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junkyard-gifs · 1 year

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some raffish faces!

Riccardo Sinisi as Mistoffelees (trying to be small), Andrea Luca Cotti as Mungojerrie (trying to be ingratiating), Lucius Wolter as Growltiger (trying to get his crew to maintain a respectful distance) and Alexander Auler as Munkustrap (not having to try to be drunk).

Vienna revival, March 2022.

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jellicle-home-for-jellicle-ships · 3 years

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Tuggershanks Weekend: Day I: Raffish

Amsterdam, 2007

Stanley Burleson as Rum Tum Tugger, Marcel Visscher as Skimbleshanks

#tuggershanksweekend #tuggershanks #c: skimbleshanks #c: tugger #skimbleshanksxtugger #c: raffish crew #stage cats

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robertvasquez763 · 7 years

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Sixteen Books Every Auto Enthusiast Should Read

We’ve previously profiled occasional C/D contributor P.J. O’Rourke’s Driving Like Crazy: 30 Years of Vehicular Hellbending, but that doesn’t mean you don’t still need it.

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A list of “bests” is always temporary, but these books will add weight to anyone’s corpus of knowledge for cars, racing, and race drivers. Our list includes recent titles as well as some oldies that deserve reacquaintance. And nobody’s automotive library is complete without Sir Stirling Moss’s All but My Life: Face to Face with Ken Purdy, Purdy’s The Kings of the Road, Denis Jenkinson’s The Racing Driver: The Theory and Practice of Fast Driving, and The Reckoning by the late David Halberstam on the parallels of the American and Japanese car industries.

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–Total Competition: Lessons in Strategy from Formula One –Ross Brawn and Adam Parr; Simon & Schuster

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A valuable peek behind the veil at the politics of Formula 1 and the sport’s economics over the past 20 years. Includes portraits of Bernie Ecclestone, Michael Schumacher, Lewis Hamilton, designer Adrian Newey, and the Jaguar, Ferrari, Honda, and Benetton teams where Brawn held sway as technical director and team principal. The account is marred by the tendency of the authors to fall back on simple self-help mantras and overly weighty references to classical texts such as Carl von Clausewitz’s On War and Sun Tzu’s The Art of War. Still, a winner.

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Corvette: America’s Star-Spangled Sports Car, the Complete History –Karl Ludvigsen; Bentley Publishers

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The best book on Corvettes: comprehensive, informative, easy to read, and not overly technical. It’s no surprise, as Ludvigsen’s Excellence Was Expected remains the canonical work on Porsche.

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–Klemantaski: Master Motorsports Photographer –Paul Parker, photography by Louis Klemantaski; Motorbooks

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Hands down, the most evocative photos of cars at speed—of the phenomenon of speed itself—ever produced. It should be remembered that Klemantaski, old-fashioned Leica in hand, worked at a time when track photographers had such close access they could get within feet of cars sliding by at barrier-less venues like the Nürburgring and Spa-Francorchamps. -Photography as high art, even by Avedon or Cartier-Bresson standards.

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–Going Faster! Mastering the Art of Race Driving –Carl Lopez; Bentley Publishers

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The go-to manual by the Skip Barber School’s emeritus instructor, a man who knows how to drive and how to teach.

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Black Noon: The Year They Stopped the Indy 500 –Art Garner; Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin’s Press

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Writing a book is hard, especially when the book in question is based on meticulous research that surfaces as page-turning prose. This is such a page turner on the 1964 Indy 500, which incinerated Eddie Sachs and rookie Dave MacDonald on the second lap and left the racing world aching.

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–The Unfair Advantage –Mark Donohue with Paul Van Valkenburgh; Bentley Publishers

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Written shortly before the death of the great Mark Donohue and recently reissued, this book does something very few racing memoirs manage to pull off: make readable the infinitely boring but indispensable business of setting up a car to win. Being at Donohue’s side as he prepares his Indy, Trans-Am, and Can-Am mounts, we see the all-consuming passion that carried this man to championships, including the Indy 500.

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–Can-Am 50th Anniversary: Flat Out with North America’s Greatest Race Series, 1966–74 –George Levy, photography by Pete Biro; Quarto Publishing

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The best account we have of the fierce, open-spec Can-Am series, which lasted eight years and featured almost all the world’s greatest drivers, many of whom Levy personally interviewed for his fine text.

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–Driving with the Devil: Southern Moonshine, Detroit Wheels, and the Birth of NASCAR –Neal Thompson; Three Rivers Press/Crown Publishing

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Thompson chronicles NASCAR’s moonshiner origins in the Depression-wracked South: divorces, drunks, knife fights, and back-road wrecks galore, as well as the “good ol’ boys” (including the then young and not-so-kempt Bill France) who made American stock-car racing into the gold mine it is today.

