If you subscribe to the idea that Munkustrap is Old Deuteronomy's son, then the whole number he seems like a young man trying so hard to impress his father, and getting stressed because everyone else is making a mess; meanwhile Old D's having a grand old time watching the youngsters have fun.
@@hanako-kun5480 There's a lot of fan theories going around about who is related to who, but as far as I know nothing is confirmed. The closest we get to a confirmation is Old Deuteronomy's actor saying that his character is probably the father to a good chunk of the cats.
During the entire musical, Mukunstraps is like: "Guys I'm trying to tell a story and no one's doing anything correctly, I'm soooo done with your shits..." It's even more obvious in this particular song more than the others.
@Logan Underhill I'd argue that Robbie did a pretty good job with him, considering the writing and direction. He could have nailed it if it weren't for how bad the movie around him is. Though Michael's manic Dad energy and dramatic squats will always be the fave. (to myself: It's ok, John Partridge Munk can't hurt you, it's not real, the photos are all made up, the video is a lie, you're safe from it)
Munkustrap after this part: "So my little brother ran around playing the bagpipes during my show again, so I'm starting a kickstarter to put him down. The benefit of killing him is being able to get through the show for dad for once-" Edit: realized not everyone may be as vine literate as others (or my dumb ass communicating in vines) so this is based on this one- ruclips.net/video/r4tOIFPwyUo/видео.html
It's not a real mess up. The vocals are recorded sperately in a studio so any "mess ups" would've been fixed before they layed it over the performance.
This song is so funny, because you can see the narrator getting frustrated like "Come on guys! We practiced this! You're embarrassing me in front of Old Duteromity!"
I love how annoyed Munkustrap is. He's my spirit animal. But by far my favorite thing is the Rum Tum Tugger coming in with his giant bagpipe and skipping around 😂
Watching John Partridge (Rum Tum Tugger) is literally everything. He’s my life and even though the actor is gay, he’s absolutely beautiful and amazingly funny. You can tell he had fun in this musical as well as the number. ❤️❤️😍😍
This song, "Jellicle Songs," and "Old Deuteronomy" are really where Munkustrap shines for me. Whenever he's presenting to the tribe (and the audience) he gets this certain stance, with his feet spread apart, chest out, shoulders back. It's exactly like a self-important tabby preening in the sun and I love Gruber for being able to do it in a way that conveys the character's grace and strength at once.
I just realized that Mungojerrie's "dog" costume is different from the other "dog" costumes. While everyother pollice costume is a shoebox for everything Mungojerrie's costume is Juice Boxes for his hands, a Shoe for his head and pin cushions on his feet. It's very Mungojerrie-like
My favorite part of this whole thing is that Munkunstrap is trying so hard to put on a good play for the leader, but every cat just messes up. i love how he just gets sligthly more annoyed each time something happens XD
2:11 i love Mungojerries expression. After he meesed up his lines and Munk helps him rermember the right order he just grins happily as if to say: "Look i got it right, now"
Michael Gruber (Munkustrap)‘s voice is absolutely incredible. It’s got such an operatic quality despite basically just narrating. That and the fact that he’s one of the most feline like in his movements out of everyone - no wonder the role of Munkustrap usually goes to the best actor in the company. It’s such a deceptively difficult role.
Can you imagine what the actors must have thought when they were workshopping this show? "You mean to tell me you want me to be in a leotard pretending to be a cat, and then you want me to wear a gian show on my head and boxes on my head so I can pretend to be a cat pretending to be a dog?"
Honestly as an actress I can confirm Id be down. Like the only downside I can find is that your in a very weirs musical. Besides that I see nothing but good things.
Honestly watching the whole show just focusing on whatever the hell Skimble is up to is an actual delight and something all fans should do. Ultimate dad award goes to him.
What I like about this musical is you feel you are getting a glimpse into a secret "cat culture." The fact that things like the Heaviside Layer don't completely make sense just seems to show that it is something known only to cats and not fully understood by humans. The things they sing about are things you can imagine cats would talk about if they could, like their fur and hunting mice or the fact that they are not dogs. This story just sounds like the kind of thing a cat would love to hear: a bunch of silly dogs fighting, then being scared away by a single, all-powerful cat. They would be thinking, "Yeah, cats are so badass!"
Honestly that might just be one of the reasons i love this show. It feels like you just stumbled into a junkyard found a bunch of cats doing there thing. And then they decided to let you stay.
To paraphrase Caitlin Koy, I love how Muskustrap is basically like, "Goddamn it guys, we've been rehearsing this for weeks! Do NOT embarrass me in front of him (Old D)!"
