I got this book when it came out, and haven't actually read it since then. Morris had his 15 minutes of fame after starring in 58 9 Lives cat food commercials in the 70s. As a kid, we loved those, even when we didn't have a cat. Much of his appeal came from the delivery of John Erwin, who was later on the voice of He-man in his original series of toy commercials. I mean, the He-man series. Anyway, Morris has been played now by several cats, as the original crossed the Rainbow Bridge in 1978. Morris also co-starred, or rather, let some humans show up, in a few movies back then as well. I tried watching one, Shamus with Burt Reynolds and Dyan Cannon in 1973, and there was not nearly enough cat in it.There really are not a lot of live action cat stars these days. Lil Bub, Grumpy cat and Venus the Chimera are not seen as much as Morris was in his heyday. I kinda miss that.
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