That's Cat

Just like the others that wrote reviews I too watched this show. I was very young maybe 2-3yrs. I had parts of the theme song and Mr.Mayo always in my mind. Every time I saw Mr.Mayo on anything I would immediately ask everyone around me if they remembered "That's Cat", nobody ever did.

Before the internet there was no way of proving it. I grew up in the Sunland/Tujunga area at the time.I also remember Davey and Goliath and another one that not a lot of people remembered was " Wait til your father gets home"I guess they were Ca. Only shows. I am glad someone else saw this. I knew what was I was talking about all those years. Thanks for mentioning it.

I loved this show even though I was about 20 when it was on the air, Whitman Mayo as 'Grampa' was so sweet and such a surprise even in the 70's to see a African-American just portraying a paternal figure for all kids not just this or that group of children.

The music was also interesting and different for most children's shows in that it wasn't the typical sappy, saccharine type of music that many other shows for children had, This one deserves to take it's place next to other ground-breaking children's shows like 'Sesame Street' and the like. Possibly if 'That's Cat' had been on public television, it would have lasted longer and be better remembered by more people.

I have to admit though, every time I see Mr.Mayo in something, the memories of this little gem of a show just makes me smile and wish something like it was around today or at least release this on DVD. Hope springs eternal.

One year they had a "cutest cat" photo contest. I submitted a photo of one of the kittens our Persian cat had with a local alley cat that was particularly cute. By the time they had selected the winners, the kitten had been rehomed and grown up from the cute kitten in the photo. Anyway, we had to track down the new pet owners to borrow him for the episode as we were supposed to bring said cute cat with us to show off on the episode. I believe there were 4 or 5 winners as i recall back to my 9 year old 1976 self. We did not have a VCR yet so the only thing I have to remember it is a letter we received from KNBC inviting us to the show and instamatic 110 camera photos of the TV screen. I remember meeting the cast and "Me" staying in character the whole time, until after the taping ended we left but I had left my sweater so I came back to see him let out a loud relief yell that it was over.

I'm SO glad that this show is finally being mentioned. I have never been able to find this show anywhere! This was a great children's show for those of you who grew up in Los Angeles in the 70's like I did. I used to get up every Sunday morning and watch this after Davy & Goliath. I remember Alice Playten & Grandpa (who was actually "Grady" on Sanford &Son). Sometimes they would go to different factories (I remember when they went to the Crayola factory) and show you how things were made. I would love to be able to see this show again or to at least hear the theme song again. It's been probably 20 yrs since I've seen it. My parents and I moved to the East Coast in the 80's and of course no one had ever heard of this show. To this day, My husband still doesn't believe that it ever existed. Thanks to IMDb I can now show him that it did indeed exist.

I grew up in Inglewood, CA... and there was a travel agency on Manchester that Whitman Mayo owned.. aptly named Mayo Travel Agency... and I went in with my mother...I had to have been 4 or 5... he came out of his office to sit with me while my mother make travel plans...I was grinning from ear to ear because I totally knew who he was from that's cat... my mom of course knew him from Sanford and Son!!! Talk about meeting your hero!! He was super nice and funny!!! I wish they had shows like this again for kids... romper room, the great space coaster, the original electric company, shows that taught you things, morals, manners, social skills!!