I must apologize to ZTM, he just had the music playing in the background, but I just couldn't resist having the pups chime in on the chorus of "You Are The One That I Want".
They say that laughter is the best medicine, but I must find out about these chocoloate covered coffee beans. Perhaps now is not the best time for that.
I see careers here. ZTM is great with soundtracks and also has a knack for costuming. Maybelline in a leather jacket, that SO fits her. And he must be in charge of press releases, with words like 'peppy' and 'witty', who could top those?
You also have quite the knack for lyrics and casting. The Kalahari Kats? Ok, now you need to STOP. I'm laughing so hard tears are rolling.
"Kat Song" is just so hilarious, I could hardly read I was laughing so hard. You tell a story well!
"Cool" is SO Zaphod. Between "Greased Lightning" and "Cool", we know who the star will be. He can be cast under his new MM name...Cool Greased Lightning. We can change names with the best of 'em! The words are so fabulous.
Now you are killing me..."while all the other girls watch with envy". And as ZTM points out, sometimes you just do not mess with classic lyrics, although your little changes were well warranted.
I see the need for a choreographer here, I would like to try my hand! I will think on it. It also appears someone may be needed to heard all of the little pups into place. Kalahari babysitting would be grand!
In all seriousness, I appreciate Mod_Kelly allowing us to vent. She MUST understand! Tailwraps!
Thanks for the laughs! Take care! NW67675 "A living soul means we shall be somewhere forever." THIS IS FLOWER'S PLACE Remembering our Little Rose Goodnight Sweet Flower
And of course we have the beautiful Andrew Lloyd Weber song from Cats...now Kats...sung by Rocket Dog to her mom, Flower.
Song is "Memory"
Daylight See the dew on the sunflower And a rose that is fading Roses whither away Like the sunflower I yearn to turn my face to the dawn I am waiting for the day . . .
Midnight Not a sound from the burrow Has the moon lost her memory? She is smiling alone In the burrow The withered leaves collect at my feet And the wind begins to moan
Memory All alone in the moonlight I can smile at the old days She was beautiful then I remember the time I knew what happiness was Let the memory live again
Every burrow Seems to beat a fatalistic warning Someone mutters And the burrow's flutter And soon it will be morning
Daylight I must wait for the sunrise I must think of a new life And I musn't give in When the dawn comes Tonight will be a memory too And a new day will begin
Burnt out ends of smoky days The stale cold smell of morning The burrow lies, another night is over Another day is dawning
Touch me It's so easy to leave me All alone with the memory Of your days in the sun If you touch me You'll understand what happiness is
Look A new day has begun
Such a beautiful song about a beautiful little meerkat who left us too soon....
christopher 9691, you have me weeping. That is one of the most beautiful things I have seen.
Now, on a lighter note...how did we neglect Zaphod's likeness to Shaft?
"Who's the kat (note the spelling) that won't cop out when there's danger all about...Zaph, Big Zaph"...I don't know many of the words to Shaft, alas!!!
JFERRET, that one was for you...problem dad...INDEED!!!
There was also a song about new attitute..."feeling good from my head to my shoes"...that would be great for RD! Again, I don't know many of the words.
Take care all! NW67675 "A living soul means we shall be somewhere forever." THIS IS FLOWER'S PLACE Remembering our Little Rose Goodnight Sweet Flower
I'm feelin' good from my head to my shoes Know where I'm goin' and I know what to do I tidied up my point of view I got a new attitude Runnin' hot, runnin' cold I was runnin' into overload It was extreme, ex-ex-ex-ex-ex-extreme It took it so high, so low So low, there was nowhere to go Like a dream Somehow the wires uncrossed, the tables were turned Never knew I had such a lesson to learn I'm feelin' good from my head to my shoes Know where I'm goin' and I know what to do I tidied up my point of view I got a new attitude I'm in control, my worries are few 'Cause I've got love like I never knew Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh I got a new attitude I'm wearing a new dress (New), new hat (New) Brand new ideas, as a matter of fact I've changed for good It must have been the cool night, new moon, new slight change ???More than to figure??? but I feel like I should, yes Somehow the wires uncrossed, the tables were turned Never knew I had such a lesson to learn I'm feelin' good from my head to my shoes Know where I'm goin' and I know what to do I tidied up my point of view I got a new attitude I'm in control, my worries are few 'Cause I've got love like I never knew Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh I got a new attitude
And Shaft:
Who's the furry private kat that's an animal magnet to all the chicks? (Zaphod) You're darn right! Who is the man that would risk his neck for his brother man? (Zaphod) Can you dig it? Who's the kat that won't cop out when there's danger all about (Zaphod) You see this kat Zaphod is a bad kat (Shut your mouth) But I'm talkin about Zaphod Then we can dig it but no one understans but his woman (Zaphod)
That's the song! I think RD can leave on the poodle skirt, and when she says shoes, they can pan down to her little Oxford black and whites. I could remember a lot about the song, but now that you have posted it...THAT is RD's song...know where I'm going, know what to do. Flower would be so proud of her little girl!
