Original London Cats Mungojerry and Rumpleteazer

[butterflytuddles]

@stevethepirate78 - this is my favourite version, I watched the DVD the other day and was completely taken aback when it sounded completely different.

[mattcookie]

haaaate this version, i wish the piano music had the other version in it =[

[ByMakeupForever]

i like both versions:) 

[stevethepirate78]

I love this version.

[HeadUpGorgeous]

I prefer the non-jazz version, this doesnt show the cheeky nature of them as much as the other one. Plus, it seems to drag on a bit. This pair are my most favourite cats, i love the bit about the Ming vase on the dvd :L

[Plainbabytwinsxxx]

Does anyone know the all the right lyrics to this song?? thanks xxxxx

[gcibbarelli]

2:22 that pic is weird of rumpleteazer its just creepy to me

[Wenubischannel]

Have you got mire pics from Broadway?

[Silvertearinthenight]

Okay..I gotta say I love the people who sing this song in the movie...But they dont do the entire song...I like the entire song...Anyway...good vid.

[picklejuize]

at 0:57 they are suppose to be cats not the cheeto dude

[raintalonwindclan]

@picklejuize They look rather Tugger-ish to me. :D

[bearthe2nd]

japanese version of this song sounds mostly the same as the original, but of course it's in japanese. i prefer like this one than american.

[Rounko]

I love this version :)

[TribalStudios18]

so which one came first? there are so many version of CATS I don't know which one is the original

[littlesongbird1]

@TribalStudios18 This was the first version (London). The show opened in London. 

[romey1221ify]

ok this is awful compared to the american version! it's gross!!!!!!

[kamwrites]

@romey1221ify ....gross? Did you taste it or something?

[dagoulas83]

this is my favorite version thanx!

[raintalonwindclan]

Has anyone heard the Leah-Sue Morland/Electra as Teazer? She sounds SO DIFFERENT!

[NatalieAnnFox]

Jo and Drew are my favourites. The just really seem to suit the characters somehow.

[raintalonwindclan]

This version is my fave of the 2

[BroadwaysDreamer]

I like the Movie version. I feel this is too Macavity-like. THis should have been a bonus feature or somthing.

Plus, I'm a major Mungo/Teazer Shipper, and this version makes him sound A LOT older than her XP

[LaurLaurtheNEKO]

I love this version better... c:

[balletluve]

Hmmm, I love the video version. But this helps me distinguish each lyric and it is,the video version,they have EXTREME accents!

[kataankoryu]

This is actually the version I accidentally put on my mix CDs.

[danieldentis]

00:37 00:57 movie version 2:20 are my favs

[danieldentis]

i like 37 57 snd the movie version

[noodle0912]

I much prefer this version, I must say. Now I do have a question; is it used in London performances any more? Or was it replaced all together?

[MCullenHightopp]

I LOOOVE their voices! Rumpelteazer sounds like a naughty little child, and Mungojerrie souns so... goofy? I can't find the right word, but he's awesome! x)

[The247twilightgirl]

The Pic at the very begining of the song is of the people who sang it

[jelliclekat24]

I like this version better!

[CaptainCrane]

It's interesting to hear the difference and I do like it in some respects in relation to the personalities of the characters (it matches the mischeviousness and mystery of the two) , but i think there isn't enough variety musically to make it truly great. It never really changes and its the same few bars over and over. I like the newer version better :P

[CFB5Cats2Harps]

Thank you for posting this! This is the first version of M&R that I ever heard. When I heard the later version, I was really disappointed. So I am loving this!

[LiteraryWriter]

It would be blasphemous to even mention Cats in the same sentence as Anton Chekhov's Uncle Vanya or Shakespeare's Hamlet, and any writer who did such a thing should be exiled to a Siberian gulag, but Cats has a wondrous, magical value beyond cold Hegelian logic. It is an escape. We sometimes look for relief from the misery of our lives, from unfulfilled hopes and dreams, from relentless disappointments, and this is where Cats excels in general, and this song, in particular. It's pure fun.

[roxi1adi]

why does untied states have to ruin everything i like this version sorta better! :)

[LunaTorki]

I don't know which I like more, I wonder how this would sound like done like this just with the accents they use in the movie.

[childofdarkness300]

i like this version MUCH better than the one i know!

