I'd always wanted to see how the orginal version was choreographed, it's really interesting, because even though the music has changed, you can still recognised certain elements, especially towards the end of the number.

I don't know about y'all but I love this Rumpleteazer. Her design and voice are very so adorable and she's just as mischievous as her future counterparts!😻

I've always preferred the original 1981 version. I'm really glad to found a recording of them performing it. ^_^

I love it how the little ears on Rumpletezer's head shake and such~ Just adds to the cuteness~!

Oh my....Bonnie Langford is so adoreable...i think she was 16 years whe she was in CATS

The lovely Bonnie Langford! A great talent in British Theatre and TV - she was even in the film of Bugsy Malone. She was totally made for the original production of CATS. Think of the talent in that first cast - Bonnie, Wayne Sleep, Sarah Brightman, Brian Blessed, Paul Nicholas... the list goes on. The original London production was the only place to see CATS. It has become so ‘Disneyfied’ over the years people think the original costumes are too strange. I love how abstract they used to look before the whiskers and tons of greasepaint.

I have to admit I hated this version at first but now I have to admit it's growing on me.

I remember watching this programme when it aired! I had just turned 18 at the time, and watching this little segment of CATS was the beginning of my love affair with this amazing musical. I immediately went out and bought the double cassette tape of the Original London Cast, and until about 2000 played it to bits everywhere, especially in the car. When it died I bought the double CD and now it resides on the USB stick I keep in the car. What I love about the original cast is that they peformed this song exactly how they sang it on stage - sheer professionalism.

The new version is much catchier but Thorton and Bonnie Langford laid it down and set quite a standard. Fast and funny with great chemistry. Dr. Who was not her element. Her more recent performance in 42nd street is also a lot of fun.

Interesting that they went with this version in that unspeakable 2019 film...I personally really like the tune. Not as much as the current version but it's really catchy still. That movie is undeniably terrifying tho.

When I first listened to the new movie soundtrack, I was confused at the new arrangements, but then I realize that they were following the original “jazz” version, not the more popular “vaudevillian” version.

I love that even though it's changed there's still bits of the old choreography, and the iconic Rumple jumping into Mungo's arms on his hip is still the same. Also there's something to say about the movie using this version of the music rather than the version most people are used to (this whole thing is in 4/4 while the version from at least 83 on ward has parts that are in 7/8). I think that they could have made it work in the movie but something wasn't communicated properly and this song was sorta killed in the movie. Sad because I quite enjoy this recording

rumpleteazer was only 16!!!

Wow, i wish tours now a days would try this version. It's so cool and the dancing is awesome. I love the guy who plays Jerrie

I love this version and 1998's version very much! Bonnie was only 17 years old! She and Jo Gibb are best Rumpleteazer! ❤️ But John Tornton died in 1993. 😔

no i’m not crying, you are

Wow this looks so ancient but AMAZING!!!

it's definitely changed over the years into a much catchier song in my opinion. i love seeing how far its come though, the costumes and choreo too.

I love the oldschoolness of this :) But I'm just so grown together with the film version that it's the "original" for me. This is kind of so mysterious, if you know what I mean, because this has been the first version and now they don't use it anymore.

I love both versions

The Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer routine has changed quite a bit from the original cast. So has the tune they sing. It's much more athletic than it was originally and the tune is more robust.

I personally prefer the other version. I'm not saying this version is bad, but to me the way the lyrics are arranged with the melody seems a bit awkward and rushed. And the different parts don't really seem to go together in the full melody. But that's just me. I still don't have anything against this older version. I see it as development of the music.

Bonnie Langeford was only seventeen when she did CATS, still just a kid really.

I officially can't do Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer anymore without saying 'luck' like Bonnie did and puffing up my cheeks after hurricane.

Not my favorite version I do absolutely love the version now, but I do have appreciation of how Andrew Lloyd Webber at first envisioned this as these two sly smooth burglars

I like this one better than any other it has more of a Jazz feel which is what I like.

I love both versions but I find this old version better, but again: I like both. :)

Watching the DVD and seeing the show are two COMPLETELY different experiences.

God blessed them with a gift! May they continue to use that gift to glorify the Lord Jesus, God, and the Holy Spirit and to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ to everyone everywhere!! 💕

And then she went off to join The Doctor....

That was amazing! Excuse me while I have an Etcetera fangirl moment

This is the best version, it’s got a better tune

Oh. So this is what the 2020 version is based off of

I love John Thornton and Bonnie Langford.

I love this! Rumpleteazer is so cute! And to the person who said the DVD is better (the DVD is good) but this is so much better!

Best version

i get all sorts of feels and love whenever i watch this. i just love the slower and jazzy version of the song.

I LOVE BOTH OF THESE VERSIONS SO MUCH :D

What gives you the right to decide what a true fan is? And not everyone has the chance or the money to see the show live ...

its funny for me because i am both a musicals nerd and a doctor who nerd, so those two sides of me are constantly fighting over whether i like bonnie or not

It was great in the new London theatre the stage here doesn't do it justice

This is different from the 1998 movie version but I love both versions!!

