References in Pop Culture

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The Simpsons
At a comic convention Buddy Hodges said that he played Rum Tum Tugger in Cats and asked the crowed if anybody saw that.

While Bart and Milhouse were on their all-syrup Squishee bender, one of the things they did was attend a performance of Cats. Bart blew blobs of the Squishee onto the stage with a straw, which provoked a fight among the actors

In an  Itchy & Scratchy cartoon, Scratchy went to see Cats, but became bored with the show and shoots himself.

When Marge was decluttering Crazy Cat Lady's house, she bought her tickets for Cats. Eleanor cried throughout the musical, wiping her nose on her cats

Muppet films and shows

 * In the Fall 1983 issue of Muppet Magazine, Scooter interviews Candy Carell, the creator of the Broadway makeup design for Cats.


 * Sarah has a poster of Cats in her room in Labyrinth.


 * The marquee for the musical is shown in The Muppets Take Manhattan teaser trailer.


 * In Muppets Tonight episode 108, Gonzo and Jason Alexander revive their college musical, Bats: the Musical, a parody of Cats.


 * In a 2001 episode of Sesame Street, Elizabeth sings a song to Little Murray Sparkles that parodies "Memory."


 * In a 2002 episode of Sesame Street, a duck who performs in one of Prairie Dawn's pageants proudly announces that he's won a role in Cats.


 * In the Muppets' 2002 MasterCard commercial, Kermit and company are shown in front of a theater where The Producers is playing. As they approach the lobby, Rizzo the Rat inquires "No cats in this one, right?"


 * In the Elmo's World episode "Pets," the The Pets Channel tells viewers to stay tuned for CATS starring Eartha Kitten.


 * The Muppets Character Encyclopedia mentions that the Muppet birds like the musical Cats, but not the animals.


 * In the waiting area for the Sesame Place stage show Elmo the Musical, a poster hangs for the show Bats.

Family Guy
In "Brian Does Hollywood", Lois recalls a previous time when Peter disturbed a performance. During a performance of Cats, Peter crashes through a wall, running over one of the performers. He tries to explain that the "cat" just jumped in front of him and he never meant to hit it.