Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for July 06, 2021

Aww this is adorable and I love it!

That scarf looks familiar! Is that Jules in the background?

Juuuuuuuuuuuuules!!!!!!!!!!

Has the July Bug finally arrived?

Go Burt, go! Find that Baba Mouse footage!

Find Footage Soon! Must See Footage!!

What shenanigans will Jules be up to this year?!

Awww, flashback Pucky!

One of the TV versions of ZORRO had Zorro on a black stallion. The horse appeared gray on the screen so they used black shoe polish to make his black look black. Weird but true.

Yay! I can’t wait to see this early footage.

Will that be on VHS or Betamax?

I love that she incorporates actual Puck “footage” from early days of the strip! And, of course, the July Bug!!!

Is that Angus, before he was a ghost reporter?

I hate to spoil everyone’s fun, but the Meet Our Reporters bio on Baba says she is 26 years old, which means.Burt has overshot the mark by rather a lot.

today is national fried chicken day!

panel 1: awww

panel 2: oh yeah, Georgia said she was gonna…

panel 3: hah hah hah hah hah hah oh hi Jules!

panel 4: omg …OMG

It’s kind of funny reading the original strips and seeing how much Georgia’s art has evolved. Meanwhile I’m still the same can’t-even-draw-stick-figures person I’ve always been, LOL.

And yay! We get to see Reporter Baba! :D

Well, somebody tell 1979 that the KEEBLE bowl is still full!

Yeah, still full today, and we can’t confirm it isn’t the same KEEBLE.

Scarf, goggles, handlebar moustache … They’re doomed!

Are they looking for hand-cranked 35mm film?

Jules AND BoCH (back of cat head)! What a time to be alive.

The July Bug has been spotted!!!!!!!

I take it someone’s already made the ‘their offices are bugged’ gag?

Is Burt the latest in a long line of Burts?

Nice ‘meta’ reference with regards Puckyboy…

Awesome, time for a BCN history lesson of when Baba Mouse was a young reporter and we also have the return of Jules!!!!! I always wonder if he aggravates the cats with a French accent, ala the French taunter in Monte Python? Anyhow, another question; who is the distinguished reporter from 1979, a Scottish Manx cat?

I know there was some controversy when “Burt changed the lighting” to bring out Puck’s true colour, but I think “Inky Puck” is a definite improvement, with clearer and more varied facial expressions than during his “grey phase”.♥

I could tell by the way my cats were acting that we had a fly in the house yesterday, even though I couldn’t see it. Candy actually caught it when it landed on the window. She was playing with it so I went to get a tissue to get rid of it, but when I came back Candy was licking her chops and there was no more fly. Gross! I shudder to think what would happen if we had a July bug!

OT: I finished reading “Giblet and Belle”. What a cute book! I wish I hadn’t read it so fast though. It was over way too soon. I think Belle may be the next Mrs. Murphy. Congratulations Robert!

Go ahead! Roll that beautiful bean footage! Oops, wrong, that’s another dog….

Beatrix toe beans!

Kitten wink! I’m faint from the cuteness.

Is anyone else getting the notice that there is a time limitation on how often we can comment?

Ok now I’m curious. One of the clips Burt’s looking at in panel four has “pow” in it. Inquiring minds wanna know pls! 8D

Pucky sure looked different back then.

Everyone is in their pajamas, and Beatrix looks so cute in hers. This must be one of those middle-of-the-night wild hairs, as one does.

This is so exciting!

The July Bug!

Was the grey phase that long ago? Seem like yesterday.

Hey Jules, now don’t be bad

Take a still night and make it breezy

Remember to let your bzzz-ing start

Then you can dart and bug cats easily

Hey Bea, don’t be annoyed

You were made to jump up and chase him

The minute you let him under your skin

Then you know it’s time to displace him

And even though you are a pain, hey Jules, explain,

How you can fly with that scarf upon your shoulders

For well you know we love a dude who acts all cool

By making his style a little bolder

So wear it out and wear it in, hey Jules, begin,

We’re a-waiting your performance

And don’t you know that it’s just you, hey Jules, yoo-hoo

The movement we need is you, before we get much older

Hey Jules, you’re not so bad

Take a hot night and make it cooler

Remember, avoid Bea to save your skin

Then you’ll begin to make summer

Better better better better better better, oh

Na na na nananana, nannana, hey Jules…

[repeats for awhile then fades, like warm July days]

(John Lennon / Paul McCartney – Hey Jude)

I love Beatrix’s wink.

July Bug!

