The Cattanooga Cats
 The Cattanooga
Cats had a band comprising lead singer and dancer Kitty Jo,
drummer Groovey, guitarist Country, and cellist Scoots. The group
served as a lynchpin for the show by connecting several various
segments with their musical fillers.
When the shows started to lose
some of it's initial popularity, a dog named Teenie Tim was added.
There were also three cartoon segments to the show - Around
the World in 79 Days, Motormouse and Autocat, and It's
the Wolf.
Around the World in 79 Days was a loose, modernised
adaptation of the Jules Verne classic, in which teenagers Phileas
Fogg Jr., Jenny, and Happy travelled the globe - hoping to win a
million pounds if they completed the tour.
Standing in their way was Crumden, his buffoonish sidekick
Bumbler, and their pet monkey, Smirky.
Motor Mouse and Auto Cat featured the oversized Auto Cat
competing against Motor Mouse in a series of races. As with Tom
and Jerry, the rodent always managed to beat the feline.
Motor Mouse and Auto Cat were given their own show in
1970, taking with them another Cattanooga Cats segment, It's
the Wolf, in which the vain and idiotic Mildew Wolf
would endlessly chase cute little Lambsy, hoping to “have him
over for dinner.”
Lambsy would yelp his famous tag-line: “It’s the wool-uff!
It’s the wool-uff!”
The Cattanooga Cats ran for one more season after the
departure of its component cartoons, airing only reruns.
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