Why is Cats?

By: Why is Cats?
  • Summary

  • A limited mini-series event about the batshit movie based on the demented Broadway musical based on a book of awful poems, CATS. Every week, hosts Cameron James (Total Reboot, Finding Drago) and Ben Ellwood (Oink Time) are joined by a new guest, whom they force to watch the movie musical CATS, and then try to explain exactly what the hell it’s about.

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Episodes
  • 07: A Cat Is Not A Dog
    May 31 2020

    So this is this, and that is that. After 7 episodes and half a year of jellicle obsession, Cammy Jimjams and Bennyellydots come to the end of their journey. And to help them unpack what they’ve learned, they have the guidance of the one, the only, Skimbleshanks the Railway Cat!


    Presented by Cameron James and Ben Ellwood. Featuring Steven McRae, Matt Singer, Tom Ballard, Mark Bonanno (Aunty Donna), Naomi Higgins, Justin Hamilton, Greta Lee Jackson and Craig Anderson. Produced and edited by Shaun Allen. Music by Shaun Allen and WAWAWOW. Brought to you by Total Reboot.


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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • 06: Now and Forever
    May 7 2020

    When this absolutely insane feline musical opened in 1982, it quickly became more than just a theatre show - Cats became a BRAND. A worldwide sensation. Iconic. To find out how and of course why, Cam and Ben chat with super fan Tom Ballard, musical theatre academic Mara Davis and Broadway star Eddie Perfect! Meow!


    Presented by Cameron James and Ben Ellwood. Featuring Eddie Perfect, Tom Ballard, Mara Davis and Justin Hamilton. Produced and edited by Shaun Allen. Music by Shaun Allen and WAWAWOW. Brought to you by Total Reboot.


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    1 hr and 15 mins
  • 05: Welcome To Cat School
    Apr 28 2020

    It's time to leave behind the digital realm and enter the world of musical theatre. This week your jellicle hosts sit down with two performers who have put on the whiskers and toured the world in the stage production of Cats. We get all the inside goss of life on the road, working for Andrew Lloyd Webber, and the infamously erotic "Cat School".


    Presented by Cameron James and Ben Ellwood. Featuring Daniel Assetta, Stephen Tannos, Craig Anderson, Tom Ballard, Mark Bonnano & Naomi Higgins. Produced and edited by Shaun Allen. Music by Shaun Allen and WAWAWOW. Brought to you by Total Reboot.


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    55 mins

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