It must be July. I spy Jules. :D

Beatrix, search in a museum of antiquities.

Did they have cameras back then?

Ah, ancient footage. Good!

That is a Scottish cat in the tv screen. The surprises just keep coming

Pucky with a pointer.

Is that a screen shot of Puck that Burt captured?

Anybody else see the July bug?

I see Jules the July Bug perched on the upper corner of the screen in panel 3.

O.T. From Georgia yesterday on facebook “Last week marked nine years since Lupin joined our family! Forever unpredictable, brave, active (overactive lol), and clever, we love him so much! We cannot believe he is almost ten, his energy is still very much that of a kitten. He can be a challenge to live with sometimes. I joke he behaves more like a raccoon or a monkey than a cat. In the same way, sometimes he is the easiest cat to live with, because he has a way of tapping us and pointing to what he wants. A tap on the shoulder for pets, taps on the hand, taps on the head. Pointing toward the pantry for treats, pointing to a cat food can to hurry up and open it. He is an exceptionally strange, friendly, intelligent cat and we love him so much.”

That far back it could be on 3/4 or one inch tapes.

The July Bug!

I’m so looking forward to seeing young Mouse!

I see the June bug!

Our all black kitty Burnie had a gray tail as a kitten.

This ought to be good.

I wish I could click the heart next to the comic more… so many more times! I’ve come back to today’s comic a bunch of times and laugh each time.

Yea! It’s my favorite zoomie, Jules!

I do like Jules so! … I wish he would – this year – go on a real ripping flying mission to take care of those Cicadas once and for all!! … :)

Try the radio archives.

I’d love to see footage of Baba Mouse in black-and-white! … Maybe in the old ‘Newsreel’ film format! … That would be AWESOME !! … :)

Maybe bring in or allude to the old ‘RKO Radio Pictures’ network – complete with the Radio Tower logo!! … :)

“Do you mean during my gray phase?” …

Not to be confused with Picasso’s Blue Period !! … ;)

Pre-‘79 I’d put my money on one inch reel to reel.

JULY BUG SIGHTED!!

Meanwhile, Back on the Nilehe

Elvis-Anum: What a lovely camping trip. Nothing like braving the elements to connect with nature!

Lupinium: Especially with a soft sleeping sack, Thomios’s picanic pack, and the services of Kara and Vann.

Sometime later at the palace.

Beatrixia: Elvis, while you were out, you got a message from an annual visitor.

Elvis-Anum: That can only mean one thing.

Puckmosis: That’s right. Paser-Jules is back!

Just got some wonderful mews: One of our rescued ferals, Pi (Agent 3.14) is being sent to Orphans of the Storm for adoption! Local Animal Control got him, and apparently once the hormones wore off he turned into another sweetie Pi. They called us, and because we already have three, we “relinquished” him, which allows him to be formally adopted by someone else. Agent 3.14 has had his classification changed from “Licensed to Roam” to “Licensed to Purr,” and will be infiltrating and taking over his furever home soon.

Carousel slides

‘79, went back a little too far there Burt. Try the ’90s. Although if she started out at Bea’s age then you might want to consider looking in the late ’80s too.

Elsa is now forecast to be a hurricane heading to Tampa tomorrow morning. Be safe all in the path.

My mum has a grey phase. For her it is anything that happened in the past that she can’t remember.

I kind of miss Puck’s gray face, er, phase! I could see his cute little nose. And he had arms, not just paws.

Cool! Hopefully, they find the footage.

The July bug!

I find myself far more interested in baby Baba than in Jules.

I see that the July bug is making an appearance.

Sebastian will be following his brother, Vlad, soon enough. Took him to the vet yesterday and he got a full blood work up. High liver enzymes. He’s scheduled for an ultrasound Monday. As long as he’s with me, he’ll be more spoiled than before (if that’s even possible). Oopsie has known for a long time, why else why let Sebastian win the wrestling matches that they’ve had.

Even the July bug is speechless!

Ot: Whats everybody reading? I just finished listening to Auora Burning – Its a space opera about a band of misfits trying to save the galaxy it twas quite dramatic and man that ending …

I can’t believe I missed Jule’s annual debut here in this one! not like me at all. PDD goes to get a plate of munchies to watch the fun this week!

Off-topic here: anybody else freaked out that the 2011 movie “Contagion” almost exactly predicted the 2020 Coronavirus pandemic?

I was wondering, was his gray phase meant to refer to him having had a fever coat?

Referring to Puck’s early look, I rather liked Lupin’s early look.