I know that the song is supposed to be a story but seeing Munkustrap done with everyone is literally me, Rum Tum Tugger playing those bagpipes, and mungojerrie messing up bark is so hilarious. Munkustrap is literally my spirit animal in this song
@@Princess2737 He wasn't going to miss the opportunity to embarrass his brother. Also it was probably payback for not letting Mistoffelees play Rumpus Cat (which he probably wanted). Tugger: This is what you get for not giving my Misto the part he wanted.
as someone who as a teen was in theater productions where i was also in charge of wrangling the younger kids i deeply deeply deeply relate to Munkustrap in this song
i love pouncival during this scene especially when he’s trying to swing at munkustrap he’s a kitten which means this is his first year doing it and he’s just trying to have fun and keep up 🥺
Tugger showboating on the bagpipes, Rumpus Cat coming out in the wrong place...poor Munk just wanted to impress Deut, and all these kittens are blowing it for him, lol......funniest part of the play, because it's so realistic.
Munk: I've told you a million times Tugger.... I don't want you playing your bloody bagpipes in my very serious play Mungojerry: BARK BARK!!! munk: FOR GODS SAKE JERRY I keep telling you it one bark each over and over again not one bark then two.......AND PLUTO YOUR WALKING THE WRONG WAY!!!!!!!..................,............... I'm surrounded by iduts
Things you notice after watching way too much: The youngest kittens (Victoria & Jemimah) watch with Old Deuteronomy for most of the "play" only showing up at the very end as poms. Jennyanydots has to make Rumpleteazer go back and participate in the play after the "bark" mishap.
I noticed the part with Jennyanydots too! It's like: Teazer: Mum, 'e's impossible! Jenny: Keep going. This is for Deuteronomy. Teazer: I don't wanna- Jenny: Go! (pushes her towards Munkustrap) Also no one can convince me that Jennyanydots isn't Rumpleteazer's mom.
I cannot be the only one that often finds his eyes drawn to the background during these numbers watching Deuteronomy and just his little gestures his little subtle facial expressions his attentiveness and body language. He is so adorable I love Ken Ward.
1:52 jerrie was ready to *f i g h t* teazer also This video just reaffirms my absolute love for Pouncival because he's just living his best life and having so much fun
Munkustrap: respected guide of the Jellicles, scruffy tomcat that's the veteran of enough battles that he takes on Macavity Also Munkustrap: ropes the rest of the Jellicles into his theater production
Oh so my theatre professor was in the austrian touring production and he lied and said he spoke german and he didn't. So they cast him and this dude had to memorize this song with perfect german pronunciation in a week and a half. So when i said i didnt believe him he straight up started singing in german and fucking proved me wrong. But my god what an entertaining class period.
Poor Munkustrap. Everyone gives him such a hard time throughout this number. He's basically the only one taking it seriously. I love Rumpleteaser trying to hit on him and him holding one of the others back with one arm while they try to swing at him.
When I was younger, I didn't really care for this piece as it was not melodic enough for my liking. But re-watching it now I think it is a beautiful mess. All the confusion, the annoyed Munkustrap, the confused Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer (until know I hadn't even realized it's them), and the overall nonsense going on in the background. Hilarious! I've just watched it three times in a row and I still find more details that highly amuse me.
I love how Rumpleteazer just won’t let Munkustrap alone at some point. The way she rubs her butt on him at 2:15 makes me believe there’s something going on there 😂
I have seen this musical about 50 times now. Plus maybe another 10-20 times I've watched this video. And only JUST NOW did I notice, at about 0:17 Jemima goes to do a weird sideways somersault and ends up getting stuck on her back. I love all the little background things the characters do, I swear this has unlimited rewatch potential
Lyrics: Munkustrap Jellicle Cats meet once a year On the night we make the Jellicle Choice And now that the Jellicle Leader is here, Jellicle Cats can all rejoice! Of the awful battle of the Pekes and the Pollicles Together with some account Of the participation Of the Pugs and the Poms, and the intervention of the Great Rumpus Cat The Pekes and the Pollicles, everyone knows, Are proud and implacable, passionate foes; It is always the same, wherever one goes And the Pugs and the Poms, although most people say That they do not like fighting. Yet, once in a way, They now and again join into the fray And they: All Bark Bark Bark Bark Bark Bark Bark Bark Munkustrap Until you could hear them all over the park Now on the occasion of which I shall speak Almost nothing had happened for nearly a week (And that's a long time for a Pol or a Peke). The big Police Dog was away from his beat - I don't know the reason, but most people think He slipped into the Wellington Arms for a drink - And no one at all was about on the street When a Peke and a Pollicle happened to meet. They did not advance, or exactly retreat, But they glared at each other, and scraped their hind feet, And they: Peke Bark Pollicle Bark Peke Bark Pollicle Bark Bark Peke Bark Pollicle Bark Peke Bark Munkustrap Until you could hear them all over the park And they: Pekes Bark Pollicles Bark Pekes Bark Pollicles Bark Bark Pekes Bark Pollicles Bark Pekes Bark Munkustrap Until you could hear them all over the park Now the Peke, although most people may say what they please, Is no British Dog, but Heathen Chinese And so all the Pekes, when they heard the uproar, Some came to the window, some came to the door; There was surely a dozen, more likely a score. And together they started to grumble and wheeze In their huffery-snuffery Heathen Chinese. But a terrible din is what Pollicles like, For your Pollicle Dog is a Doryorkshire tyke, Pollicles There were dogs out of every nation The Irish, the Welsh, and the Dane The Russian, the Dutch, the Dalmation And even from China and Spain From the poodle, the balmy Alstation And the Basset who growls on the train Munkustrap And to those that are frisky and frollicle That my mean be perfectly plain Pollicles That my name is Little Tom Pollicle And you better not do it again! Munkustrap And his braw Scottish cousins are snappers and biters, And ever dog-jack of them notable fighters; and so they stepped out with their pipers in order, Playing When the Blue Bonnets Came Over the Border Then the Pugs and the Poms held no longer aloof, But some from the balcony, some from the roof, Joined in To the din With a: All Bark Bark Bark Bark Bark Bark Bark Bark Munkustrap Until you could hear them all over the park All Huffery-snuffery, huffery-snuffery, Huffery-snuffery, huffery-snuff! Munkustrap Until you could hear them all over the park.