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The Limit: Life and Death on the 1961 Grand Prix Circuit –Michael Cannell; Twelve/Grand Central Publishing

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A chilling account of the Phil Hill/Wolfgang von Trips duel for the 1961 Formula 1 Championship. The portrait of Hill, who cooperated with the author, gives us a close-up of this oddly introspective man who played the classical organ, was afflicted with ulcers, and suffered from bad nerves before every race.

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–Portraits –Jesse Alexander; David Bull Publishing

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As the title suggests, this is a book of portraits, some posed, some candid, of the most important racers of the ’60s and ’70s. There’s Innes Ireland cracking his wonderfully raffish smile; a wasted Jimmy Clark just after winning at Spa; and a recently retired, grinning Dan Gurney with wife Evi, happy to have survived a lifetime of racing during which, he once explained to us, he’d lain awake in bed one night, counting the number of colleagues who’d perished in racing cars until he had to stop at 28. They’re all here, all the faces, all revealed as, above all, human.

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–The Cruel Sport: Grand Prix Racing 1959–1967 –Robert Daley; Motorbooks

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When Dan Gurney crashed into the crowd at the Dutch Grand Prix in 1960 and killed a young spectator, he commented to author Daley, “This is a cruel sport.” That’s how close Daley was to the action, and it shows in his incandescent portrait of Grand Prix racing during the sport’s dangerous glory years. The author was a deputy commissioner of the New York City Police Department and has written scads of crime novels. It’s no surprise, then, that there’s a Hemingwavian muscularity here that gives this book a no-bullshit quality that’s rare in sports writing, whether it’s about the NFL, NBA, or driving at the limit in open-wheel cars at a time when drivers wore T-shirts and flimsy cork-lined Cromwell crash hats.

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Shelby Cobra: The Snake that Captured the World –Colin Comer; Motorbooks

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From the early 260 Cobras to the Ferrari-beating Daytona Coupes, from Ken Miles to Bob Bondurant, and, of course, the garrulous, limelight-loving Shelby himself, this book by Road & Track contributing editor Comer gives the complete history, including the SoCal hot-rodding scene from which the Cobra coiled forth.

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–A French Kiss with Death: Steve McQueen and the Making of Le Mans –Michael Keyser; Bentley Publishers

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Replete with photos, this is a chronicle of McQueen’s passionate drive to make the ultimate racing movie, which cost the star his marriage and nearly his career. Unlike many racing authors, Keyser knows a thing or two about racing. His familiarity and understanding of the world makes French Kiss a particular pleasure.

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–Automotive Handbook—9th Edition –Robert Bosch; Bentley Publishers

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A handy 1500-page encyclopedia of everything automotive; chockablock with info, diagrams, pictures, tables, and charts.

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Drive-Thru Service Exists for Pretty Much Anything You Can Imagine

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Intrigue in the Inbox of an Automotive True-Crime Writer

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We Peek Inside the Newest Racing Technologies To Find the Future of Regular Cars

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Side Glances, Volume 3: 1998–2002 –Peter Egan; Brooklands Books

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Another from the Road & Track crew, this time a collection of easily digested columns from the magazine. Because Egan’s a Midwest boy through and through, his writing calls to mind the folksy easiness and sunny wisdom of Garrison Keillor, which is certainly no bad thing.

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junkyard-gifs · 2 years

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It's nice that, after years of being isolated and terrified within the Raffish Crew, pirate!Mistoffelees now has an equally small and nervous (and grabby) husband friend to cuddle with. They can comfort each other when Growltiger scares them!

Meanwhile, Tugger and Munkustrap can be leering drunken cuddly matelots together.

(Don't worry about Skimbleshanks, he has a complicated polycule situation going on with Growltiger, Griddlebone, and Griddlebone's tail.)

Vienna revival, 7 May 2022, filmed by @thunderwhenhepurrs. Gerben Grimmius as Skimbleshanks, Stephen Martin Allan as Mistoffelees, Jan-Eike Majert as Mungojerrie, Alex Snova as Tugger, and Alexander Auler as Munkustrap.

#mistojerrie #tuggerstrap #stephen martin allan #jan eike majert #alex snova #alexander auler #c: raffish crew #c: mistoffelees #c: munkustrap #c: mungojerrie #c: rum tum tugger #mistoffeleesxmungojerrie #munkustrapxtugger #s: growltiger #2021 vienna #vienna revival #220607

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junkyard-gifs · 2 years

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today misto is plato's backpack 😌

Mark John Richardson as Mistoffelees, Pierre Alexandre as Plato, Roberto de Groot as Munkustrap, Gino Emnes as Tugger, and Marcel Visscher as Skimbleshanks in the 2006 Dutch tour, 28 July 2007.

