The same company also made Magic Cat Bubble Gum. This stuff came in a similar yellow wrapper to Black Cat, but the cat on it was hot pink. They also made Green Cat (spearmint) and Purple Cat (grape). In Canada, the "Cat" gums sold for 2 cents a piece, in the mid-1970s. They were not widely available. Only one shop in my town sold them. When you unwrapped a piece of Magic Cat, it was pale yellow. But when you put it in your mouth and chewed it a bit, it turned the brightest hot pink I've ever seen in a bubble gum. The flavour was a mild, marshmallowy-fruity kind of flavour. The closest equivalent I've found is Anglo Bubbly bubble gum, with a flavour described as "pear". It blows great bubbles (even with just one piece), and it's not as overpoweringly sweet as North American bubble gum. I seem to recall that Anglo made the various "Cat" bubble gums, but I haven't been able to find a photo of any of the old wrappers to verify this. All I have is a memory of seeing the name "ANGLO" on the wrappers back then. Magic Cat was abruptly yanked from the shelves, after only a year or so. I've heard it was because the bright pink food colouring was found to be carcinogenic. But I've no documentation to confirm or disprove this.

Black Cat Bubble Gum was the most awesome bubble blowing gum I have ever come accross. It was a flat rectangle shape wrapped in a yellow waxed paper with a slinky black cat on the front of the wrapper. Sometimes there were small comics wrapped inside as well that were printed on the same waxed paper. There were also other things inside the wrapper at times but I just can't recall what they were. The gum had an aniseed flavour and we used to be able to buy 5 pieces of this wicked gum for only one cent! It was very popular because of how big the bubbles were but there was always a sense of fear that overcame you when you blew a really big Black Cat bubble... Black Cats were well known for how seriously sticky they were if you got it on your face, or worse in your hair. In my opinion Black Cats were stronger than Super Glue! I don't know of any solvent known to man that would dissolve a Black Cat and if it did end up in your hair then the only solution was to cut it out with scissors. Many a hair dresser have made their fortune by being kept busy with cutting Black Cats out of kids hair. I had one boy in my school class who had a Black Cat bubble pop onto his face and it was there for more than a week. As a matter of fact he ended up with scabs on his lips because he tried to pick the gum off his face and it took the skin off. True Story! I must admit, this instilled a healthy respect for this fearsome lolly, and I never was game to go all the way with a bubble even when I knew I could blow one bigger then my own head! Imagine that popping and encasing your entire head in a thin inpenetrable film. Like being shrink wrapped! Does any one know of any deaths being attributed to the bursting of a Black Cat bubble? We have asked everywhere and can't get them anymore. I can't quite recall who manufactured them and it always makes you wonder if something that was so powerfully sticky was discontinued because it had a problem. Something that tough surely has to be carcinogenic! For anyone who was at primary school during the late sixties and early seventies, Black Cats were a staple part of their lolly diet. Black Cats,...industrial strength professional bubble gum that only the truly fearless would dare blow a serious bubble with.

Yep - I remember Black Cat bubble gum, Green Cat came out later, and Purple Cat as well. Great stuff! This was in Saskatchewan, Canada.

I can remember blowinghuge bubbles.Once I blew a bubble large than my head, and it burst, leaving a black mask over my entire face and in my hair. In the 70's most guys had long hair, and so did I.My eyelids stuck open for a week. I never learned from it though. Gawd it was the best. I still look for it.It's like treasure hunting.

can you still get this gum? Or anything like it? What was the company name? Thanks, dave.trac@shaw.ca

I remember this gum well growing up and was just talking about it to a friend this Halloween. It was amazing for us licorice lovers. I would be interested in knowing if they are still manufacturing it and where I can get some.

Sad to say they don't make it any longer. But...there's a candy shop in the flea market near Stouffville, Ontario that brought in a "chicklet" type gum - tasted almost the same as the old black cat, but it just wasn't the same lol For 5 cents we loaded up a little paper bag of stuff 5 for a penny blackballs, 3 for a penny mojo's and a 2 cent piece of black cat we were set for a day.

Hi, Black Cat bubble gum was also available in Australia during the 70's. I share the sentiments displayed on this website. It was the best gum ever. Not only was it good for blowing bubbles but it had the most wonderful silky smooth texture that seemed to outlast any other bubble. A truly high quality bubble gum. I look for it all the time but, alas, it is not stocked in Australia.