THANK YOU! I could =not= understand what the Pollicles were singing and was about to post, asking if anyone did! Nitpick: It's "dour Yorkshire type," not Doryorkshire tyke.
I just love how Old deuteronemy reacts to Munkustrap like, yeah yeah, totaly know what you are talking about and than exchange glances with Victoria beside him . . .
2:34 I thought I was being soooo smart, going "oooh Michael Gruber is Scottish, is he, his accent really comes through on the word 'Yorkshire'' turns out he's American and I have no idea what I'm talking about.
The first time I watch this number I thought it was kinda boring 🤣 but then I started to pay attention to the details and the story Munk is trying to tell, and now is one of my favorite numbers 😍
Most of them have collars so that means they have owners. So either they went out and left their homes to collaborate for the Jellicle ball , or they were all abandoned by their owners and they now live as a family here in the dumps.
3:34 coricopat looks so pissed off and then at 1:12 tantomile looks so sophisticated yet resentful, this is why is love this show, everyone emits so much character with just their simple movements and facial expression
I love that Gruber, one of the few Americans on stage (with Ken Page) gets to have a little dig at the rest of his castmate's UK accents with his hammy Scottish brogue when he talks about the Polls
Okay Munkustrap is litterly me in theater the one who brought the coustumes, wrote the script, got the music,is making people come and is the only one who knows their lines.Then proceeds to lose their head in the process of this cuz nobody is do ANYTHING right.
There were SO many disappointments in that movie. Difficult to pick one. This; Rum Tum Tugger's treatment; no duet between Munk and Tugger; the 2 "comedic actors (Rebel Wilson and James Corden) that they crammed down our throats (where's a barfing emote when you need one); what they did to Macavity... Do I need to go on??
Munkustrap being an exasperated theatre dad trying to manage all the kittens is adorable and hilarious.
I still havent figure out which Cat is reenacting the part of the Great Rumpus Cat. or is that the REAL Great Rumpus Cat?
@@annepearn4545 it's George, or Admetus
@@waffledemonoverlord4232 Thanks! I couldnt tell!
Would you say he's...
[sunglasses emoji]
...herding cats?
/YEEEEEEEAAAAH
@@amphioxusanniversary Beat me to it :(
If you subscribe to the idea that Munkustrap is Old Deuteronomy's son, then the whole number he seems like a young man trying so hard to impress his father, and getting stressed because everyone else is making a mess; meanwhile Old D's having a grand old time watching the youngsters have fun.
I've heard that too. I've also heard that tugger might be Old Deuteronomy's son too-
@@hanako-kun5480 tugger is munku’s younger brother so if old Deuteronomy was his dad that’d make sense
The cherry on top is him indulging Munkus and pretending like this is the best play ever.
@Gabrielle Delatte
I've heard that one to. Although personally I think Munk isn't Jemima's biological father
@@hanako-kun5480 There's a lot of fan theories going around about who is related to who, but as far as I know nothing is confirmed. The closest we get to a confirmation is Old Deuteronomy's actor saying that his character is probably the father to a good chunk of the cats.
During the entire musical, Mukunstraps is like: "Guys I'm trying to tell a story and no one's doing anything correctly, I'm soooo done with your shits..."
It's even more obvious in this particular song more than the others.
Clément Cachico that’s why I love him
So he's...herding cats.
(Yes, I'm horrible)
Furry!
NOOOOOOOOOOOW!!!
Oh thanks, I actually never understood what was going on here..
Munkustrap’s actor is just so extra I’m-
Michael is everything
@Logan Underhill I'd argue that Robbie did a pretty good job with him, considering the writing and direction. He could have nailed it if it weren't for how bad the movie around him is. Though Michael's manic Dad energy and dramatic squats will always be the fave.
