On this date in 1978 trainer Bob Martwick rescued a cat from the pound who became Morris the Cat, the star of those commercials for Nine Lives Cat Food. Not all cats can achieve that level of greatness. Mike’s top five reasons why your cat may never be a star.
#5. Shows up late one night in a cab with Charlie Sheen smelling of Catnip.
#4. Name contains the prefix “Fat”. As in Fatboy , Fat Momma, Fat Larry..
#3. Seems aloof and disinterested at times.
#2. One day, without your permission he gets a tattoo and a piercing (don’t ask where).
#1. Was the lead “before” cat in the Cat Whisperer commercials!!