ANDY'S GANG MIDNIGHT THE CAT

[herbrampe]

Thank you, You Tube, for the memories.

[jvcarmic]

I am more used to seeing Midnight with a violin.

[stmoxon]

Midnight was the original keyboard cat!

[MartinGist]

OMG I never dreamed I would see these creepy yet fascinating images again. I was glued to the TV at what age three? Every day I had to try once again to discern if Midnight was a real live cat or as I suspected a stuffed dead cat, as he said only and always "Nice!".

[Staszu13]

@MartinGist She was definitely a live cat (see her licking her nose in the clip) but she did endure a lot of stuff, like costumes, having to play musical instruments etc

[Boonchocks]

where peter lynch got his inspiration.

[sundowna]

midnight`s usual line was "nice"...it was one weird show...

[michaelchain]

Thanks for posting.  Big part of baby boomers childhood!

[thefeebleboosh]

God it's like a Lynchian nightmare

[doobiesmoke15]

That seems more like a night mare than a kiddie show!

[profhum]

You're right. I watched it not knowing if I was supposed to be happy or frightened. I guess Andy provided enough protection so it was okay, but I realize now, it was like a haunted house. Froggy, Midnight. The cutaways to murky Indian jungle scenes. It was supposed to be cute, I guess, but those black shapes on the flickering dark TV were eerie. But Andy was comforting and it was just safe enough to be fun.

[TheFilmFantom]

How did the theme song go?

"I got a gang,

You got a gang.

Everybody here's got a gang,

But there's only one real gang for me--

Andy's Gang! Yay!"

[Fudgykoala]

my parents showed me Andy's Gang at one point in my life. and ... well ... i've said enough.

[Bluesky940]

Geez, that cat use to terrify me! And the frog!High anxiety, but who could stop watching?

[ForkliftJoe]

great show

[RxJohnTNT]

Midnight was usually late with all her lines ... she says ..."Melvin"

Andy says "He He he he he he he he"

[RxJohnTNT]

all right the frog may have been a little over the top.. but the show must have been good... the same kids kept coming back week after week..sat in the same seats to !!

[froggietwanger]

And what does Midnight the Cat say?

Niiiiice.

[TheFilmFantom]

Nice! Nice!

I hated that damn cat.

[mrrmaster]

There was always something very strange about this show. Gave me the willys as a kid...like they were all tripping on acid and I wasn't.

[pbcinla]

Yeah, and telling all their kids to plunk theier maggic twangers. Sicko!

And doesn't he look a bit like Rupert Murdoch?

[TheFilmFantom]

I heard that Andy Devine was drunk, and was later kicked off the air for being drunk.

I doubt it, though.

[malvivant]

Jeez...David Lynch's stuff looks like "I Dream of Jeanie" compared to this.