(to myself: It's ok, John Partridge Munk can't hurt you, it's not real, the photos are all made up, the video is a lie, you're safe from it)
ikr
MariaThePotterNut he's on the stage, you have exaggerate to be seen by the whole audience. Same reason why the principle cats stick out so much.
@@MariaThePotterNut Wait John Partridge has played Munk?? Can you please tell me where the video is? I think I have to see this-
Throughout this whole song, Munskurap is just like "no one is doing anything right except me, and I'm just narrating!"
The part of Munkustrap usually goes to the best actor in the company.
@@dr.burtgummerfan439 so as it should
Oh thanks! I actually never understood what was going on here..
If only Skimbleshanks was here...
@@LadyJuseoh but Skimbleshanks IS there
but he's not Skimbleshanks yet so that may be it
Munkustrap after this part: "So my little brother ran around playing the bagpipes during my show again, so I'm starting a kickstarter to put him down. The benefit of killing him is being able to get through the show for dad for once-"
Edit: realized not everyone may be as vine literate as others (or my dumb ass communicating in vines) so this is based on this one- ruclips.net/video/r4tOIFPwyUo/видео.html
Thats pretty accurate.
I forget they're brothers
@Columbus Leah woah man I can't believe it actually worked!
🤣 pretty much
That vine is iconic...Not a lot of theater geeks are tho, just some of us lol. Glad to see I'm not the only one 😅
Bark!
*Bark!*
Bark!
*Bark! Bark!*
Bark?!
*Bark?*
...bark...
. . . *NOOOOOOO!!!*
Until you could hear them all over the park
I thought they said f***
That make munkustrap reeeeally angry 😂😂😂😂
Until you could hear them
All over the park
Is this the song where it goes 'How can we make Munkustrap have a stroke?'
It seems that they want to make him angry.
a Munkustroke?
Well, I mean, it's kinda his own fault. He should know what it's like to be herding cats.
@@teaartist6455 especially when this is yard full of kittens
basically
I laugh everytime Mungojerrie messed up the ' Bark '
Corrin. bOcK!
But you gotta admit
It was really cute
Gods I love Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer
They’re cockney... they don’t pronounce the R. It’s pronounced “bahk
It's not a real mess up. The vocals are recorded sperately in a studio so any "mess ups" would've been fixed before they layed it over the performance.
Feyt Me
Or maybe.... they're cats. They don't naturally bark.
This song is so funny, because you can see the narrator getting frustrated like "Come on guys! We practiced this! You're embarrassing me in front of Old Duteromity!"
And all the while deuteronomy is just happy they’re all having fun and appreciates all of munkustrap’s efforts
Typical catd
His name’s Munkustrap
I love how annoyed Munkustrap is. He's my spirit animal. But by far my favorite thing is the Rum Tum Tugger coming in with his giant bagpipe and skipping around 😂
Unigoat Potato
Its even funnier the second time around.
Rum Tum Tugger ain’t too proud to be a part of their performance. 😂❤️
Unigoat Potato XD
He's a sexy cat
Watching John Partridge (Rum Tum Tugger) is literally everything. He’s my life and even though the actor is gay, he’s absolutely beautiful and amazingly funny. You can tell he had fun in this musical as well as the number. ❤️❤️😍😍
This song, "Jellicle Songs," and "Old Deuteronomy" are really where Munkustrap shines for me. Whenever he's presenting to the tribe (and the audience) he gets this certain stance, with his feet spread apart, chest out, shoulders back. It's exactly like a self-important tabby preening in the sun and I love Gruber for being able to do it in a way that conveys the character's grace and strength at once.
Can’t agree with you more!!
My favorites are this one and the old gumbie cat.
It's also how I, an autistic person, stand all the time
@@liam6396you MAY be Munkustrap then :0
(silly joking btw)
I just realized that Mungojerrie's "dog" costume is different from the other "dog" costumes. While everyother pollice costume is a shoebox for everything Mungojerrie's costume is Juice Boxes for his hands, a Shoe for his head and pin cushions on his feet. It's very Mungojerrie-like
Skimbleshanks and Mistoffelees have shoes on their heads too.
The best part is when Rum Tum Tugger shines with that Bagpipe solo!
Sciffer Akori it’s beautiful
The fact that Pouncival is starting to dance next to him and making that face just added to the hilarity :3
L u m b a g o
Misto is proud
3:17
My favorite part of this whole thing is that Munkunstrap is trying so hard to put on a good play for the leader, but every cat just messes up. i love how he just gets sligthly more annoyed each time something happens XD
Then when Tugger comes out with his bagpipes. He was really done after that.
2:11 i love Mungojerries expression. After he meesed up his lines and Munk helps him rermember the right order he just grins happily as if to say: "Look i got it right, now"
He did it wrong again tho xD
@@Emma-fw9ms He was still proud of himself, though.
