What better way to celebrate Black Cat Appreciation Day then to take a look at our favorite cartoon cat. Felix The Cat has appeared in hundreds of animated features and is still a popular character today. I have a Felix clock on the wall behind my workspace. He’s over 100 years old you know.

Felix was born in 1919 but the theme song that we remember was recorded in the 50s and sung by Ann Bennett.

A longer version of the theme song was recorded around 1957-58 as part of an effort to repackage the old Felix films for television. The producers ended up cutting the song down to one verse and that is a version that we all remember. Who knew there was a slightly longer version of the song?

Apparently somebody was in possession of a test record of the original uncut version and it ended up on SoundCloud.

As it turns out she recorded a version in Spanish too! You can listen to the 30 second clip at the beginning of this soundcloud post. For some reason there is a piece of another song in there afterwards.

By now you must be in the mood to watch a few episodes of the cartoon. We’ll you are in luck. Here’s a playlist with over 100 clips.

By the way, the image at the top of this blog is the title screen for the Nintendo Entertainment Center game. The game was ignored by the public when it was first published but has since become a popular choice for retro-gamers. My friends and I have played it. It’s a fun “platform” game with great boss battles.