Yes, I love your version of Shaft. I'd like to get the whole song and rearrange it.
I am not a great fan of change but it is inevitable as I know from our own recent burrow move. I will really miss Sean but did like "West Wing" so perhaps Stockard Channing will be a good narrator but I also agree that the show wasn't broken. I do look forward to seeing Season 4 because, as it has been said by National Geographic, you can never have too many meerkats. Cheryl MEEERKATS RULE!!!
Yea NC1!!! I think we have O.D.ed on *change* right now and need to vent a bit. After the horrors of S3, I am in the mood for calm prosperity. Bliss! But it seems that's not what MM producers have in mind. Oh well, I'll take our meerkats any way I can get them. Just pleeease downplay the deaths and let us enjoy lots of playful healthy SAFE pups. PLEASE!!!
I try to look at everything here. Nice to vent no harm in it. Good for the stress level. We all have been thru quite a bit these past few months with the passing of Flower, Mozart, Carlos, Kins, Len & Squiggy and all the pups that died. We have been on overload and this news about the new way MM will be done is a shock to alot of us. We just have to wait and see what will happen. They really want to change it up big and some of us feel that the way it was will never be the same or feel the same. Kind of like we are getting divorced or something like that. Hopefully we will get use to it and actually I am glad that they let us know. They could have just did the change and let it be, but they emailed us here and let us know exactly how it will be. This reminds me of when I used to change jobs. It is so different and sad and I miss all the old people I used to work with. It takes time to get use to everything and everyone. I think Ms Channing will do ok. But I do feel that she has to earn the Queen part. Just my take on it....
Hello NC1! No tail bite from me, but with the movie seemingly not going to be in theaters (with small exceptions) and the statement that "This isn't flower's place anymore", we have surpassed the category of "little things".
I do not follow celebs, so I have made no judgement of Ms. Channing, but I do hope that Mr. Astin's departure was not due to it not being his place anymore.
I am awaiting the kats, and none of these developments are going to stop me from watching them.
Nuzzles! NW67675 "A living soul means we shall be somewhere forever." THIS IS FLOWER'S PLACE Remembering our Little Rose Goodnight Sweet Flower
Well said Janelle, I can't wait for season 4 to begin and I understand the need for some changes but; I hope MM never forgets our favorites, there gone but never forgotten...true we have to move on but; that doesn't mean forget...I will always miss Flower, Mozart, Kinkajou & Carlos.
I wish that allowed Sean to continue, he was the voice me heard for three season should be interesting with Stockard Channing...
I hope this season doesn't bring as much pain and heartbreak for me as the last season. I wish all our kats the very best, especially RD, Maybelline, Zaphod and Sophie...I hope life doesn't deal Sophie as hard a blow as it did for her mother, Mozart.
I'm delighted that our Zaphod is still around. Did they every collar him?
ZTM, When it comes to Grease songs, the one that I would LOVE to be the Whiskers theme is "We'll Always Be Together." ( I know it's a silly, stupid song but I'd like the lyrics to come true and for them to be "Together forever like dippty dip shobop shoboggie...." or however it goes )
I did not like that statement about this not being Flower's place anymore, that particular place is not only still Flower's still but the entire Kalahari desert is Flower's place now. She is having a great time with the rest of her family in MM heaven and not having to worry about any threats like she did in tha Kali.
Squirrley- Excellent sentiment. In our hearts they always will be.
Nightweaver- Never admit publicly to hearing voices in your head. They'll find you and put you where they put me.......oh the nightmares! Nice song ideas by the way.
Janelle- Excellent lyrics. Unfortunately I never saw West Side Story. The most exposure to it I have had was while watching an episode of Hamish Macbeth.
NOW......overreacting. I fear my post may not have had the tongue in cheek feel I intended. Changes come and actors move on. If Ms. Channing is dramatic and not melodramatic things will be fine.