Michael Gruber (Munkustrap)‘s voice is absolutely incredible. It’s got such an operatic quality despite basically just narrating. That and the fact that he’s one of the most feline like in his movements out of everyone - no wonder the role of Munkustrap usually goes to the best actor in the company. It’s such a deceptively difficult role.
Yes Michael’s voice is incredible, and I’m going to give him a role in my movie!
2:28, the only time Munkustrap stands with his legs together throughout the movie.
Not for long, little rascal Rumpelteazer lol
Munks moods are; squats protectively, squats defensively, squats dramatically, squats caringly, and annoyed at Tugger (usually while squatting).
@@MariaThePotterNut Nobody:
Munkustrap: i s q u a t
The thing is as a dancer I can confirm a lot of stuff he does is probally a lot easier to do starting from the stance.
MariaThePotterNut oh yes boo xD
Can you imagine what the actors must have thought when they were workshopping this show? "You mean to tell me you want me to be in a leotard pretending to be a cat, and then you want me to wear a gian show on my head and boxes on my head so I can pretend to be a cat pretending to be a dog?"
Also the actors: I'm in
Must've been super exciting 😁
You son of a bitch, I'm in.
Two words: Gillian Lynne.
Aw Hell Yeah!
Honestly as an actress I can confirm Id be down. Like the only downside I can find is that your in a very weirs musical. Besides that I see nothing but good things.
I have no idea wtf is going on but munkustrap and mungojerrie are hot as hell
Your not wrong 😏
I'm sort of partial to Rumpleteazer.
And Victoria.
And Jemima.
And Cassandra.
And Demeter.
And Electra.
And Etcetera...
Amanda they are CATS
@@awhellyeah12 You may think that, but they are actually human actors in cat costumes.
Munkustrap omg
1:31 Skimple is just like: "and don't forget the part with the drink! There ya go"
Makes sense if you've seen 'Skimbleshanks the Railway Cat'
Never noticed that LOL.
Yeah, I've never noticed that and now I'm lying on the floor laughing. So true!
Honestly watching the whole show just focusing on whatever the hell Skimble is up to is an actual delight and something all fans should do. Ultimate dad award goes to him.
MariaThePotterNut facts
Tugger coming in with the bagpipe just to cause more chaos for his brother kills me 🤣
What I like about this musical is you feel you are getting a glimpse into a secret "cat culture." The fact that things like the Heaviside Layer don't completely make sense just seems to show that it is something known only to cats and not fully understood by humans. The things they sing about are things you can imagine cats would talk about if they could, like their fur and hunting mice or the fact that they are not dogs. This story just sounds like the kind of thing a cat would love to hear: a bunch of silly dogs fighting, then being scared away by a single, all-powerful cat. They would be thinking, "Yeah, cats are so badass!"
Honestly that might just be one of the reasons i love this show. It feels like you just stumbled into a junkyard found a bunch of cats doing there thing. And then they decided to let you stay.
I love imagining this show is from the perspective of some drunk guy enamored with whatever the fuck these alley cats are doing
To paraphrase Caitlin Koy, I love how Muskustrap is basically like, "Goddamn it guys, we've been rehearsing this for weeks! Do NOT embarrass me in front of him (Old D)!"
I know that the song is supposed to be a story but seeing Munkustrap done with everyone is literally me, Rum Tum Tugger playing those bagpipes, and mungojerrie messing up bark is so hilarious. Munkustrap is literally my spirit animal in this song
can we all just appreciate how good looking Munkustrap is
and no im not a furry thank you
I have to admit he's attractive
Have you watched the bts special? Michael was FINE.
are you sure? have you seen Rum Tum Tugger?
i love him, it's my favourite
@@theshockinglyeloquentdog9945 munkustrap is better.
victoria’s movements at 3:40 have me DYING
same she's so adorable
TUGGER ON THE BAG PIPES HAS ME DEAD 😂😂😂
Same! When I watched it for the first time I had to pause for a second to breathe
3:17
he's like: Oh we're annoying Munkustrap? Let me get my bagpipes, im not being left out!
And miss the chance to annoy/embarrass my stuck-up older brother in front of our Dad? I’m so in!
@@Princess2737 He wasn't going to miss the opportunity to embarrass his brother. Also it was probably payback for not letting Mistoffelees play Rumpus Cat (which he probably wanted).
Tugger: This is what you get for not giving my Misto the part he wanted.
I love Teazer and Jerrie's visible confusion about who says "BARK!" next.
Teazer knew what she was doing, it was Jerrie that was confused & messed it up.
Love how Plato marches the wrong way and Alonzo hits him on the head! XD
When?
at 2:53 and 2:57
And how pouncival had his shoe-box hat thingy on backwards
Isn't it so cute?
