List of references to Cattanooga Cats

This page contains a list of references and mentions to *Cattanooga Cats* and its corresponding segments within all forms of media.

## Publications

### *About Cats* (2014)

In the book *About Cats*, the Cattanooga Cats are listed under the "Cats and felines in animation, comics and puppetry" section.

### *Calling All Cats!: Purrrfect Names for Your Fabulous Feline* (2008)

In the book *Calling All Cats!*, several names for the feline characters featured in the show are listed, such as Autocat, Chessie, Country, Groove (under the incorrect name "Groovy"), Kitty Jo and Scoots.

### *The Cartoon Music Book* (2002)

The *Cattanooga Cats* show is mentioned twice in *The Cartoon Music Book*.

### *Cat Lover's Daily Companion* (2011)

In the book *Cat Lover's Daily Companion*, the *Cattanooga Cats* show is described under the "Cats on the Tube" section.

### *Encyclopedia of Television Series, Pilots and Specials* (1985)

In *Encyclopedia of Television Series, Pilots and Specials,* the show is listed under several voice actors' credits, including Jim Begg, Julie Bennett, Bill Callaway, Dick Curtis, Marty Ingels, Casey Kasem, Paul Lynde, Allan Melvin, Don Messick and Janet Waldo. The show is also listed under the names of William Hanna and Joseph Barbera.

### *Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010* (2014)

In *Encyclopedia of Television Shows*, the *Cattanooga Cats* show is detailed in a paragraph on page 169.

### *Famous Felines: Cats' Lives in Fact and Fiction* (2010)

In the book *Famous Felines*, the *Cattanooga Cats* show is briefly described on.

### *Hanna-Barbera: A History* (2021)

In the book *Hanna-Barbera: A History*, the *Cattanooga Cats* show is briefly touched upon in a paragraph on the 78th page.

### *Kids' TV: The First Twenty-Five Years* (2014)

In the book *Kids' TV: The First Twenty-Five Years*, the show is listed along with the later half-hour *Motormouse* show, although with misinformation such as Groove's name being spelled "Groovey", Bristlehound being spelled "Bristol Hound" and Lambsy's voice being credited to Marty Ingels instead of Daws Butler, among others.

### *The Magic Behind the Voices: A Who's Who of Cartoon Voice Actors* (2004)

In *The Magic Behind the Voices*, the characters Lambsy and Hoppy are listed under Daws Butler and Don Messick's voice credits.

### *The Oxford Handbook of Music and Virtuality* (2016)

In *The Oxford Handbook of Music and Virtuality*, the *Cattanooga Cats* show is mentioned on page 134.

### *Pop Cult: Religion and Popular Music* (2010)

In *Pop Cult: Religion and Popular Music*, the *Cattanooga Cats* band is mentioned on page 99.

### *Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 1993* (1995)

The *Cattanooga Cats* show is described in *Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia*, including numerous errors such as:

* The background music is credited to Hoyt Curtin and Paul DeKorte. Ted Nichols was actually the background music director for the show, and Paul DeKorte had no involvement with the show whatsoever.
* Many characters names are incorrect, such as Groove being "Groovey," Scoots being "Scotts," Chessie being "Cheesie" and Bristlehound being "Bristol Hound."
* The show is described as having the Cats being "people in animal costumes" akin to *The Banana Splits,* but there are no live-action segments in the show whatsoever and the Cats are always animated.
* The book states that only *It's the Wolf* was featured in a prime-time preview before its debut, but this is false as the show as a whole was previewed, not just the one segment.

### *TV-a-Go-Go: Rock on TV from American Bandstand to American Idol* (2005)

In *TV-a-Go-Go*, the *Cattanooga Cats* show is mentioned on page 128.

## Television

### *Garfield and Friends*

In the episode "The Automated Animated Adventure," one of the ideas for a show was one where "a rock band travels around the world and gets into trouble in every city," the band being "Garf and the Hip Cats." The band itself may be a reference to the *Cattanooga Cats* band, but more specifically the drummer's pose and the way his drum set is drawn is near identical to how Groove's drums were drawn in the *Cattanooga Cats* show.