I Met Morris (Replica 80's 9 Lives Cat Food Souvenir Shirt/Morris the Cat Shirt) vintage lost boys Amanda Donohoe’s snake-skinned villain alone

Amanda Donohoe’s snake-skinned villain alone secured its place in midnight-movie legend

Through decades of change — from the gay liberation movement to the AIDS crisis — Mary’s stood its ground

When it finally closed in 2015

and newcomers a place where same-sex desire didn’t have to be hidden behind euphemisms

underscored Jezebel’s significance and the urgency of lesbian visibility

I Met Morris (Replica 80's 9 Lives Cat Food Souvenir Shirt/Morris the Cat Shirt) vintage lost boys Amanda Donohoe’s snake-skinned villain aloneI Met Morris the 9 Lives Cat (70s and 80s) Morris the Cat, the sardonic orange tabby who became the face of 9Lives cat food in the late 1960s and 70s, was one of the first true animal celebrities of American advertising. With his half lidded eyes and world weary attitude, he felt less like a mascot and more like a personalitysnarky, self possessed, and oddly glamorous in his own lazy way.