[ElizaMogha]

this is the version i know and love! the other version doesnt make it as far, im afraid!!!

[animallover2047]

I hate this version. I like the movie version.

[marisaurus240]

although i can understand what there saying and they sound more like theives i like the film version way better

maybe its the cockney accent

[Jelliclecat42]

I really like this version, it gives the song a nice twist

[123wickedsweet]

I like this version but I do prefer the film version because it seems to fit the characters better.

[MattHolck]

because the dance is sprung

[NyaMewCinnamon]

I like this version a lot, but I prefer the film version. This version of the song just makes them seem like completely different characters.

[YumTumTugger808]

meh. Jazzy music doesn't suit the characters in my opinion. i love the movie version a lot better they were awesome!

[Bebelsantanna]

This verson is better then the others.

[Meta259]

Wow, Rumpleteazer's voice sounds more like a little kid's in this version.

[littlesongbird1]

@Meta259 Interesting note: She was only 16!

[Meta259]

@littlesongbird1 Kind of ironic, because when you hear her sing and don't see her, she sounds 11. XD

[DraculasDaughter13]

@littlesongbird1 Awesome!

[SapphireRapgirl124]

This sounds cool!!

I cant say i prefer this then the film but..i like this just as the film version

[MrJeremiah3]

I love Cats (the musical and for real , I have 7 cats in my 2 bedroom appartment[including persian and siamees]), I realy want to see what the original broadway cast version of this song looks like, ( the raggedy ann and Andy version)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!! Please let me know if you get a recording of the Original Broadway Cast Archive recording of this!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MrJeremiah3]

I have always loved this version of the song (and I love the mungojerry and rupleteser version of skimbleshanks the railway cat),,,, BUT, I would love to see the original broadway version of this song( ragity anne and andy style). Can anyone gove me a websight to fin this?????

[dunckify]

the girls voice sounds so annoying

[tapgeek79]

this is the best version of this song!

[misslp251]

This is my favourite version of this song! Love it!

[xxXxcallaxXxx]

I HATE THIS VERSIONITS SOO WEIRD!

[lyricistgirl]

SO much better than the newer hashes.

[whatuphowslife]

you spelt mungojerrie wrong and this is a funny version

[JKrowlingrockx]

wow. this is so cool! I swear, I think I heard a insermental version of this song last halloween! it is just so slow and creepy! but very interesting. I know this song by heart but now I will be singing this version of this song stuck in my head! the beat is just so catchy, darn it! I perfer this version to the version where Misto sings instead of Mungo and Rumple. It kinda ruins the characters for me if they don't sing bring attention to themselves! Go Mungo and Rumple! Cats forever! Meow!

[DJSpartin121]

i actually really like this, are any other songs from the original show as different as this? because this isnt at all like the version most people know.

[littlesongbird1]

@DJSpartin121 The only things I could think of was memory was slightly different (it was not a duet at the end) there was an extra verse in invitation to the jellicle ball and growl tigers last stand had a different song in the middle of it, ballad of billy mcgraw.

[FelisTerras]

@DJSpartin121 : Plus, in the video version, there is one entire verse missing from 'The Ad-Dressing of Cats".

[coalnotdoley]

I saw this when it first opened at the New London Theatre - Bonnie Langford was only about 16 when she sang this - and was absolutely fantastic!

[littlesongbird1]

@coalnotdoley Even I didn't know she was only 16. That is amazing!

[skimbles1]

@coalnotdoley LUCKY-DUCK!!! Pleeeeez tell me more about the whole experience!!! :)

[l4nsw]

@coalnotdoley I agree this original version is much better than the new one. We saw with all the original cast....AMAZING.

[Spidey23girl]

This version is so cute! But I must say I like the modern version better.

[keauxgeigh]

The Broadway production was impeccable (saw it twice), but I prefer the London Cast Recording because it has more character and is more fittingly British. And personally speaking, this version of this song is so much better than the Broadway re-write. I love the sax part starting at 3:09.

[AmericanFlag1]

So, when rewriting the song, was it Andrew Lloyd Webber who did it? Or was it someone else?

I think this version is good. But I think the new version is more playful, which, I think, fits better with the characters.

[random4rainbow]

i love this, have it on tape =)

[littlesongbird1]

there used to be...

