FACT SHEET: Simon Teakettle
Owner of Simon Teakettle Ink, and www.SimonTeakettle.com
* Simon the Elder born 1970, lived to age 17
* Simon the Younger, born 1987, lived to age 19
* Simon Teakettle III (Terzo), born 2006
* Mentioned on CBC radio network programs for
25 years, beginning in 1981: R.S.V.P., The Radio Show, Basic
Black, Morningside, Gabereau, Disc Drive,
Here's To You
* exchanged letters with Bill Richardson's cat on the CBC radio network program Cross Words
* co-author of Mewsings/Musings, award-winning humor book
* appeared on Animal Planet (2002
Canadian Pet Awards) broadcast on
Discovery and repeated several times over
the next two years on the CTV network
* profiled in Great
Cat Stories: Incredible Tales About Exceptional Cats,
by
Roxanne Willems Snopek, published by Altitude
(in their Amazing Stories series) (www.amazingstories.ca/proddetail.php?prod=1-55153-777-X)
* contributed to nine anthologies, including The Magic of Animals, by Dr. Wendy Di Rodio (2005)
* contributed to magazines in the U.S. and Canada, most notably CATS Magazine
* featured on syndicated cable radio show, Pet Pointers, hosted by Dr. Greg McDonald, DVM.
* featured on the syndicated radio show, Pet World (originating at WGN, Chicago), hosted by Steve Dale, as well as in Steve's award-winning Tribune Media column.
* featured on Holder Tonight on CJAD Montreal, hosted by Peter Anthony Holder, November, 2006
* featured in an article by Suzanne Morphet
in the Careers section of the
Globe & Mail, March, 2007
* received personal letters from Mildred
Istona (Chatelaine), Peter Gzowski (Morningside), Vicki
Gabereau (Gabereau), Jurgen Gothe (Disc Drive),
Arthur Black (Basic Black), Mary
Lou Finlay (As It Happens) and many fans
across the country
* received a needlepoint version of his 12 Days of Christmas created by a fan after she heard it on Basic Black (she also sent Simon an embroidered blanket)
* has his own seat at the new Irving Greenberg Theatre in Ottawa, home of Great Canadian Theatre Company (where Simon has been a patron for more than 30 years)
* is an ArchAngel (top level patron) of the 100-year-old Orpheus Musical Theatre Society
* had a table at the 2007 World Press Freedom Day luncheon
leader of the Simon Teakettle Ink house band,
Eight Paws, Two Tails and Some Feathers,
with Terzo on percussion,
Jazz Hulley (a Maine Coon) on piano,
and vocalist Mrs. Doyle (an African grey parrot)