Cats (Monday)

Presenters
John Hamblin and Janet 'Jan' Kingsbury

Sypnosis
Jan and John finish the cat pictures around the calendar. We see an animation of a black cat and Jan sings 'The Black Cat' and mimes being a cat. John has made a large cardboard box cat with things from the Useful Box (tissues, newspaper scraps, glue, masking tape and so on He finishes straw 'whiskers'. Jan enters and they say 'Rat-a-Tat-Tat'. A film then shows lots of real cats and kittens. John moves like a cat. The story is 'Buffy Visits the Vet'. John sings 'If You're Happy and You Know It' as a happy dog. Jan is a vet and she bandages Fido. John sings 'I Feel Sick'. The second film shows dolls being repaired at a Doll's Hospital. Jan sings 'Open Shut Them'. Hamble is sick and Jan and John sing 'Miss Polly'. (2)

Songs

 * The Black Cat (Animation, voiced by Barbara Frawley) (1)
 * If You’re Happy and You Know It
 * I Feel Sick
 * Open Shut Them
 * Miss Polly

Poem

 * Rat-a-Tat-Tat

Activities

 * Cat Pictures around the Calendar
 * Large Cardboard Box Cat from the Useful Box such as tissues, newspaper scraps, glue, and masking tape.

Story

 * Buffy Visits the Vet by Unknown

Film

 * The Black Cat (animation)
 * Cats and Kittens

Reference

 * The Black Cat' by Mary Britton and Marshall Bartholomew from Pearson Silver Burdette 1980
 * https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12206790/?ref_=ttep_ep21