@bossradio930 OMG! KBSC-TV Corona, I barely got this transmission on my TV when living in LA. KGJ-TV came in pretty good, which sometimes showed Felix, or was that KCOP-TV?

[TheInkySea]

@drbotanus

I had some old videos of the Trans Lux episodes and they were in color. Unless they were reissued or something, I always thought they were originally animated in color.

[Tummyboxx]

I HEART FELIX!