@LaurLaurtheNEKO No. Its a matter of opinion. I Like the original london cast because the costumes left more up to the imagination and made you pay more attention to their dancing/movement/ etc. You know Bonnie was only 16 when she was casted in this role?

Watching this the first time and you wouldn't guess they where actual dancers till around the 2 minute mark. Then it gets good 😅😪

Just found this - Soooo much better than the later version which simply does not flow! ALW what did you do to it?

bonnie was a great cat pity she wasn't purrfect in dr who

К сожалению, Джон Торнтон, игравший Мангоджерри, уже умер. Земля ему пухом.

rumpleteazer sounds like shirley temple

It's INSANE how different the original song was more Jassy and less comedic.

This is not the original theater. I saw the London version in 1983 which was not quite 1981. The show I saw did not have Elaine Paige but it had those two and I thought they were the best characters in the show..ohhh... I love them!

Very rare! LOVE it! :D Thanks!

huh..I bought the cd of the production they did and I've been wondering what their dance looked like...Nifty!

Yes, a lot of the dancing is the same. This song has undergone a lot of changes through the years especially when it came to broadway and misto sang it while two cats did a pantomine.

This is my version! :) I didn't even know there was another version till I watched the movie and was liek "Whaaa??" To me this version's better cause I know it....and I LOVE Bonnie!! So yeah there's my 2 cents

Oh this is the version in the new movie

She is so agile

Would you believe, circa 1984 both my dear parents would cheer for the silly Spit the Dog, and jeer this lovely, beautiful "cat", Bonnie Langford? Well, I'm glad tastes aren't always inherited.

Oh my gosh this is awesome! Thanks for uploading! I have this song this version uploaded under my account!

Is it just me or does Teazer sound way younger than Mungo in this version?

Any version is better than the 2019 one

It may have been later on but I have pictures from the Original broadway cast and it was two characters dressed up doing a pantomine.

i like the version they have now i LOT better.

This is 12/8 and in the middle is 7/8. Jazzy.

this is the original cast which was in LONDON.

I love this version so much but I totally prefer the 1998 version.. For a few reasons. The 1998 version has cuter costumes. The 1998 version is so much more catchier.. The original song doesn't really fit with the rest of the songs in Cats. And also I know that the 1998 version is like the 1983 Broadway version, but the 1998 version actually has Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer singing about themselves like in this version..

Was this filmed with a landline?

You know what, forget my other comment this one is way better!

-this quality tho-

So does rumpleteazer have a crush on him or is she just impressed by her brother...hmmmm....

I know the original cast was in london. That comment was for some one who saying something about the broadway cast.

victoria looks so different at the start.

this version of this song is so much more better than the new one. these costumes aren't good to me. and i like the choreography in both versions.

Mungojerrie doesn’t even look like a cat 😹

This sounds like the version the 2019 movie decided to base theirs off of...curious mate

I prefer the song when it was changed tbh, but it's just cause I'm used to that.

@Spidey23girl Perhaps...the actress playing her was I believe only 16. I think in this one they are meant to be siblings.

i like the dvd better!

(I'm on my sister's account) I know that! I have seen the show live but not everyone can and the DVD is the only thing they have. And how does liking a different version of a song make you a fake fan?

ohh common! this is not another version of cats, this is the original version! if this was not created before you probably cant have the actual mungo and rumple

...this is the original one.

I prefer the version now

this is the originalversion of the song aint it? I like it!!! Its diffrent from the movie and I kinda mess this version but the other is good too! Both are!!!

I actually also prefer the Video Version in 1998, Like rebbyvixen said I'm used to it. And yah this is kinda weird and strange..... very....

@gcibbarelli duh, this is from i like the 90's( or close to that) so it is not crystal clear

I prefer the video version. This isnt bad thought; The costumes on the video versions are way better.

do mungojerrie and rumpleteazer still work for Macavity in Cats the Musical or not

Rumpelteazer is the voice actor of betty boop

I love it because it's the original version, but I do find the new version catchier. I didn't really get the beat of this one.

what is she doin? 1:52

its okay by comment that you commented on was suppose to be a reply to some one else but they removed their comment. Hence the confusion no need to be sorry. :)

I believe it was puppets on broadway, rather than a pantomime, but it really has. In that respect, really nice to be able to see where is all started.

oh ok, I'm sorry

Lol

its kinda blurry

@ByMakeupForever lol i mean 80's

Eh...It was great, but I like the newer one better. In the newer one, they make them seem much more lower-class-kinda-stupid-theives. (NOT hating on them, they're my faveorite!) It's the music, I think that makes the new one. Slow and stupid...I mean, slow and steady! xD

Odd thing is, the version I recently saw (which is the same one from the video version) as well as this one, are quite different from the one I saw as a child. (I recall that neither of them actually sung in the version I remember.. I think it was Mr. Mistoffelees who sung it rather.)

@NintendogsRox01 -A- Wow... Take it this is coming from a professional no??

well....this version is only....estrange.....

I like the never version better. And Ive begin to think that cats looks a bit unfinished with wigs and make up... Johan.