Everyone seems to think its tumblebrutus, but he's behind mungojerrie
Munkustrap: *singing*
Rum Tum Tugger: *Imma bouta end this whole man's career*
as someone who as a teen was in theater productions where i was also in charge of wrangling the younger kids i deeply deeply deeply relate to Munkustrap in this song
i love pouncival during this scene especially when he’s trying to swing at munkustrap
he’s a kitten which means this is his first year doing it and he’s just trying to have fun and keep up 🥺
And his "hat" is on backwards lol
This feels like all the kids putting on a chaotic Christmas play for Grandpa with the oldest cousin trying his hardest to keep everything orderly
At least Old Deuteronomy is having fun watching.
2:53 - 2:57 I like the detail of Plato going the wrong way and then Alonzo tapping on the head like "Dude it's this way!"
The best part is when mungojerrie messed up the "bark" xD
HAHAHAHA 😂😂✋🏾
Danjella Penny when?
2:01
I just love mungojerrie😂😂
They’re cockney... they don’t pronounce the R. It’s pronounced “bahk
Is no one going to talk about THIS!?? 1:25 MY HEART! MUNKUSTRAP IS SO BEAUTIFUL!
I have to admit.. I can't say I mind the close up of his crotch 😏
I KNOW, RIGHT?! I LOVE HIM
hes my fav cat UwU
RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHH
2:01 bark! bark! bark! bark! bark! bark? bark??? bark????? lol
Tugger showboating on the bagpipes, Rumpus Cat coming out in the wrong place...poor Munk just wanted to impress Deut, and all these kittens are blowing it for him, lol......funniest part of the play, because it's so realistic.
At least Deut looked like he was having fun.
Munkustrap used to be a brown tabby but the stress turned him gray
Mukustrap looked so pissed at tugger when he started to play bagpipes! :D
Munkustrap: "Seriously, bro?"
XDDD
I always thought he was looking at Skimbleshanks and Misto
3:17
Munk: I've told you a million times Tugger.... I don't want you playing your bloody bagpipes in my very serious play
Mungojerry: BARK BARK!!!
munk: FOR GODS SAKE JERRY I keep telling you it one bark each over and over again not one bark then two.......AND PLUTO YOUR WALKING THE WRONG WAY!!!!!!!..................,...............
I'm surrounded by iduts
In 3:19 munkustrap just looks at him in disbelief.
Lol the rum tum tugger aced those candy cane bagpipes
lesley vogel yep
Candy cane football bagpipes
3:17
You mean there's something he didn't ace? God John Partridge was perfect in this role 😻
Things you notice after watching way too much:
The youngest kittens (Victoria & Jemimah) watch with Old Deuteronomy for most of the "play" only showing up at the very end as poms.
Jennyanydots has to make Rumpleteazer go back and participate in the play after the "bark" mishap.
I noticed the part with Jennyanydots too! It's like:
Teazer: Mum, 'e's impossible!
Jenny: Keep going. This is for Deuteronomy.
Teazer: I don't wanna-
Jenny: Go! (pushes her towards Munkustrap)
Also no one can convince me that Jennyanydots isn't Rumpleteazer's mom.
@@autumnmist1012 Jenny: You are going to participate in this play and you are going to like it young lady!
Teazer: Yes, ma'am.
Also the actress playing victoria switches occasionally in the song
I cannot be the only one that often finds his eyes drawn to the background during these numbers watching Deuteronomy and just his little gestures his little subtle facial expressions his attentiveness and body language. He is so adorable I love Ken Ward.
You may not like it but this is what peke performance looks like.
*slow clap* 👏
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LMAO skimbleshanks is like "Munkustrap, make sure you mention the alcohol" When Munkustrap is singing in the beginning!!!
1:31
To him that's his favorite part.
1:52 jerrie was ready to *f i g h t* teazer
also
This video just reaffirms my absolute love for Pouncival because he's just living his best life and having so much fun
I know. He's just so adorable, right?
i know right this is why Pouncival is one of my favourite cats
Munkustrap: respected guide of the Jellicles, scruffy tomcat that's the veteran of enough battles that he takes on Macavity
Also Munkustrap: ropes the rest of the Jellicles into his theater production
"Heathen Chinese" oh, that's why we're cutting it from our school play...
brianna breezy Yeah, most high schools cut this song out or change that lyric
Actually most productions in general since the 2000s changed it. I just saw it, said "Winsome chin ease"
"Winsom chinese"
Andrew Lloyd Webber's casual racism in a nutshell.
Docktor Who- That was in the original book this was based on, Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats, by T.S. Elliot. He’s the kinda racist person here.
Oh so my theatre professor was in the austrian touring production and he lied and said he spoke german and he didn't. So they cast him and this dude had to memorize this song with perfect german pronunciation in a week and a half. So when i said i didnt believe him he straight up started singing in german and fucking proved me wrong. But my god what an entertaining class period.
0:50 when Jemima almost starts mouthing along and then catches herself. I feel that, whether that was acting or just the actor, mad vibes.
Poor Munkustrap. Everyone gives him such a hard time throughout this number. He's basically the only one taking it seriously. I love Rumpleteaser trying to hit on him and him holding one of the others back with one arm while they try to swing at him.
