Fat Cat and Friends was an Australian children's television show starring Fat Cat (full name:
Frederick Alphonso Tubsy Cat or
Francis Aloysius Tom Cat[4]), a costumed character, who is an orange/ginger
anthropomorphic cat who wears red
braces, a blue
bow tie and a green
bowler hat and striped socks. The show ran from 1972 to 1991, after which it was cancelled in controversial circumstances. However the Fat Cat character continues to feature on television in
Perth, as the mascot of the
Telethon fundraising organization.
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