[jamieh1974]

MUCH preferred this original version to ALL of the others that came later. I wish there was some original footage available of Bonnie and John etc - would kill to see it

[skimbles1]

@jamieh1974 there is!

[ShadowinEX]

This is slightly scary....

[specialtablehead]

i love this version :)

[Choscabella69]

This sounds a bit better than the dvd one. Its more mysterious and jazzy.

[katzendermusical]

This version is good too, but I prefer the vide one better.

[prinz16zuko11fan]

funnny version, even if its the original...but somehow it souonds nice^^ but though i like the new version better

[littleromane]

thanks for putting up this video cause we are doing cats by the way im rumpleteazer thanks a mill because you can never find this song on youtube

[charlesajones77]

I'm glad to finally get to hear this. I like the newer version slightly better, but this is pretty good.

I've never heard the second verse's word's before. t's not on the Braodway CDs I have. And of course, the movie leaves out the next part as well.

I also got to hear The Ballad of Billy McCaw recently for the first time. I can see why they changed it to the Italian aria, but I have to say, after a few listens I much prefer Billy McCaw. I can't get that song out of my head.

[freacls]

is that Adrian Edmonds and Babra King at 0 14iv met them a few times on the tour they were awsoem and Adrien was so cute i seen him out of make up a cuteplatnum blonde haired guy

[Mythmonsters]

My two kittens were called Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer, but we called them Jerrie and Teazle. Teazle was hit by a car so this song makes me cry!

[freacls]

@Mythmonsters aww im sorry that happend to me i had a lovely ginger male called Macavity and he got hit by a car 6 th of August  9 years ago the aniversiry of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima well an atomic bomb fell on me that day when Macavity died in my arms

[Buddha56729]

cool very different but still good

[Elisha414]

I remember dancing to this at the ballet! :D

[insanemistosingsmore]

TIMOTHY SCOTT DIED?!!!!!!!!!!! WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN? Oh, and this on is awesome.....definately an older more mature version of our favorite theives.

[littlesongbird1]

1988. It is a shame he was a gifted performer.

[insanemistosingsmore]

AW darn....before I was born... I mean Jacob Brent is awesome and everything, but Timothy Scott is MISTO...JB is more of a Quaxo.

[skimbles1]

@insanemistosingsmore OK!!! I'd love 2 talk about this for HOURS-AND-HOURS... because I know a lot about Timothy Scott... he inspired me 2 dance! He dies ON STAGE... so I heard (during the Invitation to the Jellicle Ball!)... in the West End... I read a diary written by the Original B'Way Gus... and he thoroughly explained his whole life with Timothy Scott!

[insanemistosingsmore]

@skimbles1 YOU ARE SO LUCKY!!!!! I've only gotten into CATS recently, so I don't really know much bout Tim....or others.

[kojimin123]

I like this one, but the one on DVD with Jo gibb and Drew Varley are the best :P this songs just kreepy :P

[SquealingBladder]

I like this version, but I think the movie/new versions are better, because the music has a structure that allows for their characters to come out more. This one feels like they dont have enough time to put enough emphasis on their lines. It's still good though.

[TromboTi]

That's quite a difference from the movie-version! Since I've only seen the movie-version of Cats I prefer Jo Gibb and Drew Varley, but this one's past cool :-D *Loving it*

[cuteepatootie]

I also LOVE the costumes at 2:20

[teleryn0the0kitten]

@cuteepatootie

Those are from Gothenburg! They are cute indeed!

[cuteepatootie]

Ooh I just love the feel to this version. Can't say which I like better, though.

[LonlyBlackHeartedOne]

I like this one, but I also like the version in the movie. Both are good. Thanks for the upload! <3

[moorewjr]

This version is soooo much better

[HeyBEatle123]

actually, as cool as this is, this isn't the actually original version, because originally Misto sang it. Buuut then they decided they didn't want him singing anymore. I'm playing Misto in my school show and trying to convince my shorus instructor to give me more solos. :oP

[littlesongbird1]

Actually...you are wrong.

The show open in london. When it was brought to the US they changed it and misto sang it and the two characters were not real characters in the show but puppets that he enchanted to dance and put on a show for bustopher jones.

Rip timothy scott!

