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charlie,nj
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I have been looking for some information about this 1969 Christmas TV special for years. I couldnt remember the name ..but today for some odd reason it came back to me. (I hope it doesnt mean I am dying and starting to see flashbacks of my life)
It was on the CBS Children's Hour and from what I have read it aired on Christmas mornings for a few years. You cant buy the video/dvd anywhere but I did just order the book on www.amazon.com . I want my sons to read it. I first saw J.T. when I was about 11 years old. (gee.. I am ancient..better watch out for those flashbacks..hmm)
This movie had a profound affect on my 11 year old noggin.
Does anyone else remember seeing it?
To the guys on the block, J.T. is the kid who stole the radio out of the red convertible before they could get to it. His neighbor, Mrs. Morris, declares him a first-class nuisance. His mother is bewildered -- "He's just gone bad, that's all.... Stealin' and lyin' and I don't know what all." But all the sensitivity, responsibility, and care of which ten-year-old J.T. Gamble is capable emerges when he finds an old, one-eyed, badly hurt alley cat. J.T. takes on a new dimension as he lavishes all the love he is unable to express to people around him on the battered cat he has found in the junk-filled empty lot.
*****
J. T. Gamble, a shy, withdrawn Harlem youngster, shows compassion and responsibility when he takes on the care of an old, one-eyed, badly injured alley cat days before Christmas and secretly nurses it back to health.
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It was on the CBS Children's Hour and from what I have read it aired on Christmas mornings for a few years. You cant buy the video/dvd anywhere but I did just order the book on www.amazon.com . I want my sons to read it. I first saw J.T. when I was about 11 years old. (gee.. I am ancient..better watch out for those flashbacks..hmm)
This movie had a profound affect on my 11 year old noggin.
Does anyone else remember seeing it?
To the guys on the block, J.T. is the kid who stole the radio out of the red convertible before they could get to it. His neighbor, Mrs. Morris, declares him a first-class nuisance. His mother is bewildered -- "He's just gone bad, that's all.... Stealin' and lyin' and I don't know what all." But all the sensitivity, responsibility, and care of which ten-year-old J.T. Gamble is capable emerges when he finds an old, one-eyed, badly hurt alley cat. J.T. takes on a new dimension as he lavishes all the love he is unable to express to people around him on the battered cat he has found in the junk-filled empty lot.
*****
J. T. Gamble, a shy, withdrawn Harlem youngster, shows compassion and responsibility when he takes on the care of an old, one-eyed, badly injured alley cat days before Christmas and secretly nurses it back to health.
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