#2006 dutch tour #070728 #s: growltiger #c: raffish crew #c: rum tum tugger #gino emnes #c: skimbleshanks #marcel visscher #platoxmistoffelees #c: mistoffelees #c: plato #mark john richardson #pierre alexandre #c: munkustrap #roberto de groot

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junkyard-gifs · 1 year

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piratical not-cats!

Some Raffish Crew of the 2022 Asia tour, incognito.

Standing, left to right: Ed Kingsley-Wade (Tugger), Matt Krzan (Munkustrap), and Nathan Zach Johnson (covering Alonzo). Kneeling: Xavier Pellin (Mistoffelees) and Gavin Eden (Skimbleshanks).

Matt is being Noble and Fierce. Nathan is also giving an Alonzo and Ed is just... being Tugger. Xavier's all floppy and quite out of character, while Gavin just looks like a sleepyshanks.

Posted by Gavin on 26 March 2023.

#c: raffish crew #xavier pellin #nathan zach johnson #gavin eden #ed kingsley wade #matt krzan #s: growltiger #2022 asia tour #230326

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junkyard-gifs · 2 years

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Skimble and Tugger teaming up to leer at Griddlebone (and getting sent packing).

Gino Emnes as Tugger, Marcel Visscher as Skimbleshanks, Annemieke van der Veer as Griddlebone, and Paul Donkers as Growltiger in the 2006 Dutch tour, 28 July 2007.

#2006 dutch tour #070728 #s: growltiger #c: griddlebone #annemieke van der veer #c: growltiger #paul donkers #c: raffish crew #c: rum tum tugger #gino emnes #c: skimbleshanks #marcel visscher #griddlebonextugger #griddlebonexgrowltiger #growltigerxskimbleshanks #skimbleshanksxtugger

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junkyard-gifs · 1 year

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Becoming Growltiger.

"Could do it again...!"

He fades into the background...

... Raffish Munkustrap whips off his old coat and he dons his eyepatch with his back to the audience...

... while the rest of the crew get the rigging set up.

and the spotlight reveal!

(hold on, Misto needs to polish this bit of mast right here.)

Felix Martin, with Stephen Martin Allan as Mistoffelees, Jan-Eike Majert as Mungojerrie, Florian Fetterle as Munkustrap, and Dominik Hees as Tugger.

Vienna revival, 21 June 2022. Filmed by @falasta and @cryptidvoidwritings; giffed with permission.

#gus the theatre cat #growltiger #mistoffelees #felix martin #stephen martin allan #jan eike majert #raffish crew #s: growltiger #c: growltiger #c: mistoffelees #c: gus #s: gus the theatre cat #220621 #cats the musical #2021 vienna #vienna revival

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junkyard-gifs · 3 years

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Pirate Alonzo is coming for you!

Adam Lake, UK tour 2014.

#c: alonzo #adam lake #c: raffish crew #2013 uk tour

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junkyard-gifs · 3 years

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Graham Newell as Skimbleshanks, Oasis cast 2 (2015). With Ian Laskowski as Munkustrap, and Graham Weaver as Tugger.

Bonus: covering Munkustrap, with Adena Ershow (Rumpelteazer) covering Demeter!

#oasis #oasis 2 #backstage #artist focus #graham newell #adena ershow #ian laskowski #graham weaver #c: skimbleshanks #c: demeter #c: munkustrap #c: tugger #c: raffish crew #skimbleshanksxtugger #munkustrapxtugger #demeterxmunkustrap

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junkyard-gifs · 3 years

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Griddlebone and her boys!

Vienna revival: Denise Jastraunig as Griddlebone, Andrea Luca Cotti as Mungojerrie, Florian Fetterle as Munkustrap, Dominik Hees as Tugger, Stephen Martin Allan as Mistoffelees, Gerben Grimmius as Skimbleshanks, and Felix Martin as Growltiger.

#2019 vienna #vienna revival #denise jastraunig #andrea luca cotti #florian fetterle #dominik hees #stephen martin allan #gerben grimmius #felix martin #c: raffish crew #c: growltiger #c: griddlebone #griddlebonexgrowltiger #c: skimbleshanks #c: rum tum tugger #c: mistoffelees #c: munkustrap #c: mungojerrie

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junkyard-gifs · 3 years

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Electra is a pirate today! Carla Remes with Edgar Cañas as Tugger and Claudio González as Mungojerrie (Mexico 2013).

(The other two pirates are Munkustrap and Pouncival - Pirate Pounce likes to cling to his big friend for safety!)

And of course she is, because she is one of the macho cats. (pipuchobailarin is Claudio González.)