[pennydesouza]

this*

[pennydesouza]

Love the other version, but actually prefer tis!

[TheStraysInTraining]

Where did you find this song? I NEED IT!!!!

[srsrhodes]

Im not able to watch the Cats songs or parts of the movie anymore on here, anyone know what to do? I've tried restarting it several times already!

[redatpct]

What is up with 2:12 they look like clowns or something...

[KeiyarlaDraga]

Man, I love this version.

[dragonqueen564]

I like both versions! I think this one suits an older, more serious Mungo & Rumple, whereas the newer version suits a younger, kind happy-go-lucky pair. Both are great!

[ChiaraMarilera]

You wrote the names wrong: Mungojerry is Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer is Rumpelteazer.

[wishyfishy1]

Rumpleteazer/Rumpelteaser/Rump­elteazer are all correct ways of spelling it... I'm not sure about Mungojerry/ie

[1995chipmunk]

i like the other version better:)

[HannahAloneAtHome]

I prefer the new version too

but this also cool...so easy going

and i also think Mungojerry is a female and Rumpleteazer a male name

[Greyslostworld]

I prefer this version of the song most likely because it was the first one I heard. Childhood memories :)

Why do I always think that Mungojerrie is more like a female name and Rumpleteazer would fit better for a male?

[billiejeangirl123]

this is awesome but I prefer the new version, its sounds so cute when she says Rum...pelteazer haha

[Shenzei1musical]

If you watch "making of Cats'' on the dvd, you get to learn just how crazy they all were! theres one shot were Jo briefly--as in you have to pause it to really notice it--flashes the camera...

[MrJohanfromSweden]

Id like the new version better since its more catchy but its fun the hear how much it has changed!

One of the clips is from the current stockholm (or its origin gothenburg) show from what I could see. Johan.

[ChiaraMarilera]

His name is Mungojerrie, not Mungojerry.

[GangstaElves]

thanks i love both versins

[jemimajellicle]

0:13, 0:58, 1:03, 1:34, 1:46, 2:16, 2:26, 2:31. I was honestly happy to see these two in your video, cause they're from the Russian production, where I happen to be from! The whole vid was cool! 5 stars!

[emoknuddelteddy]

where did u get the pictures of John Thornton and Bonnie Langford?

[littlesongbird1]

The originals? I googled for pics from the original london cast.

[emoknuddelteddy]

yes...i´ve only one pic of them T.T

[mutinykitty]

i like the rumpelteazer at 0:33 she's so cute!!

[littlesongbird1]

she is for the love of cheese...I can't remember which production that was...not sweeden...but I think it was somewhere in Europe...

[emoknuddelteddy]

This is the German Rumpleteazer^^

[WraithCrestfallen]

This is an interesting version. Why, exactly, was it changed? I think the current version certainly makes the two seem more mischievous, whereas this version makes them seem far more sinister. I guess it depends on the direction one wants to take them.

[littlesongbird1]

I can't say for sure...I know that when the show was first done in Broadway..misto sang it and two of the cats were puppets that he had enchanted to act out a play for bustopher jones...it was possible that the producers thought the original would not appear to an american audience.

[QueenEmber]

This one is really different!!! I believe I like the one in the movie/the US one better. Its more upbeat and fun. I love Rumpleteazer! Hopefully I will be here for Halloween!

[ryannsmith]

wow, this is a major change from the video. I think I like that one better... it's more fun.

[mylene97531]

I prefer this one to the US version; it's more fun

[sjthorn]

I like both versions a lot, but I can actually understand everything they're saying in this version.

[XxAllyKat94xX]

this version's cool as... more jazzy... but i still prefer the cheeky, cheery movie version of mungo and rumples.

[PaigeOfTheSound]

Yeah. That one's great!

[TheAidanRoo]

Im going to be munjo for holloween

[littlesongbird1]

wow great...do you have a costume? Do you need one?

[PaigeOfTheSound]

I like this version better. It's jazzier.

[PaigeOfTheSound]

This is the song me and my friend are dancing to this year.

[raspberrylemonlover]

Nevermind I saw the costumes at 2:23! They both look like cool futuristic pieces of art( in a good way)

[raspberrylemonlover]

Whoa those costumes at 0:56 are sick! They are quite colorful

[littlesongbird1]

Yes some of these costumes are quite unusual.