Troublethecat The one he holds back is Pouncival. ☺️
2:00 the fact they are siblings makes this scene even better
When I was younger, I didn't really care for this piece as it was not melodic enough for my liking. But re-watching it now I think it is a beautiful mess. All the confusion, the annoyed Munkustrap, the confused Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer (until know I hadn't even realized it's them), and the overall nonsense going on in the background. Hilarious!
I've just watched it three times in a row and I still find more details that highly amuse me.
“Rejoice!”
Everyone: flops like a fish
*comedy gold*
Pouncival's face straight from 2:41 to 3:06 is one of the most adorable things I've ever seen
Mungojerries voice is soo cute :D
His accent fits him well
I think he is way too cute.
I prefer rumpleteazer but I respect your opinion
I love that Munkustrap is _visibly_ hella annoyed
I love how the longer it goes on and the more the other kittens mess up, the more annoyed he gets.
When Munk is holding back pouncavle and he's swinging at him lol
Tugger with a candycane bagpipe is the best thing ever created
I love how Rumpleteazer just won’t let Munkustrap alone at some point. The way she rubs her butt on him at 2:15 makes me believe there’s something going on there 😂
She has good taste, probably most of the cats there, males and females, wants to do that to Munkustrap and Tugger😂
@@laraendlight9887 Very true c:
I think she's just acting like a dog (which cats believe have no dignity). :D
Best part of the number.
Any1 notice that Munkustrap turned Scottish for a bit?
Ruthie Hyry-Weintraub haha yeah I just noticed 😅
when?
That's the point he's suppose to do that
He's supposed to lol
REPRESENT 🏴🏴
I have seen this musical about 50 times now. Plus maybe another 10-20 times I've watched this video. And only JUST NOW did I notice, at about 0:17 Jemima goes to do a weird sideways somersault and ends up getting stuck on her back. I love all the little background things the characters do, I swear this has unlimited rewatch potential
Lyrics:
Munkustrap
Jellicle Cats meet once a year
On the night we make the Jellicle Choice
And now that the Jellicle Leader is here,
Jellicle Cats can all rejoice!
Of the awful battle of the Pekes and the Pollicles
Together with some account
Of the participation
Of the Pugs and the Poms, and the intervention of the Great Rumpus Cat
The Pekes and the Pollicles, everyone knows,
Are proud and implacable, passionate foes;
It is always the same, wherever one goes
And the Pugs and the Poms, although most people say
That they do not like fighting. Yet, once in a way,
They now and again join into the fray
And they:
All
Bark Bark Bark Bark
Bark Bark Bark Bark
Munkustrap
Until you could hear them all over the park
Now on the occasion of which I shall speak
Almost nothing had happened for nearly a week
(And that's a long time for a Pol or a Peke).
The big Police Dog was away from his beat -
I don't know the reason, but most people think
He slipped into the Wellington Arms for a drink -
And no one at all was about on the street
When a Peke and a Pollicle happened to meet.
They did not advance, or exactly retreat,
But they glared at each other, and scraped their hind feet,
And they:
Peke
Bark
Pollicle
Bark
Peke
Bark
Pollicle
Bark
Bark
Peke
Bark
Pollicle
Bark
Peke
Bark
Munkustrap
Until you could hear them all over the park
And they:
Pekes
Bark
Pollicles
Bark
Pekes
Bark
Pollicles
Bark
Bark
Pekes
Bark
Pollicles
Bark
Pekes
Bark
Munkustrap
Until you could hear them all over the park
Now the Peke, although most people may say what they please,
Is no British Dog, but Heathen Chinese
And so all the Pekes, when they heard the uproar,
Some came to the window, some came to the door;
There was surely a dozen, more likely a score.
And together they started to grumble and wheeze
In their huffery-snuffery Heathen Chinese.
But a terrible din is what Pollicles like,
For your Pollicle Dog is a Doryorkshire tyke,
Pollicles
There were dogs out of every nation
The Irish, the Welsh, and the Dane
The Russian, the Dutch, the Dalmation
And even from China and Spain
From the poodle, the balmy Alstation
And the Basset who growls on the train
Munkustrap
And to those that are frisky and frollicle
That my mean be perfectly plain
Pollicles
That my name is Little Tom Pollicle
And you better not do it again!
Munkustrap
And his braw Scottish cousins are snappers and biters,
And ever dog-jack of them notable fighters;
and so they stepped out with their pipers in order,
Playing When the Blue Bonnets Came Over the Border
Then the Pugs and the Poms held no longer aloof,
But some from the balcony, some from the roof,
Joined in
To the din
With a:
All
Bark Bark Bark Bark
Bark Bark Bark Bark
Munkustrap
Until you could hear them all over the park
All
Huffery-snuffery, huffery-snuffery,
Huffery-snuffery, huffery-snuff!
Munkustrap
Until you could hear them all over the park.
Thanks!
