Mr Mistoffelees Part 1 | Cats the Musical

Watch part 1 of Mr Mistoffelees.

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Lyrics:
You ought to ask Mr. Mistoffelees
The original conjuring cat
The greatest magicians have something to learn
From Mr. Mistoffelees's conjuring turn

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About:
Based on T. S. Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats, the show is set amongst a larger- than-life junkyard playground and is alive with our favourite feline characters including Rum Tum Tugger, Mr. Mistoffelees, Macavity, Jennyanydots, Old Deuteronomy, Grizabella and Skimbleshanks.

The Jellicle Cats come out to play on one special night of the year – the night of the Jellicle Ball. One by one they tell their stories for the amusement of Old Deuteronomy, their wise and benevolent leader, who must choose one of the Cats to ascend to The Heaviside Layer and be reborn into a whole new Jellicle life.

[drakodra]

this is why Mr Mistoffelees was so shy in the movie, he didn't have his confident Rum Tum Tugger to tell how awesome he actually was every day

[Aaronmartano]

Tugger: Mistoffelees is so shy and mysterious
Mistoffelees: *comes in and starts blowin shit up left n right*

[SugawaraKoshiSuga]

Fun fact: they had to hire a ballet dancer with years of experience to play Mr Mistoffellees cause of how tricky his dance is. His dance is the hardest in the entire musical.

[fayebarise]

Mistoffelees in the movie: omg stahp im nervous af like seriously
Mistoffelees in the play: *unbridled magician/trickster god energy*

[slab]

Mr. Mistoffelees: **breathes**

Rum tum tugger: *_"please step on me"_*

[ay]

Nobody:

Mr Mistoffelees: **descends from the sky and shoots lazers from his fingers**

[Durgenz]

Mistoffelees: *so anyways, i started blasting*

[oswaldofernandesbetarellid]

I love the irony of how Rum Tum Tugger’s song is just about how self centered he is and then the following song is just him singing about how great and respectable his dad is and after that one he proceeds to sing about how awesome his boyfriend is for seven minutes.

[orawolfgram]

Mistoffolees saying "PRESTO" in such a soft, hushed voice makes me smile and giggle every time

[TheSecondVersion]

Rum Tum Tugger, a cat so full of himself, is singing Mr. Mistoffelees' praises here and it's awesome

[trucetruce]

Everyone: oh no all is lost

Rum Tum Tugger: YO WE GOT THIS DUDE WHO CAN DO LITERAL MAGIC MAYBE WE SHOULD, I dunno, ASK HIM?

[artistictutorials]

Mr. Mistoffelees: *super calm, very polite, a little excited* "presto!"
Also Mr. Mistoffelees: "POWAH! UNLIMITED POWAH!"

[kikedragoon]

Me: well, I just don't see why people stereotype musicals as gay.
Mr Mistoffelees: 3:38

[michigangarnet]

When Rum Tum is saying "He produced 7 kittens out of a hat" Mistoffelees is like "dude wait no" before rum tum says out of a hat and then he's like ohhh

[bowiebeebuzzbuzz]

things i love about this:
-the soft ~presto~
-rtt copying mistoffelees dance moves
-the rainbow scarf he pulls out of the cup
-the way john partridge says 'phenomenal'

[theshockinglyeloquentdog]

all those girls thirsting over Rum Tum Tugger when all he's doing is fawning over his boyfriend

[fortepiano]

I'm actually getting a bit concerned about the number of cats I had a crush on when I was younger...

[goobertron]

Mistoffelees’s “presto” is honestly precious

[Victoria-fsjo]

Me at first: wtf is this musical?? who would like something like that??? it's weird af

Me now: watching Cats vids at 1 am

[thecrappyportalmaster]

Me: there’s no such thing as perfection
Misto: P R E S T O
Me: I take it back