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Dizzy the cat

Charles Mingus toilet trained his cat. We put his method to the test.

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Crazy or brilliant? Jazz legend Charles Mingus came up with a method for toilet training his cat, so we tried it out on a kitty named Dizzy.

Charles Mingus

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Charles Mingus

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Sounds Like Forever

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Charles Mingus Toilet Trained His Cat. We Put His Method to the Test.

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Video: Reg E. Cathey Reads The Charles Mingus CAT-alog

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The star of Oz and The Wire reads Charles Mingus’s secret masterpiece: a guide to toilet training your cat.

Charles Mingus Toilet Trained His Cat. We Put His Method to the Test.

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Crazy or brilliant? Jazz legend Charles Mingus came up with a method for toilet training his cat, so we tried it out on a kitty named Dizzy.

Mehmet Ertegun and jazz

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Bruce Wallace reports on concerts being hosted by the Turkish Embassy in DC. They commemorate a series of ground-breaking concerts organized in the 1930’s by the sons of Ambassador Mehmet Ertegun. Ahmet Ertegun went on to form Atlantic Records.

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