Soepsas np :)
@@AbdianysPaul
Munkustrap: Noooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THANK YOU! I could =not= understand what the Pollicles were singing and was about to post, asking if anyone did! Nitpick: It's "dour Yorkshire type," not Doryorkshire tyke.
Munkustrap at 3:07: **briefly imitates a Scottish accent to introduce the Scottish pollicles**
Skimbleshanks at 3:13: _Am I a joke to you_
Skimble just be like: You shittin' on me hometown mate?
Munkustrap is just doing his best and for that I love him
If you thought it was hard to herd cats, that's nothing compared to trying to herd Jellicle Cats.
Munkustrap will now demonstrate...
I just love how Old deuteronemy reacts to Munkustrap like, yeah yeah, totaly know what you are talking about and than exchange glances with Victoria beside him . . .
I never really noticed, but at 1:47 Munkustrap pulls up his sleeve because it had slipped down too much
The thumbnail summarizes this song perfectly lol
Munkustrap is just done with the kitties 😂😂
0:46 And Michael Gruber goes full cat mode.
Also, I love how MJ and RT look like so confused (1:50).
The cats from Cats: we are refined, ancient, dignified, proud creatures
Also cats from Cats: *dress up in trash to take the piss out of dogs*
2:34 I thought I was being soooo smart, going "oooh Michael Gruber is Scottish, is he, his accent really comes through on the word 'Yorkshire'' turns out he's American and I have no idea what I'm talking about.
Munkustrap is my favourite, love his voice and performance! (Also he’s handsome)
He's hoooot 😂
The first time I watch this number I thought it was kinda boring 🤣 but then I started to pay attention to the details and the story Munk is trying to tell, and now is one of my favorite numbers 😍
Most of them have collars so that means they have owners. So either they went out and left their homes to collaborate for the Jellicle ball , or they were all abandoned by their owners and they now live as a family here in the dumps.
Everyone: cats has no plot
Munskurap: I just want to be appreciated
This scene is so wholesome Munkustrap just wants to put on a good show for dad I love it
3:17 Munkustrap is so done
This is basically musical theatre when half of them fail to show up to rehearsals.
3:34 coricopat looks so pissed off and then at 1:12 tantomile looks so sophisticated yet resentful, this is why is love this show, everyone emits so much character with just their simple movements and facial expression
Did someone notice Tugger's jump in 0:17? xD
there he go
I didn't recognize him if you don't remind me
I believe he's the one that jumps out from once the camera pans out. In the top left corner. It's only for a split second that you see him.
He just nopes out
And he’s gone
I love that Gruber, one of the few Americans on stage (with Ken Page) gets to have a little dig at the rest of his castmate's UK accents with his hammy Scottish brogue when he talks about the Polls
Jemima and Mistoffelees looked cute when they did the bark part
The way Rumpleteaser says bark makes me so happy 😂
The best part was when Mungojerrie nest up the "bark".🤣😂
2:40 i love all their expressions, look at Coricopat😂😂😂
Cori is so extra
I love how everything slowly descends into chaos and Munkustrap is trying to get everyone to do their part right.
2:20
Munkustrap: Now is NOT the time for this!
Once you actually understand what's going on this is the funniest thing
2:06 Teazer does the smallest most confused voice and it’s adorable
She's adorable through the whole number. The headshake at 2:14 is so cute
Okay Munkustrap is litterly me in theater the one who brought the coustumes, wrote the script, got the music,is making people come and is the only one who knows their lines.Then proceeds to lose their head in the process of this cuz nobody is do ANYTHING right.
Munkustrap needs a hug, those poor babies,
How did it take me so many years to notice Alonzo smacking Plato (I think?) on the head for going the wrong way at 2:56
yes Alonzo hits Plato on the head for going the wrong way and it also took me awhile to notice it too but now i can't stop seeing it lol
so disappointed this was not included in the 2019 film
Probbaly for the "heathan Chinese" part. The song is fun but a studio wouldnt tolerate even a single line thats controversial
There were SO many disappointments in that movie. Difficult to pick one. This; Rum Tum Tugger's treatment; no duet between Munk and Tugger; the 2 "comedic actors (Rebel Wilson and James Corden) that they crammed down our throats (where's a barfing emote when you need one); what they did to Macavity... Do I need to go on??
@@munkustrap2 THEY REMOVED MONGOJERRIE AND RUMPLETEAZER’S DOUBLE CARTWHEEL
@@chaoticcatartist They could change some of the lyrics. They already made a lot changes that didn’t make sense, this change actually would.
tugger is just having to much fun with the bagpipe.
Munkustrap's face when they actually get the barks right near the end xD
Wait, is that why he shouted no?
@@nylathemysticalcat9518 I think he yelled no at the end because he got fed up with them messing it up
@@moonkitty5274
Oh okay. Thanks.
@@nylathemysticalcat9518 Actually, it sounded like now
@@Broadwaygirl918
Really?
2:00 is the best part
I love Munkustrap very much