I was making fun of the management-speak Mick had in his announcement. He's way overselling the new narrator and changes IMO. So I decided to have some fun. It's been a bit of a rough week (Monday night I spent with a family who had to come to grips that their husband/father was not going to recover from his heartattack and stroke. Tuesday I spent a few hours helping the same family come to terms with the fact that they were going to have to watch him starve to death over the next number of weeks unless something else kills him first.)
Please understand everyone that I come here to have fun and a lot of my posts are for that reason. I do get hacked off at times, like the commercial leading up to J.D.'s death (I still want someone's head to roll for that one, metaphorically speaking.) Overall this is my outlet when I have time to post. So when I have a "meltdown" it is all in good fun.
2. New narrator. Fine, if Sean didn'twant to do it that's his perogative. I just hope he wasn't cast aside and someone different was brought in for the sole purpose of being differnt. That would be like having a fine logo for a network which shows what it is all about (i.e. an elephant which is an animal and a planet) and replacing it with a letter which has fallen over and can't get back up which says nothing! Sean was good at being dramatic without getting melodramatic.
Sean did not decline to narrate. In fact, in an interview just a few weeks ago, he mentioned he was hoping to narrate season 4. It was not his choice to be replaced.
Philmeerkat, that statement just about did it for me. Flower has transcended the Kalahari and she has found a deep place in all of our hearts. Her only threat now is unkind statements that she will not have the misfortune to hear.
belleferret, thank you. Somehow I did not think Mr. Astin declined.
zettak, apparently so, I can accept change, frankly I am ready to move on to seeing Flower's family. I will bear in mind that it is Flower's family and I will relish the chance to see them. It just seems that tossing Mr. Astin aside (like Flower) is a bit too much.
And my dear zaphodstheman, how are you? Well the kat is out of the bag, so I guess when they find me and put me where they put you, you can fill me in on the chocolate covered coffee beans and we can write hit musicals. Obviously where ever you are, you can watch MM, so it can't be that bad. Yes, christopher 9691 can come on visiting days and help us write.
I don't think it is so much us overreacting, it is the overselling. One member mentioned fearing the future. If they are pushing that hard!?!
I am sorry to hear about your week, when it rains it pours, but the sun will come out.
Thanks to everyone! NW67675 "A living soul means we shall be somewhere forever." THIS IS FLOWER'S PLACE Remembering our Little Rose Goodnight Sweet Flower
Wow, ZTM. The serious nature of your work puts our little complaints into perspective. I have been close enough to a situation like the one you described to appreciate how terrifying and heartbreaking it is. You sound like an angel of mercy helping people who need it desperately. Of course you need to take breaks.
By all means, please come here to have fun and blow off steam! Your posts were clearly tongue-in-cheek; they all made me LOL. Laughter really is the best medicine, and your humor is a gift I thoroughly enjoy. Take care, ZTM, and please come and join us whenever you can. We promise to laugh LOUDLY with you.
Hi ZTM, C9691 and Squirrellygirl. A song came to mind, and in all seriousness, I think it is THE song: "We Are Family" by Sister Sledge.
"We're Flower's Family"
Flotosbea/3 Generations of Flower "A living soul means we shall be somewhere forever." THIS IS FLOWER'S PLACE Remembering our Little Rose Goodnight Sweet Flower
Ev'ryone can see we're together As we walk on by (FLY!) and we fly just like birds of a feather I won't tell no lie (ALL!) all of the people around us they say Can they be that close Just let me state for the record We're giving love in a family dose
(CHORUS x2)
Living life is fun and we've just begun To get our share of the world's delights (HIGH!) high hopes we have for the future And our goal's in sight (WE!) no we don't get depressed Here's what we call our golden rule Have faith in you and the things you do You won't go wrong This is our family Jewel
I had a best friend who really was something special. She died November 30, 2000. She loved this song: My One True Friend by Bette Midler... I chose this song for her memorial...
I think it is fitting for my feeling about Flower:
And now, is it too late to say How you made my life so different in your quiet way? I can see the joy in simple things, A sunlit sky and all the songs we used to sing. I have walked and I have prayed. I could forgive and we could start again, In the end, you are my one true friend. For all, all the times you closed your eyes, Allowing me to stumble or to be surprised by life, With all its twists and turns I made mistakes; you always knew that I would learn And when I left it's you who stayed You always knew that I'd come home again. In the end, you are my one true friend. Though love may break, it never dies. It changes shape, through changing eyes. What I denied, I now can see. You always were the light inside of me. I know, I know, I know, I know it was you I have walked and I have prayed. I could forgive and we could start again. In the end, you are my one true friend. My one true friend. I always, always knew, I always knew that it was you, My one true friend
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