Alonzo (cat) Alonzo (cat) Alonzo is a character in T. S. Eliot's "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats" and Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical "Cats". His name is mentioned first in the "Naming of Cats". His actor sometimes doubles as the Great Rumpus Cat, depending on the production. Alonzo is a black and white tom. He pulls Demeter away from Macavity, and is the first to attack him after he defeats Munkustrap. In the US and the first German Productions, he is depicted as being black and gold. Alonzo is the most flirtatious of the cats; seen flirting with many of the kittens
Why Paint Cats was "amusing as a novelty item" and that it was "so weird that it's sort of irresistible." The Hamilton Spectator stated that the book's contents were "spectacular". The Los Angeles Times wrote that Silver's writing was "tongue-in-cheek scholarly, complete with footnotes and a bibliography". Why Paint Cats Why Paint Cats is a humorous book written by New Zealand author Burton Silver and illustrator Heather Busch. It is one of three cat art books, including "Why Cats Paint" and "Dancing with Cats". The book purports to describe the practice of "cat painting", the decorating of cats with paint. Some readers were