Meet The Less Universally Beloved Musette

Actually, her name is "Mewsette," so we don't really share the same name. Mine is spelled differently. I personally find the way she spells hers to be a little too obvious, but what do you expect for a cartoon cat?

Yes, when they named me, the peeps were aware of the 1962 animated film, "Gay Purr-ee," which features Judy Garland as the voice of lovely Mewsette, a country cat who finds big trouble in the big city of Paris, France.

This movie is notable for many things. The songs are written by the duo who wrote the tunes for "The Wizard Of Oz" (which is apparently a popular movie despite the dearth of kitties in its cast). The movie was created by Chuck Jones, who made all the best "Looney Toons" films. And "Gay Purr-ee" impressively captures that unique "je-ne-sais-quoi" possessed by The City Of Lights. (Don’t ask me to translate that phrase – I don’t know what it means.)

The peeps own this movie and recommend it to all feline fanciers. It’s widely available on DVD and VHS. These lovely pictures are from the Big Golden Book that came out at the time of the movie.



Here's a treat for my friends and fans, from the soundtrack of "Gay Purr-ee!" Sung by Robert Goulet (as the voice of the love-lorn Jaune-Tom), "Mewsette" isn't my theme song, but it's the closest thing you'll find to it in the Robert Goulet songbook.

Click here to listen to the Mewsette song (or right-click and Save)! Mewsette.mp3