Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for January 23, 2019

Obviously a placebo.

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Why that old Scoundrel!

Now he sounds like Blossom. “I need my treats, man!” LOL.

It’s a good thing for you the ladies are too distracted by their missing lovers to notice that isn’t a pill bottle! (Is anybody else hearing the voice of Thurston Howell III, aka Jim Backus, as the voice for Poppy?)

If I were watching this tripe, I’d be irritated by the blatant product placements.

Oo, better make sure those are separated from the people food.

Snowball Taggart, you bad kitty! We’ll see what happens to you!

Aww! How cute is that grand kitty <3

No kitten can resist the cheesy goodness of cheese balls!

I would so love to hear the dramatic music! Maybe Richard Carpenter could write it. From Wikipedia: “While visiting London, Richard Carpenter saw a 1940 Bing Crosby film on The Late Movie called Rhythm on the River. Carpenter noticed that the characters kept referring to the struggling songwriter’s greatest composition, “Goodbye to Love”. Carpenter said, “You never hear it in the movie, they just keep referring to it,” and he immediately envisioned the tune and lyrics.” Also like the great imagined story and book titles in Lovecraft you get at most snippets of (“The Feaster From the Stars”, The Necronomicon.)

Let me voluntarily take my pills like a good kitty … said no cat ever.

Meanwhile, on the Island of Martinique…Captain Nimble has found Kit Chase and together they find a female cat named Slim who can introduce them to the Free French Cats. But who can our hero’s trust, with Nazi Dog spies all around..

Slim: [She holds up the tuna-water again] Uh, sure you won’t change your mind about this?

Captain Nimble: Uh-huh.

Slim: This belongs to me and so do my Purrs. I don’t see any difference.

Captain Nimble: Well, I do.

Slim: Okay. You know you don’t have to act with me, Nimble. You don’t have to say anything and you don’t have to do anything. Not a thing. Oh, maybe just a nose-kiss. [She opens his door and pauses] You know how to nose-kiss, don’t you, Nimble? You just put two noses together – and bump.

It’s been 21 days since “Gent” posted, has anyone heard from him?

Happy Hump Day, orbsters and orbabies. Snowball, you – you – you unmitigated scoundrel, sneaking treats and playing on the love and sympathy of your daughters and granddaughters! How dare you!

But, but…Aren’t we going to hear about shelves?

Product Placement :)

Hmmm, how about Vincent Price, if you want that tinge of evil. But, Jim Backus will always be Mr. Magoo to me and Burlington Ives is the snowman narrating Rudolph’s story, so they can’t be evil-enough-sounding for this mad-as-a-hatter patriarch!!!

I want Yummy Nom Noms for all my medical needs!

Hammy and evil. Bad Ham! (Words Cats never use together)

If Snowball keeps eating all that cheese, his heart really will trouble him! Maybe he’ll even be…dare I say it…doomed! (And yes I know I’m not Robin, he doesn’t have a copyright on the word ; )

After all of that angst and drama, I love his cheeky, cheesy grin in panel 4.

Both Taggert sisters are still looking good in their haute cature dresses.

Today’s strip reminded me a little of the old movie, Papa’s Delicate Condition.

Some of us mentioned some voices for Snowball – Burl Ives, Jim Backus, Vincent Price. Jackie Gleason would be a more comical twist on it, yet he could do darker roles, as well.

Oooh, Princess has got Angry Ears, Enraged Eyebrows and crossed arms. Snowball has really pushed all her buttons.

What’s in those cat treats? Catnip edibles?

When did “num num” become “nom nom?”

Snowball should be relieved Princess came home with only one kitten. That’s a pretty small litter!

Father can’t control you unless you live under his roof. Don’t you girls know anything?

Spoiler

Our original treats for Missy were cheese hearts, which we called cheesy treats. Unfortunately we can no longer get them, so we throw her liver based treats while enticing her to catch ‘cheesy treats’ (with no cheese whatsoever). Great medication. Highly recommended.

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Father is just an old Humbug.

Is Our IX Lives set in the present or in a different time? Because I’m kind of thinking that maybe that ol Snowball and Lupin might be related?

How about Alfred Hitchcock for Snowball’s voice?

Or Burl Ives? He kind of looks like him. Did BI do anything “dark”?

Taggert is a toxic parent if ever there was one.

A really cute touch on our 9 lives is how you can tell its low budget and the Cats are using what they can find. (And product placement)

Fictional Lupin Ancestor?!

HEHE

Why that old scallywag! Heart pills, my eye! More likely to clog his arteries, I’d say!

(Also product placement. Is Snowball Taggart an investor in his own show?)