Alonzo (Vinicio de la Vega) in front; and, left to right, Mungojerrie (Dante Hernández), Coricopat (?Berch Skerly), swing Admetus (César Iván Vázquez), Tumblebrutus (Yair Maldonado), Pouncival (Claudio González), Electra (Carla Remes).

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(Mexico 2013 rare characters masterpost.)

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junkyard-gifs · 3 years

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The raffish crew in the 2020 Asia tour!

Karlis Zaid as Growltiger; and, left to right, Xavier Pellin as Mistoffelees, Dan Partridge as Tugger, Rafe Watts as Munkustrap, Fletcher Dobinson as Alonzo, and Hayden Baum as Skimbleshanks.

#c: raffish crew #s: growltiger #2020 asia tour #c: mistoffelees #c: growltiger #c: rum tum tuggrer #c: munkustrap #c: alonzo #c: skimbleshanks #karlis zaid #xavier pellin #dan partridge #rafe watts #fletcher dobinson #hayden baum

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jellicle-home-for-jellicle-ships · 3 years

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That feeling when your boss has a really scary laugh so you accidentally run and fling yourself into Alonzo's arms until you remember that you're the Rum Tum Tugger and totally cool.

Meanwhile, Mistoffelees is cowering in Skimbleshanks' lap.

US tour 5 / Troika, February 2008: Nathan Patrick Morgan covering Growltiger, and the others are probably Will Sweet as Alonzo, Chris Mackenthun as Mistoffelees, Justin Huebener as Munkustrap, Zander Meisner as Tugger, and Felix Hess as Skimbleshanks.

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#stage cats #c: mistoffelees #c: munkustrap #c: skimbleshanks #c: growltiger #c: raffish crew #c: alonzo #c: tugger #alonzoxtugger #mistoffeleesxskimbleshanks

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junkyard-gifs · 3 years

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And the last remaining cast member of Oasis 11 is confirmed: Robert Wilkes as Skimbleshanks (formerly in casts 7 and 9)!

(Cast 7, with Cian Hughes as Pouncival)

See here for the rest of the cast.

#oasis 11 #oasis 7 #oasis 9 #oasis #c: skimbleshanks #robert wilkes #cian hughes #c: pouncival #pouncivalxskimbleshanks #c: raffish crew

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junkyard-gifs · 3 years

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Wichita 2007: the mystery of Carbuckety!

This production has too many orange boys. When I first saw it, I kept seeing too many Platos - or possibly too many Pouncivals! Basically, they have a Plato based on Broadway/Troika Plato (grey/brown with eye patch), and a Pouncival based on Broadway/Troika Pounce (nothing like London Carbuckety), and a Bill Bailey based on Broadway/Troika Tumblebrutus... and... uh. A Carbuckety, who seems to be based on Admetus.

Add that to Mungojerrie and Skimble (and a limited makeup palette!) and you have lots of orange. Let's break it down.

(Wichita masterpost here.)

Here's Carbuckety (Aaron Umsted) with Alonzo (Todd Alllen Walker). Not that Carbuckety's unitard is base yellow and his wig and arm/legwarmers are mostly orange; he has a white muzzle extending down over his chin, and his eyebrow/lashes streak up over his forehead. He has a distinct white 'blaze' coming back up from his nose to his wig, faintly outlined with black. (Also Alonzo is pretty.)

Carbuckety is also part of the Raffish crew! Left to right, him, Alonzo, Skimble (Billy Johnstone), Tugger (Alex Michael Stoll), Munkustrap (Johnny Stellard).

By comparison, Mungojerrie and Pouncival are Siamese. (Left to right: Bill Bailey (Tyler Foy), Tantomile (Paige Williams), Growltiger (Nicholas Saverine), Pouncival (Ryan Koss), Mungojerrie (Roy Lightner). Coricopat (David Caamano) is kneeling in front.)

Here are Coricopat and Pouncival (Cori still in Siamese get-up from the head down). Coricopat has his usual asymmetrical makeup. Pouncival has grey in his wig, his eye patches are centred on the eye socket rather than extending down from the wig, he doesn't have very distinct patches on his unitard (unlike Bill Bailey), and he has no white on his forehead or chin (unlike Carbuckety, Skimbleshanks, and Mungojerrie).

Now, Carbuckety here isn't exactly Admetus (any more than any of them are exact copies of any Broadway or London design). But when it's translated under the stage lights, he's about as recognisable as an Admetus type as any of the others are for their own stage antecedents. Basically, he's a tall redhead with symmetrical makeup and eyebrows, and he hangs around looking benevolent in the background a lot! (He's especially cute when he bounces with Skimble in the car during the Gumbie Cat tap section.)

But he isn't Plato. Just to clear up all the eye patch boys in one post... here's Plato (Taureen Everett). This is a very definite Broadway/Troika boy - and in no way orange!

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