Our friend and regular WCB'er whaleshaman posted this great story as a comment on the Waldorf Pulse and cats. I thought this was worth bringing forward as it's own article. Enjoy!
few know that robert “moog” really was a cat! his name is more correctly spelled “mewg,” but changed to hide his real identity.
he had a cute little sporty car with the license plate “moog,” which he parked on broadway near columbia university in the riotous good old days [late 60s, early 70s].
people used to stand around and stare, and through the fog of “herbal” smoke, proclaim knowingly: oh, man, he is SUCH a cool CAT. and btw, end the war but sieze the dean's office first.
i suppose you're wondering how he got away with being a cat and having a drivers' license.
apparently there was a motor vehicle office back in the 60s, on central avenue in white plains [near the county center where i went to music camp in the summer of '59]. the employees in that particular office were unusually corrupt [driven insane by the music camp's awful band rehearsals] and would license “anybody” who showed up.
so that's how bobby the cool cat got to drive a car on broadway.
true story — parts of it anyway.
I can vouch for the DMV office on Central Ave. in White Plains, NY. That's where I got my first driver's permit and then license!
Maybe Toonces should try them for his license as well…