[stevethepirate78]

I much prefer this version. It's the same tune, just with wildly different timing.

[Jemima4428]

I found out in they use this verison in the Japanese production! It sounds so cool!!!

[littlesongbird1]

I didn't know that...I will have to ad that to the pop up vid thank you. I am sure you know this all ready but In japan has both Jemima/sillabud. But sillabud is a pale yelllow cat who is paired up with the tugger and does the singing part. Jemima is just a chorus cat.

[topcat3768]

i love this version of the song!!

i have it on my ipod

[mrmistoffeleesgirl]

aww i was hoping this was the version Misto sings about the but cool.

[littlesongbird1]

That was the original broadway version...I don't know if I have that one...but I can check.

[theAlchemistfox]

I like both, this one is a bit more classic you know?

[Hermionestwin94]

i prefer the movie version better

[PaigeOfTheSound]

@Hermionestwin94 The movie version is way slower than what's on stage now! I have to this for my theater class, and the music is so much faster cause I learned from the movie!!!

[thebradybunchlover]

@Hermionestwin94 i agree , do you know how LONG I've been looking for this version of this movie?!9 YEARS!!!

[KGDrumma123]

@Hermionestwin94 dawg sorry to say but im liking the movie version

[otwist]

its just shows how different tune cant change a whole song!

[Penguinshippingirl]

I like the movie version better. Rumpleteazer sounds like a kid voiced her (A kid with a good voice though)

[mistomungomeow2]

sveeeettt...

[TerribleCarpet]

This is so jazzy and cool. I like the original aspect of them being a bit more evil than in the movie version.

[MsMj101]

awsome!!!!!!!

[maggie2006stl]

Wow! I have never heard this before! Extraordinary!

[kminogue123]

i like the others,

i think its Jo Gibbs and someone else

there AMAZINGG as themm!

[HOAepisodes]

Me too I like the- "It was...Mungojerrie...AND..RRRRU­MMMMPPPLETEAZERRR!!!!!!!!!"

[pekasful]

I LIKE THE OTHER IS BETTER

[mylene97531]

Finally found the original one!

I was surprised, unpleasantly I might add, to listen to the 'newer' version which paleS in comparison to this one.

Many thanks for uploading.

[thbolt2]

I had heard this version first and I have never gotten used to the other version.

[MissRaccoon123]

same, lol.

[cxeazn]

I love this version so much more. Actually, I never knew the song had been changed so when I went to look it up today, I was unpleasantly surprised.

[lorentzen1993]

So do I.. I played Mungojerrie in a mini-version of Cats,, and we used this version.. So much more better.. This was in Norway..

[evaxbabi]

omg thnx for uploading x cudnt find i anywhere

[bokabeed]

just doesn't fit their characters i think, it's too serious for thievs who actually get caught, you know?

[littlesongbird1]

true but I the think the whole theme in the original poem was that they were evil but the family couldn't do anything because they were never able to really prove it was them they just knew it was.

[silasreade]

It really depends on how you want the actors to portray the characters. I personally prefer this version.

[jackhurst85]

i prefer this one too.

[Frienze7]

I LOVE this! I've never heard this one before. I love both versions, but this one makes them sound a little more serious while the other makes them sound more playful.

[HayleeHalogenX]

I think both versions are great. The new one is more cheeky and plyfully, while this one is more mischeivious and full of attitude.

[haynesy2008]

Who's singing in this? And, yes I know it's the Original London Cast, but who are the actors?

[dreamdevil2]

Bonnie Langford, of course! How could you not catch that voice? Obnoxious as hell but brilliant nonetheless! John Thornton is Mungojerrie

[haynesy2008]

Okay, okay, so my brain has been turned to mush, so what.

Thanks for telling me though!

[JellicleCatsX]

i have this on a c-d. i was like WHAT IS THIS! until i found out it was the original broadway. i like the new one better though. it's just more fun now.

[taylorredman]

Why did they change it? I l-l-l-love this version, it's much better than the new one.

[Lunaveir]

the girl voice is so annoying

i hate this version

:|

[littlesongbird1]

I agree it sounds a little weird but this was the first productioI guess the directors were still trying to find a direction. It was hard for them in London to find good singers who were also good dancers and good dangers who were also good singers.