Jethro the Cat Part 6 (Or, The Origin of the Name).

The Story of Jethro the Cat was written in November 2009. My Grandma requested a short story from me. I had some writer's block. But I was on to something. Let's read on.

I jotted down an idea for a screenplay for an animated film. Inspired by the troubled production of 1962's Mutiny on the Bounty, I thought of a story where one brave hero saved the day on a movie set when it went awry. That hero's name: Jethro the Cat. I liked the name. So when she asked me, via Skype, what story I'd write, I responded with the name.

I wrote it. I liked the mix of Dungeons and Dragons, Looney Tunes and The Dukes of Hazzard. Well, on the last title, I lived in Atlanta for almost half my life. So a southern inspired RPG cartoon story was a thing for me.

Sometime later, my Mom suggested I start a movie blog. When I did, I took the name of my poem's hero. The blog, Jethro Goes To The Movies, became Stuff About Movies in 2014. I liked my poem so much that I sat on it. I wanted my Cat to be an officially-published character. A video game. Cartoon. I thought having a blog with the name would be a conflict of interest.

I think I sat on the idea too long.

Why am I bringing this up now? Why publish now?

My Grandma, the one who I wrote the story for, passed away on March 31, 2019, at 97. She'd been ill for a while. I thought of releasing the story online for a while (Like Sword Art Online; it was on Livejournal before it became a Globally Polarizing Franchise). Her passing finally pushed me. I booted my computer up, shortly after I turned it off for the night, just to retrieve my poem and finally post it online. I still hope something comes out of my weird mixture.

In the meantime, I and my alter-ego, Jethro the Cat, will still go on, reviewing recent movies. But here's a conundrum. The next film I'm thinking of is Pet Sematary, but it's kinda depressing. Should I go or not? I'll have to decide.

Here's a link to my Livejournal, where The Story of Jethro the Cat is also published, and where I am working on revising it. There's other stuff too: See it here.